In Party of One, Anneli Rufus has crafted an argument in defense of the loner, then and now. Marshalling a polymath's easy erudition to make her case, assembling evidence from every conceivable arena of culture as well as interviews with experts and loners worldwide and her own …
"We live in such a hyper-connected society today flooded with so much talent and so much noise. Talent alone won't cut it. Whether you're an artist, musician, writer or creator of sorts, to stand out in the world you must be unmistakable. It's the only option. To create unmistak…
"What can dementia, stroke, and other neurological disorders teach us about how the brain creates personal identity and a unified sense of self? In exploring this question, Dr. Todd E. Feinberg offers an intriguing scientific exploration of the neurobiological origins or the sel…
"What can dementia, stroke, and other neurological disorders teach us about how the brain creates personal identity and a unified sense of self? In exploring this question, Dr. Todd E. Feinberg offers an intriguing scientific exploration of the neurobiological origins or the sel…
Exposure anxiety is a crippling condition affecting many people on the autism spectrum. This text describes the condition and its underlying physiological causes, and presents a range of approaches and strategies that can be used to combat it.
Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. To many it is an invisible cage, leaving the person suffering from it aware, but buried alive in their own involuntary responses and isolation. Expo…
Given the current climate of economic and environmental uncertainty, it is all too easy for individuals to feel hopeless about their lives and indifferent to the problems of others. But according to leading psychologist, James Garbarino, this is the peak time for people to enhan…
-- -- If you are ready to stop being hard on yourself, and start showing compassion and understanding, this workbook can help you get started.
"A simple, effective program for mastery of linking yourself, conquering self-doubt, seeing your core worth, rational thinking, body appreciation, affirming thoughts, enlarging possibilities, flop inoculation, forgiving yourself, loving meditation, linking the face in the mirror…
NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is a recognised and validated means of providing expert communication and personal effectiveness in both life and work contexts. It is well used in all contexts and is well established in the business world, but is yet to be widely used in heal…
"This book will assist healthcare professionals to get to know themselves in new and deeper ways and to impact on their practice. The ideas which are featured have the potential to improve levels of healthcare service provided by those who interact with them. It is written to en…
Perhaps the defining feature of humanity is the social condition -- how we think about others, identify ourselves with others, and interact with groups of others. The advances of evolutionary theory, social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations, respectively, as m…
Recently, there has been a renewal of interest in the broad and loosely bounded range of phenomena called deception and self-deception. This volume addresses this interest shared by philosophers, social and clinical psychologists, and more recently, neuroscientists and cognitive…
