50 Books like Identity And Story

The Self Illusion

by Bruce M. Hood • 2011

Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.

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🧩 The Constructed Self 🧠 Memory Unreliability 🪞 Social Identity 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🎭 Free Will Debate

The Self Illusion 96%

Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.

by Bruce M. Hood 2011

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2k+ ratings

🧩 The Constructed Self 🧠 Memory Unreliability 🪞 Social Identity 🌍 Cultural Psychology 🎭 Free Will Debate

Aftermath

by Susan J. Brison • 2001

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

Aftermath 94%

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

by Susan J. Brison 2001

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486 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

The Evolving Self

by Robert Kegan • 1982

Every stage of adult life imprisons us in something invisible. Growing is learning to see it.

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Adult Development 🧩 Neo-Piagetian 💭 Meaning Making 🏗️ Constructivism

The Evolving Self 94%

Every stage of adult life imprisons us in something invisible. Growing is learning to see it.

by Robert Kegan 1982

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478 ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Adult Development 🧩 Neo-Piagetian 💭 Meaning Making 🏗️ Constructivism

Pieces of Light

by Charles Fernyhough • 2012

Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.

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🧠 Autobiographical Memory 🧩 Reconstructive Memory 🪞 False Memories 📖 Narrative Identity 👃 Sensory Memory

Pieces of Light 94%

Your memories aren't recordings; they're stories rebuilt fresh each time, and the edit never ends.

by Charles Fernyhough 2012

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468 ratings

🧠 Autobiographical Memory 🧩 Reconstructive Memory 🪞 False Memories 📖 Narrative Identity 👃 Sensory Memory

Life Is in the Transitions

by Bruce Feiler • 2020

A disruption every 12 to 18 months. The skills of the people who navigated them best.

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🌀 Life Transitions 📖 Narrative Psychology ✨ Meaning Making 🔄 Identity Shifts 🧭 Coping With Change

Life Is in the Transitions 94%

A disruption every 12 to 18 months. The skills of the people who navigated them best.

by Bruce Feiler 2020

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3k+ ratings

🌀 Life Transitions 📖 Narrative Psychology ✨ Meaning Making 🔄 Identity Shifts 🧭 Coping With Change

The Social Construction of Reality

by Peter L. Berger • 1966

The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.

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🧠 Sociology Of Knowledge 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🔍 Phenomenological Sociology 🏠 Everyday Life 🏛️ Institutional Analysis

The Social Construction of Reality Summary

The Social Construction of Reality 94%

The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.

by Peter L. Berger 1966

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🧠 Sociology Of Knowledge 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🔍 Phenomenological Sociology 🏠 Everyday Life 🏛️ Institutional Analysis

by Mel R. Thompson • 2009

Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Self 🏗️ Constructed Self 💭 Memory And Identity 💻 Digital Identity ☕ Existentialism

Me 94%

Your self is not a fixed thing but a map you draw and redraw every day.

by Mel R. Thompson 2009

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203 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 🏗️ Constructed Self 💭 Memory And Identity 💻 Digital Identity ☕ Existentialism

The Storytelling Animal

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2012

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

The Storytelling Animal 94%

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

by Jonathan Gottschall 2012

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes • 1976

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 94%

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

by Julian Jaynes 1976

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6k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

El Poder de Las Palabras

by Mariano Sigman • 2023

What you tell yourself becomes your reality. A guide to rewriting your inner script.

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🗣️ Conversation 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🤗 Self-Compassion 🧩 Memory And Identity 🧠 Cognitive Biases

El Poder de Las Palabras 94%

What you tell yourself becomes your reality. A guide to rewriting your inner script.

by Mariano Sigman 2023

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3k+ ratings

🗣️ Conversation 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🤗 Self-Compassion 🧩 Memory And Identity 🧠 Cognitive Biases

The Story Paradox

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2021

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

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🧠 Social Psychology 📖 Narrative Persuasion 💥 Group Conflict 📉 Post-Truth Politics 🏛️ Collective Memory

The Story Paradox 93%

Story logic that built nations now tears them apart. The psychology is identical.

by Jonathan Gottschall 2021

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446 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 📖 Narrative Persuasion 💥 Group Conflict 📉 Post-Truth Politics 🏛️ Collective Memory

Reflective Practice

by Gillie Bolton • 2001

A blank notebook is the most underrated professional development tool. Here is how to use it.

