| Edition |
First Back Bay trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
viii, 289, 6 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"Reading group guide": pages 1-6 (second sequence). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-281) and index. |
| Contents |
Redirect : small edits, lasting changes -- Testing, testing : does it work? -- Shaping our narratives : increasing personal well-being -- Shaping our kids' narratives : becoming better parents -- Just say ... volunteer : preventing teenage pregnancies -- Scared crooked : reducing teenage violence -- Everybody's doing it ... or are they? : reducing alcohol and drug abuse -- Surely they won't like me--or will they? : reducing prejudice -- It's about me, not my group : closing the achievement gap -- Sustained change : finding solutions. |
| Summary |
A psychologist proposes techniques to tweak and reframe internal self-narratives to lead healthy, more productive lives and discusses the best way to recover from trauma and explains why self-help books may make you feel less happy after reading them. |
| Subject |
Self-help techniques.
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Perception.
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Social psychology.
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| ISBN |
031605190X |
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9780316051903 |
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