We had been thinking about writing this book, The Morning
Mind: Use Your Brain to Master Your Day and Supercharge Your Life, for quite a
long time. Based on the idea that
productive early mornings are imperative and that “building a solid foundation
for beginning your day will help you achieve success in every area of your
life.
In our preparation for writing this book, we recognized that
books on this topic lacked scientific rogue and often told an incomplete story
of how to make each morning better and
more productive with the simple, scientifically based brain hacks. The one
thing that we found lacking though was the bottom-up approach of helping the
reader understand how the human brain functions in the morning and throughout
the day. Instead of taking the time to describe how all of the pieces fit
together, everyone seemed more interested in writing a quick solution to getting people prepared for life challenges. Other books were a scientific basis embedded in
a practical plan to better living and healthier productive days. We focused on
the big picture and provided the details on how to achieve a more successful
holistic life. We decided that this was the way we wanted to address this book.
Lastly, I wrote this book because we are very passionate
about the topic. We sincerely believe that managing your brain and body is the
way of the future. We genuinely think that, once you get a glimpse of the big
picture, you’ll change the way you look at your body systems. The Morning Mind
simplifies living better from sunup to sundown, helping sleepyheads silence the
fear-driven reptile brain, “the Lizard,” and wake up “the Wizard, the part
linked to thinking and imagination. The Morning Mind is a guidebook to achieving better mornings through solid routines. The book revolves around the
idea that productive early mornings are imperative and that “building a solid
foundation for beginning your day will help you achieve success in every area
of your life. The modern lifestyle puts 99% of us in an ‘unbalanced state, but
with the right information, we can add stability to our lives. That information
can be found in The Morning Mind, as the Carters aim to put the everyday
person’s brain and body back into balance through simple steps to supercharge a
morning routine, resulting in productivity and enjoyment throughout the entire day.
About the Authors
Kirti Salwe Carter, MBBS,
MPH, received her medical education in India,
where she practiced as an intensive-care physician before moving to Texas
to complete postgraduate training in public health. In 2010, she received her
master of public health in occupational health from The University of North
Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
She also has done graduate studies in integrative physiology. Dr. Carter has
more than 18 years of experience in meditation and breathing techniques and
leads popular wellness seminars.
Dr. Robert Carter III, FACSM,
FAIS was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
He is a US Army officer, an expert in integrative human physiology and
performance and has academic appointments in emergency medicine at the
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,
in public health and health sciences at Los Angeles
Pacific University,
and in nutrition at the University of
Maryland, University
College. Dr. Carter completed
military assignments in Germany,
France, Afghanistan,
Washington, DC,
and the White House as a military social aide for the Obama administration.
He holds a doctorate in biomedical sciences and medical physiology, and a
master of public health in chronic disease epidemiology. Selected as a Yerby
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Carter received his postgraduate training in
environmental epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston,
Massachusetts. He serves on several
scientific editorial boards, is a reviewer for 14 scientific and medical
journals, and is a fellow of the American
College of Sports Medicine (FACSM)
and the American Institute of Stress (FAIS). Carter is also Thermal Councilor
for the Exercise and Environmental Committee of the American Physiological
Society.
He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters,
abstracts and technical reports on human performance, breath-based meditation,
nutrition, human water needs, trauma, and environmental medicine in noted
publications such as The New England
Journal of Medicine, The Journal of
the American Medical Association, Nutrition
Reviews and the Journal of Applied
Physiology.
Dr. Kirti Salwe Carter, FAIS,
was born in Pune, India,
and received her medical education in India,
where she practiced as an intensive-care physician before moving to Texas
to complete postgraduate training in public health. In 2010, she received her
master of public health in occupational health from The University of North
Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
She also has done graduate studies in integrative physiology.
Carter is a Fellow of the American Institute of Stress (FAIS). She has
more than 18 years of experience in meditation and breathing techniques, and
has been facilitating wellness seminars for the past decade. Her work has been
instrumental in bringing stress-management and resilience programs not only to
the general population but also to corporate employees, educators, middle
school and university students, and to special populations such as refugees in
violence-prone areas and victims of military sexual trauma.
She is passionate about researching the effectiveness of breathing and
meditation techniques to improve human performance. Dr. Carter has published
her research on human performance, ergonomics, and breath-based meditation in
periodicals such as the World Journal of
Clinical Cases, the Journal of Visual
Experiments and the Journal of
Environmental and Public Health.
Website Address: http://www.themorningmind.com
Twitter Address: https://twitter.com/mind_morning
Facebook Address: https://www.facebook.com/MorningMindByCarters/
About the Book:
Bad habits. Bad feelings. Bad mornings that turn into regrettable days.
Banish them all with simple brain hacks that flip negative thoughts and behaviors into positive, productive ones. Instead of dragging through your day, learn to wake up refreshed, recharge regularly, and live better than ever.
The Morning Mind makes it easy. Based on findings from neuroscience and medicine, the book helps you tamp down on the fear-driven reptile brain and tap into the part linked to thinking and imagination.
With topics ranging from diet and hydration to exercise and meditation, you’ll find ideas for activating your brain—and improving every aspect of your life:
- Restore healthy cycles of waking and sleeping
- Block harmful cortisol hormones
- Boost mental performance
- Create calmer mornings
- Develop self-discipline
- Stimulate creativity
- Improve your leadership skills
- And more.
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