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Optimal Outcomes: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life

Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler PhD · Harper Business
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning conflict consultant offers a new path to take when agreement and collaboration seem impossible, and teaches us that when conflict resolution fails, we can achieve freedom instead -- even without others' cooperation. Where can you turn when your attempts to resolve conflict...
 
 
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry

Gillihan, Seth J., PH. D. · Althea Press
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback

In his new book, the author of the bestselling Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Days delivers 10 easy, yet essential strategies for applying CBT to everyday issues with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple.Cognitive behavioral therapy is a proven form of psychotherapy...
 
 
Conspiracy Theories: A Primer

Joseph E. Uscinski · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback

Conspiracy theories are a part of the human condition. Everyone believes at least one, but given the number of conspiracy theories, it is more likely that everyone believes a few. Some people have a worldview defined by them. Conspiracy theories are just another reminder that people disagree...
 
 
What Science Tells Us about Autism Spectrum Disorder: Making the Right Choices for Your Child

Raphael A. Bernier PhD · The Guilford Press
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback

What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ? Can parents do anything to prevent it? Why do different kids have such different symptoms, and what are the best ways to deal with them? Will there ever be a cure? From leading autism researchers Raphael...
 
 
Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Madeline Levine PhD · Harper
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well explores how today's parenting techniques and our myopic educational system are failing to prepare children for their certain-to-be-uncertain future - and how we can reverse course to ensure...
 
 
It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life

Trevor Moawad · HarperOne
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell WilsonFrom a top mental conditioning coach - "the world's best brain trainer" (Sports Illustrated) - who has transformed the lives and careers of elite athletes, business leaders, and military personnel, battle-tested strategies...
 
 
Outsmart Your Anxious Brain: Ten Simple Ways to Beat the Worry Trick

David A. Carbonell PhD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

It's time to outsmart your worry and anxiety. Drawing on the same cutting-edge psychology presented in author David Carbonell's The Worry Trick, this irreverent, on-the-go guide offers ten powerful "counter-intuitive" strategies to help you put worry in its place - anytime,...
 
 
Like a Thief in Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism

Slavoj Zizek · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

The latest book from "the most despicable philosopher in the West" (New Republic) considers the new dangers and radical possibilities set in motion by advances in Big Tech.In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world--changing it almost...
 
 
Fragile Power: Why Having Everything Is Never Enough; Lessons from Treating the Wealthy and Famous

Paul L. Hokemeyer · Hazelden Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

A revealing exploration of people whose wealth, fame, beauty, and social status grant them immense power. Celebrity culture drives us to aspire to be like the few who seem to have figured out how to have it all. But is it possible that they simultaneously have everything and nothing at all?Having...
 
 
Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives

Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age, why we should think about health span, not life span, and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, what...