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Andrew Smart wants you to sit and do nothing much more often - and he has the science to explain why. At every turn we’re pushed to do more, faster, and more efficiently: That drumbeat resounds throughout our wage-slave society. Multitasking is not only a virtue, it’s a necessity. But Andrew Smart argues that slackers may have the last laugh. The latest neuroscience shows that the “culture of effectiveness” is not only ineffective, it can be harmful to your well-being.

Does God exist? Do we have a soul? Is it possible to make contact with a spiritual realm? How should we respond to the divine? Will life continue beyond death?Most people, whether deeply religious or outright doubters of any spiritual power, have probably pondered these questions for themselves. In fact, the religious impulse is so powerfully pervasive that neuroscience has posed a provocative question: Are our brains wired to worship?

The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policy makers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Andrew Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications....

In the pursuit of possible links between childhood vaccines, intestinal inflammation, and neurologic injury in children, Wakefield lost his job in London’s Royal Free Hospital, his country of birth, his career, and his medical license. A recent General Medical Council ruling stated that he was “dishonest, irresponsible and showed callous disregard for the distress and pain of children.” Maligned by the medical establishment and mainstream media, Wakefield endeavors to set the record straight.

At times when you feel let down due to the lack of self-confidence, you must read the book The Habit Of Winning: Stories To Inspire, Motivate And Unleash The Winner Within for a boost. This motivational book is a wonderful collection of short and inspirational stories and facts, which have the...

Attenzione: se sei una persona che si accontenta e non vuole scoprire la verità, non continuare a leggere. La verità spesso fa male e ti pone di fronte ad un bivio. Ebbene, la verità è che tutti siamo manipolabili, chi più e chi meno. Il venditore che ti ha convinto a scegliere il suo prodotto non ha avuto fortuna ma molto probabilmente ha studiato l'arte della persuasione. Grazie a questo manuale finalmente potrai prendere in mano il timone della tua vita ed essere tu a condurre gli altri dove vorrai. Preferisci essere parte attiva anziché subire le situazioni?

Hai mai notato quanto le tue emozioni influenzino come vivi ogni singola giornata? La vita di oggi, con la velocità delle informazioni che cambiano continuamente e il carico emotivo sempre più pesante, è diventata una gara a chi si sente meglio. L'ansia e lo stress sono una delle principali cause della nostra insoddisfazione. Non siamo mai veramente felici, perché ci sentiamo sempre in colpa per qualcosa o preoccupati di non riuscire a fare abbastanza. Siamo tutti sotto pressione per fare le cose al miglior modo possibile ma spesso dimentichiamo i nostri bisogni personali e quelli della persona che amiamo.

In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. But Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Waldman have discovered a powerful strategy called Compassionate...

From the creator of Dilbert and author of Reframe Your Brain , the bestselling guidebook to spotting and avoiding loserthink is back—with new content to introduce the second edition. loserthink (noun): sneaky mental habits trapping victims in their own bubbles of reality If you’ve been on social media lately, or turned on your TV, you may have noticed a lot of dumb ideas floating around. “We know when history will repeat and when it won’t.” “We can tell the difference between evidence and coincidences.” “The simplest explanation is usually true.” Wrong, wrong, and dangerous!

A world-renowned expert in lucid dreaming and Tibetan dream yoga guides us into the tradition’s daytime practices, a complement to the nighttime practices taught in his previous offering Dream Yoga. Most of us are absolutely certain that we’re awake here and now—it’s a given, right? Yet...

Everything you need to be a Powerful, Dominant, and Attractive Man is within your reach… and, once you pick up SUPREME ALPHA MALE BIBLE. The 1ne --within your hands. Man, this book is calling you. Maybe you've spent your whole life feeling like all the other Men are a step ahead of you. Maybe you always seem to be this close to getting that girl… but something ends up in your way. Or maybe you're completely confident in yourself, but you're looking for that one special something that will dazzle the people around you every single time.

Joseph Selbie explores the current understanding of the brain's dismaying life-controlling influence on our thoughts, emotions, and behavior, and balances that understanding with neuroscience's discoveries of neuroplasticity and our innate ability to rewire the brain for any new purpose. Break Through the Limits of the Brain delves into the scientific support for the existence of a subtle, nonlocal reality that strongly suggests that we exist simultaneously in both a subtle and a physical reality—and that our thoughts, life force, emotions, and memories originate nonlocally.

Critical thinking is the essential tool for ensuring that students fulfill their promise. But, in reality, critical thinking is still a luxury good, and students with the greatest potential are too often challenged the least. Colin Seale, a teacher-turned-attorney-turned-education-innovator and founder of thinkLaw, uses his unique experience to introduce a wide variety of concrete instructional strategies and examples that teachers can use in all grade levels and subject areas. 

The controversial father of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud charted the human unconscious, brought us the talking cure, and wrote books that now rank among the classics of world literature. In On the Couch, the great analyst is analyzed by some of today's great writers and thinkers, who help us understand the man who has helped us understand ourselves as much, if not more, than anyone else, ever. The result is a fresh, multifaceted reassessment of Freud's continuing relevance and influence on ideas, literature, culture, science, and more.

The definitive therapist manual for integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) - one of the most empirically supported approaches to couple therapy. Andrew Christensen, codeveloper (along with the late Neil Jacobson) of integrative behavioral couple therapy, and Brian Doss provide an essential manual for their evidence-based practice.

Brouhgt to you by Penguin. The highly anticipated debut from the award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv is a ground-breaking exploration of illness and the mind Strangers to Ourselves is a compassionate, courageous and riveting look at the ways we talk about and understand ourselves in...

Brought to you by Penguin. Neurochemicals affect just about everything in our bodies, including how we think and feel. Supercharge your brain and activate your best self by diving deep into hormonal health and understanding how just six key substances can transform your mind and body with...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER More of us are living into our eighties than ever before - what if the best was yet to come? The bestselling author of The Organized Mind reveals the evolving power of the human brain through the ages. Recent...

Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid them From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool...

Dr. Paul Conti ist der Psychiater der Stars, der schon halb Hollywood aus schwierigen Lebensphasen herausgeholfen hat. Nun verrät er seinen erfolgreichen Therapieansatz: Statt sich auf die Probleme seiner Klienten zu konzentrieren, analysiert er, was bereits gut läuft, und überträgt diese Erkenntnisse auf alle anderen Lebensbereiche. Das Hörbuch ist ein Wegweiser zu tiefer Selbsterkenntnis und zeigt, wie jeder Mensch die Kontrolle über sein Leben zurückgewinnt.