You Are More Than That: A Guide to Embracing the Spiritual Being Within and Becoming Fully Human

Do you need a guide to releasing the mind’s full energies . . . a handbook for the soul?
Must you trip over your own feet all too often and find yourself not "with it"?

Some move through their day with ease; others too often stumble or knot themselves up. Yet we’re more than the limited beings we see ourselves as. Our lives can follow a different story than one that leaves us restless and unfulfilled, and we need not repeat behavior that defeats growth. In this compelling and enlightening book, Dr. Rajiv Juneja offers a glimpse into the biological base of the mind—a mind-body whose sense of soul we entrust ourselves to. This sense of soul turns on choices that fulfill us, rather than just cover over our empty spaces. These choices give us spirit and toughness.

You Are More Than That looks into your richest strategies for coping with yourself and becoming fully purposeful beyond mere comfort zones. Shaping up for peak performance in body and mind takes deep self-understanding, and this book opens with an invitation to become self-aware and name the processes that hinder growth and even bind you to underperformance. These can be social or biological processes that limit your being.

How do you break free of underachievement?
How does stress in your day-to-day life become a barrier to knowing who you are?

We can rise above stress through the mind-body tie. New tests on the placebo response, where health improves based on treatment regimens of pills with no effective medicine in them, show that sheer belief in ourselves and our own resolve can lift us from self-limiting beliefs. Even if we may fall short of our hopes and expectations, Dr. Raj shows that we are better than we think and can find strength through greater self-understanding. A new you is within arm’s reach once you face your fears of falling short. You are more than that.

T. Rajiv Juneja, M.D., M.S., is double board-certified in Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Prior to entering medical school, he underwent graduate training in Neurosciences at Northwestern University. After earning his medical degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine, he completed his psychiatric training in New York City at St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital Center, a Columbia University Hospital, where he was Chief Resident in his final year. He also completed a fellowship in psychoanalysis at New York University, and a two-year program at William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology in New York in the area of organizational and system dynamics. Currently, he is a fellow at the University of Arizona, studying Integrative and Alternative Medicine under Dr. Andrew Weil. He also chairs the committee on public education for the American Psychiatry Association’s New Jersey chapter. At the age of six, Dr. Raj moved to the United States from India with his family and began what he later recognized to be a journey of transition and transformation. His initial desire to become a doctor mainly stemmed from cultural and familial pressures to "do the right thing." Only much later when he completed his medical degree did he begin looking for real understanding of self. He says, "I realized that self-worth is something we’re born with, and a sense of purpose can never come from the outside; it must be found within. We want to address our problems before they lead to complete breakdown and result in illness. Insight and prevention are the key to a more fulfilling life."