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From best-selling Kindle Singles author Mishka Shubaly comes Cold Turkey, a step by step roadmap for approaching the harrowing first month of sobriety. Himself 10 years sober, Shubaly addresses the slippery nature of alcoholism, and the messy, anxiety-ridden process of making the decision to stop drinking once and for all.

Drawing from nearly 20 years working in the areas of neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry, international best-selling author Dr Dean Burnett (The Idiot Brain, The Happy Brain) hopes to answer these questions and more in his new audiobook Psycho-Logical (exclusive to Audible). Combining in-depth research with genuine testimonials from those who deal with their own issues on a daily basis, Psycho-Logical aims to uncover just what we think is going on with our brains when serious mental health problems occur....

Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms. There’s been a lot of discussion in the medical world lately about the potential benefits of these and other drugs for certain medical conditions, such as anxiety and depression. As we consider the place of psychedelics in the future, we can draw insight and guidance from the history of how psychedelics have been described, sought after, applied, and prohibited over the centuries. Erika Dyck, professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan, introduces you to the world of hallucinogens.

While anger is not in and of itself a psychological disorder, for so many of us it can be an overwhelming and destructive force in our lives. Drawing on almost three decades of experience as a clinical and academic psychologist, Dr Tim Sharp has developed this effective and straightforward series to help you better understand and manage your anger. In ten simple steps, Habits for Mastering Anger will give you the tools you need to take control and tame your temper.

Radiant Minds: The World of Oliver Sacks investigates consciousness, the brain, and the human experience, drawing inspiration from works by the neurologist and beloved author Oliver Sacks. Oliver cared for people with misunderstood neurological conditions at a time when many in the medical community had turned their backs on them.

Each week on Happiness...and How to Get It, comedian Charlie George and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota dive into a topic, trend or technique and ask vital questions, like: where has this idea come from? What’s the evidence? And is this more or less effective than a custard cream and a cuppa.

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. This volume details nine of the most versatile all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, your productivity, and how clearly you see the world.

You want to get more out of yourself. You want to know how to take your performance to the next level. You want to uncover secrets to elite performance. You’re in the right place, but the path ahead is not what you think. Mark Mathieson outlines the nine key lessons that enable you to reconnect with your life to take advantage of the hidden, wild systems all around you. Mark will show you how to master these skills to develop grit and passion to re-wild your existence in a way that leads to sustainable high performance.

The proliferation of social media platforms and our increasing reliance on the internet for connection and communication has caused the line between the “real” world and the online world to blur. So much of our lives can be impacted by online interactions—and not all those interactions are positive. Why does the internet seem to encourage bad behavior from some users? Why do we feel we need to share so much of our private lives with the online world? Is screen time really as addictive as the headlines say?

Hysteria! presents tales of howling nuns, fainting schoolgirls, witches, wombs, online panics and threats – both imagined and real. Crossing decades and continents, and from personal panics to societal scares, Alice Lowe explores hysterical behaviour. Come join the delirium....

The 3-Day Effect is a look at the science behind why being in the wild for a minimum of three days can make us happier, healthier and more creative. Whether it's rafting down Utah's Green River, backpacking in Colorado wilderness or strolling through Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., scientists are finding that immersions in nature can reduce anxiety, enhance creativity and boost overall well-being.

Kink is moving into the mainstream, and it’s time we started talking about it. From a dominant’s dungeon to a London fetish club, sex expert Alix Fox explores some of the kinky places many of us never get to visit, and dives deep into some of our most private fantasies. She examines kinky sex from all the angles - personal, political, psychological, physiological, historical, and more - to try and help us understand our desires and those of the people around us. Each episode explores kink from a different era, including contemporary stories and expert voices.

New York Times bestseller (The Biggest Buff, The Confidence Game, Mastermind) and New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova delves into the mysterious ailment that she and 39 million others suffer from in the U.S. alone: Migraine, a disease that is still little understood, yet debilitating to its sufferers.

Join Sage the House Down hosts William Sinclair Moore and Paige Gilbert as they open up about their own spiritual journeys, explore creativity, and leave you with the tools to sage your house down brick by brick.

Just be happy. Think Positive! Speak up, love yourself and fake it ‘till you make it. Practice makes perfect and everything happens for a reason. You get what you give and what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. This too shall pass and you just need to let it go. We’re surrounded by platitudes that are intended to make us feel better, but blindly following these common clichés will hold you back. Believe sorts through pop-psychology advice and outright myths to understand what’s credible and what are sweet little lies.

Sherlock Holmes, l'immortale personaggio creato da Arthur Conan Doyle, il detective che, di fronte a un enigma che sembra inspiegabile, utilizza il ragionamento e la logica per cercare di venirne a capo, è l'emblema del pensiero razionale. A tutti piacerebbe scoprire con uno sguardo come stanno veramente le cose, risolvere problemi complessi con una fumata di pipa o riconoscere al volo le bugie, ma è davvero possibile?

Athena Aktipis of Arizona State University is a self-professed apocalypse enthusiast, and as the host of the podcast Zombified, she knows the undead inside and out. With Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses, she’s compiled her research and insights into a fascinating Audible Original that will have you thinking deeper about all those shambling, brain-hungry corpses in pop culture—not to mention our everyday lives. Drawing on years of research on zombies and zombification, these six lessons offer a fun way to explore and understand the many forces that influence us.

Join Dr. Jaime Kurtz in Personality Tests and What They Can Tell Us to get the information you need to critically evaluate what the most popular personality tests measure and which ones are best suited for your goals. Dr. Kurtz will lead you through the history of personality testing to bring you to the most used tests today, such as the Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, and the five-factor model. You’ll learn how these surveys were developed, what they can tell you, and the underlying science behind the study of personality.

Join Louisa Jewell as she takes your life from good to awesome, in a series that explores the science and practice of maintaining mental health and happiness.

Psychologie ist ein großes Wort. Wir reden so viel drüber – und wissen am Ende oft wenig. Oder? In Sag mal, du als Psychologin schauen wir ganz genau auf unseren Alltag und wie die Psychologie ihn prägt. Die po Psychologin Muriel Böttger und der Wissenschafts-Journalist und Coach Jochen Metzger klären gemeinsam mit Journalistin und Moderatorin Barbara Lich: Worin unterscheiden sich zum Beispiel die Generationen? Wieso weinen wir? Warum helfen uns Umarmungen? Was heißt Selbstfürsorge eigentlich? Wann sind wir wirklich authentisch? Was merken wir uns und was vergessen wir – und woran liegt das?