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Book SynopsisThe richest, most fulfilling love of your life is yet to come! The Authentic Heart offers practical, wise, and compassionate guidance for midlife love.--Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry The Authentic Heart is a groundbreaking, insightful, warmly written book that I highly recommend to anyone wanting more loving, joyful relationships. John Amodeo addresses with great clarity, wisdom, and practicality the key steps that are necessary for building authentic, mature, loving connections--not only with others, but also with oneself.--John Bradshaw, New York Times bestselling author of Healing the Shame that Binds You Just what millions want to know--not only how to make love last but how to make lasting love new again and again. This warmhearted and clearheaded book is full of practical wisdom.--Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., and Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., authors of Conscious Loving and The Conscious Heart Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. THE FIRST STEP: PREPARE YOUR UNDERSTANDING: FROM YOUNG LOVE TO MATURE LOVE. New Beginnings. Comparative Love 101. THE SECOND STEP: IDENTIFY THE SHAME THAT KEEPS LOVE AWAY. The Nature of Shame. Your Inner Critic: The Voice of Shame. THE THIRD STEP: SUMMON THE COURAGE TO AFFIRM THE AUTHENTIC YOU. Getting to Authenticity. Celebrate Your Authentic Self. THE FOURTH STEP: RESPECT YOURSELF THROUGH BOUNDARIES. Boundaries as a Foundation for Intimacy. THE FIFTH STEP: PRACTICE SELF-SOOTHING AND SELF-CONNECTION. The Softening Ingredient. Focusing: A Path to Befriending Yourself. Spiritual Self-Soothing. THE SIX STEP: RESPECT OTHERS THROUGH KIND CONVERSATION. Gentle Honesty. Speak and Connect from Your Authentic Heart. THE SEVENTH STEP: BUILD TRUST THROUGH A PROCESS COMMITMENT. Being Committed to the Process. The Key Ingredients of Trust. THE EIGHT STEP: DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF LOVE AND SEXUALITY. The Ingredients of Love. A Deepening Sexuality. Conclusion: Toward a Mature Spirituality. References. A Guide to Resources. Index.

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Book Synopsis300 quick, Simple Ways to Make Every Day a Happier Day! Spirit games make children feel brighter and more confident. By tapping into children''s natural delight, spirit games restore the sparkle to their eyes. By sharing the upbeat activities in Spirit Games, you can encourage your child''s self-esteem and provide a lasting foundation for happiness. Developed by Barbara Sher over the course of thirty years as a parent, teacher, and play-therapy specialist, this collection of 300 wise and nurturing ideas fosters parent-child interaction and requires no special preparation or equipment. Play these games with your family-or any children you cherish-to increase the level of joy in their lives. SPECIAL SECTIONS HIGHLIGHT: Creating joy every day Getting past anger and self-doubt Learning compassion and sharing wonder Healing sadness and overcoming fear Nurturing your own spirit, too! Table of ContentsIntroduction. PART I: Spirit Games for You. Chapter 1: Nurturing Your Spirit. PART II: Spirit Games for Children. Chapter 2: More Joy, Please! Chapter 3: When I Doubt Myself. Chapter 4: When I m Sad. Chapter 5: When I m Angry. Chapter 6: When I m Afraid. Chapter 7: Learning Compassion. Chapter 8: Making Magic. Closing Thoughts. Index.

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Book SynopsisComprises an introduction to human cognition and focuses on the key topics of perception and attention, individual differences, memory, reading, thinking and problem-solving, and the production and perception of language.Trade Review"A well-researched and well -presented book which takes an interesting approach to cognitive psychology .... It seems to me a very good book for students taking first-year psychology courses at university either as psychology majors or as subsidiary students." Professor Martin Conway, University of Bristol "Overall I thought that the book was enjoyable to read, well written, and reasonably comprehensive in its coverage." Tim J Perfect, PerceptionTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. Part I: Elements of Cognition:. 2. Memory. 3. Vision. 4. Language. 5. Attention. 6. Skill. Part II: Using Cognition:. 7. Remembering. 8. Planning and Acting. 9. Reading. 10. Problem Solving and Decision Making. Part III: Modelling Cognition:. 11. Artificial Intelligence. 12. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 13. Connectionism. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisPsychologist John Jost has spent decades researching poor people who vote for policies of inequality and women who think men deserve higher salaries. He argues that the persecuted often justify and defend the very social systems that oppress them because doing so serves a fundamental need for certainty, security, and social acceptance.Trade ReviewWhy do some in the working class vote against their economic interests? Why do some women support Trump? In this long-awaited volume, summarizing 25 years of work, Jost explains why some members of subordinate groups adopt and defend positions objectively at odds with their best interests. A model of social science research, A Theory of System Justification brings the theoretical and empirical rigor of the academy to bear on real-world issues. For those seeking a better grasp of the times in which we live, Jost’s book is appointment reading. -- Christopher S. Parker, author of Change They Can’t Believe InA definitive synthesis of nearly three decades of pathbreaking research on the stubborn human tendency to embrace and defend oppressive systems. In prose that is both erudite and compelling, Jost reveals the insidious role of human psychology in producing and maintaining our most vexing social injustices, from economic inequality and sexual harassment to racial hierarchies and climate change. A Theory of System Justification will be a game-changer for lawyers, policymakers, activists, organizers, and anyone seeking to unearth the deeply rooted sources of our most profound social problems. In short, I can think of no more timely or valuable book. -- Jon Hanson, Harvard Law SchoolSystem justification theory is one of social and psychological science’s most audacious attempts to address scientifically a problem at the heart of philosophy: the problem of ideology. Why do we so often accept the structural conditions into which we are born, conditions that make life less just for us and those around us? In this book, the culmination of decades of research, John Jost, its pioneer, summarizes a quarter-century of its discoveries and challenges. It is an essential resource. -- Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism WorksJost’s theory has far-reaching implications, and he offers numerous insights that political activists and social justice advocates can use to promote change…An essential resource for anyone who would like to better understand human cognition and behavior. -- Evan A. Valdes * Journal of Constructivist Psychology *

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Book SynopsisThanks to Facebook and Instagram, our younger selves have been captured and preserved online. But what happens, Kate Eichhorn asks, when we can't leave our most embarrassing moments behind? Rather than a childhood cut short by a loss of innocence, the real crisis of the digital age may be the specter of a childhood that can never be forgotten.Trade ReviewWell-written, well-researched, and insightful. The End of Forgetting will contribute to our growing discussion on the role and place of social media in everyday life, and the impact that new media practices have on our understanding of identity, childhood, and the process of becoming an adult. -- Mark Nunes, author of Cyberspaces of Everyday LifeAn elegantly written book on a timely and very important topic. Eichhorn blends stories, facts, and research to portray the role digital and social media play in young people’s self-conceptions, identity development, and public image, and reveals why it is important to protect young people’s ability to forget parts of the past. -- Simon Nørby, Aarhus UniversityA necessary, original, and unexpected perspective on the impact of digital technologies on children today. -- Marcus Boon, York UniversityGrowing up online, Eichhorn worries, might impede our ability to edit memories, cull what needs to be culled, and move on. * New Yorker *An important manual for anyone who regularly posts on social media. It outlines the dangers that platforms pose, makes a great case for more cautious posting, and advocates for increasing pressure on the tech companies that hold our data. -- Sarah Manavis * New Statesman *Eichhorn’s work needs to be included in public discourse about how we make meaning of self and others in digital spaces. We are still in the midst of making sense of the impact of social media on how we record our lives and, by so doing, how we unavoidably carry our digital history forward. The End of Forgetting reminds readers that sampling experiences and trying out different personalities, sometimes in error, is part of the human condition. The degree to which we should forgive others, or hold them responsible, remains a pressing but unacknowledged ethical concern. -- Linda Levitt * PopMatters *

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Book SynopsisFor 200 million years before humans developed a capacity to reason, the emotional centers of the brain were hard at work. Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel help us understand the evolution of the mind by exploring this more primal capability that we share with other animals: the power to feel, which is the root of so much that makes us uniquely human.Trade ReviewWith impressive mastery of the scientific and philosophical literature, The Emotional Mind is an ambitious work with sweeping scope and multidisciplinary character. Asma and Gabriel have written an impressively thorough volume, pulling together work in a variety of disciplines to present a detailed picture of the fundamental role of affective systems and processes in perception, cognition, decision-making, and social behavior. -- David Livingstone Smith, author of Less than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate OthersThe power of the emotions in our lives is obvious, yet many people prefer to stress the intellectual side of our species. When philosophers turn to the emotions, as in this fascinating book, something magical happens. We get a far more realistic view of human affairs by grounding our psychology in age-old impulses and strivings. -- Frans de Waal, author of Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about OurselvesIn The Emotional Mind, Asma and Gabriel have produced a scholarly work that adds significantly to the current literature. It uses cognitive science to show that affect is the neglected partner when it comes to imagining the construction of the modern human mind. This is a much-needed contribution. -- Antonio Damasio, author of The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of CulturesAn admirable accomplishment, bringing together evolutionary and ecological psychology; philosophy of mind and of psychology; and evolution of culture. This book has been called for since affective neuroscience came on the scene, and the foundational claim that emotions are shaped by and shape both internal cognition and the external world will be used to rethink human evolutionary adaptations of all kinds. -- Heidi M. Ravven, author of The Self Beyond Itself: An Alternative History of Ethics, the New Brain Science, and the Myth of Free WillAn ambitious study of the role of emotion in human cognitive and cultural development…Will likely play a significant role in reshaping scientific and philosophical discussions with respect to mind, emotion, and culture. * Choice *A fresh and compelling take on the affective roots of human rationality, cognition, and judgment-making processes. -- Paul Rezkalla * Quarterly Review of Biology *

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to understanding and overcoming trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments 6Section IPost Traumatic Stress Disorder 71. A Life Spoiled 82. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? 183. Post Traumatic Stress in the Dock 344. Why Me? 41Section IIThe Psychology Behind PTSD 515. Emotional Processing 526. Burying the Memories 617. Emotions, the Stuff of Life 70Section IIIThe Need for Therapy 798. Susan’s Story 809. Healthy and Unhealthy Reactions to Trauma 8810. Emotional Processing Therapy 96Section IVSelf-Help Programme for PTSD 10311. Max’s Story 10412. Preparing for Therapy 11813. Emotional Processing Style 12914. Facing the Memories 139Section VThe Journey Onwards 15115. Stumbling Blocks 15216. The Deal 15717. Sweet or Deadly Oblivion? 167References 175Index 187

