- Supercharging Yours for Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, and Sex -
by Daniel G. Amen
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| 2013 by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. |
Dr. Amen is a physician, psychiatrist, teacher, and eight-time New York
Times bestselling author. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s
foremost experts on applying brain imaging science to clinical
psychiatric practice. He is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist
and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He
is the medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc., in Newport Beach and San
Francisco, California; Bellevue, Washington; Reston, Virginia; Atlanta,
Georgia; and New York. Amen Clinics have the world’s largest database
of functional brain scans, totaling nearly eighty thousand scans on
patients from ninety countries.
Dr. Amen is widely regarded as a gifted teacher, taking complex
concepts in neuropsychiatry, neuroimaging, and brain health and
making them easily accessible to other professionals and the general public.
Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the world’s largest brain imaging /
brain rehabilitation study on professional football players, which not
only demonstrated significant brain damage in a high percentage of
retired players but also the possibility for rehabilitation in many with
the principles that underlie his work.
Under the direction of Pastor Rick Warren, Dr. Amen, together with
Drs. Mark Hyman and Mehmet Oz, is one of the chief architects of
Saddleback Church’s Daniel Plan, a fifty-two-week program to get
churches physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy.
Dr. Amen is the author of fifty professional articles; the coauthor of the
chapter “Functional Imaging in Clinical Practice” in the Comprehensive
Textbook of Psychiatry; and the author of thirty books, including Change
Your Brain, Change Your Life; Magnificent Mind at Any Age; Change Your
Brain, Change Your Body; The Amen Solution; and Use Your Brain to
Change Your Age. He is also the author of Healing ADD, Making a Good
Brain Great, Healing the Hardware of the Soul and coauthor of Unchain
Your Brain, Healing Anxiety and Depression, and Preventing Alzheimer’s.
Dr. Amen is the producer and star of six highly popular shows about
the brain, which have raised more than forty-four million dollars for public television.
A small sample of the organizations Dr. Amen has spoken before
include the National Security Agency; the National Science Foundation;
Harvard’s Learning and the Brain Conference; Franklin Covey; the
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; and the Supreme
Courts of Delaware, Ohio, and Wyoming. Dr. Amen’s work has been
featured in Newsweek, Parade, the New York Times Magazine, Men’s Health, and Cosmopolitan.
Dr. Amen is married to Tana; he is the father of four children, and
grandfather to Elias, Julian, Angelina, Emmy, and Liam. He is an avid
table tennis player.
About Amen Clinics, Inc.
Amen Clinics, Inc. (ACI) was established in 1989 by Daniel G. Amen,
M.D. It specializes in innovative diagnosis and treatment planning for a
wide variety of behavioral, learning, emotional, cognitive, and weight
problems for children, teenagers, and adults. ACI has an international
reputation for evaluating brain-behavior problems, such as ADD,
depression, anxiety, school failure, brain trauma, obsessive-compulsive
disorders, aggressiveness, marital conflict, cognitive decline, brain
toxicity from drugs or alcohol, and obesity.
Brain SPECT imaging is performed at Amen Clinics. ACI has the
world’s largest database of brain scans for emotional, cognitive, and
behavioral problems. ACI welcomes referrals from physicians,
psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, drug and
alcohol counselors, and individual patients.
Amen Clinics, Inc., Newport Beach 4019 Westerly Pl., Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(888) 564–2700
Amen Clinics, Inc., San Francisco 1000 Marina Blvd, Suite 100
Brisbane, CA 94005
(888) 564–2700
Amen Clinics, Inc., Northwest 616 120th Ave. NE, Suite C100
Bellevue, WA 98005
(888) 564–2700
Amen Clinics, Inc., DC 1875 Campus Commons Dr.
Reston, VA 20191
(888) 564–2700
Amen Clinics New York 16 E. Fortieth St., 9th Floor New York, NY 10016
(888) 564–2700
Amen Clinics Atlanta 5901-C Peachtree Dunwoody Rd. NE, Suite 65
Atlanta, GA 30328
(888) 564–2700
Table of Contents
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction: The Female Brain Unleashed
1. FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR FEMALE BRAIN
Care About Your Brain More Than Any Other Body Part
Hour 1 Exercise—Boost Brain Envy
2. HARNESS THE UNIQUE STRENGTHS OF THE FEMALE BRAIN
Use Your Intuition, Empathy, Collaboration, Self-Control, and a Little Worry to Give
Yourself a Great Advantage
Hour 2 Exercise—Recruit Your Team and Make Your Worries Work for You
3. ADOPT AMEN CLINICS’ METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE FEMALE BRAIN
Know Your Brain, Important Numbers, and the Four Circles for Ultimate Success
Hour 3 Exercise—Get Assessed
4. BALANCE YOUR HORMONES TO BOOST THE FEMALE BRAIN
Part One: Balance Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone
Part Two: Balance Thyroid, Cortisol, DHEA, and Insulin
Hour 4 Exercise—Take the Hormone Questionnaires and
Inventory Your Healthy and Unhealthy Hormone Habits
5. FEED THE FEMALE BRAIN
Flatten Your Tummy and Boost Brain Reserves by Healing Your Gut and Eating Brain-
Healthy Superfoods
Hour 5 Exercise—Provide Therapy for Your Kitchen
6. SOOTHE THE FEMALE BRAIN
Put an End to Anxiety, Worry, Depression, and Perfectionism
Hour 6 Exercise—Kill the ANTs and Answer the Work’s Four
Questions
7. GET CONTROL OF THE FEMALE BRAIN
Conquer Cravings, Weight Issues, and Addictions
Hour 7 Exercise—Embrace Your Failures
8. ADD AND THE FEMALE BRAIN
The Hyperactive “Boys’ Condition” That Ruins Female Lives
Hour 8 Exercise—Know Your Focus and Energy Robbers and
Boosters
9. BE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT
Stop the Negative Chatter and Make a Plan to Look and Feel Amazing
Hour 9 Exercise—Get a Massage and Enjoy a Sauna
10. SEX AND THE FEMALE BRAIN
Optimize Your Brain for Greater Pleasure, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Love
Hour 10 Exercise—Be the Director of Your Pleasure
11. GET YOUR BRAIN READY FOR BABIES AND CARING FOR THEIR BRAINS ONCE
THEY’RE HERE
Prepare for Pregnancy and Unleash the Power of Your Daughters’ Brains
Hour 11 Exercise—Indulge in Special Time
12. CHANGE YOUR FEMALE BRAIN, CHANGE THE WORLD
Realize That It’s Not About You—It is About Generations of You
Hour 12 Exercise—Create Your Own Genius Network
Appendix: Natural Supplements to Help You Unleash the Power of Your Female Brain
Note on References
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About Amen Clinics, Inc.
Bookscreen
www.amenclinics.com
Amenclinics.com is an educational, interactive website geared toward
mental health and medical professionals, educators, students, and the
general public. It contains a wealth of information and resources to help
you learn about and optimize your brain. The site contains more than
three hundred color brain SPECT images, thousands of scientific
abstracts on brain SPECT imaging for psychiatry, a free brain-healthy
audit, and much, much more.