How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend

'Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched.' - Professor Neil Shyminsky'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind.' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC'Insightful and relatable psychoeducation that demystifies the brain . . . it s a resource I ll proudly keep on my shelf as a therapist.' - Joshua Fletcher, anxiety therapist Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe. Always trying to mend itself, and always trying to protect you, it s in a constant state of flux adapting, reconfiguring, finding new pathways . . . And it has an astonishing capacity for recovery.Only it doesn t always get it right.Rachel Barr struggled through years of devastating loss, heartache, and uncertainty until neuroscience gave her the first spark of self-belief she had felt in her adult life and proof that, because of the brain s near-infinite potential for neuroplastic change, it s never too late to carve out neural pathways to form new habits, new skills, and new ways of thinking.Whether you want to nerd-out on Neuroscientific acronyms, finally understand what s going on in your head, or take refuge in a book that s like a warm hug for your mind, How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is a delight-filled, evidence-based guide to taking better care of your brain so it, in turn, will take better care of you.