Happy Mind, Happy Life by Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Happy Mind, Happy Life
10 Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day
By Dr Rangan Chatterjee
31 March 2022 | Trade Paperback | Penguin Life | £16.99

‘Simple, genius and reassuring.ʼ Chris Evans

‘No matter how happy you feel, this book will lift you up and make you stronger.' Fearne Cotton

‘A well-researched, personal and entirely user friendly guide for anyone who worries they may have their priorities wrong and who sees a more contented life.ʼ Matt Haig

‘This book will change your life for the better.ʼ The Happy Pear

‘Ranganʼs latest book gets to the crux of what truly matters. Contentment, peace and happiness. This is a joy to read and a simple framework that you can put into practice immediately.ʼ Dr Rupy Aujla

Happiness is good for your health. Learn how to nurture yours.

During his 20 years as a GP, Dr Rangan Chatterjee has seen first-hand how motivation isn't always enough for us to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It's only when we learn how to support our own mental wellbeing and cultivate core happiness that these choices become easy.

In his latest book, Dr Chatterjee shares cutting-edge insights into the science of happiness and reveals 10 simple ways to put you back in control of your health. It features real-life case studies and over 20 practical exercises, including lessons on how to:

1. Define what success means to you.
2. Treat yourself with compassion.
3. Have more genuine, ‘masklessʼ conversations.
4. Deal with criticism

Whether you are at a crisis point or simply want to experience more joy, this book will help you feel calmer, more confident, and able to live your life to the full.

• How to re-define what success means to you – Ranganʼs upbringing prized ‘successʼ and ‘achievementʼ over happiness and he says, ‘the single biggest problem people have in their search for happiness is them confusing it with success.ʼ

• How to eliminate too much choice in your life, and why all this choice can be a hidden stressor.

• Why it is so important to treat yourself with respect – and the link between self-compassion and physical health

• How and why to treasure your time

• How to deal with criticism

• How to talk to strangers – and the importance of micro-connections

• How to create distance from your phone, and why this will improve your relationships.

• How to have Maskless Conversations, and make time for interactions where you can truly be yourself

• How to take your daily holiday – the importance of doing something that brings you into the present moment and helps you to find a time of stillness

• How to practice gratitude, and the health benefits of prioritising the happiness of others.

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ABOUT Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential medical doctors in the UK. A practising GP for the last two decades, Dr Chatterjee wants to inspire people to transform their health and happiness through making small sustainable changes to their lifestyles. Leading the charge on how healthcare and medicine is understood in the UK, Dr Chatterjee has co-created and teaches the widely acclaimed 'Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine' course with the Royal College of GPs, that has now been delivered to thousands of doctors and healthcare professionals. Dr. Chatterjee hosts the most listened to health podcast in the UK and Europe, ‘Feel Better, Live Moreʼ which is one of Apple's most downloaded podcasts. His mission is to empower 100 million people to become the architect of their own health and to help them feel fantastic with simple, practical and digestible information. He is the author of four bestselling books and regularly appears on BBC television, national radio and has been featured in numerous international publications including The New York Times, Forbes, The Guardian, The Times, Grazia, Vogue, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail and his TED talk, How To Make Disease Disappear, has been viewed almost 4.4 million times. He lives in Wilmslow with his wife and their two children.

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Are you ready to get good at happy?

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Life on a Knife’s Edge by Dr Rahul Jandial

“A beautifully written and fearless depiction of both brain surgery and the mind of a surgeon. Riveting”

— Jim Down, author of Life Support

“Is this a memoir or a science book? An exposé of the shortcoming of our healthcare system or a paean to the wonders of modern medicine? The answer is YES, to all those things and more. Jandial takes us deep into the day-to-day life of his profession as a brain surgeon while simultaneously taking us even deeper into the inner-workings of our own biology. It’s an unconventional approach, and a bit disarming at first blush, but pays off in spades. I loved this book.”