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Book SynopsisRos Taylor is a leading UK psychologist, executive coach, successful businesswoman, an accomplished author and a TV and radio presenter. Newspapers have described her variously as 'the guru of personal development' and 'the best motivational speaker heard this year'. She was named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the top ten coaches in Britain. She has been one of the main presenters on numerous TV programmes for the BBC. Other TV and radio work includes BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio Scotland, Scottish Television, GMTV, LWT, ITN News, Sky News, Channel 4 and E4.Trade Review"It has taken 40 years in business, including numerous courses and education sessions for me to understand what I didn't know in Confidence at Work. I just wish I had read it towards the beginning of my career and not towards the end." * Larry Hirst, ex CEO of IBM *"Professor Taylor's book is a cut above the average "self-improvement"/"motivational" shtick. It is thoughtful and if you'll take time to consider the implications of what's being said, quietly profound." * Customer review *"Confidence at Work is another superb self development guide book from Ros Taylor" * Customer review *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Who are you anyway...?; Chapter - 01: Bring yourself to work; Chapter - 02: Eric Berne’s transactional analysis; Chapter - 03: Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy; Chapter - 04: Martin Seligman’s learned optimism; Chapter - 05: HJ Eysenck’s theory of extraversion–introversion; Chapter - 06: Friedman and Rosenman’s theory of Type A and Type B behaviours; Chapter - 07: Life’s rich tapestry; Section - TWO: Branding for confidence; Chapter - 08: Bird’s eye view of branding; Chapter - 09: Great expectations; Chapter - 10: Knowing the words to the song; Chapter - 11: The user-friendly confident you; Section - THREE: Influencing for confidence at work; Chapter - 12: Likeability and similarity; Chapter - 13: Knee-jerk thinking, reward and reciprocity; Chapter - 14: Handling challenging people with elegance; Chapter - 15: Perseverance and enthusiasm; Chapter - 16: Confident networking; Section - FOUR: Be a confident leader; Chapter - 17: Be aspirational; Chapter - 18: Be conscientious; Chapter - 19: Be cool; Chapter - 20: Be bold, have ideas; Chapter - 21: Be charismatic – the ultimate in confidence at work; Chapter - 22: Some final thoughts

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Book SynopsisMike Bryon is an expert in psychometrics and training solutions. He is also the author of many books including The Advanced Numeracy Test Workbook, Great Answers to Tough Career Dilemmas, How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, Graduate Psychometric Test Workbook, How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests, How to Pass Selection Tests, How to Master the UKCAT and The Ultimate Psychometric Test Book, all published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"A wealth of relevant practice questions and detailed explanations to help candidates prepare" * Sunday Citizen *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Psychometric tests and practice; Chapter - 01: Demonstrate your true potential; Chapter - 02: The winning approach; Section - TWO: Hundreds of really relevant practice questions; Chapter - 03: Quantitative reasoning; Chapter - 04: Data interpretation; Chapter - 05: Business judgement; Chapter - 06: Data sufficiency; Chapter - 07: Mock tests; Section - THREE: Answers and many detailed explanations

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Book SynopsisA guide to measuring success in all areas - at home, work, in relationships and more. It discusses making a personal inventory of accomplishments and determining goals, including: getting started; staying motivated; establishing a mission with family and friends; and making a strategic game plan.Table of ContentsForeword. Introduction. PART I: All About Success. Chapter 1: The Success Formula. Chapter 2: The Relationship Role. Chapter 3: The Hallmarks of Success. PART II: Getting Motivated. Chapter 4: Understanding How Motivation Works. Chapter 5: You Can't Get Motivated Until You Know Your Motives. PART III: Putting Together a Strategic Plan. Chapter 6: Deciding What You Want Out of Life: The Choices You Make to Get What You Want. Chapter 7: Focusing on Needed Goals. Chapter 8: Be Positive: Getting Started Toward Your Goals. Chapter 9: You're Not Making Progress — Now What? PART IV: Your Goals in Life. Chapter 10: Achieving and Maintaining Optimal Physical Health. Chapter 11: Finding the Right Mental Attitude. Chapter 12: Growing Spiritually. Chapter 13: Developing Fantastic Friendships. Chapter 14: Developing a Lifetime Romance: Marriage Goals. Chapter 15: Being a Successful Parent. Chapter 16: Building Better Employer/Employee Relationships. Chapter 17: Building a Character Foundation for Society. PART V: Moving Onward and Upward. Chapter 18: You'll Never Walk Alone. Chapter 19: Success Is a Habit. PART VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Benchmarks of Success. Chapter 21: Ten Successful Individuals. Chapter 22: Ten (Or So) Things to Incorporate into Any Success Strategy. Chapter 23: Ten Motivational Gems — Plus One. Index. Book Registration Information.

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Book SynopsisMake a change for the better Why do the best-laid plans for organizational transformation go awry? In this compelling work, Dorothy Marcic tells managers that no prescribed formula is ever complete without factoring in the human side of the equation. She asks, How would the workplace change if we acknowledged that spiritual values are as important in the operations of organizations as they are in the lives of the people who work there? The answers -- garnered from real-world examples -- banish the notion that a business can''t be both spiritual AND successful, and show what it means to act as a manager with virtue.Trade Review"A gutsy book. Marcic has spoken honestly about the responsibilities and motivations at work in a way no one has dared before. [This book] should be read by everyone interested in management and organization." -Lawrence M. Miller, President, Miller Howard Consulting Group "Dorothy Marcic has found some men and women in business who are chasing sales and profits like everyone else, but who are living in a different world than many of us -- a world of trust and faith and love and even serenity! This book shows us how that is possible." -Peter Vaill, author of Learning as a Way of Being and Managing as a Performing Art "With the discipline of a good scholar and the insight of a sage, Dorothy Marcic has extracted the most profound lessons from the world's wisdom literature, and has synthesized them into a compelling guide for those who would manage with the wisdom of love. But don't expect wispy new age idealism here, because Ms. Marcic has illustrated her material with persuasive, specific examples from today's American workplace." -James A. Autry, former CEO of Meredith Corporation and the author of Confessions of an Accidental Businessman, Love and Profit, and Life and Work "Moves the reader beyond today's poverty stricken business to a business of well-being....It also provokes the inevitable for everyone: the discovery of self." -John Hormann, coauthor of Creative Work [For use on front cover:] "It is a time of virulent change. Many are being left far behind. Cynicism is rampant. But Dorothy Marcic offers a message of hope and, yes, love. Work...Virtue...Love. The three can -- and should -- fit in the same workspace. Read this book, then ask, 'Why Not?' " -Tom Peters "This book is a must for those in leadership positions who are committed to establishing people- and team-centered organizations that are truly empowered." -Carl M. Skoogland, Vice President, Ethics Director, Texas Instruments Inc.Table of Contents1. Spirituality in the Workplace 2. Moving Towards Balance 3. Love and the New Management Virtues 4. The New Management Virtues at Work 5. Acting with the Wisdom of Love

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Book SynopsisThis program translates each style into a mode of thinking so groups and departments can realize the talents at their disposal to accomplish various goals. Using Enneagram personality styles, this program helps people: Recognize their strengths in resolving problems Tailor communication style to be most effective in various situations Optimize interactions with people of differing styles to deter conflict Understand their role in problem-solving processes . . . and more! This is an excellent tool for furthering process improvement, management skills, team development, and more! Be sure to give each participant a set of reminder cards to use as a daily and spur-of-the-moment reminder of behaviors as they work to improve their problem-solving skills.Table of ContentsNotes to the Trainer. Module 1. The Enneagram and Personality Types. Module 2. Thinking Styles. Module 3. Behavioral Hints. Module 4. Focus of Thinking. Module 5. Transformation. Module 6. Problem Solving. Module 7. Action Planning. Introduction. Personalty Type-Descriptions of Enneagram Personality Types-Personal Reflections. Nine Thinking Styles. Ones: Idealist Thinkers. Twos: Affective Thinkers. Threes: Practical Thinkers. Fours: Individualist Thinkers. Fives: Analytical Thinkers. Sixes: Authoritative Thinkers. Sevens: Positive Thinkers. Eights: Dialectical Thinkers. Nines: Holistic Thinkers. Charts of the Nine Thinking Styles. Focus on Thinking. Transformation of Thinking Style. Arrows of Development. Wings of Development. Five Ways to Improve Each of the Nine Thinking Styles. Nine Approaches to Problem Solving. Taking Action.

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Book SynopsisOrder The Enneagram Personality Portraits book, which explains the origins and meanings of the Enneagram, and you''ll receive Inventory and Profile, the Enneagram program tool for assessing personalities including your own free of charge. Based on centuries of tradition, use, and recent research, the Enneagram is a nine-point figure representing personality types and the interrelationships among them. It provides a fascinating, solid base for understanding how to work with the dynamics of various personality types, encompassing both an opportunity to appreciate and empower personal and professional style. A powerful, versatile tool for enhancing individual and group performance. Package Offer: Purchase The Enneagram Personality Portraits and get Inventory and Profile free!Table of ContentsIntroduction. Nine Thinking Styles. Charts of the Nine Thinking Styles. Focus of Thinking. Transformation of Thinking Style. Nine Approaches to Problem Solving. Taking Action. Selected Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisA new model for treating the devastating effects of emotional abuse Emotional Abuse provides a clear road map for therapists to guide them through the intricacies of treating emotionally-abused victims. Any therapist working with emotionally-abused clients will find this a most useful text. --Jeffrey T. Mitchell, president, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Marti Tamm Loring uses her own research and clinical work with emotionally abused women to explore the components of both overt and covert abuse and to map out for mental health practitioners a new model for its treatment.Trade Review"Emotional Abuse breaks new ground in describing this little understood and acknowledged form of interpersonal mistreatment. Loring describes both overt and covert emotional abuse and makes crucial linkages to other types of abuse as well. Her intervention strategies are grounded in relational theory and give the therapist a practical approach to the assessment and treatment of the emotionally abused client." (Christine A. Courtois, clinical director, Center for Abuse Recovery & Empowerment, Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C.) "Emotional Abuse provides a clear road map for therapists to guide them through the intricacies of treating emotionally abused victims. Any therapist working with emotionally abused clients will find this a most useful text." (Jeffrey T. Mitchell, president, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation)Table of ContentsEmotional Abuse: An Overview. Differentiating Emotional Abuse. Attachment. The Trauma of Emotional Abuse. Theoretical Perspectives. A New Model of Therapy.

