Featuring real-life stories of people who have found hope and meaning in the midst of life's struggles, Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health is the go-to guide for teenagers who want to know about mental health, mental illness,...
Psychology
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Author:Siebert, MelanieSummary: - Author:Welch, Nancy M., Kersey, Katharine C.Summary:
Russia banned the United States from adopting from their country, and subsequently a flurry of media stories brought attention to the prevalence of severe behavioral and emotional disorders in children adopted from Eastern European...
- Author:Levine, StephenSummary:
In Healing Into Life And Death, Stephen Levine deals directly with the choice and application of treatment, offering original techniques for working with pain and grief, and discusses the development of a merciful awareness as a ...
- Author:Pratt, LauraSummary:
Imbued with longing, erudition and hard-earned wisdom, Heartbroken dares to delve into a universal ordeal—perhaps the one that makes us the most human of all. When Laura Pratt’s long-distance partner of six years tells her “it’s over...
- Author:Sasaki, FumioSummary:
The internationally bestselling author of Goodbye, Things shares insights and practices to help us embrace habits and become the best versions of ourselves. Fumio Sasaki changed his life when he became a minimalist. But before...
- Author:Rebick, JudySummary:
In this riveting memoir, renowned feminist Judy Rebick tells the story of the eleven personalities she developed in order to help her cope with, and survive, childhood sexual abuse. In Heroes in My Head, Rebick chronicles her struggle...
- Author:Yoeli, Erez, Hoffman, MosheSummary:
Moshe Hoffman is a research scientist at the MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Group and lecturer at Harvard's department of economics. His research focuses on using game theory, models of learning and evolution, and experimental...
- Author:Grant, AdamSummary:
"This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress." -...
- Author:Cavanagh, Sarah RoseSummary:
We have always been a social species, and the advent of social media has amplified these tendencies. This can be positive, but it can also create political polarization and promote conspiracy theories. Cavanagh leaves no stone unturned...
- Author:Hamptonstone, Isabelle, Lidster, DougSummary:
A game-changing guide to help hockey players of all ages gain the confidence they need to excel at the sport.
Confidence affects how we deal with stress and how we fulfill our potential to achieve the results we desire. In...
- Author:Kelsey, ElinSummary:
Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom to show why evidence-based hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for change. Kelsey shares real-life examples of positive climate news that reveal the power of our...
- Author:Siegler, Robert S.Summary:
Children and Their Development, Fourth Canadian edition, provides a solid, research-oriented overview of child-development science. Organized topically and in modules, this text focuses on research and theory while making the material...
- Author:Tough, PaulSummary:
Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes, reverses three decades of thinking about what creates successful children, solving the mysteries of why some succeed and others fail--and of how to move individual children toward their full...
- Author:McRaney, DavidSummary:
A brain-bending investigation of why some people never change their minds--and others do in an instant--by the bestselling author of You Are Not So SmartWhat made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a...
- Author:Martin, ClancySummary:
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...
- Author:Severe, SalSummary:
Acclaimed as the essential guide for parents of children between the ages of three and six, this work is based on Dr. Severe's philosophy that children's behavior is often a reflection of their parents'. Each chapter teaches parents to...
- Author:LePera, NicoleSummary:
Most people are stuck living life on autopilot. Are you ready to break free? At the root of all healing work is awakening consciousness, a process of shining light into the darkness of the unknown. In recent years, Dr. Nicole LePera has...
- Author:Stanovich, Keith E.Summary:
This title focuses on applying critical thinking techniques to standard concepts in psychology and teaches students to recognise and critically appraise pseudoscience.
- Author:Ellenhorn, Ross D.Summary:
We all have something we want to change about ourselves. But we feel a sense of failure when we don't succeed. This often sets off a cascade of negative feelings and discouragement, making it even harder to change. Ellenhorn speaks to...
- Author:Muhl, MelanieSummary:
Outsmart Your Impulses and Eat Better A Belgian chocolate cake topped with a velvety homemade mousse catches your eye on the menu. The next thing you know, you've ordered it-despite the hefty price. But do you know why? Through over...
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