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Vivian Gornick's relationship with her mother is difficult. At the age of forty-five, she regularly meets her mother for strolls along the streets of Manhattan. Occasionally they'll hit a pleasant stride - fondly recalling a shared nostalgia or chuckling over a mutual disgust - but most often their walks are tinged with contempt, irritation, and rages so white hot her mother will stop strangers on the street and say, 'This is my daughter. She hates me'. Weaving between their tempestuous present-day jaunts and the author's memories of the past, Gornick traces her lifelong struggle for independence from her mother - from growing up in a blue-collar tenement house in the Bronx in the 1940s, to newlywed grad student, to established journalist - only to discover the many ways in which she is (and always has been) her mother's daughter. Fierce Attachments is a searingly honest and intimate memoir about coming of age in a big city, and the perpetual bonds that keep us forever linked to our family. 'Admired, rightly, as "e;timeless"e; and "e;classic"e; . . . Fierce Attachments demands honour as the work of a breathtaking technician.' - Jonathan Lethem 'A fine, unflinchingly honest book . . . The story of an abiding, difficult love, full of grace and fire.' - New York Times 'Brimming with life . . . Fierce Attachments is a work of emotional cartography, charting influences and mapping out a proximate territory of the Self.' - Los Angeles Times 'One hesitates to traffic in such stock reviewer's adjectives as "e;brilliant"e;, "e;an American classic"e;, but there are only so many words with which to say how very good this book is.' - Washington Post

Missing Out is a meditation on reality and opportunity by Adam Phillips.We all have two lives - the life we live and the life of our fantasies. But it is the life unlived - the person we have failed to be - that can trouble and even haunt us. In Missing Out acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips delves into the gap between who we are and who we are not, to discover whether not getting what we want may be the unlikely key to the fully lived life.Praise for Adam Phillips:'"e;Phillipsian"e; would evoke a vivid, paradoxical style that led you to think that you had picked up an idea by the head, only to find you were holding it by the tail' Lisa Appignanesi, Guardian'He's brilliant' John Carey'Phillips radiates infectious charm' Sunday TimesAdam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and the author of several previous books, all widely acclaimed, including On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, Going Sane and Side Effects. His most recent book is On Kindness, which was co-written with historian Barbara Taylor.

Now in its sixth edition, Work Psychology is an accessible and fascinating examination of human behaviour in todays workplace, written by authors who are all experts in their fields. Substantially updated with new material that reflects current research and debate in the area, the text retains its popular blend of theory, research and engaging examples. Covering a broad range of core topics, this text is suitable for undergraduate students in business, management, and psychology as well as those studying for professional qualifications. This new sixth edition offers you: A clear and consistent structure, including an opening and closing case study and other exercises within each chapter to help you to apply what youve learnt. Attractive full-colour design that aids navigation and enlivens the text. Extensive coverage of cross-cultural issues that reflects the increasingly global context of work. Learning outcomes, long and short self-test questions, a glossary, annotated further reading and weblinks to enable your learning within and beyond the textbook. All the latest research and hot topics in the field of work psychology. A new Key debate feature that directs you to key controversies and contemporary debate around work psychology today. A new Research methods in focus feature that de-mystifies and illustrates with examples the use of strong research methods in practice. A new Point of integration feature which clearly links the theories between chapters, allowing for a greater understanding of the topic as a whole. Additional material for lecturers is available at www.pearsoned.co.uk/workpsychAbout the authorsWritten and edited by authors who are all expert teachers and researchers in their fields, Work Psychology offers a clear and authoritative introduction to human behaviour in the workplace. John Arnold is Professor of Organisational Behaviour in the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University. Ray Randall is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University. With expert contributions from co-authors: Fiona Patterson Founder Director of the Work Psychology Group, Principal Researcher the University of Cambridge and Visiting Professorship at City University London. Joanne Silvester Professor of Psychology, Cass Business School, City University London. Ivan Robertson Founder Director of Robertson Cooper Ltd and Emeritus Professor of Work & Organizational Psychology, Manchester Business School. Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Behaviour & Health, Alliance Manchester Business School, and President of the British Academy of Management. Bernard Burnes Professor of Organisational Change, Stirling Management School. Don Harris Professor of Human Factors in the Centre for Mobility and Transport, Coventry University. Carolyn Axtell Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Work Psychology, Sheffield University Management School.