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Book SynopsisA step-by-step programme to help families, therapists and counsellors craft a responsible, deliberate process that targets the emotional well-being of both parents and children in divorce.Trade Review"A wise and practical guidebook for divorcing parents. There issomething useful here for any point in the process. Divorcingparents who take this book seriously will inevitably protectthemselves from much grief." (Richard A. Gardner, clinicalprofessor of child psychiatry, Columbia University, and author ofThe Boys' and Girls' Book About Divorce) "This is a solid book written by two well-respected leaders in thefield of divorce counseling and mediation. It is an excellentresource for professionals and parents alike." (Isolina Ricci,author of Mom's House, Dad's House) "At long last, a practical, informed, and sensitive guide forparents and children navigating the painful passages of separation,divorce, and remarriage. Erasing the pain is impossible, butproviding guidance through fourteen predictable stages removes theunknown and eradicates fear." (William C. Nichols, editor ofContemporary Family Therapy) "Healthy Divorce is a very valuable book, containing practicalanswers to difficult questions." (Dan Kiley, author of The PeterPan Syndrome and The WAndy Dilemma) "A usesful resource for persons whose families are touched by thedivorce process." (Journal of Family Psychotherapy)Table of ContentsUnderstanding the Divorce Experience. Early Warning Signs. The Process of Separating. The Decision to Divorce. Ending the Dance: The Decisions You Must Make in the Divorce. Divorce: Collaboration or Gunfight. Co-Parenting After Divorce: A Cold War or a New Begining. Starting a New Life: When Remarriage Occurs. Living in a BlAnded Family Network. Epilogue. Questions and Answers About Health Divorce.

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Book SynopsisA controversial and persuasive analysis of addiction A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction. ?David Cook, Counseling and Psychological Services, University ofWisconsin This compelling and controversial book challenges the widelyaccepted belief that alcohol and drug addiction have a genetic orbiological basis. The so-called disease theory suggests that a substance or activity can cause the addict to losecontrol of his behavior. Stanton Peele demonstrates how this notionfails to make sense of scientific observations. Analyzing studies of drug and cigarette addiction, alcoholism,obesity, and other potential compulsions such as running and sex,Peele reveals the surprising frequency of self-cure as part of theevidence. The author finds that compulsive habits and depAndencyare a way of coTrade Review"A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research andunderstanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass diseasenotions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social andcultural dynamics in addiction." (David Cook, Counseling andPsychological Services, University of Wisconsin) "The Meaning of Addiction presented a new paradigm of addiction.The field has since become more open to the kind of complex,contextual view of addiction and compulsive behavior that itpresents. Nonetheless, it remains the classic source for expressingthis point of view." (Archie Brodsky, Department of Psychiatry,Harvard Medical School) "Peele's theory of 'addiction as an experience' in The Meaning ofAddiction remains a pathbreaking one that offers readers anaccessible and empowering understanding of their own experiences,desires, and addictions. For understanding addictions, Peele is inmy view (and for my courses on this subject) still the source ofall sources." (Richard J. DeGrandpre, Department of Psychology, St.Michael's College, Burlington, Vermon) "Stanton Peele's books have been instrumental in helping meunderstand my own underlying causes of addiction and how, howeverwell-intentioned the 12-step model is, it led me to focus on thewrong aspects of addiction." (Marianne Gilliam, author, HowAlcoholics Anonymous Failed Me) "Offers a thought-provoking, insightful, and controversialperspective on the etiology of addictive behaviors. Peelechallenges the biological model and provides an importantalternative view on addictive behaviors. The Meaning of Addictionshould be required reading for students and professionals alike."(Kim Fromme, Department of Psychology, University of Texas) "Given the extraordinary, but largely unsubstantiated, confidencethat many in both the public an professional ranks have insimplistic conceptualizations of addictive behavior, it isreassuring that sophisticated and provocative alternatives such asthose proposed by Stanton Peele in The Meaning of Addiction surfacefrom time to time. It offers hope for constructive change byputting reason an choice back into the addiction formula." (Alan R.Lang, Department of Psychology, Florida State University) "This is a book to be read slowly, to be taken seriously, and to bedebated hotly by every professional in the field. This wholesubject is one of the major medical political and society problemsof our civilization, and we seem unable to find any workablesolution." (John A. Owen, Jr., M.D., Professor of InternalMedicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine)Table of ContentsThe Concept of Addiction: Opiate Addiction in the United States andthe Western World Divergent Evidence about Narcotic AddictionNonbiological Factors in Addiction The Nature of Addiction. The American Image of Alcohol: Does Liquor Have the Power toCorrupt and Control?: The Disease of Alcoholism Historical, Social,Ethnic, and Economic Factors in Alcoholism in the United States TheSocial Science Challenge to Disease Theory Controlled-DrinkingTherapy for Alcoholism. Theories of Addiction: Stanton Peele and Bruce K. Alexander GeneticTheories Exposure Theories: Biological Models Exposure Theories:Conditioning Models Adaptation Theories The Requirements of aSuccessful Theory of Addiction. Adult, Infant, and Animal Addiction: Bruce K. Alexander, StantonPeele, Patricia F. Hadaway, Stanley J. Morse, Archie Brodsky, andBarry L. Beyerstein. Addiction to an Experience: Elements of the Addictive ExperienceSusceptibility to Addiction and the Choice of Addictive Object:Social and Cultural Factors Susceptibility to and Choice ofAddiction: Situational Factors Susceptibiltity to and Choice ofAddiction: Individual Factors Susceptibility to and Choice ofAddiction: Developmental Factors The Nature of Addiction: TheAddiction Cycle. The Impaired Society: The Narcotic Connection--Supply and DemandThe Negative Effects of the Belief in Chemical Dependence Can WeTreat Away the Drug Problem? The Alcoholism and Chemical DependenceIndustry Spreading Diseases The Cure for Addiction.

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Book SynopsisFighting forYour Empty Nest-Marriage offers clear-cut instructions for dealing with one of the most difficult periods in any marriage. . .the transition period when the children leave home. Based on the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) and the results of a national survey of long-term married couples, this warm and helpful guide is brimming with practical suggestions and wisdom for learning to let-go of the kids and preserving the sense of commitment, love, partnership, sensuality and fun within a marriage.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Before You Begin: A Personal Note from David and Claudia Arp xiii Part I: Understanding Your Empty Nest Marriage 1. Meet the Second Marriage of Your Marriage 1 2. Letting Go and Moving On 21 3. Becoming Partner Focused 41 Part II: Handling Conflict in the Empty Nest 4. Communication and Conflict: Four Danger Signs 59 5. Talking It Out: The Speaker-Listener Technique 81 6. Getting Beneath the Surface: Issues Versus Events 105 7. Problem Solving 131 8. Ground Rules for Handling Conflict 159 Part III: Dealing with Empty Nest Issues 9. When What We Want Isn't What We Get 183 10. Applying the Glue of Commitment 203 11. Core Beliefs and Developing Siprtual Intimacy 225 12. Relating to Adult Children and ging Parents 241 Part IV: Feathering Your Own Empty Nest 13. Becoming Empty Nest Lovers 265 14. Building Your Friendship 283 15. Having Fun When the Nest Empties 297 16. Keeping Your Relationship Strong 311 Research References and Further Reading 327 Finding a Counselor When You Need One 333 Resources and Training 337 Survey Results and Problem Ranking 341 The Authors 343 Index 345

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Book SynopsisAll serious couples reach a point where they feel frustrated, stuck, bored, disillusioned, and misunderstood. This book provides helpful and easy to use quizzes, self tests, and personal assessments that reveal why you're feeling this way, explain the underlying issues, and provide solutions to specific issues and problems.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Overcoming Myths About Marriage: The Three Stages of Marriage It s Your Decision The Benefits of Knowing the Stages and Options MythsAbout Marriage That Sustain Problems Debunking theMyths Moving Beyond the Myths: What We Know. 2. The Marriage Triangle: Three FactorsThat Predict Your Marital Satisfaction; Where the Research Came From Assessment andthe Marriage Triangle. 3. Factor 1: Your Individual Traits;Traits That Cause Marriage Problems The Role ofDysfunctional Beliefs Traits That Contribute to MaritalSatisfaction Two Especially Vital Traits Scoring andInterpretation Guidelines Guidelines for ImprovingPersonality Traits and Attitudes Two Key Attitudes forMarital Satisfaction Emotional Problems and PhysicalHealth Dysfunctional Beliefs That Hinder MaritalSatisfaction Adjusting for Differences Your Big Picture. 4 Factor 2: Your Couple Traits; Couple Communication Assessment Exercise TheImportance of Communication Conflict ResolutionSkills Flooding and Soothing: A Negative Trait and aPositive Trait Intimacy: The Reason We Got Married Consensus Cohesion Dealing with Power Problems Scoring and Interpretation Guidelines More SeriousMarital Problems Your Big Picture. 5 Factor 3: Your Personal and RelationshipContexts; Personal Context: Family-of-Origin Influences Relationship Context: Stressors Affecting Marriage Marriage Competitors: Work, Parenting, and OutsideInterests Scoring and Interpretation Guidelines Your Big Picture. 6 Your Own Personal Marriage Triangle:Putting the Three Factors Together; Using the Summary Sheet Completing Your OwnSummary Sheet. 7 Additional Resources for Marriage Tune-Ups: Individual Traits Resources Couple Traits Resources Context Resources Organizations for MarriageEnrichment How to Find a Competent Therapist. Notes. The Author.

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Book SynopsisThis is a collection of funny, sad, revealing, and inspiring stories of sex and gender diversity, as told by a variety of people who are on a journey towards finding the real me. They share their true and varied experiences within the sex and gender diverse community around the world.

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Book SynopsisPopular radio host and bestselling author shows that by understanding how God designed our minds we can overcome self-defeating thought patterns and experience authentic change.

