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From our most trusted and compassionate authority on stress, trauma, and mental well-being—a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. Gabor Maté's internationally bestselling books have changed the way we look at addiction and have been integral in shifting the conversations around ADHD, stress, disease, embodied trauma, and parenting.

Happiness researcher Meik Wiking identifies the six factors that explain the majority of differences in happiness across the world--togetherness, money, health, freedom, trust, and kindness--and explores what actions we can take to become happier. As he reveals, we can deepen our blissfulness and contentment with little adjustments in our behavior, whether it's eating like the French (sitting around a table and savoring our time) or dancing the tango like Argentinians in Buenos Aires.

An award-winning psychologist and director of the UCLA Center for Digital Behavior shows everyone how to make real, lasting change in their lives.

Provivdes a fresh and irreverent examination into navigating grief and resilience in the age of social media, offering comfort and community for coping with the mess of loss through candid original essays from a variety of voices. This book invites us to talk intimately and humorously about grief, helping us confront the humanity (and mortality) we all share.

While offering readers a useful primer on Existentialism as an animating body of thought, Gordon Marino distills and delivers the life-altering insights Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus, and other Existentialists articulate for becoming more emotionally attuned human beings.

From picking the right lighting to organizing a Hygge get-together to dressing hygge, Meik Wiking shows you how to experience more joy and contentment the Danish way.

Jon Acuff presents a guide to making big career changes by choice or necessity, and escaping the horrible feeling of being trapped in the wrong job.

Renowned philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and practitioner Gregory Lopez guide listeners through fifty-two weekly lessons that will enable them to reframe their perceptions and be happier.

Using diet, sleep, light, exercise, and powerful hacks from ozone therapy to proper jaw alignment, Dave Asprey reveals how to decelerate cellular aging and supercharge your body's ability to rejuvenate.

Blending humorous stories and anecdotes with serious advice, Matloff explains how to remain upright in stampedes, avoid bank fraud, prevent sexual assault, stay clean in a shelter, and even be emotionally prepared for loss. From cyber security, active shooter situations, and travel, to natural disasters and emotional resilience, she shares tips that will give even the most anxious person a sense of control over life's unpredictable perils.