The mind is a jungle. And, like any jungle, this one requires a field guide for survival.Paired with the original 'Learn Yourself: A Manual for the Mind,' this companion book offers the reader a hard-hitting course in navigating life and its mental perils. Building on the first volume's comprehensive-yet-accessible framework, this sequel focuses on "mental survival," as to create a field guide for the jungle within everyone. By moving beyond the psychological basics laid down in th...

He first noticed the coincidences sometime in 2007. Small, trifling things really, involving certain repeat numbers – but they didn’t stop, and they refused to be ignored. As it turned out, he wasn’t alone. Other people were seeing the numbers. The coincidences even had a name: “synchronicity.” Meet Aaron Garrison, an ordinary man who found himself at the center of this strange cyclone. You probably don’t know him, nor should you have reason to. But he has a story to tell, ...

The mind is the most complicated device known to man, and it comes without a manual.Until now.'Learn Yourself: A Manual for the Mind' offers the reader a simple, but powerful, way to understand the mind and all that's within it. Written in plain English, this book covers a full spectrum of psychological topics without using psychological "jargon." Any reader may comprehend 'Learn Yourself' and its companion volume, yet no substance is spared.Learn how to:

Like most revolutionaries, I have a dream: of genuine empathy between people -- as to truly see through someone else’s eyes, and discover all it can teach us. Also in the revolutionary spirit, I have a manifesto, presented as the following essay.

The typical soapbox comes with strings attached: an agenda to be pushed, an ego to be stroked, a donation box to be filled. This book, on the other hand, attempts to fulfill the soapbox’s original ideal, as a fount of goodwill and ideas. Aaron Garrison, author of Learn Yourself: A Manual for the Mind and Synchronicity: One Man’s Experience, has taken the soapbox, and the speech has begun. In these collected essays, Garrison explores the ideological, the sociologic...

We've all experienced coincidences.Yes, some have explanations. Buy a certain car and suddenly you're seeing them everywhere -- selective perception. Get hungry for a certain food soon after seeing its advertisement -- subconscious suggestion. However, then there are those other kind of coincidences, the ones that are just a tad too ... coincidental. When it comes to these, one can't help but wonder: Is there something more than meets the eye, something going on behind the scenes o...

It was do or die. For Aaron Garrison, illness had been a fact of life, ever-present from childhood. Then, after a steady decline spanning into his thirties, his health at last hit rock bottom, rendering him largely bedridden. Life became a fight for survival, and it was one he was losing. So he had a choice: find a cure, or continue a downward spiral into invalidity (or worse). Thankfully, a cure was found, in the form of the comprehensive treatment outlined in this book.

"Combines enneagram personality types with recovery movement techniques of releasing undesirable traits and affirming desirable ones." — Library JournalTo heal, one must truly know, and face, one's self. But finding that inner, honest analysis of our own personalities is difficult to say the least. Without the right tools, it can be impossible. Since its development, the enneagram—a model of nine interconnected personality types that allows users to identif...

Make Your Gifted Life Meaningful"This book will make a smart person even smarter." ―Dr. Katharine Brooks, You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career#1 Bestseller in Counseling & Psychology, Attention-Deficit Disorder, and Mood DisordersOvercome your unique challenges. The challenges smart and creative people encounter―from scientific researchers and genius award winners t...

Using numerology to reveal behavior patterns in order to work through them• Shows how to find anyone’s personal challenges and greatest strengths• Presents simple numeric exercises that use the first vowel and first consonant of a name and the birth month and day• Reveals how this method of numerology can be applied by managers, educators, health professionals, sales people, and parentsNumbers and letters are the blueprints of our lives. By studying the patt...

In an emotionally revealing way John Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame is the core problem in our compulsions, co-dependencies, addictions and the drive to super-achieve. The result is a breakdown in the family system and our inability to go forward with our lives. We are bound by our shame.Drawing from his 22 years of experience as a counselor, Bradshaw offers us the techniques to heal this shame. Using affirmations, visualizations, "inner voice" and "feeling" work plus guided medi...

"You're too sensitive.""You'll never amount to anything.""You're crazy."If this is what you hear--from your spouse, your parent, your boss--then you've been the victim of verbal abuse. This insidious behavior permeates our culture--from the privacy of our own homes to the public glare of our schools, workplaces, and other institutions.But you don't have to live with it. In this groundbreaking companion to her bestselling The Verbally Abusive Relat...