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"The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life - distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke. But this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger....
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Highly sensitive people think deeply, empathize instinctively, and behave in an ethical way that benefits everyone. Today, with the negative effects of "toxic masculinity" and aggressive behavior in evidence all around us, we need highly sensitive people-especially men-more than ever. Yet for men in particular, being highly sensitive brings distinct challenges, such as gender stereotypes that portray them as too emotional or not "manly" enough.
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"The groundbreaking psychologist argues that understanding personality is the key to our well-being. We are all curious about what people are thinking and what makes them tick. This urge to understand others helps us to adapt successfully to the world around us. Now, in Personal Intelligence, the renowned psychologist John D. Mayer reveals that we all possess a type of intelligence -- a master guidance system -- that allows us to understand the motives,...
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"Social justice work, we often assume, is raised voices and raised fists. It requires leading, advocating, fighting, and organizing wherever it takes place -- in the streets, slums, villages, inner cities, halls of political power, and more. But what does social justice work look like for those of us who don't feel comfortable battling in the trenches? Sensitive souls -- including those who consider themselves highly emotional, empathic, or introverted...
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If the viral personality quizzes strewn about our social media accounts are any indication, we are collectively obsessed with the idea of defining and knowing ourselves and our unique places in the world. But what we're finding is this: knowing which famous movie character you are is easy, but actually knowing yourself isn't as simple as just checking a few boxes on an online quiz. Backed by extensive research and illustrated with engaging stories,...
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How thin is the line between good and evil? Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde. But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr Hyde will break free entirely from Dr Jekyll's control puts all...
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Personality disorders are so widely misunderstood that most people who live with them never receive help. This book explores the age-old question of 'What is 'normal'?' to help young adults understand where the line is drawn between healthy and disordered personalities. Mental health experts' current understanding of personality disorders, including causes and treatments, is explained in this engaging text, supplemented with informative sidebars and...
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"Drawing on the same powerful approach outlined in the self-help classic, Stop Walking on Eggshells-which has sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide -- this essential guide offers skills and strategies for parenting a child of any age with borderline personality disorder (BPD). With this book, readers will learn better ways to communicate and improve their relationship with their borderline child, and improve their own lives as parents and individuals"--...
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"From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and...
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Märchen sind Seelenperlen, die besonders in der menschlichen Seele wirken, ohne dass man sie erklären müsste. Weisheitsgeschichten hingegen benötigen den Verstand, um ihm auf sanfte Weise seine festgefahrenen Grenzen vorzuführen und zu zeigen, wie wichtig es für die Entwicklung des Menschen ist, vertrauensvoll über diese Grenzen hinaus zu wachsen. Während die Weisheitsgeschichte mehr für Erwachsene Sinn macht und mit Lebensweisheiten, spirituellen...
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In the spectrum of feminine to masculine ... Where does your type fit? This book is a speculative thought experiment concerning personality types and their place in determining femininity and masculinity attributes of people in society. It's a great read for typology geeks, and it may affect how you see the world. It is a bit "in-the-weeds," and there is math involved, but it's not too scary. Be brave.
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Hasta la selva había llegado la tecnología y estaba inundada de páginas web dirigidas hacía la apología de la delgadez enfermiza.La jirafa Lida vivió con la madre un año, porque desafortunadamente ella fue casada por varios leones hambrientos.Se quedó con su hermana gemela y su padre hasta que fue lo suficientemente grande para cuidarse por sí misma.Deambulaba por la selva unas veces solitaria, otras veces acompañada por sus amigos y, gracias...
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Tú puedes vivir una vida feliz. Una que esté acorde con tu propia personalidad. Todos queremos vivir una vida feliz. Pero la mayor parte del tiempo buscamos la felicidad en el lugar equivocado. Cuando se trata de felicidad, realmente no hay una receta de "talla única" que funcione para todos. Todos somos diferentes. Lo que hace feliz a alguien no puede ser el ideal para otra persona. Esta es la razón por la cual este libro te ofrece cinco caminos...
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Life is strange and hard to get on with. People believe in God to help them get pass any problem, situation, or disease. Well, some diseases are very difficult to understand because they are not just diseases; they are consequences of what people have faced and will be facing in life. Personality Disorders fall into this criteria. They are not diseases; they are just a state of mental disorder which people never tend to take in a positive way.
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Knowing oneself has, no doubt, beneficial effects. Not only for the person concerned, but also for those around them and, by extension, for society as a whole. This is what Nine Sapiens is about, a book that approaches the psychology of personality from an original perspective.
Moving at the intersection between Science and the Enneagram model of personality, this book draws a parallel between the nine personality types and recent breakthroughs in...
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This book describes text book narcissistic abuse. It describes the way I was systematically manipulated by my ex-wife, mother, and sister primarily to believe I had a mental illness that I did not have. My ex-wife worked to manipulate mental health professionals and the family court system to obtain control of finances and our daughter during our divorce process. I describe how confusing this type of abuse is to experience and how to defend against...
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Personality types are included in widely discussed academical disciplines. On our planet Earth, we have almost 7.5 billion people and we can notice each one of them coming up with different personality traits. Personality is a key concept in the making of a human characteristic. Each different personality signifies different types of human beings; they all look at this world with different aspects and approaches. Personality types are discussed in...
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Sociopaths can be found in every facet of life: personal relationships, work, school, and family. Most people have been in a relationship or interacted with more than one sociopath in their lifetime, often not recognizing their danger until it was too late. The Sociopath At the Breakfast Table breaks new ground in the field of abusive relationships. It presents an emerging theory about sociopathic interaction: SEAT, or the "Sociopath-Empath-Apath...
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