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Book SynopsisAn internationally known speaker and teacher and a respected psychologist offer constructive ways to handle destructive emotions.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHysterical Men traces the development of ideas about hysteria in Germany (and more broadly in Europe) throughout a period that saw a vast change in the understanding of mental illnesses and their treatments. Lerner focuses in particular on the thorny problem of male hysteria, rather than on the far more studied complaint in the other gender. In doing so, Lerner contributes a significant study to the expanding interest in masculinity, as well as engaging thoroughly with recent interest in science, medicine, and war, and with the focus on trauma that is growing among historians of psychiatry.... Lerner's achievements are many and his flaws very few. Hysterical Men is one of the most significant publications in the history of psychiatry to date. As such, my recommendation of this book is unreserved. My only advice is to read it. -- Ivan Crozier * Isis *A book-length study of the German experience of World War One psychological trauma has been conspicuously lacking until now. Lerner's book does more than simply fill this gap; with its rich analysis and mastery of the archival material it is sure to become the standard text on a topic of central importance for anyone seeking to understand the tangled relations among war, psychological trauma, medicine, welfare, and masculinity in early twentieth-century Germany. Lerner convincingly documents that the specter of the male hysteric who, out of personal weakness, shirked his duty (military or economic) to the state 'haunted the German imagination as the nation progressed along the path to modernity.'. -- Andreas Killen * German Studies Review *Even today the question of trauma as an explanation of symptoms as against the diagnosis of the 'disease' of hysteria reflects an ongoing public and professional debate. Is trauma a disorder of the self or of society? Is its victim a victim of himself or of the social order? Paul Lerner's wonderfully erudite book is essential reading for thinking through this ongoing question. -- Michael Beldoch * Institute for the History of Psychiatry Annual Report *In the summer of 1914, as the German army swept through Belgium and into France, its commanders were shocked when what Paul Lerner calls an 'epidemic' of 'shakes, stutters, tics, and tremors' and a host of other disabling behaviors swept through the ranks. Fortunately for the army, Germany's psychiatrists galloped to the rescue, and what they did and what it meant is the story of this finely written and rigorously researched book.... Lerner's study contributes importantly to the history of psychiatry and medicine and to the histories of Germany, modern Europe, and the Great War; it examines issues important to social policy and gender studies. By this standard, too, it is very well done. The topic is large, complex, and important, and Lerner handles it with rigor, skill, and clarity. This is a very good and very important book. -- Robert Weldon Whalen * American Historical Review *Paul Lerner's long-awaited book fills a substantial hole in war literature by providing the first scholarly, authoritative account of German psychiatry's role in the First World War: a story just as dramatic as the familiar British 'shell-shock' saga, and historically far more significant. Lerner has distilled his material into a clear, well-organized and thoroughly documented narrative, an achievement to which non-German speakers will be particularly indebted. * Times Literary Supplement *This historical study takes on the critical issue of whether soldiers who suffer trauma on the front lines are to be treated as unfortunates who have reached their breaking point or malingerers who have failed a test of character.... This is a first-rate book, speaking to issues that return with every war. -- Lawrence D. Freedman * Foreign Affairs *

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Book SynopsisA cultural history and sociological critique of 20th century panic, from the Cold War to contemporary psychiatryTrade Review“Jackie Orr is one of sociology’s most inventive theorists. Here in Panic Diaries she is brilliantly interdisciplinary, joining social theory with rigorous historical research, feminist criticism, and science studies to give us a genealogy of panic from its invention in nineteenth-century social science to its late-twentieth-century medicalization as panic disorder. And more, all of this is cut through with autobiographic experimental writing that makes your heart beat faster—a first-hand experience of panic. A book to read, a book to teach.”—Patricia Ticineto Clough, author of Autoaffection: Unconscious Thought in the Age of Technology“Packed with original interpretations of historical material, textually innovative, and theoretically brilliant, this book is full of mind-blowing insights for anyone interested in the science and culture of panic.”—Emily Martin, author of The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction“Brilliantly inventive. . . . Though [Orr] makes a compelling argument about the manipulation of ‘panic’ by everyone, from transnational drug companies to the entire field of psychiatry, it’s her personal revelations that will cut right through you in this remarkable read.” -- Diane Anderson-Minshall * Curve *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue 1 1. History, Memory, Story: Openings 3 2. The Martian in the Machine: Panic Theory and Theaters of War 33 3. “Keep Calm!” for the Cold War: Diary of a Mental Patient 79 4. Performing Methods: Cybernetics, Psychopharmacology, and Postwar Psychiatry 165 5. Panic Xanax: A Patient Diary 211 Epilogue 275 Notes 281 Bibliography 323 Index 347

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Book SynopsisThis is a guide for taking control of your life and imbuing it with greater meaning and productivity. It is an action-based way of looking at the world that combines good, old-fashioned straight talk and the celebrated Japanese psychotherapies Morita and Naikan.

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Book SynopsisMAKE YOURSELF A YES MAGNET You've finally plucked up the courage to ask for something. The afternoon off. A pay rise. Then comes that crucial moment where you wait with baited breath for the response. It's tense, but it doesn't have to be. You just need to master the art of the ask'. Taking a direct, light-hearted, wholly practical approach, Haider Imam zooms straight in on that moment of truth providing a set of proven tools and techniques for getting to yes,' every time. He instils readers with the confidence to ask bigger, more often and even ask for the impossible and to get it. Based on sound psychological principles, Straight To Yes! offers tonnes of winning ways to make requests that get you to yes' Wholly practical in style and content, the book features accessible, straightforward techniques readers can put into action immediately Designed for quick-reference while on the move, it affords instant acceTrade ReviewAfter reading Haider Imam s latest book you ll never see a conversation in the same light the beauty of Straight To Yes! Is that it draws on many difference contexts in which the craft of persuasion is at play An easy to read and well-researched book. (Edge, May 2013)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Getting “Straight to Yes!” is So Relevant Today 1 1 Asking: The “Inner Game” 11 2 Getting Ready for the Ask 21 Part One – Asking with Frames in Mind 33 3 Consistency 37 4 Same and Different 49 5 Ready for Business 65 6 The Way We See It 79 Part Two – Asking with Tribes in Mind 87 7 Body Talk 91 8 The Name’s Bond . . . Social Bond 105 9 The Wider Tribe 119 10 Progressive Feedback Loops 133 Part Three – Asking with the Brain in Mind 143 11 The Loss and Pain Brain 147 12 Reactance 161 13 Pattern Breakers 169 14 Priming 179 Part Four – Commencement 193 15 Actively Reflect 195 16 Good Integrate! 199 17 Some Asks to Avoid 203 18 Making Sure It Sticks 207 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Commence! 211 About the Author 213 Acknowledgements 215 References 217 Index 227

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Book SynopsisBOUNCE BACK FROM WHATEVER LIFE THROWS AT YOU Stressful situations are a fact of life. Job insecurity, financial burden, relationship doubt are all too familiar. Some people approach them with confidence and poise, facing change and challenges head on.Trade Review'A chatty, self-help book If you want an introduction to the subject that you can read in a day, you could do worse (Management Today, April 2013)Table of ContentsAn introduction to resilience ix How resilient are you? xix 1. Take a journey of self-discovery 1 2. See the glass half full 17 3. Take emotional control 31 4. Change for the better 47 5. Cope well with conflict 61 6. Embrace probortunities 75 7. Look after yourself 89 8. Make connections 103 9. Keep going 117 10. Create a vision 133 Desiderata A creed for life 147 Resilience materials 151 Top 20 survival songs 161 Useful resources 163 Acknowledgements 169 About the author 171 Index 173

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Book SynopsisA practical, inspirational guide to managing your moods, improving your outlook, and beating stress and anxiety Feeling overwhelmed, overstressed, or just plain down about life? This book is the cure for what ails you. Mood can affect every aspect of your life, from your performance at work to your personal relationships, and being able to take control of your moods, rather than have them control you, is something all the most successful people have in common. Combining techniques from two powerful, complementary therapeutic approachesCognitive Behavioural Therapy and MindfulnessFeel Good is an everyday mood control book that can help you keep your spirits and your confidence high, and instill you with a more upbeat, positive, can-do attitude, come what may. A source of inspiration for world-weary nine-to-fivers and an expert guide to beating stress and anxiety Combines the latest research and proven techniques and practices from two powerful theTrade Reviewextremely readable and helpful (Erisea Magazine, October 2014)Table of ContentsForeword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii About the Authors xv 1 “How Are You?” 1 2 Challenge Your Thinking 19 3 Anger 43 4 Self-Efficacy 65 5 Distress 81 6 Unhappiness 101 7 Well-being and Happiness 121 8 Self-Esteem 137 9 Leading a Balanced Lifestyle 153 10 Relaxation Techniques 173 11 Where to From Here? 195 Afterword 205 Bibliography and Further Reading 207 Index 213

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Book SynopsisSay goodbye to stress for good! It s a fact - stress kills! Yet, so many of us find ourselves stressed out, day to day. However, if you are feeling anxious, find it hard to relax or perhaps struggle to get rid of that constant mental ache, let celebrated life-coach and mentor Benjamin Bonetti show you how to chill.Trade ReviewThis great guide to de-junking your life is full of practical tips and solutions. There are plenty of words of wisdom, too. (The Sun, August 2014) for those looking for a bit of self-help expertise on how to live a healthier life without the stress, How to Stress Less is very much worth a look. (Elite Business, September 2014)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Step One – Understanding and Reasoning 5 Where do we start? 7 The physiological response to stress 10 Step Two – Overcoming and Educating 19 The fundamental elements of controlling and managing stress 21 Dealing with events that matter to you 26 Why is stress on the increase? 31 Letting go of the now 36 Stressors … what really matters? 40 Choice 42 Step Three – Prevention and Optimization 53 Change the way you stand! 55 Staying in a stress-free state 56 Stronger, braver, happier 62 Drawing a blank 68 Legacy setting 73 Create a better picture 75 Adjust your mindset 78 Step Four – Dividing Stress and Reality 83 Look differently … but not with your eyes 85 Find your escapism 93 Is it real … or imaginary? 95 Step Five – Re-Establishing A Normal Life 99 Flip it! 102 The stress strategy … making it work for you 103 Start your day differently 105 Step Six – Creating A Lasting Rhythm 119 The internal stress reaction 122 You are what you eat! 122 The stress – memory loss connection 135 You can cook 148 Step Seven – Stress Free Living 153 Drugs 157 Take a walk … 159 Nutrition know-how 164 Laughter – it really is the best medicine! 170 Tools 171 Summary 179 About Benjamin Bonetti 185 Index 191

