The high-performance mind

Anna Wise lays out a method for reaching a state of peak efficiency, wellbeing, and inner balance by training the brain's electrical rhythms. Her approach rests on recent research and many case studies, and it explains how beta, alpha, theta, and delta waves exchange information between the conscious and unconscious mind.

Wise argues that meditation and therapeutic practices can help readers recover from serious illness, access creative thinking whenever they need it, and become stronger leaders and problem solvers at home and at work. She also describes a combination of brainwaves she calls the "awakened mind" pattern, which she presents as a way to draw on every level of consciousness in support of health. Once this pattern can be reached on demand, she suggests, it becomes a route to healing both physical illness and emotional wounds.

The book also looks at how brainwaves relate to nonverbal communication and to intuitive, seemingly psychic knowledge. Wise's techniques are presented as simple and practical enough for people with crowded schedules, offering a first step toward a more focused and high-performing life.