Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Psychology & Mental Health

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Learn the negotiation model used by Google to train employees worldwide, U.S. Special Ops to promote stability globally (“this stuff saves lives”), and families to forge better relationships. A 20% discount on an item already on sale. A four-year-old willingly...

The debut of an important new literary voice: Marin Sardy's extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent memoir unflinchingly traces the path of the schizophrenia that runs in her family. Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where the author grew up, Marin Sardy weaves...

The complete inside story of the shocking steroids scandal that turned the sports world upside down For years, in the shadowy reaches of the world of sports, there were rumors that some of our nation’s greatest athletes were using steroids, human growth hormone, and other drugs to run faster...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial complex” in the age of social media and hyperpartisan politics—from the New York Times bestselling author of Weapons of Math Destruction “O’Neil...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A “mesmerizing” (The New York Times Book Review) true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal—an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of...

A groundbreaking history of the human mind told through our experience of dreams—from the earliest accounts to current scientific findings—and their essential role in the formation of who we are and the world we have made. "A resounding case for the mystery, beauty and cognitive importance...

The untold story of Hitler’s war on “degenerate” artists and the mentally ill that served as a model for the “Final Solution.” “A penetrating chronicle . . . deftly links art history, psychiatry, and Hitler’s ideology to devastating effect.”—The Wall Street Journal As a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Salt Sugar Fat comes a “gripping” (The Wall Street Journal) exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in their pursuit of profit over public health...

A Marine's searing and intimate story—"A passionate, fascinating, and deeply humane memoir of both war and of the hard work of citizenship and healing in war’s aftermath. A superb addition to our understanding of the Vietnam War, and of its lessons” (Phil Klay, author of Redeployment)...

A scorching memoir of a love affair with an addict, weaving personal reckoning with psychology and history to understand the nature of addiction, codependency, and our appetite for obsessive love “Ferocious . . . glints with hard-won truths . . . Aron lights a path through the darkness of her...

"Harrowing, tender-hearted, and funny as hell" —Jenny Offill “Fascinating…Oddly uplifting” —The Economist "Smart, funny, irreverent, and philosophically rich" —Wall Street Journal By the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine, an absorbing, deeply felt book about our anxious...

Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data. Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound and it’s increasingly difficult to know what’s true. Our media...

*A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018* *A Bustle Best Nonfiction Book of 2018* *One of Chicago Tribune's Favorite Books by Women in 2018* *A Self Best Book of 2018 to Buy for the Bookworm in Your Life* By the acclaimed critic, memoirist, and advice columnist behind the popular "Ask Polly," an...

*A New York Times Critics' Best Book of 2018* *An Economist Best Book of 2018* *A Spectator Best Book of 2018* *A Mental Floss Best Book of 2018* An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter--fiction writers with no formal training in...

The revolutionary, highly effective technique that allows you to free yourself from emotional hang-ups—forever! Does your fear of flying make travel with friends and family impossible? Are you having trouble coping with the loss of a loved one or forgiving yourself for a mistake you made long...

Die Kunst, grundlos glücklich zu sein. Wer zwanghaft nach dem Glück sucht, bringt sich selbst um die Lebensfreude. Denn unser Ego, auf Überlebenssicherung und Kontrolle gepolt, steht dem Erleben purer Freude im Weg. Je mehr wir uns jedoch auf lebensbejahende und freudvolle Momente einlassen, desto gehobener wird unsere Stimmung, sodass sich viele Probleme erst gar nicht einstellen oder von selbst lösen. Jens Corssen und Stephanie Ehrenschwendner haben eine Stimmungstherapie entwickelt, mit der man Lebensfreude halten kann – auch wenn gerade nicht alles so läuft wie gewünscht.

Mit der Mind-Body-Medizin gegen die Angst. Die Bedrohungen, die wir empfinden, sind real und wir können sie nicht einfach wegdiskutieren. Wir können aber widerstandsfähiger werden – psychisch wie auch körperlich. Der Pionier der Mind-Body-Medizin Prof. Dr. Gustav Dobos vermittelt leicht verständlich Fachwissen und beantwortet alle wichtigen Fragen zum Thema Angst. Seine medizinischen Erfahrungen bündelt er in einem 6-Wochen-Programm, das den Hörer zu mehr emotionaler Gelassenheit, psychischer Stärke und einer dickeren Haut verhilft – ohne viel Aufwand.

Der praktische Erste-Hilfe-Kasten für die Seele: 111 Psychohacks gegen den Alltagswahnsinn. Wo Menschen zusammenleben, knirscht es. Missverständnisse, Missstimmungen, Missmut – kurz: Psychokram. Dass es dabei um Krankheiten wie Ängste oder Depressionen geht, ist trotz steigender Zahlen eher die Ausnahme. Die meisten Psycho-Probleme im Alltag kann man ohne lange Ursachenforschung, Couch und Therapie lösen. Mit Rolf Schmiels Psychohacks geht es oft schneller und besser.

Veena Iyer, aged sixty-six, got a degree in dance movement therapy. She is training to upgrade her skill and now runs various workshops.B.R. Janardan, aged eighty-seven, started running after sixty and has sixteen full marathons under his belt.These important stories illustrate the shifting...

From the acclaimed author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler comes a stirring manifesto on love in the modern age. Who wrote the book of love? In an impassioned polemic, Ron Rosenbaum—who has written books on the mysteries of Hitler’s evil, the magic of Shakespeare’s words, and...