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Book SynopsisWhip your self-control into shape Willpower is the handbook you need for success in all areas of your life. Regardless of what you want to achieve, you need the strength to persevere, forge ahead and keep going no matter how tough it gets.Trade Review"This book can help you get where you want to be - at home and at work." (PQ Magazine, March 2017)Table of ContentsPreface ix Questionnaires x The Stories x Your Willpower Challenge xi What’s Inside xii Final Thoughts xiv Part One – The Essence of Willpower 1 Willpower Ingredients in Abby’s Story 3 Directions for Completing the Willpower Scale 4 The Willpower Scale 5 Willpower Research 8 Willpower is a Game of Two Brains 11 Willpower is a Limited Resource . . . or is it? 17 New Research to Challenge Willpower as a Limited Resource 19 Mark Masson on Willpower and Health 21 Part Two – Goals and Vision 23 Why Goals? 23 Goal Planning 28 Your Willpower Goals 30 How You Learn 34 Motivation 43 A Theory of Motivation 44 Remember Your Goals 46 Inspiring You Toward Your Willpower Challenge 51 Part Three – New Habits for Old 55 Origins of Willpower with Graham Allen 57 Ego States 60 The Willpower Stage of Habit Formation 62 The Extinction Burst 64 Mini and Multiple Habits 68 Alternatively, Start Big 71 Becoming Failure Proof 72 Elite Performers and 10 000 Hours of Repetition 74 Good Habits Made Easy 77 Part Four – The Willpower Mindset 87 So How Can We All Acquire a Murray Mindset? 88 Reality Thinking 101 Externalise Your Thinking 103 Useful Thinking 104 Achieve a Willpower Mindset 105 Part Five – Willpower and Work 113 Self-Awareness 115 Skills for Business Success 120 Create: The Process for Organisational Change 137 Pilot 140 Launch 140 Coach 141 Evaluate 141 The Willpower of Your Own Business 142 How to Stick to Your Willpower Challenge at Work 152 Final Thoughts 155 Highlights 156 Acknowledgements 157 About the Author 159

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Book SynopsisGet into the habit of being happy! We may all have different abilities, interests, beliefs and lifestyles, beliefs but there is one thing that we all have in common: We want to be happy! Happiness shows you how to be happy by adopting lifelong happiness habits that bring and fulfilment and pleasure to your days. These habits will help you manage life's inevitable ups and downs; consistent practice will develop your happiness abilities and help you live the happy life you want. Aristotle believed that happiness was comprised of pleasure and a sense of life well-lived. Today's research agrees, suggesting that happiness is defined by your overall satisfaction with your life as well as how you feel from day to day. This book shows you that happiness is a skill made up of a particular set of habits that you can bring in your life starting today. Identify your own, personal definition of happiness Learn why we need to Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 What Happiness Is 9 2 How to Be Happy: Find Purpose and Meaning 23 3 Step Out of Your Comfort Zone 61 4 How to Be Happy: Identify and Indulge in Small Pleasures 85 5 Happiness When Life Is Really Hard 117 6 How to Help Others Be Happy 139 Useful Websites and Books 159 About the Author 163 Index 165

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Book SynopsisShut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life was immediately hailed as not your average self-help book and demanded attention and praise right out of the gate. It is now considered one of the icons of the personal development movement. Now, Larry Winget is back with his signature caustic, no-nonsense, hilarious style, which earned him the titles Pitbull of Personal Development and World''s Only Irritational Speaker. Winget''s get off your butt and go to work approach to self-improvement boils success down to a simple formula: Everything in your life gets better when you get better. Get tangible advice from one of the world''s most successful speakers and the author of five bestselling books and television personality. Learn the keys to turning your life, money and business around. Stop making excuses, stop blaming others and take responsibility for your life and your results The brutal advice he offers has changed the lives of millions of peoplTrade ReviewInspirational and to the point, this book is a 10 out of 10 (Spirit & Destiny, July 2011).Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv About the Author xvii Introduction xix Chapter One. Shut Up! 1 Chapter Two. Stop Whining! 9 Chapter Three. Get a Life! 19 Chapter Four. Live by Design, Not by Default 29 Chapter Five. Slaughtering the Sacred Self-Help Cows 47 Chapter Six. The Enjoyment Factor 69 Chapter Seven. Your Beliefs Determine Your Results 77 Chapter Eight. Fitness, Fatness, and More 85 Chapter Nine. Everyone Screws Up 99 Chapter Ten. Get Smarter 105 Chapter Eleven. Money Rules! 113 Chapter Twelve. Relationships—Friendship, Marriage, and Other Calamities 135 Chapter Thirteen. Kids Are a Pain in the Butt 167 Chapter Fourteen. Sex: Gotta Love It 177 Chapter Fifteen. Criticism Happens 181 Chapter Sixteen. Sometimes Work Is Just Plain Work 193 Chapter Seventeen. You Are Out of Time 205 Chapter Eighteen. Change—Get Used to It 211 Chapter Nineteen. Hot Topics 215 Chapter Twenty. What’s Really Important? 231 Chapter Twenty-One. Hard Lessons to Learn 235 Chapter Twenty-Two. The Test for Success 239 Chapter Twenty-Three. A Final Thought 243

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Book SynopsisGet what you want, every time! Imagine a world where you are offered every job you seek; every business venture you undertake is successful; and every potential customer you approach buys your product. Now imagine that all of this can be achievedethically and honestly. All you need is the help of one battle-tested guide, The Influence Game. Former Washington, D.C. lobbyist Stephanie Vance dispenses everything she''s learned about effective (and, believe it or not, honest) persuasion. Learn how to apply this power to any situation by using D.C. insider influence strategies and applying a step-by-step, easy-to-understand process for success. Learn how to develop and articulate effective goals Structure both long and short-term persuasion efforts Identify and research primary and secondary audiences Crafting those all important personal stories Stephanie Vance has seen the influence game from every angle. Follow her lTable of ContentsAcknowledgments v Introduction vii 1 Principles of Influence 1 2 Know What You Want 27 3 Know the Competition 49 4 Know the Arena 67 5 Know Your Primary Audience—The “Influencees” 81 6 Find Your Surroga tes—The “Influentials” 95 7 The Campaign Plan 113 8 Crafting a Winning Message 135 9 Delivering the Message 155 10 The End Game 171 Index 189

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Book SynopsisWillpower. You've either got it or not, right? Wrong! Willpower can be taught and learned just like any other skill. And it's something that can be trained and strengthened. Willpower For Dummies shows you in seven easy steps how to improve your willpower.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part I: Getting Started with Willpower 5 Chapter 1: All About Willpower 7 Equating Willpower and Success 7 Recognising that You Do Have Willpower 8 Understanding How Willpower Works 10 Considering the origins and workings of willpower 10 Realising that willpower is a shared resource 14 Realising that willpower is a limited resource 16 Being Aware of Addiction Issues 17 Increasing Your Willpower 18 Chapter 2: Willpower and You 21 Linking Personality and Willpower 22 Exploring the Big Five Facets of Personality 22 Reading Your Feelings 26 Emotion is in the eye of the beholder 27 Negative emotions are more compelling 29 Connecting Your Emotions and Willpower 29 Appreciating the Role of Positive Emotions 30 Considering Your Beliefs about Willpower 31 Part II: Taking Seven Steps to Improved Willpower 35 Chapter 3: Training Your Willpower: The Willpower Workshop 37 Developing Problem-Solving Skills 38 Distinguishing between worrying and problem solving 38 Using the 5W1H approach 40 Feeding Your Brain: The Willpower Diet 43 Preventing your brain from getting rusty! 43 Avoiding a diet that reduces your willpower 44 Realising that the quick fix is not the best fix 46 Matching food to willpower challenges 47 Taking Physical Exercise 48 Exercising Your Brain 50 Developing Your Willpower Muscle 51 Chapter 4: Zeroing in on a Single Goal 53 Working Memory: Your Brain’s Desktop 54 Contrasting working memory and long-term memory 54 Being single-minded 55 Looking at Motivation: The Essence of Willpower 57 Choosing the right goal at the right time 57 Identifying priorities: Your personal balance sheet 58 Identifying Your Values 59 Setting SMART Goals 60 Prioritising, Preparing and Performing 62 Ways to Nudge Yourself 63 Chapter 5: Recognising that Change is a Journey that Takes Time 67 Seeing the Cycle of Change 67 Precontemplation 69 Contemplation 70 Preparation 70 Action 70 Maintenance 71 Relapse 73 Realising when it’s Okay to Quit (or Quit Quitting!) 73 Review and reflect 74 Know that old habits die hard 75 Chapter 6: Know Your Triggers! Forewarned is Forearmed 79 Identifying Your Triggers 79 Recognising your internal and external triggers 80 Being prepared 82 Planning to Cope 84 Putting the ‘if, then’ strategy to use 86 Acting on the ‘now versus later’ strategy 87 Forming and Changing Habits 88 Chapter 7: Be Kind to Yourself When You Fail 93 Taking Responsibility While Avoiding Self-blame 93 Accepting the responsibility to do better 94 Seeing failure as an opportunity for change 95 Forgoing self-blame 95 Losing hurts 96 Recovering from a Setback 98 Switching your perspective 98 Managing negative thoughts 99 Restoring your confidence 102 Re-evaluating and re-setting your goal 103 Chapter 8: Rewarding Yourself along the Way 105 Being Your Own Willpower Coach 106 Making use of the science of rewards 106 Climbing the goal ladder 108 Identifying Your Talents 112 Expanding your talents 112 Reinforcing your effort 113 Using Rewarding Activities to Boost Willpower 114 Pinpointing preferential activities 115 Identifying flow experiences 116 Celebrating Success 117 Giving yourself a medal! 117 Savouring success 118 Chapter 9: Maintaining Your Progress 119 Meeting Your Brain’s CEO 120 Running hot and cold 120 Putting your willpower CEO to work 122 Using Your Memory to Boost Your Willpower 124 Exploring memory 125 Burying your old memories with new ones 125 Using Motivation to Boost Willpower 129 Expecting Your Willpower to Work 130 Part III: Following Up for Success 133 Chapter 10: Developing and Maintaining Realistic Optimism 135 Aiming for Realistic Optimism 136 Determining what makes an optimist or a pessimist 137 Appreciating the good with the not so good 138 Perfectionism and Procrastination: The Twin Enemies of Willpower! 138 Recognising procrastination 139 Engaging in perfectionism 139 Overcoming unhelpful tendencies 140 Thinking Styles and Predicting Positive or Negative Outcomes 143 Predicting the future 143 Exploring thinking styles with the 3Ps 144 Linking Self-confidence and Willpower 147 Disempowering pessimism 148 Boosting your self-confidence 149 Chapter 11: Creating a Lifestyle That Promotes Willpower 151 Looking on the Bright Side 151 Managing Stress 152 Perceiving and coping with stress 153 Depleting your willpower 155 Connecting stress to performance 155 Reacting to chronic stress 157 Managing Your Mood with Food 157 The right food, the right mood 157 Sugar high, sugar low 158 Sleeping Your Way to Willpower 159 Making Physical and Mental Exercise Routine 161 Getting sufficient physical exercise 161 Exercising your brain 162 Part IV: The Part of Tens 163 Chapter 12: (More Than) Ten Things to Know about Willpower 165 Brain Fitness is Essential for Willpower 166 The importance of being match fit 166 The art of perseverance 167 You Can’t Have a Willpower Bypass 167 Willpower Varies between People 168 Looking at the three reasons why willpower varies 168 Focus is Your Friend 171 Find something that grabs your attention 171 Practise mindfulness 171 Willpower Works on One Goal at a Time 172 Tiredness Triggers Temptation 173 Hunger Zaps Your Willpower 174 Keep Calm, or Get Calm, and Carry On 174 Cut Yourself Some Slack and Reward Yourself for Trying! 175 Just Do Nothing: Give Your Brain a Rest 176 Plan for Failure, Find Success 176 Chapter 13: Ten Ways to Support Your Willpower 179 Eating a Breakfast of Willpower Champions 179 Training Your Brain 180 De-cluttering Your Personal Space 180 Knowing what You’re Drinking 181 Managing Your Anger 181 Planning Your Shopping 182 Prioritising Your Resolutions 182 Being Assertive Rather Than Submissive or Confrontational 183 Tackling Your Problems Stepwise 183 Being Optimistic but Realistic 184 Chapter 14: Ten (Plus) Willpower-related Websites and Apps 185 Using Smartphone Apps 185 Keeping Your Brain Fit with SharpBrains 186 Recording Your Goals with GoalWriter 187 Dieting with the Beck Diet Solution 187 Monitoring Your Physical Exercise 188 Training Your Brain 188 Generic brain training 189 Specific brain training 189 Managing Your Mood 190 Finding Mindfulness and Meditation 191 Overcoming Harmful Habits 192 Improving Your Well-being with Authentic Happiness 192 Having a Laugh 193 Index 195

