30 Books like Rapt

That Little Voice In Your Head

by Mo Gawdat • 2022

Your brain runs on glitchy code. Here's how to debug it and reclaim your happiness.

4.05

893

🧠 Cognitive Rewiring 🎯 Attention Management 💗 Emotional Regulation

That Little Voice In Your Head 97%

Your brain runs on glitchy code. Here's how to debug it and reclaim your happiness.

by Mo Gawdat 2022

4.05

893 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Rewiring 🎯 Attention Management 💗 Emotional Regulation

The Little Black Book of Decision Making

by Michael Nicholas • 2017

Stress hijacks your best thinking. Here is how to rewire attention and make smarter decisions.

3.77

126

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Decision Science 🧘 Mindfulness For Work

The Little Black Book of Decision Making Summary

The Little Black Book of Decision Making 97%

Stress hijacks your best thinking. Here is how to rewire attention and make smarter decisions.

by Michael Nicholas 2017

3.77

126 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Decision Science 🧘 Mindfulness For Work

El espejo del cerebro

by Nazareth Castellanos • 2021

Meditation strengthens a brain network that catches distraction. The body, not just the mind, leads.

4.30

1k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Meditation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 💭 Mind Wandering

El espejo del cerebro 97%

Meditation strengthens a brain network that catches distraction. The body, not just the mind, leads.

by Nazareth Castellanos 2021

4.30

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Meditation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 💭 Mind Wandering

Aware

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2018

A visual map of the mind trains attention, dissolves mental filters, and opens new possibilities.

3.60

1k+

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🎯 Attention Training 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Aware 97%

A visual map of the mind trains attention, dissolves mental filters, and opens new possibilities.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2018

3.60

1k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🎯 Attention Training 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Concentration

by Kam Knight • 2020

Five hours of unbroken focus begins with exercises most productivity books skip: the internal ones.

4.00

116

🧠 Attention Training ⚡ Cognitive Performance 🔇 Internal Distractions

Concentration 97%

Five hours of unbroken focus begins with exercises most productivity books skip: the internal ones.

by Kam Knight 2020

4.00

116 ratings

🧠 Attention Training ⚡ Cognitive Performance 🔇 Internal Distractions

Peak Mind

by Amishi P. Jha • 2021

Attention is a trainable resource. The minimum effective dose: 12 minutes a day, five days a week.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Attention Training 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation ⚡ Cognitive Performance

Peak Mind 97%

Attention is a trainable resource. The minimum effective dose: 12 minutes a day, five days a week.

by Amishi P. Jha 2021

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Attention Training 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation ⚡ Cognitive Performance

Atomic Focus

by Patrick McKeown • 2021

Forget another productivity system. The fastest path to focus runs through your breath.

4.17

119

🫁 Breath Work 🎯 Focus Training 🛡️ Stress Resilience

Atomic Focus 97%

Forget another productivity system. The fastest path to focus runs through your breath.

by Patrick McKeown 2021

4.17

119 ratings

🫁 Breath Work 🎯 Focus Training 🛡️ Stress Resilience

Rewire Your Brain

by John B. Arden • 2010

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

3.88

1k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction

Rewire Your Brain 97%

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

by John B. Arden 2010

3.88

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction

Altered Traits

by Daniel Goleman • 2017

The neuroscience is in: meditation does more than relax you. It permanently rewires your brain.

3.90

6k+

🧪 Meditation Research 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Brain Plasticity

Altered Traits 97%

The neuroscience is in: meditation does more than relax you. It permanently rewires your brain.

by Daniel Goleman 2017

3.90

6k+ ratings

🧪 Meditation Research 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Brain Plasticity

Tinker Dabble Doodle Try

by Srini Pillay • 2017

Strategic mental breaks outperform constant concentration. The science of when to stop trying.

3.54

388

🧠 Neuroscience 🎯 Productivity 💡 Creative Thinking

Tinker Dabble Doodle Try 97%

Strategic mental breaks outperform constant concentration. The science of when to stop trying.

by Srini Pillay 2017

3.54

388 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 🎯 Productivity 💡 Creative Thinking

Micro-Resilience

by Bonnie St. John • 2017

Life is a hundred small stresses. Learn the micro-resets that recover your mind between them.

