Emotional Work

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Emotional Agility by Susan David, read by Claire Gordon-Webster. Every day we speak around 16,000 words - but inside our minds we create tens of thousands more. Thoughts such as 'I'm not spending enough time with my children' or 'I'm not good enough to present my work' can seem to be unshakable facts. In reality they're the judgemental opinions of our inner voices.

How to release what holds you back from living the life you want. It can be difficult to accept things about ourselves that we’d rather hide, and often it’s tempting to ignore them. Unfortunately, if we do the latter, then we continue our self-destruction. Explore your dark side through Shadow Work. This audiobook explores how shadow work can reveal hidden parts of your personality, heal past wounds and create positive changes in your life.

In today's fast-paced world, where self-criticism and burnout have become endemic, the science of self-compassion offers a revolutionary path to emotional well-being and resilience. This book bridges the gap between cutting-edge neuroscience and practical application, providing you with evidence-based tools to transform your relationship with yourself. Drawing from decades of clinical experience and research, we'll explore how self-compassion can revolutionize your response to life's challenges, from workplace stress to personal setbacks. Discover how this transformative guide connects ...

Did you know that Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of success than IQ? You can have all the skills and smarts, but if you aren’t great with people, your personal and professional life will always fall short of your expectations. In every sector, from teaching to manufacturing to law enforcement, brains and brawn no longer cut it. The ability to interact well with others—peers, subordinates, and clients—is what makes candidates highly desirable in today’s competitive market. Improving your EI is not about sitting in a circle and singing kumbaya. It’s about becoming...

You know those days when everything just feels off? Maybe you had a rough morning, a frustrating meeting, or a tense chat with your partner. You move through life like a ball bouncing around in a pinball machine, reacting to every bump and beep. But what if you could turn that chaos into something productive? What if you could take those intense emotions and channel them into better conversations, stronger relationships, and a sense of calm? This book is your guide to mastering emotional intelligence—a skill that can completely transform how you handle your world.

Unlock Your Emotional Freedom with 41 Powerful Exercises and 3 EXCLUSIVE BONUSES! Includes Guided Meditations, Visualizations, and 365 Journal Prompts. Are You Tired of Being Held Back by Your Past? It’s Time to Break Free and Start Living the Life You Deserve! The hidden emotional scars from childhood trauma often linger far into adulthood, affecting your relationships, self-esteem, and overall happiness. If you're tired of feeling stuck in patterns of self-sabotage, fear, and anxiety, Healing Your Wounded Inner Child is your key to transformation. It’s Not Your Fault, But Now You Can ...

Imagínate que pudieses elaborar un manual de cómo quieres ser y de cómo quieres que sea tu relación con los demás. ¿Qué pedirías? Cuando te enfadas o sientes emociones que te dificultan actuar racionalmente, reaccionas de manera impulsiva: pierdes los papeles, tomas malas decisiones o dices cosas de las que luego te arrepientes.

Within this book lies the key to unlocking that door that holds the dark shadows hostage. As you walk deep into the shadows, you’ll be able to physically grab hold of the bad energy that causes stress, anxiety, depression, fear, and pain, and release it out of the closet of darkness. Around the corridor is the shadows consciousness where you’ll face the challenges that you gave up on years ago, where all those decisions have shaped you into the person you are today. Downstairs is where you look darkness in the face; and scare fear away.

Emotions can give our life meaning and happiness, but they can also cause us great pain. We want to feel positive emotions of happiness, love, success, and fulfillment, but we also want to avoid negative feelings of anxiety, worry, regret, fear, sadness, and anger. Emotions can motivate us to take action or they can paralyze us from achieving our goals.

Over his decades of experience as a therapist and mindfulness meditation practitioner, Dr. Christopher Germer has learned a paradoxical lesson: We all want to avoid pain, but letting it in and responding compassionately to our own imperfections are essential steps on the path to healing. This wise and eloquent book illuminates the power of self-compassion and offers creative, scientifically grounded strategies for putting it into action.

