30 Books like The Expectation Effect

The Mindful Body

by Ellen J. Langer • 2023

What you believe about your health changes your body more than what is objectively true.

3.80

2k+

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 💊 Placebo Effect 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Mindful Body 97%

What you believe about your health changes your body more than what is objectively true.

by Ellen J. Langer 2023

3.80

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 💊 Placebo Effect 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Counterclockwise

by Ellen J. Langer • 2009

Living as if it's 1959 made older men physically younger. The science of mind-driven health.

3.87

763

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🧓 Healthy Aging 🧘 Mindfulness

Counterclockwise 97%

Living as if it's 1959 made older men physically younger. The science of mind-driven health.

by Ellen J. Langer 2009

3.87

763 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🧓 Healthy Aging 🧘 Mindfulness

The Balance Within

by Esther M. Sternberg • 2000

Brain and immune system talk nonstop. When stress breaks the connection, the body attacks itself.

3.80

315

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🛡️ Stress And Immunity 💊 Mind-Body Medicine

The Balance Within 96%

Brain and immune system talk nonstop. When stress breaks the connection, the body attacks itself.

by Esther M. Sternberg 2000

3.80

315 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🛡️ Stress And Immunity 💊 Mind-Body Medicine

The Balanced Brain

by Camilla Nord • 2024

Your brain predicts your mood before you feel it, and often gets it wrong.

3.93

484

🧘 Mind-Body Connection 😌 Affective Science 🔮 Predictive Processing

The Balanced Brain 96%

Your brain predicts your mood before you feel it, and often gets it wrong.

by Camilla Nord 2024

3.93

484 ratings

🧘 Mind-Body Connection 😌 Affective Science 🔮 Predictive Processing

Cure

by Jo Marchant • 2016

What if the mind could produce real healing? A journalist explores the evidence suggesting it can.

4.09

4k+

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 👥 Social Connection

Cure 96%

What if the mind could produce real healing? A journalist explores the evidence suggesting it can.

by Jo Marchant 2016

4.09

4k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 👥 Social Connection

Mind-Body Medicine

by Jason M. Satterfield • 2013

How stress, loneliness, and negative thoughts get under your skin, and what to do about it.

4.40

184

🩺 Health Psychology 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😰 Stress Management

Mind-Body Medicine 96%

How stress, loneliness, and negative thoughts get under your skin, and what to do about it.

by Jason M. Satterfield 2013

4.40

184 ratings

🩺 Health Psychology 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 😰 Stress Management

Mind over Medicine

by Lissa Rankin • 2013

Your mind can heal your body: clinical proof, and a life audit that prescribes the change.

4.11

3k+

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💪 Patient Empowerment 💊 Placebo Effect

Mind over Medicine 96%

Your mind can heal your body: clinical proof, and a life audit that prescribes the change.

by Lissa Rankin 2013

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💪 Patient Empowerment 💊 Placebo Effect

You Are the Placebo

by Joe Dispenza • 2014

Sugar pills heal because the brain expects to. Here is how to produce that effect yourself.

4.25

15k+

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 💊 Placebo Effect 🔄 Neuroplasticity

You Are the Placebo 96%

Sugar pills heal because the brain expects to. Here is how to produce that effect yourself.

by Joe Dispenza 2014

4.25

15k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 💊 Placebo Effect 🔄 Neuroplasticity

How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

by David R. Hamilton • 2008

Your mind changes your body at the cellular level. The science and the how-to.

4.11

918

🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🎯 Mental Imagery 💊 Placebo Effect

How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body Summary

How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body 95%

Your mind changes your body at the cellular level. The science and the how-to.

by David R. Hamilton 2008

4.11

918 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Healing 🎯 Mental Imagery 💊 Placebo Effect

The Ripple Effect

by Greg Wells • 2017

Health isn't four separate projects. Fix your sleep and your diet, exercise, and focus follow.

