Self Help Psychology

The Beasts in Your Brain is a guide and companion equally for you and your loved ones, here to provide that essential first dose of information, understanding, and validation about mental illness and how it affects the young people of today.

A pioneering music educator reveals how music can supercharge early childhood development - and how parents and educators can harness its power.

Combining six decades of clinical experience with cutting-edge research, two acclaimed leaders in the field of psychology have developed a revolutionary approach to happiness - one that's accessible and practical enough to apply at home, yet powerful enough to create a profoundly positive transformation in our lives.

The author of Learned Optimism discusses what someone can and cannot change about his or herself and talks about developing the skills to change and the skills to cope.

What if there were parts of our minds which we never use but, if awakened, could make us so much happier, connected and alive? What if awakening those parts could bring peace to the conflicts and struggles we all go through? From the cutting edge, where therapy meets neuroscience, Steve Biddulph explores the new concept of 'supersense' - the feelings beneath our feelings - which can guide us to a more awake and free way of living every minute of our lives.

Todo lo que queremos lograr está al otro lado de la comunicación de calidad. Ya sea que se trate de una pareja romántica perfecta o de un gran ascenso laboral, debemos ejercer influencia y carisma para lograr estos objetivos. ¿Y qué pasa si estás hablando, pero no aparecen resultados? Es fácil culpar al mundo exterior, pero la solución puede ser tan simple como ponerse de pie.

As the focus of family has turned to the glow of the screen - children constantly texting their friends, parents working online around the clock - everyday life is undergoing a massive transformation. Easy availability to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from the unsavory aspects of adult life. Parents often feel they are losing a meaningful connection with their children. Children are feeling lonely and alienated. The digital world is here to stay, but what are families losing with technology's gain?

If you're like many parents, you may wonder what's going on inside your child's mind when they throw a temper tantrum, refuse to cooperate, or become overly excited. Written by two experts in child development and education, The Emotionally Intelligent Child offers a groundbreaking approach for understanding your child's behavior in the context of their development, as well as tips for parenting with compassion, and strategies for helping your child build emotional intelligence—a key element of success in today's world.

Imagine how different your life would be if you truly knew how to harness the gifts of being a highly empathetic person. An empath will often experience somewhat psychic tendencies which branch into the quantum and metaphysical realms. The jury may still be out regarding the validity of these claims; what isn't in doubt is the highly empathetic nature of these people. But most are not equipped with the right mental tools and techniques to defend against the inevitable negative energy they will absorb.

In 1979, Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana was awarded a national research grant and Smith-Kline Medical Perspective Fellowship to develop an instrument for measuring human hope, with the purpose of detecting hopelessness early enough in troubled human individuals so assistance could be offered in time to prevent suicide. The Hope Index Scale (HIS) that resulted from this grant became very popular with Fortune 500 companies and other institutions both in the US and in other countries. This led to the foundation of decades of research that ultimately resulted in this cutting-edge book.

Did you know you can completely get rid of anxiety, panic attacks, and depression without using any medication? Have you heard about the vagus nerve and what it can do to your health? If you want to know more, read on...The vagus nerve is the longest in the human body, running from the head to the abdomen. Many researchers now believe that the vagus nerve might be the solution to all human health issues.

When the discipline of Positive Psychology—the study of what makes people happy—was founded, it quickly gained universal appeal. Now psychology professor and psychotherapist Arlene Matthews Uhl gathers all the current research in the study of happiness and helps listeners apply it to their everyday lives.

The search for hope is most urgent at the patient's bedside. The Anatomy of Hope takes us there, bringing us into the lives of people at pivotal moments when they reach for and find hope, or when it eludes their grasp. Through these intimate portraits, we learn how to distinguish true hope from false, why some people feel they are undeserving of it, and whether we should ever abandon our search.

Millions of adults and children are discovering that the reason they can't seem to get organized, stop procrastinating, sit still, pay attention, and finish what they started is not a lack of self-discipline but, rather, an inborn neurological condition: Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD.

If you're struggling with feelings of anxiety, depression, or insecurities, then Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may be the answer for you. Mindfulness is a skill that anyone can attain. CBT has been used to combat many conditions and disorders, and give the person a greater degree of control over their emotions and greater awareness of themselves and their issues.

Selfishness is perhaps the world's most controversial, undesirable, and misunderstood trait—particularly for women. In our lives, we bend over backward to avoid this stigmatizing label. But what if we didn't? Dr. Sunita Osborn challenges what we think we know about selfishness. With radical candor and bold humor, she dispels the myths and distortions that surround the fundamental psychological concepts of self-care, self-trust, self-love, and self-discipline, explaining how these terms have become empty badges of honor because of social media, societal norms, and our upbringings.

This book is designed as a practical modern day guide for people who get nervous in everyday life and want to overcome that personality trait. It offers background, outlines, understanding, and a variety of solutions including a 15-step self-help formula. As you listen and relate to the information elements are designed to resonate with you so you can take some inspired action to alleviate your nervousness once and for all.

This book is about self-discipline and self-esteem.

This book is about self-confidence and self-containment.