Book excerpt: My Brain is the Boss of My Body is a self-help workbook. It uses games and self-reflective exercises to identify behavior patterns then gives simple tools to change the behaviors that don't work. This workbook is designed for anyone who can read but especially useful for children to use with their parents. Anyone who wants to change the direction of their life will find this a valuable self-help book. Louise Carole is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist in Southern California. She has helped hundreds of children, families and parents over the past 20 years to improve their relationships. By focusing on self-control, defining personal behavior rules, and increasing personal responsibility people define and attain their goals. Her simple cause and effect approach resolves conflicts with a sensitivity and humor that allows the reader to change quickly and effectively.