New Reviews: Personal Growth

Can we make lifestyle changes that will help our brains live to 100? Golden Voice narrator Robert Petkoff brings tremendous energy to this exploration of how brains age and lose function, and what can be done about it. Dr. Bredesen's research into neurodegeneration and its reversal ranges from the basics of common-sense behavior--get more sleep and eat more vegetables--to... Read More

Author Zelana Montminy narrates in a serene and reassuring voice as she coaches listeners on how to enhance focus, handle distractions, and increase clarity in their day-to-day lives. Sounding friendly and understanding, Montminy combines scientific research and easy strategies for overcoming absentmindedness and staying in the present. Breathing techniques, time management,... Read More

Rooted in author Kate Williams's own quest to stop her relentless striving and self-condemnation, this affecting audiobook explores the many ways we can internalize negative judgments about ourselves when we fall short of society's imperatives and standards. Her struggles with ADD, depression, and anxiety are part of the story, but the broader narrative is about how... Read More

Suzanne Toren's slower pacing, mature vocal timbre, and suffer-no-fools confidence make her performance a perfect fit for the late author's last audiobook, a collection of works written in the five years before her death at 96. Toren modulates her outsized dramatic talent to capture the full measure of class, wisdom, and charm of the New York City icon who was well known for... Read More

Psychologist Tasha Eurich delivers her expertise on using scientifically supported methods to move through life's challenges when relying on resilience is no longer an option. After undergoing her own life-changing health crisis, Eurich discovered that her habitual methods of coping with stress were no longer effective and led to even more personal struggles. So she created a... Read More

A neuroscientist and former Google superstar describes how to reject rigid career paths and, through open-minded personal experimentation, discover work that truly satisfies us. Instead of being trapped in a fixed vision of our future lives, Anne-Laure Le Cunff offers practical guidance on how we can work each day on challenges more aligned with our deepest aspirations. She... Read More