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Learn to identify the "hooks" that trigger your compulsive bad habits, and how to systematically replace those habits with constructive ones.As a young man, Dr. Adi Jaffe’s own battle with addiction nearly landed him a decades-long prison sentence. Now, his revelatory addiction treatment protocol has helped thousands to free themselves from the addictive habits that cause negative consequences. The key? Identifying the sources—the “hooks”—that catalyze these habits. Using Dr. Jaffe's Explore / Accept / Transform model, you will discover your own personal triggers, stepping through your patterned perceptions and responses, for a new way to cope with the factors that drive your addictions. Dr. Jaffe’s shame-free, step-by-step program helps you address what's driving your addiction by:

Identifying the “hooks” that drive your behavior
Building awareness of when these hooks are activated
Unpacking your go-to, habitual responses
Creating new, healthier patterns and ways of reacting

Most of us are affected by addiction in one way or another. The Unhooked Method destigmatizes addiction, addresses trauma, depression, and lack of purpose, and uses habit change knowledge and tools to help you to unhook for an addiction-free life.

Unhooked By Adi Jaffe PhD Narrated by (Audiobook Excerpt)

Our human nervous system has the power to cope with high stress but not when it's been ground down by the relentless stimuli of today’s world. Over time, these persistent demands leave us burnt out because our nervous system is stuck in survival mode. In this mode, we have reduced capacity for rational thinking and less capacity to care. It becomes hard to make decisions, rest, solve problems, be mindful and set boundaries. We withdraw from the people and activities that used to light us up. We slip into autopilot, making us prone to mistakes, and toxic behaviors that impact professional and personal relationships.

Drawing on polyvagal theory and her professional insights as a trauma therapist working with clients experiencing anxiety, trauma and burnout, Clinical Psychologist Dr. Claire Plumbly will help you understand:

Why stress is different from burnout

How burnout stifles your ability to interact, think clearly and be productive or creative.

Why you get stuck in burnout and cannot ‘think’ your way out of it or engage in activities you know could help you.

Cultural beliefs and psychological patterns that cause burnout

How to soothe your nervous system back to full capacity using techniques and compassion.

By the end of this book, you will have tools to thrive amidst the challenges of modern life, at work, at home and through positive interactions and relationships.

The Trauma of Burnout By Dr. Claire Plumbly, Read By Rebecca Courtney

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