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🔍 Reflective Practice 📓 Journal Writing 🔄 Experiential Learning 📈 Professional Development 📖 Narrative Identity

Reflective Practice 93%

A blank notebook is the most underrated professional development tool. Here is how to use it.

by Gillie Bolton 2001

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109 ratings

🔍 Reflective Practice 📓 Journal Writing 🔄 Experiential Learning 📈 Professional Development 📖 Narrative Identity

Dialogism

by Michael Holquist • 1990

All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.

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📖 Literary Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👥 Intersubjectivity 📚 Intertextuality 🇷🇺 Russian Formalism

Dialogism 93%

All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.

by Michael Holquist 1990

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88 ratings

📖 Literary Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👥 Intersubjectivity 📚 Intertextuality 🇷🇺 Russian Formalism

Saving the Modern Soul

by Eva Illouz • 2008

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

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🏛️ Cultural Sociology 🛋️ Therapy Culture 📚 Self-Help Critique 💼 Emotional Labor 📖 Narrative Identity

Saving the Modern Soul 93%

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

by Eva Illouz 2008

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184 ratings

🏛️ Cultural Sociology 🛋️ Therapy Culture 📚 Self-Help Critique 💼 Emotional Labor 📖 Narrative Identity

Selfless

by Brian Lowery • 2023

The person you think you are was built by every relationship you have ever had.

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧱 Social Construction 🪞 Self And Identity 👥 Group Identity 💀 Existential Psychology

Selfless 93%

The person you think you are was built by every relationship you have ever had.

by Brian Lowery 2023

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414 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 🧱 Social Construction 🪞 Self And Identity 👥 Group Identity 💀 Existential Psychology

More Than Words

by Maryellen MacDonald • 2025

Speaking strains the brain more than listening: a hidden effort that builds the mind for life.

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🔬 Psycholinguistics 👶 Language Development 🗣️ Self-Talk 📚 Learning Science ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

More Than Words 93%

Speaking strains the brain more than listening: a hidden effort that builds the mind for life.

by Maryellen MacDonald 2025

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142 ratings

🔬 Psycholinguistics 👶 Language Development 🗣️ Self-Talk 📚 Learning Science ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

Selfie

by Will Storr • 2017

How centuries of individualism, guilt, and competition built a self that can never feel good enough.

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🏛️ History Of The Self 🌍 Western Individualism 📉 Perfectionism Critique 🪞 Narcissism And Culture 📈 Self-Esteem Movement

Selfie 93%

How centuries of individualism, guilt, and competition built a self that can never feel good enough.

by Will Storr 2017

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🏛️ History Of The Self 🌍 Western Individualism 📉 Perfectionism Critique 🪞 Narcissism And Culture 📈 Self-Esteem Movement

Choose Your Story, Change Your Life

by Kindra Hall • 2022

Your brain is narrating your life without your permission. The process for becoming the author.

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🗣️ Self-Talk 📚 Narrative Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Restructuring 🚧 Limiting Beliefs ✍️ Personal Storytelling

Choose Your Story, Change Your Life Summary

Choose Your Story, Change Your Life 93%

Your brain is narrating your life without your permission. The process for becoming the author.

by Kindra Hall 2022

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650 ratings

🗣️ Self-Talk 📚 Narrative Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Restructuring 🚧 Limiting Beliefs ✍️ Personal Storytelling

Psych

by Paul Bloom • 2023

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

Psych 93%

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

by Paul Bloom 2023

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

The Cry for Myth

by Rollo May • 1991

What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?

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🧠 Existential Psychology 📖 Myth And Meaning 🪪 Narrative Identity 🌓 Jungian Psychology 🌍 Cultural Psychology

The Cry for Myth 93%

What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?

by Rollo May 1991

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442 ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 📖 Myth And Meaning 🪪 Narrative Identity 🌓 Jungian Psychology 🌍 Cultural Psychology

Awakening the Heroes Within

by Carol S. Pearson • 1991

A dozen archetypes govern your life; a map for turning each lesson into a hero's journey.

