The emotion trap

This is what can happen when your emotions are controlling your behaviour. Our thoughts, feelings and behaviour are all connected and if we start by changing our behaviour, a change in thoughts and feelings will follow. In this practical and engaging guide, Swedish psychologist Siri Helle breaks down core principles of psychology into accessible, relatable tips to help you break free from em…

Surrounded by psychopaths

Charming, charismatic, and delightful or manipulative, self-serving, and cunning? Psychopaths are both and that's exactly what makes them dangerous. Bestselling author of the international phenomenon Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson reveals how to identify the psychopaths in your life and combat their efforts to control and manipulate.

Be the unicorn ; jadilah unik dan luar biasa

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9786230420214

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144 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

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158 VAN b

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