';The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.' Oprah Winfrey The #1 national bestseller from the host of IYANLA: Fix My Life that answers the question: What's love got to do with it in the meantime?You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know exactly what you want in life, but what you want is nowhere in sight. Perhaps your vision is unclear, your purpose still undefined. On top of it all, your relationships, particularly your romantic relationships, are failing. If these scenarios feel familiar way down in the deepest part of your gutthen you, my dear, are smack dab in the middle of the meantime. Every living being wants to experience the light of love. The problem is that our windows are dirty! The windows of our hearts and minds are streaked with past pains and hurts, past memories and disappointments. In this book, Iyanla Vanzant teaches us how to do our mental housekeeping so that we can clean the windows, floors, walls, closets, and corners of our minds. If we do a good job, our spirits will shine bringing in the light of true love and happiness.

Better than happiness, positivity will boost your life, not just your smileOne of the leading members of the positive psychology movement draws on cutting-edge research and lab-tested tools to explain: *; Why positivity is more important than happiness *; How it relieves depression, broadens minds, and builds lives *; How to tap into your own sources of positivity With Positivity, you'll learn to see new possibilities, bounce back from setbacks, connect with others, and become the best version of yourself.

Instinktiv bueskydning er en gammel disciplin, hvor buen skydes uden sigtemidler. De fleste skytter oplever at opbygge en refleks som i daglig tale kaldes targetpanic eller pletskræk. Denne betingede refleks som her er døbt om til Archers-reflex, er svær at afkode og mange skytter på alle plan døjer dagligt med ikke at have kontrol over deres skydning. Gennem bogen kommer forfatteren med en metode, der både forklarer denne refleks indgående, men også hvordan det er muligt at afkode den.

Mindfulness og leg på institutionen er: 1. Børn og voksnes ro, nærvær og opmærksomhed i hverdagen 2. Konkrete nærværsøvelser til børn og voksne 3. Styrkede børnefællesskaber og inklusion 4. Legegrupper med mindfulness og neuroaffektiv udviklingspsykologi til støtte af udsatte børn Mindfulness kan lege børn mere robuste, i de udfordringer de nu kan have hver især. Mindfulness og leg hjælper til naturligt gearskifte, de får hjælp til indre ro og kontakt til sig selv i en hektisk hverdag samt til at indgå i sociale relationer. Børnene får redskaber, som de senere i skolen og i livet kan bruge til at berolige sig selv, og finde tillid til at de kan håndtere modgang. I bogen får du en pixiudgave af neuroaffektiv udviklingspsykologi (den følelsesmæssige hjernes udvikling). Her finder du en kort beskrivelse af udviklingsområderne i hver hjernedel og forslag til kategorier af lege og øvelser, så det bliver til en form for legepædagogik, du kan inddrage i legegrupper. Du får konkrete forslag og vejledning. Bogen indeholder en introduktion til mindfulness for voksne med øvelser til dig selv personligt og til dit pædagogiske nærvær. Dit nærvær er grundlaget for børns nærvær, ro og opmærksomhed. Du får en legeliste med forslag til mindfulness og leg, der understøtter nærvær i hverdagen, støtter inklusion og udsatte børn.

Er du stresset?Lær at ændre dine reaktioner på stressDu kan ikke helt undgå stress i dit liv, men du kan lære at ændre din reaktion på stress. Jeppe Laponnel kender kun stressen alt for godt. Han har selv taget hele turen - fra at være en meget succesfuld leder - til et sort hul med stress og depression - og op igen. I denne bog fortæller han dig sin historie - åbent og ærligt. Han giver dig samtid en masse værktøjer til at håndtere din stress. Værktøjer der kan gøre dig mere immun overfor stress. Han viser dig ny måder at se din stress på og lærer dig et fantastisk effektivt værktøj du kan bruge fra dag ét. Et værktøj der vil kunne give din en masse styrke til at kunne håndtere stress. Jeppe Laponnel har været direktør for en af Danmark hurtigst voksende virksomheder. I 2004 fik han Dansk Markedsføringspris, og fik samme år prisen som Årets Aalborg Europæer. Efter mange år med al for meget stress og pres knækkede filmen til sidst for ham.

A clinical examination of the ways in which early neglect can impact adults throughout their lives, and suggestions for therapists on how to help.

Carl Gustav Jung pioneered the transformative potential of the deep unconscious. Psychedelic substances provide direct and powerful access to this inner world. How, then, might Jungian psychology help us to better understand the nature of psychedelic experiences? And how might psychedelics assist the movement toward psychological transformation described by Jung? Jungian depth psychology and psychedelic psychotherapy are both concerned with coming to terms with unconscious drives, complexes, and symbolic images. Unaware of significant evidence for the safe clinical use of psychedelic drugs, Jung himself remained wary of psychedelics and staunchly opposed their therapeutic use. His bias has prevented Jungians from objectively considering the benefits as well as the risks of using psychedelics for psychological healing and growth. Confrontation with the Unconscious intertwines psychedelic research, personal accounts of psychedelic experiences, and C. G. Jung's work on trauma, the shadow, psychosis, and psychospiritual transformation - including Jung's own confrontation with the unconscious - to show the relevance of Jung's penetrating insights to the work of Stanislav Grof, Ann Shulgin, Ronald Sandison, Margot Cutner, among other psychedelic and transpersonal researchers, and to demonstrate the great value of Jung's penetrating insights for understanding difficult psychedelic experiences and promoting safe and effective psychedelic exploration and psychotherapy.

