Psychology

Unlike other books on this topic, Polyamory in the 21st Century weaves together research and facts to provide an informed and impartial analysis of polyamory as a lifestyle and as a movement, and to place it in a psychosocial as well as an historical context. Anecdotes and personal experiences allow the reader to develop a better understanding of polyamory and the people who practice and enjoy it. Anapol addresses the practical, the utopian, and the shadow sides of this intriguing, mysterious, yet often threatening lifestyle. It honestly addresses difficult issues such as the nature of commitment without exclusivity, balancing personal needs with loyalty to a partner, evaluating beliefs about love and relationship, the impact of polyamory on children, and the challenges that arise when one partner wants monogamy and another prefers polyamory. Without judgement, she explores this increasingly common practice, and reveals the true nature of a lifestyle that many do not understand.

Binding / Paperback: 288 pages

Publish Date: January 16, 2012

This is the kind of exercise you'll want to do, and all it takes is 10 to 15 minutes a day for a full workout.

Author Name: Nancy Linde
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; Illustrated edition
Publish Date: October 18, 2016
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55 pounds
Size: 7.3 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
ISBN Number 13: 978-0761187400
ISBN Number 10: 0761187405
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If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life.

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents' emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you'll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.

Discover the four types of difficult parents:

• The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxiety
• The driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone
• The passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsetting
• The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory

About the Author
Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice who specializes in individual psychotherapy with adult children of emotionally immature parents. She is author of Who You Were Meant to Be and writes a monthly column on well-being for Tidewater Women magazine. In the past she has served as an adjunct assistant professor of graduate psychology for the College of William and Mary, as well as for Old Dominion University. Gibson lives and practices in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

About the Author
Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She is also a visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. She hosts the Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts, and her TEDx talk, "The Power of Vulnerability," is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world with more than 50 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019. Brené Brown lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen and Charlie.

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind--and healing the many parts that make you who you are.

About the Author
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD, is the creator of Internal Family Systems, a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic model that de-pathologizes the multi-part personality. His IFS Institute offers training for professionals and the general public. Formerly an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and later at Northwestern University, he is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He has published five books and is a sought-after presenter. For more, visit ifs-institute.com

Do you feel like you are just a pawn in someone else' chess game? Are you tired of being manipulated at every turn? Would you like to be able to detect and discern genuine emotions in others so that you can protect yourself from being emotionally abused and manipulated? Then this is just the book you need. Dark Psychology: The Practical Uses and Best Defenses of Psychological Warfare in Everyday Life helps you understand more than just the basics of human behavior. It takes you on an in-depth journey that explores the darker recesses of the human mind and provides insightful practical steps on how to build up your mental defenses against such.

Inside this book, you will dicover:

• Fundamental facts about dark psychology
• How to recognize and separate truth even when it has been masked masterfully in a web of lies
• Aspects of your day to day life that makes you vulnerable to the manipulations of others
• A five-step program to help you break free if ever find yourself a victim
• How to protect yourself from the influences of dark psychology
• And much more...

If you or any of your loved ones have suffered emotionally or is currently living through a nightmare that is directly related to the inherent dangers of dark psychology, this is a book you want to read. And even if you are simply curious about how dark psychology works and would like to know how to protect yourself, this is a book that breaks down this complex phenomenon in the simplest terms.

Dark psychology has always been discussed in hushed tones and there is still so much information out there that has gotten lost in barely understandable psychobabble that leaves you more perplexed than informed. This book does an effective job of demystifying dark psychology and equips you with the knowledge that you can use to protect yourself against it.

So, if you're ready, click "Buy Now" and get ready to change your life

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The instant New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller
Instant Washington Post Bestseller

"Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." --The Wall Street Journal

Daniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, unlocks the scientific secrets to good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home.

Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork.

Timing, it's often assumed, is an art. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Pink shows that timing is really a science.

Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology, and economics, Pink reveals how best to live, work, and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? Why should we avoid going to the hospital in the afternoon? Why is singing in time with other people as good for you as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married?

In When, Pink distills cutting-edge research and data on timing and synthesizes them into a fascinating, readable narrative packed with irresistible stories and practical takeaways that give readers compelling insights into how we can live richer, more engaged lives.

Binding: Paperback

Physical Info: 288 pages

Publish Date: January 8, 2019

Explore your relationships and sexuality, with yourself and with others, with this new book by Dr. Faith, author of bestselling Unfuck Your Brain. Written particularly for people who are in intimate relationships, but also incredibly useful if you're single or dating and trying to unpack your past or plan for your future. With science and humor, Dr. Faith demystifies topics such as kink, consent, shame, and trauma recovery. Contains many exercises and questions to think, talk, or write about, on your own or with a partner. Read this book to learn vital life skills like listening to your body and your gut, setting boundaries, and communicating your needs. If you're looking to heal from past wounds, make better choices, or improve an existing relationship, this book is for you. Better sex and relationships are totally possible! You've got this.This book speaks to so many of the possible ways of being intimate with yourself and others. Whether you're queer, straight, trans, ace, demi, aro, are dealing with past abuse or societal bullshit, or have no freaking clue what's going on with you yet, Dr. Faith's got you covered.

