Kategoria BISAC: Self-Help >> Emotions

I m trying to meditate one day but urgent thoughts keep intruding. Don t forget to take cupcakes to school I have to prepare for my presentation for the wellness conference Is that lunch with the other moms tomorrow or next week? My to-do list is stampeding through my mind, trampling any chance of tranquility. I feel overwhelmed, yes, but there s more: I feel guilty. Guilty that I m taking on too much, guilty that I m not doing anything well, guilty that I m giving short shrift to my kids, my husband, my job. And what about you, Mallika? a quiet voice asks. How are you...

We have inherited a brain that seeks respect and attention as if your life depended on it. The mammal brain rewards you with the nice calm feeling of serotonin when you get respect and attention. But serotonin is quickly metabolized and you have to do more to get more. Each brain tries to get it in ways that worked before because past serotonin surges built a pathway in your brain. This is why mammals are so eager for social power, and see obstacles to social power as survival threats.

Mammals live in groups for protection from predators, but group life is frustrating....

In this rags-to-riches memoir of finding your way and becoming a man, Blaine Lourd renders his childhood in rural Louisiana- with his larger-than-life father, Harvey "Puffer" Lourd, Jr., a charismatic salesman during the exploding 1980s awl bidness. From cleaning a duck to drinking a beer, Puffer guides Blaine through the twists and turns of growing up, ultimately pointing him to a poignant truth:...

The truth is it's all YOU- Your fears, your worries your doubts and your beliefs. Your inner bitch, Betty has been busy gathering evidence and building proof around some silly ideas you picked up that have now become the so-called 'truth' for you.

One Question... How's that working for you?

It wasn't working for Marnie Kay and after one life-changing event she was forced to question the things she has always simply known and accepted to be true. What if they weren't true? What else is now possible?

Her need to understand how we work and how we can become the creator...

Living with adult ADHD can feel like you're in a constant battle with your brain.

Every day, you have to fight to stay in control, to meet your obligations, to not screw up--forget actually living up to your potential. But what you might not know about, and what's even more damaging, is the constant, corrosive emotional stress of a lifetime spent wondering what the hell is wrong with you.

In Focused Forward: Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD, author and self--proclaimed "ADHD-er" James M. Ochoa, LPC goes beyond the...

For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to...

For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to...