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Book SynopsisPraise for Vital Factors Each story in this book provides a real-world example of the importance of finding ways to continually focus on and perfect your vital factors as a means to be successful in business and in life.Vital Factors brings to life the MAP process to help you figure out what really matters as you seek to enhance your personal life or to transform your business. Kerry Killinger, chairman and CEO, Washington Mutual When I first became CEO I was inundated with constant interruptions and distractions. Then I discovered the MAP process. MAP forces you to focus on those core issues that drive an organization and eliminate the extraneous. Vital Factors shows the reader how to overcome these challenges through the stories of people who succeeded. John V. Shields, chairman emeritus, Trader Joe''s Company Vital Factors brings to life the power of concrete concepts that create consistency and results.ITable of ContentsForeword viiby Barry Kemp Our Mission ix A Little Taste of What's Ahead xi 1 The Genius of MAP 1 2 The Awakening 19 3 Meaning and Purpose 32 4 Values 48 5 Passion and Commitment 61 6 Discipline and Accountability 75 7 Clear Communication 90 8 Strategic Alignment and Buy-In 108 9 The Big Red "S" 123 10 How to Build a Winning Team 139 11 Unearthing the Buried Jewels 163 12 Managing Creativity 179 13 Dramatic Results 202 14 The Life Plan 218 15 Bringing MAP Home 233 16 The Promised Land 247 Appendix: The MAP Management System's Monday Morning Action Plan 265 The Authors 273 Index 275

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Book SynopsisChange minds, guide opinions, and shape emotions with the power of effective influence Exercising Influence is your guide to accomplishing more with less effort. Demystifying the process of influencing others, this book shows you how to develop effective influence behaviors, plan an influence approach, set goals, resolve problems, and build better relationships. Revised and expanded to provide more actionable advice across industries and sectors, this third edition has updated examples and resources and features all-new chapters on influencing through social media, influencing your team, and applying research findings of neuroscience, and behavioral economics.. You''ll create work, family, and community relationships that are more mutually rewarding as you apply a practical, real-world model for developing this seldom-taught skill. Influence is a skillset that everyone needs, yet the necessary techniques and fundamentals are rarely made explicit and shared. ThisTable of ContentsAbout This Book xi Acknowledgments xiii PART I Exercising Influence 1 CHAPTER 1 What We’ve Got Here Is a Failure to Influence: Dealing with Life 101 3 CHAPTER 2 What Is Influence, and Why Do We Want to Have It? The Upside and the Downside 7 CHAPTER 3 A Model for Exercising Influence: Building Relationships and Getting Results 17 CHAPTER 4 Expressive Influence: Sending Ideas and Generating Energy 25 CHAPTER 5 Receptive Influence: Inviting Ideas and Stimulating Action 33 CHAPTER 6 Influencing in Action: A World of Possibilities 43 PART II Planning for Influence 47 CHAPTER 7 Developing an Influence Plan: Design Thinking for Influence Opportunities 49 CHAPTER 8 Establishing Influence Objectives: What Will Success Look Like? 53 CHAPTER 9 Focus on the Relationship: Influence Works Both Ways 59 CHAPTER 10 Focus on the Context: The Individual 63 CHAPTER 11 Focus on the Context: System, Organization, Culture, and Timing 69 CHAPTER 12 Focus on the Context: Yourself 73 CHAPTER 13 Focus on the Issues: What’s at Stake? 77 CHAPTER 14 Choosing and Using Influence Behaviors to Achieve Your Objective: How to Create Your Approach 81 CHAPTER 15 Putting Your Plan to Work: Treating the Unexpected as an Opportunity 87 PART III Special Issues in Influence 93 CHAPTER 16 The Ethics of Influence: Doing Well by Doing Good 95 CHAPTER 17 Influencing Electronically: The Wonders and Terrors of Instant Communication 99 CHAPTER 18 Influencing through Social Media: Expanding Your Sphere of Influence 107 CHAPTER 19 Applied Influence: Making Things Happen 111 CHAPTER 20 Influencing Indirectly: Influencing beyond Your Boundaries 117 CHAPTER 21 Influencing Your Team: From One to Many 121 CHAPTER 22 Your Brain on Influence: What Neuroscience and Behavioral Economics Can Teach Us 125 Afterword: The Paradox of Failure 135 APPENDIX A Coaching Partnerships 137 APPENDIX B Influence Plan 141 APPENDIX C Meeting Processes That Support Effective Influencing 145 APPENDIX D Sentence Starters 149 APPENDIX E Influence Scenarios 151 APPENDIX F Self-Assessment 161 Resources 163 Barnes & Conti Associates, Inc. 167 Index 169

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Book SynopsisPraise for LOADED LOADED is that rare resource which somehow captures both theoretical and practical wisdom about money, personality, and life. Your views and actions with money will be much improved after reading the wonderful advice in LOADED.James Grubman, PhD, author of Strangers in Paradise: How Families Adapt to Wealth Across Generations and co-author of Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET...IS YOU. LOADED WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. Based on decades of research and years of hands-on experience with people from all walks of life, LOADED is a must-read for anyone who finds themselves caught between the desire to thrive financially and the complex emotions and conflicting priorities that money so often brings to our lives. Inside, you will learn to: Check your stories. Pinpoint and changTrade ReviewWhat Others Are Saying: "LOADED: Money, Psychology, and How to Get Ahead without Leaving Your Values Behind is that rare resource which somehow captures both theoretical and practical wisdom about money, personality, and life. Sarah Newcomb has done a phenomenal job of distilling the latest concepts from behavioral finance and psychology for the benefit of the everyday reader who simply wants to know how to handle money better. She opens with a big-picture perspective on how we form our money personalities and behaviors, using relevant personal anecdotes and case examples. By book’s end, she leads us to taking charge of our money decisions to create budgets that really work. Writing in a highly readable style, her tone is upbeat and empowering. Your views – and actions – with money will be much improved after reading the wonderful advice in LOADED."- James Grubman, PhD. Author of Strangers in Paradise: How Families Adapt to Wealth Across Generations and co-author of Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: When It Comes to Money, We’ve All Got Issues 7 Note 9 Chapter 2: Money Messages 11 We Don’t Talk about Money 11 We Talk about Money Constantly 13 From Freud to Frodo: The Stories We Tell Each Other 15 The Stories We Tell Ourselves 19 Stories Can Help or Hurt 24 Heuristics and Biases Shape Our Stories 26 Identifying Core Beliefs 27 Challenging Core Beliefs 28 Using Science to Our Advantage 32 Notes 32 Chapter 3: Poverty, Privilege, and Prejudice: A Crash Course in the Science of Money Psychology 33 Money and Social Psychology: How Poverty, Privilege, and Comparisons Affect Our Minds and Behavior 35 Poverty: Why Not Having Enough Is a Major Drag 35 Privilege: Why Having an Advantage Is Great . . . and Not So Great 46 Prejudice—We’ve All Got It 54 Movin’ on Up 59 Money and Cognitive Psychology: How Specific Thinking Patterns Affect Financial Decisions 63 Why Retail Therapy Feels Good: Identity and Ego Depletion 64 Time and Money: Why We Always Want It NOW 70 Thinking in Circles 81 Finances and Emotions 83 Financial Knowledge 87 Making Change 90 Notes 94 Chapter 4: The LOADED Budget: Creating a Human-Centered Money Management Plan 99 What’s Wrong with Your Budget? 100 Where Does Your Money Come from? 102 Assets and Resources 108 Where Does Your Money Go? 114 Rules of Thumb for Creative Resource Management 140 The Asset Test 141 Putting It in All Together: Your Personal Economy 149 Enjoying a Loaded Life: Living in Harmony with Your Money and Your Values 161 Notes 164 Appendix A: Self-assessments 167 Write Your Personal Financial Narrative 168 Define Your Core Beliefs 169 Financial Management Behavior Scale 170 Emotions and Money (from HelloWallet’s 2014 Pilot Study) 171 Mental Imagery 172 Behavior Identification Form 173 How Impulsive Are You? 174 Big Five Financial Literacy Questions 175 Appendix B: Interventions and Exercises 177 Change the Narrative 178 Challenging Core Beliefs: Find a Counterexample 179 Age Progression 180 Future Visualization Exercises 181 Exercises to Combat MoneyThink 182 Affirm Core Values 183 Cash Flow Worksheet 184 Resources Worksheet 185 Expenses and Needs Worksheet 186 Your Personal Economy 187 Just-In-Time Financial Education Resources 188 About the Author 189 Index 191

