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Book Build a Happier Brain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Som Bathla
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-10-16
  • ISBN : 9781700247094
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book Build a Happier Brain written by Som Bathla and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happiness is a Choice You Make. Learn How to Have a Happy Mind. Do you feel stressed and anxious when despite your best efforts, things don't turn out the way you expected? or Do you feel overwhelmed and confused why happiness doesn't last long even if you achieve some of your goals? For most people a generating happiness remains a challenge for as long as alifetime, because they look for happiness at wrong places. They base their happiness solely on material things like money, possessions or other people. They think rich people are happier or their happiness depends on events like new year or celebrations solely. But that's a big happiness myth. Do you want to explore how happiness happens really? In fact happiness starts with you - when you make a choice to become happier. Learn the Psychology, Neuroscience and Art of happiness, Master Powerful Habits and Invite a State of Unconditional Happiness BUILD A HAPPIER BRAIN is both a theory as well as offers a lot of practical ways to be happier. It will enrich your rational brain with psychological theories and neuroscience based on decades of happiness research, and alongside tell you about how of happiness through daily effective habits to invite joy in your personal life, work life and relationships. Peep inside the Happiest Brain, Learn How Happiness Works and Take Charge of Your Happiness Why happiness is the way to a stress-free, healthier, productive and successful life. Most common reasons people are unhappy today and what to do about it. Learn how you are already in top 5% (or maybe 1%) of the world's population, and be instantly happy. Assess your level of happiness currently, and how you fared so far in your life through simple quizzes and assessment. Understand the Happiness, Learn how different human Needs Drive Happiness through Different Behavior How both 'hedonic' (pleasure), and 'eudaimonic' (a life of meaning) aspects of happiness contribute together a life of ultimate joy and fulfilment. Learn 5 key aspects to generate lasting happiness four life. Learn 3 different theories of human needs that drive your behavior and action to enhance the level of your happiness. Learn the Neuroscience to generate Happiness Chemicals and Become Happier Instantly Know about 4 neurochemicals that generate happiness in your brain. How you can generate a daily happiness DOSE of your brain chemicals by following simple practices. Daily 30 Minutes Routine to Take Control of Your personal Happiness. Simple Habits for Happiness at Work and with Family and Friends. You don't need any happy brain supplements, rather you needs the habits of a happy brain. Learn 7 happiness habits to make yourself happier in your personal life. Learn how to be happier in relationship and at work with a dozen habits. Learn how to be happier in life unconditionally with these 4 pillars of unconditional happiness. A great happiness quote from Dalai Lama: "Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." You deserve a most joyful life, if you know how to experience it and take the right actions. Treat BUILD A HAPPIER BRAIN as your happiness workbook and guide to learn and implement practical habits will immediately put you on the path to invite happiness starting TODAY. Go Ahead and A Make Choice to Become Happier by Clicking on the Buy Button on the Top of this page.

Book Keep Sharp

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sanjay Gupta
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2021-01-05
  • ISBN : 1501166751
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Keep Sharp written by Sanjay Gupta and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our minds sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers “the book all of us need, young and old” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) with insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age. Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and mental decline, explores whether there’s a “best” diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it’s healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or to engage in more social interaction. Discover what we can learn from “super-brained” people who are in their eighties and nineties with no signs of slowing down—and whether there are truly any benefits to drugs, supplements, and vitamins. Dr. Gupta also addresses brain disease, particularly Alzheimer’s, answers all your questions about the signs and symptoms, and shows how to ward against it and stay healthy while caring for a partner in cognitive decline. He likewise provides you with a personalized twelve-week program featuring practical strategies to strengthen your brain every day. Keep Sharp is the “must-read owner’s manual” (Arianna Huffington) you’ll need to keep your brain young and healthy regardless of your age!

Book Hardwiring Happiness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rick Hanson, PhD
  • Publisher : Harmony
  • Release : 2016-12-27
  • ISBN : 0385347332
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Hardwiring Happiness written by Rick Hanson, PhD and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this. Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism. Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. You’ll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.

