F*ck Feelings: One Shrink's Practical...
Michael BennettAlthough other self-help books claim to reveal the path to happiness, F*ck Feelings warns that convincing yourself that there is such a path will actually lead you to feel like a true failure. What the Bennetts can promise you is that...
Magnetic Partners: How to Save Your R...
Stephen BetchenA breakthrough guide to repairing romantic relationships by identifying the "master conflict" that is the magnetic force that brings a couple together but has also become the source of the couple's worst fights.
How Pleasure Works: The New Science o...
Paul Bloom“Engaging, evocative. . . . [Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling.”—NPRWhy is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure wor...
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and ...
Paul BloomA leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us ta...
A Game Theory Approach to Mediation: ...
Dr Kevin BoileauA game theory approach to mediation opens up a whole new world in strategic thinking for mediators and those who are concerned with understanding how to resolve conflict on all levels. There is no mathematics in this volume, which wil...
When the Sun Bursts: The Enigma of Sc...
Christopher BollasA leading psychoanalyst shares his experiences working with schizophrenic patients to show how effective talk therapy can be as a treatment Many schizophrenics experience their condition as one of radical incarceration, mind-alteri...
Mindfulness Meditation: Nine Guided P...
Tara Brach PhdPSTRONGMindfulness Meditations for Healing, Presence, and Clarity/STRONG/PPA profound transformation can occur just by training your attention in awareness-a practice sweeping schools, workplaces, and institutions across the country w...
Healing is a process of coming home to one's authentic self-to the loving presence that is the ground of our being. But we often get trapped by the false refuges of fear-based habits and judgmental thoughts. To help us bring the fruit...
The Genius of Milton Erickson: A 2 Ho...
John BradshawPsychologist, philosopher, counselor, theologian and teacher, John Bradshaw, is also an Emmy nominated talk show host. John Bradshaw has touched and forever changed millions of lives through his best-selling books, seminars, workshops...
Anxiety: What turns it on. What turns...
Loretta Graziano Breuning PhdYou can replace the siren blast of cortisol with the great feeling of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin. Here's how to build a new safety circuit to divert your electricity in a moment of anxiety. Nothing is wrong with you! Your ...
Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Exper...
Brene Brown Phd LmswWhat does it mean to engage with the world from a place of worthiness? How do we make the long walk from "What will people think" to "I am enough!" Dr. Brene Brown has spent more than 10 years researching these que...
My Parents' Keeper: Adult Children of...
Eva Marian BrownEva Brown, who coined the acronym 'ACMI' (Adult Children of the Mentally Ill), wrote this book as a supportive and encouraging guide for dealing with the challenging legacy of growing up with a mentally ill parent. Richly peppered wit...
Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction
Susan CheeverWe've all felt the giddy flutter of excitement when our new lover walks into the room. Waited by the phone, changed our plans...But are we in love, or is there something darker at work? In Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction, Susan Chee...
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and...
Antonio R. DamasioIn the seventeenth century, the philosopher Spinoza examined the role emotion played in human survival and culture. Yet hundreds of years and many significant scientific advances later, the neurobiological roots of joy and sorrow rema...
The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How...
Richard J. DavidsonWhy are some people so quick to recover from a setback while others wallow in despair? Why are some so highly attuned to others that they seem psychic, while others put both feet in it over and over again? Why are some people always u...
Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionar...
Peg DawsonThere's nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your "smart but scattered" ch...
America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in S...
Benoit Denizet-LewisAMERICA ANONYMOUS is the unforgettable story of eight men and women struggling with addictions. For nearly three years acclaimed journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis immersed himself in their lives as they battled drug and alcohol abuse, o...
In a Different Key: The Story of Auti...
John DonvanAn extraordinary narrative history of autism: the riveting story of parents fighting for their children ’s civil rights; of doctors struggling to define autism; of ingenuity, self-advocacy, and profound social changeNearly seventy-f...
It's Not All about Me: The Top Ten Te...
Robin DreekeDespite the age-old saying, individuals everywhere still have a hard time realizing that it's not all about them. Robin Dreeke uses his research and years of work in the field of interpersonal relations and behavior to help readers fo...
Pulling Your Own Strings: Dynamic Tec...
Wayne W. DyerDeclaring Yourself As A Non-Victim'There is no such thing as a well-adjusted slave.'You need never be a victim again. Ever But in order to function as a non-victim, you must take a hard look at yourself, and learn to recognize the nu...
Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting ...
Mark Epstein"Most people will never find a great psychiatrist or a great Buddhist teacher, but Mark Epstein is both, and the wisdom he imparts in Advice Not Given is an act of generosity and compassion. The book is a tonic for the ailments...
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscienti...
James Fallon"Compelling, essential reading for understanding the underpinnings of psychopathy." - M. E. Thomas, author of Confessions of a Sociopath For his first fifty-eight years, James Fallon was by all appearances a normal g...
The Dark Side of the Light Chasers
Debbie FordIn this enlightening guide, Debbie Ford explains that the dark side of our personality should not be hidden. By denying our dark side, we reject these aspects of our true natures rather than giving ourselves the freedom to live authen...
The Lies We Tell Ourselves: How to Fa...
Jon FredericksonDo you feel stuck in your life? Do you wonder why? Does something seem wrong, but you can't put your finger on it? In The Lies We Tell Ourselves, psychotherapist Jon Frederickson reveals the ways we fool ourselves and how to get unstu...
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Me...
Randy FrostWhat possesses someone to save every scrap of paper that’s ever come into his home? What compulsions drive a woman like Irene, whose hoarding cost her her marriage? Or Ralph, whose imagined uses for castoff items like leaky old buck...
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the ...
Nassir GhaemiAn investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through the lives of some of the most important political figures in history In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, dir...
The Wisest One in the Room: How You C...
Thomas GilovichRenowned psychologists describe the five most useful insights from social psychology that will help make you "wise": wise about why we behave the way we do, and wise about how to use that knowledge to understand others and c...
In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today's scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: at...
The Philosophical Baby: What Children...
Alison GopnikIn the last decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of the minds of infants and young children. We used to believe that babies were irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited. Now Alison Gopnik �...
The Way I See It, Revised and Expande...
Temple GrandinIn this revised and expanded edition of the 2008 bestseller, Dr. Temple Grandin, the world's most famous person with autism, reveals the secrets of her success! But this isn't a mushy memoir. Temple gets down to the REAL issues of a...