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By Catherine Ceylac. 2018
Ils sont célèbres, artistes, écrivains, créateurs, aimés par un large public. Ils ont foi dans la vie mais la mort…
les accompagne. Ils y ont été confrontés très jeunes, certains à celle de leurs parents, d'autres à celle d'un enfant. Ils ont assisté aux derniers instants d'un proche, à la fin brutale d'un être cher, d'une compagne ou d'un ami. Ils en ont gardé des blessures, des fragilités, ils ont mûri des réflexions sur le sens de leurs vies privilégiées mais finalement semblables aux autres. Pour la première fois, quatorze personnalités se confient sur la disparition, l'absence, la douleur, l'énigme, le réconfort, leurs croyances, et racontent ces moments où tout bascule. Pour en ressortir plus fort. Quatorze témoignages sans artifices dans lesquels la vie reste malgré tout le fil conducteurBy Valérie Roumanoff. 2018
Anxiété, insomnies, douleurs chroniques, dépendance à la cigarette... Et si au lieu de baisser les bras ou de lutter contre,…
nous changions notre regard sur nos problèmes ? Avec de nombreux cas issus de sa pratique d'hypnothérapeute, Valérie Roumanoff rassemble dans cet ouvrage des outils et des exercices pour apprendre à se considérer avec plus de bienveillance et prendre (enfin) soin de soi. Vous pourrez ainsi : cesser de lutter contre ce qui vous fait souffrir ; découvrir en quoi votre problème peut vous aider ; trouver les clés pour vous réconcilier avec vous-mêmeBy Tristan Demers. 2018
Nos enfants auraient-ils perdu les clés de l'imaginaire? Le monde technologique, qui impose la performance et engendre de plus en…
plus d'anxiété, brimerait-il leur liberté de créer? À force de présumer de leurs besoins, de les tenir à tout prix loin de l'ennui, sommes-nous en train de les priver des joies simples de l'enfance? Tristan Demers a rencontré des milliers de jeunes dans le cadre de ses ateliers de dessin. Le constat qu'il fait depuis quelques années est inquiétant: l'imagination des enfants est déficiente. Plus souvent placés dans un état de réceptivité qu'encouragés à la créativité, les jeunes sont décontenancés devant la page blanche et obsédés par le regard des autres sur leurs réalisations. L'imaginaire en déroute remet à l'ordre du jour le besoin qu'ont les humains de jouer, d'imaginer et de se réapproprier leur coeur d'enfant. Voilà un vibrant appel à la créativité retrouvée!One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult times: the RAIN meditation,…
which awakens our courage and heart Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxietiesstresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning. In this heartfelt and deeply practical book, she offers an antidote: an easy-to-learn four-step meditation that quickly loosens the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs. Each step in the meditation practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) is brought to life by memorable stories shared by Tara and her students as they deal with feelings of overwhelm, loss, and self-aversion, with painful relationships, and past traumaand as they discover step-by-step the sources of love, forgiveness, compassion, and deep wisdom alive within all of us.By Jo Marchant. 2016
Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of…
a sour lemon? Felt turned on just from hearing your partner's voice? If so, then you've experienced how dramatically the workings of your mind can affect your body. Yet while we accept that stress or anxiety can damage our health, the idea of "healing thoughts" was long ago hijacked by New Age gurus and spiritual healers. Recently, however, serious scientists from a range of fields have been uncovering evidence that our thoughts, emotions and beliefs can ease pain, heal wounds, fend off infection and heart disease and even slow the progression of AIDS and some cancers. In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant travels the world to meet the physicians, patients and researchers on the cutting edge of this new world of medicine. We learn how meditation protects against depression and dementia, how social connections increase life expectancy and how patients who feel cared for recover from surgery faster. We meet Iraq war veterans who are using a virtual arctic world to treat their burns and children whose ADHD is kept under control with half the normal dose of medication. We watch as a transplant patient uses the smell of lavender to calm his hostile immune system and an Olympic runner shaves vital seconds off his time through mind-power alone. Drawing on the very latest research, Marchant explores the vast potential of the mind's ability to heal, lays out its limitations and explains how we can make use of the findings in our own lives. With clarity and compassion, Cure points the way towards a system of medicine that treats us not simply as bodies but as human beings.By Brene Brown. 2017
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating…
true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK "True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives-experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, "True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts." Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, "The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand."By Dean Keith Simonton. 2018
What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients.What does it take to be a genius? A…
