Archives de catégorie : Nonfiction

THE FUTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS de Deepak Chopra

Each day, readers are greeted with alarmist headlines about the promise and the peril of Artificial Intelligence.

THE FUTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
by Deepak Chopra
Harmony, December 2024

In THE FUTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, Deepak Chopra explores the not often-discussed spiritual side of this technology and its vast potential, explaining the seven levels of intelligence (including survival and safety, emotional connection, self-worth, abundance, knowledge, wisdom, and the infinite possibilities). Chopra invites readers to recognize AI as a tool for both personal development and societal progress—ultimately resulting in a deeper understanding of human potential and awareness.

Deepak Chopra, M.D., FACP, founder of the Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a clinical professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego, and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of more than ninety books translated into forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. Time magazine has described Dr. Chopra as « one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century. »

PLAYSTRONG PARENTING de Tina Payne Bryson et Georgeanne Wisen

A simple yet critical reframing of play that will transform how we raise our children and give adults radically new coping strategies for raising calm, resilient, and empathetic children.

PLAYSTRONG PARENTING
Revolutionary Strategies for Raising Calm, Empathetic, and Intelligent Kids
by Tina Payne Bryson and Georgeanne Wisen
Rodale, January 2025

A simple yet critical reframing of play that will transform how we raise our children and give adults radically new coping strategies for raising calm, resilient, and empathetic children.

Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., is the co-author, with Daniel J. Siegel, of two New York Times bestsellers, THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD (Bantam, 2011) and NO-DRAMA DISCIPLINE (Bantam, 2014) and THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BABY (Ballantine, 2020). She is the founder and executive director of the Center for Connection, an interdisciplinary clinical team in Pasadena, California. She is a licensed clinical social worker, providing pediatric and adolescent psychotherapy and parenting consultations. As well, she keynotes conferences and conducts workshops for parents, educators, and clinicians all over the world.

Georgeanne Wisen is a licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist, who earned her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Chapman University, and a Masters of Arts in Child-Centered Play Therapy from the University of Roehampton-London. She is an active member of both the American Association for Play Therapy and the British Association of Play Therapists.

THE GLASS CLIFF de Sophie Williams

THE GLASS CLIFF is a conversation about what happens when women break the rules, and break through The Glass Ceiling.

THE GLASS CLIFF
Why Women in Power are Undermined and How to Fight Back
by Sophie Williams
Macmillan Business, March 2024
(via Randle Editorial & Literary Consultancy)

Have you ever wondered why there are so few success stories of women in business leadership? Or maybe you’ve wondered what life is really like on the other side of The Glass Ceiling? The world of work is supposedly changing, embracing diversity – yet are the opportunities we’re giving to women really equal to those of men?

Drawing on almost 20 years of research from around the world, The Glass Cliff phenomenon – whereby women are often only hired in leadership roles when a business is already underperforming, meaning their chances of success are limited before they ever even start in the role – is well established, but little known. Until now.

This is the story of The Glass Cliff: a story of a structural inequality disguising itself as the personal failures of women. When activist Sophie Williams gave her viral TED talk on the subject, she was subsequently flooded with accounts of confident, accomplished women who had taken what seemed like a dream leadership role only to quickly find themselves in a waking nightmare. Without the language to describe their experiences they had been left blaming themselves. But learning about The Glass Cliff enabled them to reframe and reexamine what they’d gone through.

Sophie Williams is a professional speaker, the author of Millennial Black & Anti-Racist Ally, a TED speaker, the voice behind @OfficialMillennialBlack, and a racial equity consultant. As a speaker, Sophie regularly delivers keynotes, presentations, workshops and training sessions for businesses such as Apple, Amazon, Google, Barclays, the NHS and more. Sophie’s writing has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, Bustle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Refinery29, Elle and Grazia.

THE PARENTHOOD DILEMMA de Gina Rushton

Should we become parents?

THE PARENTHOOD DILEMMA
Procreation in the Age of Uncertainty
by Gina Rushton
Astra House, September 2023
(via Wolf Literary Services)

When journalist Gina Rushton, afflicted with endometriosis, admitted she had little time left to make this decision, the magnitude of the choice overwhelmed her. Her search for her own “yes” or “no” only uncovered more questions to be answered. How do we clearly consider creating a new life on a planet facing catastrophic climate change? How do we reassess the gender roles we have been assigned at birth and by society? How do we balance ascending careers with declining fertility? How do we know if we’ve found the right co-parent, or if we want to go it alone, or if we don’t want to do it at all?

To seek clarity on these questions, Rushton spoke to doctors, sociologists, economists, and ethicists, as well as parents and childless people of all ages and from around the world. Here, she explores and presents policies, data, and case studies from people who have made this decision—one way or the other—and shows how the process can be revelatory in discovering who we are as individuals.

Gina Rushton is a multi-awarded reproductive rights and women’s health reporter and editor whose work has been published in BuzzFeed News, The Guardian, Vogue, Associated Press, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Monthly. This is her first book.

HIGH FIVE DISCIPLINE de Candice W. Jones

When confronting the challenge of disciplining their children, moms and dads often default to the ways their own parents disciplined them, sometimes with harmful results.

HIGH FIVE DISCIPLINE
Positive Parenting for Happy, Healthy, Well-Behaved Kids
by Candice W. Jones, MD
American Academy of Pediatrics, December 2021
(via Kaplan/DeFiore)

In HIGH FIVE DISCIPLINE, mom and practicing pediatrician Dr. Candice Jones shows parents a better way. This positive parenting guide helps parents understand child development and how the ways that children are disciplined shapes not only their behavior but their overall health and well-being.

Dr. Jones coaches parents to understand their child’s developmental stages and their own motivations to create a family discipline plan that manages misbehavior and encourages good behavior. Her advice is packed with developmentally appropriate strategies to tame tantrums, stop sibling squabbles, and reward better behavior, to create a calmer, more harmonious home.

Candice W. Jones, MD, FAAP, is a board certified, practicing pediatrician, spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, and host of the podcast KIDing Around with Dr. Candice. She is the mother of two children and lives near Orlando, Florida.