3.76

1k+

🛏️ Sleep Science 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔗 Habit Stacking

The Ripple Effect 95%

Health isn't four separate projects. Fix your sleep and your diet, exercise, and focus follow.

by Greg Wells 2017

3.76

1k+ ratings

🛏️ Sleep Science 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔗 Habit Stacking

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

by Stan Rodski • 2023

The science that turns knitting, coloring, and driving into brain-rewiring stress relief.

3.64

492

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🔬 Psychoneuroimmunology 🧘 Everyday Mindfulness

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness 95%

The science that turns knitting, coloring, and driving into brain-rewiring stress relief.

by Stan Rodski 2023

3.64

492 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🔬 Psychoneuroimmunology 🧘 Everyday Mindfulness

Unfuck Your Body

by Faith G. Harper • 2021

Breathing, eating, sleeping, moving: the science of calming a nervous system that's had enough.

3.60

592

🧬 Mind-Body Connection 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🫁 Breathwork

Unfuck Your Body 95%

Breathing, eating, sleeping, moving: the science of calming a nervous system that's had enough.

by Faith G. Harper 2021

3.60

592 ratings

🧬 Mind-Body Connection 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🫁 Breathwork

The Whole Health Life

by Shannon Harvey • 2016

When specialists gave up, one journalist found recovery in the biology of everyday choices.

4.29

🍃 Holistic Health 🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Whole Health Life 95%

When specialists gave up, one journalist found recovery in the biology of everyday choices.

by Shannon Harvey 2016

4.29

62 ratings

🍃 Holistic Health 🩺 Chronic Illness Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

The Telomere Effect

by Elizabeth Blackburn • 2017

Your cells contain an aging clock. Every meal, sleepless night, and friendship touches it.

3.77

6k+

💪 Healthy Aging 🔬 Longevity Science 🩺 Preventive Medicine

The Telomere Effect 95%

Your cells contain an aging clock. Every meal, sleepless night, and friendship touches it.

by Elizabeth Blackburn 2017

3.77

6k+ ratings

💪 Healthy Aging 🔬 Longevity Science 🩺 Preventive Medicine

Rewire Your Brain

by John B. Arden • 2010

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

3.88

1k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction

Rewire Your Brain 95%

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

by John B. Arden 2010

3.88

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction

Beyond the Relaxation Response

by Herbert Benson • 1984

Trigger your body's built-in calm response, then multiply its power through whatever you believe.

3.75

138

🧠 Mind-Body Healing 😌 Stress Reduction 🧘 Meditation Practice

Beyond the Relaxation Response 95%

Trigger your body's built-in calm response, then multiply its power through whatever you believe.

by Herbert Benson 1984

3.75

138 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Healing 😌 Stress Reduction 🧘 Meditation Practice

Rewire Your Brain 2.0

by John B. Arden • 2023

Change your diet, movement, sleep, and social ties to retrain the brain from anxiety and depression.

3.89

🧠 Neuroplasticity 😟 Anxiety Management 🌧️ Depression Recovery

Rewire Your Brain 2.0 95%

Change your diet, movement, sleep, and social ties to retrain the brain from anxiety and depression.

by John B. Arden 2023

3.89

63 ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 😟 Anxiety Management 🌧️ Depression Recovery

The Power of Physical Intelligence

by Tony Buzan • 2003

Mental practice builds real strength. A complete system for training every system of the body.

3.77

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Holistic Health 🎯 Mental Training

The Power of Physical Intelligence Summary

The Power of Physical Intelligence 95%

Mental practice builds real strength. A complete system for training every system of the body.

by Tony Buzan 2003

3.77

31 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Holistic Health 🎯 Mental Training

Change Your Brain Every Day

by Daniel G. Amen • 2023

Daily practices that reverse silent brain threats, rebuild focus, and restore peace of mind.

3.97

992

🧠 Brain Health 📅 Daily Practices 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Change Your Brain Every Day 95%

Daily practices that reverse silent brain threats, rebuild focus, and restore peace of mind.

by Daniel G. Amen 2023

3.97

992 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 📅 Daily Practices 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Relaxation Revolution

by Herbert Benson • 2010

A 12-minute practice can alter gene activity. Mind-body medicine belongs beside drugs and surgery.

