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The Mind Manual: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)
by Dr Alex GeorgeMental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today - and understand what's normal for you. Discover the seven universal truths that everyone should remember, and the mental fitness foundations that will boost you. And exercise your mind with the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive. Contents include -Part One: Your Mental Health Today-You are not alone-Know what feels normal for youPart Two: The Seven Universal Truths-Boundaries are beautiful-Mistakes are a must-havePart Three: Mental Fitness Foundations-It's good to talk-Why medical help mattersPart Four: Mental Health ToolkitResources
The Mind Manual: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)
by Dr Alex GeorgeYour complete mental fitness toolkit by Dr Alex George'How are you? No really, how are you?'Learn how to assess your mental health today and understand what's normal for you.This is the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive.The Mind Manual is broken down into four parts with each one building on the last. Thegoal is to help you to establish your baseline, to know what peace feels like to you. Andthen to offer advice and tools to help you maintain that as much as possible.Part 1 looks at how to figure out where your baseline is and what normal feels like foryou. It's all about recognising your own needs so that you can best support yourselfwhen issues arise.Part 2 explores the seven universal truths and how they can support you when youmind is telling you lies. These seven truths are: Connection is your superpower; Sleepwill save you; Boundaries are beautiful; Mistakes are a must-have; Stress is the enemy;You are enough; Happiness is an inside job.Part 3 focuses on the foundations of mental fitness and explores the five different areasof life. These include what you eat and drink, how you release stress from your body,how much you move, how to talk out your thoughts and how to approach the medicalside of things.Part 4 is your mental health toolkit, where you'll find a wide range of worksheets andactivity tools to use. These can help while reading the book, but can also be usedregularly in your day-to-day life to check in on how you're coping.
The Mind Manual: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)
by Dr Alex GeorgeYour complete mental fitness toolkit by Dr Alex George'How are you? No really, how are you?'Learn how to assess your mental health today and understand what's normal for you.This is the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive.The Mind Manual is broken down into four parts with each one building on the last. Thegoal is to help you to establish your baseline, to know what peace feels like to you. Andthen to offer advice and tools to help you maintain that as much as possible.Part 1 looks at how to figure out where your baseline is and what normal feels like foryou. It's all about recognising your own needs so that you can best support yourselfwhen issues arise.Part 2 explores the seven universal truths and how they can support you when youmind is telling you lies. These seven truths are: Connection is your superpower; Sleepwill save you; Boundaries are beautiful; Mistakes are a must-have; Stress is the enemy;You are enough; Happiness is an inside job.Part 3 focuses on the foundations of mental fitness and explores the five different areasof life. These include what you eat and drink, how you release stress from your body,how much you move, how to talk out your thoughts and how to approach the medicalside of things.Part 4 is your mental health toolkit, where you'll find a wide range of worksheets andactivity tools to use. These can help while reading the book, but can also be usedregularly in your day-to-day life to check in on how you're coping.
The Mind Manual: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)
by Dr Alex GeorgeTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2023)Mental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today - and understand what's normal for you. Discover the seven universal truths that everyone should remember, and the mental fitness foundations that will boost you. And exercise your mind with the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive.
The Mind Manual: Mental Fitness Tools for Everyone (Dr Alex George)
by Dr Alex GeorgeTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2023)Mental health matters! Learn how to assess your mental health today - and understand what's normal for you. Discover the seven universal truths that everyone should remember, and the mental fitness foundations that will boost you. And exercise your mind with the mental health toolkit that will help you thrive.
Mind Match Soccer: The Final Step to Become a Champion
by Daniel Memmert Bernd Strauss Daniel TheweleitClose soccer matches and tight title fights are rarely decided by players' technical skills or their coaches' tactical measures. The most significant impetus comes from an area that is often mentioned but difficult to grasp: mental strength, personality, and team cohesion after special victories. Using current scientific knowledge and illustrated by many examples, this book describes the mental and cognitive processes that determine victory and defeat in soccer. Several interviews with well-known soccer coaches, managers and former players complement these findings from psychology and sport science.It deals with phenomena such as the home field advantage, creativity on the field, extreme emotional situations, the limits of visual perception, group dynamics and modern leadership. Well-known myths (e.g. Don't let the player who has been fouled shoot the penalty) will be discussed and debunked. Every soccer enthusiast should read this book in order to understand which phenomena can genuinely be game-changing and which ones cannot.
