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Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General
In this revelational book of self-discovery, Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Bita introduces the concept of Lifestyle Amnesia, a state of
mind and being that deprives one from experiencing beauty.
According to Dr. Bita, the vast majority of humans suffer from this
condition, a state of unawareness she says functions on autopilot.
Dr. Bita defines another kind of beauty aside from physical beauty,
which she calls beauty in its experiential form. This is the beauty
of sensual and mindful experiences. In conjunction, our mind and
our senses are the keys to experiencing beautiful aspects of
everyday life. The author explains that this beauty is not
superficial, but it can be obtained when one embraces a conscious
state of near total awareness of the present. The reader is
encouraged to identify the signs of Lifestyle Amnesia and is
provided helpful, practical tips to conquer it. Furthermore, the
impact of parental Lifestyle Amnesia on children and teens is given
special attention. Dr. Bita is the founder and clinical director of
a world-renowned clinical network, Dr. Bita's Network (DBN). Her
network includes many clinics and spans Canada. Dr. Bita has made
numerous scientific contributions, most famously on that of the
psychological effects of immigration. Following the fall of the
Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall, Western Europe experienced an
influx of immigrants; Dr. Bita has helped thousands of those
immigrants settle and integrate, thanks to her study. Today she
continues to do so, in Canada. Publisher's website: http:
//sbpra.com/DrBita
Written by Cara Flanagan, the UK's most trusted author for A Level
Psychology. // Whether you are aiming for an A* or a C this guide
is a friend to keep with you from the start to the end of your
course. // Put the advice into practice and it will help you get
the grade you deserve. // Use this guide regardless of your choice
of student book. // Chapter 1: The specification - Looking at what
the words in the specification actually mean and how they translate
into exam questions. // Chapter 2: The exam and skills required -
All you need to know about how the different skills are examined
and what you need to do to develop these skills. // Chapter 3:
Research methods and mathematical content - If you attain full
marks on these questions, you have almost achieved a pass mark on
this content alone. // Chapter 4: Understanding how exam answers
are marked - An insight into the examining process so you can
provide the right kind of answers. // Chapter 5: Studying and
revising - Little and often. Helping you make a plan that can be
adapted and revisited until it works for you. // Chapter 6: Aiming
for A* - Life is what you make it. // Chapter 7: Taking the exam -
How to use your time wisely in the weeks leading up to the exam,
and also in the exam itself. // Chapter 8: Mock exams - One for AS
and one for A level. Mark schemes and suggested answers are
provided online.
Hollow and Home explores the ways the primary places in our lives
shape the individuals we become. It proposes that place is a
complex and dynamic phenomenon. Place refers to geographical and
constructed places- location, topography, landscape, and buildings.
It also refers to the psychological, social, and cultural
influences at work at a given location. These elements act in
concert to constitute a place. Carlisle incorporates perspectives
from writers like Edward S. Casey, Christian Norberg-Schulz, Yi-Fu
Tuan, and Witold Rybczynski, but he applies theory with a light
touch. Placing this literature in dialog with personal experience,
he concentrates on two places that profoundly influenced him and
enabled him to overcome a lifelong sense of always leaving his
pasts behind. The first is Clover Hollow in Appalachian Virginia,
where the author lived for ten years among fifth-, sixth-, and
seventh-generation residents. The people and places there enabled
him to value his own past and primary places in a new way. The
story then turns to Carlisle's life growing up in Delaware, Ohio.
He describes in rich detail the ways the town shaped him in both
enabling and disabling ways. In the end, after years of moving from
place to place, Carlisle's experience in Appalachia helped him
rediscover his hometown-both the Old Delaware, where he grew up,
and the New Delaware, a larger, thriving small city-as his true
home. The themes of the book transcend specific localities and
speak to the relationship of self and place everywhere.
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