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🏛️ Archetypal Psychology 🗺️ Hero's Journey 📖 Personal Mythology 🛠️ Inner Work 🌑 Shadow Work

Awakening the Heroes Within 93%

A dozen archetypes govern your life; a map for turning each lesson into a hero's journey.

by Carol S. Pearson 1991

4.21

861 ratings

🏛️ Archetypal Psychology 🗺️ Hero's Journey 📖 Personal Mythology 🛠️ Inner Work 🌑 Shadow Work

Quarterlife

by Satya Doyle Byock • 2022

Between 16 and 36, a developmental crisis hits: meaning and security pull in opposite directions.

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Emerging Adulthood 🌀 Jungian Psychology 📖 Myth And Psychology 👂 Inner Listening

Quarterlife 93%

Between 16 and 36, a developmental crisis hits: meaning and security pull in opposite directions.

by Satya Doyle Byock 2022

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4k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Emerging Adulthood 🌀 Jungian Psychology 📖 Myth And Psychology 👂 Inner Listening

The Power of Meaning

by Emily Esfahani Smith • 2017

Happiness fades; meaning lasts. The elements of a good life that hold up when happiness doesn't.

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🧠 Positive Psychology 📚 Existential Psychology 💡 Meaning-Making 📖 Narrative Identity 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Power of Meaning 93%

Happiness fades; meaning lasts. The elements of a good life that hold up when happiness doesn't.

by Emily Esfahani Smith 2017

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🧠 Positive Psychology 📚 Existential Psychology 💡 Meaning-Making 📖 Narrative Identity 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

NeuroLogic

by Eliezer J. Sternberg • 2016

Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.

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🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Dual Process Theory 💭 Reconstructive Memory 🏋️ Mental Rehearsal 🪞 Self And Identity

NeuroLogic 93%

Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.

by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016

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848 ratings

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Dual Process Theory 💭 Reconstructive Memory 🏋️ Mental Rehearsal 🪞 Self And Identity

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

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🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Introduction to Phenomenology 93%

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

by Robert Sokolowski 1999

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541 ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

How real is real?

by Paul Watzlawick • 1976

Reality is built from messages, not facts. Spies, dolphins, and a counting horse show why.

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🗣️ Communication Theory 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Disinformation 🐬 Animal Communication

How real is real? 93%

Reality is built from messages, not facts. Spies, dolphins, and a counting horse show why.

by Paul Watzlawick 1976

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1k+ ratings

🗣️ Communication Theory 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Disinformation 🐬 Animal Communication

Quantum Psychology

by Robert Anton Wilson • 1990

Every perception is a wager, and one small word in English stacks the odds against you.

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🧠 General Semantics 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity 👁️ Active Perception ✨ Mind-Body Connection ⚛️ Quantum Philosophy

Quantum Psychology 93%

Every perception is a wager, and one small word in English stacks the odds against you.

by Robert Anton Wilson 1990

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🧠 General Semantics 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity 👁️ Active Perception ✨ Mind-Body Connection ⚛️ Quantum Philosophy

Building the Cathedral

by Sadie Alwyn Moon • 2021

Shared myths collapsed. The meaning crisis is here. The answer: a sacred story you build yourself.

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🧱 Jungian Psychology 📜 Personal Mythology 🌪 Meaning Crisis 📖 Narrative Identity 🐉 Mythic Imagination

Building the Cathedral 93%

Shared myths collapsed. The meaning crisis is here. The answer: a sacred story you build yourself.

by Sadie Alwyn Moon 2021

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21 ratings

🧱 Jungian Psychology 📜 Personal Mythology 🌪 Meaning Crisis 📖 Narrative Identity 🐉 Mythic Imagination

Synaptic Self

by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002

Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Self 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📸 Memory And Identity 😶 Unconscious Emotion 💡 Consciousness Studies

Synaptic Self 93%

Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.

by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002

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5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Self 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📸 Memory And Identity 😶 Unconscious Emotion 💡 Consciousness Studies

On Dialogue

by David Bohm • 1996

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking ☯️ Nonduality 👥 Group Facilitation

On Dialogue 93%

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

by David Bohm 1996

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1k+ ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking ☯️ Nonduality 👥 Group Facilitation

Look

by Christian Madsbjerg • 2023

Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.

