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Peace of Mind - The Key for Happiness: Is it possible to find peace in the midst of a storm?
by Danilo H. GomesPeace is possible. You only have to find it within your Self, where it already exists. Let's learn how to enjoy and use it. Human beings are prone to infinite development within their limitations. Bearing this in mind, I have to ask you this question." How many of your abilities are not being used?" Yes, you do have a lot of abilities which have been in "sleep mode". Most of them remain in silence and hidden in the depth of your brain waiting for something that can make them wake up. Inner peace is the trigger to make them rise and shine. We cannot buy peace as any other product or commodity. It's not for sale or negotiable. If you want to achieve it, you will have to put into practice some simple yet challenging actions, mainly due to the frantic pace current society demands from us. This book will help you move forward in your mental and physical development process. If you are willing to apply what you are about to learn, you will get ready to change the way you think and act for the better.
Peace through Self-Determination: Success and Failure of Territorial Autonomy (Federalism and Internal Conflicts)
by Felix SchulteBringing together comparative politics, conflict research and social psychology, this book presents a novel theory to explain the consolidation outcomes of post-conflict autonomy arrangements. It builds on Social Identity Theory and identifies a successful process of ethnic recognition as the key prerequisite for peaceful interethnic cohabitation through territorial self-governance. As this process is highly context-dependent, the study identifies relevant structural and actor-centered factors and analyzes their occurrence in the consolidation periods of nineteen autonomy arrangements worldwide using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The author concludes that elites accept autonomy reforms if they promise a high degree of self-determination and, at the same time, ethnic recognition is not hindered by horizontal inequalities. Bargaining efforts succeed within inclusive institutions involving non-nationalist parties and international organizations. Autonomy reforms fail if the degree of self-rule offered is too low and strong inequalities generate new grievances. Autocratic rule, nationalist parties, and a lack of international attention provide a breeding ground for further centrifugal activities. In-depth case studies on South Tyrol and the Chittagong Hill Tracts provide further evidence for the theoretical models.
Peace, Bugs, and Understanding: An Adventure in Sibling Harmony (Anh's Anger Story)
by Gail Silver Youme Nguy?n LyLily and her little sister Ruby are having a picnic when Ruby spoils their game of checkers. Lily lashes out but soon gets absorbed in a wonderful book, the story of her great grandfather's encounter with a strange looking frog-like creature called Anger. The precious old journal teaches Lily about Metta, a technique that has helped people transform anger into loving kindness for thousands of years.With original watercolors by award-winning illustrator Youme Nguyen Ly, Peace, Bugs, and Understanding is an invaluable tool for parents and teachers, and will help children learn to understand the causes of their own strong emotions, while teaching them peaceful ways to resolve difficulties through mindfulness and meditation. and accepting accountability for their actions when appropriate. By learning these skills, children can grow comfortable with them and carry them into adulthood with ease and confidence.
Peace, War, and Mental Health: Couples Therapists Look at the Dynamics
by Barbara Jo BrothersDiscover how issues of world war and peace relate to the dynamics of couples therapy in this thought-provoking book. In Peace, War, and Mental Health, couples therapists provide diverse views on the links between strengthening marriages and preventing and solving international disputes. Although the contributors vary in their approaches to this issue, a common theme is the belief that couples as well as countries need to build bridges, not walls, for healthy relationships and they need to strive to learn what others are really feeling, thinking, or needing underneath the defenses others exhibit.The contributing therapists in Peace, War, and Mental Health explore the various links between couples in conflict and nations at war. Chapters describe how prevention strategies used for couples in therapy may be applied to the well-being of the world as a whole and how significant change is possible through the involvement of only a small percentage of the population. Other chapters focus on specific tools for couples therapy such as outlines of the major tasks of relationship building and traps that mitigate against good relationship construction, a description of the nuts and bolts of conflict resolution, and the use of flashcards to help both members of the pair present his or her real feelings to the other. Some of the intriguing topics covered in this book include: the relationship between psychotherapy and spirituality and the paradox of individuals longing to belong since each is a part of the whole the role of gender on war and its potential impact on peace the failure of the humanistic movement societal attitudes linking domestic violence and large scale violence how the potential for resolution of differences in couples can be applied to peace among nations how prevention may be expanded to include the “mental health” of the whole world--Part V of an interview with Virginia SatirPeace, War, and Mental Health helps therapists look at international peace and couples therapy with new perspectives, a necessity in today’s rapidly changing family and world climate.
