How to be Brain Wise: The Proven Method for Making Smart Choices - Softcover

Patricia Gorman Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974876445 ISBN 13: 9780974876443

Publisher: Innisfree Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book is for everyone who has ever wondered: What was I thinking? Think about the problems and challenges in your daily life. Do you resolve them by using your Wizard Brain? Or does your Lizard Brain cause you to act in ways that make things even worse? Taking you behind the scenes of your mind's emotional mechanics, How To Be BrainWise gives you the skills to stop, think, and make the right decisions-even in the worst possible situations. Dr. Barry's groundbreaking and easy-to-understand BrainWise approach has helped thousands of children, teens, and adults around the world us the 10 Wise Ways to lead happier, more productive lives. Make the right decision by learning how to become BrainWise.

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About the Author

Dr. Barry founded BrainWise in 1994. The developer of the BrainWise Program, she is a former adolescent, school, and migrant health nurse. She also has taught college research courses and served as lead instructor for the pilot test of the BrainWise curriculum with inner-city students. Dr. Barry has more than 25 years of experience working with at-risk youth and has spearheaded more than 30 research studies on topics ranging from domestic violence to general consumer issues. Her extensive research has played an instrumental role in the development and testing of the BrainWise lesson plans and student workbooks. Since she first started the organization, more than 3000 individuals have been trained to teach, co-facilitate, or administer the program in schools, youth agencies and nonprofit organizations throughout Colorado, the United States and in China.

Edition details

• Publisher: Innisfree Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974876445
• ISBN 13: 9780974876443
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112