Health Behavior Theory

Anxious, Avoidant, and Disorganized Attachment Recovery is a healthy relationship workbook that seeks to help you understand not only the roots of your attachment patterns, but also the tools to reshape them. You will gain powerful insights into your relationship dynamics that echo the imprints of childhood—shaped by who loved you, who let you down, and how those experiences live on in your heart.

A healthy mind is the most powerful tool that each of us needs to take everyday good decisions! ✓✓✓ we often mistakenly think we can control emotions without knowing how they are generated in us and without understanding the root of some of our behaviors Do you let yourself be guided by negative thoughts that block you in anxieties and fears? Do negative emotions take over and lead you to commit actions that are harmful to yourself and others? Do you find yourself struggling against a part of yourself, thinking that it is wrong and feeling a sense of torture? Don't you have any of ...

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.

Conquer the NBHWC Board Exam is a comprehensive and audiobook-friendly study guide designed to help you master the core principles of health and wellness coaching. Covering coaching presence, client relationships, session structure, and professional practice, this guide delivers focused content aligned with the competencies expected of modern health coaches. It provides a clear and structured path through the essential domains of coaching. The book explores behavior change theories, coaching models, and practical strategies that support sustainable lifestyle transformation. You will gain a ...

A seasoned peacebuilder and acclaimed expert on violence explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war and how to interrupt that deadly process It’s easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone...

Emotion Informs, but Behavior Transforms. Emotional intelligence was groundbreaking in its time, offering valuable tools for self-awareness and managing emotions. However, while EI is crucial, it often doesn’t address the root causes of performance challenges. People may take action based on emotional awareness, but they frequently don’t achieve the intended results because they don't truly understand the deeper factors driving behavior and performance. This gap can lead to frustration, as even well-intentioned actions fall short of producing lasting change. Adaptive Intelligence builds...

Conquer the CHES Exam offers a clear and concise study companion for those pursuing the Certified Health Education Specialist credential. Aligned with the Seven Areas of Responsibility established by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC), this guide provides focused summaries of essential concepts from health assessment and program planning to communication, advocacy, evaluation, and lifelong learning. Designed to complement more detailed study materials, this book does not attempt to cover every sub-competency or test question in exhaustive depth. Instead, it ...

Tremendous forces for change are radically reshaping the world of work. Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models and resource scarcity are impacting every sector. Although the scale of expected change is not unprecedented, what is unique is the pervasive nature of the change and its accelerating pace which people in organizations have to cope with. Structures, systems, processes and strategies are relatively simple to understand and even fix.

A guided inner child healing workbook for emotional freedom, trauma recovery, and self-love. If you’ve ever felt stuck in patterns of pain, shame, or self-doubt—this workbook gives your inner child the voice, safety, and nurturing space they’ve always needed. Designed to pair seamlessly with Healing Your Inner Child by D.J. Ediger—or stand alone—this transformative workbook helps you explore your emotional wounds and begin true reparenting and self-healing. Inside you’ll find: Reflective prompts to uncover childhood wounds, emotional triggers, and attachment styles Reparenting ...

Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves. For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate...

Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts.

Head down the rabbit hole and feed your fascination for conspiracy and controversy. Conspiracy theories-they're influential and spread to sometimes irrational extremes. Why do people cling to conspiracy theories so powerfully? Is there a way to separate the possible from the impossible? Yes...

In this lively contrarian romp through the American cultural landscape, Andrea Tantaros argues that the swapping of gender roles has had a drastic effect on relationships, families, the boardroom, the bedroom, and beyond.

When people are diagnosed with OCD, it doesn’t always come as a surprise. With others, it may be more of a shock. However, when we look at the symptoms and the influences that affect such people, it may not be any wonder that it is more prevalent than many have assumed it to be. OCD is a very real, common disorder that knows variations in severity and randomness. Some people are obsessed with cleaning, while others can’t stop double-checking locks, organizational spaces, or items.

Anyone dealing with immune, learning, sensory-processing, mood, and/or behavioral disorders may have multiple sensitivities that result from highly sensitized brain circuitry. Gifted Intelligence explores the brain-based mechanisms that predispose us to mood, sensory-processing, learning, behavioral, and autoimmune disorders. In this audiobook you will learn why all of these so-called diseases and disorders can and should be treated as learning opportunities.

Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia—peddling vaccine misinformation, tales of child trafficking, and wild conspiracy theories. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic...