Our thinking determines our emotional state. The way we think and the way we feel affect our behavior. If what we believe is negative it will adversely influence the outcome of our actions. Bright Mind, Happy Heart, Best Life: An Unbelievably Simple, Proven Path to Rapid, Remarkable Change helps us to find our essence and attain a state of inner peace, which will improve our interaction with others. Deanna LoTerzo explains this by using actual case studies of people who succeeded in overcoming obstacles. She also addresses how to deal with social demands. She teaches us the need to be patient and kind to ourselves, by providing tools and techniques for transforming our negative emotions and overcoming past problems.

Bright Mind, Happy Heart, Best Life clearly explains that many of our beliefs are patterns that we learned in childhood. Some of these may limit our capacity to express ourselves freely. We must learn to identify these thoughts to eliminate them and feel worthy of everything that flows into our lives. I liked the way Deanna LoTerzo focuses on confronting the problem at its source. She includes aspects such as the production of happiness hormones and ways to improve our habits. She also describes very diverse cases of people who have conquered adversity, showing that change is possible. The book includes exercises for meditation and self-observation, leading to a deeper understanding that we have choices.

Bright Mind, Happy Heart, Best Life: An Unbelievably Simple, Proven Path to Rapid, Remarkable Change by Deanna LoTerzo is a self-help guide for those who have found themselves stifled by negative emotions, outlooks, and experiences in the past, both recent and further back, that do not permit for meaningful progress to healthy wholeness and wellness. The book is broken down into three distinct and interconnected parts. Part one, Biography Becomes Biology, focuses on areas such as brain function, emotional evolution, and change. Part two, Tips, Tools, and Techniques, encourages independent and creative discovery of both ourselves and the world at large, as well as misconceptions and perceptions. Part three, Freedom from Deception and Misinformation, is more targeted at the loss of self and emotional repercussions that occur through certain events, and how one might truly overcome them.

I am always thrilled when I come across a practitioner with ideas that are new to me and, more specifically, when I feel instantly connected to the message. This is my experience with Bright Mind, Happy Heart, Best Life by Deanna LoTerzo. I learned that over 70% of people's thoughts are negative or redundant, which essentially means that over 1/3 of the population is in need of this book or one like it. I most enjoyed LoTerzo's sharing of case notes and success stories after a topic is concluded that is representative of our power to overcome and flourish, and which really does inspire. The standout to me is Rina, a professionally successful woman who remains in a continued state of fear over childhood poverty, crippled by a drive to “build a healthy bank balance” even as her physical and emotional well-being fell apart. After help in working through the fear, Rina finally found a compromise and learned to “surrender to all the abundance coming your way, breathe it in, immerse yourself in it, and have fun with it.” There is no downside to LoTerzo's book and I can only see it having a profoundly positive impact on those who are willing to read it.