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- The sweet spot : the pleasures of suffering and the search for meaning / by Bloom, Paul,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From the author of Against Empathy comes a different kind of happiness book, one that shows us how suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives. Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? We go to movies that make us cry, or scream, or gag. We poke at sores, eat spicy foods, immerse ourselves in hot baths, run marathons. Some of us even seek out pain and humiliation in sexual role-play. Where do these seemingly perverse appetites come from? Drawing on groundbreaking findings from psychology and brain science,The Sweet Spotshows how the right kind of suffering sets the stage for enhanced pleasure. Pain can distract us from our anxieties and help us transcend the self. Choosing to suffer can serve social goals; it can display how tough we are or, conversely, can function as a cry for help. Feelings of fear and sadness are part of the pleasure of immersing ourselves in play and fantasy and can provide certain moral satisfactions. And effort, struggle, and difficulty can, in the right contexts, lead to the joys of mastery and flow. But suffering plays a deeper role as well. We are not natural hedonists-a good life involves more than pleasure. People seek lives of meaning and significance; we aspire to rich relationships and satisfying pursuits, and this requires some amount of struggle, anxiety, and loss. Brilliantly argued, witty, and humane, Paul Bloom shows how a life without chosen suffering would be empty--and, worse than that, boring.- Subjects: Self-help publications.; Conduct of life.; Happiness.; Pain; Pleasure.; Suffering;
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- Simply beautiful photographs / by Griffiths, Annie,1953-; National Geographic Society (U.S.);
LSC- Subjects: Photography, Artistic.; Color photography.; Colors;
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- Success affirmations : 52 weeks for living a passionate and purposeful life / by Canfield, Jack,1944-author.; Ganglani, Ram,author.; Johnson, Kelly,author.;
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- Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Success; Affirmations.;
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- The 5 foundations of successful teens : how to ignite your underperforming teen's self-reliance and academic success / by Luciano, Mark J.(Mark Joseph),author.;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Parenting.; Parent and teenager.; Teenagers;
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- How to keep house while drowning : a gentle approach to cleaning and organizing / by Davis, KC,author.;
"For anyone tired of staring at the same mess every day but struggling to find the time and willpower to fix it, popular therapist and Tiktok star KC Davis presents a revolutionary method of cleaning to end the stress-mess cycle"--- Subjects: House cleaning.; Housekeeping; Orderliness.;
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- The stress-free home : beautiful interiors for serenity and harmonious living / by Craven, Jackie;
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- Subjects: Interior decoration; Stress (Psychology);
- © 2005, c2003., Quarry Books,
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- The ultimate happiness prescription : 7 keys to joy and enlightenment / by Chopra, Deepak.;
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- Subjects: Happiness; Happiness.; Self-actualization (Psychology);
- © 2009., Harmony Books,
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- Life is like the wind / by Innes, Shona.; Agócs, Írisz.;
LSC- Subjects: Death; Grief;
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- Buyology : truth and lies about why we buy / by Lindström, Martin,1970-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Consumer behavior.; Consumers; Marketing; Neuromarketing.; Shopping;
- © c2008., Doubleday,
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- Digital madness : how social media is driving our mental health crisis-and how to restore our sanity / by Kardaras, Nicholas,1964-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids: Revolutionary research that reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates--and offers a way out. Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of researchers sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on younger brains. In Glow Kids, he described what screen time does to children, calling it "digital heroin". Now, in Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras turns his attention to our teens and young adults. For them, the digital world is a bubble of content you're meant to "like" or "dislike." Two choices might be considered easy, but just how detrimental is this binary thinking to mental health? From body image to politics to personal relationships to decisions, the world doesn't exist in an "up or down," "black or white," "good or bad" dynamic, and social media shouldn't either. Digital Madness explores how technology promotes sedentary isolation, polarization, rewards extremes on both sides, and has spawned a mental health and suicide pandemic from which enormous corporations profit. Dr. Kardaras offers a path out of our crisis, using examples from classical philosophy that encourage resilience, critical thinking, concentration, and other beneficial habits of mind. Digital Madness is a crucial book for parents, educators, therapists, public health professionals, and policymakers who are searching for ways to restore our young people's mental and physical health"--- Subjects: Information technology; Social media; Well-being.; Information technology;
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