Book Club Blog

Welcome to my book blog, where here I read & summarize books that I have read.

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‘The Whole-Brain Child’ by Daniel J. Siegel M.D. & Tina Payne Bryson Ph.D. 
- NON FICTION (6hr Read)
UNFINISHED

Understanding the thought process of your child & the child’s brain could help destress the conflicting action of overwhelming responses. Integrating the brain ensures both parts of the brain, function well together. Our brain is moldable to experiences, changing the physical structure of the brain due to neurons firing & causing it to rewire. Using both sides of the brain to ensure logic w/ emotions helps grasp understanding of a reaction. Ways to grow integration in the brains from experiences, happens from day-to-day habits& experienced reactions of others. Creating a balanced practice between chaos & rigidity helps the the state of harmony. The left side of the brain focuses on the text, as for the right side of the brain focuses on the context. Connecting w/ the right brain & Redirecting w/ the left brain can defuse the right brain thus helping the left brain be involved. Using both sides of the brain equally is important for growth/understanding. Understanding that your child cannot process ethical while overwhelming w/ emotion/tantrum, allows you to help them calm their emotions in order to process logical thinking. Approaching the situations w/ care& understanding can help them comprehend why they even have the emotions. Moving the body physically could be the best distraction in order to have all of the parts of the brain work together in order to calm itself. Memories from the passed can be associated w/ current sounds, smells, tastes & actions that can create the brain to reminisce based off the passed emotions known as triggers. Triggers from the passed shape our present & our future reaction, due to the firing neurons. Memories are altered every time they are remembered, making a memory of a memory inaccurate based off of how you recall them. Implicit memory is the unconscious memory associated w/ an emotion, known as priming, as for explicit memory is the ability to recall in memory. Negative implicit memory can cause PTSD from unconscious encoding. When working w/ your child to integrate the implicit & explicit memory ask yourself if there is a passed event creating this reaction, where story telling can merge implicit & explicit memory or is the child is Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. Intergate the "I feel/i am" to identify the issue& reiterate/reinforce positive thought process. Help express thought through S-see I-images F-feel T-thought to better understand what's inside the brain. Talking about the mind can help you better understand it. Breathing exercises when frustrated can calm both the mind & body.

 'The Compound Effect' by Darren Hardy

Consistency, Full Endurance, Management creates healthy habits, unconscious habits, positive influence, goals & management.

‘No Excuses' by Brain Tracy - NON FICTION (12hr Read)

Lasting Happiness & Success comes from the power of self-discipline. Most people live on auto piolet or aren't even thinking long term, thus creating those individuals to often take the easy way out forming an unconscious bad habit. Where all habits, good or bad, become challenging to break. Leaning on the easy way impairs you from fulfilling full endurance. Recognizing or being mentally aware of your state of mind &or thought process, can improve your personal progression immaculately just based off of the understanding of ignorance alone. Where there be a firm line between unknowledgeable & utter stubbornness while being educated/enlightened, its important to be mindful of understanding where that line sit. Forming an understanding, of w/ whom, what, when, where why & how you are making your excuses, changes your perspective or how our actions effect other people! Mindfulness is always something to keep on the front of your mind, right next to your common sense, mindful about yourself & other people. Create a habit of positivity unfortunately, good or bad habits create drastic changes over time wither we think about it or not. Sapiens who may not understand self-reliance may not be able to comprehend w/ the understanding\awareness because it is entirely each individuals own responsibility to choose the choice of delayed gratification, instead of getting comfortable w/ the little rewards but to hold out in persistence for the long term in love, life, income & friendships. W/ this choice learning to analyze your choices vs options to better assist yourself in the long run. Improve your time management to better effectively complete your days for full effectiveness. Analyze what is not worth your time & use useless activities as rewards for accomplishment. Paying attention to the positive & taking positive approaches to change a negative mindset helps create practice of Values, Virtues & Character. All of which play a large role in taking responsibility in self-improvement/integrity. Express yourself to the fullest & worry about nothing that you be unable to change, ALL negativity is only going to be setback or impair production all together. Be a leader, act as an example &hold integrity. Prioritize your down time by asking yourself if/how you could improve 1% a day, spend 2 hours each day improving yourself. Rise early, stay late & update your goals regularly/break your goals into steps. Hold yourself accountable daily by giving yourself the top 3 prioritized goals a day, to best improve each day. Strive to learn more about everything that you spend time/want to spend time in. Persistence is self-discipline in action, know your vision &go the extra mile. Try the 2% rule, save 20% of your income before bills for your retirement & spend 2% of our income on better educating/improving yourself or work every check. Motivate yourself to do & be the best while thinking about it all positively, show integrity about your morals/beliefs. recognize your mind/ how you think & alter your schedule to improve time management daily. Stay persistent & consistent striving for what you want/where you want to go.

