Four Ways to Click
Rewire Your Brain for Stronger, More Rewarding Relationships
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-76011-347-6 (ISBN)
Description
Do you find it difficult to 'click' with colleagues, neighbours, family, or romantic partners? Loneliness has become an epidemic, but according to Dr. Amy Banks, former instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the key to achieving more satisfying relationships is to strengthen the neural pathways in our brains that encourage closeness and connection.
CALMNESS is a result of a well-toned vagus nerve, which in turn helps temper the sympathetic nervous system.
ACCEPTEDNESS comes from a well-tuned dorsal anterior cingulate cortex.
EMOTIONAL RESONANCE occurs when the mirror neuron system is properly functioning.
ENERGY comes from a dopamine reward system that is connected to healthy relationships.
This groundbreaking book gives us the tools we need to strengthen these four neural pathways, enhance our ability to connect with others and heal the neural damage that disconnection can cause.
CALMNESS is a result of a well-toned vagus nerve, which in turn helps temper the sympathetic nervous system.
ACCEPTEDNESS comes from a well-tuned dorsal anterior cingulate cortex.
EMOTIONAL RESONANCE occurs when the mirror neuron system is properly functioning.
ENERGY comes from a dopamine reward system that is connected to healthy relationships.
This groundbreaking book gives us the tools we need to strengthen these four neural pathways, enhance our ability to connect with others and heal the neural damage that disconnection can cause.
Reviews / Votes
This books will help every joyful person understand the source of their joy, and every unhappy person understand how they can become joyful. This book should be used by every clinician and read by every person. -- Harville Hendrix PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt PhD, authors of Getting the Love You Want (Hendrix) and Making Marriage Simple Love is not enough. Amy Banks show how the four essential ingredients for a successful relationship are based in the perplexing architecture of your brain. By understanding what is happening within you, you can vastly improve what is happening between you. This well-written, reader-friendly book can show you how! -- David Feinstein PhD, co-author of The Energies of LoveMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
St Leonards
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-76011-347-6 (9781760113476)
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Amy Banks has devoted her career to understanding the neurobiology of relationships. She was an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is currently the Director of Advanced Training at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Dr. Banks is the first person to bring relational-cultural theory together with neuroscience and remains the foremost expert in the combined field.
Leigh Ann Hirschman is a bestselling writer who specializes in psychology, parenting and health.
Leigh Ann Hirschman is a bestselling writer who specializes in psychology, parenting and health.