Tag: Books
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Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World
The simple mindfulness techniques at the heart of Mindfulness for Creativity dissolve anxiety and stress and have been proven to enhance creativity, problem solving and decision making – skills that are needed not only by ‘creatives’ but by anyone who wants to optimize their work, life and overall wellbeing. This easy-to-follow, four-week programme takes just […]
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Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
In this major work, Matthieu Ricard presents a global vision based on decades of personal experience and insight, a road map for the 21st century. It is a fresh outlook on an ardent struggle, and one that just might make the world a better place by simultaneously benefiting ourselves and our society. The book paints […]
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The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
The How of Happiness is a comprehensive guide to understanding the elements of happiness based on years of groundbreaking scientific research. It is also a practical, empowering, and easy-to-follow workbook, incorporating happiness strategies, exercises in new ways of thinking, and quizzes for understanding our individuality, all in an effort to help us realize our innate […]
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A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill
“Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill” is a book wrote by Matthieu Ricard that will help you to understand happiness as the deep sense of flourishing that arises from a healthy mind as well as a way of interpreting the world. Happiness in the West is still seen in material terms, as […]
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth
“Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth” shares the results of three decades of research on our notions of happiness covers the most important advances in our understanding of happiness. The book offers readers unparalleled access to the world’s leading experts on happiness as it provides “real world” examples that will resonate with general readers. […]
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The Book That Dismantles “The Myths of Happiness”
In “The Myths of Happiness”, Sonja Lyubomirsky isolates the major turning points of adult life, looking to both achievements (marriage, children, professional satisfaction, wealth) and failures (divorce, financial ruin, illness) to reveal that our misconceptions about the impact of such events is perhaps the greatest threat to our long-term well-being. Lyubomirsky argues that we have […]
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Flourish
From the bestselling author of “Learned Optimism” and “Authentic Happiness” comes a relentlessly optimistic guidebook on finding and securing individual happiness. This book will help you flourish. With this unprecedented promise, internationally esteemed psychologist Martin Seligman begins “Flourish” his first book in ten years and the first to present his dynamic new concept of what […]
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Living the Four Agreements: A life-changing Journey
In the best-selling book “The Four Agreements” Don Miguel Ruiz, based on ancient Toltec wisdom, gives four principles to practice in order to create love and happiness in your life. Adopting and committing to these agreements is simple. Upon reading Don Miguel’s wisdom many people have their eyes opened to a new possibility for living […]
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The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness
Leading scientists and science writers reflect on the life-changing, perspective-changing, new science of human goodness In these pages you will hear from Steven Pinker, who asks, “Why is there peace?”; Robert Sapolsky, who examines violence among primates; Paul Ekman, who talks with the Dalai Lama about global compassion; Daniel Goleman, who proposes “constructive anger”; and […]
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Are We Born Racist?: New Insights from Neuroscience and Positive Psychology
Where do our prejudices come from? Why are some people more biased than others? Is it possible for individuals, and society as a whole, to truly defeat prejudice? In these pages, leading scientists, psychologists, educators, activists, and many others offer answers, drawing from new scientific discoveries that shed light on why and how our brains […]