Change Psychology

Self-improvement is a lifelong quest. We all have things we’d like to change about ourselves, which is why many people make New Year’s resolutions. Yet, research shows that only about 8 percent of resolution makers achieve their goals. Changing personal habits is both hugely difficult and hugely rewarding. Here, Scientific American offers this guide on breaking bad habits and the ultimate satisfaction of making difficult life changes.

Can ageing really be a positive experience? Yes. You can make a difference to your own ageing process. Research shows that how we think about ageing can have a significant impact on our health and well-being in later life. The Ten Steps of Positive Ageing challenges and debunks the inaccurate and negative attitudes that may be contaminating your outlook on getting older and provides a clear, practical road map for exerting more choice and control over the ageing process.

In Sex in the Brain, Amee Baird explores memorable cases of brain injuries and disease that have effected significant changes in sexual behavior and reveals what these exceptional stories have to say about human sexuality. Each chapter includes striking personal accounts, many from individuals Baird has met in her clinical practice, of unexpected changes in sexuality. Until now these fascinating, frightening, and funny stories have been hidden in medical journals or untold outside of the clinical setting. This book offers unique insight into how the brain controls sex life.

Este libro intenta recorrer algunos de los mecanismos psicológicos y cognitivos involucrados en la resistencia al cambio de visión. Las preguntas irán desde cómo nuestras expectativas y creencias afectan la manera en la que percibimos el mundo hasta si existen bases biológicas que expliquen las diferencias en ideología política.

This extraordinary guidebook offers a satisfying new approach to raising confident, healthy, whole human beings, from toddler to teen. Groundbreaking in both its scope and methodology, ParentShift challenges some of our most popular disciplinary tools - including punishments, threats, bribery, and rewards - all of which, science has shown, sabotage so many of the long-term goals we have for our kids.

Psychologists Dr Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm explore the human ambition for personal change and its possible illusions, with a focus on yoga and meditation. They examine the psychological and biological evidence, from early research on transcendental meditation to recent brain-imaging studies on mindfulness. They also include personal accounts from practitioners, as well as recounting their own experiences of testing the effects of meditation and yoga on incarcerated criminals.

What if great sex wasn't just great sex: What if great sex could actually change your life? Your Brain on Sex offers a groundbreaking and intriguing look at how each one of us can transform our lives by focusing our thoughts on our true sexual desires. This book lays out a bold yet simple path for uncovering your true self through sex. It's more than just great sex. It's smart sex - sex that can change your life. You will learn how to discover your true desires, understand what they mean, and use those secrets to create powerful change.

In this bundle you will find how to stop being lazy and anger management. Sound interesting? The authors thinks so too! Listen to Stop Being Lazy and Anger Management and learn about self management and emotions.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Stoffers hat eine bewegte Karriere hinter sich: Im Alter von 18 Jahren ging er zur Bundeswehr. Schon früh entdeckte er sein Herz für Südostasien, reiste viel und studierte internationale Beziehungen. Nach seiner Promotion wurde er Banker und arbeitete zwei Jahrzehnte für die Deutsche Bank in Deutschland und Vietnam. Im Jahr 2014 beschloss Andreas Stoffers, seine praktischen Erfahrungen als Professor in Deutschland, Malaysia und Vietnam an junge Studenten weiterzugeben.

Compelling listening for anyone seeking the courage to make more conscious choices and live fully awake, The Necktie and the Jaguar is a memoir with thought-provoking questions that encourage self-exploration. Author Carl Greer - businessman, philanthropist, and retired Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist - offers an illuminating road map to individuation and personal transformation. His memoir is an inspirational testament to the power of self-discovery. As Carl Greer learned, you don’t have to feel trapped in a story someone else has written for you.

Ripple is about how small behaviour changes can have wide-reaching effects in the real world. By applying behavioural science in your working life, you can have positive ripple effects on the world around you. While nudging is now commonplace in politics, most of our daily interactions with companies, products, and services have not yet been transformed with behavioural science. Doing so is often a messy process but, armed with this book, you’ll have the practical toolkit to get started.

Learn to leverage your relationships so you can dream bigger, achieve whatever you want, and build a life that makes you happier with each passing day. No greater force for change exists than the people we surround ourselves with. Relationshift explores how the people in your life have colored your worldview, how this limits or expands your options, and what to do about it. Through the stories of British explorer Gertrude Bell, abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass, music icons the Beastie Boys, and many others, this book will show you how.

Let’s be honest. You've tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) "carpe diem" mug - yet your attitude hasn't changed. It's time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life. While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help gurus. Too often, their advice is based on anecdote and personal opinion, not real research.

Imagine um programa que tenha ferramentas psicológicas que contribuam para educar a emoção, vencer o estresse e prevenir a ansiedade, depressão e outros transtornos psíquicos. Imagine um programa que contribua para resolver conflitos sociais, decepções e construir belíssimas relações entre pais e filhos, professores, alunos e colegas de trabalho. Continue imaginando um programa que estimule a formação de líderes, empreendedores e pensadores criativos, seguros, tolerantes e tranquilos, que pensam antes de reagir.

Millions of people today habitually overthink thing; they become so overwhelmed that they feel paralyzed and unable to take the necessary action to remedy their condition. Human thinking is like a double-edged sword. It can make you miss the best opportunity in your life because you make an impulsive decision, without reflection, or it can make you look at the world from another angle. You will find that some people can withstand the adversity of life and achieve every goal they set due to the development of a strong mentality.

Imagine living in a world where people use their computers, drive their cars, and communicate with one another simply by thinking. In this stunning and inspiring work, Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis shares his revolutionary insights into how the brain creates thought and the human sense of self - and how this might be augmented by machines, so that the entire universe will be within our reach.

Letters to Jennifer is intended for mature, responsible, open-minded adults wishing to explore their sexual nature and learn generally hidden knowledge I wish I knew before having sex the first time. This book discusses illegal activities, illicit drugs, sexual behavior, and concepts that are not acceptable to the majority of prurient individuals.

Es scheint manchmal so, als ob eine höhere Macht wichtige Lebensentscheidungen für dich fällt und du hilflos vom Spielfeldrand zuschaust. Und so ganz falsch ist das nicht, denn wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen haben bewiesen, dass lediglich 5 % deiner Handlungen aktiv von deinem Bewusstsein gesteuert werden, 95 % geschehen jedoch unbewusst. Niemand will die Statisten-Rolle im eigenen Leben spielen. Und das musst du nicht, denn es gibt einfache Methoden, um dein Unterbewusstsein zu steuern und Einfluss auf dein tägliches Handeln zu nehmen. Entdecke:

In this fascinating, innovative, even subtly startling audiobook, Navigating Life's Stuff: Dynamics of Personal Change, Book One, author Dr. Angela Brownemiller brings forward a new perspective on what it means to be who and what we are; what it means to change and not to change; and, what it means to become ever more alert to our programming itself. We can become ever more aware of the issues here. Alerting ourselves will empower us to move through our lives ever more consciously.

By the end of this audiobook, you should have the necessary mental tools for becoming assertive, rather than aggressive, and calm when necessary. You will have developed unbreakable self-discipline for extreme focus, productivity, and full control over your emotions. If you’re tired of being controlled by the unpredictable emotions that floods upon you, take matters into your own hands and listen to this ultimate guide.