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Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Gabor Maté MD - Avery
Format: Paperback

New York Times bestseller! From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. In this breakthrough...
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Why Dance Matters (Why X Matters Series)

Mindy Aloff - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers "[A] smart, bracing book of reflection, analysis, memoir and history." - Willard Spiegelman, Wall Street Journal "A veritable master class."...
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Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice

Judith Lewis Herman MD - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

From one of America's most influential psychiatrists, an "extraordinary" and "profound" (New York Times) manifesto for reimagining justice for survivors of sexual trauma. The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused...
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Overcoming Parental Anxiety: Rewire Your Brain to Worry Less and Enjoy Parenting More

Debra Kissen PhD MHSA - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

Be the calm and collected parent you aspire to be with this powerful, neuroscience-based guide.Do you worry about your child all the time? Maybe they are behind on certain milestones, struggling in school, having difficulty making friends, or heading off to college and away from home for the first...
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Congrats―You're Having a Teen!: Strengthen Your Family and Raise a Good Person

Kenneth R. Ginsburg MD MSEd FAAP - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

A new way of thinking about (and celebrating!) your child during these critical years! Congrats - you' re having a teen! No, really - congratulations! You're entering one of the most exciting, important phases of parenting. These years are your best opportunity to guide your...
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How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

Clancy Martin - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous exploration of why the thought of death is so compulsive for some while demonstrating that there's always another solution - from the acclaimed writer and professor of philosophy, based on his viral essay, "I'm Still Here.""A...
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The Unexpected Gift of Trauma: The Path to Posttraumatic Growth

Dr. Edith Shiro - Harvest
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking approach to healing from trauma and experiencing posttraumatic growth from a leading psychologist, featuring a powerful, five-stage framework to help readers not just recover, but thrive and transform. Trauma has always been part of the human experience, and traumatic events...
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Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live

Kennon M Sheldon - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A renowned psychologist argues that free will is not only real but essential to our well-being It's become fashionable to argue that free will is a fiction: that we humans are in the thrall of animal urges and unconscious biases and only think that we are choosing freely. InFreely...
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The Burnout Challenge: Managing People's Relationships with Their Jobs

Christina Maslach - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover

Two pioneering researchers identify key causes of workplace burnout and reveal what managers can do to promote increased productivity and health.. Burnout is among the most significant on-the-job hazards facing workers today. It is also among the most misunderstood. In particular, we tend...
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Purple Crayons: The Art of Drawing a Life

Ross Ellenhorn - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

In this joyous and inventive rereading of the beloved children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the author of How We Change (And Ten Reasons Why We Don't) celebrates our inherent "sacred originality" and establishes a new framework for self-reliance.In 1955, Crockett...
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