Brain Development

How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind.

Do today's children lack the flexibility and mental strength they need to cope with life's challenges in an increasingly complicated and scary world? With safe spaces and trigger warnings designed to "protect" kids, many adults worry that children don't have the resilience to reach their greatest potential. Amy Morin, the author who identified the characteristics that mentally strong people share, now gives adults - parents, teachers, and other mentors - the tools they need to become mental strength trainers.

Trauma and its effects can feel like a never-ending storm, and there's no safe harbor in sight from the thoughts and emotions that toss and turn so violently and unpredictably in your head. But healing is possible. Your brain can actually rewire these thoughts and emotions. And you can direct that powerful healing process through journaling.

Based on cutting-edge research, Overcoming Stress-Induced Brain Fog offers quick solutions you can put to work right away, including exercises based in awareness, mindfulness and acceptance, and self-compassion. With these ten easily accessible tools, you'll find your way out of the haze toward clarity, improved memory, and a greater presence to enjoy life.

After the birth of her baby triggers a manic maelstrom, Dyane Harwood struggles to survive the bewildering highs and crippling lows of her brain's turmoil. Birth of a New Brain vividly depicts her postpartum bipolar disorder, an unusual type of bipolar disorder and postpartum mood and anxiety disorder. During her childhood, Harwood grew up close to her father, a brilliant violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic who had bipolar disorder. She learned how bipolar disorder could ravage a family, but she never suspected that she'd become mentally ill - until her baby was born.

Trouble sleeping, panic attacks, knots in your stomach, excessive worry, doubts, phobias - anxiety comes in many shapes and sizes, and affects millions of people. But you don’t have to suffer anymore. In Retrain Your Anxious Brain, renowned therapist and anxiety expert John Tsilimparis, MFT, shares the groundbreaking program he’s created to help hundreds of people (himself included) free themselves from crippling anxiety and live healthier, happier lives.

Your keys. Your phone. Your scheduled tasks for the day. How many things do you forget on a regular basis? In a busy, fast-paced and technology driven world, our attention is often divided among a million things at once, making it easy for important information to slip through the cracks. As we become more and more dependent on apps and other tools to aid our memory, the ability of our brains to independently capture and retain information becomes weaker and weaker. But your memory is a muscle that can be exercised and strengthened with the right training.

A captivating and insightful deep dive into the world of human intuition, exploring the power of this elusive phenomenon and how it can be harnessed to better know and trust ourselves. We rely on our intuition, even though we don’t fully understand what it is, how it works, or if we can even...

Dive into a transformative auditory journey with our latest audiobook, "Binaural Beats: Delta & Theta Waves for Optimal Health." This immersive experience harnesses the power of targeted brainwave frequencies to guide you toward profound relaxation, enhanced focus, and revitalizing sleep. Each chapter is meticulously crafted with high-quality soundscapes, offering you a unique auditory experience tailored to support and enhance different aspects of your overall wellness.

Durante los seis primeros años de vida el cerebro infantil tiene un potencial que no volverá a tener. Esto no quiere decir que debamos intentar convertir a los niños en pequeños genios, porque además de resultar imposible, un cerebro que se desarrolla bajo presión puede perder por el camino parte de su esencia.

Do you know that you can program your brain and mind for greater success? The answer is alpha brainwave level. Telepathic powers exist in all of us, they are part of the natural way we communicate with each other. Our brain beats at 14 cycles per second; the beta frequency. Very occasionally it beats between 7 and 14 cycles per second. This frequency is known as alpha frequency. Alpha is the key to becoming telepathic.

Using best practices from gentle parenting, improv comedy, and trauma recovery, this peaceful parenting book brings joy back to families. These positive discipline tips can help whether you're raising toddlers, parenting preschoolers, or supporting school-age children with love and respect. Effective for the hypersensitive child and the strong-willed child, this audiobook offers conscious parenting guidance for solving challenges and preventing them in the first place.

Your brain, like every part of your body, needs and deserves all the TLC you can give it so you can live a long and healthy life. In Brain Health For Dummies, neuroscientist and author Dr. Sarah McKay walks you through some simple and easy steps you can take—right now—to get smarter, stay healthier, and better support the elders in your life.

Invisible Influence reveals the cognitive science behind why people say yes, and shows you how to engineer that moment without pressure, manipulation, or force. Rich Carr guides you through the exact system top professionals use to prepare conversations where adoption feels natural, voluntary, and permanent.

You don’t have to figure this out on your own. This book includes a step-by-step, 30-day program designed to improve focus, memory, and cognitive endurance—without overhauling your life.

So often when we awake we find that our dreams have either evaporated like mist or seem to be just on the edge of our memory. Many people cannot recall their dreams at all. But Dr. Doris Cohen has developed a seven-step process to let you tap into the rich repository of your subconscious. Drawing on years of clinical experience and her familiarity with Freud, myth, and sacred writings, Cohen presents a program that results in a life of abundance, texture, and self-awareness that will teach you how to unlock the secrets of your personal dream language.

Do you worry about your child all the time? Maybe they are behind on certain milestones, struggling in school, having difficulty making friends, or heading off to college. Their problems or struggles become your own, and you end up feeling so anxious that you forget what it's like to just enjoy being their parent. The good news is that you can rewire your "parent brain" to respond differently to these challenges. This book will show you how to replace parental anxiety with parental effectiveness.

In an age of convenience and information overload, it’s easy to go through the motions, pressured, distracted, and seeking instant gratification rather than harnessing our potential for meaningful and impactful lives. When we’re accustomed to a low energy brain state and lulled by the comfort zone it creates, it’s difficult to rouse ourselves to act with intention and create the lives we truly want to lead.

Dr. Faith Harper lays it all out: what anxiety is, what it's good for - that's right, it's actually a necessary response that helps to keep us alive in bad situations - how to know when it's gone overboard, and practical tips on how to deal with it when it gets bad. This book is a lifesaver for panic attacks, breaking out of flight-or-fight-or-freeze responses, and for chronic anxiety. It's also good for folks who aren't daily burdened by anxiety, but want to better cope with those tough situations that affect us all.

After getting a master’s degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking after a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order, and continuity. Inspired by her own experience and her work counseling caregivers in the subsequent decade, Kiper offers an entirely new way to understand the symbiotic relationship between patients and those tending to them.