The Users Guide to the Human Mind, Shawn T. Smith
The Users Guide to the Human Mind, Shawn T. Smith
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The User's Guide to the Human Mind
Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do About It

Author: Shawn T. Smith

Narrator: Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr.

Unabridged: 5 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Wetware Media

Published: 08/24/2015


Synopsis

Your mind is not built to make you happy; it's built to help you survive. So far, it's done a great job! But in the process, it may have developed some bad habits, like avoiding new experiences or scrounging around for problems where none exist. Is it any wonder that worry, bad moods, and self-critical thoughts so often get in the way of enjoying life?

Based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), The User's Guide to the Human Mind is a road map to the puzzling inner workings of the human mind, replete with exercises for overriding the mind's natural impulses toward worry, self-criticism, and fear, and helpful tips for acting in the service of your values and emotional well-being - even when your mind has other plans.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerie

This book is amazing! It is a clear, concise guide to why our minds work the way that they do. I was impressed with the humorous personal anecdotes, and I appreciated the exercises Dr. Smith gives to his readers to utilize our perfectly normal tendencies toward neuroses! It's difficult to find a psy......more

Took me 9 months to finish this well thought and well researched book (i’m a slow reader and have so little time so yep, 9 months for a 200+ page-book!!) this is good if you wanna know how our worry machines work 😅 and how to slightly disobey them for our own sanity. Minus one star because there are......more

Goodreads review by Amal

قرأت النسخة العربية من الكتاب، الترجمة معقولة ولكن ليست ممتازة، كذلك اجد في الكتاب الكثير من التكرار وقلة الترابط في بعض الصفحات. يمكن للكاتب اختصاره في كتيب من 20 الى 50 صفحة. لمست ايضا بأن الكاتب غير متخصص ونفس الفكرة تعاد كل مرة ولكن باسلوب وكلمات مختلفة وكانها موضوع جديد.......more