How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life - Softcover

Barr, Dr. Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241777267 ISBN 13: 9780241777268

Publisher: DK RED, 2026

Synopsis

'Riveting and enlightening, this book should be handed out to all humans as mandatory reading'- Stylist

'Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched' - Professor Neil Shyminsky

'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC

'Insightful and relatable. . . it’s a resource I’ll proudly keep on my shelf as a therapist' - Joshua Fletcher, anxiety therapist

THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER

Your brain is the most remarkable thing in the known universe.

Always trying to mend itself, and always trying to protect you, it’s in a constant state of flux ― adapting, reconfiguring, finding new pathways . . . And it has an astonishing capacity for recovery. Only it doesn’t always get it right.

Rachel Barr struggled through years of devastating loss, heartache, and uncertainty until neuroscience gave her the first spark of self-belief she had felt in her adult life ― and proof that, because of the brain’s near-infinite potential for neuroplastic change, it’s never too late to carve out neural pathways to form new habits, new skills, and new ways of thinking.

Whether you want to nerd-out on Neuroscientific acronyms, finally understand what’s going on in your head, or take refuge in a book that’s like a warm hug for your mind, How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is a delight-filled, evidence-based guide to taking better care of your brain ― so it, in turn, will take better care of you.

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About the Author

Rachel Barr holds a master’s degree in molecular neuroscience and wrote How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend while completing her PhD in the electrophysiology of memory and sleep. Beyond the lab, her videos as ‘Rachel the Neuroscientist’ demystify the fundamental principles of brain science, empowering her million-plus followers to make informed decisions about their mental health. Born and raised in Fife, she studied in Bristol and is now based in Quebec.

Edition details

• Publisher: DK RED
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241777267
• ISBN 13: 9780241777268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288