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🏛️ Phenomenology 🔍 Gestalt Psychology 👁️ Ethnographic Observation 🦴 Embodied Cognition 🧠 Attention Management

Look 93%

Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.

by Christian Madsbjerg 2023

3.15

233 ratings

🏛️ Phenomenology 🔍 Gestalt Psychology 👁️ Ethnographic Observation 🦴 Embodied Cognition 🧠 Attention Management

Mystery

by Jonah Lehrer • 2021

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

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🧠 Science Of Curiosity 📖 Narrative Psychology 🎨 Neuroscience Of Art 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Mystery 93%

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

by Jonah Lehrer 2021

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189 ratings

🧠 Science Of Curiosity 📖 Narrative Psychology 🎨 Neuroscience Of Art 🌊 Embracing Uncertainty 🔍 Cognitive Biases

A Little History of Psychology

by Nicky Hayes • 2024

Psychology's biggest insights grew from its bitterest feuds and its most embarrassing mistakes.

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🏛️ History Of Psychology 🧭 Schools Of Thought 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

A Little History of Psychology 93%

Psychology's biggest insights grew from its bitterest feuds and its most embarrassing mistakes.

by Nicky Hayes 2024

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225 ratings

🏛️ History Of Psychology 🧭 Schools Of Thought 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Influence

The Art of Being

by Erich Fromm • 2013

The self-help industry sells you more having disguised as being. Here is the harder path.

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🧠 Humanistic Psychology 🛒 Anti-Materialism 🌿 Authentic Living 🧘 Meditation Practices 🪞 Narcissism And Self

The Art of Being 93%

The self-help industry sells you more having disguised as being. Here is the harder path.

by Erich Fromm 2013

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6k+ ratings

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 🛒 Anti-Materialism 🌿 Authentic Living 🧘 Meditation Practices 🪞 Narcissism And Self

The Power of Story

by James E. Loehr • 2007

The stories you carry shape your destiny. A method for catching the ones that hold you back.

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✍️ Narrative Identity ⚡ Energy Management 🔄 Habit Design 💬 Inner Critic 🏆 Performance Psychology

The Power of Story 93%

The stories you carry shape your destiny. A method for catching the ones that hold you back.

by James E. Loehr 2007

3.76

618 ratings

✍️ Narrative Identity ⚡ Energy Management 🔄 Habit Design 💬 Inner Critic 🏆 Performance Psychology

No Self, No Problem

by Chris Niebauer • 2019

Split-brain patients proved the self is a story your left hemisphere tells on the fly.

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🧠 Neuropsychology ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🪞 Illusion Of Self 📖 Narrative Self 🌌 Consciousness Studies

No Self, No Problem 93%

Split-brain patients proved the self is a story your left hemisphere tells on the fly.

by Chris Niebauer 2019

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4k+ ratings

🧠 Neuropsychology ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🪞 Illusion Of Self 📖 Narrative Self 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Missing Out

by Adam Phillips • 2012

Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.

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📝 Psychoanalytic Essays 📚 Literary Psychology 💭 Regret And Identity ❓ Negative Capability 🛡️ Psychological Avoidance

Missing Out 93%

Your regrets are not ghosts; they are the hidden architecture of your personality.

by Adam Phillips 2012

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3k+ ratings

📝 Psychoanalytic Essays 📚 Literary Psychology 💭 Regret And Identity ❓ Negative Capability 🛡️ Psychological Avoidance

How to Stay Sane

by Philippa Perry • 2012

Sanity's middle path between chaos and rigidity: a psychotherapist's compact, tool-packed guide.

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🧘 Self-Observation 📖 Narrative Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 👶 Attachment Theory ⚖️ Stress Management

How to Stay Sane 93%

Sanity's middle path between chaos and rigidity: a psychotherapist's compact, tool-packed guide.

by Philippa Perry 2012

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4k+ ratings

🧘 Self-Observation 📖 Narrative Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 👶 Attachment Theory ⚖️ Stress Management

Strangers to Ourselves

by Rachel Aviv • 2022

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

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🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives ⚖️ Critical Psychiatry 🧒 Trauma And Development

Strangers to Ourselves 93%

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

by Rachel Aviv 2022

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15k+ ratings

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives ⚖️ Critical Psychiatry 🧒 Trauma And Development

Primal Intelligence

by Angus Fletcher • 2025

A non-logical intelligence runs your best decisions. Train it, and chaos becomes your advantage.