— James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

“A reminder that what makes us stellar physicians and surgeons are not our skills with our hands and/our knowledge but rather our empathy and ability to connect with our patients”

— Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

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Life on a Knife’s Edge
A Brain Surgeon’s Reflections on Life, Lose and Survival
Dr Rahul Jandial
Penguin Life / HB non-fiction / 3rd June 2021 / £16.99

A raw and unflinching account from leading neuroscientist and neurosurgeon of the valuable lessons we can learn from patients confronted with their own mortality.

 As one of the world's leading brain surgeons, Dr Jandial is the last hope for many patients who have extreme forms of cancer - patients who can't be saved but deserve more time.

Life on a Knife's Edge is his account of the resilience, courage and belief he has witnessed in his patients, and the lessons he has learned from them. Both an unflinching account of extreme surgeries and a profound, moving and introspective memoir, this book reveals the depths of a surgeon's psyche who is pushed to his limits, day in, day out.

From keeping a gun victim's heart pumping with his own hand, to saving a woman from paralysis and performing brain surgery while time is running out on a haemorrhaging patient, we see how making life and death decisions and facing unimaginable pressure has shaped one man's life. Now, he shares the many truths about human nature that he has learned along the way: from how we deal with trauma, loss, addiction, failure and threat to our innate belief and sense of self. 

From a life spent balancing the line between life and death, Rahul reveals what it means to survive life's challenges.

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FEATURE IDEAS / TALKING POINTS

• Lessons of hope and survival learnt from cancer patients

• Lessons on coping with trauma from a frontline worker

• Reverse PTSD and resilience– how to mentally survive, heal and thrive after trauma

• Healthy ways to deal with tremendous uncertainty

• How to enhance your performance – from neural efficiency to simulated crisis management and breathing techniques

• From University dropout to world-class surgeon – Dr Jandial’s personal journey

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ABOUT Dr Rahul Jandial

Dr Rahul Jandial, MD, PhD is an American dual-trained neurosurgeon and scientist at City of Hope, a research centre, hospital and postgraduate training faculty in Los Angeles. When he isn't performing surgery, he is leading a team of scientists in Jandial Laboratory, named after him and known for its cutting-edge approach to brain surgery and neuroscience. In addition to being a world-class surgeon and scientist, Dr Jandial is the author of ten academic books and over 100 papers. Sunday Times bestseller Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon (2019) was his first book for a general audience.

Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon by Dr Rahul Jandial

World-leading neuroscientist and neurosurgeon Dr Rahul Jandial blends cutting-edge research and beautiful storytelling to offer a vital resource on the best ways to boost your memory, control stress and emotion, unleash your creativity, raise smart kids and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's.

'A powerful and trustworthy insight into the brain. You will love his playful storytelling and guidance' - Dr Rupy Aujla - author of ‘The Doctor's Kitchen' and 'Eat to Beat Illness'

‘Your brain’s best buddy… You’re amazing …. I could talk to Rahul all day’ – Chris Evans

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Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
The New Science and Stories of the Brain
By Dr Rahul Jandial
Penguin Life / 6 Feb 2020 / £9.99

From the operating room, where he performs some of the riskiest surgeries around, to the lab, where he works on leading clinical trials, Dr Rahul Jandial is on the cutting edge of the latest advancements in neuroscience.  

For years he has transformed the lives of his neurosurgery patients by putting them through 'brain rehab', his specially developed boot camp for restoring brain function. In this eye-opening, informative and accessible guide, he uses his years of expertise to show how healthy people can rewire their brains to work in a higher gear.

Mixing smart brain hacks with case studies and storytelling from his own experiences on the operating table, learn how to train your brain with America’s top brain surgeon.

Tips that work and are backed by real science

• Harness creativity by utilizing your dream states– this will improve creativity. Unstructured free play in childhood is the foundation of adult creativity.

• Sleep well with simple strategies – when you sleep you transform short term memories stacked up during the day into memories that can last a lifetime. After studying for a test students will actually remember more after a nap or a night’s sleep than if they had stayed awake and kept studying for an extra few hours.

