{"product_id":"the-limbic-lie-cr-reid-9798241285607","title":"The Limbic Lie: How Your Brain's Emotional Bias Shapes Every Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour brain is lying to you-and it's doing so to keep you safe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe problem is that safety is not the same as truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Limbic Lie: How Your Brain's Emotional Bias Shapes Every Choice\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how emotional reasoning quietly drives perception, decision-making, relationships, and identity-often without conscious awareness. Drawing on modern neuroscience, cognitive psychology, decision science, and philosophy, this book exposes why even highly intelligent, logical people make irrational choices they later struggle to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this process is the \u003cb\u003elimbic system\u003c\/b\u003e-the brain's ancient survival circuitry. Designed to detect threat and assign emotional meaning, it shapes how reality is interpreted long before conscious reasoning begins. What feels like logic is often a post-hoc justification layered over an emotional verdict already reached.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book dismantles the myth of objectivity and replaces it with something more powerful: \u003cb\u003eagency through awareness\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy emotional certainty increases as accuracy declines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow cognitive bias forms under stress, trauma, and chronic nervous system dysregulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of predictive processing and the default mode network in shaping identity and belief\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy insight alone fails when the nervous system is overwhelmed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow metacognition allows you to see bias \u003ci\u003eas it happens\u003c\/i\u003e, not after the damage is done\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical frameworks for reclaiming choice without suppressing emotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike traditional self-help books that promote positive thinking or emotional control, \u003ci\u003eThe Limbic Lie\u003c\/i\u003e takes a trauma-informed, neurobiologically grounded approach. Emotion is not treated as an enemy to be conquered, but as data to be interpreted-without surrendering authorship of your choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for readers interested in: \u003cbr\u003eNeuroscience and the brain\u003cbr\u003eEmotional intelligence and regulation\u003cbr\u003eCognitive bias and decision-making\u003cbr\u003eTrauma-informed psychology\u003cbr\u003eStoicism and modern philosophy\u003cbr\u003eADHD, anxiety, and nervous system dysregulation\u003cbr\u003ePersonal growth grounded in science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cb\u003eNeuro Pocket Series\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Limbic Lie\u003c\/i\u003e bridges ancient wisdom and modern brain science to answer a critical question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if freedom isn't about controlling your emotions-but about seeing when they are shaping your reality?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever wondered why awareness doesn't always lead to change, why certainty feels strongest when it's least justified, or why knowing better doesn't stop repeating the same patterns-this book is your map out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are not your reactions.\u003cbr\u003eYou are the one who notices them-and decides what comes next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cr Reid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241285607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Cr Reid","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173927985407,"sku":"9798241285607","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-limbic-lie-cr-reid-9798241285607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}