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Time for God

by Jacques Philippe • 2005

Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer 🫀 Interior Life 🏜️ Spiritual Dryness

Time for God

Mental prayer is received, not mastered. The one shift that transforms dry prayer into communion.

by Jacques Philippe 2005 120 pages

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🙇 Contemplative Prayer 🧠 Mental Prayer 🫀 Interior Life 🏜️ Spiritual Dryness

Understanding Life

by Alfred Adler • 1998

One feeling drives everything you do: you're not enough. Health isn't confidence; it's connection.

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🧠 Depth Psychology 📘 Adlerian Psychology ⚖️ Inferiority And Compensation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Birth Order Dynamics 🤝 Social Connection

Understanding Life

One feeling drives everything you do: you're not enough. Health isn't confidence; it's connection.

by Alfred Adler 1998 148 pages

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🧠 Depth Psychology 📘 Adlerian Psychology ⚖️ Inferiority And Compensation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Birth Order Dynamics 🤝 Social Connection

Homage to Catlonia

by George Orwell • 1938

Orwell fought Fascists in Spain and discovered a revolution being betrayed by its leftist allies.

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⚔️ Spanish Civil War 🐷 Revolutionary Betrayal ☭ Anti Stalinism 📢 War Propaganda ✊ Worker Solidarity

Homage to Catlonia

Orwell fought Fascists in Spain and discovered a revolution being betrayed by its leftist allies.

by George Orwell 1938

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⚔️ Spanish Civil War 🐷 Revolutionary Betrayal ☭ Anti Stalinism 📢 War Propaganda ✊ Worker Solidarity

Talking to Crazy

by Mark Goulston • 2015

When they dig in, lean in. A psychiatrist's counterintuitive guide to disarming irrational people.

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🧱 Difficult People 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🚧 Boundary Setting 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🎭 Personality Disorders

Talking to Crazy

When they dig in, lean in. A psychiatrist's counterintuitive guide to disarming irrational people.

by Mark Goulston 2015 272 pages

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🧱 Difficult People 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🚧 Boundary Setting 🌊 Emotional Regulation 🎭 Personality Disorders

The Psychology of Money

by Morgan Housel • 2020

A janitor amassed $8 million; a finance executive went bankrupt. Same market, opposite psychology.

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💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Investing Psychology ⏳ Compounding 🕊️ Financial Independence

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The Psychology of Money

A janitor amassed $8 million; a finance executive went bankrupt. Same market, opposite psychology.

by Morgan Housel 2020 242 pages

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💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Investing Psychology ⏳ Compounding 🕊️ Financial Independence

Crazy Like Us

by Ethan Watters • 2009

Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.

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🩺 Medical Anthropology 🌍 Global Mental Health 🗺️ Culture-Bound Syndromes 💊 Pharmaceutical Marketing 🔁 Diagnostic Looping Effects

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Crazy Like Us

Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.

by Ethan Watters 2009 320 pages

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🩺 Medical Anthropology 🌍 Global Mental Health 🗺️ Culture-Bound Syndromes 💊 Pharmaceutical Marketing 🔁 Diagnostic Looping Effects

The Customer Education Playbook

by Daniel Quick • 2022

Build a customer education function that drives growth, reduces churn, and proves its ROI.

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🎓 Customer Education 🧠 Instructional Design 💻 Saas Playbooks 📋 Learning Strategy 🔄 Customer Retention

The Customer Education Playbook

Build a customer education function that drives growth, reduces churn, and proves its ROI.

by Daniel Quick 2022 230 pages

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35 ratings

🎓 Customer Education 🧠 Instructional Design 💻 Saas Playbooks 📋 Learning Strategy 🔄 Customer Retention

The Survival Game

by David Philip Barash • 2003

The logic behind why animals cooperate, nations arm, and rational people sabotage themselves.

