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After completely and independently conquering a debilitating eating disorder, Kathryn Hansen wrote Brain over Binge to share her struggle with those still trapped in the compulsive binge-purge cycle. Since the book’s initial release in 2011, it has endured as an essential road map for using the power of the brain to erase harmful habits and create lasting change. The second edition is fully revised and updated with new information, compelling insights, and uplifting success stories that will inspire listeners to break free from their own self-defeating behaviors.

Meghan Roberts takes you by the hand (gently, we promise—no yanking!) and walks you through manageable, real-world strategies for managing anxiety and finding emotional balance, even when it feels like your world’s stuck on fast-forward. She combines heartwarming personal anecdotes, amusing real-life examples, and thought-provoking insights that help you realize that calmness is not some mythical state but something you can actually achieve (seriously, no chanting or incense required).

The enthusiasm for and expectation of happiness are so widespread today that fundamental questions about it are often overlooked. For starters, the most basic question of all: where does happiness come from? Is it your brain - a mere concoction of chemicals or network of neurons? Is it in fact your gut? (Spoiler alert: yes. Sort of) Or is it external? Is it love or sex or money or success? And what are these doing to our brains anyway? In The Happy Brain, Neuroscientist Dean Burnett delves into our most private selves to investigate what causes happiness.

A researcher and consultant burrows deep inside the heads of one modern two-career couple to examine how each partner processes the workday—revealing how a more nuanced understanding of the brain can allow us to better organize, prioritize, recall, and sort our daily lives. Emily and Paul are...

Meet Emily and Paul: The parents of two young children, Emily is the newly promoted VP of marketing at a large corporation while Paul works from home or from clients' offices as an independent IT consultant. Their lives, like all of ours, are filled with a bewildering blizzard of emails, phone...

This expanded edition of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller includes chapters on A.I., nootropics, discovering your brain type, and more. For over 30 years, Jim Kwik, the world-renowned brain coach, has been the secret weapon of success for a diverse range of high achievers...

Do you want a sharper edge? Do you want to improve your abilities? Are you a goal setter with specific purposes in mind? Do you want to develop more passion for your ideas, to see them blossom into a reality that brings you the success you deserve? How does increasing your intelligence tie into all this and can, in fact, your intelligence be increased? Throughout Brain Boosters, you will be given resources that will help you improve your intelligence.

**OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD!** "Kick bad mental habits and toughen yourself up."—Inc. Master your mental strength—revolutionary new strategies that work for everyone from homemakers to soldiers and teachers to CEOs. Read by author Amy Morin! Everyone knows that regular exercise and weight...

Do you want to feel and do better? The biggest problem you face is that most self-help, training, and coaching is outdated and ineffective in our challenging world. Why? It’s NOT rooted in cutting-edge science about how your brain ACTUALLY works and what ACTUALLY stops you from fulfilling your potential. The solution? Become a “Habit Mechanic.” Dr. Jon Finn will teach you how. This NEW, uniquely powerful approach draws on proven insights from cutting-edge neuroscience, behavioral science, psychology, and world champions.

The author of the international bestseller 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do turns her focus to parents, teaching them how to raise mentally strong and resilient children. Do today’s children lack the flexibility and mental strength they need to cope with life’s challenges in an...

As artificial intelligence reshapes the workplace, you face an unprecedented challenge—one this book transforms into an extraordinary opportunity! Whether you're anxious about your future, struggling to harness AI’s potential, leading teams through change, or preparing to become a Human-AI Coach, Dr. Jon Finn reveals a groundbreaking “first principles” approach to supercharging human cognitive performance—just as sports science revolutionized world-champion athletes' physical abilities.

Our mind in a very complex thing that is constantly working to take in and process information, from which it learns and uses as a reference for the next time you may need it. This can be very helpful and at times keep us safe. Lots of these reference points are developed very early on in our lives or in response to isolated experiences, which means as time goes on and our lives change, these reference points can become outdated yet still provide a template for us to live by.

There's a revolution taking place that most businesses are still unaware of. The understanding of how our brains work has radically shifted, exploding long-held myths about our everyday cognitive performance and fundamentally changing the way we engage and succeed in the workplace. Combining their expertise in both neuropsychology and management consulting, neuropsychologist Friederike Fabritius and leadership expert Dr. Hans W. Hagemann present simple yet powerful strategies.

Most of us will spend 90,000 plus hours of our lives at work. Will those hours be miserable or meaningful? The answer lies in leadership. In The Science of High-Performance Leadership, Dr. Sherry Yellin delivers a transformative message: being a leader worth following isn’t guesswork. It’s science.

30 Days to a More Powerful Brain contains practical real-world application of breakthrough discoveries in science, psychology, and business. The material is structured so you can learn quickly and apply it to any area of your life, no matter what age you are - in 30 days!

Brain Tools for the Busy: Building Resilience through Neuroscience and Eastern Wisdom is an essential guide for those navigating the demanding challenges of their busy lives, without the luxury of slowing their pace. Guided by neuroscience expert and renowned executive coach Jay Rai, this work serves as your framework for mastering resilience.

Your mind is not built to make you happy; it's built to help you survive. So far, it's done a great job! But in the process, it may have developed some bad habits, like avoiding new experiences or scrounging around for problems where none exist. Is it any wonder that worry, bad moods, and self-critical thoughts so often get in the way of enjoying life?

In a world obsessed with productivity and external validation, we often lose sight of our most critical asset: our inner self. 'The Uncharted Self' by Mira Cross offers a transformative journey into self-discovery, inviting listeners to navigate their own emotional landscapes.

Today’s workplace is a pressure cooker— even the most talented people struggle to sort through an influx of information, relentless demands, and unprecedented stress. And so your job as manager becomes even harder. How, in a world of intensifying competition and economic stress, canyou help people shine their brightest and perform at their best, day in and day out? How can you keep your star players inspired?

Your most precious gift is your brain. It’s what allows you to learn, love, think, create, and even experience joy, meaning, and fulfillment. Yet no one teaches you how to use it. From the New York Times best-selling author of Limitless comes a 366-day guide to train your brain not just to...