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From the bestselling author of Radiant

A beautiful, intimate exploration of female sexuality and the female body photographed in a swinger club in the city where Gullberg lives. For her the work was to expand her idea of herself and her sexuality.

Find out how to customize, interpret and apply the wisdom of tarot to enhance every area of your life - your career, finances, relationships, and more.Get to know each card in detail - meet The Magician, who encourages you to trust in your abilities; connect with the nurturing instincts of The Empress; feel the confidence of The Chariot - and explore the meanings of each card for you.Discover how tarot readings can illuminate your unique path and lead to tangible, positive actions that you can apply day to day.Let Tarot guide you on a journey of self-knowledge and self-fulfilment.

Ever feel like you''re so busy and stressed that you forget to breathe? This book is for all of us struggling on with the multiple demands of jobs that never seem to end and the complexities of home lives. All of which can lead to exhaustion, unhappiness, burn-out or depression--this book offers a road map of practical, effective solutions.This book is for people who are struggling with the multiple demands of jobs that never seem to end and the complexities of their home lives. Struggling on without thinking through how to make it work can lead to exhaustion, unhappiness, burn-out or depression. No Time To Breathe presents practical ideas that come out of Dr Bill Mitchell''s clinical experience in getting people back to a zone of better energy, balance, fulfillment and more balanced ways of thinking about themselves. Through case studies of the everyday lives of people in many walks of professional life, we see how many of us can accidentally set off down a pathway that takes us away from our previously healthy robust selves--often without recognizing it. When we can no longer stabilize our emotions and protect our energy we become overwhelmed, and rather than confident become self-doubting, guilty and anxious. This book describes three key building blocks of a balancing system to keep us within the energized healthy zone, in spite of the pressures we are under at work and at home. These are: self-awareness, an understanding of the physiology of energy, and a willingness to lead a more decisions-based life for better balance and effective working. Together, these form an overarching empowered mindset, freeing us from the mental habits that lead us to de-prioritize time for ourselves. And leading to far happier outcomes than feeling trapped and helpless, or walking away from career paths into which we have invested years of our lives.

A guide to our anxious minds; offering a route to calm, self-compassion and mental well-being Far more than we tend to realise, we're all - in private - deeply anxious.

This highly influential work--now in a revised and expanded third edition incorporating major advances in the field--gives clinicians, educators, and students a new understanding of what the mind is, how it grows, and how to promote healthy development and resilience.

Appropriate for all upper-level courses in basic principles, applications, and behavioral research methods. This text provides an accurate, comprehensive, and contemporary description of applied behavior analysis in order to help students acquire fundamental knowledge and skills.Applied Behavior Analysis provides a comprehensive, in-depth discussion of the field, offering a complete description of the principles and procedures for changing and analyzing socially important behavior. The 3rd Edition features coverage of advances in all three interrelated domains of the sciences of behavior?theoretical, basic research, and applied research. It also includes updated and new content on topics such as negative reinforcement (Ch. 12), motivation (Ch. 16), verbal behavior (Ch. 18), functional behavioral assessment (Ch. 25), and ethics (Ch. 29).

"I can't tell anyone, so I tell everyone", wrote Frigyes Karinthy1 in one of his poems, lending his voice to all those who hide silently behind their actions before deciding to take up a pen and expose their thoughts. To be able to do this, to "tell everyone", one has to ignore the time-honoured adage: "A secret life is a happy life". But the desire to "have one's say" triumphs over the fear of confronting the world with all its dangers, real or imaginary. A psychoanalyst who undertakes to go over the course of her professional life and presents the ideas connected with it will, of course, revive certain memories. To be able to speak about herself, the analyst, like everyone else, must overcome some resistance. Analytic practice is based on the ability to listen, to remain attentive to the other. However, an analyst can only listen to those who come to him in search of themselves if he listens to himself. Immersion into the patient's past causes his own past to resurface. By changing the internal narration, the analysis makes it possible to carve out a place for oneself in the world. The psychoanalyst chooses this practice out of a desire to understand, but as the author of the present work points out, at times he must also be able to accept his own inability to understand, or the fact that he may misunderstand. The practice of psychoanalysis gives rise to questions formulated in discussions with colleagues.