Book You  Happier

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  • Author : Daniel G. Amen, MD
  • Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
  • Release : 2022-03-22
  • ISBN : 1496454553
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book You Happier written by Daniel G. Amen, MD and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen reveals the seven neuroscience secrets to becoming more than 30 percent happier in just 30 days—regardless of your age, upbringing, genetics, or current situation. Happiness is a brain function. With a healthier brain always comes a happier life. After studying more than 200,000 brain scans of people from 155 countries, Dr. Amen has discovered five primary brain types and seven neuroscience secrets that influence happiness. In You, Happier, he explains them and offers practical, science-based strategies for optimizing your happiness. Dr. Amen will teach you how to discover your brain type based on your personality and create happiness strategies best suited to you; improve your overall brain health to consistently enhance your mood; protect your happiness by distancing yourself from the “noise” in your head; and make seven simple decisions and ask seven daily questions to enhance your happiness. Creating consistent happiness is a daily journey. In You, Happier, Dr. Amen walks you through neuroscience-based habits, rituals, and choices that will boost your mood and help you live each day with clearly defined values, purpose, and goals.

Book Habits of a Happy Brain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Loretta Graziano Breuning
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2015-12-16
  • ISBN : 1440590508
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Habits of a Happy Brain written by Loretta Graziano Breuning and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals"--serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins. You'll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most.

Book Think With Full Brain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Som Bathla
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2019-11-20
  • ISBN : 9781709833649
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book Think With Full Brain written by Som Bathla and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Cyber Monday Sale: Get each paperback in this series for $14.99 $9.99. Gift yourself and others joy of reading! TODAY ONLY Learn How to Use Full Brain Power and Become A Whole-Brained Thinker. Would you still drive a 500 horsepower car, if you know that you have access to a 1000 horsepower automobile? Obviously No!. Then why would you use a limited portion of your brain's thinking abilities, when you can develop a holistic multi-perspective thinking. THINK WITH FULL BRAIN is all about how to harness the full potential of your brain by developing multiple thinking approaches. The book offers a holistic approach to empower you unleash your left brain's logical, organized thinking as well as your right brain's emotional, and creative thinking preference. This is your guide to avoid thinking in silos and develop a full brain thinking approach to take your decision making and problem solving skills to the next level. Strengthen your dominant thinking style, Nurture multi-perspective thinking and become a Situationally Whole-brained Thinker Why IQ just predicts 6 to 10 percent of your career success, understand multiple intelligences and tap the brain's full potential. Understand how Americans and Japanese use different type of thinking preferences How learning a foreign language can improve your logical thinking skills Understand the four different thinking preferences and nurture each one to become situationally whole brained. How male and female brain structures are different and how understanding each other's thinking preference can transform their relationship at work and life in general. Level up your Logic, reasons and judgment, Rectify erroneous thinking and boost logical thinking How "Revolving Door Test" can give you an entirely different perspective and offer better solutions. Why you miss out logic under the influence of authority and reasonableness. How specific brain exercies can improve your logical thinking . How to 'chunk down' big projects to boost your sequential thinking . Power-up Interpersonal Intelligence, Develop empathy, Understand Emotional brain to gain quick consensus on Complex Issues Practical and effective tips to develop active listening and develop your interpersonal thinking skills. How reading literary non-fiction is quickest way to become more empathic with others. How Switching from judgment to curiosity broadens your horizon and help you understand people's perspective. Nurture experimental thinking, Synthesize information holistically, Use intuition to invite solutions others miss out 1500 CEOs report creative thinking as one of the top 3 key traits in new talent. Learn effective ways to stretch creative thinking muscles. How anyone be more creative by following this 6 Stages Idea generation Formula. Learn Magical Wand technique and TLC technique to sprout the seeds of limitless explosion of ideas. How to become an Idea machine by setting up daily idea quota. As Winston Churchill rightly said: "The empires of the future are empires of the mind" Harness your Brain's full potential and Upgrade the Quality of Your Life. Get Your Copy Now

Book The Leading Brain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Friederike Fabritius
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2017-02-21
  • ISBN : 1101993200
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book The Leading Brain written by Friederike Fabritius and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cutting-edge guide to applying the latest research in brain science to leadership - to sharpen performance, encourage innovation, and enhance job satisfaction. **Featured on NPR, Success, Investor Business Daily, Thrive Global, MindBodyGreen, The Chicago Tribune, and more** There's a revolution taking place that most businesses are still unaware of. The understanding of how our brains work has radically shifted, exploding long-held myths about our everyday cognitive performance and fundamentally changing the way we engage and succeed in the workplace. Combining their expertise in both neuropsychology and management consulting, neuropsychologist Friederike Fabritius and leadership expert Dr. Hans W. Hagemann present simple yet powerful strategies for: - Sharpening focus - Achieving the highest performance - Learning and retaining information more efficiently - Improving complex decision-making - Cultivating trust and building strong teams Based on the authors' popular leadership programs, which have been delivered to tens of thousands of leaders all over the world, this clear, insightful, and engaging book will help both individuals and teams perform at their maximum potential, delivering extraordinary results. **Named a Best Business Book of 2017 by Strategy+Business**

