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Rein In Your Brain: From Impulsivity to Thoughtful Living in Recovery

Victoria Costello

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In this era of coronavirus concern and uncertainty, each of us is more likely to act impulsively--either by lashing out, lighting up, or shutting down. With insights from neuroscience as well as her own recovery, Cynthia Moreno Tuohy opens the door to a whole new way to think about thinking—especially when the emotional stakes are high.

Those in recovery are often stuck in a dangerous loop of making poor choices based on instant feel-good payoffs. Rein in Your Brain offers 10 proven techniques for intervening on faulty impulsive thinking and actions that have a negative impact on our lives and relationships.

Addiction--whether to mood-altering substances, gambling, sex, or food--stems in part from an over-reliance on the reward system of a primitive part of the brain that can push us to make poor choices based on an expectation of immediate gratification. Those of us in recovery often struggle with the compulsive thoughts and behaviors that are still programmed in our addictive brains well after the drinking and drugging has stopped. These often play out thoughtlessly in our interactions with others, damaging our relationships and growth as balanced human beings.Rein in Your Brain, by addiction expert Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, offers ten tools for breaking the cycle of impulsivity. These time-tested self-interventions include standing still in the moment, giving up control, not assuming the other person’s intent, tolerating differences, accepting emotions without giving them free reign, and differentiating between immediate fear-driven reactions and measured thoughts. By incorporating these tools in your daily interactions, your relationships can move from those of conflict to mutual respect and understanding.

Pages: 240

Format: ebook

Publisher: Hazelden Publishing

Release: May 06, 2014

ISBN: 1616495030

ISBN 13: 9781616495039

Rein In Your Brain: From Impulsivity to Thoughtful Living in Recovery

Victoria Costello

0/5 ( ratings)

In this era of coronavirus concern and uncertainty, each of us is more likely to act impulsively--either by lashing out, lighting up, or shutting down. With insights from neuroscience as well as her own recovery, Cynthia Moreno Tuohy opens the door to a whole new way to think about thinking—especially when the emotional stakes are high.

Those in recovery are often stuck in a dangerous loop of making poor choices based on instant feel-good payoffs. Rein in Your Brain offers 10 proven techniques for intervening on faulty impulsive thinking and actions that have a negative impact on our lives and relationships.

Addiction--whether to mood-altering substances, gambling, sex, or food--stems in part from an over-reliance on the reward system of a primitive part of the brain that can push us to make poor choices based on an expectation of immediate gratification. Those of us in recovery often struggle with the compulsive thoughts and behaviors that are still programmed in our addictive brains well after the drinking and drugging has stopped. These often play out thoughtlessly in our interactions with others, damaging our relationships and growth as balanced human beings.Rein in Your Brain, by addiction expert Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, offers ten tools for breaking the cycle of impulsivity. These time-tested self-interventions include standing still in the moment, giving up control, not assuming the other person’s intent, tolerating differences, accepting emotions without giving them free reign, and differentiating between immediate fear-driven reactions and measured thoughts. By incorporating these tools in your daily interactions, your relationships can move from those of conflict to mutual respect and understanding.

Pages: 240

Format: ebook

Publisher: Hazelden Publishing

Release: May 06, 2014

ISBN: 1616495030

ISBN 13: 9781616495039

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