Peace-Building in Israel and Palestine
by Julia ChaitinThis book presents an overview of psycho-social research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, presents and analyzes people-to-people activities in the region, and offers new conceptualizations for Israeli-Palestinian co-creation of a grassroots peace and social justice processes.
Peacebuilding
by David ChandlerMoving beyond the binary argument between those who buy into the aims of creating liberal democratic states grounded in free markets and rule of law, and those who critique and oppose them, this timely and much-needed critical volume takes a fresh look at the liberal peace debate. In doing so, it examines the validity of this critique in contemporary peacebuilding and statebuilding practice through a multitude of case studies - from Afghanistan to Somalia, Sri Lanka to Kosovo. Going further, it investigates the underlying theoretical assumptions of liberal peacebuilding and statebuilding, as well as providing new theoretical propositions for understanding current interventions. Written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field, alongside several new scholars making cutting edge contributions, this is an essential contribution to a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area of study.
Peacebuilding Online: Dialogue and Enabling Positive Peace
by Rachel Nolte-LairdThis study takes the work of transforming violence and conflict online and offers insight into the practice of dialogue in virtual settings for peacebuilding purposes. In the field of peace and conflict studies and peacebuilding practices, a significant amount of literature has dealt with the theory and practice of dialogue in face-to-face settings. This project is unique as it takes the peacebuilding practice of dialogue and explores it within an online context. The research is framed and analyzed through the dialogue theories of Martin Buber and Paulo Freire. This project is distinct in its exploration of the connection between dialogue encounters and positive peace, the practical linkages of which are often difficult to articulate or identify. As such, this book offers unique contributions to the knowledge and understanding of dialogue-based peacebuilding in online settings and provides an understanding of how dialogue practices enable outcomes within the construct of positive peace. This book is aimed at academics as a presentation of research into a relatively unexplored field of inquiry. However, it is also relevant and applicable for peacebuilding practitioners who want to navigate taking their practices into online settings and provide a framework for linking practices to intended positive peace outcomes.
Peacebuilding in Deeply Divided Societies
by Timothy D. Sisk Fletcher D. CoxThis book explores a critical question: in the wake of identity-based violence, what can internal and international peacebuilders do to help "deeply divided societies" rediscover a sense of living together? In 2016, ethnic, religious, and sectarian violence in Syria and Iraq, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and Burundi grab headlines and present worrying scenarios of mass atrocities. The principal concern which this volume addresses is "social cohesion" - relations within society and across deep divisions, and the relationship of individuals and groups with the state. For global peacebuilding networks, the social cohesion concept is a leitmotif for assessment of social dynamics and a strategic goal of interventions to promote resilience following violent conflict. In this volume, case studies by leading international scholars paired with local researchers yield in-depth analyses of social cohesion and related peacebuilding efforts in seven countries: Guatemala, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
Peacebuilding in the African Union
by Abou JengParticularly in the context of internal conflicts, international law is frequently unable to create and sustain frameworks for peace in Africa. In Peacebuilding in the African Union, Abou Jeng explores the factors which have prevented such steps forward in the interaction between the international legal order and postcolonial Africa. In the first work of its kind, Jeng considers whether these limitations necessitate recasting the existing conceptual structure and whether the Constitutive Act of the African Union provides exactly this opportunity through its integrated peace and security framework. Through the case studies of Burundi and Somalia, Jeng examines the structures and philosophy of the African Union and assesses the capacity of its practices in peacemaking. In so doing, this book will be of great practical value to scholars and legal practitioners alike.
Peaceful Mind: Using Mindfulness & Cognitive Behavioral Psychology to Overcome Depression
by John R. Mcquaid Paula E. CarmonaThe use of mindfulness practice and cognitive behavior therapy in treating depression.
Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day
by Amishi Jha'This book can catapult you into living fully the life that is yours to live while you have the chance' Jon Kabat-Zinn'A must-read for our distracted times' Dan Goleman'A must-have guide to experiencing every moment of our lives' Goldie Hawn'A treasure trove of insights and exercises to enrich our lives' Dan SiegelStop for a moment. Are you here right now?Is your focus on the words in front of you? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone?The good news: There's nothing wrong with you - your brain isn't broken. The human brain was built to be distractible.The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively.Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands. In Peak Mind, Dr Jha expertly guides readers through fascinating research, debunking common assumptions about focus and attention, and offers remarkably easy-to-adapt flexible twelve minute-a-day exercises to lift the mental fog, declutter the mind, and strengthen focus so that you can experience more of your life.
Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day
by Amishi Jha'This book can catapult you into living fully the life that is yours to live while you have the chance' Jon Kabat-Zinn'A must-read for our distracted times' Dan Goleman'A must-have guide to experiencing every moment of our lives' Goldie Hawn'A treasure trove of insights and exercises to enrich our lives' Dan SiegelStop for a moment. Are you here right now?Is your focus on the words in front of you? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone?The good news: There's nothing wrong with you - your brain isn't broken. The human brain was built to be distractible.The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively.Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands. In Peak Mind, Dr Jha expertly guides readers through fascinating research, debunking common assumptions about focus and attention, and offers remarkably easy-to-adapt flexible twelve minute-a-day exercises to lift the mental fog, declutter the mind, and strengthen focus so that you can experience more of your life.
Peak Performance Every Time
by Simon HartleyPeak performances should not be left to chance. Rather than hoping that you will perform at your best, why not engineer your performance? Peak Performance Every Time incorporates principles from sport psychology and performance coaching and applies these to all areas of life. Using illustrations and real-world examples from top athletes and business executives, it focuses on the three main components that underpin performance: Confidence Motivation Focus. As well as offering practical strategies to help the reader achieve their optimal mindset, it also explains how to coach others to perform to their potential. Throughout, the book is underpinned by theoretical frameworks, literature and research findings and will be invaluable to anyone trying to reach their full potential, in particular athletes, coaches, managers and executives. It may also be of interest to sports psychology, management and business students.
Peak Performance Every Time: Strategies for Confidence, Motivation, and Focus
by Simon HartleyMost people have good days…and not so good days. When they step back and ask what makes the difference, many conclude that it’s that stuff that happens between their ears. So, how do we engineer our mindset? How do we get our mental game right, so that we can perform at our best, consistently? Peak Performance Every Time provides readers with a detailed look into how to build the critical components of a great mental game. It will help them to hone their focus, control their confidence, master motivation and deliver their best ‘under pressure’. In short, it will help deliver peak performance, every time. The book provides a practical guide to performance psychology, based on approaches and methods that have been tried and tested in the demanding world of elite sport. In addition to applied practice, it provides real life examples and case studies from both elite sport and business, plus the underpinning theory and research. This book will be invaluable to anyone trying to reach their full potential, in particular athletes, coaches, managers and executives. It may also be of interest to sports psychology, management and business students.
Peak Performance for Smart Kids
by Maureen NeihartPeak Performance for Smart Kids provides success strategies, activities, tools, real-life examples, and checklists for parents to employ to help their kids achieve to their highest potential. Even the most talented child will not succeed if he or she has not developed the mental, psychological, and emotional skills to face the heavy demands of high performance. Maureen Neihart, a psychologist and leading authority on talent development in children, examines seven mental habits of successful kids, providing practical approaches for developing them in talented children of all ages in this easy-to-read guide for parents and teachers.By working with parents to complete the activities included in this book, high-ability kids will learn to manage stress and anxiety, set and achieve goals, use mental rehearsal to improve performance, manage their moods and emotions, practice optimistic thinking, and resolve their frustrations of needing to belong while needing to achieve. With its research-based strategies and unique approach to maximizing potential, this is a book from which every parent of smart kids can benefit!
