Override: Discover Your Brain Type, Why You Do What You Do, and How to Do it Better

Connell Cowan, PhD · David Kipper

Sep 2022 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

About this audiobook

Think you already own your brain? Think again. Your brain owns you. It pushes you around and insists upon getting its way, not yours. Rather than having your best interests in mind, your brain has its own very specific agendas and strategies the purpose of which is singular-to make it feel good. It doesn't care that its goals are often at stark variance with your intentions or what you know is healthy and constructive in your life. Your brain is selfish, demanding, and devious. But it doesn't have to be this way. Override introduces a new two-pronged theory of personality: serotonin types and dopamine types. Based on today's breakthrough science into neurotransmitters-the chemicals that transmit signals through our nervous system-Override shows listeners how to recognize their own chemical imbalances, and what to do about them. One of the key parts of developing these strategies is understanding the ways serotonin and dopamine are supposed to work, and which type you fall under. Equipped with this new information, the listener will learn to recognize and reshape their reflexive behavior and develop intentional self-control. With this book, nobody is doomed to remain trapped by their natural tendencies!

About the author

Connell Cowan, PhD, is a clinical psychologist practicing in Los Angeles, California. He cowrote Smart Women/Foolish Choices, which spent nearly a year on the New York Times bestseller list, has been published in twenty-three different languages, and was made into a hit musical in Japan.

David Kipper, MD, has practiced internal medicine in Los Angeles for over three decades. Dr. Kipper is currently a cohost for ABC radio's The Medical Show, a weekly national call-in show addressing all areas of medicine.

Mike Chamberlain is an actor and voice-over performer, as well as an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. Along with animation and video game characters, Mike performs narration and voices promos for television. He lives with his wife and daughter in Southern California.