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Camilla Nord: The Balanced Brain (Paperback, 2024, Princeton University Press) No rating

There are many routes to mental well-being. In this groundbreaking book, neuroscientist Camilla Nord offers …

Nord's chapter 4, Motivation Drive and Wanting, strikes directly at the crux of my personal life challenges. The difference between wanting and pleasure. I want, and I have sometimes extreme drive, but I do not feel good about it, and am almost always disappointed. The countless times I have finished doing something and found myself pretending to be happy about it for the sake of others…