The Hypervigilant Brain
Rewiring Your Nervous System for Calm, Clarity, and Resilience
Will be published approx. on 19. January 2027
Book
Hardback
288 pages
979-8-217-08600-9 (ISBN)
Description
A science-based guide to overcoming chronic stress, dysregulation, and anxiety, that helps retrain your brain to experience ease again
Modern life has pushed millions into a state of perpetual overdrive: wired yet exhausted, overwhelmed yet unable to slow down. In The Hypervigilant Brain, nervous system expert and health-tech entrepreneur Ben Ahrens tackles the hidden root cause behind this growing epidemic: Limbic System Overload—a state where the brain, after years of accumulated stress and trauma, gets stuck in survival mode.
Drawing on cutting-edge research and his own remarkable recovery from a three-year bout with chronic neurological Lyme disease, Ahrens shows that there’s a way out for readers who feel like they’re constantly stuck in “fight or flight.” Structured around a clear, scientifically grounded framework—Reset, Rewire, Re-engage—The Hypervigilant Brain gives readers concrete, repeatable tools to:
Through real case stories—including a Navy SEAL navigating trauma responses, a writer whose stress followed her on vacation, and a veterinarian’s transformation from suicidal depression to thriving—Ahrens shows exactly how these tools can be integrated daily for lifelong resilience. This physiologically-grounded method helps readers cope with individual stressful moments and rebuild a stable baseline of calm and clarity, for contentment and steady performance.
Modern life has pushed millions into a state of perpetual overdrive: wired yet exhausted, overwhelmed yet unable to slow down. In The Hypervigilant Brain, nervous system expert and health-tech entrepreneur Ben Ahrens tackles the hidden root cause behind this growing epidemic: Limbic System Overload—a state where the brain, after years of accumulated stress and trauma, gets stuck in survival mode.
Drawing on cutting-edge research and his own remarkable recovery from a three-year bout with chronic neurological Lyme disease, Ahrens shows that there’s a way out for readers who feel like they’re constantly stuck in “fight or flight.” Structured around a clear, scientifically grounded framework—Reset, Rewire, Re-engage—The Hypervigilant Brain gives readers concrete, repeatable tools to:
- reduce “brain clutter” and the cumulative effects of chronic stress
- dissolve maladaptive pathways and calm the nervous system through neuroplasticity
- rebuild resilience through play, community, and purpose
Through real case stories—including a Navy SEAL navigating trauma responses, a writer whose stress followed her on vacation, and a veterinarian’s transformation from suicidal depression to thriving—Ahrens shows exactly how these tools can be integrated daily for lifelong resilience. This physiologically-grounded method helps readers cope with individual stressful moments and rebuild a stable baseline of calm and clarity, for contentment and steady performance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
12 B&W ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-217-08600-9 (9798217086009)
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Ben Ahrens has spent two decades at the frontier of neuroscience and human performance. His work has reached millions through YouTube, podcast appearances, and presentations at venues including TEDx, The New York Times, NYU Langone, UCSF, The Biohacking Conference, and the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Ben is the co-founder and former CEO of re-origin, a neuroplasticity program used by tens of thousands of people across more than fifty countries. Today he helps leaders build nervous system resilience to adapt to uncertainty, lead with clarity, and live life with expanded capacity. Ben holds a BA degree in Philosophy, is an avid surfer and lives in Spain. He surfs whenever the ocean cooperates, and sometimes when it doesn’t.