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Conquer Your Negative Thoughts: The Secret to Emotional Freedom and Happiness
Don’t let negative thoughts steal your happiness. . . learn to take charge of your thoughts and rewire your brain.Thoughts that we allow to circle again and again in our minds build ruts or roads in the brain, making those thoughts more likely to dominate and control our lives. But we aren’t doomed to feel down when life doesn’t go our way.In Conquer Your Negative Thoughts, psychiatrist and clinical neuroscientist Dr. Daniel G. Amen applies his knowledge of how the mind works to help you take back control of your thoughts, consistently generate positive feelings, and master your emotions no matter your age, income, or situation. By retraining your brain to focus on happiness and purpose, you’ll feel healthier, calmer, and more resilient and be fully prepared to face life’s ups and downs.Conquer Your Negative Thoughts offers great resource for those dealing with anxiety and depressionKey insights from an expert in his fieldTools to change your mental habits based on scienceReal-life case studiesBible verses to help conquer negative thoughtsEmpower yourself to change your mind’s habits and improve your mental health, for good.
138 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2023
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About the author
Daniel G. Amen
194 books1,470 followersThe Washington Post called Dr. Daniel Amen the most popular psychiatrist in America and Sharecare.com named him the web's most influential expert and advocate on mental health.
Daniel Amen is a life-long Christian and graduate of Oral Roberts University School of Medicine. He is a double board-certified psychiatrist and multiple NY Times bestselling author, with such blockbuster books as Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, and The Daniel Plan, co-authored by Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman. In November 2016, he and his wife Tana published The Brain Warrior's Way.
Dr. Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics, which has 6 locations across the United States. Amen Clinics has the world's largest database of brain scans related to behavior, totaling more than 125,000 SPECT scans on patients from 111 countries.
Dr. Amen's research team has published more than 70 scientific articles on a wide variety of topics related to brain health. He is the lead researcher on the largest brain imaging study on active and retired NFL players and was a consultant on the movie Concussion starring Will Smith. In 2016, Discover Magazine named his brain imaging work for psychiatric diagnoses as one of the top 100 stories in all of science.
Dr. Amen has also hosted 11 national public television shows about the brain, which have aired more than 80,000 times across North America and raised more than 75 million dollars for stations.
You can connect with Dr. Amen on Facebook and Twitter
Daniel Amen is a life-long Christian and graduate of Oral Roberts University School of Medicine. He is a double board-certified psychiatrist and multiple NY Times bestselling author, with such blockbuster books as Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, and The Daniel Plan, co-authored by Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman. In November 2016, he and his wife Tana published The Brain Warrior's Way.
Dr. Amen is the founder of Amen Clinics, which has 6 locations across the United States. Amen Clinics has the world's largest database of brain scans related to behavior, totaling more than 125,000 SPECT scans on patients from 111 countries.
Dr. Amen's research team has published more than 70 scientific articles on a wide variety of topics related to brain health. He is the lead researcher on the largest brain imaging study on active and retired NFL players and was a consultant on the movie Concussion starring Will Smith. In 2016, Discover Magazine named his brain imaging work for psychiatric diagnoses as one of the top 100 stories in all of science.
Dr. Amen has also hosted 11 national public television shows about the brain, which have aired more than 80,000 times across North America and raised more than 75 million dollars for stations.
You can connect with Dr. Amen on Facebook and Twitter
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May 25, 2023
Great pick up. Easy to read good tips for immediate improvement. Nothing in here is impossible to do and there are many references in the appendix to aid you. This is one you could give as a gift to a friend or family member who may be in need. Highly recommend.
May 8, 2023
Great book! Finished in a day.
Focuses on positive thinking for a happier, healthier life and sprinkles in the Gospel truth here and there throughout 😊
Focuses on positive thinking for a happier, healthier life and sprinkles in the Gospel truth here and there throughout 😊
October 12, 2025
A very good and informative book. A lot of the ideas in this book reminds me of CBT. The book is short and to the point. With many helpful techniques. I like the mix of religion, psychology and stories. The book finishes with a couple of starter exercises to put you on the right path to defeating your personal ANTs.
December 27, 2024
really really good information and practices for you to consider when you begin your journey into bettering your mental health, it amazes me when people can put together information like this - only down a star because of religious stuff but that’s just because it’s not for me! this guy clearly knows his stuff :)
January 16, 2024
Easy to read and enjoyable.
“The world is like a Rorschach test, where a person is asked to describe what they see in 10 inkblots that mean absolutely nothing. What we see in the inkblots is based on our inner view of the world; our perceptions bear witness to our state of mind. As we think, so do we perceive.”
Probably my favorite quote from the book.
“The world is like a Rorschach test, where a person is asked to describe what they see in 10 inkblots that mean absolutely nothing. What we see in the inkblots is based on our inner view of the world; our perceptions bear witness to our state of mind. As we think, so do we perceive.”