3.66

418

🧠 Cognitive Performance 😌 Stress Management 🎯 Attention Management

Micro-Resilience 97%

Life is a hundred small stresses. Learn the micro-resets that recover your mind between them.

by Bonnie St. John 2017

3.66

418 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Performance 😌 Stress Management 🎯 Attention Management

The Emotional Life of Your Brain

by Richard J. Davidson • 2012

Six brain circuits determine your emotional life. A neuroscientist shows exactly how to rewire each.

3.94

3k+

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧘‍♂️ Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Emotional Life of Your Brain Summary

The Emotional Life of Your Brain 96%

Six brain circuits determine your emotional life. A neuroscientist shows exactly how to rewire each.

by Richard J. Davidson 2012

3.94

3k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧘‍♂️ Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Genius Zone

by Gay Hendricks • 2021

The gap between competence and genius is not talent. It is knowing what to stop controlling.

3.71

841

🌊 Flow States 🎨 Creative Practice 🍃 Letting Go

The Genius Zone 96%

The gap between competence and genius is not talent. It is knowing what to stop controlling.

by Gay Hendricks 2021

3.71

841 ratings

🌊 Flow States 🎨 Creative Practice 🍃 Letting Go

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

by Stan Rodski • 2023

The science that turns knitting, coloring, and driving into brain-rewiring stress relief.

3.64

492

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🔬 Psychoneuroimmunology 🧘 Everyday Mindfulness

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness 96%

The science that turns knitting, coloring, and driving into brain-rewiring stress relief.

by Stan Rodski 2023

3.64

492 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🔬 Psychoneuroimmunology 🧘 Everyday Mindfulness

The Winner's Brain

by Jeff Brown • 2010

Success leaves a footprint in the brain. Eight ways to rewire yours for focus and follow-through.

3.50

542

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎯 Attention Training 🏔️ Peak Performance

The Winner's Brain 96%

Success leaves a footprint in the brain. Eight ways to rewire yours for focus and follow-through.

by Jeff Brown 2010

3.50

542 ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎯 Attention Training 🏔️ Peak Performance

Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated

by David Rock • 2009

Your brain was never built to multitask. The four-item limit that changes how you work.

4.09

12k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 💻 Knowledge Work 🎯 Attention Management

Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated Summary

Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated 96%

Your brain was never built to multitask. The four-item limit that changes how you work.

by David Rock 2009

4.09

12k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 💻 Knowledge Work 🎯 Attention Management

Hardwiring Happiness

by Rick Hanson • 2013

Your brain hoards bad moments and shrugs off good ones. Four steps to override the wiring.

3.65

6k+

🌱 Positive Psychology 🧠 Neuroscience Of Happiness 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Hardwiring Happiness 96%

Your brain hoards bad moments and shrugs off good ones. Four steps to override the wiring.

by Rick Hanson 2013

3.65

6k+ ratings

🌱 Positive Psychology 🧠 Neuroscience Of Happiness 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Living in Flow

by Catherine Krame • 2019

How to tap a universal energy field called Flow through mindfulness, heart coherence, and surrender.

4.50

🌊 Flow States 🧘 Mind-Body Connection ❤️ Heart Coherence

Living in Flow 96%

How to tap a universal energy field called Flow through mindfulness, heart coherence, and surrender.

by Catherine Krame 2019

4.50

2 ratings

🌊 Flow States 🧘 Mind-Body Connection ❤️ Heart Coherence

The Mind and the Brain

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz • 2001

Conscious thought can change brain circuitry. A psychiatrist argues quantum physics is the reason.

4.10

7k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪐 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Mindfulness Therapy

The Mind and the Brain 96%

Conscious thought can change brain circuitry. A psychiatrist argues quantum physics is the reason.

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001

4.10

7k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪐 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Mindfulness Therapy

The Power of Neuroplasticity

by Shad Helmstetter • 2014

Your inner voice is writing your brain's wiring. Take control and rewire it on purpose.

