Reviews for Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries about how the Brain Keeps Us Healthy

The average rating for Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries about how the Brain Keeps Us Healthy based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-07 00:00:00 Laurie Swirsky This is a great book, despite my avoiding it for months due to the boring (yet important) chapter that I got stuck on. This is by far that best thing I've found to convince left-brained science-types of the importance of the mind in the healing of the body. It's amazing how much we know, and have known for quite a while, but these ideas have somehow been overshadowed in the mainstream by an attitude dismissing them in favor of biochemical mechanisms and a pill-and-surgery approach. The present me is appalled by the me who hadn't yet read this book, how I could possibly doubt or overlook the importance of these factors. Oh to dream of living in more enlightened times. Back to the real world living in the dark ages. If you're already convinced of the mindbody connection and prefer an entertaining read with interesting anecdotes and inspiration along with your facts (like I do), this isn't the book for you. Each chapter has a different author, so some are better than others, but some read more like a dissertation than a chapter written for lay people. If you're one who is inclined to respect the facts more if they're laid out in textbook or journal fashion, then this is for you. (Note: I may be overstating the dryness of the book based on the last 2 chapters since it's been a while since I read the first 230 pages.)

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-26 00:00:00 Dan Doescher While this is not necessarily a book on grief and healing, this is one of the books that brought solace during period of grief and mourning after my baby had died at birth in 1993. The author's scientific approach acknowledged my idea that I could play a role in how I felt.