Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

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In Scarcity Brain, Michael Easter examines the impact of the scarcity mindset on modern behavior through the lens of psychology and self-help. Drawing on his background in health and psychology reporting, Easter explores how evolutionary tendencies towards scarcity influence behaviors like consumerism and addiction amidst contemporary abundance. He introduces the "scarcity loop," a cycle driven by biological and psychological factors and intensified by modern societal pressures. Easter provides strategies for overcoming this mindset through mindfulness, goal-setting, and cultivating gratitude, aiming to shift towards an abundance mindset for a more balanced life.