'This book couldn't be more needed right now!' Nigella Lawson 'Ruby has a uniquely vibrant and clever way of thinking' Elizabeth Day 'The antidote to all Covid angst' Kathy Lette ___________________________ Bestselling author and comedian, Ruby Wax, uses her iconic wit and expertise to equip readers with a positive roadmap for a kinder, brighter world and better mental health. As we begin to see the green shoots of a post-pandemic world, Ruby Wax's clever and witty And Now for the Good News is the blueprint we all need for achieving a kinder, more compassionate world. Brimming with practical learnings, Ruby gives readers the opportunity to create lasting positive change and provides us all with a much-needed tonic for better mental health and wellbeing. She has spent the last three years speaking to the people who are spearheading the latest innovation and influencing a brighter future for humanity. From the communities being designed to eradicate loneliness and the companies putting their employees' happiness first, to the impressive AI technology teaching children with learning difficulties and taking literacy levels higher than ever before. And Now for the Good News distils her inspiring findings into key practical takeaways for all. Ruby's here to provide us all with a positive roadmap for a brighter world and most importantly, for better mental wellbeing. ___________________________ 'A fantastic tonic for the universal malaise' Ian McKellen 'Ruby can always be guaranteed to lift your spirits!' Annie Lennox

Filled with research-based techniques for expanding creativity and increasing productivity This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy, but rather all of us use our creative brains every day at home and at work and have the ability to increase our mental functioning and creativity by understanding the seven brainsets. * Explains the seven brainsets of the mind and their functions as related to creativity, productivity, and innovation, including Open, Scan, Think, Vision, Appraise, Streaming and Goal * Provides quizzes, exercises, and self-tests to activate each of these seven brainsets to unlock our maximum creativity This book is a Harvard Health Publication that offers helpful suggestions that can be applied in both your personal and professional life.

Do you want to stop forgetting appointments, birthdays, and other important dates? Work more efficiently at your job? Study less and get better grades? Remember the names and faces of people you meet? The good news is that it's all possible. Your Memory will help to expand your memory abilities beyond what you thought possible. Dr. Higbee reveals how simple techniques, like the Link, Loci, Peg, and Phonetic systems, can be incorporated into your everyday life and how you can also use these techniques to learn foreign languages faster than you thought possible, remember details you would have otherwise forgotten, and overcome general absentmindedness. Higbee also includes sections on aging and memory and the latest information on the use of mnemonics.

'The poet-prophet of alternative medicine' Time The worldwide bestseller that offers an alternative to growing old The definitive text on the healing powers of the mind/body connection. In Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, world-renowned pioneer of integrative medicine Deepak Chopra goes beyond ancient mind/body wisdom and current anti-ageing research to show that you do not have to grow old. With the passage of time, you can retain your physical vitality, creativity, memory and self-esteem. Based on the theories of Ayurveda and groundbreaking research, Chopra reveals how we can use our innate capacity for balance to direct the way our bodies metabolize time and achieve our unbounded potential.

La memoria es como un musculo: cuanto mas se usa, mejor se pone, pero cuanto mas se descuida, se vuelve peor. Descubre como recordar facilmente nombres, caras, numeros, eventos y cualquier informacion usando tecnicas sencillas pero poderosas que hasta un nino de 12 anos puede aplicar Por que conformarse con tecnicas complicadas para mejorar tu memoria cuando puedes tener esta guia practica y poderosa? En este sorprendente libro descubriras como perfeccionar y optimizar la memoria para que puedas transformar tu cerebro en una herramienta de poder superior que absorba como una esponja todo lo que necesites saber. Este libro te ensenara estrategias practicas y creativas para refinar y mejorar tu memoria. Aprenderas tecnicas eficaces sobre como mantener el cerebro en optimas condiciones, la manera de superar el olvido y como conservar facilmente los datos en tu mente para recuperarlos inmediatamente en cualquier momento. Con este libro aprenderas: * El porque ser inteligente no es necesario para tener una buena memoria. * Los alimentos que permiten que el cerebro funcione a su maximo rendimiento. * Lo que debes hacer para mejorar la creatividad. * Tecnicas infalibles para condicionar tu estado de animo con el fin de aumentar tus capacidades mentales. * Las causas mas comunes de una mala memoria. * Estrategias probadas para mantener tu enfoque. * Como lograr que tu subconsciente te ayude a recordar. * Metodos valiosos para promover tu imaginacion. * Las similitudes entre la mente y una camara de video. * 7 poderosas tacticas para superar el olvido y la distraccion. * Como utilizar los sentidos para mejorar tu memoria. * 11 estrategias extraordinarias que te ayudaran a recordar nombres y rostros. * Como convertir los numeros en palabras. * Como transformar los numeros en imagenes. * Super tecnicas para recordar largas listas de numeros. * Como organizar tu memoria para una facil recuperacion de la informacion. * Y mucho, mucho mas Lo mejor de todo, muchos de los metodos son sencillos, practicos y divertidos de aprender. Si de verdad deseas que tu mente pueda memorizar nombres, caras, numeros, eventos y cualquier otra informacion, entonces este libro es para ti.