Mind Your Manners: How to Be Your Best Self in Any Situation
by Sara Jane HoFounder of a global etiquette school and star of her own Netflix series Sara Jane Ho teaches readers how to thrive socially in a variety of situations, in person and online. Etiquette, Sara Jane says, is the glue that holds society together. Humans are social creatures, after all—we need connection to survive. But with global cultures in flux and the post-pandemic digital age, shadow epidemics of anxiety and loneliness are on the rise. Plus, the old rules of &“decorum&” don&’t match the times. Amidst all this withdrawal and change, social growth can feel out of reach. How do we leave the comfort of our homes, step away from our screens, and interact face to face? How do we create genuine bonds with people we&’ve just met, and how do we maintain those ties throughout our lives? Even the most resilient social butterflies among us face sticky situations—from accidentally-sent invites to unruly work and family encounters—any advice would help. In her signature cheeky yet pragmatic style, Sara Jane Ho imparts a lifetime&’s worth of lessons, pro-tips, and FAQs on social and digital etiquette across the five main microcultures in our lives: Friendship & Social Life, Work, Dating & Relationships, Family, and Food & Travel. From jumping everyday hurdles to discerning unspoken, cross-cultural cues, Mind Your Manners helps us feel the joy and transformation of social fluency—that deep comfort that comes from connection, inclusion, and presenting our best self in any situation.
Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica's Plot to Break the World
by AnonymousWhat if you could peer into the minds of an entire population? What if you could target the weakest with rumours that only they saw?In 2016, an obscure British military contractor turned the world upside down. Funded by a billionaire on a crusade to start his own far-right insurgency, Cambridge Analytica combined psychological research with private Facebook data to make an invisible weapon with the power to change what voters perceived as real.The firm was created to launch the then unknown Steve Bannon's ideological assault on America. But as it honed its dark arts in elections from Trinidad to Nigeria, 24-year-old research director Christopher Wylie began to see what he and his colleagues were unleashing.He had heard the disturbing visions of the investors. He saw what CEO Alexander Nix did behind closed doors. When Britain shocked the world by voting to leave the EU, Wylie realised it was time to expose his old associates. The political crime of the century had just taken place - the weapon had been tested - and nobody knew.
Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia
by Kalinga SeneviratneWritten by Asian scholars, Mindful Communication for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Asia analyzes Asian philosophical ideas and communication theories that promote respect for cultural diversity, protection of environment, and ‘sufficiency economic’ models. It discusses how ancient Asian teachings, particularly from the Buddhist, Hindu, and Confucius schools of thought, can enrich modern-day communication needs and help to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals espoused by the United Nations. As a mindful communication revolution spreads across the world, especially in the West, this book draws attention to the danger of practicing mindfulness without its spiritual and ethical leanings. The book puts forward innovative ideas on applying traditional practices to modern digital communication. It rethinks development communication methods and how the media reports on economic, environmental, and developmental issues. It promotes a new paradigm of communication, one that is centered on both social harmony and freedom of expression. It is an essential read for development communicators and trainers.
The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution: How to Thoughtfully Handle Difficult Situations, Conversations, and Personalities
by Rosalie PuimanSuccessfully handle difficult conversations, remain civil, and end an argument peacefully with this straightforward and mindful guide to conflict resolution. It&’s important to share your thoughts and opinions with others—and even more important to be able to do so without starting an argument or offending someone. Now you can prevent and resolve conflicts with help from this guide covering everything from understanding your own emotions better and learning how to address people in different situations, to getting through a difficult conversation, coming to a positive conclusion, and disengaging yourself when necessary. The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution provides the essential tools to mindfully communicate during any challenging situation. With this practical and informative guide in hand, you have the power to transform any difficult exchange or disagreement into a positive, constructive conversation.
The Mindful International Manager
by Peter Franklin Jeremy ComfortThe Mindful International Manager tackles the management situations that international managers have to handle every day. Accessible and jargon-free it explains how to clarify local vs. international roles, support and develop a team, organize and coordinate boundaries of time and distance, and win commitment toward common goals. The authors, both interculturalists, include exercises and best practice advice and the experiences and insights of practising international managers. They combine their practical approach with great depth of insight into the challenges of working and managing internationally and include the results of new research findings and cutting-edge case studies on topics such as leadership, global nomads, cultural hybridity, virtual teams, coaching and mentoring across cultures and decision-making.
