37: Introduction | Minding The Brain Towards Change

The Emil Barna Podcast

In this episode, psychotherapist Emil Barna reads aloud the revised introduction to his 2017 book Minding The Brain Towards Change: What Willpower Really Means For Addiction.
Here are a few snippets from the book:
"In his powerful memoir Man’s Search for Meaning, the Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl said that a person's will to meaning was their “primary motivational force.” What did he mean by this? Essentially, he was referring to the way one makes meaning out of what's happened in their life. To Frankl, this meaning is what motivates. When one finds meaning in life, they feel like they've got a purpose—they're energised, pursuing something of value. In fact, time and again I've seen that when a person suffers needlessly and cannot find purpose to that suffering, they're much more likely to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)."
Chapter 1 will introduce the concept of addiction and define key terms. I’ll discuss the basics of the human brain and how it’s affected when a person decides to take drugs or drink alcohol.

Chapter 2 will talk about willpower, utilising the field of neuroscience and physiology to paint a scientific picture of a practical construct. I’ll review how glucose metabolism operates within the human brain and its relationship to willpower and addiction.

Chapter 3 will combine and relate addiction and willpower from a practical point of view. I’ll talk about how willpower relates to the absorption of glucose within the human brain and why this matters for addiction. I’ll discuss how you could lose motivation and how to overcome this on the road to recovery through self-awareness and regulation. This chapter will also discuss nutrition.

Chapter 4 will focus on philosophy. What does philosophy have to do with willpower and addiction? Read on. You'll see.

Chapter 5 will talk about love and attachment. This one's for all you love-birds out there.

Chapter 6 will bring it all together, listing a bunch of practical tips and tricks to living a happier, wholesome, and healthy life.

Chapter 7 will include afterthoughts, especially relating to the complexity of human life and how there may be some individuals who find it difficult to apply this learning due to things like suicidality and post-traumatic stress.

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