Stopping the Noise in Your Head

If you or someone you love suffers from excessive worry, anxiety, panic, OCD, or phobias, you know how crippling it can be. Of course, worry can be an important asset when it forces our attention on problem-solving. But anxious worrying can cause us to unnecessarily focus on a threat, to retreat and avoid, and to seek reassurance and safety—which is no way to foster a life of growth and excitement. In his fifth published book, Dr. Reid Wilson proposes a groundbreaking, paradoxical approach to overcoming anxiety, worry, OCD, panic, and phobias by moving away from comfort, confidence, and security and willingly moving toward uncertainty, distress and discomfort. Through the use of unconventional strategies, readers will learn how to confront anxiety head-on and step forward into the face of threat. Drawing on a range of sources—from firefighters and fitness instructors to Sir Isaac Newton and Muhammad Ali—Stopping the Noise in Your Head: The New Way to Overcome Anxiety and Worry demonstrates the importance of shifting our perspective and stepping toward our challenges in order to regain control of our lives.

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Detox Your Thoughts

In Detox Your Thoughts, popular psychologist Andrea Bonior, PhD, identifies the 10 most prevalent mental traps that make people feel anxious, insecure, and generally just bad. Clinical psychologist Andrea Bonior has spent over twenty years studying, teaching, and practicing the science of thoughts, emotions, and behavior. In Detox Your Thoughts, she uses the latest research into mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to teach you to understand your thoughts–and your body–in a completely different way. To challenge negative self-talk, you must change the way you relate to your thoughts altogether. Bonior shows us how to create new mental pathways that truly stick. For each of the ten mental traps, Bonior offers a new habit to practice, including: • leaning in to your feelings • recognizing and counteracting your blind spots to gain insight • valuing the present moment, and immersing yourself in it. Bonior deciphers the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to help disempower and conquer self-sabotaging thoughts with specific and actionable steps. You’re not erasing negative thoughts, but rather growing bigger than they are–and improving your mental and emotional life along the way. • Dr. Andrea Bonior is a popular psychologist and contributor to BuzzFeed and the Washington Post. • Detox Your Thoughts was inspired by her popular BuzzFeed challenge of the same name. • Dr. Bonior’s mental health advice column, “Baggage Check,” has appeared for 14 years in the Washington Post and several other newspapers nationwide. With bite-sized psychology takes on the thought patterns that plague most people and a practical approach to quitting negative self-talk for good, Detox Your Thoughts is a transformational read. • Perfect for readers of the Washington Post’s “Baggage Check” column, Goodful’s Detox Your Thoughts, Psychology Today, and The Cut’s “Science of Us.” • Also a good fit for those who love pop psychology, self-help books, and any books related to motivation or happiness. • Fans of Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin, and Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks by Barry McDonagh will want this. Audio edition read by the author.

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From Anxiety to Meltdown

Drawing on her own experience and using examples to explain how autistic people think, the author distinguishes between meltdowns and tantrums, showing how each begins, and most importantly, how to identify triggers and prevent outbursts from happening in the first place. Practical and simple solutions to avoiding anxiety are offered throughout.

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Unbroken

Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war.

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Forgiveness and Health

This volume collects the state-of-the-art research on forgiveness and mental and physical health and well-being. It focuses specifically on connections between forgiveness and its health and well-being benefits. Forgiveness has been examined from a variety of perspectives, including the moral, ethical and philosophical. Ways in which to become more forgiving and evolutionary theories of revenge and forgiveness have also been investigated and proposed. However, little attention has been paid to the benefits of forgiveness. This volume offers an examination of the theory, methods and research utilized in understanding these connections. It considers trait and state forgiveness, emotional and decisional forgiveness, and interventions to promote forgiveness, all with an eye toward the positive effects of forgiveness for a victim’s health and well-being. Finally, this volume considers key moderators such as gender, race, and age, as well as, explanatory mechanisms that might mediate links between forgiveness and key outcomes.

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Nutrient Power

A veteran research scientist who has spent decades establishing biochemical treatment protocols for patients with ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease and various mental disorders challenges popular opinions about psychiatric drugs to make recommendations for drug-free nutrient therapies that normalize the brain without producing serious side effects. 15,000 first printing.

