Download or read book The Upside of Your Dark Side written by Todd B. Kashdan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audible Best Seller of 2017 Inc. 11 Great Business Books New York Magazine Best Psychology Books LinkedIn's 12 Books on Leadership to Read Two mavericks in the field of positive psychology deliver a timely message Happiness experts have long told us to tune out our negative emotions and focus instead on mindfulness, positivity, and optimism. Researchers Todd Kashdan, Ph.D., and Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Philos., disagree. Positive emotions alone are not enough. Anger makes us creative, selfishness makes us brave, and guilt is a powerful motivator. The real key to success lies in emotional agility. Drawing upon extensive scientific research and a wide array of real-life examples, The Upside of Your Dark Side will be embraced by business leaders, parents, and everyone else who’s ready to put their entire psychological tool kit to work.
Download or read book Your Dark Side written by Vivianne Crowley and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone can present themselves as kind, decent and good-natured people to the world, but beneath the surface there is a dark side in everyone. This emerges when we least expect it, and releases our shameful fears and fantasies that we usually try to hide. Although this shadow self is buried in our unconscious, it will release itself in many forms - jealousy, anger, selfishness. Through trying to hide this dark part of our identities, we lose touch with our true selves. Vivianne and Christopher Crowley suggest confronting your dark side in this ebook, and through facing these negative elements of our personalities, we can learn to embrace our fears, transform ourselves, and bring new energy into our lives. The book includes a light-hearted quiz to see how well you know your dark side. The Paranormal, the new ebook series from F&W Media International Ltd, resurrecting rare titles, classic publications and out-of-print texts, as well as new ebook titles on the supernatural - other-worldly books for the digital age. The series includes a range of paranormal subjects from angels, fairies and UFOs to near-death experiences, vampires, ghosts and witchcraft.
Download or read book Owning Your Own Shadow written by Robert A. Johnson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the dark side of your psyche—a Jungian approach to transformative self-acceptance. We all have shadows—the unlit part of our ego that is hidden and never goes away, but merely—and often painfully—turns up in unexpected places. This powerful work from the acclaimed Jungian analyst and bestselling author of Inner Work and We explores our need to “own” our own shadow: learn what it is, how it originates, and how it impacts our daily lives. It is only when we accept and honor the shadow within us that we can channel its energy in a positive way and find balance.
Download or read book Meeting the Shadow written by Connie Zweig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1991-04-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers exploration of self and practical guidance dealing with the dark side of personality based on Jung's concept of "shadow," or the forbidden and unacceptable feelings and behaviors each of us experience.
Download or read book The Dark Side of Our Digital World written by Andrew Weiss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-in-one guide to understanding and managing the dark side of our digital lives. It all started out so well: the online world began as an effective tool for communication that carried with it a great promise to level the playing field and eliminate borders. But it’s morphed into something totally unintended. We’ve all had to endure the troll that derails a generally benign conversation; or received that scam email from a wealthy Nigerian prince; or felt the strange feeling of being watched and tracked by advertising companies as we navigate the web. Welcome to the modern internet. These are but a few of the topics that The Dark Side of Our Digital World: And What You Can Do about It examines to get at the root causes of our current problems with information technology, social media, and problematic online behavior. The book explores the issues raised by the negative side of information technology, including surveillance and spying, declining privacy, information overload, surveillance capitalism and big data analytics, conspiracy theories and fake news, misinformation and disinformation, trolling and phishing. What’s ultimately at stake is how we are able to cope with increasingly invasive anti-social behaviors, the overall decline of privacy in the face of total surveillance technologies, and the lack of a quality online experience that doesn’t devolve into flame wars and insults. The future of the internet as well as our societies depends upon our ability to discern truth from lies and reality from propaganda. The book will therefore also examine the possible directions we could take to improve the situation, looking at solutions in the areas of psychology and behavioral conditioning, social engineering through nudging techniques, the development of e-democracy movements, and the implementation of public policy.
