Advice Goddess Radio, LIVE Tonite, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: David DiSalvo On How Harnessing Your Brain's Power To Adapt Can Change Your Life
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Changing our behavior starts with changing our thinking and doing that successfully takes both insight and practice.

Science writer and bestselling author David DiSalvo returns to the show tonight to talk about how the brain operates via a series of "feedback loops," and to explain how we can actually redirect our thinking and influence our brain's response -- in turn influencing how we feel and act.

These insights come straight out of DiSalvo's just-published book, Brain Changer: How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life.

Drawing on the latest research in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, behavioral econ, and communications, DiSalvo replaces "self-help" with "science-help," and gives us practical steps to change our thinking and our lives.

Listen at this link from 7-8 pm Pacific, 10-11 pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/12/16/david-disalvo-how-harnessing-your-brains-power-to-adapt-can-change-your-life

Don't miss last week's show with Wharton professor Adam Grant on Dr. Adam Grant, "How Giving Can Lead To Success Or Work To Your Detriment."

Wharton organizational psychologist Dr. Adam Grant will be on this week talking about his terrific book, "Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success," which draws from research to explain what makes giving both powerful and dangerous to people's achieving their goals.

Paradoxically, it's often those who give without looking for anything in return -- who just want to do good, open the playing field to good people -- who ultimately get the most in return. But, Grant warns, there are caveats to this -- and he lays them out in the book and we'll discuss them as well as giving's many nuances and benefits on the show.

Listen at this link or download the podcast:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/12/09/dr-adam-grant-on-how-giving-can-lead-to-success-or-work-to-your-detriment

Join me and my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.