Your Body Is Your Brain

Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships, and Lead More Powerfully

By: Amanda Blake

Narrated by: Marisa Blake

Around the world, a swelling tide of people are discovering an astonishing, life-altering truth. This book tells their extraordinary stories:

• an anxious PhD student builds his confidence by changing his workout
• back exercises help one woman negotiate a fix to a botched home repair
• a Microsoft executive grows credibility by shifting her stance
• an executive team leads their company to a 30 percent increase in valuation by dancing together

In this timely and engaging book, Amanda Blake synthesizes research from more than two dozen scientific fields to reveal how you, too, can come to embody vital qualities such as these:

• align your daily activities with a deeper sense of meaning and purpose
• become more relaxed, confident, and at ease in high-pressure situations
• shatter limitations that have been immune to "the power of positive thinking"
• create better relationships at work and at home
• turn conflict into opportunity
• and many more valuable skills that will enable you to contribute, succeed and enjoy life at the highest levels

Strengthen your social and emotional intelligence by cultivating your innate somatic intelligence. This is powerful applied mind-body science, in the workplace and beyond. Tap the intelligence hidden in posture, gesture, and sensation and you will open the door to more meaning, greater courage, deeper connection, and more powerful leadership than you imagined possible.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Amanda Blake (P)2021 Amanda Blake

Critic reviews

Winner: Nautilus Books for a Better World—Social Science

Winner: International Book Awards—Psychology/Mental Health

Winner: Indie Excellence Awards—Leadership

A must for anyone interested in somatics and coaching

Amanda Blake is at the forefront of this work. Her style is approachable and relatable as well is deeply informative and knowledgeable

There´s no PDF on the audible platform

I would like to get the PDF the author references several times during the lecture.

Compelling evidence to shift focus

The author makes it clear that, for fruitful change, we must include our bodies. That in fact, change will occur organically that way. We might know this intellectually, but the author’s presentation made it clear and riveting for me. Just naming the mechanism “biobehavioral blindspot” cut to the chase. The information is very motivating. Practical steps to use it will take some search and problem-solving to to be able to practice and incorporate it into my life. (I’m wondering if the pdf accompanying the audio version is a little light on some necessary information as well.). The author does give many examples, and a few exercises but you really need support and guidance to use the material.

Having said that, I’ve found myself already noticing default ways I hold and use my body.

Overall, I highly recommend the book. But maybe get the print version.

Content is brilliant, narration tough on the ears

The knowledge / content in this book will help so many - truly exceptional. Presented clearly and accessibly. The narration is grating but the content so good that I’ll finish it.