Your Brain on Food: How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
Why is eating chocolate so pleasurable? Can the function of just one small group of chemicals really determine whether you are happy or sad? Is it really best to drink coffee if you want to wake up and be alert?
In this book, Gary Wenk demonstrates how, as a result of their effects on certain neurotransmitters concerned with behavior, everything we put into our bodies has very direct consequences for how we think, feel, and act.
Written in a jargon-free, readable style, this book should be of interest to all parents who are keen to understand their children's thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationships.
Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The Power of Positive Feelings
We all know how strong our emotions can be - but do we really appreciate that they can actually help us to achieve what we want? We sometimes disregard our feelings and carry on living life the way we have always lived it - but our emotions are in fact the key to finding a life that is the way we always dreamt it would be.
At times, everyone feels angry or frustrated. When used as positive tools, these emotions can spur us to action to try to make our lives or the world better. These feelings can also be destructive to one's health if a person gets upset too often or too strongly, and to the larger community if he or she lashes out with angry words or actions against others. "Dealing with Frustration and Anger" explores both the positive and negative sides of these emotions and looks at the many techniques that anger management experts suggest for handling these feelings in healthy ways.
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life offers a five-step plan for coping with painful emotions such as anxiety and depression. It teaches you how to learn life-enhancing behavior strategies that work to further the goals you value most. You'll learn to engage with and overcome painful thoughts and feelings with step-by-step acceptance and mindfulness-based techniques. You'll find out how to let go of control, and develop compassion and flexibility.
