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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Siegel shares his guided mindfulness meditation called "Wheel of Awareness." With this practice, you'll learn to integrate four main aspects of life and mind: the five senses, internal bodily sensations, mental activity and emotions, and relationship to the outside world. More than 10,000 individuals have integrated these four aspects of the life of the mind to create better mental health.
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Publisher
Gallup Press
Pub. Date
c2010.]
Language
English
Description
When striving to improve our lives, we're quick to buy into programs that promise to help us make money, lose weight, or strengthen our relationships. This book provides you with a holistic view of what contributes to your wellbeing over a lifetime.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
True Food Kitchen opened with a two-fold mission: every dish served must not only be delicious, but it must promote the diner's wellbeing. Showcasing fresh, high-quality ingredients and simple preparations with robust, satisfying flavors, this book demonstrates how easy it is to eat well at home.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
As his house starts falling apart in every imaginable way, Professor X grabs first one, then two jobs teaching English 101 and 102-composition and literature-at a small private college and a local community college. This is the story of what he learns about his struggling pupils, about the college system-a business more bent on its own financial targets than the wellbeing of its students-about the classics he rediscovers, and about himself. --from...
7) Thrive: the third metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being, wisdom, and wonder
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As co-founder and editor in chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, this is the author's case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Our relentless pursuit of the two traditional metrics of success, money and power, has led to an epidemic of burnout and stress-related illnesses, and an erosion in the quality of our relationships, family life, and, ironically, our careers. In a commencement address she gave at...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
Tips on how to take control of your own physical and emotional wellbeing. The clinic's dramatic success with thousands of patients, with conditions ranging from allergies to cancer, offers vivid proof of the effectiveness of the mind/body approach to health and its power to transform your life. Here are tips on how to elicit the mind's powerful relaxation response to boost your immune system, cope with chronic pain, and alleviate symptoms of a host...
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Language
English
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Description
Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and political-economic injustice: sustainable development. Sachs offers readers, students, activists, environmentalists,...
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