Book Changepower

    Book Details:
  • Author : Meg Selig
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2010-03-17
  • ISBN : 1135967695
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Changepower written by Meg Selig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Changepower! 37 Secrets to Habit Change Success, author Meg Selig guides readers through a step-by-step process that will help them achieve any habit change goal. Whether the reader wants to break a hurtful habit like smoking or overeating, or build a healthy habit like exercising or speaking up, Changepower! provides a springboard for change. Selig helps habit-changers move beyond willpower and succeed with changepower - the synergy that comes from combining willpower with other resources, useful outside supports, and wise strategies. In Changepower!, she shows habit-changers how to beef up both their willpower and their changepower to achieve habit change success. The key is revving up motivation. Selig reveals the most powerful motivators for change - pain motivators, the Eight Great Motivators, and even not-so-noble motivators. Research has shown that most changes take place in stages rather than overnight. Selig provides a step-by-step plan for each stage, leaving plenty of room for flexibility depending on each person’s needs. First-person stories, pithy quotes, and how-to exercises provide inspiration, humor, and encouragement as readers embark on their habit change journeys.

Book Words Can Change Your Brain

Download or read book Words Can Change Your Brain written by Andrew Newberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. But Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Waldman have discovered a powerful strategy called Compassionate Communication that allows two brains to work together as one. Using brainscans as well as data collected from workshops given to MBA students at Loyola Marymount University, and clinical data from both couples in therapy and organizations helping caregivers cope with patient suffering, Newberg and Waldman have seen that Compassionate Communication can reposition a difficult conversation to lead to a satisfying conclusion. Whether you are negotiating with your boss or your spouse, the brain works the same way and responds to the same cues. The truth, though, is that you don't have to understand how Compassionate Communication works. You just have to do it. Some of the simple and effective takeaways in this book include: • Make sure you are relaxed; yawning several times before (not during) the meeting will do the trick • Never speak for more than 20-30 seconds at a time. After that they other person's window of attention closes. • Use positive speech; you will need at least three positives to overcome the effect of every negative used • Speak slowly; pause between words. This is critical, but really hard to do. • Respond to the other person; do not shift the conversation. • Remember that the brain can only hold onto about four ideas at one time Highly effective across a wide range of settings, Compassionate Communication is an excellent tool for conflict resolution but also for simply getting your point across or delivering difficult news.

Book Make Smart Choices

    Book Details:
  • Author : Som Bathla
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2019-08-03
  • ISBN : 9781087145112
  • Pages : 162 pages

Download or read book Make Smart Choices written by Som Bathla and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do You Want To Make Smart Choices and Solve Your Problems Faster? Every day and every moment, we have to make some kind of decision- could be miniature choices with minimal impact, or big decisions that can change the trajectory of your life. If you don't decide, that's the worst of all decisions You have to either say yes, or no, or explore other alternatives to optimize your resources. Therefore, making a choice is an unavoidable choice and that makes it one of the most important skills everyone should strive to learn and master. You have to make choices all the time. Then Why Not Make Smart Choices? Som Bathla, an avid reader, researcher and author of multiple Amazon bestselling books helps you achieve this objective with his book MAKE SMART CHOICES Challenges in Decision Making and How to Overcome Them Understand the common struggles people face in decision making. Understand 4 different types of decisions making archetypes and know why you make choices the way you do? Conquer your Psychological Biases, Upgrade your Beliefs and Improve The Way You Think Understand your hidden mental traps in decision making and how they lead to bad choices as proven by psychological research. How unconscious associations change our actions and behavior - why tall white male find it easier to become professionally more successful. Why our autopilot behavior leads to inefficient decisions and how you can use 'tripwire' to trigger a better behavior. Avoid Information Overload and Make Better Decisions With Less Information How multi-tracking of different alternatives helps you make better decision. Understand the concept of Paradox of Choice and know why it's difficult to make choices when you are flooded with alternatives. Understand "elimination by aspects" model to avoid bad alternatives and narrow it down to the best option. Clarify Your Objective, Build Relentless Focus on What's important. Make Holistic Decisions Learn How to make your decisions autopilot- by harnessing the power of basal ganglia, your mind's hidden powerful tool. Learn why and how should use this approach when testing new ideas instead of getting fully invested in that idea. How this 4-step decision making model can help you make holistic decisions in any situation. Wilferd Peterson once rightly said: "Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothing happens. Decisions are the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if they are not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered." MAKE SMART CHOICES is for anyone who struggles with making choices as well as for those who want to improve decision making skills to the next level. Whether you are a student, career enthusiast, professional, entrepreneur or stay at home parent, if you want to radically upgrade the quality your life, you have to make smart decisions EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Are you ready? Make an Instant Smart Choice by Clicking on the BUY BUTTON, and Start Your Journey To Radically Transform the Way You Decide!