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434

🧠 Narrative Psychology 🌱 Evolutionary Psychology ⚡ Intuition Training 📖 Storytelling Science 🤖 Human Vs Ai

Primal Intelligence 92%

A non-logical intelligence runs your best decisions. Train it, and chaos becomes your advantage.

by Angus Fletcher 2025

3.77

434 ratings

🧠 Narrative Psychology 🌱 Evolutionary Psychology ⚡ Intuition Training 📖 Storytelling Science 🤖 Human Vs Ai

Upside

by Jim Rendon • 2015

Half of trauma survivors report positive change. The science of how suffering rebuilds a life.

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298

🩹 Trauma Recovery 📈 Post-Traumatic Growth 🌱 Positive Psychology 💡 Meaning Making 📖 Narrative Identity

Upside 92%

Half of trauma survivors report positive change. The science of how suffering rebuilds a life.

by Jim Rendon 2015

3.89

298 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 📈 Post-Traumatic Growth 🌱 Positive Psychology 💡 Meaning Making 📖 Narrative Identity

Be Who You Want

by Christian Jarrett • 2021

Personality is not set in stone. The neuroscience that proves you can reshape who you are.

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🧠 Personality Psychology 🔄 Behavioral Change 🧬 Neuroplasticity 💖 Self-Compassion 📖 Life Narratives

Be Who You Want 92%

Personality is not set in stone. The neuroscience that proves you can reshape who you are.

by Christian Jarrett 2021

3.71

262 ratings

🧠 Personality Psychology 🔄 Behavioral Change 🧬 Neuroplasticity 💖 Self-Compassion 📖 Life Narratives

The Matter With Things

by Iain McGilchrist • 2021

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

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567

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

The Matter With Things 92%

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

by Iain McGilchrist 2021

4.76

567 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

Great Thinkers

by The School of Life • 2016

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

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🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

Great Thinkers 92%

From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.

by The School of Life 2016

4.35

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History ⚖️ Political Theory

An Alchemy of Mind

by Diane Ackerman • 2004

A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.

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🧠 Neuroscience 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🪞 Memory And Identity

An Alchemy of Mind 92%

A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.

by Diane Ackerman 2004

3.96

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🪞 Memory And Identity

Beyond the Robot

by Gary Lachman • 2016

A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.

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109

🧠 Intellectual Biography 📚 Existential Philosophy 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌱 Human Potential 🔍 Phenomenology

Beyond the Robot 92%

A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.

by Gary Lachman 2016

4.42

109 ratings

🧠 Intellectual Biography 📚 Existential Philosophy 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌱 Human Potential 🔍 Phenomenology

The Hero Within

by Carol S. Pearson • 1986

Six inner archetypes shape each choice you make. Name them, and you take back the wheel.

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2k+

🏛️ Archetypal Psychology 🗺️ Hero's Journey 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🪞 Inner Work 📖 Personal Mythology

The Hero Within 92%

Six inner archetypes shape each choice you make. Name them, and you take back the wheel.

by Carol S. Pearson 1986

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Archetypal Psychology 🗺️ Hero's Journey 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🪞 Inner Work 📖 Personal Mythology

How to Change a Memory

by Steve Ramirez • 2025

Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.

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🧠 Memory Science 🎭 False Memories 💔 Memory And Trauma 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👤 Identity And Memory

How to Change a Memory 92%

Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.

by Steve Ramirez 2025

4.17

54 ratings

🧠 Memory Science 🎭 False Memories 💔 Memory And Trauma 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👤 Identity And Memory

The Social Animal

by David Brooks • 2011

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤝 Social Brain 💭 Unconscious Processes 🫀 Emotional Intelligence 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Social Animal 92%

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

by David Brooks 2011

3.86

24k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤝 Social Brain 💭 Unconscious Processes 🫀 Emotional Intelligence 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Master and His Emissary

by Iain McGilchrist • 2009

Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Consciousness Studies 👁️ Embodied Cognition 📖 Phenomenology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

The Master and His Emissary 92%

Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.

by Iain McGilchrist 2009

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Consciousness Studies 👁️ Embodied Cognition 📖 Phenomenology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

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