This follow-up to Still Pickled After All These Years brings even more laugh-out-loud looks at the daily life of Earl and Opal Pickles; their divorced daughter, Sylvia; and their dog, Roscoe.Growing old is great fun when you keep your sense of humor and never forget the wonder and energy of childhood. Let''s Get Pickled!, the latest collection of Pickles cartoons, feeds on unconditional love-of pets, old friends, and, of course, family-to provide zinger-filled humor. Earl and Opal, a wise-but-spunky loving couple, have been married for 50-plus years. The Pickles'' 30-something remarried daughter and her son round out this sweet intergenerational comic that appeals to both sexes and all age groups. Pickles appears in almost 500 newspapers and has steadily grown in popularity since its debut 16 years ago. Readers nationwide turn to the strip again and again for its good-natured wit and wry humor.

"The best book on change I've ever read..." (Bank CEO)"The best book on change in fifteen years, perhaps longer..." (Organization Development consultant)Leaders need guidance on leading change grounded in the latest science, not 20th-century myths. In this updated 2019 edition of The Science of Organizational Change, Paul takes us on a journey from change mythology, from New Age change ideas, from "reports in drawers", and from pop psychology up to the present. In the first comprehensive treatment of behavioral science in business, you'll learn which cognitive biases caused the 2008 Financial Crisis, Enron, and the Deepwater Horizon. Later in the book, you'll discover how evidence-based management is helping leading businesses including Google.The author's 30-year career, scholarly approach, but without dry academic writing make this book a must-read for all managers interested in change. Few authors incorporate findings from psychology, sociology, medicine, philosophy of science, ethics, public policy, economics, and mathematics into books on change. Fewer still do it in an interesting way.Read case studies from Cisco, Intel, Nokia, BP, Shell, Barclays, British Airways, Comcast, and PwC - all former clients of the author where he advised at C-suite level.

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Art mirrors our inner state in ways that are meaningful and mysterious. Creativity is central to feeling alive. Nancy Hillis, M.D. Are you an artist tired of feeling blocked from expressing onto the canvas the art that lives deep within you?It's later than you think. You don't want to come to your final moments regretting your un-lived dreams.You've got paintings inside you waiting to be expressed. You know that, while you could keep repeating what's worked before in your art, this is a kind of soul death.You want to experiment, take risks and explore your deepest self expression.You want to wrestle down your self doubts and inner criticism and finally create the paintings of your dreams- paintings that wow and astonish you. You want to express YOU in your art.You don't want to play it safe anymore. The worst thing you could do as an artist is to avoid experimentation.Art is about exploring wonder and the unknown, the terra incognita of the soul.Painting is a mirror. It brings up everything, especially fear and yearning. Slay self doubt and say YES to your artist's journey.Overcome your fears to live your deepest life.Explore, experiment and create the art of your dreams on your inner journey of creation and self expression.Paint with confidence and finally express YOU in your art. Have you always dreamed of being an artist?Why put off following your dreams?Are you ready to set out on a journey of self-discovery? To develop strength, clarity, and skill as an artist? The time to create your art is NOW. Whether you dream of loosening up and exploring creativity, expressing yourself, healing and becoming whole, experimenting with paints, colors, and techniques, or surprising yourself with your art-The Artist's Journey is your step-by-step guide to bold self-expression. The Artist's Journey teaches you how one mindset shift will transform your experience of creating art one secret studio practice will ignite your creativity two technical game changers will take your art to the next level one concept will help you create your deepest, most personal art The Artist's Journey written by artist, author and Stanford trained existential psychiatrist Nancy Hillis, M.D. is an inspirational exhortation with psychological and philosophical underpinnings, to move you closer and closer to your deepest self expression in your art and life.If you want a comprehensive, clearly explained, psychologically sophisticated map and self-help guidebook for your creative self-expression, start here with The Artist's Journey. Start your journey of self expression today. Say YES to finally expressing your deepest art, art that expresses you.Invest in YOU. Grab the book and devour it as if your creative life depends upon it. Scroll up and order the book.

At the age of fifty-four, Adrian Adger-church minister in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and recently married-discovered he had inoperable, incurable cancer. He was full of questions:Why me? Is God punishing me? Is my life effectively over? Should I pray for healing? Will I ever know joy again? By sharing his journey with us, Adrian explains the extraordinary difference that Jesus Christ has made to him as he faces a bleak diagnosis. Although Adrian is facing cancer, he is 'standing tall'-and not only because he is over 6 foot 7 inches tall.This book will encourage and help anyone who is facing cancer themselves and point them to the God who will see them through the darkest struggles because he loves and cares for them."With courageous and vivid honesty, Adrian answers many challenging questions that people, including Christians, often confront when they discover they have incurable cancer."Dr Cherith Semple, Cancer Care Specialist