Knowing Yourself

Knowing Yourself
Author: Virginia Schroeder Burnham
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1992
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780865341517

A common-sense examination of the subject of personality for those who are interested in self-help and self-improvement.

Ending Stress

Ending Stress
Author: Jonathan Harrison
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2014-08-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781500901028

Do you want to eliminate stress in your life?This manual shows you the way! This highly practical guide shows you clearly and directly how to remove stress, anger, fear and worry by becoming more realistic, using 2,500 year old meditation and therapy tools and inspired by masters of nondual and Buddhist wisdom traditions including Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Zen, Madhyamika, Advaita and Tao. Jonathan Harrison teaches nondual and Buddhist meditation and psychology. The guide explains how mental stress is created and how to remove it from your life in all its forms including anger, anxiety, disappointment, discontent, dissatisfaction, dread, envy, fear, frustration, guilt, humiliation, impatience, insult, misery, mistrust, regret, tension and worry. Jonathan Harrison shows how, in order to see how stress is created, you need to understand three things: - The way you think about things: You see the world as structured, split into separate parts which may be in conflict. Your particular mental structures consisting of your personal opinions and concepts is the result of many factors including your genetic makeup, parental upbringing, social and cultural environments and the way you have perceived, internalized and acted on your experiences. These mental structures develop and change throughout your life. The world as you see it is largely a reflection of your mental history. What you think is an original creation of your mind. - The way things really are: Reality, the world as it is, is neither inherently split (dualistic), nor unified, neither structured nor unstructured. It just is. This is so simple that most people do not understand it. - Ending stress It is enough to grasp deeply how things really work. The past has gone, is unalterable, the future is non-existent except as your present expectations, and "now" is already here. Within this realization, true rest occurs naturally. This is non-meditation, natural meditation or "resting in natural awareness" as Longchen Rabjam, the renowned Tibetan yogi and Dzogchen meditation master, put it. By recognizing the nature of reality you are able to live, love and benefit yourself and others more easily, as you no longer experience the frustration of trying to grasp at imagined parts of your experience or trying to remove them. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

Me, Myself, and Us

Me, Myself, and Us
Author: Brian R Little
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1586489682

How does your personality shape your life and what, if anything, can you do about it? Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to brood? Do you think you're in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept, if you were less concerned about what other people thought of you? And what about your "Type A" spouse: is he or she destined to have a heart attack, or just drive you to drink? In the past few decades, new scientific research has transformed old ideas about the nature of human personality. Neuroscientists, biologists, and psychological scientists have reexamined the theories of Freud and Jung as well as the humanistic psychologies of the 1960s, upending the simplistic categorizations of personality "types," and developing new tools and methods for exploring who we are. Renowned professor and pioneering research psychologist Brian R. Little has been at the leading edge of this new science. In this wise and witty book he shares a wealth of new data and provocative insights about who we are, why we act the way we do, what we can -- and can't -- change, and how we can best thrive in light of our "nature." Me, Myself, and Us explores questions that are rooted in the origins of human consciousness but are as commonplace as yesterday's breakfast conversation, such as whether our personality traits are "set" by age thirty or whether our brains and selves are more plastic. He considers what our personalities portend for our health and success, and the extent to which our well-being depends on the personal projects we pursue. Through stories, studies, personal experiences, and entertaining interactive assessments, Me, Myself, and Us provides a lively, thought-provoking, and ultimately optimistic look at the possibilities and perils of being uniquely ourselves, while illuminating the selves of the familiar strangers we encounter, work with, and love.

Who Are You, Really?

