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Discover the keys to a life of success, fulfilment, wholeness and plenty
We live in a time of fear and insecurity, wrapped up in a mindset of
lack, scarcity and limitation. Too often we focus on the things we
don't have and allow our egos to drive our thoughts, actions and
reactions, preventing us from reaching something greater. Now is the
time for change, to reset our focus and strive for life's unbounded
possibilities.
In Abundance, master of modern meditation Deepak Chopra illuminates the
path to abundance, helping readers become agents of change in their own
lives. Demonstrating how to work past self-generated feelings of
limitation and fear and providing meditations to help you focus and
direct your attention and intuition, this is your guide to a life of
stability, prosperity, insight, creativity, love and true power.
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Adolescences
(Hardcover)
Massimo Ingrassia, Loredana Benedetto
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R2,783
Discovery Miles 27 830
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Theories of Emotion is a philosophical introduction to the most
influential theories of emotion of the past 60 years in philosophy,
psychology, and biology. This multi-disciplinary approach provides
the reader with a one-stop shop for encountering the key debates
and cutting-edge ideas in what is becoming a central focus of
contemporary thought. An introductory chapter on definitions of
emotion is followed by three main sections on the way emotions are
expressed, subjectively experienced, and related to action and
motivation. This accessible but probing approach integrates
philosophical analysis with innovative research in psychology and
cognitive science, contextualizing current debates in the history
of ideas from Darwin to pragmatism. Each section is introduced by a
detailed illustration of a foundational thinker's work on emotion
(Charles Darwin, William James, and John Dewey, respectively),
showing how their insights and discoveries have shaped current
views and suggesting ways in which they might still enrich
contemporary approaches.
A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.
With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, Matthew Walker has made abundantly clear that sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when it is absent. Compared to the other basic drives in life—eating, drinking, and reproducing—the purpose of sleep remains more elusive.
Within the brain, sleep enriches a diversity of functions, including our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge, inspiring creativity.
In this “compelling and utterly convincing” (The Sunday Times) book, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better night’s sleep every night.
Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book. Written with the precision of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Sherwin Nuland, it is “recommended for night-table reading in the most pragmatic sense” (The New York Times Book Review).
Within these pages James K. Beggan puts forward a novel approach to
understanding sexual harassment by high value superstars in the
workplace. The approach integrates ideas derived from evolutionary
theory, utility theory, sexual scripting theory and research on the
regulation of emotion. Besides providing a better understanding of
the phenomenon, the book aims to contribute to the development of
better techniques to prevent sexual harassment. Recently, credible
allegations of sexual misconduct against high profile figures have
dominated the news. Sexual harassment has become an important issue
for leaders and those who study leadership. The author presents a
new approach to understanding sexual harassment in the #MeToo era
that integrates research from a diverse range of areas typically
ignored by researchers. Ideas derived from this new approach are
used to propose more effective methods for the elimination of
sexual harassment in the workplace. The book also addresses how
efforts to prevent sexual harassment may interfere with the free
expression of sexuality and ultimately threaten the rights of the
individual. Academics and journalists interested in understanding
sexual harassment, including graduate students, and undergraduates
enrolled in upper division specialized courses in gender relations
will find this book to be innovative and informative.
The headlines ring with stories of opioid addiction and overdose.
Parents complain about their children's screen addiction, law
enforcement decries the flood of fentanyl, scores of Americans
overdose and die daily, and teen alcohol poisoning and
marijuana-induced psychosis rates continue to rise. Disabling
depression and anxiety are diagnosed at alarming rates in families
across the country. Now, more than ever, families struggle to live
with, care for, and protect their family members suffering with
addiction or mental illness. Kenneth Perlmutter, a California
psychologist with 30-plus years in the field, has written Freedom
from Family Dysfunction specifically for family members who love
someone battling addiction or mental illness who want to break the
cycles of codependency and relapse plaguing their dysfunctional
systems. The combination of compelling vignettes, lively dialogues,
and step-by-step instructions makes this guidebook an indispensable
tool for the parents, partners, adult children, and the clinicians
who treat them, to heal the powerlessness, pain, and impossibility
of life with someone they've been trying to help, sometimes for
decades. Perlmutter takes a systemic and inter-generational view,
combining current knowledge with his deep personal experience of
addiction and family dysfunction to guide readers toward
understanding their systems, their positions in them, and the
forces that keep things stuck. "Stress-Induced Impaired Coping
(SIIC)" is the term he's coined to describe his ground-breaking
model of family system pathology and recovery. He invites families
to see themselves not as dysfunctional, but as wounded, as they
work toward connection, closeness, and the restoration of systemic
mental wellness and sustainability. Best of all, the method works
regardless of whether the one identified as "the problem" makes
changes or not. Family members who take up Perlmutter's method
will: * create closeness by pursuing connection over being right *
reject "tough love" * learn to communicate authentically and to set
boundaries confidently and fairly * rebuild trust, authenticity and
equality in family relationships * reduce chaos, anxiety and
distress in the mind and in the home * shift the entire family
system itself toward wellness
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