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DOPAMINE NATION - FINDING BALANCE IN THE AGE OF INDULGENCE
Anna Lembke
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- 19 Janvier 2023
- 9781472294159
*The New York Times bestseller* All around us people are looking at their phones too much, eating too much, drinking too much. Our world is addicted to fleeting distracting pleasures that get us nowhere. Dr Anna Lembke provides a clear way back to a balanced life. This book is about pleasure. It''s also about pain. Most importantly, it''s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We''re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting... The increased numbers, variety, and potency is staggering. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. As such we''ve all become vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption. In Dopamine Nation , Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain...and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives. In essence, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. ''Dr Anna Lembke is a whiz on why we get hooked on things - and how we can enjoy pleasurable things in healthier doses.'' - The Guardian
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The remarkable stories of the world''s most famous body parts.
Louis XIV''s rear end inspired the British National Anthem.
Queen Victoria''s armpit led to the development of antiseptics.
Robert Jenkin''s ear started a war.
All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than real flesh and blood. These stories of bodies and its parts remind us that history''s most-loved, and most-hated, were real breathing creatures who inhabited organs and limbs just like us - until they''re cut off that is.
Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge investigates over 40 cases of how we''ve used, abused, dug up, displayed, experimented on, and worshipped body parts, including why Percy Shelley''s heart refused to burn; how Yao Niang''s toes started a 1000 year long ritual; why a giant''s bones are making us rethink medical ethics; and the strange case of Hitler''s right testicle. -
BUT EVERYONE FEELS THIS WAY (HOW AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS SAVED MY LIFE)
LAYLE, PAIGE
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- NEURODIVERGENT
- 1 Janvier 2024
- 9781035414727
In But Everyone Feels This Way, Autism acceptance activist and multi-million-follower TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically.
It all started out pretty normal: Paige lived in the countryside with her parents and brother Graham. She went to school, hung out with friends, and all the while everything seemed so much harder than it needed to be. A break in routine threw off the whole day. If her teacher couldn''t answer ''why?'' in class, she dissolved into tears, unable to articulate her own confusion or explain her lack of control. But Paige was normal. She smiled in photos, picked her feet up when her mum needed to vacuum instead of fleeing the room, and did well at school. She was popular and well-liked. And until she had a full mental breakdown, no one believed her when she claimed that she was not okay.
Women are frequently diagnosed with autism much later than men, often in their late teens or early twenties. Armed with her new diagnosis, Paige set out to learn how to live her authentic, autistic life, and discovered how autism could be a source of strength. She challenges stigmas, taboos, and stereotypes so that everyone can see themselves authentically. Along the way, her online activism has spread awareness, acceptance, and self-recognition in millions of others. -
Since appearing on The Great British Bake Off in 2020, Laura Adlington has been sharing her passion for body confidence and self-acceptance on social media and on her popular podcast Go Love Yourself. She regularly shares t
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HOW NOT TO LET HAVING KIDS RUIN YOUR SEX LIFE (NAVIGATING THE PARENTING YEARS WI
GURNEY, DR KAREN
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- SEXUALITY
- 1 Janvier 2024
- 9781035405114
DR KAREN GURNEY IS A CONSULTANT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND CERTIFIED PSYCHOSEXOLOGIST, AND IS A RECOGNISED NATIONAL EXPERT IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THERAPY AROUND ALL ASPECTS OF SEXUAL WELLBEING AND FUNCTION. SHE IS CURRENTLY HEAD OF WE
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MUSTN'T GRUMBLE (THE SURPRISING SCIENCE OF EVERYDAY AILMENTS AND WHY WE’RE ALWAY
LAWTON GRAHAM
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- 14 Septembre 2023
- 9781472283641
Graham Lawton is a senior staff writer and columnist at New Scientist magazine and the writer behind two New Scientist books which have been published by John Murray: The Origin of (Almost) Everything (2018) and This Book C
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A diet proven to be good for your figure, your heart and your health
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THE OPPOSITE OF BUTTERFLY HUNTING - A POWERFUL MEMOIR OF OVERCOMING AN EATING DISORDER
Evanna Lynch
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- 23 Juin 2022
- 9781472283054
''As well as charting her adolescent battle with anorexia, it offers a darkly compelling, highly topical account of journeying from girlhood to womanhood in the spotlight of global celebrity.'' The Mail on Sunday ''A raw and powerful memoir, it shares lessons banishing self-hatred.'' The Sunday Telegraph ''Gradually, I began to feel this dawning awareness that womanhood was coming for me, that it was looming inevitably, and it didn''t feel safe...'' Evanna Lynch has long been viewed as a role model for people recovering from anorexia and the story of her casting as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films has reached almost mythic proportions. Here, in her fascinating new memoir, Evanna confronts all the complexities and contradictions within herself and reveals how she overcame a life-threatening eating disorder, began to conquer her self-hate and confronted her fear of leaving the neatness and safety of girlhood for the unpredictable journey of being a woman, all in the glare of the spotlight of international fame. Delving into the very heart of a woman''s relationship with her own body, Evanna explores the pivotal moments and choices in her life that led her down the path of creativity and dreaming and away from the empty pursuit of perfection, and reaches towards acceptance of the wild, sensual and unpredictable reality of womanhood. This is a story of the tragedy and the glory of growing up, of mourning girlhood and stepping into the unknown, and how that act of courage is the most magical and creatively liberating thing a woman can do.