Binding / Paperback: 192 pages

Publish Date: June 11, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this completely revised and updated edition, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective "brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life.

“Perfection in combining leading-edge brain science technology with a proven, user-friendly, definitive, and actionable road map to safeguard and enhance brain health and functionality.”—David Perlmutter, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain
 
In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Amen, M.D., includes new, cutting-edge research gleaned from more than 100,000 SPECT brain scans over the last quarter century and scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work in your brain. Dr. Amen’s “brain prescriptions” will help you:

• To quell anxiety and panic: Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil
• To fight depression: Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and use supplements targeted to your brain type
• To curb anger: Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage
• To boost memory: Learn the specific steps and habits to decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease that can help you today
• To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus: Develop total focus with the One-Page Miracle
• To stop obsessive worrying: Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises
 
You’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with. 

Binding / Paperback: 480 pages

Publish Date: November 3, 2015

In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.

From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, or nail that piano recital.

But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong? And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort?

In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Is a dedicated desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can altering your routine improve your recall? Are there times when distraction is good? Is repetition necessary? Carey’s search for answers to these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a part of our everyday lives—and less of a chore.

By road testing many of the counterintuitive techniques described in this book, Carey shows how we can flex the neural muscles that make deep learning possible. Along the way he reveals why teachers should give final exams on the first day of class, why it’s wise to interleave subjects and concepts when learning any new skill, and when it’s smarter to stay up late prepping for that presentation than to rise early for one last cram session. And if this requires some suspension of disbelief, that’s because the research defies what we’ve been told, throughout our lives, about how best to learn.

The brain is not like a muscle, at least not in any straightforward sense. It is something else altogether, sensitive to mood, to timing, to circadian rhythms, as well as to location and environment. It doesn’t take orders well, to put it mildly. If the brain is a learning machine, then it is an eccentric one. In How We Learn, Benedict Carey shows us how to exploit its quirks to our advantage.

Binding: Paperback

Physical Info: 272 pages

Publish Date: June 9, 2015

The phenomenon returns! Originally published in 1987, The Book of Questions, a New York Times bestseller, has been completely revised and updated to incorporate the myriad cultural shifts and hot-button issues of the past twenty-five years, making it current and even more appealing.

This is a book for personal growth, a tool for deepening relationships, a lively conversation starter for the family dinner table, a fun way to pass the time in the car. It poses over 300 questions that invite people to explore the most fascinating of subjects: themselves and how they really feel about the world.

The revised edition includes more than 100 all-new questions that delve into such topics as the disappearing border between man and machine--How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer? The challenges of being a parent--Would you completely rewrite your child\'s college-application essays if it would help him get into a better school? The never-endingly interesting topic of sex--Would you be willing to give up sex for a year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you now have? And of course the meaning of it all--If you were handed an envelope with the date of your death inside, and you knew you could do nothing to alter your fate, would you look?

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges--and even changes--the way you view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own.

Binding / Paperback: 312 pages

Publish Date: September 10, 2013

THIS EDITION IS NO LONGER IN PRINT. Please get the regular edition ISBN: 9780807014271.

This edition is no longer in print. Please check ISBN: 9780807014271 for the most recent edition. Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos ("meaning")-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.

At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey for the Library of Congress that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America.

Binding / Paperback: 184 pages

Publish Date: June 1, 2006

Do you get caught up in your own thoughts?

Do you find yourself stuck going through the same negative thought patterns, over and over again? Has it ever felt like you can't get ahead, that you can't get a hold of that greater clarity and focus that other people seem to find with ease?

If so, you are not alone - but you don't have to live like that forever

If you're ready to defeat your negative thinking, then keep reading

We all have thoughts in our heads, floating around and changing up how we get through our daily lives.

In this world, there is so much going on in the day-to-day: being able to focus is a skill that every person needs. It's the sort of skill that will help you achieve your goals, and look past the 'clutter' in your life - be it in your mind, or in your spaces. If you want to be able to boost your skills, you'll need to ensure that your ability to stay on task without distraction will be as powerful as possible. Focus and the attention span of people are at an all-time low-it can seem like there's just too much going on to really hone in and focus on what it is you need to focus on in the first place.

As you read through this four-book bundle, you will discover everything that you will need to know about why focus matters, what challenges it, and the methods and thought processes you can employ to truly tackle it on your day to day life.

