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The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety, and Sleep Again
Are you wearing stress as a badge of honor or resigned to feeling stuck in the hustle culture? The reality is that chronic stress kills . Just ask Dr. Romie Mushtaq who suffered from career burnout and underwent life-saving surgery. And as a brain doctor, she should have known better. Dr. Romie embarked on a global journey to research and heal the negative impact of the stress responses on our brains, bodies, and teams. The solution led to this eye-opening book for professionals eager to break the relentless cycles of stress, anxiety, and burnout.
While traditional medicine treats anxiety, adult-onset ADHD, and insomnia as separate issues, Dr. Romie identifies them as symptoms of a “Busy Brain.” Busy Brain results from chronic unchecked stress and burnout.
The Busy Brain Cure is integrated approach to heal the root cause of ADD/ADHD, anxiety, and insomnia, while also transforming the conversation on mental health and workplace wellness.
In this book, you’ll learn how
The Busy Brain Cure is for C-Suite executives, leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, and high-achieving professionals who want evidence-based strategies to improve their mental well-being. Dr. Romie combines her expertise and research in brain science with ancient wisdom, compelling storytelling, and her distinct humor so will can laugh, heal, and tame your Busy Brain.
While traditional medicine treats anxiety, adult-onset ADHD, and insomnia as separate issues, Dr. Romie identifies them as symptoms of a “Busy Brain.” Busy Brain results from chronic unchecked stress and burnout.
The Busy Brain Cure is integrated approach to heal the root cause of ADD/ADHD, anxiety, and insomnia, while also transforming the conversation on mental health and workplace wellness.
In this book, you’ll learn how
The Busy Brain Cure is for C-Suite executives, leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, and high-achieving professionals who want evidence-based strategies to improve their mental well-being. Dr. Romie combines her expertise and research in brain science with ancient wisdom, compelling storytelling, and her distinct humor so will can laugh, heal, and tame your Busy Brain.
384 pages, Hardcover
Published January 9, 2024
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January 13, 2024
Neurologist and lecturer Dr. Romie Mushtaq uses the phrase Busy Brain to describe the insomnia, anxiety, and adult ADD/ADHD that many type-A high achievers have. This type of person is at high risk of burn-out and serious health issues, as Dr. Mushtaq herself experienced. She has developed an eight-week plan to find focus, tame anxiety, and sleep again.
The author wrote this book like many speakers give talks: she informs you what she will tell you, then she tells her information, and finally she summarizes what she told you. So, the audience/reader receives the information three times. As a reader with a Busy Brain, I can understand how some people who can’t focus may need the information three times. However, I do better with more concise information presented once. From my viewpoint, I would rather read a shorter book that’s to the point.
The author provides a lot of her personal background, including multiple references to her outfits and Jimmy Choo heels. I would prefer that she just include her background in the introductory chapter. If she’s a medical doctor and Assistant Professor at a medical school, the reader knows that she’s knowledgeable.
The author provides many examples of habits that high achievers have, so every reader should feel that this book relates to them. When she finally gets to the actual steps of her brainSHIFT plan, there is nothing earth-shattering. Instead she provides a weekly list of achievable activities for the reader to take, and the next week adds additional activities to form healthier new habits. She makes multiple references to her brainSHIFT website, which provides additional information and resources.
I feel like Dr. Mushtaq understands her subject and conveys it very well, I just think that she can say it once and cut the book in half. Maybe she can release an alternate, concise on-the-go version in the future. I do recommend purchasing the book in paper form so that the reader can mark pages and quickly jump to highlighted passages. The e-ARC that I downloaded on release day was poorly formatted and doesn’t allow the reader to jump to different chapters.
I received an advance review copy (ARC) from NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The author wrote this book like many speakers give talks: she informs you what she will tell you, then she tells her information, and finally she summarizes what she told you. So, the audience/reader receives the information three times. As a reader with a Busy Brain, I can understand how some people who can’t focus may need the information three times. However, I do better with more concise information presented once. From my viewpoint, I would rather read a shorter book that’s to the point.
The author provides a lot of her personal background, including multiple references to her outfits and Jimmy Choo heels. I would prefer that she just include her background in the introductory chapter. If she’s a medical doctor and Assistant Professor at a medical school, the reader knows that she’s knowledgeable.
The author provides many examples of habits that high achievers have, so every reader should feel that this book relates to them. When she finally gets to the actual steps of her brainSHIFT plan, there is nothing earth-shattering. Instead she provides a weekly list of achievable activities for the reader to take, and the next week adds additional activities to form healthier new habits. She makes multiple references to her brainSHIFT website, which provides additional information and resources.
I feel like Dr. Mushtaq understands her subject and conveys it very well, I just think that she can say it once and cut the book in half. Maybe she can release an alternate, concise on-the-go version in the future. I do recommend purchasing the book in paper form so that the reader can mark pages and quickly jump to highlighted passages. The e-ARC that I downloaded on release day was poorly formatted and doesn’t allow the reader to jump to different chapters.
I received an advance review copy (ARC) from NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
January 11, 2024
I really enjoyed this book. As a chronically stressed type-a scientific minded person this resonated with me so much. This book explains medically what stress does to your body and puts together a plan of micro habits to follow to help.
As of my review on 1/10/2024 it was difficult to find some of the resources on the website. The website is extensive and it would be great to have the resources as a companion to the book. Otherwise I would give this five stars.
As of my review on 1/10/2024 it was difficult to find some of the resources on the website. The website is extensive and it would be great to have the resources as a companion to the book. Otherwise I would give this five stars.
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January 2, 2024Personal Growth & Success, Stress Management, Work-Related Health, Nervous System & Brain Diseases
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