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🧮 Game Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Behavioral Science 🤝 Cooperation Dilemmas 🏘️ Social Dilemmas

The Survival Game

The logic behind why animals cooperate, nations arm, and rational people sabotage themselves.

by David Philip Barash 2003 320 pages

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🧮 Game Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Behavioral Science 🤝 Cooperation Dilemmas 🏘️ Social Dilemmas

Landlording on Auto-Pilot

by Mike Butler • 2006

Never show a vacant unit again: a property manager system that collects over 100% rent.

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🏠 Real Estate Investing 🛠️ Property Management 💰 Passive Income 🔄 Rental Operations ⚙️ Business Systems

Landlording on Auto-Pilot

Never show a vacant unit again: a property manager system that collects over 100% rent.

by Mike Butler 2006 242 pages

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🏠 Real Estate Investing 🛠️ Property Management 💰 Passive Income 🔄 Rental Operations ⚙️ Business Systems

The Rhine Flows into the Tiber

by Ralph M. Wiltgen • 1966

How an alliance of Rhineland bishops steered Vatican II and reshaped modern Catholicism.

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⛪ Vatican Ii 📜 Church History 🏛️ Vatican Politics 🎵 Liturgical Reform 🔄 Church Reform

The Rhine Flows into the Tiber

How an alliance of Rhineland bishops steered Vatican II and reshaped modern Catholicism.

by Ralph M. Wiltgen 1966

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⛪ Vatican Ii 📜 Church History 🏛️ Vatican Politics 🎵 Liturgical Reform 🔄 Church Reform

Deep Mentoring

by Randy D. Reese • 2012

Jesus mentored slowly, personally, and with deep attention. Here is how to do the same.

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🤲 Spiritual Mentoring ✝️ Christian Leadership 🌱 Spiritual Formation 👥 Relational Discipleship 👐 Servant Leadership

Deep Mentoring

Jesus mentored slowly, personally, and with deep attention. Here is how to do the same.

by Randy D. Reese 2012 240 pages

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129 ratings

🤲 Spiritual Mentoring ✝️ Christian Leadership 🌱 Spiritual Formation 👥 Relational Discipleship 👐 Servant Leadership

The Whiteness of Wealth

by Dorothy A. Brown • 2021

The tax code's biggest subsidies reward how white Americans marry, buy homes, and invest.

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📋 Tax Policy 💰 Racial Wealth Gap ⚖️ Systemic Racism 🏠 Generational Wealth 🎓 Student Debt

The Whiteness of Wealth

The tax code's biggest subsidies reward how white Americans marry, buy homes, and invest.

by Dorothy A. Brown 2021 288 pages

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📋 Tax Policy 💰 Racial Wealth Gap ⚖️ Systemic Racism 🏠 Generational Wealth 🎓 Student Debt

Sickening

by John Abramson • 2022

$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.

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🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏥 American Healthcare 📋 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔍 Data Transparency 💊 Pharma Marketing

Sickening

$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.

by John Abramson 2022 336 pages

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🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏥 American Healthcare 📋 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔍 Data Transparency 💊 Pharma Marketing

From Triggered to Tranquil

by Susan Campbell • 2021

Triggers point to childhood wounds. A step-by-step method for using the signal to heal, not hurt.

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💥 Relationship Triggers 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds ❤️ Self-Compassion 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧸 Inner Child Work

From Triggered to Tranquil

Triggers point to childhood wounds. A step-by-step method for using the signal to heal, not hurt.

by Susan Campbell 2021 248 pages

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💥 Relationship Triggers 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds ❤️ Self-Compassion 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧸 Inner Child Work

The Invincible Brain

by Majid Fotuhi • 2026

84% of patients reversed cognitive decline in twelve weeks. The treatment is not a drug.

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🧠 Dementia Prevention ⏳ Longevity Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🧩 Brain Training

The Invincible Brain

84% of patients reversed cognitive decline in twelve weeks. The treatment is not a drug.

by Majid Fotuhi 2026 352 pages

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🧠 Dementia Prevention ⏳ Longevity Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🧩 Brain Training

The Alphabet of Grace

by Frederick Buechner • 1969

No burning bush required. Grace hides in morning coffee, awkward silences, and the sound of leaves.