Mindful Journalism and News Ethics in the Digital Era: A Buddhist Approach (Routledge Research in Journalism)
by Shelton A. Gunaratne Mark Pearson Sugath SenarathThis book aims to be the first comprehensive exposition of "mindful journalism"—drawn from core Buddhist ethical principles—as a fresh approach to journalism ethics. It suggests that Buddhist mindfulness strategies can be applied purposively in journalism to add clarity, fairness and equity to news decision-making and to offer a moral compass to journalists facing ethical dilemmas in their work. It comes at a time when ethical values in the news media are in crisis from a range of technological, commercial and social factors, and when both Buddhism and mindfulness have gained considerable acceptance in Western societies. Further, it aims to set out foundational principles to assist journalists dealing with vulnerable sources and recovering from traumatic assignments.
Mindfulness At Work Essentials For Dummies
by Shamash Alidina Juliet AdamsManage stress and boost your productivity at work using mindfulnessMindfulness at Work Essentials For Dummies explores the many benefits of utilising mindfulness techniques in the workplace, offering managers, HR professionals and businesspeople of all levels guidance on how mindfulness can help with the development of core business skills. You'll discover the key concepts of mindfulness and quickly grasp how its implementation in the workplace is a win-win for you, your team and your organisation as a whole.Innovative companies like Google have made mindfulness in the workplace a hot topic--and for good reason. Mindfulness can be hugely beneficial on a personal level, as it has been proven to enhance one's effectiveness and ability to live in the present moment. These skills and techniques are equally valuable in the workplace, leading to improved working behaviour and better team building. With this handy guide, you'll discover all the tips and tricks to incorporate -- and benefit from -- mindfulness in the workplace.Provides an introduction to mindfulness and how it can help improve your working behaviourOffers useful tips on incorporating mindfulness into your working dayDemonstrates how organisations can benefit from implementing mindful approaches to workIf you're a self-motivated and open-minded business professional looking to expand your knowledge base and effectiveness in the workplace, Mindfulness at Work Essentials For Dummies will help you implement the practice of mindfulness at work -- and become a better leader, mentor or coach.
Mindfulness Made Easy: Teach Yourself
by Martha LangleyMindful meditation has been around for thousands of years, and is used by top therapists as a highly effective way of overcoming anxiety, depression and a number of other emotional difficulties. It has also caught the popular imagination as a wonderful way of living in the moment and increasing one's enjoyment of life.If you are suffering from low moods, feeling anxious, or just want to learn an amazing technique for gaining control of your mind and feelings, this book is a clear and approachable introduction to the power of mindfulness.The most straightforward guide available, it gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to integrate mindful thinking into your daily life using a variety of different exercises, and shows how to use mindfulness to overcome almost anything, from depression and anxiety to over-eating and relationship difficulties.Discover how to be mindful in your daily life, and find a new, more peaceful path to walk every day.
Mindfulness Made Easy: Be more mindful in your daily life
by Martha LangleyMindful meditation has been around for thousands of years, and is used by top therapists as a highly effective way of overcoming anxiety, depression and a number of other emotional difficulties. It has also caught the popular imagination as a wonderful way of living in the moment and increasing one's enjoyment of life.If you are suffering from low moods, feeling anxious, or just want to learn an amazing technique for gaining control of your mind and feelings, this book is a clear and approachable introduction to the power of mindfulness.The most straightforward guide available, it gives practical step-by-step instructions on how to integrate mindful thinking into your daily life using a variety of different exercises, and shows how to use mindfulness to overcome almost anything, from depression and anxiety to over-eating and relationship difficulties.Discover how to be mindful in your daily life, and find a new, more peaceful path to walk every day.
Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette
by Judith MartinThe etiquette expert and &“authentic comic genius&” guides us through the Age of Incivility (Chris Buckley, New York Times-bestselling author of Has Anyone Seen My Toes?). We seem to be entering a new era, liberated from oppressive, old-fashioned rules of etiquette. We&’re finally free! Free to shout insults at strangers on the street! Free to pressure people to give us money! Free to use all sorts of offensive language! In this book, New York Times-bestselling author Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, reminds us that living in an etiquette-free paradise is not all it&’s cracked up to be. In wise, witty commentary and responses to letters, she addresses vexing problems in the workplace, at the wedding, on the web, and beyond, in hopes of saving civilization. But fear not, Gentle Reader—she also allows us some important exceptions. For example, despite the rampant oversharing that social media has encouraged, you can politely refuse to answer nosy questions. And you are decidedly not obliged to respond to every inane post; stay on the phone with a telemarketer; or hug your colleagues. &“An extremely useful philosopher . . . I consult her frequently, in order to behave better.&” —Daniel Handler in TheNew York Times
Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
by David J. LiebermanTired of guessing what they&’re really thinking? Read people in every situation—in person, on a screen, or in writing—using the new science of psycholinguistics, from a New York Times bestselling author and consultant to the FBI, CIA, and NSA. &“A treasure trove of concepts, ideas, and tools that we can all master to be safer and happier. It&’s a must-read!&”—Joe Navarro, author of Dangerous Personalities What did your boss mean in that email? Is your mechanic stretching the truth? Whether you&’re engaged in a casual conversation or a high-stakes negotiation, it&’s critical to understand the subtext of a situation. But with so much interaction happening on screens—via email, texts, or video chat—we are losing the ability to interpret expressions and cues. Furthermore, since many are now savvy about the meaning of body language, it&’s become even harder to discern someone&’s true thoughts or intentions.A leading lie-detection expert who instructs the FBI and other security agencies, noted psychotherapist David Lieberman, PhD, takes &“people reading&” to a whole new level. Drawing on the latest research in psycholinguistics—the cues embedded in spoken and written speech—he shows you how to apply his cutting-edge methods to countless everyday situations, including: • Detecting the messaging behind passive language, personal or impersonal descriptions, and level of detail.• Determining whether someone&’s account of any incident is the truth or a work of fiction.• Finding out whether a potential hire, dating app match, or new babysitter is trustworthy or hiding something. Nobody wants to be played a fool. Mindreader will help us identify who can be trusted, and who may be out to get us.
Minefields: A life in the news game - the bestselling memoir of Australia's legendary foreign correspondent
by Hugh RimintonMinefields is a compelling exploration of a foreign correspondent's life - proof of Hugh's belief that 'if you go looking for trouble, you'll probably find it'.Over nearly forty years as a journalist and foreign correspondent, Hugh Riminton has been shot at, blown up, threatened with deportation and thrown in jail. He has reported from nearly fifty countries, witnessed massacres in Africa, wars and conflicts on four continents, and every kind of natural disaster.It has been an extraordinary life. From a small-town teenager with a drinking problem, cleaning rat cages for a living, to a multi-award-winning international journalist reporting to an audience of 300 million people, Hugh has been a frontline witness to our times. From genocide in Africa to the Indian Ocean tsunami, from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to slave-buying in Sudan, Hugh has seen the best and worst of human behaviour. In Australia, he has covered political dramas, witnessed the Port Arthur massacre and the Thredbo disaster and broken a major national scandal. His work helped force half a dozen government inquiries. His story is entertaining, deeply personal and quietly wise.'An impressive career. His story is a triumph of substance over style.' Sydney Morning Herald'Hugh is an icon of Australian journalism' Michael Ware, former Iraq correspondent for TIME and CNN
Minimal Languages in Action
by Cliff GoddardThis edited book explores the rising interest in minimal languages – radically simplified languages using cross-translatable words and grammar, fulfilling the widely-recognised need to use language which is clear, accessible and easy to translate. The authors draw on case studies from around the world to demonstrate how early adopters have been putting Minimal English, Minimal Finnish, and other minimal languages into action: in language teaching and learning, ‘easy language’ projects, agricultural development training, language revitalisation, intercultural education, paediatric assessment, and health messaging. As well as reporting how minimal languages are being put into service, the contributors explore how minimal languages can be adapted, localised and implemented differently for different purposes. Like its predecessor Minimal English for a Global World: Improved Communication Using Fewer Words (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), the book will appeal to students and scholars of applied linguistics, language education and translation studies, as well as to professionals in any field where accessibility and translatability matter.
Mining, Modeling, and Recommending 'Things' in Social Media
by Martin Atzmueller Alvin Chin Christoph Scholz Christoph TrattnerThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-workshop proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Mining Ubiquitous and Social Environments, MUSE 2013, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2013, and the 4th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media, MSM 2013, held in Paris, France, in May 2013. The 8 full papers included in the book are revised and significantly extended versions of papers submitted to the workshops. The focus is on collective intelligence in ubiquitous and social environments. Issues tackled include personalization in social streams, recommendations exploiting social and ubiquitous data, and efficient information processing in social systems. Furthermore, this book presents work dealing with the problem of mining patterns from ubiquitous social data, including mobility mining and exploratory methods for ubiquitous data analysis.
