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A groundbreaking exposé and diagnosis of the silent epidemic of fear afflicting new mothers, and a candid, feminist deep dive into the culture, science, history, and psychology of contemporary motherhood Anxiety among mothers is a growing but largely unrecognized crisis. In the transition to...

PREPARE TO TRANSFORM YOUR VOICE AND BE HEARD Step into Your Moxie is a soul-stirring call to action to speak up for yourself and the ideas and issues that matter most to you. Dubbed a “Moxie Maven” by President Obama’s White House Office of Public Engagement for her potent approach to...

We all have an underlying desire to achieve more than what we already have, but something stops us from moving forward. We ve all looked at more successful, happier people than us, and wondered what we are doing wrong. Why is it that we feel unable to progress any further? What is that always...

Duryodhana was a man of strong character and integrity.Duhsshasana was respectful, generous and kind towards women.Shakuni was a simple man who loved his subjects unconditionally.Dhana Nanda, Aurangzeb and Hitler possessed admirable leadership traits.'Duryodhanization' refers to the birth and...

In 1964, American judge Potter Stewart famously said, ‘I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it.’ Over fifty years later, the reverberations of these words are still being felt across the world. Be it proposed porn bans, religious morality or women’s rights, the assumption...

A remarkable new way to move beyond biases and blind spots (especially if you don’t think you have any!) so you can communicate more effectively with a friend, lover, relative, or colleague You know what it feels like to be “at odds” with someone. Sometimes it seems like you are speaking...

As an adult, National Public Radio foreign correspondent Jacki Lyden has spent her life on the front lines of some of the world's most dangerous war zones. As a child, she lived in a war zone of a different kind. Her mother, Dolores, suffered from what is now called manic depression; but when...

An engaging guide to the art of forest bathing, inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, for anyone who wants to explore the transformative power of nature in promoting health and happiness. Forest bathing is the art of spending intentional time in nature and is practiced throughout...

An urgent rethinking of the Western approach to mental health, which treats the symptoms rather than the exploitative systems causing our distress—by a Rhodes Scholar and Harvard Medical School physician-anthropologist—offering lessons from the rest of the world. What if the mainstay of...

An essential exploration of the overlooked impact of disordered eating among Black women—and a prescriptive road map to returning to wholeness within our bodies, from the clinical therapist who founded Black and Embodied Counseling and Consulting PLLC “Lights a radical path away from trauma...

Gelassenheit ist wie ein Fels in der Brandung, auf dem wir inmitten von Erfolg und Misserfolg, von Glück und Schmerz, von Angst und Hoffnung Zuflucht und Ruhe finden und die Welt um uns mit mehr Heiterkeit betrachten. Jessica Wilker zeigt, wie wir diesen Felsen entdecken und erklimmen können. Sind wir nicht oft unsere eigenen gnadenlosen Richter, begegnen wir nicht anderen mit weit mehr Akzeptanz als uns selbst? Die Psychotherapeutin Jessica Wilker zeigt auf humorvolle und persönliche Weise, wie wir einen freundschaftlicheren Umgang mit uns selbst entwickeln und tagtäglich pflegen können.

Have you ever wondered why chasing love, success, or pleasure feels like an unending struggle? Or why the things you want are always out of reach? Drawing on a new study of 4,000 people, renowned therapist and award-winning author Jay Stringer reveals how desire—the most powerful and...

Die Kunst, grundlos glücklich zu sein. Wer zwanghaft nach dem Glück sucht, bringt sich selbst um die Lebensfreude. Denn unser Ego, auf Überlebenssicherung und Kontrolle gepolt, steht dem Erleben purer Freude im Weg. Je mehr wir uns jedoch auf lebensbejahende und freudvolle Momente einlassen, desto gehobener wird unsere Stimmung, sodass sich viele Probleme erst gar nicht einstellen oder von selbst lösen. Jens Corssen und Stephanie Ehrenschwendner haben eine Stimmungstherapie entwickelt, mit der man Lebensfreude halten kann – auch wenn gerade nicht alles so läuft wie gewünscht.