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🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Christian Mysticism ✝️ Protestant Spirituality

The Alphabet of Grace

No burning bush required. Grace hides in morning coffee, awkward silences, and the sound of leaves.

by Frederick Buechner 1969 128 pages

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🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🕯️ Christian Mysticism ✝️ Protestant Spirituality

The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2007

The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.

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🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 Tail Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

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The Black Swan

The bell curve is a map that fails exactly where the terrain gets dangerous.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2007 480 pages

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🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 Tail Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔬 Scientific Skepticism

The New One Minute Manager

by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 1981

Tough bosses get results; nice bosses get liked. Three one-minute practices deliver both.

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🧑‍💼 People Management 🎯 Goal Setting 💬 Workplace Feedback 👍 Positive Reinforcement 🧠 Applied Behaviorism

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The New One Minute Manager

Tough bosses get results; nice bosses get liked. Three one-minute practices deliver both.

by Kenneth H. Blanchard 1981 112 pages

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🧑‍💼 People Management 🎯 Goal Setting 💬 Workplace Feedback 👍 Positive Reinforcement 🧠 Applied Behaviorism

Essentialism

by Greg McKeown • 2011

Getting more done requires doing less, not more. The discipline of subtraction.

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📋 Personal Productivity 🎯 Priority Setting 🧠 Attention Management 🚫 Saying No 🧪 Behavioral Economics

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Essentialism

Getting more done requires doing less, not more. The discipline of subtraction.

by Greg McKeown 2011 260 pages

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📋 Personal Productivity 🎯 Priority Setting 🧠 Attention Management 🚫 Saying No 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Toxic Parents

by Susan Forward • 1990

Forgiveness is optional: a roadmap for adult children recovering from a harmful upbringing.

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🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🛡️ Adult Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🔄 Breaking Cycles

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Toxic Parents

Forgiveness is optional: a roadmap for adult children recovering from a harmful upbringing.

by Susan Forward 1990 308 pages

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🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🛡️ Adult Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🔄 Breaking Cycles

The Mystery Method

by Mystery • 2007

Attraction runs on status, not looks. A magician's blueprint for meeting women out of your league.

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🎯 Pickup Artistry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Social Confidence 👋 Cold Approach 💪 Men's Self-Improvement

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The Mystery Method

Attraction runs on status, not looks. A magician's blueprint for meeting women out of your league.

by Mystery 2007 240 pages

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🎯 Pickup Artistry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🗣️ Social Confidence 👋 Cold Approach 💪 Men's Self-Improvement

A Happy Pocket Full of Money, Expanded Study Edition

by David Cameron Gikandi • 2006

Train your mind for wealth, and money follows. A simple four-part system locks it in.

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🧠 Money Mindset 🕯️ New Thought 🧲 Law Of Attraction 🌊 Abundance Mindset 🎞️ Visualization Practice

A Happy Pocket Full of Money, Expanded Study Edition Summary

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A Happy Pocket Full of Money, Expanded Study Edition

Train your mind for wealth, and money follows. A simple four-part system locks it in.

by David Cameron Gikandi 2006 304 pages

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🧠 Money Mindset 🕯️ New Thought 🧲 Law Of Attraction 🌊 Abundance Mindset 🎞️ Visualization Practice

The Candlestick Trading Bible - Invented by Munehisa Homma

by Munehisa Homma

Candlestick reversal signals plus disciplined math: how losing seven of ten trades can still pay.

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💹 Technical Analysis 🕯️ Candlestick Charting 📊 Price Action Trading 📈 Trend Following 📉 Chart Patterns

The Candlestick Trading Bible - Invented by Munehisa Homma Summary

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The Candlestick Trading Bible - Invented by Munehisa Homma

Candlestick reversal signals plus disciplined math: how losing seven of ten trades can still pay.

by Munehisa Homma 168 pages

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💹 Technical Analysis 🕯️ Candlestick Charting 📊 Price Action Trading 📈 Trend Following 📉 Chart Patterns

48 Laws of Hustle

by Jimmy Phan • 2019

Forty-eight laws for building a legacy through relentless work and the integrity to deserve it.

