Emotional Education

Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live, from romantic to professional relationships, from our inner resilience to our social success. It is arguably the single most important skill for surviving the twenty-first century. But what does it really mean? One decade ago, Alain de Botton founded The School of Life, an institute dedicated to understanding and improving our emotional intelligence. Now he presents the gathered wisdom of those ten years in a wide-ranging and innovative compendium of emotional intelligence that forms an introduction to The School of Life.

Emotions dictate our mood, our actions, and our thoughts, but you can learn to master your mind and use it to empower your daily actions with Stoic guidance. This guide will teach you the basics of Stoic philosophy.

Executive functioning skills—including focus, organization, stress management, and more―are critical to succeeding in all aspects of your life. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with ADHD or you’ve lived with it your entire life, you know that developing these skills can be a challenge. Thriving with Adult ADHD offers a toolbox of information, assessments, and evidence-based exercises to help you build this mental skill set and take control of your ADHD.

Five years in the making—the powerful follow-up to Maslow Before Bloom: Basic Human Needs Before Academics. What if school wasn’t just about achievement… but about becoming? In Maslow Before Bloom… Then Gardner, Jung & Goleman: Educating the Whole Child With Needs, Strengths, Meaning & Emotional Intelligence, Dr. Bryan Pearlman invites educators, counselors, and leaders to reimagine what it truly means to help students thrive. Building on the truth that kids can’t learn if they don’t feel safe, seen, or supported, this book goes beyond Maslow to explore how we help students grow...

Smart but Stuck offers 15 true and compelling stories about intelligent, capable teens and adults who have gotten "stuck" at school, work, and/or in social relationships because of their ADHD. Dr. Brown highlights the often unrecognized role that emotions play in this complex disorder. He explains why even very bright people with ADHD get stuck because they can focus well on some tasks that interest them but often can't focus adequately on other important tasks and relationships.

Identifying covert emotional manipulation is tricky. You sense something is wrong, but you can't quite put your finger on the problem. This powerful book will reveal to you if manipulation is at play in your relationships. It will open your eyes. You will learn 30 tactics manipulators use to get what they want. You will also learn to spot the warning signs within yourself that expose covert manipulation is taking place, even if you can't identify the specific tactics being used.

An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives—and how to support them through this critical developmental stage—from the New York Times bestselling author of Untangled and Under Pressure In teenagers, powerful emotions come...

While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience must be an emotional journey of its own, one as involving as your characters' struggles, discoveries, and triumphs are for you. That's where The Emotional Craft of Fiction comes in. Veteran literary agent and expert fiction instructor Donald Maass shows you how to use story to provoke a visceral and emotional experience in readers.

Heartbreak is one of the most universal experiences in the world — yet it is one of the least understood. Everyone will face it, yet very few people ever learn how to navigate it without losing themselves. We are taught how to succeed in our careers, how to solve problems, how to pursue our dreams — but almost no one teaches us how to rebuild our hearts when they shatter. Healing After Heartbreak fills that gap. This book is more than a guide; it is a companion. It walks with you through the stages of heartbreak — the shock, the confusion, the pain, the rebuilding — with compassion ...

Gifted children and adults are often misunderstood. Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their high energy as hyperactivity, their persistence as nagging, their imagination as not paying attention, their passion as being disruptive, their strong emotions and sensitivity as immaturity, their creativity and self-directedness as oppositional.

There are three kinds of feelings when reading a story: boredom, interest, and wow! To become a successful writer, you must create the wow feeling on as many pages as possible, and this requires writing that engages the reader emotionally. In his best-selling book, screenwriter Karl Iglesias explored the working habits of A-list Hollywood scribes. Now, he breaks new ground by focusing on the psychology of the reader.

Moses and Troy Horne here. Your mental-toughness guides! We know exactly how you feel. If you are reading this, you probably have a young athlete who struggles with in-game stress and maybe even sports performance anxiety. That is why this version was mostly written by Moses. As of the time of the writing of this book, Moses Horne is a 15-year-old elite athlete who can talk directly about the triumphs and struggles of working toward being mentally tough. This is the only book that I know of with input from an actual young athlete.

A story about discovering the magic of believing in yourself. Mia returns with a new adventure — a journey filled with emotions, mistakes, courage, and friendship. This time, she’ll learn that real confidence isn’t about doing everything perfectly, but about daring to try, even when things don’t go as planned. Accompanied by her loyal teddy bear Mr. Huggles, her best friend Leo, and the wise Bella the Owl, Mia discovers that mistakes can lead to beautiful things, that asking for help is an act of bravery, and that trusting yourself is the first step to making your dreams shine. This...

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages. In today’s world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live...

Onward tackles the problem of educator stress, and provides a practical framework for taking the burnout out of teaching. Unsurprisingly, these effects are highest in difficult-to-fill positions such as math, science, and foreign languages, and in urban areas and secondary classrooms. This actionable framework gives you concrete steps toward rediscovering yourself, your energy, and your passion for teaching. The companion workbook helps you put the framework into action, streamlining your way toward renewal and strength.

Why are some people so quick to recover from a setback while others wallow in despair? Why are some people so highly attuned to others that they seem psychic, while other people put both feet in it over and over again? Why are some people always up and others always down? In this hotly anticipated book, award-winning, pioneering neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson answers these questions by offering an entirely new model of our emotions - their origins, their power, and their malleability.

In How to Read People like a Book, we will go deep into exploring body language - not just to understand people, but to also connect with them. After all, why do we find the need to interpret and understand what people say and do? Because, we want to connect with them, create relationships, and be part of a community.

Unlock the Hidden Power of ADHD - Transform Focus, Energy, and Confidence by Resetting the Brain’s Reward System Are you doing everything “right” but still watching focus slip through your fingers? Have you ever wondered why traditional ADHD strategies fall short - despite the best diets, therapies, and medications? What if the secret to managing ADHD wasn’t about doing more - but about understanding why the ADHD brain craves more in the first place? The Dopamine Detox is a groundbreaking guide that takes you beyond surface-level solutions and into the brain’s primal operating ...

Learn how to persuade cats--the world's most skeptical and cautious negotiators--with this primer on rhetoric and argument from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing! Cats are skilled manipulators who can talk you into just about anything without a single word. They can...

Did you know your physical, mental and emotional well-being depends on your gut health? The healthier your gut, the better you are! With the gut as a central axis of vigour, health coach Dimple Jangda...