Mindfulness by Lani Muelrath & Domyo Sater Burk
- NON FICTION (4hr Read)
UNFINISHED

awareness &compassion, being aware &present in the same moment. consciousness provides effort while mindfulness provides perspective. mindfulness is a disciplined practice on ones self involving attention training. Your body sends a chemical stress response, where as if not shut off can become damaging both physically and mentally. stimulus independent thought takes over the unconscious brain as self referral process, preparing you for future events. Understanding your response reactions, learning to control them & why you’re having them. mindfulness consist of Undergoing Full endurance & discomfort.

‘Wiser’ Dilip Jeste, MD & Scott Lafee
- NON FICTION (10hr Read)
UNFINISHED

Wisdom comes from growth in experiences & understanding, often measured by distinct behaviors& traits from neural circuits. From cognition, biological & psychological wisdom is measured based off reflection & compassion.

‘Woman, Food, & Hormones’ by Sara Gottfriend MD 
- NON FICTION (10hr Read)
UNFINISHED

Keto has only been tested in men and needs to be altered to fit a woman’s diet . Over intake of protein can cause fat accumulation due to protein turning to sugar. Ketones produced by ketogenic diet causes poor clinical outcome. Starving your body for carbohydrates makes you lose weight. Polyunsaturated fatty acids create testosterone in woman. Increased chances of hormone induced stress range & spiked blood sugar in woman's DNA. Hormones and testosterone create bones. Keto helps build testosterone levels, while testosterone builds muscle. estrogen makes you store fat.

‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fk’ by Mark Manson 
- NON FICTION (4hr Read)

Dissatisfaction and insecurity or human nature.! Human brains have a hard time deciphering between physical pain and psychological pain, Making them feel about the same. Psychological balance has to be at equilibrium. Homeo sapiens desire human interaction, and misery leads to company. It’s easier to place blame than take credit & Homosapiens are used to taking the easy way out rather than enduring. Homo sapiens feel the need to remain busy because they do not know how do endure waiting/enjoying the present time of nothingness. Unaddressed or unresolved issues create a call to action respond to your brain, leaving you feel anxious. Understanding yourself awareness creates different direction in your reaction towards responses. over indulging in pleasures becomes toxic due to lack of full endurance through hardships, creating a dopamine in balance which creates a lethargic mindset. Valve suffering. Put your energy into what you enjoy instead of wasting the potential, weigh out the values of what you’re result efforts & ensure they are of standards. Value your personal moral success system supportively. Remain positive & understand grand effects it has on all around. Only you are responsible for your actions, reactions & behaviors. understanding your behaviors could reflect a deeper issue and finding that issue by being mindful of ones self.

'The Mindful Brain' by Daniel J. Siegel
  - NON FICTION (19hr Read)
   UNFINISHED

Mindful: Connecting w/ A State Of Mind By Focusing Careful Attention Of The Mind In The Moment While Having A Non-Judgmental View.

Embarking into mindfulness it's important to be aware of awareness, paying careful attention to your wandering thoughts. If your mind wonders when you are in the present moment of mindfulness, journal What & Why are you wondering. Use reflective mindfulness/ mindful awareness practices, to balance a clear certainty. Uncertainty creates healing, immune response, stress reactivity & physical wellness issues. Remain non-judgmental& non-reactive in mindful awareness practices to better your unconscious learning. Mindfulness has been tested as use of treatment for mental disorders, paying attentional focus& aware of intention to better understand/ create a healthy lifestyle to suit your way of life. Studies show that mindfulness strengthens both sides of your brain, Right Side Brain - Body Sence & Left Side Brain - Word Thought. Poetry/Silence both create memory/moments which strengthen the left side of your brain being your creative. Silence when taking in what's done & said with no intention of responding, helps understanding. Understanding Mindfulness & Selfless Awareness create a river of consciousness. This consciousness is best practiced through meditation when the mind in aware of its awareness. Emotional regulation can produce reliable alternations in daily brain function due to the minds self-regulation patterns which take over as the brain learns/deteriorated.

'The Power of Thank You' by Joyce Meyer 
 - NON FICTION (5hr Read) 

Thankfulness is a sign of spiritual maturity, being & expressing this feeling in present/ difficult time creates contentment. 'Thanks' creates a mindset over time & what you think you create, there is reassurance in gratitude. Being aware of the pros & cons of/for the change in situations, &if you can't help your cause let go of control over the uncontrollable. Being less reactive in these difficult times creates a better mood & over all thankfulness mindsets. Holding yourself to high morals & w/ strong integrity creates a healthy mindsets & an even more happy life. Giving generosity in quality/quantity & maintaining your appreciation for what you have stabilizes your unconscious mood. Giving thanks in all times especially hard times or unnecessary times can become uplifting for not only you buy those around you. Remain humble, keeping an attitude of gratitude & be kind.

‘The Nature Fix’ by Flornce Willams
 - NON FICTION (5hr Read)
  UNFINISHED

Our mood is greatly affected by the weather. Our nervous system allows is to feel our mood more intensely when using more of your senses, grabbing our awareness. 50% creativity improvement w/ just a few days in nature. Nature helps expand your sense of mindfulness. Nature allows us to become more relaxed, lowering our anxiety/stress levels, allowing us to clear our minds & cheer up. Blood& brain wave lengths travels to parts of your brain that resemble peace when viewing nature.

‘I Didn't Do The Thing Today’ by Madeleine Dore
- NON FICTION (7hr Read)

Routines help shape motivation for achievement, focus on what you've achieved & not what's unfinished. Privatize your work & understand some things take time. Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. Feeling guilty for not ‘doing the thing’ could be not that you didn’t achieve or what you wanted but instead you didn't act in alignment w/ who we are/want to be. Understanding the inconsistent flow of life & learning to express ourselves filled w/ control & admiration. Enjoy life in the difficulty, for that is what shapes your character. Avoid getting lost in indecisions, expectation & comparison. Consistent distraction could be a coping avoidant. Adjust your to do list to become enjoyable, seeming less like a chore. Find reward/punishment for productivity achievements. Doing the things we are thinking about while we think of them could help the cause of the feelings of guilt, or to the urge to need to get something done could be a urn to improve on your hobby/ skills/ abilities/ integrity. Understand that the perfect time is now & not making a habit of procrastination. This ‘guilt’ feeling could be you holding yourself to a high expectations. Growing internally before holding others accountable could help you understand ignorance & how you could choose positivity. If one moist judge others, to judge based from intentions over actions. Remembering to be kind when kind is hard & how you can change lives but spreading positivity because negativity is so easy to lean on.

'The 5 Apology Languages' by Gary Chapman & Jennifer Thomas
- NONFICTION (6hr Read)

Learning to control you reactions to emotions & expressing regret through apologies when you feel as though you could be admitting your mistakes through sincere non- manipulated apologies. Control your reactions by choosing to agree to disagree through correct apologies by requesting forgiveness w/ no expectation & showing planned change.

'Present Over Perfect' by Shauna Niequist
 - NON FICTION (5hr Read)

Create a life full of meaning, connection & unconditional love by avoiding gluttony & pride. Most sapiens only change only when pain is unbearable, something becomes unmanageable. Stop forcing too many things in at once, learn to pace yourself & enjoy the moments. Recognize management/full schedule as a coping avoidant strategy. Recognize when your body is speaking to you & hear it. Value your connections in the moment wither good or bad, by being present about only what matters in the moments. Give the people closest to your realistic expectations of what you can manage.

'Choose The Life You Want" by Tal Ben Shchar
 - FICTION (3hr Read) 
 UNFINISHED 

Slow down & savor life, choose to choose. Choice is creation to choose How, What, When, Where, Why & How & the recognize being aware. Acknowledged action in moment. being aware/mindful of action/conflict & self expression of internal thought presses.

'Milk & Honey' by Rupi Kaur
 - NON FICTION (1hr Read)

Rape Recovery Story

'The Overnight Guest' by Heather GudenKauf
 - FICTION (11hr Read) 10/10

Crime writer isolates herself at farmhouse to write a book during a snow storm where 2 where gunned down decades ago.

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