Written by internationally renowned cognitive psychologist Shlomo Breznitz and technologist Collins Hemingway, Maximum Brainpower is filled with colourful real-life stories and fascinating psychological experiments that show you how to make the most of your grey matter. This book is not only a fascinating tour of the science of the mind, it also shows how you can improve your mental abilities, extend your thinking to its highest levels and ensure your brain fitness in the future. - Why challenge and stimulus improves your brain and how to harness this process - How to separate good stress from bad - What role hope and socialising play in fighting off the worst symptoms of dementia. - How sudoku and crossword puzzles are actually little help to your brain power - Why multitasking can be detrimental to your mental health. This revelatory work will help adults of any age build and retain their mental acuity. Expand your brainwidth to think better, live better, be better with Maximum Brainpower.

Stating that memory loss is the result of a distressed brain and not a natural part of aging, a guide to rejuvenating the mind identifies brain toxins in everyday medicines, household products, and foods while recommending a program that incorporates dietary changes, supplements, and exercises. Reprint.

As we age, we may look and feel younger than our parents' generation--60 is the new 40, after all--but mental decline can begin as early as age 30, and it will impact us all at some point. The good news is, just as diet and exercise can keep aging bodies healthier, the proper mental regimen can slow--even reverse--the deterioration of our mental capacity. In this practical and hopeful book, Dr. Frank Minirth offers quick and proven mental exercises that help preserve focus, memory, and brainpower at any age. Based solidly on trustworthy scientific insights, these memory boosters will help you retain your current capacity and build memory skills for the future.

Dominic O'Brien is legendary for winning the World Memory Championship eight times and for outwitting the casinos of Las Vegas to win a fortune at blackjack. His success is based on brilliant techniques that he has developed and refined over the years - in particular, the Journey Method and the Dominic System. Here, for the first time, Dominic lets you right into the heart of his inner world of memory mastery. Learn how to build your memory at your own pace and take yourself to heights of attainment you never thought were possible. Follow his brain-boosting techniques as a warm-up and then move on to the advanced stuff - recalling dozens of digits with ease, wiping the floor with your opponents at cards, and driving the route from Land's End to John O'Groats without the aid of a satnav or road atlas - that's right, boys, you need never ask for directions again! The memory isn't like a muscle - its capacity is infinite. Turn your brain into a portable super-powered computer with this life-changing self-help book. Use the power of improved memory to achieve new success in business, leisure, relationships, and all aspects of personal fulfilment.

Personal problems? World problems? Healing issues? Creativity challenges? They can all be resolved with an amazing new method called "remembering." The Remembering Process reveals a breakthrough technique that anyone can use to easily create, produce, innovate, solve, resolve . . . and more! Beyond any New Age or self-help teaching, this process proves that it's not only possible to tap into the future, but that it's also accessible to us in every moment. This leading-edge book is a mind-stretching exploration in manifesting your goals and desires by "remembering" how they exist in the future. Join award-winning musician and music producer Daniel Barrett and best-selling author and The Secret standout star Joe Vitale as they teach you this empowering, practical technique; and start creating the life you desire today!

Learn to go beyond your average speed reading skills--with SuperReading(TM)
A practical guide to boosting speed, comprehension, and powers of recall Packed with tools and techniques from the author's years of experience, this book can help readers overcome poor reading habits and learn to read at high speeds with good comprehension and recall. It includes memory training; information on learning, attitude, and achievement; and unique exercises that teach readers to mentally process multiple words at a glance. Some of Ron Cole's unique methods for improving your reading skills include: - Hand Pacing: Using your hand (i.e. tracking the words you're reading with your finger) and adjusting the angle at which you sit to improve your focus. - Previewing: Reading the first sentence of every paragraph of a document in order to give yourself a head start on the entirety of the material. - Eye-Hop(TM) A unique method to the SuperReading technique that will teach the reader to read and comprehend groups of words at a time, rather than individually. - Parroting: A method for repeating to yourself--either aloud or on paper--information you have just read, making the material a multisensory experience and further cementing the knowledge in your mind. - Reviewing: Methods for quickly going back over material so that you'll never have to read it again The results can save readers hours every week--a must for students who need to learn mounds of information, business professionals who have to deal with a sea of e-mails, or for anyone who wants to improve their reading skills