Peak Performance halten: Wie Sie Ihre Gesundheit stärken und Leistungsfähigkeit sichern
by Silvia BalabanAls Leistungsträger liefern Sie 24/7 mentale Höchstleistung: zunehmende Arbeitsverdichtung, Entscheidungsdauerfeuer und ASAP-isierung gekoppelt mit ständiger Erreichbarkeit und den Folgen von Globalisierung, sowie wirtschaftlichen und politischen Krisen. All das zehrt an Ihrer Energie. All das geht auf Kosten Ihrer Gesundheit. Um ein Auspowern zu vermeiden, ist ein wirkungsvolles, wissenschaftlich fundiertes Trainings- und Regenerationskonzept erforderlich, wie es im Leistungssport seit Jahren Standard ist. Daher bilden neueste Methoden und objektiv messbare Daten aus der Stressmedizin die Basis dieses Buches. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie durch biochemische und biophysische Parameter Ihre Kraft und Regeneration qualitativ verbessern können, denn Fakten schaffen Sicherheit. Praxisnah und leicht verständlich informiert dieser Ratgeber mit Selbstchecks, Fallbeispielen und Praxistipps über die wichtigsten Gesundheitsgrundlagen für berufliche Peak Performance Situationen. Fundiertes Wissen, damit Sie neue Stärke tanken und zukünftige Herausforderungen wieder mit Gelassenheit meistern können.
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
by Brad Stulberg Steve Magness"A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout" —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take"An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves." Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution"I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives." —David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports GeneA few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and writer who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how you can achieve your best.The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities—from athletic to intellectual and artistic—with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which you can learn how to enhance your performance via myriad ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity; and developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose.In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches you on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by Robert Pool Anders EricssonFrom the world's reigning expert on expertise comes a powerful new approach to mastering almost any skill. Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak condenses three decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill. Ericsson's findings have been lauded and debated, but never properly explained. So the idea of expertise still intimidates us -- we believe we need innate talent to excel, or think excelling seems prohibitively difficult. Peak belies both of these notions, proving that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us -- it's just a question of nurturing them by reducing expertise to a discrete series of attainable practices. Peak offers invaluable, often counterintuitive, advice on setting goals, getting feedback, identifying patterns, and motivating yourself. Whether you want to stand out at work, or help your kid achieve academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to master nearly anything.
Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Book 1 Revised Edition
by Cara Flanagan Mark Walsh Rob LiddlePublishing Spring 2022. / Both BTEC Applied Psychology Books 1 and 2 are being revised to match the revised Unit 1 and Unit 3 specifications for first teaching from September 2021. / Unit 1 - Psychological approaches and applications completely revised and updated. / Endorsed for BTEC. / Each book provides knowledge and evaluation of theories and studies combined with many engaging activities which deliver the vocational element. / Activities aim to prepare students for internal and external assessments. / The brilliant visual style and tone will encourage students through every step of the course.
Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Book 2
by Cara Flanagan Mark Walsh Dave Berry Rob Liddle Jock McGintyPublishing Spring 2022. / Both BTEC Applied Psychology Books 1 and 2 are being revised to match the revised Unit 1 and Unit 3 specifications for first teaching from September 2021. / Unit 3 - Health psychology completely revised and updated. / Endorsed for BTEC. / Each book provides knowledge and evaluation of theories and studies combined with many engaging activities which deliver the vocational element. / Activities aim to prepare students for internal and external assessments. / The brilliant visual style and tone will encourage students through every step of the course.
Pearson Baccalaureate Psychology
by Alan Law Christos Halkiopoulos Christian Bryan-ZaykovA textbook for students and teachers of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, written and developed by practicing IB teachers.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 1: Foundations in psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers foundations in psychology: social psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology and learning theories.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 1 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 1: Foundations in psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers foundations in psychology: social psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology and learning theories.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 1 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 2: Applications of psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers applications of psychology: clinical, criminological, child and health psychology.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 2 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 2: Applications of psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers applications of psychology: clinical, criminological, child and health psychology.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 2 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.