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Everyone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? And to what extent does the food industry know, or care, about these vulnerabilities? In Hooked, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss sets out to answer these questions - and to find the true peril in our food.

Drawing on his own long-standing battle with anxiety, Stossel presents an astonishing history, at once intimate and authoritative, of the efforts to understand the condition from medical, cultural, philosophical, and experiential perspectives. He ranges from the earliest medical reports of Galen and Hippocrates, through later observations by Robert Burton and Søren Kierkegaard, to the investigations by great nineteenth-century scientists, such as Charles Darwin, William James, and Sigmund Freud, as they began to explore its sources and causes.

Studies in neuroscience reveal that the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. To stay competitive - academically, economically, and technologically - we need to apply the proven principles of disruptive innovation to our educational system. Disrupting Class will make you rethink your understanding of intelligence, reevaluate your current school program, and reinvigorate your commitment to learning.

What if I told you there was a path you could follow to take back control of your own well-being, rather than have it be controlled by circumstance? Perhaps you have tried psychotherapy but felt it didn’t work or something was missing. Or maybe you have sought spiritual guidance but were left unsure how to apply the ideas to your daily life. You are on a journey to move toward a life that has more consistent happiness and well-being. You want something to change but are not sure how to start.

When questions arise about what the most important factors are that lead to peak performance, we tend to focus on the brain, and center around what and how people think. This brain centric approach ignores the fact that a human being is a system, with all parts acting in harmony, and when out of balance, things tend to go awry. This work is a curation of the best insights on leadership that I have found during the last decade of my research. However, insights are one thing, but actionable information is another altogether.

The Building Bigger Lives Podcast with Michael Regan and Kathryn Pedersen is designed to help professionals in the real estate industry navigate significant changes and find a balance between their business and personal life. The podcast provides real-world experiences and practical advice to industry professionals.

What's Your Personality Type features a new approach to understanding yourself and others. You can use it to better communicate with others, improve your relationships in your personal life and at work, increase your business, and just have fun. It’s based on knowing the types of dogs you and others like the most and least. You can use this system both for personal growth and self-development and in business to better deal with customers, clients, and co-workers and build a more effective team.

Are you ready to become a better speaker and overcome your fear of public speaking? Have you experienced stage fright? For anyone listening to this book, as much as public speaking may challenge you, you likely don’t have much of a problem with normal speaking in interactions at work, school, and in your social life. You may not be a perfect conversationalist, but you don’t break into a cold sweat just thinking about talking with coworkers, other students, or friends at a café.