Who Are You, Really?
Author: Brian R. Little
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1501119974

This fun, smart read for anyone eager to better understand (and improve) themselves argues that personality is driven not by nature nor nurture—but instead by the projects we pursue, which ultimately shape the people we become. Traditionally, scientists have emphasized what they call the first and second natures of personality—genes and culture, respectively. But today the field of personality science has moved well beyond the nature vs. nurture debate. In Who Are You, Really? Dr. Brian Little presents a distinctive view of how personality shapes our lives—and why this matters. Little makes the case for a third nature to the human condition—the pursuit of personal projects, idealistic dreams, and creative ventures that shape both people’s lives and their personalities. Little uncovers what personality science has been discovering about the role of personal projects, revealing how this new concept can help people better understand themselves and shape their lives. In this important work, Little argues that it is essential to devote energy and resources to creative endeavors in a highly focused fashion, even if it takes away from other components of our well-being. This does not mean that we cannot shift from one core project to another in the days of our lives. In fact, it is precisely that ability to flexibly craft projects that is the greatest source of sustainability. Like learning to walk, forcing ourselves out of balance as we step is the only way in which we can move forward. And it is the only way that human flourishing can be enhanced. The well-lived life is based on the sustainable pursuit of core projects in our lives. Ultimately, Who Are You, Really? provides a deeply personal itinerary for exploring our personalities, our lives, and the human condition.

Your Hospitality Personality

Your Hospitality Personality
Author: Morgan Tyree
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493423258

Does the thought of hosting a dinner send you into spasms of delight or spirals of dismay? Do you love opening your home to others? Or do you dread even the planning it takes to get a group of friends to arrive at the same restaurant at the same time? We each have our own unique hospitality personality. And when you tap into yours, you'll find a lot more blessing with a lot less stressing. With personal assessments, encouraging stories, and plenty of practical ideas, Morgan Tyree shows you how to identify and embrace your hospitality personality so you can stop worrying and start enjoying yourself and your guests. She helps you understand your hospitality habits, hurdles, and hang-ups, then offers real-life solutions that fit you.

Understanding Yourself and Others

Understanding Yourself and Others
Author: Linda V. Berens
Publisher: Telos Publications
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2000
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780966462449

The four temperaments are patterns of organization. David Keirsey described these patterns of organization in the popular book Please Understand Me. By understanding these four temperament patterns we can better understand and relate to others. In this booklet, Linda V. Berens has made these temperament patterns more available and applicable to everyday life. Understanding Yourself and Others, An Introduction to Temperament is designed to be interactive so you can explore the four temperament patterns and identify your own and others.

Know Your Parenting Personality

Know Your Parenting Personality
Author: Janet Levine
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2003-07-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0471480835

Knowing yourself helps your child Are you a Helper or an Organizer? A Dreamer or an Entertainer? Nomatter which of the personality types on the Enneagram you are,this groundbreaking system gives you the vision to see the world asyour child sees it-and the power to use this vision to achieve allof your parenting goals. Know Your Parenting Personality helps you discover how yourpersonality motivates the way you behave as a parent and how yourchild's personality interacts with your own. As an expert onpersonality, Janet Levine has pioneered a new understanding of theEnneagram based on hundreds of interviews with parents. You'lllearn how to recognize your greatest parenting strengths andweaknesses and how to free yourself to become a true guide andmentor to your child. This invaluable parenting guide helpsyou: * Establish stronger connections with your child * Eliminate self-defeating behavior patterns * Deepen parent--child communication * Reduce stress in your home * Gain self awareness and identify your parenting strengths * Support the flowering of your child's personality Read Know Your Parenting Personality and become the parent youalways wanted to be.

How You'll Do Everything Based on Your Personality Type

How You'll Do Everything Based on Your Personality Type
Author: Heidi Priebe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2015-12-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780692597545

So you know your four-letter personality type. You know what some of your strengths and weaknesses are. You know which career you ought to pursue and which situations you shine in. But now it's time to explore everything the research won't tell you. In this entertaining collection, Heidi Priebe, author of The Comprehensive ENFP Survival Guide and prominent writer of all things Myers-Briggs, explains how you'll grow up, hook up, break up and everything else in between, based on your personality type.

The 5 Personality Patterns

The 5 Personality Patterns
Author: Steven Kessler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2015
Genre: Emotional maturity
ISBN: 9780996343909

This bestselling book is a groundbreaking contribution to the psychology self-help field. It provides a simple, clear, true-to-life map of personality that gives anyone the key to understanding people and interacting with them successfully. And it shows you how to shift out of your patterns and back to presence. This is a book that changes lives.