Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being Paperback – October 22, 2013

This is an incredibly written book on the most important topic in all of our lives, "The Human Brain." As, the book points out if you don't use your brain, it will use you! The book gives you tools you can use right away.Most importantly it's written by two brilliant and forward thinking scholars. The first being, Deepak Chopra, M.D. a New York Time best-selling author and author of numerous books who's known around the world for his work on the brain, mind-body connection, consciousness, spirituality, and Quantum Physics.The second, Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi a Harvard Professor who was a pioneer in Alzheimer's research and being one of the co-discoverers of the first Alzheimer's disease gene.As quoted in the book "Every day you step into the invisible firestorm of electrical and chemical activity that is the brain's environment. You act as leader, inventor, teacher, and user of your brain, all at once.As leader, you hand out the day's orders to your brain.As inventor, you create new pathways and connections inside your brain that didn't exist yesterday.As teacher, you train your brain to learn new skills.As user, you are responsible for keeping your brain in good working order."I have to say that this one is greatest books I've read on the topic of the brain because the two authors go extremely in-depth into the working of the brain, and they also give you tools that you can implement into your life today.It's broken up into three parts. Here's a very basic summary.Part 1 DEVELOPING YOU GREATEST GIFTWhich goes into great detail about the latest advancements in science that explain how the brain functions. It also talks about the five myths of the brain.Part 2: MAKING REALITYThis part gives you information and knowledge to literally work on changing your brain from negatives states of mind to positive states of mind.Part 3:MYSTERY AND PROMISEI thoroughly enjoyed this part because its goes into the biggest idea in all of science. Something to which I'm fascinating with, the question being "How does this three pound brain produce consciousness?"I think this is an incredible book that anyone can use to increase more positive states of mind. I've read hundreds of books on the brain and I think this one is one of the best because it gives you tools on how to work on changing your brain immediately.

This was a great book, with only minor drawbacks. In general Choprah and Tanzi delve into the workings of the human brain with meticulously written explanations, dedicating great portions of the book to neurological occurrences and more importantly the I-to-mind relationship.Regarding the I-to-mind relationship, the book offers up the most excellent explanations of how and why that relationship works, and how to manipulate it to maximize personal potential. The science behind how our brain's physical arrangement of neurons actually changes over time as we fine tune the behavior of our thoughts is amazing to read about, and it's even more amazing to put into practice.There are many other books out there, both modern and ancient that approach the same topic of the I-to-mind relationship, but what makes Super Brain so significant is that it's the first time the effects of managing that relationship are thoroughly explained in a way that makes practical, scientific sense.I recall reading The Power of Now, and while I marveled at the feat taking control of my mind instead of letting my mind control me, I never found a real explanation of how this old trick works (mainly because that author didn't know himself). But there is a reason, and it has to do with the evolution of the human brain's design.The only part of Super Brain that I felt was not up to par with the quality of the rest of the book was the section of spirituality, however, I must note this is the first book I've ever read that has convinced me there are extreme benefits to practicing a sense of spirituality, and how that sense can bring physical benefits to you. The real issue I take with this section of the book is the way it's explained that believing in God is something you eventually need to get around to if you want to achieve a complete enlightenment of sorts, asserting to the idea that believing in a deity is a level of intelligence we should aspire to--total rubbish of course, but the idea has merit to it that could mean so much more if it was articulated in a different way that stayed true to the scientific nature of the book. Religion has no place being in a book like this except as a case-study, but the authors let the notion that there is a "creator" slip into the pages as if they "know" something, even going so far as to challenge another book I consider a life-changing read, The God Delusion.Overall a great book, made even better if you glaze over the God parts and see them for their physical benefits, not their impossibly wishful factual aspirations.

As the author of Chronic Migraine Relief: Paths to Heal Your Brain I am always looking for ideas on how to help my patients improve their life and health. This book not only outlines how possible this is, it also outlines tips on how to shift your thinking. Stress and anxiety dominates society today and it destroys not only your health, but on your ability to be truly happy.This book does a wonderful job of explaining the concept of our brain vs our mind. One controls the other. The first step is understanding that you have control over your behaviors and thoughts.The book explains how your thought process will impact your ability to lose weight, battle anxiety and/or depression, be truly happy and manage chronic disease.If you feel that you're ready to make some serious changes in the trajectory of your life, this book is a great place to start. If you are not at this point in your life, this book may end up being a very long read..

This is a terrific book, written in easy to understand terms by two great minds. The combination of their joint effort on this informative and thought provoking book is better than anything these authors have done separately. Grab it. It will give you insights and a clearer path to living a meaningful life.