Showing posts with label Self Help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self Help. Show all posts

Sunday, February 16, 2014

The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, and Earn Your Audience by Chuck Wendig

The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction
The journey to become a successful writer is long, fraught with peril, and filled with difficult questions: How do I write dialogue? How do I build suspense? What should I know about query letters? How do I start?
The best way to answer these questions is to ditch your uncertainty and transform yourself into a KICK-ASS writer.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters! by Rachel Macy Stafford

Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters!
'Rachel Macy Stafford's post 'The Day I Stopped Saying Hurry Up' was a true phenomenon on The Huffington Post, igniting countless conversations online and off about freeing ourselves from the vicious cycle of keeping up with our overstuffed agendas. Hands Free Mama has the power to keep that conversation going and remind us that we must not let our lives pass us by.'

Kiss and Run: The Single, Picky, and Indecisive Girl's Guide to Overcoming Fear of Commitment by Elina Furman

Kiss and Run: The Single, Picky, and Indecisive Girl's Guide to Overcoming Fear of Commitment
You May Be Commitment-Phobic If:
You have a mile-long list of requirements for your ideal mate
You go from one short-lived relationship to the next
You have a habit of dating "unavailable" men

Sunday, February 2, 2014

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct by Thomas S. Szasz

The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
The most influential critique of psychiatry ever written, Thomas Szasz's classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behavior as mental illness, psychiatrists, Szasz argues, absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness.

Mood: The Key to Understanding Ourselves and Others by Patrick M Burke

Mood: The Key to Understanding Ourselves and Others
A reader-friendly yet in-depth overview of the latest research on mood as the way we are tuned to the world.
This book examines the central role that mood plays in determining our outlook on life and our ability to cope with its challenges. The central theme is that mood determines how we are tuned to the world. Tuning emerges over the course of our earliest development as environmental and genetic influences form the neural circuits and set how they function across the lifespan in daily life and under conditions of stress.

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder by Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
There is much literature about children with Attention Deficit Disorder. This work focuses on the experience of adults with the disorder, combining practical information and moral support. It explains the diagnostic process and distinguishes ADD symptions from normal lapses in memory, lack of concentrations, and impulse behaviour,

The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth by Bruce H. Lipton

The Honeymoon Effect: The Science of Creating Heaven on Earth
The Honeymoon Effect: A state of bliss, passion, energy, and health resulting from a huge love. Your life is so beautiful that you can’t wait to get up to start a new day and you thank the Universe that you are alive. Think back on the most spectacular love affair of your life—the Big One that toppled you head over heels. For most, it was a time of heartfelt bliss, robust health, and abundant energy.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of our most important thinkers. His ideas have had a profound and widely regarded impact on many fields—including economics, medicine, and politics—but until now, he has never brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book.