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Carr’s Positive Psychology is a magisterial text, an enormously informative and inclusive synthesis of this new branch of science. It is a model of a contemporary textbook, with references to websites, useful copies of test forms, and provocative questions at the end of chapters. The positive psychology movement is fortunate to rate such an excellent textbook so soon after its inception. – Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, Claremont Graduate UniversityThis book does more than provid (more…)

365 Positive Ways to Start Your Day Good Morning offers proven tools to help us live our best life daily. While studies show breakfast to be the most important meal of the day, Brook Noel believes a positive "emotional breakfast" is a key source of emotional, mental, and physical strength for the day. Good Morning provides readers with a daily dose of inspiration to make every day matter. More than 40,000 women have realized the benefit of starting their day with a positive thou (more...)

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"A wonderful example of how positive psychology affords ways to make sense of movies that show what is best about people... This is a good and smart book." -- Prof. Christopher Peterson, PhD (Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan)"This book is both accessible and rigorous. Reading it will not only help you better understand the field of positive psychology, it could actually make you happier." -- Prof. Tal Ben Shaha (more...)

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I have never read a clearer or more useful introduction to the positive psychological practices of Buddhism and Yoga. Each page is simply fascinating reading and appeals simultaneously to the lay reader and the seasoned scholar. The discussion of anger and how to overcome it is life-transforming. I would strongly recommend this book to undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. One rarely finds a book that reaches right into one’s mind and soul with a powerful (more...)

MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive immediate access to thousands of full articles from the EBSCO ContentSelect database. In addition, MySearchLab offers extensive content on the research process itself–including tips on how to navigate and maximize time in the campus (more...)

This little book is filled with positive affirmations that will show you that your point of power is always in the present moment, and this is where you plant the mental seeds for creating new experiences. Think about how you’d like to live and what you’d like to accomplish. Each day Louise L. Hay will help guide your thinking in positive ways to accomplish these goals. As you read this work, you’ll find that you develop new mental habits that you can use for the rest of (more...)

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Ancient wisdom translated into modern termsthe best book on affirmations I have seen. -- Lucia Capacchione, author of The Power of Your Other HandI wholeheartedly endorse Douglas Bloch's work on affirmations. Words damaged our souls and there are words that heal. Please read it! -- John Bradshaw, author of HomecomingWords That Heal is a beautiful and inspiring guide. It is tight, well written, and to the point--clearly among the best in its field. -- Ken Carey, aut (more...)

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"The way the book is organized allows for the inclusion and consideration of ideas/research that is difficult to define in ?traditional? psychology (i.e. flow, ?the zone?). I especially like the way that topics in ?Traditional? introductory psychology textbooks (e.g. social/personality/developmental/clinical) are presented with different information and different studies than I have seen before.""The way the book is organized allows for the inclusion and consideration of i (more...)

An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year Norman Vincent Peale's philosophy of positive thinking has had an unprecedented influence on millions of people throughout the world. Now, the wisdom of nine books -- including The Power of Positive Thinking -- can be found within these pages. Timeless in their message, invaluable in the course of daily life, Dr. Peale's classic books provide inspiration when you most need it and lead the way to a fuller, happier, more satisfying life. W (more...)

Long before the use of affirmations was embraced in mainstream settings as diverse as hospitals, recovery programs, sports areneas, and corporate suites, the renowned mystic Paramahansa Yogananda - author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, - understood and taught the deep spiritual principles that make this ancient scientific tool so powerfully effective. Scientific Healing Affirmations reveals the hidden laws for harnessing the power of concentrated thought - not (more...)