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Books to help improve your focus and attention span

How Moving Your Body Can Stop You Losing Your Mind

The Mind-Body Method

'An essential how-to book to reduce stress, calm anxiety and keep your brain active.'

Nir Eyal, bestselling author of INDISTRACTABLE

'The relationship between the mind and the body is one of the most important questions in science, and Dr Hansen explores this in a lucid, fascinating and inspiring way.'

Johann Hari, bestselling author of STOLEN FOCUS

'Anders Hansen's work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles'

'Dr Hansen's The Mind-Body Method is an ultimately practical guide to regaining a sense of peace in a world that seems to be coming undone.'

Dr Russell Kennedy, bestselling author of ANXIETY Rx

Dr Anders Hansen is a Swedish psychiatrist, speaker and award-winning author with his own TV series exploring the human brain. His books have sold several million copies and topped bestseller lists around the world. Anders is the winner of the book of the year Big Health Award 2017 and 2019, and Sweden's Mensa Prize 2018. He is the author of The Happiness Cure, The Attention Fix and The Mind-Body Method.

'An essential how-to book to reduce stress, calm anxiety and keep your brain active' - NIR EYAL 
 
'Lucid, fascinating, inspiring' - JOHANN HARI 
 
'The antidote to our modern-day struggles' - RANGAN CHATTERJEE 
 
Do you want to reduce your stress levels, boost your memory, mood and focus, and be more creative? Then it&rsquo;s time to get moving! 
 
In this groundbreaking international bestseller, psychiatrist and mental health guru Dr Anders Hansen presents the simple yet effective method for reducing stress and anxiety, boosting your memory, raising your IQ, and even slowing down the ageing process. 
 
With practical and concrete advice on how we can all reap the benefits of daily movement, The Mind-Body Method is the book you need to help you to make life-altering changes, understand why your brain is wired to move, and motivate you to achieve your health and fitness goals.

How to Focus in a World that Wants to Distract You

The Attention Fix

Praise for The Happiness Cure: 
 
'A must-read for anyone hoping to understand the human brain'

Dr Anna Lembke, author of Dopamine Nation

Are you increasingly distracted, demotivated and unable to focus on simple tasks? 
 
There's a good chance your smartphone is to blame. In the always-on age of notifications, emails and the news cycle, it's easy to waste the majority of our days mindlessly scrolling. But according to psychiatric specialist and mental health guru Dr Anders Hansen, being tethered to our devices 24/7 is taking its toll on our mental wellbeing. Sleeplessness, anxiety, depression and burnout are just some of the consequences of feeling digitally overloaded. 
 
In The Attention Fix, Hansen shares an informative guide to what unrestricted social media use is actually doing to our brains, and the practical steps we can take to break the addiction cycle. Unpacking the latest scientific research on the brain, he explains knowledge to cure your smartphone addiction and foster deep, single-task focus. By taking control of your screen time, you'll feel happier, healthier and more productive.

Why You’re Not Built for Constant Happiness, and How to Find a Way Through

The Happiness Cure

Anders Hansen's work is the antidote to our modern-day struggles.

Kidneys evolve. Lungs evolve. As do brains, and in ways relevant to our pursuit of happiness and our vulnerabilities to mental illness. In The Happiness Cure, psychiatrist Anders Hansen explains how our brains have evolved more slowly in these realms than has our lifestyle, and the malaise that this mismatch produces. This wonderful book is steeped in insights, clear explanations and empathy. Most of all, it imparts deep wisdom about how we should live our lives.

Robert Sapolsky, Professor in biology and neurology at Stanford University, and New York Times bestselling author

A fascinating exploration of the ways in which our ancient neurologic wiring is mismatched for the modern ecosystem. By understanding depression and anxiety through the lens of evolution, we can make sense of the growing despair in the world today and do something about it. This is a must read for anyone hoping to understand the human brain.

Dr. Anna Lembke, New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation

A brilliantly researched book that will transform how you think about happiness.

Thomas Erikson, author of Surrounded by Idiots

By describing our minds as the products of evolution, Hansen shows invaluable new ways for understanding and living with our most important mental ups and downs. &quot;The Happiness Cure&quot; uses direct and accessible language to present the exciting promise of a scientifically informed psychiatry.

Richard Wrangham, author of The Goodness Paradox

Anders Hansen is our foremost and most accomplished public educator. With his crystal-clear, straightforward prose that never shies away from the difficult questions, he writes about evolution and the brain, and why many of us are left feeling so bad. Brilliant, I think. And very informative

The market is flooded with books on how to achieve good mental health, including everything from meditation and mindfulness to treatment with SSRI medication. But the brain is not developed for our well-being, but rather for our survival and reproduction. Stress states, panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and even ADHD and autism spectrum diagnoses have evolutionary benefits. The psychiatrist Anders Hansen has understood this and delivers his thoughts in his new ingenious and well-written book. It's a must-read!

Hugo Lagercrantz, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Karolinska Institute

A great book... packed with brilliant revelations

We are biological beings, a product of evolution. With a warm heart and a light hand, Anders Hansen explains what this means for our mental well-being

Anders Hansen is a highly regarded scientific communicator who, in this book, seeks the keys to our well-being through human evolution. It is both an encouraging and a comforting message which describes how our brains are wired for survival, rather than constant well-being.

Thomas Perlmann, Professor of Molecular Developmental Biology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Member of the Nobel Assembly

As a species, we've never had it so good. We're living longer and healthier lives than ever before; the sum of human knowledge and endless entertainment are only ever a few clicks away. 
 
So why are we in the midst of a mental health crisis? 
 
The Happiness Cure offers a radical new way to think about fulfilment. Blending neuroscientific research and empirical breakthroughs with stories of ordinary individuals, leading psychiatrist and viral TedX speaker Dr Anders Hansen reveals that by adopting an evolutionary take on life, we can re-set our perspective on happiness to find longer-term meaning and lasting contentment.

Dr Anders Hansen

Why Your Brain Being Wired Differently is Your Superpower

Are you highly driven, creative, fearless, questioning, flexible, stubborn and enterprising? Are you able to think outside the box and shrug off almost every adversity? 
 
Seeing all these positive qualities lined up, you might be surprised to learn that they are traits typical to people with ADHD. 
 
Today, we label these traits as a 'disorder', but they were once essential to our ancestors' survival, giving them energy or ability to hyperfocus when hunting. It was quite simply advantageous to have these traits. 
 
In The ADHD Advantage, leading psychiatrist and viral TedX speaker Dr Anders Hansen shows you how to turn your diagnosis into an asset, handle the negative aspects of ADHD, and find joy in the fact we aren't all the same.

5 Ways To Improve Your Focus with Dr Anders Hansen