Brain-Body-Behavior 101: Presentation at the Amish Homesteading Event

We Should Teach this in Every School and College

I was recently honored, as a farmer scientist, to speak about my book (The ROGUE Brain) for a large homesteading event organized by the Amish and Plain communities. People have requested copies of the presentation or a link to where they can get the book. In this article, I will share the introduction chapter in the book. I believe we should teach this in every school and college and to our teenage children. First a little about the book which is now available to the public online.

The ROGUE Brain (now on Amazon) is a simple and short "User Manual" that helps us understand and balance the Brain-Body metabolic feedback loops, kick bad habits and become our own “behavioral” mechanic. Today, human brains have invented expensive tools to diagnose diseases, and costly crutches to patch us up. Yet few humans realize it is these very same imaginative brains that are causing trouble because they have hijacked our body’s immune system and metabolism. As clearly explained in the book, this unique hard-to-balance metabolism (energy budgeting) is the root of most psychological and physiological disorders in humans. As a result, modern humans suffer mostly from abuse and deception by their own brains, and fight their most formidable battles inside their own brains. Without balancing the metabolic feedback loops that connect our brain and body, we are prone to blind spots, bad habits, self-delusions and walking a tight rope between depression and addiction, anxiety and recklessness, fatigue and burnout.

Here is the introductory chapter to the book. You can order the book using links in this article or receive a signed copy of the book by upgrading your subscription to “paid” for a year (first 20 people), which not only encourages me to continue my work as an independent writer and educator, but also allows you access to articles and research available to paid subscribers for a year 🙏

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Here is the table of content to the book: