Psychology Humor

What if procrastination wasn’t a problem—but a hidden strength? In this eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, and refreshingly honest deep dive, Steven Doornbos invites you on a journey through the surprisingly brilliant, misunderstood world of delay. From the neuroscience of hesitation to the emotional truth behind avoidance, The Procrastinator’s Edge is a bold celebration of the thinkers, dreamers, and slow-starters we’ve been unfairly labeling for too long. With warmth, humor, and depth, this book transforms procrastination from a dirty word into a dazzling art form—and shows you how to...

In this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind. This program is read by the author. With her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, Cazzie reflects on the delusions that...

THE RUNNER NEXT DOOR is the amusing, enlightening account of one man’s transition from unhealthy couch potato to successful ultra-runner, all in the space of a year. When Barry moves in next door to Martin, the middle-aged running veteran is far from impressed by the morose, overweight southern bloke who looks so out of place in the affluent seaside town of St Anne’s. The somewhat snobbish narrator assumes Barry to be an incorrigible slob until his astute wife Caroline sees the newcomer marching towards the beach in his vintage tracksuit and trainers. From that moment on Martin is eager...

Inessential Pharmacology is a playful romp through the data behind psychiatric medications. The point of the book is to teach my readers how to understand what a medicine does. I give them the same tools I use, as a practicing psychiatrist, with a lot more humor than used to teach me. We go through a list of common medications, and using those as examples, we learn how to read research about those same medications. We learn about charts, graphs, tables, and the lawsuits and side effects that made these drugs famous. They also made pharmaceutical companies billions. This is a book written ...

Equal parts memoir and road map to living a less stressful and more vibrant life, bestselling author Jesse Itzler offers an illuminating, entertaining, and unexpected trip for anyone looking to feel calmer and more controlled in our crazy, hectic world. Entrepreneur, endurance athlete, and...

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most...

On the water world Apollo, every island fights its own shadow war. The Patton Armory stands at the center of them all. When fourteen-year-old Mark Alexander inherits the empire, the shadows come for him. Follow the Adventures of Mark Alexander: The Misbegotten Empire (Book 1) Misbegotten Legacy (Book 2) Misbegotten Promise (Book 3) The Misbegotten Fortune (Book 4)

Ever had a brilliant idea… and then responsibly never started it? Spent three hours researching how to begin a five-minute task? Waited for confidence before acting — only to discover confidence never RSVP’d? Carefully prepared, optimized, planned, reorganized, and emotionally processed a project into permanent delay? This book is your official guide to doing exactly that. Inside you will learn: how smart people accidentally delay their own progress why preparation feels productive (and replaces action) how perfection quietly prevents completion the psychology of “starting tomorrow...

You will say, "OMG That's Me!" Meet six people who transformed their struggles with bipolar disorder, depression, PTSD, and more... through their strength, perseverance and by finding humor in their challenges. This poignant, funny and refreshing book let's us know we are not alone by sharing challenges, and heartbreak along with the ridiculous moments of life with mental illness.

Could you be happier? When Hugh van Cuylenburg went to India on a teaching trip he met a joyful 10-year-old student who taught him lessons that changed his life. Since setting up The Resilience Project, Hugh has shared what he learned with over a million Australians through his show GEM, a series of comical anecdotes, moving stories and practical methods for leading a happier and more resilient life.

In the spirit of You Are a Badass and The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, a helpful and humorous guide to shedding our anxious habits and building a more solid sense of self in an increasingly anxiety-inducing world. Licensed therapist and mental health writer Dr. Kathleen Smith offers...

What if you could be confident without being cheerful? A Delightfully Dark Day: The 24-Hour Shadow Confidence Challenge Inspired by Wednesday Addams is a short, funny, and surprisingly empowering mindset experiment for anyone who’s tired of forced positivity. Instead of telling you to “smile more,” this book invites you to do the opposite for just one day: speak less, react slower, and carry yourself with the calm, razor-sharp composure of everyone’s favorite deadpan heroine. Across three easy acts — Morning (Rise Without Shine), Midday (The Discipline of Deadpan), and Evening (...

THE DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL OF MISHEGAS (DMOM) is a delightful parody of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Bible of psychiatry,” the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). In this playful send-up of the DSM, the authors—all of whom are distinguished writers with deep roots in the field of mental health—cut through the hundreds of categories in the 1000-page D.S.M. by dividing all mental disorders into two realms: mishegas major and mishegas minor. And for each of the sub-categories it analyzes—spilkes major (and spilkes minor), yenta, kvetch, alter kocker, ...

The four co-creators of The Try Guys, one of the Internet’s most popular and viral sensations, deliver their first book—an inspirational self-improvement guide that teaches you that the path to success is littered with humiliating detours, embarrassing offenses, and unexpected failures. Best...

Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That's right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding Disease, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Cutaneous Horn (yes, you grow a horn) are all featured here in pithy, energetic entries. You won't have to worry about socialized medicine if you have this book....

Learn why the concept of "weird" is being reclaimed and turned into a badge of honor, used to show how being different—culturally, socially, physically, or mentally—can be a person's greatest strength. "An insightful ode to oddballs." —The Washington Post Most of us have at some point in...

Jen Lancaster is here to take a hard look at our elevating anxieties, and with self-deprecating wit and levelheaded wisdom, she charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened of the future and ashamed of our imperfectly perfect human lives. Take a deep breath, and her advice, and you just might get through a holiday dinner without wanting to disown your uncle.

Humor for the heart in a crazy world! Give the gift of laughter! There’s a perfectly comical explanation for that bad behavior! Abe Surde is a progressive humorist and master mixologist who tackles—with a smile and a wink—one hundred challenging personality types seen in everyday life. Arm yourself with hilarious tips for handling assholes, bullies, drama queens, haters, micromanagers, narcissists, and more. WHY PEOPLE SUCK is great medicine for anyone frustrated by the actions of another. So don’t get mad, get laughing! Send a book to that “special someone.” Also makes a ...

Living is hard. Living is complicated. But, this book can help you make sense of everything important in the life of (almost any) individual, along with a pinch of humor and a lot of pop-culture references. Written by a practicing counseling psychologist with over 10 years of therapeutic experience - who’s also a game design teacher - this book aims to cover it all. It does the same through simple and clear language, steering clear of complex psychological notions and statistics of any kind. There’s no hard data in this book and the author takes pride in that fact. But, it’s full of ...

Este audio libro es sobre el miedo. Sobre cómo funciona, cómo se adueña de nosotros y cómo nos persigue desde la infancia. Si antes les temíamos a los monstruos debajo de la cama, hoy también. Pero no todo es tan malo. Todos sentimos miedo sin importar de dónde somos, cuántos años tenemos, o si nos gusta o no el chocolate, Yo, por ejemplo, casi me muero de ansiedad (que es miedo en su máxima potencia) y sobreviví. No sólo sobreviví, sino que aprendí que lo que te hunde te salva.