"A highly readable book about the varied forms of social anxiety and its treatment . . . packed with practical tools to help readers overcome their fears." —Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W., author of Triumph Over FearQuestion:Do you feel shy and self-conscious in social situations?Are you plagued with self-doubts about how you come across to others?Do you feel physically sick with worry about certain situa...

Discover tools to help you build self-confidence for a better life.From facing your fears to practicing acceptance and self-compassion, The Self-Confidence Workbook offers practical and effective strategies to help you bring out your best self. You'll learn how to guide yourself through having self-confidence in relationships, work, and health. With a goal-oriented approach, these proven strategies teach you to silence the self-critic within and help guide...

Build self-confidence for a better life - an audio workbook full of tools.Self-confidence begins with knowing yourself. From facing fears to practicing acceptance and self-compassion, The Self Confidence Workbook offers practical, accessible strategies to get to know your best self and see real-world results.Barbara Markway, PhD, a licensed psychologist with nearly 30 years of experience, and writer Celia Ampel help you vanquish the demons of self-...

Whether you're a professional athlete, dedicated to your personal goals for fitness, or a newcomer looking for fitness inspiration, you shouldn't overlook the mind body connection when it comes to exercise and mental health. Moving your body and having a diet of balanced nutrition not only changes your physical body, but can improve your mood and give you that much needed memory boost.Start focusing on yourself by nurturing your body and mind. When it comes to our physical and ment...

How did the human mind emerge from the collection of neurons that makes up the brain? How did the brain acquire self-awareness, functional autonomy, language, and the ability to think, to understand itself and the world? In this volume in the Essential Knowledge series, Zoltan Torey offers an accessible and concise description of the evolutionary breakthrough that created the human mind. Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and linguistics, Torey reconstructs the se...

We've been told that artificial intelligence (AI) will both destroy and create jobs, fuel and strangle creativity, be our friend and deceive us, and not only take our orders at the drive-thru, but flip the burgers, too. So what exactly is AI? And what does it mean for us?Quite Possibly the Best Introduction to AI cuts through the hype to explain what AI is (and is not), how it works, and the likely outcomes ahead. It will empower you to thrive in an AI-driven future and te...

This book provides a blueprint for a life beyond your wildest dreams. It is a primer for achieving wealth, loaded with the most salient prosperity wisdom of the last hundred years. The content is further enhanced by thoughtful exercises that will aid listeners in their personal-success journeys. Each of the chapters focuses on one of twelve principles—including Dreams, Goals, Taking Action, and Decisions—and includes selections of writings from the world’s greatest prosperity teachers, inc...

An engaging exploration of the wondrous social webs that permeate life in animal societies around the world.It's all about who you know. Whether vampire bats sharing blood meals for survival, field crickets remembering champion fighters, macaque monkeys forming grooming pacts after a deadly hurricane, or great tit birds learning the best way to steal milk—it pays to be well connected.In this tour of the animal kingdom, evolutionary biologist Lee Alan Dugatk...

A paradigm-shifting, instant classic in the making that challenges our assumptions about change by encouraging us to understand and embrace our resistance to it.We all have something we want to change about ourselves. But whether it's quitting smoking, losing weight, or breaking some common bad habit or negative behavior pattern, we feel a sense of failure when we don’t succeed. This often sets off a cascade of negative feelings and discouragement, making it even h...

For fans of James Clear, Nassim Taleb, and Malcolm Gladwell: Stop being someone who could succeed and become someone who predictably should succeed by using a revolutionary “probability hacking” framework to increase your odds of success.Every goal that you’re pursuing has two hidden numbers attached to it—a probability of success and a probability of failure. Whether you’re trying to start a business, run a marathon, get a promotion, earn a pilot’s license, grow a...

Strengthen Your Mind-Body Connection"Whether you're an ambitious athlete, someone committed to their personal strength goals, or a newcomer looking for physical health inspiration, Functional Training for the Mind will guide you in the right direction!" — Jeremy Bhandari, author of the bestselling Trust the GrindDon't just achieve your gym goals, learn how to achieve any life goal you set.T...

A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word "table." Described by some as a superpower this mingling of the senses is called "synesthesia," and the people who possess this amazing gift are called "synesthetes."What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year explori...