Whistling Vivaldi: How stereotypes affect us and what we can do
Claude M. Steele offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity. Shedding new light on American social phenomena from racial and gender gaps and lays out a plan for mitigating these “stereotype threats” and reshaping American identities
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It
Learn to take ownership of your success, overcome self-doubt, and banish the thought patterns that undermine your ability to feel—and act—as bright and capable as others already know you are with this award-winning book by Valerie Young.
The new science of learning: How to learn in harmony with your brain
This book will help students design effective learning plans, employ new strategies, recognize learning traps, improve recall, and realize better academic performance through test-taking and paper-writing strategies.
Change Your World: The Science of Resilience and the True Path to Success
Dr. Ungar explores reals lives, across age and culture, and discovers that the answers lie in the people and the support systems around us.
Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
Dr. Janina Fisher, international expert on trauma, has spent over 40 years working with survivors, helping them to navigate their journey. This book offers strategies, diagrams, and worksheets.
The Brain Pioneer: The True Story of How Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Used Brain Science to Help Children with Learning Disabilities
This is the story of Barbara Arrowsmith Young. With courage, inventiveness, and resilience, she found ways to actually change her brain and improve her skills.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
In The Body Keeps the Score, van der Klok uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
Scarcity: The new science of having less and how it defines our lives
In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.
Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold
RAIN meditation practice is brought to life by memorable stories shared by Tara and her students as they deal with difficult emotions and limiting beliefs, and discover step-by-step the sources of love, forgiveness, compassion, and deep wisdom alive within all of us.
Procrastination, Health, and Well-Being
Procrastination, Health, and Well-Being brings together new and established researchers and theorists who make important connections between procrastination and health.
Powerful teaching: Unleash the science of learning
A book that covers basic learning strategies in simple and engaging language. Great for new learning specialists. It mostly covers a school setting but it’s easy to also adapt to a post-secondary setting.
Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change
Every chapter provides a detailed review of systemic resilience from one disciplinary perspective, drawing from cutting edge research and case studies.