• Practice meditative breathing – a new study of patients living in hospitals with electrodes inserted and measured shows this ancient technique has a modern scientific basis, it improves the structure, physiology and function of your brain. During mindful breathing connections are strengthened between the amygdala, and area where strong emotions (both positive and negative) are processed, and the prefrontal cortex. Therefore, mindful breathing helps the frontal lobe stifles negative emotions.

• Eat a MIND diet to help your mental health. The major approach to stave off dementia and maybe even fight off depression. Older adults who eat fruits, vegetables and whole grains are less likely that those who don’t to develop depression—based on a new field called nutritional psychiatry.

• Skip breakfast and try intermittent fasting - going without food for a day increases your brain’s natural growth factors, which support the survival and growth of neurons. It helps stave of neurodegeneration.

• Build your neuroplasticity – use your non-dominant hand, acquire a new language and don’t rely on sat nav (using your internal compass rather than looking at google maps is a great way to develop valuable spatial orientation skills).

• Try a ‘surgeon’s workout’ - surgeons who perform complex/long operations need to be in top shape to have steady hands! A master surgeon has the shoulder of a pro quarterback, arm of tennis player and fingers of guitar player. Dr Jandial says ‘Go to fatigue and then THREE more reps. The only way the brain tells muscles to plump up (hypertrophy) is when muscles tell the brain we are tired and overworked. Its less about how many reps you do and more about doing those extra reps after one hits their individual fatigue point.’
   

MYTHS that should be shattered

• Melatonin is not the sleep hormone

• The gut is not your second brain

• The brain can’t rewire, but it can repurpose

• Our brains are “gray”, quite the opposite think opalescent and iridescent

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ABOUT DR RAHUL JANDIAL

Rahul Jandial, MD, PhD. is an American dual-trained neurosurgeon and scientist at City of Hope, a research centre, hospital and postgraduate training faculty in Los Angeles. When he isn't performing surgery he is leading a team of scientists in Jandial Laboratory, named after him and known for its cutting-edge approach to brain surgery and neuroscience. In addition to being a world-class surgeon and scientist, Dr Jandial is the author of ten academic books and over 100 papers, but Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon is his first book for a general audience. For more information, have a look at Dr Jandial’s SHOW REEL.

‘Want to be happier, feel younger AND stave off dementia? Then try a leading neurosurgeon's brilliantly simple workouts for your little grey cells with this ingenious BOOTCAMP FOR YOUR BRAIN' - Daily Mail

‘Forget supplements and pricey potions – these easy, doctor-approved exercises and lifestyle upgrades can help boost your brain at any age’ - New York Post

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Feel Better in 5 by Dr Rangan Chatterjee

'One of the most influential doctors in the country' - Chris Evans

‘Trying to be healthy can be overwhelming – what if it all it took to make a real difference was 5 minutes of your day?’

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Feel Better in 5
Your Daily Plan to Feel Great for Life
By Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Penguin Life / 26 December 2019 / £16.99

If you’ve ever started an intensive plan only to stop days, weeks or months later, or struggled to prioritise your health, it’s not your fault – behavioural science shows that most plans simply aren’t built to last. Feel Better in 5 is the first daily 5 minute plan that is easy to maintain, easy-to-follow and requires only the smallest amount of willpower. Drawing on Dr Rangan Chatterjee's twenty years of experience and real-life case studies from his GP practice, Feel Better in 5 is your daily plan for a happier, healthier you at no extra cost.

Top tips, tricks and lifestyle tweaks from the book include:

• A strength workout that you can do anywhere

• Gut-boosting snacks you can eat on the go

• Yoga moves to relax and stay supple

• Breathing exercises to calm the mind
  
  

“It only takes 5 minutes to start changing your life. For good.

Take 5 minutes, 3 times a day for a happier, healthier you.”

