Inspiration Psychology Noise : A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein
available now, hardcover, Little, Brown Spark
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, Noise is a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments. In Noise, the authors show the detrimental effects of noise in many fields and with a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions. Packed with original ideas, and offering the same kinds of researchbased insights that made Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge groundbreaking, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise in judgment—and what we can do about it.
Pre-Order Your Copy Today This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
available in July, hardcover, Penguin Press
Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs—opium, caffeine, and mescaline. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs while consuming them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants. Why do we go to such great lengths to seek these shifts in consciousness, and then why do we fence that universal desire with laws and customs and fraught feelings?
Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness by Tara Brach
available in June, hardcover, Sounds True
In Trusting the Gold, Brach draws from more than four decades of experience as a meditation teacher and psychologist to share her most valuable practices for reconnecting with the beauty of our humanity--from timeless Buddhist wisdom to techniques adapted to the specific challenges of our modern age. She offers insights and practices for bringing nonjudgmental awareness, selfcompassion, and connection into everyday life.
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Whole Brain Living : The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters that Drive Our Life by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
available now, hardcover, Hay House Inc.
For half a century we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our left brain houses our rational thinking. Now neuroscience shows that it’s not that simple: in fact, our emotional limbic tissue is evenly divided between our two hemispheres. Consequently, each hemisphere has both an emotional brain and a thinking brain.
A Great Summer Read! Maybe You Should Talk to Someone : A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A therapist's story of guiding her clients through their challenges while also navigating her own struggles. I loved witnessing the growth of each person throughout the process of their therapy. –Abby
Religion When You Greet Me I Bow : Notes and Reflections From a Life in Zen
by Norman Fischer
available now, paperback, Shambhala
When You Greet Me I Bow spans the entirety of Norman Fischer’s career and is the first collection of his writings on Buddhist philosophy and practice. Broken into four sections—the joy and catastrophe of relationship; thinking, writing, and emptiness; cultural encounters; and social engagement—this book allows us to see the fascinating development of the mind and interests of a gifted writer and profoundly committed practitioner.
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