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A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces the need for social health—the part of wellbeing that comes from feeling connected—to truly flourish. Exercise. Eat a balanced diet. Go to therapy. Most wellness advice is focused on achieving and maintaining good...

HOW DOES MAGIC HAPPEN? The Ogilvy advertising legend—“one of the leading minds in the world of branding” (NPR)—explores the art and science of conjuring irresistible products and ideas. ""A breakthrough book. Wonderfully applicable to about everything in life."" —Nassim Nicholas Taleb...

Imagine if you could learn anything. How would your life change if you could learn more quickly and retain knowledge more easily? Recent advances in cognitive science offer fascinating ways to increase your learning at any age. This informative audio course reveals proven strategies that can immediately improve your short- and long-term memory.

Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week's meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terrible forecasters. As Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed in a landmark 2005 study, even experts' predictions are only slightly better than chance. However, an important and underreported conclusion of that study was that some experts do have real foresight.

Are art and science separated by an unbridgeable divide? Can they find common ground? In this book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning. Kandel illustrates how reductionism - the distillation of larger scientific or aesthetic concepts into smaller, more tractable components - has been used by scientists and artists alike to pursue their respective truths.

How can you make smart decisions? Do more choices make you happier? What steps can you take to curtail stress when selecting from a sea of options? Barry Schwartz gives you practical and science-based answers to these questions in this audio series. The author of the seminal best seller The Paradox of Choice, Dr. Schwartz has spent five decades teaching decision science. Now, this 14-lecture audio course lets you experience the same panache that has wowed Swarthmore College undergraduates and business school students at UC Berkeley and NYU.

John Perry’s insights and laugh-out-loud humor bring to mind Thurber, Wodehouse, and Harry Frankfurt’s On Bullshit. This charming and accessible audio educates, entertains, and illuminates a universal subject. Procrastinators will be relieved to learn that you can actually accomplish quite a lot while procrastinating. In fact, the book itself is the result of Perry avoiding grading papers, refereeing academic proposals, and reviewing dissertation drafts. It also has a practical side, offering up advice that listeners can put to use.

We are naturally drawn to smooth, harmonious movement. Both social and physical graces have been taught since the dawn of civilization. Yet grace seems forgotten in our pushy, hectic modern world. Sarah L. Kaufman argues that we bring it back. She celebrates grace in the way bodies move, exploring how to stand, walk, and dress well. She deplores the rarity of grace among public figures and glories in it where found (Beyoncé at a fashion show).

A fun and simple way to disengage from the pressures of the outside world and find a place of peace internally. With the aid of color breathing and guided imagery, these meditations will enliven your spirit and inspire your heart. Each of the 12 individual color meditations will evoke a particular emotional response and can be used as a tool to transform sadness to joy, anger to peace, or fear to love.

With Mental Health, Inc., award-winning investigative journalist Art Levine delivers a Shock Doctrine-style exposé of the failures of our out-of-control, profits-driven mental health system, with a special emphasis on the failures of the pharmaceuticals industry, including the treatment of children with antipsychotics and disastrous PTSD protocols for veterans.

"The Art of Advocacy" is more than just a podcast—it's a movement toward reshaping communication in workers' compensation through empathy and strategic negotiation. Each episode reveals how empathy isn’t just a soft skill; it's a transformative tool for effective negotiation, conflict resolution, and improving experiences. Join our hosts as they share real insights and stories, illuminating the emotional journey of injured workers and claims adjusters alike. Whether you're a professional or simply someone who values empathy, this podcast offers essential lessons on blending heart with ...

The bonds we are capable of feeling toward other people - how we know and belong to one another - provide fascinating glimpses into the intricacies of human behavior. Intimacy is that moment when our true identity is revealed to another, when traumas, fears, and ambitions are shared. Through the ordinary stories of eight relationships, Giovanni Frazzetto has woven an extraordinary narrative of togetherness.

Jessica Begg, Registered Dietitian and Clinical Counsellor, helps those that have been struggling with emotional eating finally live their lives to the full. She helps people unshackle from diet culture beliefs and strengthen their own intuition on how they know to care for their bodies. On the Art and Science of Eating Podcast, Jessica answers listener's questions on how to implement intuitive eating strategies, how to heal from a history of dieting, how to understand and manage emotional eating and create a new relationship with the body. She helps listeners find their way to love themselves...

It’s always been hard to deliver great performance without compromising your health or relationships. The pandemic has added to this challenge leaving many with increased stress and anxiety and left us all with profound leadership challenges. Each Tuesday for the next 12 weeks top leadership coach and business advisor, Jonathan Brown, interviews a world class researcher or practitioner to offer research based ideas and tools to help you survive and thrive through whatever happens in the next few months or even years. The series combines interviews with both researchers and practitioners to ...

Join Dr Suzy Green, Founder & CEO of The Positivity Institute, as she chats with other academics and practitioners who also work in the evolving field of Positive Psychology Coaching and related fields. Over three fantastic series, they’ll be looking at the interplay between the complementary fields of Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology within an evidence-based coaching context. Suzy's aim is to equip practitioners with both knowledge and skills, and most importantly, have a positive impact on their “way of being” as Positive Psychology Coaches.Production: @andymaherdotcomSeries...

Dr. Sogge on the Art & Science of Thriving A psychologist dives deep into the psychological science and ancient practices that allow us to enter Flow —a state of effortless focus, creativity, and high performance. Through interviews, meditations, stories, and practical tools, we'll explore the limitless doors through which we can access the flow state for a life of thriving

Welcome to series 2 of COACH+ The Art & Science of Coaching Psychology with Dr Suzy Green.In this series, Suzy continues her conversations with some of the leading lights in the evolving field of positive psychology coaching. They’ll be looking at the history of the field, and the interplay between the complimentary fields of positive psychology and coaching psychology, within an evidence-based coaching context. Suzy’s aim is to equip practitioners with both knowledge and skills, and most importantly have a positive impact on their “way of being” as Positive Psychology ...

A must-have course for corporate leaders, design professionals, marketers, and anyone else who communicates visually, How Colors Affect You tells you everything you need to know about the science of color and its impact on all aspects of human experience. These lectures will give you a beautiful new perspective on color - one rooted in credible scientific knowledge and not popular myth.

Welcome to Series 3 of COACH+ The Art & Science of Coaching Psychology with Dr Suzy Green!In this series, Suzy continues her conversations with some of the leading lights in the evolving field of positive psychology coaching. They’ll be looking at the history of the field, and the interplay between the complimentary fields of positive psychology and coaching psychology, within an evidence-based coaching context. Suzy’s aim is to equip practitioners with both knowledge and skills, and most importantly have a positive impact on their “way of being” as Positive Psychology Coaches.Thanks ...

Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards, world-renowned inventor; Harvard professor of the practice of idea translation; creator of breathable insulin, edible food packaging, and digital scents, reveals that the secret to creating very new things of lasting benefit, including innovations we will need to sustain human life on the planet, lies in perceiving art and science as one.