high score on an IQ test? Brilliant physicist Richard Feynman's IQ was too low for membership in Mensa. Suffering from varying degrees of mental illness? Creativity is often considered a marker of mental health. Be a child prodigy like Mozart, or a later bloomer like Beethoven? Die tragically young, like Keats, or live to a ripe old age like Goethe? In The Genius Checklist, Dean Keith Simonton examines the key factors in creative genius and finds that they are more than a little contradictory. Simonton, who has studied creativity and genius for more than four decades, draws on both scientific research and stories from the lives of famous creative geniuses that range from Isaac Newton to Vincent van Gogh to Virginia Woolf. He explains the origin of IQ tests and the art of estimating the IQ of long-dead historical figures (John Stuart Mill: 200; Charles Darwin: 160). He compares IQ scores with achieved eminence as measures of genius, and he draws a distinction between artistic and scientific genius. He rules out birth order as a determining factor (in the James family alone, three geniuses at three different birth-order positions: William James, firs-tborn; Henry James, second born; Alice James, born fifth and last); considers Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule; and describes how the "lone" genius gets enmeshed in social networks.Genius, Simonton explains, operates in ways so subtle that they seem contradictory. Genius is born and made, the domain of child prodigies and their elders. Simonton's checklist gives us a new, integrative way to understand geniuses?and perhaps even to nurture your own genius!By Matthew Walker. 2018
"Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating bookWalker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person…
on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you." Bill Gates A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this "stimulating and important book" (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber. With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, Matthew Walker has made abundantly clear that sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when it is absent. Compared to the other basic drives in lifeeating, drinking, and reproducingthe purpose of sleep remains more elusive. Within the brain, sleep enriches a diversity of functions, including our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge, inspiring creativity. In this "compelling and utterly convincing" (The Sunday Times) book, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better night's sleep every night. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book. Written with the precision of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Sherwin Nuland, it is "recommended for night-table reading in the most pragmatic sense" (The New York Times Book Review).By Rachel Tomlinson. 2020
As a parent, you want the best for your child, and one of your greatest hopes is that your child…
will grow up to be a good person. So, what makes a good person? Generally, we think about good people as being kind: compassionate, empathetic, generous. However, it seems that, in our fast-paced, individual-driven society, kindness is fading and the pressure on parents to raise socially conscious, empathetic, and caring children can seem overwhelming at times. In Teaching Kids to Be Kind, Rachel Tomlinson draws from her professional experiences to provide 365 inspiring strategies to help children and families practice kindness every day of the year, including daily tips like these: - Taking your child shopping around the holidays to select a new toy to donate to another little boy or girl their age. - Leaving little notes in their lunch box or school bag for them to find. This models unconditional love and consideration for others. - Baking a cake together to teach patience and teamwork and to build on their ability to delay gratification. An essential tool for parents, Teaching Kids to Be Kind will help children develop empathy, regulate their emotions, and improve their general well-being as well as support families in strengthening their overall relationshipsBy Jim Davies. 2019
We don't think of imagination the way that we should. The word is often only associated with children, artists, and…
daydreamers-viewed as something separate from everyday adult life. However, imagination is an integral part of almost every action and decision that we make. Simply put, imagination is a person's ability to create scenarios in his or her head: this can include everything from planning a grocery list to honing a golf swing-and even to having religious hallucinations. And while imagination has positive connotations, it can also lead to more pernicious outcomes, including decreased productivity and cooperation and, much worse, the continuous reliving of past trauma. The human brain is remarkable in its ability to imagine?to create worlds and situations outside of its reality. We can use our imaginations to make us relaxed or anxious, and the most impressive feat of human imagination may be our ability to use it in creative endeavors. Sitting in a chair we can imagine what the world might be and construct elaborate plans. With such power, we have an obligation to use it for good. People have been fascinated with the machination of the human brain and its ability to imagine for centuries, but until now, there have been no popular science books that are dedicated to imagination. With chapters ranging from hallucination and imaginary friends to how imagination can make you happier, Imagination will help us explore the full potential of our own mindBy Nicholas Redfern. 2019
More and more people are beginning to realize that we are being manipulated and lied to. We are denied access…
