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The Complete Brain Exercise Book: Train Your Brain - Improve Memory, Language, Motor Skills and More

Fraser Smith · Robert Rose, 2015.
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

While most brain exercise books are focused on preventing and treating memory loss due to aging and disease, this book addresses the steps for increasing mental speed, visual acuity, language acquisition, sensory growth, and motor skills. The author deals with the recovery of brain function...
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Happiness by Design: Change What You Do, Not How You Think

Paul Dolan · Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover

This is not just another happiness book. In Happiness by Design, happiness and behavior expert Paul Dolan combines the latest insights from economics and psychology to illustrate that in order to be happy we must behave happy Our happiness is experiences of both pleasure and purpose over...
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Clearing Emotional Clutter: Mindfulness Practices for Letting Go of What's Blocking Your Fulfillment and Transformation

Don Altman · New World Library, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Many have pointed out the psychological benefits of clearing out the clutter in our surroundings. But what do we do with our emotional clutter - the psychological versions of the jam-packed closet or impenetrable garage? As we shut away and try to hide old pains and traumas we create...
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Four Things Women Want from a Man

A R Bernard · Howard Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

After decades of preaching, teaching, and counseling, influential Christian leader A.R. Bernard reveals the four qualities women want in a man - qualities that make for a satisfying and happy relationship.As a longtime pastor of a big-city church, A.R. Bernard has witnessed couples in every...
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Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome

Ty Tashiro · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward - and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success.As humans, we all need to belong....
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW. · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Our professional lives are full of challenges and setbacks, but those who achieve elite performance are able to consistently rally their emotional strength in the pursuit of their goals--no matter what gets thrown at them.If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these ten articles...
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The fatherless daughter project : understanding our losses and reclaiming our lives

Denna D Babul; Karin Luise · Avery Publishing Group
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"This groundbreaking work will give voice to an enormous population of women who are struggling to understand themselves in the face of their fathers' absence." - Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance and After This When Motherless Daughters was published...
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How to Be Bored

Eva Hoffman · Picador
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

In the latest installment of the acclaimed School of Life series, learn how to make peace with your down time -- and even benefit from it.Lethargic inactivity can be debilitating and depressing, but in the modern world the pendulum has swung far in the other direction. We live in a hyperactive,...
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A Gastroenterologist's Guide to Gut Health: Everything You Need to Know About Colonoscopy, Digestive Diseases, and Healthy Eating

David M Novick · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Millions of Americans have complaints about, or disorders of, the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, or pancreas, all of which comprise the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This book provides accurate, reliable, and up-to-date information on the most common GI disorders.Written...
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Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself

Anneli Rufus · Tarcher
Format: Hardcover

"Anneli Rufus has an incredible insight into the human condition. Through observation and anecdote, she shows us that no matter what was said or done to us, self-loathing does not have to be our fate. Hers is a strong, sympathetic and encouraging voice." - Henry Rollins"This...
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Secrets of Meditation and Inner Peace

Kriyananda, Swami · Crystal Clarity Publishers
Pages: 84
Format: Print book

This concise book brilliantly encapsulates the essential keys to meditation with seed thoughts for each day of the month. Each affirmation is presented in a straightforward manner that allows the reader to repeat and remember it before meditating. This potent guide to meditation will help...
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The Everything Guide to Anger Management: Proven Techniques to Understand and Control Anger

Robert Puff · Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Practical tools for breaking free of the cycle of anger!Everyone gets angry once in a while, but sometimes, feelings of rage and resentment can reach unhealthy limits. If you're trying to get a handle on your anger, The Everything Guide to Anger Management can help. With practical advice...
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Managing Depression with Mindfulness For Dummies

Robert Gebka · For Dummies
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Rise above depression and build a positive future using mindfulnessIf you suffer from depression, you know that it′s not something you can simply snap yourself out of. Depression is a potentially debilitating condition that must be treated and managed with care, but not knowing where...
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Live Happy: Ten Practices for Choosing Joy

Deborah K. Heisz · Blackstone Audio Inc
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook

We are all increasingly hungry for souldeep happiness. All over the globe the question of how to be authentically happy concerns millions of lives today. But what if the secret of lasting happiness is actually . . . simple? From gratitude to attitude and play to purpose, Live Happy brings...
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Tipping Sacred Cows: The Uplifting Story of Spilt Milk and Finding Your Own Spiritual Path in a Hectic World

Betsy Chasse · Atria Paperback ; Hillsboro, Oregon
Pages: 229
Format: Paperback

Wife, mother, and award-winning producer of the sleeper hit What the Bleep Do We Know!? Betsy Chasse thought she had it all figured out...until she realized she didn't. She didn't know anything about happiness, love, spirituality, or herself...nothing, nada, zilch. In a book that's...
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