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ABOUT DR RANGAN CHATTERJEE

Dr Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK. A practicing GP for the last two decades and resident BBC Breakfast doctor, he most recently co-created the ‘Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine’ course with the Royal College of GPSs. He is the host of the #1 iTunes podcast, Feel Better, Love More, which is one of Apple’s most downloaded new podcasts. Rangan’s first two books, The 4 Pillar Plan and The Stress Solution, have both been Sunday Times bestsellers. Dr Chatterjee lives with his wife and two children.

www.drchatterjee.com | @drchatterjee | @drchatterjeeuk | @drchatterjee

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The Stress Solution by Dr Rangan Chatterjee

From BBC 1’s Doctor in the House and author of the Sunday Times bestselling The 4 Pillar Plan.

“The way we’re living our modern lifestyles is causing us a lot of problems and stress is the biggest health issue I see in my clinic and I want to combat this. Many people don’t realise that by implementing small changes to their routine can reduce or completely eradicate stress.”

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The Stress Solution: The 4 Steps to Reset Your Body, Mind, Relationships and Purpose
By Dr Rangan Chatterjee
3rd January 2019 | Penguin Life | Trade Paperback £16.99 | Fully illustrated, full colour

"Small changes make a big difference - we can all benefit from reading this" - Jamie Oliver

“Life’s consistent pressures can get too much. This book will help you stay calm and sane in this chaotic, busy world” – Amelia Freer

“It’s thought that between 70 and 90% of GP consultations are related to stress”

Dr Rangan Chatterjee knows this better than anyone. As a practising GP he’s seen first-hand how stress affects his patients and has found simple but effective methods to help them. Now he’s on a mission to show that combatting stress is easier than you think. For Dr Chatterjee, the key to solving the problem of stress is about addressing the underlying causes of our anxieties in four main areas: Body, Mind, Relationships, and Purpose.

Pairing the science of what happens in our brains and our bodies when we become stressed, with personal accounts and patient cases in The Stress Solution Dr Chatterjee offers simple and achievable interventions to help you re-set your life, offering simple tools for how to cope with modern-life.

Introducing a new way of thinking about health, The Stress Solution will help you to live a happier, more fulfilling and stress-free life.

Dr Rangan Chatterjee is one of the most influential doctors in the UK and is changing the way that we look at illness. He is known for taking a 360 degree approach to health, which was highlighted in his ground-breaking BBC TV show, Doctor in the House, and in his first book The 4 Pillar Plan. He is the resident doctor on BBC One's Breakfast, a regular commentator on BBC Radio and hosts his own chart-topping podcast, Feel Better Live More.

More about the book

Purpose – People with a strong sense of purpose enjoy significantly better health compared to those who don’t including less likelihood of developing heart disease, strokes and depression.

• How to design your morning routine effectively

• How to live with Love, Intention, Vision, Engagement

Relationships - Major sources of twenty-first-century stress are a lack of human touch, the insidious erosion of intimacy and the deprioritization of friendship.

• How to keep a touch diary and nurture intimacy

• How to nurture your friendships and combat loneliness

Body – We feel stress in the body – experiencing it as physical sensations. But the body can also be a cause of stress.

• How to eat the alphabet and create more diversity in your diet

• How to prioritise your sleep and adjust your circadian rhythm?

Mind - Just as bodies need fuel, minds need stillness. We need relaxation just as we need vitamins, fat and fibre.

• Avoid technology overload – take a digital holiday

• Spend time surrounded by nature

• Use breathing methods or meditation to reduce stress

Further endorsements for The Stress Solution

“Comprehensive, empowering and grounded in scientific research, Dr Chatterjee tackles the disabling affliction that so many of us suffer yet few of us defeat: stress” – Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep

“Rangan’s new book is full of useful advice on how to stay calm and live a happier, more fulfilled life” - Michael Acton Smith, founder of Calm

Further links

https://drchatterjee.com/

Feel Better, Live More podcast: https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/

Instagram: @drchatterjee / Twitter: @drchatterjeeuk / Facebook.com/drchatterjee

Further information on The 4 Pillar Plan

• 100,000 copies sold across all editions

• Amazon #1 bestseller, Nielson Number Two Bestseller, Number 2 in the Irish Charts

• No 1 iTunes podcast – Feel Better, Live More – has had over 1 million downloads so far and recent guests include Michael Acton Smith, Dr Megan Rossi and Professor Matthew Walker

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