to secrets that shouldn't be secrets. Our politicians obfuscate, deny, and outright lie. No one knows whom to trust. The nightly news is being replaced by carefully orchestrated propaganda. Our iPhones are monitored as are our laptops and our landlines. As for social media, that too is ripe for spying by men in black suits. No wonder, then, that the last few years have seen an incredible rise in conspiracy theories about deceptions and cover-ups. They range from the controversial to the shocking and from the nightmarish to the downright terrifying. From the dark agendas to restrict our access to the Internet and even ban books to suppressing cancer cures to ensure the pharmaceutical industry continues to reap gigantic profits and the murder of politicians, scientists, world leaders, and even Princess Diana in the name of national security, this book reveals dozens of nefarious conspiracies, plots, hidden agendas, and betrayalsBy Jonathan Manthorpe. 2019
Claws of the Panda tells the story of Canada’s failure to construct a workable policy towards the People’s Republic of…
China. In particular the book tells of Ottawa’s failure to recognize and confront the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate and influence Canadian politics, academia, and media, and to exert control over Canadians of Chinese heritage. Claws of the Panda gives a detailed description of the CCP’s campaign to embed agents of influence in Canadian business, politics, media and academia. The party’s aims are to be able to turn Canadian public policy to China’s advantage, to acquire useful technology and intellectual property, to influence Canada’s international diplomacy, and, most important, to be able to monitor and intimidate Chinese Canadians and others it considers dissidents. The book traces the evolution of the Canada-China relationship over nearly 150 years. It shows how Canadian leaders have constantly misjudged the reality and potential of the relationship while the CCP and its agents have benefited from Canadian naivete.By Oliver Sacks. 2007
Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind…
us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language doeshumans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In MUSICOPHILIA, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. He explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia. Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in MUSICOPHILIA, Oliver Sacks tells us why.By Pablo J. d' Ors. 2018
L'auteur, prêtre catholique, écrivain et connaisseur de la méditation zen, se base sur son expérience et propose une méthode pour…
faire entrer la méditation dans la vie quotidienne et apprivoiser le silenceBy Michael Brown. 2012
By Jérémy Demay. 2019
" En 2016, j'ai participé à un stage de développement personnel donné par un certain Franck Lopvet. Pour avoir écouté…
plusieurs conférences et participé à de nombreux séminaires sur le sujet, je ne m'attendais à rien de nouveau... À ma grande surprise, j'ai vécu les 2 jours les plus transformateurs de toute ma vie.Puis, on est devenus amis et on a décidé d'écrire ce livre ensemble. En discutant avec Franck et en travaillant sur cet ouvrage, j'ai découvert une sagesse à la fois profonde et simple que je n'avais jamais entendue auparavant. Il nous encourage à arrêter de vouloir absolument évoluer et changer, mais plutôt à accepter ce qu'on est. Vous êtes sur le point de lire le premier livre de non-développement personnel qui pourrait changer à jamais votre vision de la vie. "By Nicolas Riou. 2006
Pendant longtemps la réponse était facile : la masculinité semblait aller de soi. C'était un héritage de nos pères. Et…
voilà que, 45 ans après les débuts de la révolution féminine, c'est au tour des hommes de vivre une mutation profonde et de devoir, pour la première fois peut-être, se poser la question de leur identité. Un tiers viril, un tiers déboussolé, un tiers féminisé, et tout ça dans le désordre. Voilà comment l'auteur définit l'homme actuel. Pour remplacer le modèle masculin vieille école, autoritaire et aux émotions contenues, plusieurs tendances s'offrent aux hommes d'aujourd'hui : métrosexuel, gai, homme en crise et néo-macho. Nicolas Riou, avec un efficace sens de la synthèse et un humour salutaire, dresse la typologie de ces nouvelles expressions du masculin. Ce livre va surprendre car il parle des hommes [...] En posant un regard compréhensif, honnête et constructif sur les nouveaux rapports hommes / femmes qui sont en train de se dessiner. Publié en France, le texte a été adapté et enrichi à partir de nombreux exemples québécois. Ce livre s'adresse à la fois aux hommes, qui y trouveront une précieuse matière à réflexion sur eux-mêmes, et aux femmes, qui comprendront mieux les désirs et les contradictions de l'autre sexe. -- 4e de couvBy Sigmund Freud. 1971
By Shakti Gawain. 1978
Une pédagogie de la santé, un apprentissage de l'équilibre individuel par une "technique qui utilise l'imagination afin de réaliser ses…
désirs", la puissance de l'imagination et l'énergie créatrice fondamentale de l'univers en chacun. [SDMBy Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. 2008
"Encore secoué par le viol et l'assassinat de sa fille Julie en juin 2002, Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu doit de nouveau affronter…
l'horreur lorsque sa cadette Isabelle perd la vie dans un accident de la route le 22 décembre 2005. Mais c'est en dénonçant la violence faite aux femmes, de même que l'absence de soutien apporté aux familles aux prises avec ces tragédies, que cet homme d'action réussit à transcender ses deuils et à trouver un sens aux malheurs qui l'affligent. Par un témoignage à la fois émouvant et interpellant, Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu rend compte des valeurs qui l'animent et révèle la façon dont il puise l'inspiration et le courage pour faire de son engagement un pari sans cesse renouvelé sur la vie." -- 4e de couv