4.23

727

🧠 Applied Neuroplasticity 💬 Self-Talk 🏋️️ Brain Training

The Power of Neuroplasticity 96%

Your inner voice is writing your brain's wiring. Take control and rewire it on purpose.

by Shad Helmstetter 2014

4.23

727 ratings

🧠 Applied Neuroplasticity 💬 Self-Talk 🏋️️ Brain Training

The Science of Mindfulness

by Ronald D. Siegel • 2014

Your brain evolved to spot threats, not contentment: the neuroscience of retraining it.

4.24

995

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🔬 Contemplative Science 🧠 Neuroplasticity

The Science of Mindfulness 96%

Your brain evolved to spot threats, not contentment: the neuroscience of retraining it.

by Ronald D. Siegel 2014

4.24

995 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🔬 Contemplative Science 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Becoming Aware

by Daniel J. Siegel • 2021

Where does anxiety go when you stop feeding it? A neuroscientist's 21-day guide to finding out.

3.16

184

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 😌 Anxiety Relief 🎯 Attention Training

Becoming Aware 96%

Where does anxiety go when you stop feeding it? A neuroscientist's 21-day guide to finding out.

by Daniel J. Siegel 2021

3.16

184 ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 😌 Anxiety Relief 🎯 Attention Training

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain

by Sharon Begley • 2007

The adult brain can rewire itself. The switch is focused attention; the master switch is meditation.

4.00

2k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔗 Mind-Brain Connection

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain Summary

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain 96%

The adult brain can rewire itself. The switch is focused attention; the master switch is meditation.

by Sharon Begley 2007

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔗 Mind-Brain Connection

Positive Neuroscience

by Joshua D. Greene • 2016

The brain circuit for joy isn't about reward. It widens attention and drives exploration instead.

2.50

🧠 Positive Psychology 🧬 Affective Neuroscience 💭 Emotion And Cognition

Positive Neuroscience 96%

The brain circuit for joy isn't about reward. It widens attention and drives exploration instead.

by Joshua D. Greene 2016

2.50

2 ratings

🧠 Positive Psychology 🧬 Affective Neuroscience 💭 Emotion And Cognition

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness

by Mario Alonso Puig • 2017

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

4.12

1k+

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

¡Tómate un respiro! Mindfulness 96%

The neuroscience of mindfulness: how attention quiets suffering by rewiring your brain.

by Mario Alonso Puig 2017

4.12

1k+ ratings

🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Buddha's Brain

by Rick Hanson • 2009

Turn fleeting positive moments into lasting neural change, and rewire your brain for happiness.

4.01

15k+

🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Buddha's Brain 96%

Turn fleeting positive moments into lasting neural change, and rewire your brain for happiness.

by Rick Hanson 2009

4.01

15k+ ratings

🧠 Contemplative Neuroscience ☸️ Buddhist Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Healthy Brain, Happy Life

by Wendy Suzuki • 2015

The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.

3.65

2k+

🧠 Brain Health 🏃 Exercise Neuroscience 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

Healthy Brain, Happy Life 96%

The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.

by Wendy Suzuki 2015

3.65

2k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🏃 Exercise Neuroscience 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

SUPER BRAIN

by Deepak Chopra • 2012

Consciousness, not the brain, runs your life. Learn the difference and your neural wiring follows.

3.85

4k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🩺 Mind Body Connection

SUPER BRAIN 96%

Consciousness, not the brain, runs your life. Learn the difference and your neural wiring follows.

by Deepak Chopra 2012

3.85

4k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Mindfulness Practice 🩺 Mind Body Connection

Out of My Skull

by James Danckert • 2020

Boredom is a distress call, not a defect. Muting it with screens only deepens the emergency.

3.50

359

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 😶 Affective Science 🎯 Agency And Motivation

Out of My Skull 96%

Boredom is a distress call, not a defect. Muting it with screens only deepens the emergency.

by James Danckert 2020

3.50

359 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 😶 Affective Science 🎯 Agency And Motivation

A User's Guide to the Brain

by John J. Ratey • 2001

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

4.04

2k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

A User's Guide to the Brain 96%

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

by John J. Ratey 2001

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

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