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Today busyness has become a badge of honour. We want to say we're busy, yet at the same time we feel exhausted. Instead we should start taking rest seriously as a method of self-care and this book can help us to work out how. The Art of Rest draws on ground-breaking research Claudia Hammond...

Our understanding of the human mind has been shaped by 200 years of accidents, inquiries, tests and observations. Here are the stories behind 33 of psychology's most famous and influential experiments, and their creators. Award-winning broadcaster and psychology lecturer Claudia Hammond uncovers the often surprising and sometimes dark histories behind landmark studies such as The Stanford Prison Experiment, Harlow's Monkeys, Little Albert and the Marshmallow Test. 

All of us are familiar with the unsettling sensation of overwhelm: it’s as if there’s ever more to do, and ever less time in which to do it. The good news is, even if you can’t see it yet, there is a way out. In this liberating new book, award-winning writer and presenter of BBC Radio...

Exclusive interview with Claudia Hammond, author of Mind over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use it Better.

In The Keys to Kindness Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it’s not what you think), effective strategies to build more of it into our lives and the benefits of being kind. She draws on the latest research from psychology and neuroscience...

A day doesn't go by without money coming in to our interactions. But how much do we really understand it? We know we need money. We tend to want more of it. But why do we behave so strangely with it? And why does it have such a hold on us? Award-winning BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond...

Hoy en día, el estar permanentemente ocupado se ha convertido en una insignia de honor y de prestigio. Queremos decir y mostrar al mundo que estamos ajetreados, pero al mismo tiempo nos sentimos agotados. Este contrasentido resulta muy pernicioso para nuestra salud física y mental, por lo que hemos de empezar a tomarnos en serio el descanso como método de autocuidado, y este libro puede ayudarnos a descubrir cómo hacerlo. El arte del descanso se basa en una investigación innovadora en la que colaboró la autora, Claudia Hammond.