Five Books That Will Help You Improve Your Brain and Mental Health

In the last few decades, science has been churning out radical new discoveries about the human brain and mental health which have us questioning what we thought were truths or throwing them away altogether.

We’ve learned that gut bacteria greatly impact our mental health, depression is most likely an epigenetic syndrome, diet drastically reduces Alzheimer’s risk, and that we are able to intentionally guide neuroplastic change in our brains. The discoveries tell us that we have much more influence over our brains and mental health than was believed.

Whether you’re dealing with depression and anxiety or want to make sure you know all there is to know about lowering your risk of age-related decline, knowledge is power. When it comes to your brain, in order to help yourself, you’ve got to educate yourself.

Below are five books that I highly recommend for anyone with a brain. These reads helped me recover from a serious brain injury and upgrade my mind to healthy and happy. And they gave me the tools to stay there.

Soft-Wired: How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Can Change Your Life

Dr. Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., is one of the original researchers that confirmed that the brain remodels…