Book Building a Second Brain

Download or read book Building a Second Brain written by Tiago Forte and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Building a second brain is getting things done for the digital age. It's a ... productivity method for consuming, synthesizing, and remembering the vast amount of information we take in, allowing us to become more effective and creative and harness the unprecedented amount of technology we have at our disposal"--

Book Buddha s Brain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rick Hanson
  • Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
  • Release : 2011-07-13
  • ISBN : 1459624157
  • Pages : 350 pages

Download or read book Buddha s Brain written by Rick Hanson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Gandhi, and the Buddha all had brains built essentially like anyone else's, yet they were able to harness their thoughts and shape their patterns of thinking in ways that changed history. With new breakthroughs in modern neuroscience and the wisdom of thousands of years of contemplative practice, it is possible for us to shape our own thoughts in a similar way for greater happiness, love, compassion, and wisdom. Buddha's Brain joins the forces of modern neuroscience with ancient contemplative teachings to show readers how they can work toward greater emotional well-being, healthier relationships, more effective actions, and deepened religious and spiritual understanding. This book will explain how the core elements of both psychological well-being and religious or spiritual life-virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom--are based in the core functions of the brain: regulating, learning, and valuing. Readers will also learn practical ways to apply this information, as the book offers many exercises they can do to tap the unused potential of the brain and rewire it over time for greater peace and well-being.

Book Before Happiness

Download or read book Before Happiness written by Shawn Achor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Worry Free Mind

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Kershaw
  • Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
  • Release : 2017-01-23
  • ISBN : 1632659255
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book The Worry Free Mind written by Carol Kershaw and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brain’s superpowers have been discovered by neuroscience. Your genius mind knows how to make your brain dissolve worry and stay in your best internal states longer. The result is a life full of possibility. The Worry-Free Mind shows you how to decipher the architecture of your model of reality, shift it to a newer version, and overcome your tendency to worry every day. With the powerful tools it offers, you can access your inner resources, lower stress, calm your reactive mind, feel cheerier, and create a dynamic flow. Can you imagine a day without worry and how productive you could be with the extra time you would have? By learning to shift and condition your internal state and set up your environment to support the changes you want to make, you can accomplish anything you want. The Worry-Free Mind will show you how to: Unleash your brain’s superpowers in minutes. Shatter the illusions that keep you in a constant state of worry. Recondition your mind to a new state of being. Discover how your brain chemistry works to tap into natural bliss. Shift your internal states to change your biology.

Book Bliss Brain

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dawson Church
  • Publisher : Hay House, Inc
  • Release : 2022-03-22
  • ISBN : 1401957773
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Bliss Brain written by Dawson Church and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award Winner in the Science category of the 2020 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest Award-winning author and thought leader Dawson Church, Ph.D., blends cutting-edge neuroscience with intense firsthand experience to show you how you can rewire your brain for happiness-starting right now. Neural plasticity-the discovery that the brain is capable of rewiring itself-is now widely understood. But what few people have grasped yet is how quickly this is happening, how extensive brain changes can be, and how much control each of us has over the process. In Bliss Brain, famed researcher Dawson Church digs deep into leading-edge science, and finds stunning evidence of rapid and radical brain change. In just eight weeks of practice, 12 minutes a day, using the right techniques, we can produce measurable changes in our brains. These make us calmer, happier, and more resilient. When we cultivate these pleasurable states over time, they become traits. We don't just feel more blissful as a temporary state; the changes are literally hard-wired into our brains, becoming stable and enduring personality traits. The startling conclusions of Church's research show that neural remodeling goes much farther than scientists have previously understood, with stress circuits shriveling over time. Simultaneously, "The Enlightenment Circuit"-associated with happiness, compassion, productivity, creativity, and resilience-expands. During deep meditation, Church shows how "the 7 neurochemicals of ecstasy" are released in our brains. These include anandamide, a neurotransmitter that's been named "the bliss molecule" because it mimics the effects of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. It boosts serotonin and dopamine; the first is an analog of psilocybin, the second of cocaine. He shows how cultivating these elevated emotional states literally produces a self-induced high. While writing Bliss Brain, Church went through a series of disasters, including escaping seconds ahead of a California wildfire that consumed his home and office and claimed 22 lives. The fire triggered a painful medical condition and a financial disaster. Through it all, Church steadily practiced the techniques of Bliss Brain while teaching them to thousands of other people. This book weaves his story of resilience into the fabric of neuroscience, producing a fascinating picture of just how happy we can make our brains, no matter what the odds.

