Switch On Your Brain Workbook: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health

By Dr. Caroline Leaf

We all want to be more at peace, to be happier and healthier, but we often don't know how to go about it. Everything we try seems to fall short of true change. Dr. Caroline Leaf knows that we cannot change anything until we change our thinking. This follow-up to her bestselling book will help readers apply the science and wisdom of Switch On Your Brain to their daily lives so that they can detox their thinking and experience improved happiness and health.

Each of the keys in the Switch On Your Brain Workbook pairs science with Scripture, asking penetrating personal questions in order to understand the impact of our thought lives on our brains, bodies, and lifestyles. Discussion sections help readers see vital connections between our body of scientific knowledge and the Bible. Recommended reading lists are included for those who wish to dig deeper.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Release date: Nov 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781493415007

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf holds a PhD in communication pathology from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Since 1981 she has researched the science of thought as it relates to thinking, learning, renewing the mind, gifting, and potential. Dr. Leaf is an international and national conference speaker on topics relating to optimal brain performance, such as stress, toxic thoughts, male/female brain differences, thinking and learning, controlling our thought lives, wisdom, and how to identify and use one's natural gifts. She is frequently interviewed on TV stations around the globe, has published many books and scientific journal articles, and has her own TV show starting in 2013. Leaf and her husband, Mac, live with their four children in Texas.

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© 2017 by Caroline Leaf

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ISBN 978-1-4934-1500-7

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations labeled AMP are from the Amplified® Bible, copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

Scripture quotations labeled ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2011

Scripture quotations labeled MSG are from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Scripture quotations labeled NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com

Scripture quotations labeled NLT are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

All emphasis in Scripture has been added by the author.

Portions of this text have been taken from Switch On Your Brain, published by Baker Books, 2013.

The information and solutions offered in this book are the result of years of research, practical application, and clinical work. The information in this book is intended to serve as guidelines for managing toxic thoughts, emotions, and bodies, and not as a replacement for professional medical advice or therapy. Please discuss specific symptoms and medical conditions with your doctor. Any use of this information is at the user’s discretion. Switch On Your Brain LLC and the author make no representations or warranties that any individual will achieve a particular result. Any and all express or implied warranties, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, are disclaimed. Switch On Your Brain LLC and the author specifically disclaim any and all liability arising directly or indirectly from the use or application of any information contained in this book.

Contents

Cover    1

Title Page    3

Copyright Page    4

Prologue    7

Introduction    9

KEY 1: Mind Controls Matter    17

KEY 2: Choice and Your Multiple-Perspective Advantage    25

KEY 3: Your Choices Change Your Brain    35

KEY 4: Catch Those Thoughts    45

KEY 5: Entering into Directed Rest    53

KEY 6: Stop Milkshake-Multitasking    61

KEY 7: Thinking, God, and the Quantum Physics Brain    69

KEY 8: The Science of Thought    81

The 21-Day Brain Detox    89

21-Day Detox Worksheet Example    103

Conclusion    107

Recommended Reading    109

Back Cover    113

Prologue

What would you do if you found a switch that could turn on your brain and enable you to be happier, healthier in your mind and body, more prosperous, and more intelligent? I began my book Switch On Your Brain with this simple yet profound question. Of course, we all want to be happier and healthier, but we often do not know how to go about bettering our lives. Millions of books, shows, magazines, and programs promise the key to happiness and success, yet they often fall short of producing true change. We feel great for a few

Reviews for Switch On Your Brain Workbook

[Eduardo Dorigon · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Sooooo many Bible passages in the whole book. It breaks the whole content.