Mining Social Media: Finding Stories in Internet Data
by Lam Thuy VoBuzzFeed News Senior Reporter Lam Thuy Vo explains how to mine, process, and analyze data from the social web in meaningful ways with the Python programming language.Did fake Twitter accounts help sway a presidential election? What can Facebook and Reddit archives tell us about human behavior? In Mining Social Media, senior BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo shows you how to use Python and key data analysis tools to find the stories buried in social media.Whether you're a professional journalist, an academic researcher, or a citizen investigator, you'll learn how to use technical tools to collect and analyze data from social media sources to build compelling, data-driven stories.Learn how to: • Write Python scripts and use APIs to gather data from the social web • Download data archives and dig through them for insights • Inspect HTML downloaded from websites for useful content • Format, aggregate, sort, and filter your collected data using Google Sheets • Create data visualizations to illustrate your discoveries • Perform advanced data analysis using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and the pandas library • Apply what you've learned to research topics on your ownSocial media is filled with thousands of hidden stories just waiting to be told. Learn to use the data-sleuthing tools that professionals use to write your own data-driven stories.
Mining the Social Web: Data Mining Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, GitHub, and More
by Matthew A. RussellWant to tap the tremendous amount of valuable social data in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+? This refreshed edition helps you discover who's making connections with social media, what they're talking about, and where they're located. You'll learn how to combine social web data, analysis techniques, and visualization to find what you've been looking for in the social haystack--as well as useful information you didn't know existed. Each standalone chapter introduces techniques for mining data in different areas of the social Web, including blogs and email. All you need to get started is a programming background and a willingness to learn basic Python tools. Get a straightforward synopsis of the social web landscape Use adaptable scripts on GitHub to harvest data from social network APIs such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ Learn how to employ easy-to-use Python tools to slice and dice the data you collect Explore social connections in microformats with the XHTML Friends Network Apply advanced mining techniques such as TF-IDF, cosine similarity, collocation analysis, document summarization, and clique detection Build interactive visualizations with web technologies based upon HTML5 and JavaScript toolkits "A rich, compact, useful, practical introduction to a galaxy of tools, techniques, and theories for exploring structured and unstructured data." --Alex Martelli, Senior Staff Engineer, Google
Mining the Social Web: Data Mining Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, GitHub, and More
by Matthew A. Russell Mikhail KlassenMine the rich data tucked away in popular social websites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. With the third edition of this popular guide, data scientists, analysts, and programmers will learn how to glean insights from social media—including who’s connecting with whom, what they’re talking about, and where they’re located—using Python code examples, Jupyter notebooks, or Docker containers.In part one, each standalone chapter focuses on one aspect of the social landscape, including each of the major social sites, as well as web pages, blogs and feeds, mailboxes, GitHub, and a newly added chapter covering Instagram. Part two provides a cookbook with two dozen bite-size recipes for solving particular issues with Twitter.Get a straightforward synopsis of the social web landscapeUse Docker to easily run each chapter’s example code, packaged as a Jupyter notebookAdapt and contribute to the code’s open source GitHub repositoryLearn how to employ best-in-class Python 3 tools to slice and dice the data you collectApply advanced mining techniques such as TFIDF, cosine similarity, collocation analysis, clique detection, and image recognitionBuild beautiful data visualizations with Python and JavaScript toolkits
Ministering Cross-Culturally: A Model for Effective Personal Relationships
by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter Marvin K. MayersWith more than 125,000 copies in print, this model for effective personal relationships in a multicultural and multiethnic world has proven successful for many. <p><p> On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, this contemporary classic has been thoroughly updated to reflect Sherwood Lingenfelter's mature thinking on the topic and to communicate with modern readers, helping them minister more effectively to people of different cultural and social backgrounds. It is accessible, practical, and applicable to many ministry situations. An accompanying interactive questionnaire, designed to help students reflect on their own cultural values, is available online through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.
Ministers of Propaganda: Truth, Power, and the Ideology of the Religious Right
by Scott M. ColeyScott Coley exposes the inner workings of the religious right&’s propaganda—and how Christians can resist it. Good evangelical Christians are Republican. It seems like it&’s always been this way. That means the propaganda is working. Scott Coley trains a critical eye on the fusion of evangelicalism and right-wing politics in Ministers of Propaganda. This timely volume unravels rhetoric and biblical prooftexting that support Christo-authoritarianism: an ideology that presses Christian theology into the service of authoritarian politics. Coley&’s historically informed argument unsettles evangelical orthodoxy on issues like creation science or female leadership—convictions not as unchanging as powerful religious leaders would have us believe. Coley explains that we buy into propaganda because of motivated reasoning, and when we are motivated by perceived self-interest, the Christian message is easily corrupted. But if we recover Jesus&’s commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves, right-wing propaganda will lose its power. Any reader troubled by American evangelicals&’ embrace of racism, misogyny, and other unchristian views will find answers and hope in these pages.