How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Have you ever taken a personality test? Has doing this ever changed your life? In this book, you'll learn that of the 7 billion people on the planet, only 140 have a personality just like yours. You'll also learn to see the five essential patterns which make you you-some of which you've probably seen as faults. In truth, most of what you thought were faults are actually "good things overdone."

What's behind these claims? A personality theory the likes of which the world has never seen. For one thing, every part of this theory connects to and resembles every other part-sort of like Russian nesting dolls and the fabled "onion of personality." Also, all the patterns in it are fractals-we've been treating personality as if it's linear. Then there's the new mathematics which can accurately measure even the messiness of human nature. Best of all, in this theory, no one gets blamed for their faults. Nor are they treated as broken or damaged. But we are responsible for knowing ourselves and to make the world a better place.

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About the Author
R. D. C. Crabtree has worked at the forefront of the Department of Health's flagship "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" program for more than 10 years, having led the expansion of IAPT into 36 regions around the UK. He has written about mental health and psychological therapies for the Independent newspaper, and contributed to national forums shaping mental health policy in the UK.

With so many aspects of the world collapsing and changing around us this summer, the entire globe has had to face a different, new reality. It can be easy to overlook how much the global pandemic and Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests have affected our future generations, but the impact of these changes will continue to play out for many years to come.

With so many drastic changes occurring in such a short time, America's young people and students need attention. Many children and youth are grieving the loss of normalcy but do not have the tools to process their grief. This guide is intended to help students learn coping skills for processing the events of 2020. The skills taught here will continue to serve them throughout their lives. It is essential for every parent and teacher to help child(ren) learn to identify and express their emotions while also cultivating a safe space and instilling principles of confidence and justice.

Conversations about these issues need to take place in the classroom and in the comfort of our homes. These familiar spaces are where students need to learn the necessary coping skills for dealing with stress and/or changes, and these coping skills will continue serving our children as they strive to help create a better future. Although topics such as grief, race, and emotions can be daunting, this book provides a place to start and will act as a guide to help you navigate these difficult topics.

This proactive guide by Jenny Delacruz will help teachers and parents teach K-12 students the coping skills necessary to cultivate a strong identity and sense of compassion. How Was Your Summer: Fostering Critical Conversations with Students is the best resource for educators and parents who want to engage in critical conversations with students. The guide includes 30 "Reflection Time" activities and exercises intended to be completed in 15-minute increments once a week. The topics in this guide include:

• Writing/drawing prompts to inspire the future generation to become anti-racism advocates and elevate the BLM movement
• Activities to foster trust and community
• Exercises for reducing anxiety and cultivating mindfulness amidst the COVID-19 confusion.

This psychoautobiography by a senior neuroscientist focuses on two psychiatric disorders: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and adolescent abuse. It is written for the general reader and neuroscience and psychology undergraduate students. It will have wide appeal as 20-30% of readers have ADHD and the number of abuse survivors is high. Also, parents of children with ADHD will find it useful in guiding their children through delayed cognitive and social development, breaking social boundaries, reduced fear and even driving habits. The author's work and 70 years of experience brings these pathologies together as he began at age 7 with ADHD, reveals subsequent abuse, treatments and mental breakdowns. His efforts to relieve pain, stress and suffering are thought-provoking and often novel. While ADHD pathology appears permanent, readers are assured that it can be overcome with parental assistance and drugs and success stories are provided in Michael Phelps gold medalist, comedian Howie Mandel and commentator James Carvel. Maltreatment is highly associated with aggression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and poor parenting. Such difficulties were marked in the author's birth family as he was often beaten to the point of bleeding to remove his odd, ADHD-mediated behaviors for misconceived religious views. His parents neglected personal problems and emotionally abused him. Abuse led to PTSD, anxiety, borderline personality (BPD) and bipolar (BD) disorders. While early efforts to relieve stress were accidental though informative, many psychotherapies are reviewed. Examples of using art for stress coping include Alan Cumming, Beth Hart and a few of his own works. Individuals with such diagnoses often do not appreciate that their brain is seriously damaged and there are few methods for reversing it. This is documented with brain images and a short text on the limbic system where damage can result in the above symptoms. He shared Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) with his daughter and it improved his PTSD/BPD and their relationship. An image shows that DBT actually remediates limbic system damage involved in these symptoms. Thus, ADHD, types of and abuse outcomes, pain, suffering and empathy are addressed. A focus on the brain shows how and why individuals are impaired in both disorders and how they can evolve into stress, anxiety and other disorders. Abuse survivors will benefit from sorting out their lives like the author. His late adolescence transition to college was difficult as he became depressed showing signs of BD with a Spring mania. Later psychotherapy and drugs helped him and will survivors to overcome abuse outcomes. The Cycle of Violence theory posits that violence and aggression continue into future generations and the example of Ike and Tina Turner is reviewed as a prelude to the author's family. While he did not physically abuse his children, his lack of insight into the three types of abuse led to other forms of it. The goal is to help abuse survivors explicitly break this Cycle. The book concludes with answering the question, Can the suffering of abused children be understood and resolved with animal research? The answer is yes and is required due to human imaging limitations. Overall Conclusions are provided as they bring together key issues the reader should consider. It emphasizes how understanding brain changes enlighten survivor's and their companion's life journey together.