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Light Chasers written by Deborah Ford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling, beloved classic on how to go into the dark side of yourself to bring out the light -- now with new material. Debbie Ford believes that we each hold within us a trace of every human characteristic that exists, the capacity for every human emotion. We are born with the ability to express this entire spectrum of characteristics. But, Ford points out, our families and our society send us strong messages about which ones are good and bad. So when certain impulses arise, we deny them instead of confronting them, giving them a healthy voice, then letting them go. It is to these feelings that Ford turns our attention, these parts of our selves that don't fit the personae we have created for the rest of the world. She shows us the effects of living in the dark, of keeping all our supposedly unsavory impulses under wraps. We find ourselves disproportionately frustrated and angry at the selfishness of friends, the laziness of colleagues, the arrogance of siblings. When we are unable to reconcile similar impulses in ourselves, Ford explains, we waste our own energy judging others instead of empathizing. But most important, we deny ourselves the power and freedom of living authentically. Through the stories and exercises in The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford shows us not only how to recognize our hidden emotions, but also how to find the gifts they offer us. This is for fans of Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch, and Deepak Chopra. The very impulses we most fear may be the key to what is lacking in our lives.
Download or read book Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership written by Gary L. McIntosh and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian world has been rocked by the number of prominent leaders, in both church and parachurch organizations, who have been compromised by moral, ethical, and theological failures. This pace-setting volume addresses this alarming problem and offers Christian leaders valuable guidance in dealing with the inherent risks of their work. Using biblical and current examples, the authors describe the characteristics of five types of leaders and the problems that are most likely to develop if their particular dysfunctions develop unrestrained. McIntosh and Rima offer a series of steps for leaders to consider so they can take control of their dark side and learn to harness its creative powers. This edition includes a new introduction, updated information throughout, a self-assessment tool, and other additional material. Includes endorsements from John Maxwell, Leighton Ford, Leith Anderson, and Rob Angel.
Download or read book Shedding Light on Our Dark Side written by Charles R. Swindoll and published by . This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bible study guide brings some of today's tough issues out of the closet for an honest, sensitive look from a biblical perspective. The lessons address what Christians can do when sin rears its ugly head and threatens to break relationship with God.
Download or read book The Dark Side Of Man written by Michael P. Ghiglieri and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghiglieri (anthropology, U. of Northern Arizona) provides a wide- ranging description of what makes men and women fundamentally different, in both body and behavior, arguing that male violence is largely innate and that only policies based on the biological underpinnings of human behavior can limit social violence. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Harness Your Dark Side written by Al Galves and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows readers how to confront and direct their negative emotions to use them in a positive way to achieve a more satisfying, fulfilling life.
Download or read book The Dark Side of Personality written by Virgil Zeigler-Hill and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark personality traits, and traits with dark features, are connected to destructive behaviors and interpersonal problems. Even moderate levels of these traits can cause significant issues. Understanding them will play an integral role in treating individuals who exhibit dark, unhealthy characteristics. Thus, a primary goal of this book is to unite personality psychology and clinical psychology. It synthesizes recent research that connects pathological personality features to the Big Five personality dimensions, creating an interdisciplinary taxonomy of dark personality traits. This volume brings together a diverse panel of experts who provide complex, nuanced perspectives on a variety of personality traits, including those that are readily accepted as dark (e.g., the Dark Triad of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism), have been largely ignored by the broader psychological literature (e.g., spitefulness), have not been included in previous discussions of dark personality traits (e.g., authoritarianism), or appear to be at least somewhat positive on a superficial level (e.g., perfectionism and fearless dominance). Chapters explore both maladaptive and adaptive features of these traits, including how to address them in clinical settings. The final chapter ties the entire volume together with a thorough review of common themes, clinical implications, and research goals across all traits.
Download or read book Our Dark Side written by Elisabeth Roudinesco and published by Polity. This book was released on 2009-11-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where does perversion begin? Who is perverse? Ever since the word first appeared in the Middle Ages, anyone who delights in evil and in the destruction of the self or others has been described as 'perverse'. But while the experience of perversion is universal, every era has seen it and dealt with it in its own way. The history of perversion in the West is told here through a study of great emblematic figures of the perverse - Gilles de Rais, the mystical saints and the flagellants in the middle ages, the Marquis de Sade in the eighteenth century, the masturbating child, the male homosexual and the hysterical woman nineteenth century, Nazism in the twentieth century, and the complementary figures of the paedophile and the terrorist in the twenty-first. The perverse are rarely talked about and when they are it is usually only to be condemned. They are commonly viewed as monstrous and cruel, as something alien to the very nature of being human. And yet, perversion can also attest to creativity and self-transcendence, to the refusal of individuals to submit to the rules and prohibitions that govern human life. Perversion fascinates us precisely because it can be both abject and sublime. Whether they are sublime because they turn to art or mysticism, or abject because they surrender to their murderous impulses, the perverse are part of us because they exhibit something that we always conceal: our own negativity and our dark side.
