Neuroscience experts explain how their four-step method helps you identify negative thoughts and change your bad habits for good.
A leading researcher in the field of neuroplasticity and co-author of several books, Jeffrey Schwartz has devoted his career to the study of the human brain. He is a pioneer in the field of treatment for people with obsessive-compulsive disorders, and at the heart of his program is mental awareness, through which patients can achieve long-lasting relief.
Schwartz worked with psychiatrist Rebecca Gladding to refine a program that successfully explains how the brain works and why we often feel captive to the cycles of our overactive brain (eg, bad habits, social anxiety, etc.). According to them, the key to the changes you desire—ones that make your brain work for you—is to consciously, through focused attention, starve these cycles so that you weaken their influence.
"You are not your brain" carefully outlines the key points in the program, showing readers how to identify negative impulses, channel them through the power of focused attention, and—ultimately—lead a more fulfilling life over which they have control.
Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz is a psychiatrist at the University of California School of Medicine and one of the world's leading experts in the field of neuroplasticity. Decades ago, he began studying the philosophy of the conscious brain, the idea that the actions of the mind have an effect on how the brain works. Jeff's insightful work in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) provided the hard evidence that the mind can control brain chemistry.
Schwartz has taught and lectured to both field professionals and students in the US, Europe and Asia.
Jeff's books include The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mindpower and Obsessed Brain, the OCD book.
