Whether you’re looking to better understand your brain chemicals, exercise injury-free, or stop worrying about what others think or do, there’s a new book for it.
Here are three must-read self-improvement articles to see you through the new year.
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions Can’t Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins (Hay House, out now)
The youngest of the phenomenally famous—7.1 million Instagram followers, 3.2 million YouTube subscribers—the podcast host and guru is already a New York Times bestseller. It supports a simple philosophy: Stop trying to change and control other people or make them happy and focus on yourself and what you can control. “This shift will change everything,” Robbins writes. “Stop wasting your energy. . . The more you let other people live their lives, the better your life becomes. And the more you let people be who they are, or feel what they feel, or think what they think, the better your relationships will be.”
Dose effect: Optimize your brain and body by increasing your dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins
TJ Power (Dey Street Books; January 21)
Better understanding what the four main brain chemicals do and what makes them go up and down, Power claims, can help us make important positive changes in our daily lives and habits “You have to start listening “, writes the neuroscientist. “Hearing how your daily behaviors are making your brain and body feel.” The book is filled with practical tips for growing different chemicals. Get your dopamine boost by putting down your phone and opening a real book. Focus on increasing your oxytocin levels—and feelings of connection—with physical touch, time in nature, and, again, phone-free time. Get more sleep, protein and sunlight to boost your serotonin levels. Learn to activate your endorphins with exercise, sauna or music.
Born to Walk: The Broken Promises of the Running Boom
Mark Sisson with Brad Kearns (Primal Blueprint Publishing; January 21)
In recent decades, everyone from Oprah Winfrey and Pamela Anderson to that guy you know from work has run a marathon. The 2011 bestseller Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen helped fuel the obsession, looking at how the human body is supposedly suited for distance running. But Sisson, a former marathon runner and founder of popular health food Primal Kitchen, claims the vast majority of people aren’t built to run 40 miles a week – and would be “fitter, leaner, healthier and happier.” if they walked more and ran less. He writes that moderate exercise like walking is actually more effective than strenuous activity for burning fat, and offers ideas for getting more steps.
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