Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The Story Behind The Morning Mind by Dr. Robert Carter III & Dr. Kirti Salwe Carter


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.
As a couple with years of expertise and personal experience in human performance, medicine, and wellness, we figured there was a prime opportunity for us to publish something in this space. To our knowledge there were none, and the idea surfaced. We decided that day to try our hand at sharing our years of expertise with the world, and this is the result of that work. When writing this book, we wanted to provide an accessible guide that anyone could use to optimize the most critical time of the day.  Every time the sun rises, so do new opportunities to grow, develop and improve. We want readers to feel confident in establishing a routine that will help them master their mornings and lead to the life they desire.

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

Dr. Rob Carter III, PhD, MPH, is a native of Lake Charles, LA, an US Army officer, an adjunct professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center, and an expert on human physiology and performance. Dr. Carter has a doctorate in biomedical sciences and medical physiology, and a master of public health in chronic disease epidemiology. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts, and technical reports, and his research has been covered in news outlets such as The Washington Post, Fox News and USA Today.

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 




About the Book:

Unleash positive thinking and productive imagination, and flip negative thoughts and behaviors into a lifetime to improve every aspect of your life—each morning, one day at a time.

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.
From the moment the alarm clock rings, The Morning Mind helps you greet each day with gusto.

ORDER YOUR COPY:

Link to book on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Mind-Brain-Master-Supercharge-ebook/dp/B07CCFV8BW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549638694&sr=8-1&keywords=morning+mind
Link to book on B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-morning-mind-dr-rob-carter-iii/1129374055?ean=9780814439852#/

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