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292 pages : color chart ; 21 cm
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English
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"Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University's Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. In his 25 years as an emotion scientist, he has developed a remarkably effective plan to improve the lives of children and adults -- a blueprint for understanding our emotions and using them wisely so that they help, rather than hinder, our success and well-being. The core of his approach is a legacy from his childhood,...
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vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Presents a user-friendly guide to balancing Latino family values and traditions with the many psychological, cultural, and social aspects of living in the United States, offering information on communication, aging, substance abuse, and the value of spirituality.
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xii, 230 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"Highly sensitive people -- or empaths -- see life through the eyes of compassion and caring. They were born that way. As a result, they carry a tremendous amount of inner light. But they're also the favored prey of "vampires" who feed off empaths' energy and disrupt their lives on every level -- physical, emotional, and financial. In Dodging Energy Vampires, Christiane Northrup, M.D., draws on the latest research in this exciting new field, along...
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ix, 277 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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English
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In GO WILD, Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey, MD, and journalist Richard Manning reveal that although civilization has rapidly evolved, our bodies have not kept pace. This mismatch affects every area of our lives, from our general physical health to our emotional wellbeing. Investigating the power of living according to our genes in the areas of diet, exercise, sleep, nature, mindfulness and more, GO WILD examines how tapping into our core...
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324 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how deafness taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in her popular workshops, On Being Human is the story of how a starved person grew into the exuberant woman she was meant to be...
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281 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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This book presents integrative treatment strategies for low mood and depression; offers advice on lifestyle, behavior, and dietary changes; and helps readers assess their own emotional wellness and build personalized plans to manage their moods.
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xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"This revolutionary work outlines the first and only cross-training system for mastering the skill of happiness. Think P90x for the soul. Every day we have a choice: embrace happiness or let it pass us by. But nurturing happiness isn't easy. It takes understanding, guidance, and training. It takes skill to let go of day-to-day stress and inspire our most inner optimist. It takes LIFE XT. In collaboration with some of the world's leading researchers,...
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Eat more steak, drink more whiskey, take more naps, lay off all the kale, and throw out your multivitamins and standing desk. In The Good News About What's Bad For You...The Bad News About What's Good for You author Jeff Wilser shares all the research that allows you to celebrate all your vices and stop feeling bad about not brushing your teeth after eating that extra slice of cake. This book has two sides to it: one sharing all the good news, then...
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" Achieve new levels of peace and mindfulness with this empowering and transformative look at stress. In Seeking Serenity, CNN Health columnist Amanda Enayati examines life in the modern age of anxiety and outlines ten revolutionary principles for living stress free. With more demands than ever, most of us are overwhelmed with an unending stream of communication and constant pressure to do more, creating a destructive cycle of stress. In an enlightened...
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287 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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Tanto si usted sufre de depresion, como si simplemente quiere sentirse mas satisfechos con su vida, el Dr. Andrew Weil esta a punto de cambiar radicalmente sus ideas sobre la felicidad y el gran antagonista de nuestro tiempo: la depresion.
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It's 1994 and Adam, a drug addict from New York City, arrives at a kibbutz in Israel with a medieval sapphire brooch. To make up for a past crime, he needs to get the priceless heirloom to a woman his grandfather loved when he was a Holocaust refugee on the kibbutz fifty years earlier. There Adam joins other troubled people trying to turn their lives around: Ulya, the ambitious and beautiful Soviet emigre ; Farid, the lovelorn Palestinian farmhand...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to us all. Many of us feel trapped in a grind of constant change: rolling news cycles, the chatter of social media, our families split along partisan lines. We feel fearful and tired, on edge in our bodies, not quite knowing what has us perpetually depleted. For Katherine May, this low hum of fatigue and anxiety made her wonder...
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"What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying, and overall healthier lives. In fact, the Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals that the strength of our connections with others can predict the health of both our bodies and our brains as we go through life."--Provided by publisher.
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371 pages : charts ; 24 cm
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Español
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"Una guía optimista y visionaria sobre la búsqueda de la felicidad y el bienestar. En este libro, fruto de su trabajo revolucionario en el campo de la psicología positiva, el Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman presenta su visión sobre el bienestar individual y colectivo. El resultado es un volumen de ideas sobre la felicidad basado en un enfoque científico y en historias exitosas de programas clínicos, pero también un manual práctico para entender nuestras...
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223 pages ; 23 cm
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Español
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"Emociones nutritivas te mostrará el poder de una actitud positiva y te enseñará cómo recurrir a ellas para alcanzar tus sueños más grandes. Nuestra vida emocional es amplia, diversa y muy rica a lo largo de nuestra existencia. Pero si de manera constante y prolongada estamos sometidos solo a emociones negativas, pronto veremos cómo se deteriora nuestro bienestar. Por el contrario, las emociones nutritivas mejoran nuestros vínculos, nuestra...
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206 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"The "Danish coziness" philosophy is fast becoming the new "French living" in terms of aspirational lifestyle books and blogs. There are countless viral articles comparing the happiness levels of Americans versus Danes. Their homes are more homey; their people are more cheerful. It's an attitude that defies definition, but there is a name for this slow-moving, stress-free mindset: hygge (pronounced "hoo-ga"). Hygge values the idea of cherishing yourself:...
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xxxiii, 281 pages ; 25 cm
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"For many of us, our possessions and the lifestyle that goes along with them are causing more stress than happiness -- otherwise known as 'keeping up with the Joneses' or what Alain de Botton calls 'status anxiety.' But James Wallman argues that we are approaching a tipping point with regard to materialism. People are turning away from the endless drive to consume in favor of a simpler, more streamlined way of living ... He interviews anthropologists...
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