The Neurotic's Guide To Avoiding Enlightenment by Chris Niebauer

How the Left-Brain Plays Unending Games of Self-Improvement

A playful, neuroscience-informed exploration of how the brain’s left-hemisphere interpreter manufactures the sense of a separate self and traps us in endless self-improvement loops; drawing on split-brain research, humor, and simple awareness practices, it invites readers to observe the storytelling mind rather than be ruled by it, easing neurotic striving and revealing a more effortless, present-centered way of being.