I constantly fought everything going on in my life with my mind. Day to day stressors like traffic, the mean lady at the gas station with the bad breath that I had to see every morning, and the long hours put in at work were enough to drain me. My boss, with his long nose hair, breathing down my neck about my productivity level was enough to deplete a person every day. I could not even enjoy a second of my day because I was lost in worry and stress over what was going to happen next and what I could do to control it.

Are you and your partner always having the same fights? Do you feel unable to get your point across? Are you feeling nervous every time you have to give a speech or make a presentation? There's no shortcut to effective communication. Just like any other skill, mastering communication takes time and practice. This game-changing communication book will give you the blueprint, all you have to do is invest time in yourself.

Buddhism is one of the oldest religions in the world but until recently it has been unknown and inaccessible outside of Asia. This book will provide you with an introduction to the history of Buddhism and its teachings and practices. Along with Buddhist philosophies, there are many practices to incorporate into your daily life, such as meditation and mindfulness to help calm your mind, reduce stress, and anxiety. This is a guide to Buddhism for beginners but includes quotes and resources to guide you towards more advanced Buddhist teachings and writing.

Are you tired of feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Do you need help managing stress, anxiety, depression, or chronic pain? Do you wish you could master life’s distractions to find equilibrium within? Discover the secrets to disconnect from those burdens and discover your best self. With as little as 10 minutes per day, you can change your life and find inner happiness with Mindfulness Meditation: Begin Your Peaceful Journey to a Stress Free Body and Mind to Achieve Happiness.

How often do you take the time to share some love with yourself? How often do you tell yourself you are proud of your achievements? Most of you will answer: never. How often do you judge yourself for not being good enough? Most of you will answer: every single day. Society teaches us to beat ourselves up. We start to believe if we shame ourselves we somehow will become better. But instead the brain cells that are responsible for learning and growth shut down and we try to hide ourselves. There is an answer that doesn't require doctor-prescribed pills.

Kristin Neff, PhD is a professor in human development whose 10 years of research forms the basis of her timely book. Self Compassion offers a powerful solution for combating the current malaise of depression, anxiety and self criticism that comes with living in a pressured and competitive culture. Through tried and tested exercises, listeners learn the three core components that will help replace negative and destructive measures of self worth and success with a kinder and nonjudgmental approach in order to bring about profound life change and deeper happiness.

Cutting through the nonsense, this book offers a simple and easy to understand solution to mastering conversation and people skills using a variety of skills. No fancy gimmicks, just solid, actionable and proven advice.

Do you ever feel like you're too busy, too stressed, or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done? In Unlimited Memory you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime they want. When you can easily focus and concentrate on the task at hand and store and recall useful information, you can easily double your productivity and eliminate wasted time, stress, and mistakes at work. In this book you'll find all the tools, strategies, and techniques you need to improve your memory.

Most of us have different aspects, "parts", or "ego states" of ourselves, which manifest as particular moods, behaviors, and reactions depending on the demands of our external and internal environments. This audiobook offers a grab bag of ego state interventions - simple, practical techniques for a range of client issues - that any therapist can incorporate in his or her practice. In her characteristic wise, compassionate, and user-friendly writing style, Robin Shapiro explains what ego states are, how to access them in clients, and how to use them for a variety of treatment issues.

The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities - from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic - with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking.

So many people are struggling with procrastination and forgetfulness. Having a sharp memory is a skill that can be developed by strengthening the brain by going through the basics, eating the right food and vitamins, improving sleep, and practical techniques and games that help us jog our memories faster. This audiobook is created for you to help you make your brain work the way you want it to, with the proper training and the right tips and tricks to enhance our memory.

Meditation can help you tackle your fear and replace it with happiness. In this audiobook, you’ll discover how to shed negativity with humility and consistent, loving practice. You can start feeling better - right away! 

Do you often find yourself internally screaming about your day? Feeling stressed and frantic most of the time? Unable to sleep because of all the noise and chatter in your head? Then, it’s time to discover the power of mindfulness.

Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development: prospecting. The brutal fact is that the number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe, and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to consistently prospect.

Our attention has never been as overwhelmed or in demand as it is today; we've never been so busy while accomplishing so little, and we've grown uncomfortable with boredom and a lack of stimulation and distraction. In Hyperfocus, Chris Bailey - described by TED.com as 'the most productive man you could ever hope to meet' - provides profound insights into how we can best manage our attention. He reveals how the brain switches between two mental modes - hyperfocus, our deep concentration mode, and scatterfocus, our creative, reflective mode - and how the surest path to being our most creative and efficient selves at work is to combine them both.