A review by vivaldi
The Healthy Brain Book: An All-Ages Guide to a Calmer, Happier, Sharper You: A proven plan for managing anxiety, depression, and ADHD, and preventing and reversing dementia and Alzheimer's by Vincent M. Fortanasce, William Sears

4.0

I really enjoyed reading The Healthy Brain Book!! Reading this was both a therapeutic and eye-opening experience. I think overall this book explains the scientific aspects about brain science in a pretty understandable way - you don't have to be a biology expert to grasp the nitty gritty details because William Sears highlighted the most important bullet points nice & clear in each chapter. In addition to the clear & concise writing is the effective illustrations - they definitely worth more than a thousand words!

What I found particularly eye-opening is that The Healthy Brain Book provides some smart tweaks that I could consider introducing in my daily lifestyle & how these tweaks are backed by science. While brain science & mental health isn't a one-size-fits-all thing, I think this The Healthy Brain Book is nevertheless a pretty accessible self-help book that discusses & summarises different topics coherently. It definitely gave me plenty food for thoughts!

N.B. Content warnings: mental illnesses & physical illnesses