This Is Your Brain on Joy
A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health
and Nurturing Spiritual Growth
Dr. Earl Henslin with Becky Johnson
ISBN 978-0-7852-2873-8 (Hdcvr)
Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2008
216 pp. plus three appendices
Dr. Henslin states that due to the fall in the garden of Eden people may have damaged brains that result in behavior problems. He says we all need to practice compassion for such sufferers.
The author and his colleague, Dr. Daniel G. Amen, have done thousands of brains scans and find abnormal blood flow in certain areas of the brain in people with anger problems, ADD, ADHD, many addictions, depression, etc. When questioned many of these people remember a brain injury, a serious illness, a blow to the head or some serious trauma.
With proper treatment (certain medications and herbs) the unhealthy behavior can suddenly change. The author also recommends common sense measures like proper diet, exercise, music, good books, dancing, humor and good movies, sometimes counseling and most of all leaning on God
The best chapter in the book, Chapter eleven The Apostle on Joy: The real secret discusses six practices that lead to joy, a powerful benefit to any reader.
Written in conversational style, the book flows easily. However, lists of treatments for specific conditions can be sleep-inducing unless a section relates directly to readers with that particular problem.
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