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Originally written in English, this book has been translated into Marathi to reach a wider audience. The book is designed to help listeners overcome self-doubt and achieve their goals through positive thinking and action. It provides practical advice and strategies for personal and professional success. You Can is a powerful guide to unlocking your potential and living a fulfilling life, and the Marathi translation makes this valuable resource accessible to Marathi-speaking listeners.

Dr. George K. Simon knows how people push your buttons: your children---especially teens---are experts at it, as is your mate. A coworker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to look good doing it.

Combining six decades of clinical experience with cutting-edge research, two acclaimed leaders in the field of psychology have developed a revolutionary approach to happiness - one that's accessible and practical enough to apply at home, yet powerful enough to create a profoundly positive transformation in our lives.  

At a time when many people around the world are living into their 10th decade, the longest longitudinal study of human development ever undertaken offers some welcome news for the new old age: Our lives continue to evolve in our later years and often become more fulfilling than before. Begun in 1938, the Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over 200 men, starting with their undergraduate days. The now-classic Adaptation to Life reported on the men's lives up to age 55 and helped us understand adult maturation.

National Bestseller – read by seven-time AudioFile Earphones Award winner, George Newbern From renowned psychiatrist Dr. David D. Burns, the revolutionary volume that popularized Dr. Aaron T. Beck’s cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and has helped millions combat feelings of depression and...

Tens of thousands of worried parents have turned to this authoritative guide for information and practical guidance about the growing problem of teen self-injury. Dr. Michael Hollander is a leading expert on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the most effective treatment approach for cutting. Vivid stories illustrate how out-of-control emotions lead some teens to hurt themselves, how DBT can help, and what other approaches can be beneficial.

Michael Jordan credits George Mumford with transforming his on-court leadership of the Bulls, helping Jordan lead the team to six NBA championships. Mumford also helped Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom and countless other NBA players turn around their games. A widely respected public speaker and coach, Mumford is sharing his own story and the strategies that have made these athletes into stars in The Mindful Athlete: The Secret to Pure Performance.

In this insightful episode, Dr. Cutten explores the complex landscape of alcoholism and its profound impact on society. He delves into how chronic alcoholism affects the body and mind, influencing the nervous system, memory, intellect, emotions, and even moral integrity. Dr. Cutten also discusses two notable approaches to treatment from that era religious conversion and hypnotism. Join us for a thought-provoking journey into the psychology of addiction. Summary by Curt Walton

A top expert on human trauma argues that we vastly overestimate how common PTSD is and fail to recognize how resilient people really are After 9/11, mental health professionals flocked to New York to handle what everyone assumed would be a flood of trauma cases. Oddly, the flood never came. In...

Brought to you by Penguin. Two decades ago, behavioral economics burst from academia to the halls of power, on both sides of the Atlantic, with the promise that correcting individual biases could help transform society. The hope was that governments could deploy a new approach to addressing...

Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products. In The Design of Everyday Things, Norman made the definitive case for human-centered design, showing that good design demanded that the user's must take precedence over a designer's aesthetic if anything, from light switches to airplanes, was going to work as the user needed.

In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and become more ignorant towards factuality. Orwell shows his concern for the social state of Europe, and in a broader sense, the entire world, due to an increasing amount of influence of nationalistic sentiment occurring throughout a large number of countries.

Modern permissiveness and the new culture of entitlement allows disturbed people to reach adulthood without proper socialization. In a book meant both for the general public and for professionals, best-selling author and psychologist George Simon explains in plain English how most disturbed characters think; the habitual behaviors the disturbed use to avoid responsibility and to manipulate, deceive, and exploit others; why victims in relationships with disturbed characters do not get help they need from traditional therapies; and more.

"Required reading for anyone with a head."—Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Fuzz "Absorbing, incisive. . . Zeller captures the profound human and scientific costs of medicine's neglect of these common conditions that affect millions of people—especially women—and...

From DIagnosis to living a full and fruitfull life with Parkinson's, backed by the European Parkinson Therapy Centre

When psychologists try to understand the way our minds work, they frequently come to a conclusion that may seem startling: people often make decisions without having given them much thought - or, more precisely, before they have thought about them consciously. When we decide how to vote, what to buy, where to go on vacation and myriad other things, unconscious thoughts that we are not even aware of typically play a big role.

Inner Alchemy with George Stuby is a podcast exploring the profound healing that happens when we return to the body, release trauma, and open to expanded states of consciousness. This podcast blends raw recordings of real coaching sessions with intimate conversations with artists, healers, and visionaries, creating a space for honest, embodied transformation. Whether you are on your own healing path or holding space for others, these episodes offer practical insight, spiritual depth, and a remembrance of your true nature. Hosted by psychologist, musician, and psychedelic guide George Stuby

A powerful exploration of how we pay attention that will transform the ways we connect with one another – at home, at work, and beyond. Paying attention is a crucial human skill, yet many of us have forgotten how to listen carefully and observe intentionally. Deluged by social media and...

Each week on Happiness...and How to Get It, comedian Charlie George and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota dive into a topic, trend or technique and ask vital questions, like: where has this idea come from? What’s the evidence? And is this more or less effective than a custard cream and a cuppa.

George Slebi y Chichila Navia... Dos amigos en sus cuarentas —actores, uno psicólogo y ella una mujer que convirtió su historia en aprendizaje— hablando sin filtros sobre lo que duele, lo que transforma y lo que realmente importa. En Al quid no pretendemos tener la verdad, sino ir a la esencia de las cosas. Psicología, vida real y conversaciones íntimas que no dan respuestas fáciles, sino preguntas que la vida les hace y a lo mejor puede hacernos pensar distinto. No venimos a explicarte la vida, sino a atravesarla contigo, usando nuestras propias historias como punto de partida.