๐ง Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior
โ The bestselling author of Undoing Depression offers a brain-based guide to permanently ending bad habits Richard OโConnorโs bestselling book Undoing Depression has become a touchstone in the field, helping thousands of therapists and patients overcome depressive patterns. In Rewire, OโConnor expands those ideas, showing how we actually have two brainsโa conscious deliberate self and an automatic self that makes most of our decisionsโand how we can train the latter to ignore distractions, withstand temptations, and interrupt reflexive, self-sabotaging responses. Rewire gives readers a roadโmap to overcoming the most common self-destructive habits, including procrastination, excessive worrying, internet addiction, overeating, risk-taking, and self-medication, among others.ย By learning valuable skills and habitsโincluding mindfulness, self-control, confronting fear, and freeing yourself from mindless guiltโwe can open ourselves to vastly more successful, productive, and happy lives.