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Book SynopsisPetra Velzeboer is a renowned mental health expert, keynote speaker and CEO of PVL, a mental health consultancy. She is also a psychotherapist with an MSc in Psychodynamics of Human Development and is a qualified ORSC & CTI Certified Coach.She grew up in the infamous Children of God cult and so her first-hand experiences of trauma, struggle and overcoming make her uniquely positioned to highlight the importance of mental wellbeing both at work and in our personal lives. Petra Velzeboer is based in London, UK.Trade Review"Navigate the tangled web of mental health and its relationship to modern work life." * Vernon Bainton, Chief Medical Officer, Havas Lynx Group *"Petra brings through a reality and pragmatism when it comes to finding your wellness in this busy, chaotic world we live and work in. Written from the heart and spoken with care." * Kirstin Furber, People Director, Channel 4 *"This book brings inspiration, practical thinking and true thought leadership that I would recommend to anyone who wants a new angle on how to view their wellbeing at work." * Stella Smith, CEO & founder, pirkx *"Petra offers empowering practices for claiming ourselves, our wellbeing, and our communities. I felt energized and hopeful reading Petra's book. You will too." * Dr Ardeshir Mehran, psychologist and author *"This book guides the reader through an exploration of how our personal and professional lives are interconnected, allowing us to embrace the idea of focusing on ourselves in order to achieve success at work." * Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski, MD, FACP *"Petra is in a class of her own! Her passion is focused on helping others and her approach comes from a place of lived experience - an experience that she shares so transparently and unabashedly. This is all reflected in this book and what makes it such a solid, authentic source." * Rondette Amoy Smith, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, EMEA, Nomura *"Begin With You is a must-read for virtually anyone: whether you are wanting to build a mental health strategy, are an entrepreneur or business owner, or are just interested in practical steps to improve your own mental health. Petra's approach can benefit us all." * Hannah Meredith, Health and Wellbeing Partner, MVF Global *"We know a lot about investing in our success, but do we know and talk enough about investing in our mental health? Are we even listening? Petra Velzeboer leads the way and shines a light through the maze of tools and set constructs defined by employers and medical professionals. This book is lively, passionate, somehow even intimate at times where it feels like a cosy conversation with a friend." * Eva-Christie Bessala, Director, Global Clients Pricing and Procurement, PwC *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Why me?; Chapter - 02: Why you?; Chapter - 03: Learning to think for ourselves; Chapter - 04: Stress, burnout and mental illness; Chapter - 05: Maintenance, attitude and living a good life now; Chapter - 06: Supporting others; Chapter - 07: Internal activism and changing the world of work; Chapter - 08: Practical tactics and strategies; Chapter - 09: Conclusion; Chapter - 10: References;

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Book SynopsisDr Susan Kahn is a business psychologist, coach and consultant. As a coach, she works with individuals and their organizations to help them develop and enhance their authentic leadership style. She is also a lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, teaching coaching and organizational psychology, and is a faculty member at the School of Life working with businesses to develop their emotional intelligence. She is based in London, UKTrade Review"Dr Susan Kahn has that rare ability of being able to communicate complex ideas into accessible, practical applications. She encourages us to never give up hope, to connect, to reconnect and re-emerge chrysalis-like to face the world anew. Truly a book for our times." * Prof Andreas Liefooghe, founder, Operation Centaur *"An invaluable tool for those considering a change in career or just wanting the opportunity to reinvent themselves." * Zoe Sinclair, cofounder, This Can Happen *"An inspiring guide for planning - and believing in - meaningful change." * Shahroo Izadi, behavioural change specialist and author of The Kindness Method *"Offers energy, excitement and heartwarming inspiration to anyone interested in learning from those whose life path has taken a twist or turn they did not expect, or necessarily choose." * Rachel Ellison MBE, leadership coach and author *"Highly recommend for anyone wanting to take a well-considered approach to planning their career." * Dr. Natalie Lancer, Chair, British Psychological Society’s Division of Coaching Psychology *"Beautifully balances the theory with the practical, the honest with the hopeful, and the need to find acceptance with the need to find courage. This book brings together a range of different perspectives and tools to help reinventors to navigate this often-messy process and, most importantly, invites them to find self-compassion and look inside for answers." * Pauline McNulty, Co-founder, Playfilled *"The insights are thoroughly grounded in psychological theory and philosophy, but the practical nature of the book and the wonderful examples make it both entertaining and genuinely useful." * Raul Aparici, coach, facilitator and Head of Faculty, The School of Life *"Completely resonates with the current times. A warm and encouraging approach underpinned by depth of experience and research that shines through." * Nicola Grant, founder, She2 Leadership *"I love Susan Kahn's work. The way she blends social science and personal insight makes her work readable and valuable in equal measure. As this book shows." * Daniel Finkelstein OBE, journalist and author of Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: On reinvention; Chapter - 01: The cycle of work life; Chapter - 02: Begin with the endings; Chapter - 03: Planning your future self; Section - TWO: On redefining yourself; Chapter - 04: Inside your mind; Chapter - 05: The age of reinvention; Chapter - 06: Leader or follower?; Section - THREE: On transformation; Chapter - 07: From stuck to unstuck; Chapter - 08: Build your support network; Chapter - 09: Closing thoughts; Chapter - 10: References;

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Book Synopsis"I find each and every chapter excellent and from a teaching point of view, brilliant. The way in which the history of the myths is presented up to the critical but balanced discussion of each myth, is a great achievement. Scott Lilienfeld is well-known for his user-friendly writing style, but in this text he and his co-authors reach a new level.Trade Review"It offers fascinating examples of how science works, supports critical thinking, and counters some of the pseudo-science circulating in popular culture ... The book is fully reference and has recommendations for further reading. The authors are all well-respected professors of psychology at leading universities in the US and Canada." (The Market, 1 January 2012) "Written in an accessible and entertaining style, the book examines a wide range of myths from all areas of psychology. . . Accordingly, the book is a much-needed antidote to the avalanche of misinformation that masquerades as psychology and should be required reading for anyone with a passing interest in psychology or, for that matter, the human condition." (Department of Psychology, 1 June 2011) "Not only does the book illustrate just how often our intuitions are wrong, it also shows us how - in comparison to the truth - uninteresting they are. Shallow judgments imply over-confidence, assumption and monotomy. Assuming that you know something prior to giving any consideration to where that knowledge comes from is a mistake for many reasons but perhaps most of all because such presumption precludes surprise. To be surprised - shocked, provoked, scandalized - is a pleasure. . . 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology tells us that we need urgently to deal with our tendency to judge books by their covers. And just maybe, rather than considering any idealistic appeal to our rationalism, we should deal with this problem by considering an inversion similar to Kubrick's: for now at least, when it comes to presenting discoveries about the mind, we ought not to try in vain to change our nature - our tendency towards prejudice - but instead do something simpler: tell better stories, and design better covers." (The Skeptic, 2011) "As you can tell from my reactions above I found this a very informative book and I'm only touching on particular things with my comments. If you're a writer, this book should be read post-haste so you don't keep repeating things you thought were true and obviously aren't. For everyone else, the revelations should make you sit up and take heed of what not to be taken in by." (SFCrowsnest.co.uk, 1 May 2011) "This would be an ideal book to have in offices where people have to spend some time waiting for appointments." (Education Digest, November 2010) "This book would suit educators involved in study skills and critical thinking courses who might be looking for some new angles with which to update or spruce up their courses. It should be equally digestible to the A-level student and the first-year undergraduate." (PLATH, December 2010) "I love 50 Great Myths and used it in my winter seminar. This should be on every psychologist's shelf." (Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, October 2010) "This is a refreshing and fun look at many of the concepts that have been accepted as fact by our popular culture." (Book End Babes, September 01, 2010) "At the end of each sub-section covering an individual myth is a list of anti-factoids about related matters and their factual antidotes. By this means a considerable range of topics is covered." (Education Review, July 2010) "Maybe we should pay more attention to books like 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Nature. The four psychology professors who authored this enlightening book are up against the roughly 3,500 self-help titles, a lot of them based on false premises, that are published in the U.S. every year." (Poe'sDeadly Daughters, April 2010) "Scott Lilienfeld and his team ... have a history in delving into the dark myths of science, and pseudoscience.... They are back. As with their other works, these authors manage to write well for ease of reading so many facts, and do so with their characteristic humor and cutting edge science. This book is [an] illumination, and vital reading for professionals and even laymen." (Metapsychology, June 2010) "Who should read this book? Anyone interested in psychology and or the scientific method. The book is written in an easy to read fashion, is well referenced and includes a wide array of topics. The book teaches the value of critical thinking, and tells us it's all right to question authority. In conclusion, 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology is a must read for psychology majors, therapists and anyone who wishes to gain knowledge about the diverse field of psychology. I wish this book was available when I was studying psychology in college." (Basil & Spice (Jamie Hale), May 2010) "Popular psychology is a prolific source of myths. A new book does an excellent job of mythbusting: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology. Some myths I had swallowed whole and the book's carefully presented evidence made me change my mind. They cover 50 myths in depth, explaining their origins, why people believe them, and what the published research has to say about the claims. Everything is meticulously documented with sources listed. The authors have done us a great service by compiling all this information in a handy, accessible form, by showing how science trumps common knowledge and common sense, and by teaching us how to question and think about what we hear. I highly recommend it." (Dr. Harriet Hall for Skeptic Magazine, February 2010, and ScienceBasedMedicine.org, November 2009) "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology is written in an engaging style and is valuable for both professionals and the general public. I highly recommend it." (Skeptical Inquirer, February 2010) "Delightful and important book .... This is a fine tool for teaching critical thinking. 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology is much more than an entertaining put-down of popular misconceptions. Any psychologist can put [this book] to good use. Certainly teachers can use it as a supplement to aid in teaching critical thinking and to suggest ideas for research on other myths. We can give it to family members and friends who are curious about what psychology has to contribute and might themselves engage in some myth busting." (PsycCritiques, January 2010) "If you are familiar with other books by the same authors, you know that the writing style is incredibly engaging and easy-to-read, making the book accessible to those with little knowledge of psychology and well as those with considerable education in the field. While we certainly won't stop combating clinical psychology myths here at PBB, it's always exciting to come across like-minded folks also providing valuable material!" (Psychotherapy Brown Bag, October 2009) "50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology is a fascinating book, and while reading, I cheered the authors on. If you have questioned science as some of us have, this book will reassure you that your thinking was perfectly logical and correct. 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology clarifies things about which I have always wondered, but never challenged. Myths about aging, memory, learning, emotions and motivation, and mental illness are among the subjects covered. The reading is enlightening, refreshing and interesting.You don't have to be a Ph.D, or even a student of psychology to enjoy this book. It's is written in language all can understand and the information is easily digested." (Basil & Spice, October 2009) "Scott Lilienfeld and his coauthors explore the gulf between what millions of people say is so and the truth. Some of these myths are just plain fascinating." (US News and World Report, October 2009)Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xix Introduction The Wide World of Psychomythology 1 1 Brain Power Myths about the Brain and Perception 21 #1 Most People Use Only 10% of Their Brain Power 21 #2 Some People Are Left-Brained, Others Are Right-Brained 25 #3 Extrasensory Perception Is a Well-Established Scientific Phenomenon 29 #4 Visual Perceptions Are Accompanied by Tiny Emissions from the Eyes 33 #5 Subliminal Messages Can Persuade People to Purchase Products 36 2 From Womb to Tomb Myths about Development and Aging 45 #6 Playing Mozart’s Music to Infants Boosts Their Intelligence 45 #7 Adolescence Is Inevitably a Time of Psychological Turmoil 49 #8 Most People Experience a Midlife Crisis in Their 40s or Early 50s 52 #9 Old Age Is Typically Associated with Increased Dissatisfaction and Senility 56 #10 When Dying, People Pass through a Universal Series of Psychological Stages 60 3 A Remembrance of Things Past Myths about Memory 65 #11 Human Memory Works like a Tape Recorder or Video Camera, and Accurately Records the Events We’ve Experienced 65 #12 Hypnosis is Useful for Retrieving Memories of Forgotten Events 69 #13 Individuals Commonly Repress the Memories of Traumatic Experiences 73 #14 Most People with Amnesia Forget All Details of Their Earlier Lives 78 4 Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks Myths about Intelligence and Learning 83 #15 Intelligence Tests Are Biased against Certain Groups of People 83 #16 If You’re Unsure of Your Answer When Taking a Test, It’s Best to Stick with Your Initial Hunch 87 #17 The Defining Feature of Dyslexia Is Reversing Letters 89 #18 Students Learn Best When Teaching Styles Are Matched to Their Learning Styles 92 5 Altered States Myths about Consciousness 100 #19 Hypnosis Is a Unique “Trance” State that Differs in Kind from Wakefulness 100 #20 Researchers Have Demonstrated that Dreams Possess Symbolic Meaning 104 #21 Individuals Can Learn Information, like New Languages, while Asleep 108 #22 During “Out-of-Body” Experiences, People’s Consciousness Leaves Their Bodies 110 6 I’ve Got a Feeling Myths about Emotion and Motivation 116 #23 The Polygraph (“Lie Detector”) Test Is an Accurate Means of Detecting Dishonesty 116 #24 Happiness Is Determined Mostly by Our External Circumstances 122 #25 Ulcers Are Caused Primarily or Entirely by Stress 126 #26 A Positive Attitude Can Stave off Cancer 129 7 The Social Animal Myths about Interpersonal Behavior 135 #27 Opposites Attract: We Are Most Romantically Attracted to People Who Differ from Us 135 #28 There’s Safety in Numbers: The More People Present at an Emergency, the Greater the Chance that Someone Will Intervene 139 #29 Men and Women Communicate in Completely Different Ways 143 #30 It’s Better to Express Anger to Others than to Hold It in 147 8 Know Thyself Myths about Personality 153 #31 Raising Children Similarly Leads to Similarities in Their Adult Personalities 153 #32 The Fact that a Trait Is Heritable Means We Can’t Change It 158 #33 Low Self-Esteem Is a Major Cause of Psychological Problems 162 #34 Most People Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood Develop Severe Personality Disturbances in Adulthood 166 #35 People’s Responses to Inkblots Tell Us a Great Deal about Their Personalities 171 #36 Our Handwriting Reveals Our Personality Traits 175 9 Sad, Mad, and Bad Myths about Mental Illness 181 #37 Psychiatric Labels Cause Harm by Stigmatizing People 181 #38 Only Deeply Depressed People Commit Suicide 186 #39 People with Schizophrenia Have Multiple Personalities 189 #40 Adult Children of Alcoholics Display a Distinct Profile of Symptoms 192 #41 There’s Recently Been a Massive Epidemic of Infantile Autism 195 #42 Psychiatric Hospital Admissions and Crimes Increase during Full Moons 201 10 Disorder in the Court Myths about Psychology and the Law 209 #43 Most Mentally Ill People Are Violent 209 #44 Criminal Profiling Is Helpful in Solving Cases 212 #45 A Large Proportion Of Criminals Successfully Use the Insanity Defense 216 #46 Virtually All People Who Confess to a Crime Are Guilty of It 220 11 Skills and Pills Myths about Psychological Treatment 227 #47 Expert Judgment and Intuition Are the Best Means of Making Clinical Decisions 227 #48 Abstinence Is the Only Realistic Treatment Goal for Alcoholics 232 #49 All Effective Psychotherapies Force People to Confront the “Root” Causes of Their Problems in Childhood 236 #50 Electroconvulsive (“Shock”) Therapy Is a Physically Dangerous and Brutal Treatment 239 Postscript Truth is Stranger than Fiction 247 Appendix Recommended Websites for Exploring Psychomythology 253 References 255 Index 319

