Wellness Culture

Normative Psychoanalysis: How the Oedipal Dogma Shapes Consumer Culture' (Scholarly Articles, Vol. 14) is a critique of Sigmund Freud’s theory of the Oedipus complex. This study demonstrates that Freudian psychoanalysis, applied to children, is not permissive, but castrative; in addition, it is normative and actually a tool for forging the ideal consumer child within a consumer culture that is based on the economic paradigm of total consumption.

This audiobook shows you how to find your truest self so that your mind, body, and soul can weather any culture shock or life transition with grace and poise. This audiobook isn’t about faking it until you make it or finding a sudden Eat, Pray, Love-type epiphany. Instead, this audiobook is about doing the daily work to uncover your authentic self and receiving gradual understanding and enlightenment as you begin living a life in harmony with your true self.

Seven Days of Kwanzaa Cooking: Celebrating Family and Culture Through Food is the perfect cookbook for those looking to add some cultural flavor to their holiday season. With traditional African-American recipes, this cookbook will take you on a culinary journey through the seven days of Kwanzaa, each day focusing on one of the Nguzo Saba principles.

The definition of work gamification: “The systematic facilitation of helping team members combine measurement, motivational psychology, and basic fun in existing or improved work processes or activities, with the objective of fostering desired behaviors and results." Game On shares research, case studies and step-by-step processes that will take you on a fun journey of culture evolution success while impacting your teams’ innovation and lives. And with pandemic-ready strategies, you can easily start getting results immediately.

Do you ever feel that visiting social media is an increasingly negative experience? Social media taps into some of our most profound human weaknesses and makes it almost impossible to live without the temptation of comparing yourself to others, seeking their approval, or arguing with each other. Screen with Envy: How Social Media Culture Is Weakening Our Sense of Belonging and Making Us Lonelier discusses the antisocial ways we're behaving towards each other online and why we need to do better at rediscovering close connections offline instead.

Discover the Healthy Secrets of India. Indian Eating Habits for Healthy Living. India has long been known to have created many Powerful Eastern Practices such as Yoga and Ayurveda. Central to this philosophy of inner health is the traditional use of Natural Herbs, Spices and Healthy Eating Habits in all aspects of living. Within this powerful book collection, learn about the Indian food culture, philosophy plus create your own authentic Indian dishes bursting with flavor!

This book argues that America has not responded effectively to the coronavirus pandemic because of entrenched American cultural values.

In Thoughts Are Habits Too, former health club owner and nutrition coach, Amy Lang, shares a strategy and plan that works exceptionally well. It's called Joyful Eating, and it's based on something you already have. Habits. Because the right self-care habits, with some patience and practice, make what's truly important happen automatically.

Children of the Screen is your urgent call to action, offering a profound look into the "attention recession" reshaping childhood in the digital age. Catherine J. Westbrook, drawing on both academic knowledge and lived experience, reveals how omnipresent screens are impacting developing brains, hijacking dopamine pathways, and eroding crucial skills like patience, creativity, and deep thought. This isn't just about screen time; it's about understanding how technology, intentionally designed to capture and hold attention, is rewiring our children's minds.

Internet addiction has become a very common problem, especially in countries that have instant access to the online community at any time of day or night. Since the Internet has become a necessity in our modern age, it is impossible for Internet addicts to avoid it. For this reason, full recovery for anyone associated with this illness will have a harder time to beat their addiction than a heroin addict. What causes Internet addiction, and what is the cure?

An unseen industry profits every time your pulse spikes. News alerts, open office plans, and endless social feeds keep your nervous system locked in fight-or-flight while telling you it is just modern life. Anxiety rates climb year after year and most people either medicate the symptoms or try to power through. Neither path works for long.

Intuitive Eating Made Simple is an easy guide for anyone who wants to break free from restrictive diets and embrace a joyful, healthy relationship with food.

India has long been known to have originated many powerful Eastern practices, such as yoga and Ayurveda. Central to this philosophy of inner health is the traditional use of natural herbs in all aspects of living. In Herbs of India, discover the culture, history, and traditions that the people of India have long practiced in living balanced lives of wellness.