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Tom Hanks salutes ‘Band of Brothers’ vet William ‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere

http://twitter.com/#!/wbguarnere/status/443013349430009856

World War II hero William “Wild Bill” Guarnere has passed away at the age of 90. Actor Frank Hughes, who portrayed Guarnere in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” called the role his “greatest honor.”

Actor Tom Hanks, who co-developed the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, also tweeted about Guarnere’s passing:

http://twitter.com/#!/tomhanks/status/442651827751116800

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/03/10/tom-hanks-salutes-band-of-brothers-vet-william-wild-bill-guarnere/

Here Are 27 Ridiculous Inventions From The Past That Never Caught On. One Look And You’ll See Why…

When on the path to success, failure is inevitable. For every good, successful idea, there will be hundreds of bad ideas. It’s no surprise that, over the course of history, there were some inventors who just couldn’t get it right. These historical inventions were interesting, but it’s hardly a shock that they didn’t catch on or stick around. Some are useless and some are just downright freaky. You have to give their creators points for trying, though.

Source: Bizar Bin Some of these inventions look like they came straight out of someone’s night terrors (anything involving masks or hoods is just a bad idea). Would you use any of these inventions that almost made it? Share them with your friends.

Read more: http://viralnova.com/weird-inventions-from-history/

Exercise and Stress Response

Over the past 10 years, researchers have been investigating the expression, regulation, and protective nature of stress proteins (SPs) during and following exercise. Since the expression of SPs have been shown to provide protection to cells and tissues, the importance of understanding their role during exercise cannot be understated. However the terminology, the myriad of stress proteins, and their complex regulation creates a confusing arena in which to enter. Exercise and Stress Response: The Role of Stress Proteins provides an up-to-date review on topics related to exercise and health, giving investigators the necessary background to pursue stress proteins. ABOUT THE EDITORS: Marius Locke, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Health at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Locke received a B.A. with honors in Physical Education (1984), a B.Sc. in Biology (1987), and a Ph.D. in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario (1992), where he also played varsity football. Dr. Locke was awarded a Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post Doctoral Fellowship and studied at the Deborah Research Institute in Browns Mills, New Jersey from 1993-1996. In 1999, Dr. Locke received the American College of Sports Medicine’s new investigator award. Dr. Locke is a member of American College of Sports Medicine, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and the Cell Stress Society International. Earl G. Noble, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He received his B.Sc. (1973) and M.Sc. (1975) in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. from Washington State University (1980). Dr. Noble is a member of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, the American College of Sports Medicine and the Cell Stress Society International and the Research Group on Biochemistry of Exercise of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (UNESCO). The overriding theme of his research is to examine muscle plasticity and the manner in which muscle adapts to novel or stressful conditions, especially exercise.

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7 Things Not To Say To Someone with Anxiety

Did you know anxiety is the number one type of mental illness? Do you know someone who is struggling with anxiety, but you don’t know what to say or not say to them? This video is brought to you by: http://audible.com/psych2go or text “psych2go” to 500-500″ Audible is now offering unlimited free Audible Originals to its members. Get one (1) credit to pick any title, plus unlimited free Audible Originals every month when you visit http://audible.com/psych2go or text “psych2go” to 500-500″ #anxiety #thingsnottosay #psych2go Credits Writer: Chloe Avenasa Script Editor: Kelly Soong VO: Amanda Silvera Animator: Karen Hu YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong Special thanks: Yumika Tsui Want to collaborate with us? Email Yumika@psych2go.net References: National Alliance Against Mental Illness (2018). Mental Health by The Numbers. Retrieved from https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-By-the-Numbers National Institute of Mental Health (November 2017). What Are Anxiety Disorders? Retrieved from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/anxiety-disorders.shtml Stearns, P. N. (2012). American Fear: The Causes and Consequences of High Anxiety. Routledge. American Psychological Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Ed. Washington, DC, USA: APA Publishing. Barlow, D. (2002). Anxiety and Its Disorders: The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic. New York Guilford Press.