Download or read book The Psychology of Our Dark Side written by Sheila Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the dead feasting on blood and shape-shifting humans prowling around in animal form have been a part of the folklore of human beings for untold generations and all over the world. Vampires and werewolves are universal themes in horror lore. And our fascination with these creatures of the darkness has continued into a twenty-first-century world of space travel, computer technology, and advanced medical science. What is it about these beings that so inspire our fear and our loathing, our desire and our delight? Is there a place deep in our psychological makeup where the dead do not rest and wild beasts howl at the moon? The insights of modern science may help us understand our relationship with those things that both frighten and attract us, and perhaps tame the monsters inside us.
Download or read book Dare to Embrace Your Dark Side and Unleash Your True Potential written by Thomas Jacob and published by Thomas Jacob. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world that constantly tells us to be positive, The Shadow Fuel offers a radical new approach to success. This groundbreaking book challenges conventional wisdom by revealing how your so-called "negative" emotions – anger, envy, fear, and even greed – can become the catalysts for extraordinary achievement. Drawing on insights from psychology, mythology, and real-world examples, The Shadow Fuel guides you through the transformative process of shadow work, helping you to: Identify and understand your shadow: Uncover the hidden motivations, desires, and fears that drive your behavior. Harness the power of dark emotions: Channel your anger, envy, and fear into fuel for passion, ambition, and resilience. Integrate your shadow: Embrace your full self, both light and dark, to achieve greater wholeness and authenticity. Transmute negative impulses: Transform destructive urges into constructive actions that propel you towards your goals. Achieve authentic success: Live a life of purpose, meaning, and impact, fueled by the entirety of your being. Through insightful reflections, practical exercises, and inspiring stories of those who have harnessed their shadow for good, The Shadow Fuel empowers you to: Break free from self-sabotage: Overcome the patterns that have been holding you back. Unlock your full potential: Access hidden reserves of energy, creativity, and drive. Create a life of your own design: Live a life that is aligned with your values, passions, and true self. If you're ready to embrace your shadow and ignite your path to success, The Shadow Fuel is your essential guide. This is not just a book; it's a journey of self-discovery that will challenge your assumptions, expand your horizons, and empower you to live a life that is both successful and fulfilling.
Download or read book Shadow Work The Ultimate Guide to Integrating Your Dark Side A Guide to Integrating Your Dark Side for Spiritual Awakening written by Mike Harden and published by Mike Harden. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your shadow is your dark side. It is the part of you that causes you to feel unworthy, not enough, not loveable and ashamed, sad and angry. Most of us have suppressed and denied this side of us, however accepting and nurturing this side of us is crucial if we want to live an authentic, balanced and meaningful life. When we deny the existence of our shadow, it assumes control of our life and works its way into creating a reality of relationship breakdowns, addictions, illness, self-hate, self-harm, and complete disconnection from reality. In this practical and inspiring book, you will discover: • Shadow work under the magnifying glass – understand how it works and why this practice is so essential to self-healing • 6 distinct shadow activities that you can utilize to identify and truly get to know your shadow self • The various types and traits of your shadow – discover the meaning behind your personality and which of your habits are in contributing to the darkness • How to engage in a meaningful conversation with your shadow self – uncover your unhealthy patterns and become more mindful of how you talk to yourself Imagine having a beautiful tool that serves as your trusted companion on this deeply personal journey. This is precisely what you'll find inside this shadow work art therapy guide! Shadow work is the process of exploring and understanding your hidden emotions and traits, helping you achieve a more balanced and complete sense of self.
Download or read book The Dark Side of Democracy written by Michael Mann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book The Dark Side of Software Engineering written by Johann Rost and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betrayal! Corruption! Software engineering? Industry experts Johann Rost and Robert L. Glass explore the seamy underbelly of software engineering in this timely report on and analysis of the prevalance of subversion, lying, hacking, and espionage on every level of software project management. Based on the authors' original research and augmented by frank discussion and insights from other well-respected figures, The Dark Side of Software Engineering goes where other management studies fear to tread -- a corporate environment where schedules are fabricated, trust is betrayed, millions of dollars are lost, and there is a serious need for the kind of corrective action that this book ultimately proposes.