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🏃 Hustle Culture ⏰ Daily Discipline 🛡️ Adversity Mindset ⚖️ Personal Integrity 💰 Income Diversification

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48 Laws of Hustle

Forty-eight laws for building a legacy through relentless work and the integrity to deserve it.

by Jimmy Phan 2019 54 pages

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🏃 Hustle Culture ⏰ Daily Discipline 🛡️ Adversity Mindset ⚖️ Personal Integrity 💰 Income Diversification

Transforming Stress

by Doc Childre • 2005

Your heartbeat broadcasts stress to everyone nearby. Reverse the signal and the whole room changes.

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🧘 Stress Reduction 💪 Resilience Training 🌬️ Breathwork 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🫀 Somatic Psychology

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Transforming Stress

Your heartbeat broadcasts stress to everyone nearby. Reverse the signal and the whole room changes.

by Doc Childre 2005 176 pages

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134 ratings

🧘 Stress Reduction 💪 Resilience Training 🌬️ Breathwork 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🫀 Somatic Psychology

Busting Loose From the Money Game

by Robert Scheinfeld • 2006

Financial anxiety isn't the problem; it's the door. The practice that turns fear back into freedom.

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💰 Prosperity Consciousness 🌀 Reality As Illusion ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🌟 Conscious Creation 🚫 Anti-Self-Help

Busting Loose From the Money Game Summary

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Busting Loose From the Money Game

Financial anxiety isn't the problem; it's the door. The practice that turns fear back into freedom.

by Robert Scheinfeld 2006 256 pages

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💰 Prosperity Consciousness 🌀 Reality As Illusion ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 🌟 Conscious Creation 🚫 Anti-Self-Help

Strengths Finder 2.0

by Tom Rath • 2007

Your biggest growth lever isn't your weakness. The test that names your five real ones.

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💪 Strengths-Based Development 🧩 Talent Management 📊 Workplace Engagement 📝 Personality Assessments ⚖️ Talent Vs Effort

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Strengths Finder 2.0

Your biggest growth lever isn't your weakness. The test that names your five real ones.

by Tom Rath 2007 174 pages

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💪 Strengths-Based Development 🧩 Talent Management 📊 Workplace Engagement 📝 Personality Assessments ⚖️ Talent Vs Effort

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk

by Adele Faber • 2005

Parents who listen first raise teens who talk. The workshop-tested method for breaking the silence.

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🧑‍🎓 Raising Teenagers 🗣️ Teen Communication 👂 Active Listening 💙 Empathetic Parenting 🔄 Restorative Discipline

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk Summary

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How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk

Parents who listen first raise teens who talk. The workshop-tested method for breaking the silence.

by Adele Faber 2005 224 pages

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🧑‍🎓 Raising Teenagers 🗣️ Teen Communication 👂 Active Listening 💙 Empathetic Parenting 🔄 Restorative Discipline

The Mental Game of Trading

by Jared Tendler • 2021

A therapist's trading system: read emotions as signals, not flaws, and fix what sets them off.

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📈 Trading Psychology 🧠 Performance Psychology 🌡️ Emotional Regulation 🔍 Cognitive Biases 💪 Mental Discipline

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The Mental Game of Trading

A therapist's trading system: read emotions as signals, not flaws, and fix what sets them off.

by Jared Tendler 2021 314 pages

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📈 Trading Psychology 🧠 Performance Psychology 🌡️ Emotional Regulation 🔍 Cognitive Biases 💪 Mental Discipline

Feeling Good

by David D. Burns • 1980

Depression follows predictable thought patterns. Correct them on paper, and the mood lifts.

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🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🏃 Behavioral Activation 🎯 Perfectionism 🏛️ Stoic Philosophy

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Feeling Good

Depression follows predictable thought patterns. Correct them on paper, and the mood lifts.

by David D. Burns 1980 736 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🏃 Behavioral Activation 🎯 Perfectionism 🏛️ Stoic Philosophy

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