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Leaf, Caroline, 1963- author.

Cleaning up your mental mess : 5 simple, scientifically proven steps to reduce anxiety, stress, and toxic thinking / Dr. Caroline Leaf.

Cleaning up your mental mess : Five simple, scientifically proven steps to reduce anxiety, stress, and toxic thinking

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]

©2021

304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : black and white illustrations, charts ; 23 cm

Our toxic thoughts, depression and anxiety are frequently aggravated by our chaotic world, and they are sustained by an inability to manage our thought life. The author provides a 5-step, 63-day plan, the Neurocycle, to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304).

Preface -- Acknowledgments. (Part 1, The why and how): What happens when we don't use our minds correctly -- What is mind-management and why do we need it? -- Why the Neurocycle is the solution to cleaning up your mental mess -- The research -- How can all this science help you? -- What is the mind? -- The interconnected mind. (Part 2, The practical application of the Neurocycle): The 5 steps of the Neurocycle -- Directing your brain for change -- Why it takes sixty-three days of Neurocycling to form a habit -- Neurocycling to build your brain and develop mental toughness -- Neurocycling to detox trauma -- Neurocycling to break bad habits and build good lifestyle habits -- Neurocycling as a daily mind-management routine for cleaning up the mental mess. Appendix A: The geodesic information processing theory -- Appendix B: The metacog -- Notes.

Anxiety -- Treatment -- Self-regulation -- Methods -- Self-instruction.

Depression, Mental -- Treatment -- Self-regulation -- Methods.

Health -- Quality -- Treatment -- Self-regulation -- Self-instruction.

Intrusive thoughts -- Self-regulation -- Methods.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy -- Self-instruction.

Mental health -- Quality -- Treatment -- Self-regulation -- Methods -- Self-instruction.

Mind and body -- Quality -- Discipline -- Self-regulation -- Self-instruction.

Self-care, Health -- Methods.

Instructional and educational works.

Self-help publications.

Baker Books (Firm), publisher.

9780801093456 (cloth ; hardcover)

0801093457 (cloth ; hardcover)

9781540900401 (paperback)

1540900401 (paperback)

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