Rediscover Joy and Balance in Your Life: Proven Methods to Beat Burnout—Even If You’re Exhausted and Overwhelmed. Do you wake up every morning feeling more exhausted than when you went to bed, wondering how much longer you can keep pushing through? Are you constantly juggling work, family, and personal obligations—only to feel like you’re failing at all of them? Do you catch yourself fantasizing about escaping it all, but feel trapped because you can’t afford to step away? Is your mind always racing, leaving you too overwhelmed to enjoy the things that used to bring you joy? Have ...

Using brilliantly simple math that illuminates universal emotional truths, Emotional Equations crystallizes some of life’s toughest challenges into manageable facets that listeners can see clearly—and bits they can control. Popular motivational speaker and best-selling author Chip Conley has created an exciting, new, immediately accessible visual lexicon for mastering the age of uncertainty. Making mathematics out of emotions may seem a counterintuitive idea, but it’s an inspiring and incredibly effective one in Chip Conley’s hands.

Achieving and sustaining success is difficult. Why do some people struggle to get started or stay the course? Why do others seem to sabotage their hard-earned victories? What makes some people stumble and fall when they seem to possess the requisite skills to soar? Most importantly, what can be done to change these patterns and their outcomes? Based on years of research, Mastering Fear answers these questions and many more with its surprising perspectives on stress, fear, and the single most important skill necessary to achieve maximum results.

In Navigating the Office Zoo, FC Bohnke offers a smart, practical, and often hilarious field guide to handling the most difficult species in your workplace—whether it's the Micromanager Monkey, the Gossip Vulture, or the Credit-Stealing Cuckoo. Drawing on years of leadership experience and sharp behavioral insight, this book helps you understand what drives challenging colleagues, how to respond effectively, and how to keep your own sanity intact. Whether you're a team member dodging passive-aggressive Chameleons or a manager trying to tame a Volcano, this guide equips you with: Real-...

She was my best friend. Until one reckless night made her the one woman I could never have. Harper Gray was the girl I told everything to— except how bad I wanted her. One night, I gave in. Pinned her against a door, kissed her like she was already mine— and destroyed our years-long friendship. She left. I let her go. And I’ve been paying for it every damn day since. Now she's back, working in my ER like she didn’t leave me wrecked. Same sharp mouth. Same killer curves. Same gravitational pull I can't outrun. I joke about second chances. She shuts me down like I'm just another bad ...

Are you tired of feeling like you're not living up to your full potential? Do hidden fears and unresolved emotions hold you back from the life you deserve? It’s time to confront these shadows with "The Complete Guide to Shadow Work Workbook". This isn't just another self-help book; it’s a powerful tool designed to lead you through the transformative process of self-discovery and healing.

If you find yourself getting fed up and frustrated with a colleague whose incompetence is driving you crazy, a boss who gets angry when you're not a mind reader, or an employee who habitually challenges your authority, chances are you're caught in an emotional trap in the workplace. Quit complaining and do something!

Emotions can be a pain. After losing his dad to Covid-19, Dean Burnett found himself wondering what life would be like without them. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope - for science. In Emotional Ignorance, Dean takes us on an incredible journey of discovery, stretching from the origins of life to the end of the universe. Combining expert analysis, brilliant humour and powerful insights into the grieving process, Dean uncovers how, far from holding us back, our emotions make us who we are.

Welcome to Draw It, Write It, Become It — the first student adventure in the Ask Charlie series! This isn't just a workbook—it's a magical journey of imagination, self-discovery, and authorship for creative kids ages 9–14. Guided by Charlie, their wise and funny AI sidekick, young creators will draw, dream, and write their way into becoming confident young authors. With every step, they unlock pieces of their inner world—and by the end, they’ll have not just a story, but the start of their very own book. Inside this creative workshop, kids will: Discover what makes them unique ...

Shadow work for men who are ready to lead themselves. In a world that rewards control and punishes vulnerability, many men are silently carrying emotional weight with no safe outlet. Burn the Map is a direct and powerful guide for high-functioning, high-pressure men who want more than surface-level solutions. This book offers a no-nonsense introduction to shadow work: a process of identifying and integrating the parts of yourself you hide, suppress, or deny. It is not therapy. It is a tool for self-reliant men who want to become more grounded, emotionally intelligent, and honest in every ...