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You might have this question: Am I creative?

The answer is an unequivocal yes - creativity is part of the prize pack you receive for being born human - which means there are better questions to ask. CREATE will help you discover:

What is creativity, exactly?

In what ways am I creative?

How can I be more creative?

What is my own personal creative process?

If I could be more creative, what would it mean for my personal life and career?

CREATE is a six-step guide to developing your individual creativity, a roadmap tested and enthusiastically endorsed by hundreds of workshop participants, from those who already defined themselves as creative to those who didn't (yet). In this book, you'll learn how to and why to:

- Capture (and Cogitate)

- Ramble

- Engage

- Act

- Tweak

- Expand

With author and creativity expert Cathy Pickens as your guide, you'll discover your best creative process and, if you're not careful, a whole lot about your creative self.

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Courage to Connect is a book full of personal stories that are intended for people who want to improve their relationships and create more meaningful connections through courage and vulnerability.

At the end of each story, you'll find a call to courage, prompting a moment of reflection and sometimes action. My hope is that you:

- Discover areas of your life that require restoration

- Learn how to become more empathetic

- Recognize moments to be more vulnerable

- Be encouraged to share your story

- Improve your digital well-being

- Work on your mental & emotional health

- Find new ways to lead with courage

By the end of this book, you'll be well on your way to building more meaningful connections both online and

offline, leaving you filled with a newfound courage to connect.

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La calidad de tu vida depende de la calidad de tus decisiones.

Leer Mente, ay dame a decidir supone un impulso de vida. Para Eduardo Llamazares, la indecisi n es una de las estrategias que utiliza la mente para evitar aquello que nos da miedo. Y es que, sin darte casi cuenta, dise as tu vida a base de decisiones -las que tomas y las que dejas de tomar.

La indecisi n puede estar bloqueando alg n rea de tu vida: dejas pasar el tiempo y mantienes situaciones que, de alguna manera, te hacen sufrir. Esa par lisis por an lisis te cada vez te hace tener m s dudas de ti mismo, de tus relaciones, de tu prop sito de vida... Y tanta duda e inseguridad da a tu autoestima y te va agotando a nivel mental y emocional.

Entonces, c mo puedes conseguir la claridad necesaria para tomar decisiones tus propias decisiones con confianza y seguridad?

✓ Durante a os, has ido alimentando, inconscientemente, miedos por experiencias que viviste en el pasado.

✓ Has aprendido a dar m s importancia a lo que puedan decir los dem s que a tus propios sentimientos.

✓ Te falta claridad sobre qui n eres y qu necesitas para sentirte a gusto contigo mismo y con tu vida.

Si quieres recuperar el poder que te otorga tener claridad para tomar decisiones con confianza y desde el amor a ti mismo, este libro te va a ayudar:

★ Descubrir s c mo funciona tu mente a la hora de decidir.

★ Encontrar s un m todo con los pasos que te ayudar n a tomar las mejores decisiones para ti.

★ Terminar s el libro con energ a y claridad para superar esas situaciones que te bloqueaban.

★ Tendr s herramientas pr cticas que te ayudar n a avanzar en la construcci n de una mejor autoestima y confianza en ti mismo.

Descubre el m todo Decisiones que Importan, y adquiere una nueva estrategia para tomar las decisiones que necesites en cada etapa de tu vida.

Libera tu derecho a ser due o de tu vida y a construir esa vida que te gustar recordar.

Eduardo Llamazares tambi n es autor del bestseller Mente, d jame vivir En este libro el autor expone las herramientas necesarias para fortalecer una mentalidad que te ayuda a disfrutar de tu vida, saliendo de esos sufrimientos que la mente genera por h bitos t xicos aprendidos que te limitan y te restan bienestar mental, emocional y f sico.

Ambos libros se caracterizan por un lenguaje sencillo, cercano, y por proporcionar un contenido muy aplicable. Eduardo utiliza muchos ejemplos de su vida y de sus clientes como Coach para que el lector pueda sentirse identificado y le resulte m s f cil aplicar las pautas y aprendizajes que se comparten.

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The essays are rich in first-hand accounts of Chris's spiritual experiences, meditation practices, and healing journey. The poems will sing to your heart and call to your unconscious.

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