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The penalty shootout is the most intense drama in sport. The anxious wait, the building dread, the lonely, heavy-legged walk towards the penalty spot. One kick while the world holds its breath. Even the most casual observers cannot escape the nerve-wracking suspense. What happens to a footballer's brain and body in these heart-pounding moments of pressure? Why do some thrive while others choke? In this ground-breaking book, sport psychology Professor Geir Jordet dissects each agonising element of the shootout's duel and the universal human stress mechanisms that it triggers and illuminates.

The Anxiety Prescription offers a toolkit of techniques for our thinking minds, and our feeling bodies – changing not just our mindset, but our 'body-set'. Unravelling the intricate relationship between anxiety, the body and the mind, this powerful book offers a profound path toward healing and growth.

Drawing on social science, Eastern wisdom, and the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Beck shows how to move from anxiety into purpose through the power of creativity. Using techniques tested first-hand on hundreds of clients, she teaches us how to activate the creativity spiral by approaching problems with a sense of curiosity, making pleasure a priority, and inviting play and spontaneity into our every day.

In this book, experienced paramedic Leigh Anderson shares true life-and-death stories from his career, explores the latest scientific research on mindset, stress and resilience, and reveals his secrets for maintaining poise. The result is an arsenal of clear, effective and actionable tools that will boost your ability to perform under pressure.

Réinitialisez votre cerveau minceur ! Comme la majeure partie des candidats à l'amincissement, vous êtes sans doute persuadé(e) que mincir revient seulement à perdre du poids " dans votre corps ". Pourtant, les recherches les plus récentes en neuro-sciences appliquées prouvent qu'il n'en est rien. Vous allez découvrir que le contrôle durable de votre poids implique la globalité de votre être : meilleure gestion du stress, de la respiration, des émotions et des pensées.

Driven by a desire for better solutions, Jessica embarked on years of study into the body-brain connection and the impact of trauma on health. Along the way, she discovered that many symptoms could be alleviated and even fixed through simple bodywork practices that tone the vagus nerve to better cope with the impact of past traumas and the stress of day-to-day living. Her online courses have helped thousands to a healthier, happier state of being.

The Enneagram is an incredibly powerful tool for understanding personality types: who we are, how we function best in the world, and how we relate to each other. A Little Bit of Enneagram is an essential guide to the basics of this amazing system, including background and history and a basic overview of the nine major motivations.

Individuals at all levels of society and income are feeling the exhausting effects of economic uncertainty, political upheaval, international conflict, the pandemic, and environmental devastation. This timely book offers effective approaches for overcoming everyday challenges, presenting you with the tools you need to neutralize stress, build resilience, and live a balanced life.

Ultimately, this book is a long-overdue resource for every Strong Black Woman: The woman ready to break cycles of trauma, heal the internalized beliefs of perfectionism and conditional self‑worth, and listen to the wisdom of her inner voice.

In a world seemingly tailor-made for neurotypical people, 'Autistic Adulting' is a treasure trove of indispensable tools and real-life guidance that will help you to navigate the trials and tribulations of adulthood and thrive. Across 50 bitesize chapters, this uplifting and accessible book covers everything from embracing your identity and taking good care of yourself to building and maintaining relationships, starting a career, navigating the big and small parts of life, and more.

The Happy High Achiever is the clear roadmap that every ambitious-yet-anxious person needs to help you reach your full potential, create achievable goals and find contentment and success. With her groundbreaking 8 Essentials, created from years of research and expertise as a Harvard-trained clinical psychologist, Dr Mary Anderson outlines a clear method to both understand your thoughts and behaviours that may be causing obstacles to your success and happiness, while also teaching you how to build and sustain habits and practices that will help you thrive.

During more than fifteen years as an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Ross White has supported countless high-performance clients to develop their psychological flexibility - to anchor themselves in the present, lean into their emotions and make choices in line with their personal values. If you juggle competing demands, take pride in what you do, and want to achieve your personal goals without sacrificing yourself, then high-performance applies to you too.

Humans are master pretenders. We often seem stronger, calmer and more mature than we really are, while the truth is we're full of doubts and self-criticism that pushes us to borrow reassurance from friends, beliefs from strangers on the internet, or attention that, in the moment, makes us feel successful, but leaves us totally hollow and burnt out. Dr. Smith uses examples from her own life and the lives of her therapy patients to explain how we borrow confidence, calmness and beliefs from our relationships and offers solutions and steps for building a life with our own best-thinking.

What causes addiction, and how should we treat it? Today it is understood primarily as a brain disease, yet in this bold reimagining of addiction, pioneering psychiatrist Elias Dakwar argues that this is false. It fails to explain, among other things, why many people can enjoy drugs without developing a dependency on them. In The Captive Imagination, Dakwar argues that addiction is an existential challenge, requiring a more philosophical and multidisciplinary approach, as well as a lens through which we can better understand ourselves.

Disaster can come in many forms, from earthquakes and avalanches to catastrophic machine failure and acts of terror. And afterwards, when the dust settles and the survivors emerge, we can't help but wonder: why them? Why did they live when so many others perished? In The Unthinkable, Prize-winning journalist Amanda Ripley, who has covered some of the most devastating disasters of our age, sets out to find the answers.