RECUPERA TU MENTE, RECONQUISTA TU VIDA / RECOVER YOUR MIND, RECLAIM YOUR LIFE
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Autor:
MARIÁN ROJAS ESTAPÉ
Country:
Spain (ES)
Book Theme:
Graphic novels, Manga and more
Publisher:
ESPASA
Publishing Year:
2024
Marián Rojas Estapé is a Spanish psychiatrist and writer. She studied Medicine and Surgery at the University of Navarra, graduating in 2007 and specialising in psychiatry. She works at the Rojas Estapé Institute in Madrid treating anxiety, depression, and personality and behavioural disorders. From the beginning of her career, she has been involved in humanitarian and volunteer work internationally, such as in Cambodia, where she helped victims of sex trafficking, which influenced her perspective on the connection between the mind and body. Her writing style brings scientific knowledge about psychological and neurological concepts to the general public.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
“Recover Your Mind, Reclaim Your Life” offers a clear and accessible guide to understanding how our modern, hyper-connected, instant-gratification world affects our brains, attention and emotional wellbeing. The author shows how dopamine, the “pleasure” hormone, can become either our ally or our enemy in a life full of distractions, how the pre-frontal cortex, the brain’s control centre for impulses and focus, gets compromised, and how social media, overload of stimuli and impatience undermine our ability to concentrate, tolerate boredom or pain, and live deeply. The book is structured in four large blocks and twenty-one chapters. It culminates in practical tools and routines for “recovering” our attention, reconnecting with ourselves and our surroundings, and thus “reclaiming” our life.
