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Thousands of people every day endure stress from their jobs. Many jobs put pressure on their staff to exceed goals or meet metrics. If the job requirements aren't challenging enough, employees are often restricted with job flexibility. Employees are often monitored, lunches are prescheduled, and if that isn't bad enough, occurrences are given to employees if they call in sick. All these factors contribute to job-related stress which puts a strain...
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Apply practical strategies from the latest expert research to change the way you think and react to feelings of anger. Apply practical strategies from the latest expert research to change the way you think and react to feelings of anger.Do you (or does someone you know) have a problem with anger? Perhaps you've been told you do, but you're skeptical. Anger can be a healthy emotion, but when we direct it outwards towards others, or fail to use it constructively,...
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If you're a man who struggles with binge eating, emotional eating, stress eating, or if you repeatedly manage to lose weight only to gain it all back, you may be approaching things with the wrong mindset.Most contemporary thought on overeating and bingeing focuses on healing and self-love—a very feminine approach. But men who've overcome food and weight issues often report it was more like capturing and caging a rabid dog than learning to love their...
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Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.
After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help
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"No one needs to be told that our lives are filled with more anxiety than ever before. We know it. Our bodies can feel it. The questions we really need to answer "Why?" and "Is there anything we can do about it?" Dr. John Delony decided to get to the root of the issue by mapping out a plan to understand where our anxiety is coming from and the actions we can take to change it (because he's been there too). Over the past twenty years, he's learned...
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Many moments in parenting seem unavoidable. Your preschooler will throw fits. Your third-grader will try to get out of doing homework—even if it means lying. A budding tween will dish out insults. And a teenager will simply take off for who knows where. At each stage, they are trying to test your boundaries (and sometimes your patience). While this may be a natural part of growing up, that doesn't mean any of these actions are acceptable or...
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Through his pithy and inspiring storytelling that has endeared him to millions, New York Times bestselling author Bob Goff reassures readers that they can harness today's distractions, follow Jesus' example, and find focus, purpose, and joy.
You probably know what it's like to be driving down the road when you suddenly feel the vibration and hear the guh-guh-guh-guh-guh of the rumble strips-those groves in the pavement-warning you that you've drifted...
29) The stress-proof brain: master your emotional response to stress using mindfulness & neuroplasticity
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Modern times are stressful-and it's killing us. Unfortunately, we can't avoid the things that stress us out, but we can change how we respond to them. In this breakthrough book, a clinical psychologist and neuroscience expert offers an original approach to help readers harness the power of positive emotions and overcome stress for good. Stress is, unfortunately, a natural part of life-especially in our busy and hectic modern times. But you don't have...
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In Seeking Serenity, stress columnist Amanda Enayati challenges our long-held assumptions about stress, painting a groundbreaking picture that separates myth from reality when it comes to what is commonly referred to as the plague of modern life. She presents ten revolutionary principles developed from the emerging science and reinforced by literature, philosophy and age-old spiritual wisdom that help us to master stress in the everyday -- a clear...
33) The Anxious Generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...
35) The resilient life: manage stress, prevent burnout, & strengthen your mental and physical health
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"This deeply inspiring book by Dr. Susan Biali Haas, M.D.--a physician, executive coach, and leader in conversations on burnout and mental health--helps you break the cycle of overwhelm and exhaustion by using simple, science-based shifts that restore joy, health, and meaning to your work and life. The world is experiencing unprecedented levels of burnout, stress, and mental health challenges. The inevitable fallout: poorer health, chronic exhaustion,...
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You know you should be meditating, so what's stopping you? This entertaining and enlightening book by the founder of Ziva Meditation will finally take meditation mainstream. Filled with fascinating real-life transformations, interactive exercises, and practical knowledge, Emily Fletcher introduces you to a relevatory daily practice and shows you how to make it work for your modern life.
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Cutting-edge science explains what parents and society need to know about the lifelong consequences of early exposure to stress and adversity. The debate has always been divided between nature and nurture, but as psychology professor Daniel Keating demonstrates, new science points to a third factor that allows us to inherit both the nature and the nurture of previous generations - with significant consequences. As income gaps widen, social inequality...
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When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school--we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling,...
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"No More Fatigue helps those who are ready to get serious about making the necessary changes in their life so that they can feel great and thrive. Dr. Yani Feliciano, award-winning chiropractor and celebrated wellness advisor, has worked with thousands of clients who have wanted more than a life of just getting by. She's guided her clients on how to double their energy and productivity, cut stress levels in half, and improve body functions, all in...