In Awakening the Brain, neuropsychologist and former Catholic nun Dr. Charlotte Tomaino explores the relationship between the brain and spirituality. With her unique experience of being both a doctor and a nun, Dr. Tomaino has observed the power that spirit and faith have on the neurological function and structure of the brain. Operating from a spiritual and compassionate core, Tomaino mixes spirituality and science in language that is easy for the layman to understand and integrate, giving people a whole new perspective on their lives.
As a clinical neuropsychologist, Dr. Tomaino helps patients develop practical solutions for the loss of brain function from accidents, aneurisms, and other traumatic incidents. Training the brains of those who have suffered injuries has given Dr. Tomaino remarkable insight into what is possible for people whose brains are intact and ready for expansion.
Drawing from her intimate understanding of how the brain works, changes, and develops, combined with her spiritual work as a nun, Dr. Tomaino offers readers effective, hands-on exercises they can use to apply the power of neurology to develop their own spiritual mind. Readers will learn that the more awake they are to what underlies their brain’s perception, the more they are in charge of their life's potential.
Author Dr. Charlotte Tomaino, a clinical neuropsychologist and former Mary Knoll nun, has refined the science of mind and spirit and applied it to the specific niche of rehabilitating and expanding brain function.
Drawing on the biblical tradition of storytelling, she combines cutting-edge information with practical applications. This book stands out in the crowded field of science of awareness.
—Retailing Insight
A neuropsychologist and former Catholic nun explores the relationship between the brain and spirituality.
—Publishers Weekly
Charlotte Tomaino has written a compassionate and hopeful book based on both science and spirituality. Her background as a former nun as well as her current profession as a neuroscientist, combined with hard-won personal knowledge due to a brain injury in a close family member, make this a compelling, helpful and authentic read. Helpful for anyone who has a brain and wants it to keep working or work better in the future.
—Bill O'Hanlon, featured Oprah guest and author of Do One Thing Different
A clinical neuropsychologist with 30 years of experience, Dr. Charlotte Tomaino is dedicated to helping patients develop practical solutions for the traumatic loss of brain function. As she work with patients over time, Tomaino began to witness the power of the human spirit to overcome the seemingly impossible and was inspired to focus her career on the effects of thought and spirituality on the brain. She is a full-time clinician in private practice in White Plains, New York.
