Category: Books
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A Little Book on the Human Shadow
Read more: A Little Book on the Human ShadowSomething to consider reading: A Little Book on the Human Shadow, by Robert Bly. You may know Bly as the author of men’s movement tome, Iron John. He’s also a poet, public speaker, and engaged reader of lots of psych lit–particularly Carl Jung, Alice Miller, and Marie Louise von Franz. Shadow reproduces a series of readings…
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Long Thoughts and the Internet Sabbath
Read more: Long Thoughts and the Internet SabbathTo the Point joins the chatter re The Internet and the Human Brain–sparked in part by the publication of an apparently doom-heavy new book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Want to keep yourself thinking “long thoughts”? Take weekends away from the web, suggests one panelist…if you can.
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The Invisible Gorilla
Read more: The Invisible GorillaA review of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us. Here’s the test that gives the book its name (watch first, then read):
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Mind in the Making
Read more: Mind in the MakingIn U.S. News: A brief interview with author Ellen Galinsky. Her new book, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs, includes hundreds of simple ways that parents can use games and activities to promote the development of life skills in children. What are the seven skills? Here’s her list: Focus and…
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Your Chronic Pain Library
Read more: Your Chronic Pain LibraryGotten through The Mindbody Prescription and the other titles listed on this site’s pain page? Here’s another to consider–some like it better than the rest: Get Rid of the Pain in Your Butt Now! by Monte Hueftle. Hueftle, a TMS Coach and Hypnotherapist, has also put together a full TMS course, The Master Practice, available through his website,…