BRAINHACKED
Have You Been Brainhacked?
For anyone who has ever felt like their money disappears before they can decide where it goes - and wants to know exactly why.
The internet was not built for you. It was built to capture your attention, exploit your
psychology, and extract your money - and it is extraordinarily good at its job.
In Brainhacked, top-1% mortgage originator and financial educator Jennifer Beeston
breaks down the science behind how big tech manipulates your spending habits, and
gives you a practical, no-nonsense playbook for taking your brain - and your bank
account - back.
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4.8 out of 5 stars
“An essential guide for anyone looking to become a conscious consumer in the digital age. Beeston provides readers with practical steps they can take to protect themselves from the manipulative tactics of big tech companies - all while displaying her personality and bringing some humor to what could be a very dull topic.”
- Reader Review
“Jen has a wonderful way of telling it like it is. From her sound mortgage counsel to uncovering the schemes and plethora of idiotic advice in the world, she’s just a breath of fresh air and a pleasure to learn from. This is a much-needed book in the day and
age we live. I personally hope there are more books on the way.”
- Reader Review
“This is a compelling, well-written, and intelligent book worthy of you and your family’s attention. Impressive and insightful - share it with everyone you know.”
- Sheila R
“A must-read for anyone building a warrior’s mindset in the digital age. Beeston writes in a way that is easy and actually fun to read. She is not preachy. She is like a smart friend who figured something important out and just wants to tell you about it.”
- Richard Ryan,
author of The Warrior’s Garden
Your Brain Has Been Engineered Against You. Here's How to Take It Back.
Advertisers want to make money from you by selling you products and services.
Search engines, platforms, and content creators want to make money from you by collecting and selling your personal data - and by tracking and manipulating your behavior.
Brainhacking is the sum of all that technology, psychology, neuroscience, and data collection working in concert. It does not just lead you to spend money you do not have. It makes you vulnerable to emotional, mental, and social side effects that compound over time: anxiety, shortened attention span, weakened memory, and a growing sense that your choices are not really your own.
Brainhacked is a financial self-defense manual. It teaches you to see behind the distortions of online media, recognize the dark patterns and persuasive algorithms designed to keep you spending, and implement practical steps - immediately - to change your relationship with technology and money.
What You Will Learn
Understand the Hack
How tech companies use neuroscience and data to engineer your spending behavior
Recognize the Tactics
The specific design patterns, algorithms, and psychological triggers used against you daily
Fight Back
Actionable steps you can implement today to reclaim your attention, your decisions, and your money
A Taste of Brainhacked
“The rat isn’t addicted to the cheese, per se. It’s addicted to the anticipation: the mix of desire and uncertainty. That’s us. We keep checking our phone because maybe there’s a new like. Maybe someone commented. Instagram even holds back your likes on purpose and drops them all at once - just to make that dopamine hit bigger.
You don’t have to play the algorithm’s game by their rules. You can use their tools against them and sneak in something good. That is what this book is about.”
- Jennifer Beeston, Brainhacked
About Jennifer Beeston
Jennifer Beeston is a nationally known advocate for consumer empowerment and has been ranked in the USA’s top 1% of mortgage originators for six consecutive years. Shehas been a featured expert for CNBC, US News and World Report, Business Insider, Time, NBC, and Money.com.
So why did a top mortgage lender write a book about big tech and spending psychology?
Because every day, Jennifer works with homebuyers whose financial goals have been quietly derailed - not by bad intentions, but by algorithms designed to keep them spending, scrolling, and borrowing in ways that serve the platform, not the person.
Brainhacked is the book she wished every one of her clients had read before they sat down with her.
Her passion is exposing the nonsense and manipulation that stands between ordinary people and financial freedom - whether that means demystifying the mortgage process or teaching you to recognize when your phone is picking your pocket.
Ready to Reclaim Your Brain?
Brainhacked is available now in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook.