Oneindig scrollen op je smartphone, notificaties checken, series bingewatchen, vapen, roken, alcohol drinken, snacken; veel mensen – en met name jongeren – leven van dopamineshot naar dopamineshot. Het kortstondig genot ligt tegenwoordig voor het oprapen.

Maar er is een keerzijde. Al deze leuke dopaminerushes hebben een negatieve impact op ons dopaminesysteem. We raken overprikkeld, verliezen onze motivatie voor andere dingen, krijgen meer uitstelgedrag, hebben een steeds kortere spanning...

Biografie van de boeddhistische meditatielerares Jotika Hermsen.

Om Jotika Hermsen (1932) kun je niet heen in boeddhistisch Nederland. Maar voordat ze Jotika werd, leidde ze nog drie andere levens. Ze kwam ter wereld als Jo, oudste boerendochter in een groot rooms-katholiek gezin. Van haar 21ste tot haar 43ste was ze kloosterzuster Marie-Louise, die als eerste non de Sociale Academie deed en maatschappelijk werkster werd. Als Joke werd ze in 1978 leidster van de therapeutische cocounselinggem...

"If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this-the most inspiring book I've ever read."

-Bill Gates (May, 2017)

A provocative history of violence-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, and Enlightenment Now.Believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence. In his gripping and controversial new work, New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows that despite the ceaseless n...

Control your spending, save money, regain peace of mind, and make your life happier and healthier with Kakebo—the traditional Japanese method of money management that is still widely used today. Having enough money to live is one of the most important factors affecting our health.

Why do we laugh? What makes memories fade? Why do people believe in ghosts? How the Mind Works explores every aspect of mental life, showing that our minds are not a mystery, but a system of organs of computation designed by natural selection.

The second edition of Building Resilience to Trauma explains common responses to trauma from a biological perspective, reframing the human experience from one of shame and pathology to one of hope and biology.

This book guides therapists trained in EMDR in the successful integration of the creative arts therapies to make the healing potential of EMDR safer and more accessible for patients who present with complex trauma.

With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day.

Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this.

Life isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the...

The perfect introduction to the essence of Jung's teaching for the reader unfamiliar with his ideas. It is a book that will awaken many to the new life of the self that Jung visualized.