Probably my favorite quote from the book.
December 13, 2023
Short but effective, I recommended this book to anyone who wants to work for happiness and self-improvement. This easy read provides incredible simple yet powerful methods to help yourself, so why not take advantage of them?
August 25, 2024
I appreciate Dr. Amen's work, so I picked up this quick, easy read at an airport newsstand. Explains how our habits of thinking rewire our brains, for better or worse. After finishing, passed it on to someone who needs it more than I do and noticed some positive shifts in that person.
June 12, 2024
Super quick read with really interesting and helpful points.
July 31, 2024
The religious aspect was not necessary but otherwise helpful suggestions.
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September 21, 2025It was good, but not as good as “Conquer Worry and Anxiety” by him and it was also very similar.
September 22, 2025
Read for work, but I got something out of it, too! A nice little book about the power of positive thinking with actionable steps.
December 31, 2023
Dr Amen has practical tips to be mindful about creating a positive thinking pattern in general and deliberately keeping the brain 0n the "positive" track. Good, lean book without the unnecessary fat.
October 12, 2024
Interesting pick up!
It was pretty easy to read, it's full of life-changing tips for immediate improvement. Nothing said in there is impossible to achieve.
Moreover, the articles mentioned at the end of the appendix were so interesting to read (I usually never pay attention to the articles mentioned). They were as relevant as the book itself. I'd highly recommend to look over them at least.
I'd advise to give it as a gift to a loved one who may be in need or not because this book can help everyone.
It was pretty easy to read, it's full of life-changing tips for immediate improvement. Nothing said in there is impossible to achieve.
Moreover, the articles mentioned at the end of the appendix were so interesting to read (I usually never pay attention to the articles mentioned). They were as relevant as the book itself. I'd highly recommend to look over them at least.
I'd advise to give it as a gift to a loved one who may be in need or not because this book can help everyone.
November 11, 2025
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
This was another book from my dad. He knows I’m into self improvement, especially when it’s backed by actual research and gives you something you can use in real life. I had seen Dr. Amen’s content on TikTok, so I figured this would be the same kind of thing but in more depth. And honestly, it was. It isn’t perfect, but I actually walked away with tools I used immediately. A lot of self help books talk at you. This one gave me something to do.
The whole book revolves around one simple idea. You are not your thoughts. The negative ones don’t have to control your life or your identity. Dr. Amen breaks down different types of distorted thinking patterns, what he calls Automatic Negative Thoughts, and shows you how to catch them, question them, and replace them with something more accurate. It is clear, straightforward, and not filled with clinical jargon. He keeps it focused on application.
What I liked most is that it feels like a workbook. You don’t just read. You interact. If you take it seriously, you end up doing real internal work. It is motivating without being cheesy, and it doesn’t pretend that thinking differently is easy. It frames it as a skill you have to build.
My only critique is that sometimes it plays things a little safe. There were parts where I wanted more depth or more variety in examples. Some chapters repeat ideas in different wording. But even with that, the book still landed.
For people already deep into mental health and mindset reading, this may not be groundbreaking. But if you are trying to get better at controlling your thoughts instead of letting your thoughts control you, this is a solid foundation. It is practical and realistic about the fact that change takes consistent effort.
You won’t finish the book suddenly healed. But you will finish with tools you can actually use, and sometimes that is the most valuable thing.
This was another book from my dad. He knows I’m into self improvement, especially when it’s backed by actual research and gives you something you can use in real life. I had seen Dr. Amen’s content on TikTok, so I figured this would be the same kind of thing but in more depth. And honestly, it was. It isn’t perfect, but I actually walked away with tools I used immediately. A lot of self help books talk at you. This one gave me something to do.
The whole book revolves around one simple idea. You are not your thoughts. The negative ones don’t have to control your life or your identity. Dr. Amen breaks down different types of distorted thinking patterns, what he calls Automatic Negative Thoughts, and shows you how to catch them, question them, and replace them with something more accurate. It is clear, straightforward, and not filled with clinical jargon. He keeps it focused on application.
What I liked most is that it feels like a workbook. You don’t just read. You interact. If you take it seriously, you end up doing real internal work. It is motivating without being cheesy, and it doesn’t pretend that thinking differently is easy. It frames it as a skill you have to build.
My only critique is that sometimes it plays things a little safe. There were parts where I wanted more depth or more variety in examples. Some chapters repeat ideas in different wording. But even with that, the book still landed.
For people already deep into mental health and mindset reading, this may not be groundbreaking. But if you are trying to get better at controlling your thoughts instead of letting your thoughts control you, this is a solid foundation. It is practical and realistic about the fact that change takes consistent effort.
You won’t finish the book suddenly healed. But you will finish with tools you can actually use, and sometimes that is the most valuable thing.
December 28, 2024
Easy quick read with great tips on how to take control of your thinking patterns
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