3.66

188

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 🌿 Stress Reduction

Relaxation Revolution 95%

A 12-minute practice can alter gene activity. Mind-body medicine belongs beside drugs and surgery.

by Herbert Benson 2010

3.66

188 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Placebo Effect 🌿 Stress Reduction

The Genie in Your Genes

by Dawson Church • 2007

Genes are switches, not destiny: thoughts and tapping can flip the ones that heal you.

4.17

419

🧬 Epigenetics 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 🔌 Energy Psychology

The Genie in Your Genes 95%

Genes are switches, not destiny: thoughts and tapping can flip the ones that heal you.

by Dawson Church 2007

4.17

419 ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 🔌 Energy Psychology

The Edge Effect

by Eric R. Braverman • 2004

Four brain chemicals rule your health. A test that shows which one you're losing first.

3.87

356

🧠 Brain Health 🩺 Functional Medicine 🔗 Brain-Body Connection

The Edge Effect 95%

Four brain chemicals rule your health. A test that shows which one you're losing first.

by Eric R. Braverman 2004

3.87

356 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🩺 Functional Medicine 🔗 Brain-Body Connection

The Brain That Changes Itself

by Norman Doidge • 2007

Paralyzed arm moved after 45 years. Phantom pain vanished in a mirror. The brain rewires itself.

4.20

40k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 💪 Stroke Recovery 🤕 Pain Science

The Brain That Changes Itself 95%

Paralyzed arm moved after 45 years. Phantom pain vanished in a mirror. The brain rewires itself.

by Norman Doidge 2007

4.20

40k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 💪 Stroke Recovery 🤕 Pain Science

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

by Daniel G. Amen • 2010

Your brain's wiring decides your weight more than your willpower. The method to rewire it.

3.68

3k+

⚖️ Weight Management 🍽️ Food And Mood 🧠 Brain-Body Connection

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Summary

Change Your Brain, Change Your Body 94%

Your brain's wiring decides your weight more than your willpower. The method to rewire it.

by Daniel G. Amen 2010

3.68

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Weight Management 🍽️ Food And Mood 🧠 Brain-Body Connection

A User's Guide to the Brain

by John J. Ratey • 2001

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

4.04

2k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

A User's Guide to the Brain 94%

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

by John J. Ratey 2001

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

Magnificent Mind at Any Age

by Daniel G. Amen • 2008

The brain circuits that drive or derail your life, and the natural protocols to balance them.

3.89

837

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 🏋️ Resilience Training

Magnificent Mind at Any Age 94%

The brain circuits that drive or derail your life, and the natural protocols to balance them.

by Daniel G. Amen 2008

3.89

837 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility 🏋️ Resilience Training

Mental Fitness

by Shawn Talbott • 2021

Mood starts in the gut. Resilience lives in the heart. Train both, and the brain follows.

4.04

🧠 Gut-Brain Connection 🦠 Microbiome Health 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry

Mental Fitness 94%

Mood starts in the gut. Resilience lives in the heart. Train both, and the brain follows.

by Shawn Talbott 2021

4.04

54 ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Connection 🦠 Microbiome Health 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry

The Changing Mind

by Daniel J. Levitin • 2020

The brain's late bloom: what improves with age, and how to accelerate it.

3.93

4k+

🧬 Healthy Aging 🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Changing Mind 94%

The brain's late bloom: what improves with age, and how to accelerate it.

by Daniel J. Levitin 2020

3.93

4k+ ratings

🧬 Healthy Aging 🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness

by Mario Alonso Puig • 2017

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

4.12

1k+

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness 94%

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

by Mario Alonso Puig 2017

4.12

1k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Healthy Brain, Happy Life

by Wendy Suzuki • 2015

The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.

3.65

2k+

🧠 Brain Health 🏃 Exercise Neuroscience 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Healthy Brain, Happy Life 94%

The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.

by Wendy Suzuki 2015

3.65

2k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🏃 Exercise Neuroscience 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

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