Brain and Emotion in Practice

The books, in order

1. 1

   Psychology · 18 min

   Emotional Intelligence 2.0

   Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

   Unlike fixed personality traits, your ability to manage your own emotions can be sharpened through deliberate daily practice.

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2. 2

   Psychology · 17 min

   The Molecule of More

   Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long

   According to the book, people who live on new ideas and people who keep the routine running complete each other, and a team made up of only one of the two types stalls or fails to deliver.

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3. 3

   Mental Health · 15 min

   Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Era of Indulgence

   Anna Lembke

   According to the author, the brain tries to balance every pleasure with a discomfort of equal size on the opposite side, which is why the same stimulus pays off less each time it is repeated.

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4. 4

   Psychology · 15 min

   The Upside of Stress

   Kelly McGonigal

   The book suggests looking at a hard period you've already lived through as part of your own growth story, not just as a wound that stayed.

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5. 5

   Psychology · 18 min

   Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

   Daniel G. Amen

   Persistent low spirits often distort the lens through which you see your life, making your surroundings seem hostile even when the facts suggest otherwise.

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6. 6

   Psychology · 14 min

   Mindsight

   Daniel J. Siegel

   Noticing what's happening inside before reacting is a skill you can develop, and it changes the quality of your everyday decisions.

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7. 7

   Psychology · 15 min

   Atlas of the Heart

   Brené Brown

   An expectation you never said out loud becomes a silent demand, and a silent demand becomes resentment.

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8. 8

   Psychology · 17 min

   The Brain That Changes Itself

   Norman Doidge

   In the method of Jeffrey Schwartz described in the book, calling the compulsion by its name, as a brain alarm and not a real desire, is the first step against OCD, always alongside professional treatment.

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9. 9

   Psychology · 15 min

   How Emotions Are Made

   Lisa Feldman Barrett

   According to the author, the same tightness in your chest becomes suspense at the movie theater and anguish in a hospital hallway, because the brain chooses the explanation.

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10. 10

    Psychology · 15 min

    The Emotional Brain

    Joseph LeDoux

    In the book's model, the brain has a shortcut that errs on the side of caution, because mistaking a branch for a snake costs you only a scare.

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