Résultats pour "The Essays" dans Santé mentale

Der Weg zu einem glücklichen und erfüllten Leben verläuft selten geradeaus. Im Gegenteil – denn überraschenderweise führen uns Ängste, Probleme und Gewohnheiten, die wir am liebsten sofort aus unserem Leben verbannen würden, zum Glück. Diese Hürden und Hindernisse bringen uns zum Denken, lassen uns kreativ nach Lösungen suchen und so an uns selbst wachsen. Durch ihre einfühlsame Art des Schreibens, ihr Wissen aus der Psychologie und ihre philosophische Weitsicht öffnet uns Brianna Wiest die Augen.

Boldly claiming a space in which people with disabilities can be seen and heard as they are-not as others perceive them - About Us captures the voices of a community that has for too long been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking not only to those with disabilities, but also to their families, coworkers, and support networks, the authors in About Us offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them.

Susan Orlean has a full-on phobia of flying - an epic inconvenience for an author on a national book tour. With her trademark curiosity, she decides to rewire her thinking through hypnosis. Along the way, Susan discovers a lot about the unconscious mind, suggestibility, Mesmer, Freud, today’s cutting-edge treatments, and the dulling power of a sonorous voice. Most of all, she learns what it takes to close her eyes, open them again at thirty thousand feet, and finally be able to exhale. And you can too.