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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite

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by David Disalvo ...

This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which cloud our judgment and muddle our decision making.Science writer David DiSalvo presents evidence from evolutionary and social psychology, cognitive science, neurology, and even marketing and economics. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which cloud our judgment and muddle our decision making.Science writer David DiSalvo presents evidence from evolutionary and social psychology, cognitive science, neurology, and even marketing and economics.
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The Brain in Your Kitchen

A Collection of Essays on How What We Buy, Eat, and Experience Affects Our Brains

by David Disalvo ...

Every day, we're faced with choices about what to eat, wear, and purchase. Blinded by a tsunami of information—some good, some bad, some intentionally misleading—often our brains are too overwhelmed to examine all the details. So how do we know we're making the best decisions for us?Author and science journalist David DiSalvo asks what's best for our brains instead.The Brain in Your Kitchen sifts ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Every day, we're faced with choices about what to eat, wear, and purchase. Blinded by a tsunami of information—some good, some bad, some intentionally misleading—often our brains are too overwhelmed to examine all the details. So how do we know we're making the best decisions for us?Author and science journalist David DiSalvo asks what's best for our brains instead.The Brain in Your Kitchen sifts
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Brain Changer

How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life

by David Disalvo ...

Let's be honest. You've tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) “carpe diem" mug—yet your attitude hasn't changed. It's time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life.While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help gurus. ... Read more

$7.99 USD

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Let's be honest. You've tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) “carpe diem" mug—yet your attitude hasn't changed. It's time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life.While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help gurus.
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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite

by David DiSalvo ...

Narrated by David DiSalvo ...

Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

Why do we routinely choose options that don't meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences? Why do we insist we're right even when evidence contradicts us?In What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why ... Read more

$29.98 USD

Why do we routinely choose options that don't meet our short-term needs and undermine our long-term goals? Why do we willingly expose ourselves to temptations that undercut our hard-fought progress to overcome addictions? Why are we prone to assigning meaning to statistically common coincidences? Why do we insist we're right even when evidence contradicts us?In What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why
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Brain Changer

How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life

by David DiSalvo ...

Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

Let’s be honest. You’ve tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) “carpe diem” mug—yet your attitude hasn’t changed. It’s time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life.While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help gurus. ... Read more

$29.98 USD

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Let’s be honest. You’ve tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) “carpe diem” mug—yet your attitude hasn’t changed. It’s time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life.While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help gurus.
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Calming Your Anxious Mind

How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic

by Jeffrey Brantley, MD ...

Narrated by Barry Abrams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

Drawing on techniques and perspectives from two seemingly different traditions, this second edition of the self-help classic Calming Your Anxious Mind offers you a powerful and profound approach to overcoming anxiety, fear, and panic. From the evidence-based tradition of Western medicine, learn the role your thoughts and emotions play in anxiety. And, from the tradition of meditation and the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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Drawing on techniques and perspectives from two seemingly different traditions, this second edition of the self-help classic Calming Your Anxious Mind offers you a powerful and profound approach to overcoming anxiety, fear, and panic. From the evidence-based tradition of Western medicine, learn the role your thoughts and emotions play in anxiety. And, from the tradition of meditation and the
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The Strange Order of Things

Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures

by Antonio Damasio ...

Narrated by Antonio Damasio, Steve West ...

Unabridged

9 hours

From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture.The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only the survival but also the ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture.The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only the survival but also the
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A Religion of One's Own

A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World

by Thomas Moore ...

Narrated by Donald Corren ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul.Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who’ve turned away from religious institutions—and others who have lived wholly without religion—hunger for more than what contemporary secular life has to offer but are reluctant to follow organized religion’s strict and often
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Just One Thing

Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time

by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. ...

Narrated by Fred Stella ...

Unabridged

4 hours 57 min

You've heard the expression, “It’s the little things that count.” It's more than a simple platitude. Research has shown that integrating little daily practices into your life can actually change the way your brain works.This guide offers simple things you can do routinely, mainly inside your mind, that will support and increase your sense of security and worth, resilience, effectiveness, well ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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You've heard the expression, “It’s the little things that count.” It's more than a simple platitude. Research has shown that integrating little daily practices into your life can actually change the way your brain works.This guide offers simple things you can do routinely, mainly inside your mind, that will support and increase your sense of security and worth, resilience, effectiveness, well
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Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear ...

Narrated by James Clear ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

**The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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**The #1 New York Times bestseller.Over 25 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results**No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny
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Subconscious Mind

How to Boost Your Creativity with Mind Training

by Emily Wilds ...

This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these:Book 1: The power of our minds stretches far beyond our current comprehension. No matter how much science keeps progressing, they still find new wonders of the human brain.One of the reasons for this, is that the subconscious mind suppresses and exposes many impulses and neural pathways that we don’t ... Read more

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This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these:Book 1: The power of our minds stretches far beyond our current comprehension. No matter how much science keeps progressing, they still find new wonders of the human brain.One of the reasons for this, is that the subconscious mind suppresses and exposes many impulses and neural pathways that we don’t
... Read more
The Happiness Advantage

How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

by Shawn Achor ...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—MediumHappiness is not the belief that we ... Read more

$13.99 USD

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—MediumHappiness is not the belief that we
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