Saving Time (2023) takes a deep dive into the complicated concepts surrounding time and the multitude of ways it can be experienced. Combining historical research, philosophical ideas, and social commentary, it offers new approaches to perceiving time that can help us learn to truly live in the present while looking toward a more hopeful future. …
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This Naked Mind (2015) challenges our culture’s love affair with alcohol. It offers matter-of-fact, actionable insights that help free drinkers from its perceived hold. Introduction: How to get intoxicated by sobriety. Do you always reach for a drink after a long day at work? Love nothing more than socializing with a glass of wine or …
Your Brain on Art (2023) offers remarkable insights into how artistic endeavors and aesthetics – from music and dance to drawing and interior design – can rewire our brains and improve our lives. Introduction: Learn the many ways you can experience better living through art and design. There’s a good chance you’re at least vaguely …
On the Origin of Time (2023) guides you through the humbling, stranger-than-fiction theories that the late physicist Stephen Hawking developed in the last two decades of his life. With quantum physics, holograms, and inspiration from Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory, it reveals what the great scientist came to believe about the origins of the universe. Introduction: …
Outlive (2023) is a comprehensive guide to living a longer, healthier, and more fulfilling life. Drawing on cutting-edge science and practical advice, it empowers you to optimize your exercise, nutrition, sleep, and emotional health for maximum longevity. Introduction: Unlock the secrets to living a longer and better life. Our modern world has brought us a …
Frankenstein (1818) is a Gothic horror classic that tells the tale of ambitious young scientist Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with the idea of creating life, Frankenstein assembles a freakish human-like monster. But when he animates it, he’s shocked at the horror he’s created. Although the monster seeks affection at first, it’s continually rejected and eventually seeks …
Do your senses and emotions often distract you? Does it seem like other people are oblivious to the things that drive you crazy? Have you always felt a bit different? You may be a highly sensitive person, meaning it takes less stimulation for you to become overwhelmed. In this book review of The Highly Sensitive …
Power vs. Force (2014) explains how anyone can tap into their inner power to change their lives and the lives of those around them. It demonstrates that with consciousness, intention and discernment, anyone can find their truth and follow it toward a more fulfilled and impactful life. Introduction: Choose power over force to transform your …
Do you buy into any of the following learning myths? Everybody has a “learning style.” Intelligence is a fixed quality. 10,000 hours of practice makes you an expert. DON’T SELL YOURSELF SHORT! Your brain has a LIMITLESS CAPACITY TO LEARN new things! Yes, even through middle age and toward the end of life. In Hardwired …
In “She Comes First,” clinical sexologist and avid cunnilingus practitioner Ian Kerner shares his methodology, filling our culture’s sexual-information-for-men void with a tour of the finer points of pleasuring a woman. This book summary explains sexual activity through the framework of foreplay, coreplay, and moreplay; introduces the 10 pleasure hot spots in a woman’s clitoral …