The Quiet Mind: The Science-Backed Guide to Calming Anxiety, Ending Overthinking, Reclaiming Sleep, Reducing Stress, and Finding Lasting Happiness - Brossura

Pandey, Mr. Pradeep Kumar

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798180506290

Casa editrice: Independently published, 2026

Riassunto

What if the problem was never you — but the world your brain was never built for?

The racing thoughts at 2 am. The worry that attaches itself to everything. The exhaustion no amount of sleep seems to fix. The happiness you keep promising yourself will arrive once things settle down.

Things never settle down. And that is exactly what this book is about.

The Quiet Mind gives you the science behind why your mind does what it does — and the tools that actually change it.

Drawing on forty years of research across neuroscience, clinical psychology, sleep science, trauma therapy, nutritional psychiatry, and positive psychology, this is a complete map of the anxious mind and a toolkit that works — in plain language, for real life.

Inside you will discover:

• The overthinking trap — what the default mode network does when your thoughts spiral, and the techniques that break the loop without willpower
• High-functioning anxiety — why perfectionism disguises itself as ambition, and why those who appear most together are often suffering most
• The truth about sleep — why trying harder makes it worse, and the CBT-based toolkit that outperforms sleeping pills in clinical trials
• Trauma and the nervous system — how unresolved wounds silently drive anxiety, and the approaches (EMDR, somatic therapy, IFS) that address the root
• The gut-brain revolution — 90% of your serotonin is made in your gut, not your brain. How diet and your microbiome directly shape your mood
• The self-compassion advantage — why your inner critic is making you worse, and how self-compassion improves performance and resilience simultaneously
• What happiness actually is — the science of hedonic adaptation and the evidence-based path to wellbeing that genuinely lasts
• Purpose and meaning — Viktor Frankl's insights and modern research confirming that meaning matters more than pleasure for long-term wellbeing
• When to seek help — a compassionate, stigma-free guide to CBT, ACT, DBT, EMDR, and somatic therapy

Every chapter ends with The Quiet Practice.

Specific, evidence-based exercises you can use today — drawn directly from the science, designed for the life you are already living.

"You are not broken. You are a human being in a difficult world, trying to find your way through. The quiet mind is waiting for you."

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Independently published
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798180506290
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 164
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