Friday, October 22, 2010

Why Attaining Happiness is So Elusive - Part 1

By Frank BonkowskiThe Happiness HypothesisAs a Third Ager, I have always believed that we all can be happy after midlife with the right mind set and knowledge. However, after reading The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by...
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A Complete Review of Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

By Joshua Uebergang This is a book review of Daniel Goleman's Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships.Goleman in his groundbreaking book reveals that neural linkages between humans influence the brain and the body. These invisible...
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The Courage to Be Who You Are

By Marti Self Are you an owl? Are you a dolphin? Are you a peacock? Are you a panther?In reading "Conquer Fear" by Lisa Jimenez, I learned that behavior psychologists have determined there are four personality types. Although there may be a mixture within...
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What is Creativity Anyway and How Come the Human Mind is So Good at It?

By Lance Winslow Can we define creativity, and if we do, does that mean we are one step further in duplicating it? Is it possible to train a computer to be creative? Why not say artificial intelligence computer scientists, but psychologists, religious...
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Know Someone Who is Depressed? Why Not Read Up on the Subject to Help Them

By Lance Winslow All of us are affected by depression, whether we have such issues or not. For instance, 19% of our population in the United States takes depression drugs. So, with nearly 20% of our citizens taking depression drugs and considering all...
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Structure of Strange and Obscure Dreams

By Sam Shawn Dream dictionary and the interpretation in it is a subject of great interest and every dream is considered to have special information to the dreamer. Disposing off dreams as just an illusionary event is simply not possible by most of us....
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How to Succeed Using Gratitude - An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love, by Richard and Kristine Carlson

By Andrea Goeglein, Ph.D.You may or may not know the name Richard Carlson, but millions of people all over the world have read his, "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," books. Dr. Carlson was considered to be one of the foremost experts on happiness around...
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Must We Feed the Bully?

By Elizabeth Bennett Recently, I heard about this new book entitled "101 Facts About Bullying: What Everyone Should Know" and even though I have not read it, I do commend the author for taking a stand against the problem. Every bit helps in educating...
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A Review of The Family Crucible

By Dr. Barbara Cunningham The Family Crucible, by Napier and Whitaker (1978), reads like a novel while at the same time laying down some of the fundamental concepts of family systems therapy. It is a case study of one family's experience in family therapy....
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Critical Annotation - Out of the Shadows by P Carnes

By Shannon Bailey Understanding sexual addiction takes a lot of study and time. Carnes gives a great overview and insight into what sexual addiction is all about. With this overview, counselors are able to get a better grasp on sexual addiction to either...
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The White Tiger

By Rabiya Jawed The author addresses the problems of the life of Munna, a boy belonging to the rural suburb of Gurgaon. His plight can be understood by the fact that when he enters school and the teacher asks for his name, he replies that he doesn't...
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

By Chris Kanyane In the 18th century there was one French philosopher genius, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It was Rousseau who provided Europe with slogans for return to nature during the times of the industrial revolution when everybody was excited about...
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Understanding Freakonomics Better - Random Decisions Are Not Random

By Prasoon Kumar Freakonomics by Steven Levitt takes a look at interaction between different people and the way they take their decisions. He believes people never take random decisions, they follow certain rules (which may be self imposed, not necessarily...
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Quests Beyond Existence - A Book Beyond Description and Perception

By Michael Duque Quests Beyond Existence presents the reader a mixture of story-telling, imparting principles, entertaining and educating the reader about concepts beyond human lives.The book hopes to leave with the reader a more accepting attitude and...
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Overcoming Passive Aggression

By Jeanine Byers Hoag What I like about the book is that even though it addresses the angry person as "the problem" and the focus is on how that person expresses or fails to express hidden anger, there is a strong call to action on the part of the person...
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Parenting With the Enneagram

By Jeanine Byers Hoag Two Enneagram BooksIn this article, I will review two Enneagram books by Elizabeth Wagele, the Enneagram of Parenting and the book she wrote for children, to help them better understand themselves, Finding the Birthday Cake.Both...
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Review of "Influence - the Psychology of Persuasion" by Robert B Cialdini

By Paul Stephen Barber I came across this book as it was mentioned in passing by a couple of Internet marketeers that I respect, and they were suggesting that it was a must read. Anyone involved in sales already will have come across this book as it...
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Book Review - "Optimizing the Infinite Mind" by Prof Erantha De Mel

By Dr. Jeanne Oswald Prof. Erantha De Mel in his latest book "Optimizing the Infinite Mind" offers a cogent expose of the human mind processes. It explains how to reprogram the thought patterns and thinking styles to obtain the desired results in life;...
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Predictably Irrational - The Keys to Your Success May Be the Opposite of What You Think

By Mary Lou KayserOne of my favorite sitcoms of all time is Seinfeld. One of my all-time favorite episodes of that quirky show is called "The Opposite." In it, George decides that every decision he has ever made in his life has been wrong, and that his...
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Review of Simon Clarkson's Book - DayDreaming

By Michael Bury I recently discovered that there are several positive thinking books available on the market, I have discovered one that interested me, Simon Clarkson has published 'DayDreaming'. This is a book aimed at the individual who is looking...
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