Wie in de boekhandel een kijkje neemt bij de afdeling ‘psychologie’, wordt al snel omringd door boeken over stress, trauma, pijn, rouw… Als je iets wilt lezen over geluk, zelfzorg of positiviteit, eindig je waarschijnlijk in de afdeling van de populaire zelfhulpboeken, meestal geschreven door mediapersoonlijkheden en ondernemers.

Hebben professoren en psychologen dan niets te zeggen over het goede leven, over het menselijk potentieel, over (veer)kracht en geluk? Toch wel.

De psychologie...

Bewustwording, inzetten van lichaamsgerichte interventies en combineren van interventies om je manier van leven positief te beïnvloeden? Creëren van een balans tussen bewegingsinterventies en vormen van ontspanning? Werken aan persoonlijk en maatschappelijk herstel?

In dit boek komen interventies aan bod om je herstelproces vorm te geven en je manier van leven beter in de hand te hebben. Denk daarbij aan het inzetten van yoga of andere aspecten van lichaamsgerichte interventies om beweging ...

As a physician you have a responsible job with a high workload. You are deeply committed and work hard to provide good care. But how well do you take care of yourself? How do you keep yourself from burning out?

This book shows why doctors struggle and what the consequences are, both for the doctor and the patient. It shows, underpinned by scientific research, why self-compassion is the perfect antidote to the stress that doctors experience every day. And it teaches you to work with self-compa...

The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo.

Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s 'Crusader for Women' and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s rising stars, with more than nine million followers across her social platforms. She soon realized that men on social media were creating sexist content aimed at disparaging women, and also containing rampant fatphobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry with very rea...

Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions.

From the international bestselling expert on dealing with assholes

'With cutting-edge research and real-life examples that are thought-provoking and often hilarious, this is an indispensable resource'

Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project

'At last someone has provided clear steps for rejecting, dejecting, deflecting, and deflating the jerks who blight our lives. Better still, that someone is the great Bob Sutton, which ensures that the information is useful, ev...

Todd Rose is the co-founder and president of the Center for Individual Opportunity, an organization dedicated to providing leadership around the emerging science of the individual, and is a faculty member at the Harvard School of Education where he teaches educational neuroscience.