Mental Performance

The study of classic and contemporary films can provide a powerful avenue to understand the experience of mental illness. In Madness at the Movies, James Charney, MD, a practicing psychiatrist and long-time cinephile, examines films that delve deeply into characters’ inner worlds, and he analyzes moments that help define their particular mental illness.

The creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue reflects on his tumultuous life, driven by a nearly insatiable creative energy and a matching penchant for self-destruction. Like Milch's best screenwriting, Life's Work explores how chance encounters, self-deception and luck shape the people we become, and wrestles with what it means to have felt and caused pain, even and especially with those we love, and how you keep living.

The Betrayal Recovery Roadmap How Unhealed Betrayal Sabotages Performance—and What to Do About It By Dr. Debi Silber, Founder and CEO, The PBT® Institute What if the real reason for burnout, disengagement, and low morale in your workplace isn’t about performance at all—but about personal pain that’s never been resolved? Betrayal doesn't stay at home. It walks into your office disguised as brain fog, absenteeism, mistrust, poor boundaries, and reactive leadership. Whether the betrayal stems from infidelity, broken family ties, or personal trauma, it impacts how we show up—and how ...

Produced in a nonclinical, easy-to-digest style, this book will help the listener understand why they put so much pressure on themselves, while doing a number of different activities to prove they have worth. Breaking out of the performance trap brings freedom we all long for.

This Modern Meditation Technique has been taught by this author regularly, on a quarterly basis, at the US Patent and Trademark Office and as an annual seminar at a Natural Living Expo in Washington DC, as well as at other organizations like the American Cancer Society, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, the US Psychotronics Association, the International Conference on Science and Consciousness, and at corporations during lunch hour in the DC area. After teaching physics, environmental science, and electrical technology courses at Erie Community College for several years, I ...

If you or someone you love has ever been caught in the vise-like grip of anxiety, you understand how painful and debilitating it can be. The frustration of the physical, mental, and emotional interference caused by anxiety is devastating. For many people, anxiety becomes the dragon they cannot slay. It doesn't have to be that way any longer. It’s time to break the chokehold anxiety has on your performance goals and your life.

Living a brain-healthy life is not just to reduce the risk of dementia and other serious health issues but also to improve the quality of your life and brain performance now. Investing in brain health will cost you nothing but time and effort - and the brain-healthy recommendations in this book can all be followed for free! Brain health expert Dr. Sabina Brennan's steps are simple to follow and within your control so can be integrated into daily life with ease over the course of 100 days.

The transformative mind-model for performing under stress and making pressure your advantage. Used by the planet’s top performers. In Performance Under Pressure, forensic psychiatrist Dr Ceri Evans gives you the tools to take control of the moment. Beat doubt, worry, regret and burnout with simple mind techniques and discover the secret of how to be ‘comfortable being uncomfortable’. No one is immune to pressure. We all fall victim to its effects in the same ways. But pressure is misunderstood.

In a spectacular follow-up to his best seller, The Habit Factor®, Martin Grunburg illustrates exactly how our environment and, in particular, pressure is an essential ingredient for anyone looking to accelerate their achievements. The majority of people, including some of today's leading experts in psychology and performance, contend that pressure "is the enemy of success". In The Pressure Paradox, Grunburg elucidates precisely the opposite.

This book will show you how to develop and maintain your own powerful mental toughness with a series of advanced technique and strategies. It will reveal how you can use your own mental strength to push through any ordeal to victory, to endure any suffering to gain huge success. If you want to gain victories in every aspect of life, to push forward to spectacular triumphs, then listen to this book. It will change your life forever.

In a world filled with constant change, challenges, and uncertainties, the ability to bounce back from adversity and thrive amidst difficulties is more critical than ever. This book, "The Resilient Mindset," is your guide to cultivating the strength, adaptability, and positive habits necessary to not just survive but truly thrive in life.Understanding Resilience Resilience is often misunderstood as a trait that only a few possess, but research shows that it is a skill that anyone can develop. In Chapter 1, we explore what resilience truly means, its psychological and neurological ...

If you are one of the individuals that is seeking health and wellness on not just the physical level but the mental as well, you need to listen to Mental Strength Positive Attitude: 7 Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance In Life. This text gets right to the point and explains the best techniques that can be used to improve mental performance. The author has gone to great lengths to make the text as easy to understand as he possibly can and he also has put his own seal of approval of the methods as these are things that he has tried himself and has found to be successful.

Unlock the healing garden just outside your door. Regardless of whether you are sowing your first seeds or formulating advanced custom tinctures, FROM NOVICE GARDENER TO MASTER HEALER guides you step by step through 3three comprehensive sections - a handbook for modern Herbalism, comparative insights into Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Vitalism, and numerous recipes of Herbal Remedies for anxiety relief, digestive balance, glowing skin, deeper sleep, immune strength, and more. Inside, you will learn to: Identify, grow, and ethically harvest a large selection of powerhouse ...

Throughout this audiobook's various chapters, listeners will explore the historical context of the Joker's creation, delve into the character's symbolic and iconic qualities, examine the psychological profile of the Joker, and analyze his relation to various philosophical theories such as Carl Jung's trickster and Nietzsche's will to power.

In Whatever Works, Thalma Lobel explores groundbreaking psychological research on job performance, satisfaction, and creativity. Did you know that just doodling in a certain way can increase your creativity? That looking at something green for forty seconds will improve your attention? That crossing your legs similarly to an interviewer could get you the job? That the mere presence of a smartphone on your desk can lessen your performance, even if it's turned off? These are the invisible factors that nudge our behavior on a daily basis.

What if there’s a way that you can boost your brain power and think like the smartest and the sharpest people in the world? What if there’s a way that you can tap your inner genius and achieve laser-like focus? What if there’s a wonder drug that you can take to increase your ability to solve life’s more complicated problems? What if there’s a way through which you can improve your memory and clarity?

Performance facilitator and elite mindset coach Gareth Timmins was one of only 0.1% of Royal Marines Commando applicants to reach the end of the intensive and gruelling training, and to earn the coveted Green Beret, a world-renowned symbol of excellence. By drawing on his life experiences after reaching this elite status, his subsequent research into psychological theory and observations shared with him from many elite athletes, Timmins aims to break the commonly held assumption that people who achieve consistent successes, do so with ease.

What if the biggest life transformation doesn’t take months, but just 10 focused minutes a day❓ What if you could break bad habits, build unstoppable momentum, and rewire your mind for success—without willpower or struggle❓ What if defeating procrastination, addiction, and low motivation was simply a matter of following a repeatable habit formula that actually works❓ If you’ve ever tried to create lasting change but slipped back into the same patterns… this book will feel like a breath of fresh, powerful air. Welcome to the 10-Minute Revolution for Daily Greatness. How to ...

Hacking Fear has tips and tricks to help coaches and parents of high-performing athletes debug those frustrating habit loops. It is not that these athletes do not want to perform at the highest level. Instead, they have developed complex behavioral defense mechanisms to avoid unwanted consequences. In Hacking Fear, we cover many strategies to disrupt these defense habit loops and break through to achieve your athletes' goals.