by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Books
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Addictions, Resources - Coping with Everyday Life
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change by Jeffrey Foote The groundbreaking method that upends current treatment models and “offers collective hope to families of substance abusers” (Kirkus Reviews), helping loved ones conquer addiction and...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Books
You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life by Jeffrey M. Schwartz A leading neuroplasticity researcher and the coauthor of the groundbreaking books Brain Lock and The Mind and the...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Books
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge An astonishing new science called “neuroplasticity” is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Books
Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Resources - Coping with Everyday Life
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Brains, Alcohol Recovery Support, Biofield Tuning, Clearing the past, Fears & Phobias, Happiness, Insomnia, NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback, Resources - Clearing the Past, Stress and Anxiety Relief, Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk MD Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Books
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate...
by victoriab | Oct 31, 2018 | Books
Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body by Peter A. Levine Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure lifelong symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical...
by victoriab | Sep 21, 2018 | Stop Smoking
Technologies of the Self’s Smoking Cessation Program is very effective. If you are truly ready and motivated to quit smoking, you should be able to stop smoking in just one 2-hour session. Most people do. Research shows that hypnosis doubles the effectiveness of any...
by victoriab | Sep 9, 2018 | Books
Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But...
by victoriab | Sep 9, 2018 | Aging, Books, Resources - Creating Transformation
It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond by Julia Cameron Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller on creativity, The Artist’s Way. In It’s Never Too Late To Begin Again, she turns her eye to a segment...
by victoriab | Sep 9, 2018 | Aging
Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women over Fifty by Jean Shinoda, M.D. Bolen From the bestselling author of Goddesses in Every Woman comes a celebration of life past fifty. At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her...
by victoriab | Sep 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Are you too hard on yourself? Do you exhaust yourself in a quest for perfection? Living each day with a sense of pleasure and accepting imperfection is an art. We can learn to savor “perfect moments” rather than strive for a more perfect life. Join us on the path from...
by victoriab | Sep 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Biofield Tuning is a relatively new method to promote deep healing discovered by Eileen Mckusick. She found that there is an electromagnetic field that extends about 5 feet out from our bodies, in either direction that stores our history. Due to experiences of trauma,...
