"Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) studies brilliance and qualityhow outstanding individuals and organizations get their outstanding results. Joseph O'Connor, a leading international NLP trainer and co-author of the bestselling Introducing NLP, offers a step-by-step guide to learning the NLP methods and techniques to help you become the person you want to be in the NLP Workbook. The NLP Workbook is a complete guide to NLP that includes: How to create...

"D.W. Winnicott is likely the most influential and evocative child therapist and theoretician who ever lived. His work provides the underpinning for much of the empirical and clinical enterprises regarding the developmental process over the past half-century. Using over 25 of his most thought-provoking-indeed provocative-conceptual and clinical writing as its base, Attachment, Play and Authenticity provides a systematic construction of his theorizing...

Being Happy: Cultivating Virtue is a short, practical how to guide for people wanting to cultivate a happier state of mind using the principles outlined in the pioneering work of Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman whose 2004 book Character Strengths and Virtues is considered a classic. Peterson and Seligman did a broad-based cross-cultural review of what constitutes human virtue. They drew on a range of academic disciplines - education, management,...

Gratitude - how do we define it? Gratitude is when you feel a strong sense of appreciation for both the tangible and intangible aspects of your life and the world you live in. Coming from the Latin word gratia, for grace, gratitude is an elevated state of mind that is rightly called a state of grace. This book describes how you can dwell in this state of grace, and enjoy the many benefits that stem from it. When you live with an attitude of gratitude,...

"Risky Behavior is concerned with how the individual can protect one's psychological and biological well-being. In particular, the concern is with the influence of our friends, lovers, sex, and drugs. Our psychological well-being is about what we individually do or do not do to protect ourselves. Such behavior ranges from not using one's assertiveness skills in situations that put one at risk, to not having such skills. Psychological well-being...

"The importance of improving and maintaining employees' psychological health is now widely recognized by occupational health researchers and practitioners, business leaders, human resource professionals, and policy makers alike. Indeed, a growing body of research has established that psychological well-being is one of the most important factors in job performance. The Mindful and Effective Employee offers an evidence-based workplace training program...

"Surprising ways women leave opportunities for happiness on the table, and how to negotiate better terms in life, love, and work. Dr. Meg Myers Morgan, an expert in personal and professional negotiations, deconstructs our preconceived notions about adulthood, parenthood, and career paths and illuminates how they can limit us. Drawing from her experiences personally mentoring and professionally coaching her graduate students, raising her kids, and...

In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important...

An inspirational personal development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success. Provides suggestions for successfully dealing with people both in social and business situations: six ways of making people like you, twelve ways of winning people to your way of thinking and nine ways to change people without giving offense or arousing resentment.