The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity Audio CD – Unabridged, 27 Jan. 2015

I am passing this book title on to friends who have just learned they are living with Parkinsons. It helps me understand the chronic pain of clients. It is an empowering book. One of those processes we can dedicate our mind to as it negotiates assistance with the non conscious. I have tried some visualisations for minor aches and pains as I fall asleep and was astounded how knowing some science helps validate one's experience.

A remarkable book that changes the way we look at the brain. It's not, as we have long believed, simply a wasting asset -- a conglomeration of dying cells. The 'in' word these days is 'neuroplasticity', the remarkable ways in which the brain reorganises the team to enable lost functions to be resumed.There are some breathtakingly wonderful stories here. Feast your mind, your heart, your sense of wonder, on this book.

wonderful book! I have the audio version of this too. A must have read for anyone who is interested in the brain. An amazing read. thank you!

This book has helped me to make a full recovery from my severe stroke. Undsrstanding what the brain could do, and was doing, helped me to design everyday activities which helped me recover fine motor skills, and language mastery. Few people realise that I have had stroke.

Fascinating book! well worth a read if you are interested in 'managing' your own pain.

Great book that is helping me to support people with chronic pain.

Great book!

A brilliant read

He leído algunos capítulos pero es un libro accesible a todo público y con muchos ejemplos diferentes de enfermedades neurológicas y de otros tipos, y cómo irlas resolviendo

Health is wealth

Non mi è stato di grande utilità

For far too long western medicine has taken the 'band-aid' approach to patients who suffer. Because of the billion dollar pharmaceutical industry, doctors far too often turn to prescription solutions rather than looking at the source of the problem. This book not only does the latter but incorporates incredibly interesting advances in the realm of neuroscience (along with ancient remedies that have been working for thousands of years). The kicker is that this book reads as a page-turner due to the excellent way in which it is written.I suffer from chronic pain and have seen 17+ doctors in search of a reprieve (with minimal results). This book alone has given me a number of effective tools that work well, and I have only investigated a few thus far. That being said, I recommend this to everyone who loves reading, not only those who who are looking for viable solutions to their ailments.

This book has been so helpful for our family; it is hard to really do justice to the tremendous impact it has had on our lives in a few short months. Our daughter had a difficult birth and a long stay in the hospital, during which they made many terrifying predictions about her future. We refused to accept them, knowing that healing had to be possible.I first found Dr. Doidge's book The Brain That Changes Itself and was fascinated! But this book, The Brain's Way of Healing has been even more powerful for us. In it, Dr. Doidge shares amazing stories of recovery and healing with a variety of methods and treatments. I feel like every chapter brought us new ideas. Dr. Doidge is brilliant, and also a gifted writer. I consider this book a masterpiece, not only of hope and progress, but of the human experience. His chapter about the life and work of Moshe Feldenkrais and Elizabeth is a masterpiece alone. I came to feel a deep appreciation for Moshe Feldenkrais and the people he helped in his lifetime. And even beyond his lifetime now in the help his work has brought for our daughter.I felt particularly drawn to the Feldenkrais method after reading this book. Really, the method was the answer to what I had been searching for but didn't know what to call it. I searched online and found a Feldenkrais practitioner who now comes to our home and works with our daughter. The changes have been marvelous.I was also very interested in the stories Dr. Doidge shares about the work of Paul Madaule at The Listening Centre in Toronto. I contacted the Centre directly soon after reading this book, and just returned from our first visit there. It is amazing. Dr. Doidge speaks highly of Paul Madaule in this book, and every bit of it is well deserved. Paul genuinely cares for children, and The Listening Centre in Toronto is a treasure of warmth and care for children. And they have a method that really works. We have pursued many different treatments, often traveling for them, and the deep care we received at The Listening Centre is beyond amazing. Paul's work is a gift, and his insights are incredibly powerful. Our daughter is making progress thanks to his work and the work of those at the Centre, but we also feel so refreshed and alive. Truly a gift. I would not have learned about The Listening Centre if I had not read about it in Dr. Doidge's book. I am so grateful.I have read at least 60 books in this arena, usually focusing on a specific area or modality of healing. This book is the most powerful I have read. Not only because of the ideas Dr. Doidge puts forth, but because of the variety of treatments that are discussed. Many doctors or experts know about one field, and they may know it very well - but Dr. Doidge knows so many fields; this book is truly informative.The ideas we have learned from this book are having a tremendous impact on the healing of our daughter. And even though I find it a very accessible read - each time I read it again I learn something new, pick up another idea.The first time I read the chapter about Feldenkrais and his work with Elizabeth, I was intrigued by his observation of how tight Elizabeth's achilles tendons were, and how it hurt when she tried to move her legs. And that if they could get that to soften, she could progress. Our daughter's legs had been tight and she had not wanted to roll over or try to crawl. Such a simple idea, and yet it had never occurred to me (or any of the many professionals we were working with). I immediately began to massage her heels, and by the next morning her legs were significantly looser. Astonishingly looser. We had had a wonderful massage therapist working with us, who had seen her the day before and during that time had spent several minutes just trying to gently loosen up her toes with massage because they were so tight. After my excited text messages he returned the next day and was also amazed at how her legs were now loose and free. Here we had had a very gifted massage and body work person working with our daughter (and we still have great appreciation for his work) but the simple insight of Feldenkrais about the tight tendons impeding development as shared through Dr. Doidge's book made a significant difference essentially overnight. This is just one small example of how the things we've learned in this book are helping our daughter; and in this book we have learned many.This book is tremendous. Thank you Dr. Doidge.