Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome, The Mind-Gut Connection offers a practical guide that conclusively demonstrates the inextricable, biological link between mind and body. Dr. Emeran Mayer, professor of medicine and executive director of the UCLA Center for Neurobiology of Stress, provides a revolutionary and provocative look at this developing science, teaching us how to harness the power of the mind-gut connection to take charge of our health and listen to the innate wisdom of our bodies.
The Mind-Gut Connection describes the importance of a predominantly plant-based diet for gut and brain health, the role of early childhood in gut-brain development, and the impact of excessive stress and anxiety in gastrointestinal ailments and cognitive disorders. It also details how to "listen to your gut" and pay attention to the signals your body is sending you, providing insights on diet, the microbiome, and much more.
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise is a groundbreaking book that reveals a powerful, science-based narrative on how to excel in any field. Written by K. Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, this book distills decades of research into a revolutionary learning strategy that challenges traditional views on acquiring new skills.
Ericsson, renowned for his studies on chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory experts, offers insights into how anyone can improve their performance in work, sports, music, or academic pursuits. His revolutionary methods provide a blueprint for achieving personal excellence and becoming a little bit better each day.
Whether you're looking to stand out professionally, enhance your athletic abilities, or support your child's academic goals, Peak offers the tools and strategies needed to achieve life-changing results.
Play therapy can do more than we thought. Much more. Integrating Extremes: Aggression and Death in the Playroom offers a new perspective on working with kids. Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, provides therapists and other professionals that work with kids a science-based process for working with children at the deepest, most profound levels of healing while staying safe and sane.
This book explores a new understanding of aggression and death play that's based on brain function and neuro-science. It provides therapists with a framework to authentically work with the intensity of aggression and death play, without causing their own nervous systems to start to shut down. Integrating Extremes shows therapists how to facilitate aggression and death play in a way that truly allows healing to occur, for both the therapist and the child, at the deepest level possible.