Rewire Your Anxious Brain

How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

By: Catherine M. Pittman PhD, Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS

Narrated by: Susannah Mars

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety, based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.

In this audiobook you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison the cortex is the center of worry - that is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen.

Pittman and Karle offer simple, specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping in to both of these pathways in the brain. As you listen, you'll gain a greater understanding of how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it.

The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally "rewire" the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.

©2015 Catherine M. Pittman & Elizabeth M. Karle (P)2015 Wetware Media

Quite Practical

What made the experience of listening to Rewire Your Anxious Brain the most enjoyable?

I found that a number of the exercises very helpful.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to understand how Anxiety works and what can be done to have some self mastery over it. Easy to follow and easy to understand.

Very helpful!

The book was useful and calming to listen to. It was helpful to learn some physiological aspects in addition to strategies to deal with anxiety.

scientific based yet a smooth read

very useful book, simply written although it is based on proper scientific research, categorizes anxious behavior in 2 different major categories which helps the person to identify the cause of his/her own anxiety

Great book!

Easy to follow, practical, inspirational, informative and well researched.
A good read even for someone who doesn't suffer from anxiety!

Surprisingly refreshing and useful help!

I learned so many immediately applicable tips and strategies to manage anxious thinking and stress.

great book

I was skeptical about this book at first because I've read so many it seems now I have a more better understanding and this book also gives examples and ways to help you manage your anxiety it doesn't just talk about what it is it actually gives you coping skills to help you overcome your anxiety your panic or your worry I truly recommend this book

This is a must for people suffering from panic attacks and/or anxiety disorder.

This book explains all the complex things that happen in your brain that can trigger anxiety and/or panic attacks. It's more than just insightful it teaches step by step what you can do to train your amygdala and your cortex to reduce anxiety and panic attacks.
I've suffered from panic attacks for most of my life, and it's been under control for the most part until the 2020 Covid-19 breakdown.
This book helped at the beginning of the pandemic (while starting medication for anxiety for the first time), and it's helping me now that I'm stopping taking the drug.

Review is good.

Complicated subject so had to listen to book carefully. Had difficulty staying focused. Book was helpful.

Concise - No frills advice

This is a good book to inform and begin assessing yourself. It likely requires some supplementary reading if you’d like an in-depth understanding of the topic.

Helpful and simple

Simple and helpful explanation of so many areas of anxiety and the brain. Thank you