Emotional Science

Having a pet dragon is very fun! He can sit, roll over, and play.... He can candle a birthday cake, lit a campfire, or so many other cool things.... But what if your dragon refuses to go to sleep every night? What if he loves to stay up late? What if he always has a hard time going to bed because he can’t turn off his brain? What if he argues that the world is full of fascinating things to do like watching TV, playing video games, reading stories...that he should be doing instead of going to bed?

The emotional questions we face can define our lives. If you're expecting an interaction to go wrong, that expectation can make it so. That's spiralling down. But as esteemed Stanford psychologist Greg Walton shows, when we see these questions clearly, we can answer them well. Known to social psychologists as wise interventions, these shifts in perspective can help us chart new trajectories for our lives. They help us spiral up. This is ordinary magic: The everyday experiences that help us set aside the ordinary worries of life to unleash extraordinary change.

Ego: The Fall of the Twin Towers and the Rise of an Enlightened Humanity by Peter Baumann and Michael W. Taft is the first book to explore the positive evolutionary potential hidden in one of the most destructive events in history. In their examination of the evolutionary implications of 9/11 and its aftermath, the authors contend we are not falling into the grip of a new dark age at all; rather, we are on the verge of a much brighter one as the Darwinian process of natural selection continues to advance humankind.

Ivy Mae Bloom is almost 13 years old, her name is almost a complete sentence, and her family’s RV is almost a home. That’s one too many “almosts” for Ivy. She desperately wants a place to put down roots, but it’s her mama’s job as a fallen star to tend the magic underpinning the world - a job that’s kept Ivy’s family living on the road since before Ivy was born. After Ivy steals Mama's entire supply of wish jars in the hopes of finding a place to call home, disaster strands her family in Whistling Ridge, North Carolina, with Mama's star sisters.

Discover the Life-Changing Power of Walking. Struggling with anxiety, chronic pain, or addiction? This isn’t just another fitness book—it’s a practical, science-backed toolkit for rebuilding your life, one five-minute walk at a time. Written by a former skeptic who walked away from alcoholism and debilitating neuropathy, this guide offers immediate, actionable strategies anyone can use.

Descubre y domina el revolucionario poder de la Teoría Polivagal y despídete por fin de los traumas, el estrés, la ansiedad y mucho más. Los traumas, la ansiedad, las enfermedades crónicas y el estrés mental asolan a innumerables personas, obstaculizando su bienestar y su calidad de vida. Las causas profundas de estos problemas se encuentran en el intrincado funcionamiento de nuestro nervio vago.

Embark on a magical journey with Debra Moioffer's enchanting tale, "The Colorful Dragon." In this story, children and adults alike will discover a world where emotions come alive through the ever-changing colors of a mystical dragon's scales. Each color tells a story, each hue a different emotion. From the golden joy that sparkles in the sunlight to the deep blue of reflective sadness under the starlit sky, this dragon teaches us to embrace our feelings.

Some chains are meant to be broken...When Elise makes a fateful decision, her world is changed forever. Now she and her friends find themselves trapped with a deadly secret and they're running out of time. The clock is ticking. The palace is on the brink of a royal wedding and courtiers have journeyed from every corner of the realm. Torn between a life of servitude and the threat of capture, the friends are faced with a sudden decision, and once they make it, there will be no turning back. Will they stay in the palace or make a desperate bid for freedom?

High school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teens in a game-like world that may or may not be real. Together, they must complete quests and gain experience in order to access their own forgotten memories, decode what has happened to them, and find a portal home. As Rainbow’s memories slowly return, the story of a lonely teen facing senior year as the new kid in a small town emerges.

Tragödien, Rückschläge, Misserfolge, Stress und Überforderung- jeder Mensch wird im Laufe seines Lebens immer wieder mit negativen Situationen konfrontiert. Dennoch gibt es Menschen, die jedes noch so tragische Ereignis meistern und auch in den dunkelsten Stundeninnere Ruhe und Lebensmut bewahren. Sie verfügen über mentale und emotionale Widerstandskraft: Resilienz. Die jahrtausendealte Philosophie der Stoa gilt als Mutter aller Therapien und Resilienztrainings.

Karma Moon is a firm believer in everything "woo-woo", as her dad calls it. So when she asked her trusty Crystal Mystic if the call asking her dad to create a ghost-hunting docuseries was her dad's big break, it delivered: "No doubt about it." Because the universe never gets it wrong. Only people do.

Hatred is often considered the opposite of love, but in many ways it is much more complicated. It also may be considered one of the dominant emotions of our time, as individuals, groups, and even nations express or enact hatred to varying degrees. What is hatred? Where does it come from, and what does it reveal about the hater? And is hatred always a bad thing? Brogaard makes a deep dive into the moral psychology of one of our most complex and vivid emotions.

Discover simple techniques to make confident decisions and rewire your brain for a more positive outlook on life Are you tired of feeling trapped in a cycle of endless worry and what if scenarios? If so, How To Stop Overthinking - The Ultimate Guide is for you. Imagine waking up each day with peace of mind, feeling grounded and present in the moment. See yourself making decisions with confidence, free from the shackles of doubt and anxiety. This is the kind of life that awaits you. University lecturer and bestselling author Howard Hudson will help you gain the tools and techniques you need ...

In a world pulling our thoughts and emotions in so many directions, Born to Flourish offers a way to turn stress and anxiety into clarity and calm. Renowned neuroscientists and contemplative teachers Richard J. Davidson and Cortland J. Dahl bring us a powerful program rooted in decades of research from the Center for Healthy Minds. Focusing on four transformative practices, they bring us key tools to help train our brains to overcome depression, despair, and loneliness.

Unbelievers looks back to the middle ages when it seemed impossible not to subscribe to Christianity, through the crisis of the Reformation and to the powerful, challenging cultural currents of the centuries. The religious journey of the Western world was lived and steered not just by the celebrated thinkers of the day – the Machiavellis and Michel de Montaignes – but by men and women at every level of society, whose voices and feelings permeate this book in the form of diaries, letters and court records.

The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray.

We live in a fast-paced world that has come to characterize the 21st century. We are bombarded with constant distractions, and silence has all but vanished from our daily schedule and practice. We are collectively exhausted, but we don’t really realize it. The exhaustion manifests in sicknesses we can’t identify, and if we can, it’s something we can’t pronounce. We batter ourselves against the daily onslaught that has become our lives.

We live in a time where the world is facing an invisible enemy. The pandemic surges, and social relations are fraught with turmoil. Emotions are on edge, and people fear for their lives. We face turmoil, but turmoil does not come without emotions. Little has been written about the power of emotions and emotional contagion in this time of global turmoil—until now.

THE EMOTION COLLECTOR Where Feelings are Forbidden, and She is the Exception In a world where emotions are outlawed, her gift could save humanity—or destroy it. She can steal your feelings with a single touch. Twenty-three-year-old Aria Thorne is an expert Emotion Collector in a society where feelings have been systematically eradicated. With her rare ability to absorb and experience the emotions of others, she maintains the perfect, sterile peace demanded by the authoritarian Council. Until she meets him. Evan is different—the only person whose emotions she cannot read. Their forbidden...

Cassie and the rest of the crew have found themselves in the middle of a conflict between two alien civilizations hell-bent on destroying each other...and anyone else who gets in their way. What was supposed to be a reconnaissance mission soon becomes a fight for their lives. But Cassie knows it isn’t enough to simply survive. The war is coming to Earth, and only she has the information that can possibly stop the devastation it will bring. With humanity’s fate in the balance, Cassie must decide who she can trust and who she's willing to sacrifice in order to complete her mission.