Book How to Build a Healthy Brain

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  • Author : KIMBERLEY. WILSON
  • Publisher : Yellow Kite
  • Release : 2021-03-04
  • ISBN : 9781529351491
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book How to Build a Healthy Brain written by KIMBERLEY. WILSON and published by Yellow Kite. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A practical manual for your brain.' - Dr Megan Rossi, author of Eat Yourself Healthy A groundbreaking science-based guide to protecting your brain health for the long term. Whatever your age, having a healthy brain is the key to a happy and fulfilled life. Yet, for both young and old, diseases of the brain and mental health are the biggest killers in the 21st century. We all know how to take care of our physical health, but we often feel powerless as to what we can do to protect our mental well-being too. How to Build a Healthy Brain is here to help. Written by a passionate advocate for the importance of mental health, Chartered Psychologist Kimberley Wilson draws on the latest research to give practical, holistic advice on how you can protect your brain health by making simple lifestyle choices. With chapters on Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise and Meditation, Kimberley has written an empowering guide to help you look after both your physical and mental well-being. 'Finally, a book that puts the brain at the centre of the health conversation, where it belongs.' - Shona Vertue, author of The Vertue Method 'A psychologist, she runs a successful private clinic in central London, combining therapy with nutrition advice, and has just written her first (excellent) book, How to Build a Healthy Brain, about protecting our mental wellbeing through factors such as diet, sleep and exercise.' - The Times 'I love your book ... it made me equal parts really excited and passionate, and also pretty angry. The science is there but it isn't being translated. This is a huge area that affects us all ... your book is absolutely brilliant at explaining what we can do to look after our brain health.' - Ella Mills on Deliciously Ella: The Podcast

Book Character Strengths Matter

Download or read book Character Strengths Matter written by Shannon Polly and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the elements of good character? The Values in Action (VIA) project identified 24 qualities such as creative, authentic, loving, forgiving, kind, persistent, prudent, and brave, calling them character strengths. Character strengths are elements of good character valued across time and around the world. If you are curious about your own strengths, join the 3 million people that have taken the free online survey at www.viacharacter.org. Character Strengths Matter: How to Live a Full Life brings the 24 character strengths to life with stories involving children, teenagers, adults, and elders and occurring in family life and business settings, in the present and in the distant past, in locations from China to the United States to the Middle East. Research shows that using character strengths in new ways for a week makes people happier up to six months later. This book includes many ideas for using your character strengths in new ways. Based on the unusual premise that a key way to build strength is to act 'as if' you have that strength already, this book includes short passages to read aloud to try on particular character strengths. This concept is well known to actors and elite athletes, but less well known to the rest of the world. Look inside the book to see whose words are used to embody hope, gratitude, leadership, creativity, kindness, love and all the rest. More than 30 authors contributed stories to this book, including George Vaillant, the 35-year director of Harvard's Study of Adult Development. Many leaders in the positive psychology field endorse the book, including the 'father of positive psychology' Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman. He writes: "My friend, Chris Peterson, would have loved this book. It brings to life with personal stories, practical recommendations, wisdom, and humor the dry scholarship that he (with an assist from me) did in Character Strengths and Virtues. Chris was very down-to-earth and I am sure he would have concurred in my enthusiastically recommending this book to everyone who works with character strengths in the real world." Martin E. P. Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness and Flourish Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to a scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania in honor of the lead researcher of character strengths, the late Christopher Peterson. This scholarship supports the education of future practitioners of positive psychology. This is the third book in the Positive Psychology News series, joining Resilience: How to Navigate Life's Curves and Gratitude: How to Appreciate Life's Gifts. Bottom line, this book is bound to make you learn something new, be inspired about humanity and have a chance to play with character strengths. This book will make you happier.