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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
NADINE BURKE HARRIS · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress leads to lifelong health problems and what we can do to break the cycle. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego - a boy who had stopped growing... |
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Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.
Rebecca Soffer · Harper Wave Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by the website that the New York Times hailed as "redefining mourning," this book is a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original... |
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The Love Gap: A Radical Plan to Win in Life and Love
Jenna Birch · Grand Central Life & Style Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A research-based guide to navigating the newest dating phenomenon--"the love gap"--and a trailblazing action plan to help smart, confident, career-driven women find (and keep) their match.For a rising generation young women, the sky is the limit. Women can be anything and have... |
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Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena
Rodney Stark · Templeton Press Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Why is it that the majority of people, from all socio-economic, education, and ethnic backgrounds, ascribe to some sort of faith? What draws us to religion? What pushes us away? And what exactly is religion anyway? Defining religion over the past century has, ironically, led to theories... |
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Passing Judgment: Praise and Blame in Everyday Life
TERRI APTER · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Terri Apter reveals how everyday judgments impact our relationships and how praise, blame, and shame shape our sense of self.Do you know that praise is essential to the growth of a healthy brain? That experiences of praise and blame affect how long we live? That the conscious and unconscious... |
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The Stress Test: How Pressure Can Make You Stronger and Sharper
Ian H Robertson · Bloomsbury Paperbacks Pages: 241 Format: Paperback
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From a world-respected neuroscientist, an eye-opening study of why we react to pressure in the way we do and how to be energized rather than defeated by stress.Why is it that some people shine brilliantly at public speaking while others stumble with their words and seem on the verge of an anxiety... |
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Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving
Julia Samuel · Scribner Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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An instant bestseller in the UK, Grief Works is a profoundly optimistic and compassionate handbook for anyone suffering a loss - from the expected death of a parent to the sudden death of a child or spouse - as well as a guide for those who want to help their grieving loved ones.Death affects... |
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Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
Mark Epstein · Penguin Press Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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Renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Mark Epstein presents a how-to guide rooted in two traditions, Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, devoted to maximizing the human potential for living a better lifeOur ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better,... |
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Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride
David DeSteno · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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A pioneering psychologist reveals how three emotions can provide the surest, quickest route to success in any realm. A string of bestsellers have alerted us to the importance of grit - an ability to persevere and control one's impulses that is so closely associated with greatness.... |
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