We all spend a huge amount of energy trying to get the people in our lives to listen to us, and despite our best efforts, we often fail. But what if the secret to influencing other was in first accepting them?
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing on ancient wisdom and new science. Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now. Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a coll…
Turtle wants to hide in his shell. It’s Sports Day and he keeps coming in last place, but his teacher is proud of him anyway. Can Turtle find something to be proud of even if he doesn’t win? This rhyming story shows that every achievement is important, no matter how big or small, and reminds readers that winning isn’t only about coming first.
Are we true individuals... or do we all conform? What makes us remember and why do we forget? How can we really measure intelligence? Questions like these underpin the work of the world's major thinkers and experimenters in the fascinating field of psychology
Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer's disease? Is there such a thing as a 'cancer personality'? In this groundbreaking book, Dr Gabor Maté shows how emotional stress and hidden trauma play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, cancer, and many other serious conditions. Drawing on decades of cli…
We're told that to achieve more we need to work longer, focus harder, sacrifice more. But it's a lie.Because the secret to true productivity isn't graft. It's joy.In this revolutionary book, Ali Abdaal, Cambridge-educated doctor and the world's most-followed productivity expert, offers a scientifically proven way to get more done - by finding radical pleasure in everything you do. He starts by …
Ini adalah kisah perjalanan penemuan diri. Hal yang tidak sederhana di tengah kondisi hidup yang serba cepat dan cenderung melekat dengan berbagai konstruksi sosial yang ada di dalam masyarakat. Shahnaz mulai menyadari pentingnya memperlambat langkah dan melatih untuk melihat ke dalam diri, mendengarkan tubuh; saat masuk usia 30an. Perjalanan menemukan diri adalah praktik berkelanjutan yang …
Change can begin right now. The tools is dynamic, result-oriented practice that aims to deliver relief from persistent problems and restore control-and hope to readers right away.
Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Maté is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology – and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds is a must-read for pa…