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBipolar Disorder: A Guide for You & Your Loved Ones should be required reading for any family or individual concerned about bipolar disorder.—Donovan's Literary ServicesTable of ContentsPrefacePart I: What is Bipolar Disorder?1. Normal and Abnormal Mood2. The Categories of Bipolar Disorder3. Bipolar Disorder and the DSM-54. The Mood Disease: Some HistoryPart II: The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder5. Mood-Stabilizing Medications6. Antipsychotic Medications7. Antidepressant Medications8. New (and Old) Medications and Pipeline Drugs9. More Medications, Hormones, and Dietary Supplements10. Brain-Stimulation Treatments11. Counseling and Psychotherapy12. Treatment Approaches in Bipolar DisorderPart III: What Causes Bipolar Disorder?13. The Brain is Like the Internet14. More Bipolar Biology15. The Science of Cycles: Chronobiology16. The Genetics of Bipolar DisorderPart IV: Bipolar Variations and Connections17. Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents18. Women with Bipolar Disorder: Special Considerations19. Alcoholism and Drug Abuse20. Borderline Personality Disorder21. Bipolar Disorder and CreativityPart V: Getting Better and Staying Well22. Living with Bipolar Disorder23. Planning for Emergencies24. The Role of the Family25. Summing Up and Looking AheadResourcesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisSelf-help gurus, life coaches and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for constant self-improvement to realize our full potential and become truly happy. But it doesn't seem to work - for many of us, life still seems hollow and meaningless. So focused are we on personal development and material possessions that we've overlooked the things that make life truly fulfilling and worthwhile. So how do we figure out what's really worth striving for? In this compelling follow-up to his bestselling book Stand Firm, Danish philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann shows us that the important things in life are those with intrinsic value, like goodness, freedom, truth and love. We should stop asking 'what's in it for me?', and turn our attention outwards to our friends, families and communities. By putting others first and embracing these unconditional principles, or standpoints, he argues, we can find a more meaningful and sustainable way of living.Trade Review"In this crisply-written, page-turner of a book, Svend Brinkmann courageously demonstrates how we can stand firm against the tsunami of societal mandates for self-improvement, with their reality-defying instructions for achieving happy, healthy, wealthy lives. Easy and fun to read, Standpoints breathes new life into the old philosophers who have something new and important to tell us yet."—Barbara S. Held, Barry N. Wish Professor of Psychology and Social Studies Emerita, Bowdoin College "A short, clever, witty book which gradually and powerfully builds a forensic critique of the self obsessions of modern culture. Provocative and highly enjoyable."—Matthew Taylor, The Royal Society of Arts "With characteristic aplomb, Svend Brinkmann follows his wildly popular Stand Firm with a timely set of reminders about what makes a human life worth living. Brinkmann wears his wisdom lightly, but it is wisdom indeed that he wears."—Todd May, Clemson UniversityTable of ContentsForeword Prologue: The Meaningful Life 1. The Good (Aristotle) 2. Dignity (Kant) 3. The Promise (Nietzsche) 4. The Self (Kierkegaard) 5. Truth (Arendt) 6. Responsibility (Løgstrup) 7. Love (Murdoch) 8. Forgiveness (Derrida) 9. Freedom (Camus) 10. Death (Montaigne) Epilogue: Perspectives on the Meaning of Life

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Book SynopsisSelf-help gurus, life coaches and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for constant self-improvement to realize our full potential and become truly happy. But it doesn't seem to work - for many of us, life still seems hollow and meaningless. So focused are we on personal development and material possessions that we've overlooked the things that make life truly fulfilling and worthwhile. So how do we figure out what's really worth striving for? In this compelling follow-up to his bestselling book Stand Firm, Danish philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann shows us that the important things in life are those with intrinsic value, like goodness, freedom, truth and love. We should stop asking 'what's in it for me?', and turn our attention outwards to our friends, families and communities. By putting others first and embracing these unconditional principles, or standpoints, he argues, we can find a more meaningful and sustainable way of living.Trade Review"In this crisply-written, page-turner of a book, Svend Brinkmann courageously demonstrates how we can stand firm against the tsunami of societal mandates for self-improvement, with their reality-defying instructions for achieving happy, healthy, wealthy lives. Easy and fun to read, Standpoints breathes new life into the old philosophers who have something new and important to tell us yet."—Barbara S. Held, Barry N. Wish Professor of Psychology and Social Studies Emerita, Bowdoin College "A short, clever, witty book which gradually and powerfully builds a forensic critique of the self obsessions of modern culture. Provocative and highly enjoyable."—Matthew Taylor, The Royal Society of Arts "With characteristic aplomb, Svend Brinkmann follows his wildly popular Stand Firm with a timely set of reminders about what makes a human life worth living. Brinkmann wears his wisdom lightly, but it is wisdom indeed that he wears."—Todd May, Clemson UniversityTable of ContentsForeword Prologue: The Meaningful Life 1. The Good (Aristotle) 2. Dignity (Kant) 3. The Promise (Nietzsche) 4. The Self (Kierkegaard) 5. Truth (Arendt) 6. Responsibility (Løgstrup) 7. Love (Murdoch) 8. Forgiveness (Derrida) 9. Freedom (Camus) 10. Death (Montaigne) Epilogue: Perspectives on the Meaning of Life

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