Como terapeuta, Walter Riso ha descubierto que si bien es cierto que la mente es la causa de nuestro sufrimiento, también es cierto que somos capaces de revertir el proceso mental negativo. La mente humana no es exacta ni infalible a la hora de procesar la información; pero, afortunadamente, tenemos la facultad de darnos cuenta de nuestros errores y desaprender lo que aprendimos. En Pensar bien, sentirse bien, Riso nos ofrece una propuesta seria y fundamentada para empezar a pensar en uno mismo de una manera más racional y saludable, y lograr el desarrollo pleno de nuestro potencial humano.
A cognitive psychologist offers information on how an individual's thoughts affect emotions and behavior, and suggests ways to compensate for errors in thinking and achieve a better quality of life.
La mente humana es capaz de crear el más deslumbrante paraíso, pero también los más terribles infiernos. En nuestro cerebro más que en la realidad exterior se encuentran muchos de los factores que determinan tanto nuestras aflicciones como nuestra dicha. Walter riso nos explica hasta qué punto la manera en la que procesamos la información es crucial para alcanzar el bienestar. Pensar racionalmente, sin caer en el autoengaño o las creencias sin fundamento, resulta fundamental no sólo para enfrentar exitosamente la vida, sino también para ser más felices, mantenernos psicológicamente saludables y alcanzar la autorrealización. Este libro invita a reconocer las trampas que nos tiende la mente y a tener el valor de enfrentar la existencia tal como es, sin distorsiones ni falsedades tranquilizadoras. Una invitación a vivir la vida con lucidez y combatir los pensamientos que nos impiden construir una existencia satisfactoria y plena de sentido.
Winner of the Mexico National Novel Prize, Sor Juana In s de la Cruz Prize, and IMPACT Prize Joaquin Buitrago, a photographer in the Castaneda Insane Asylum, believes a patient is a prostitute he knew years earlier. His obsession in confirming Matilde's identity leads him to explore the clinics records, and her tragic history. He discovers that she was a peasant adopted by a doctor uncle. She led a calm life until C stulo, a young revolutionary chased by the authorities, finds shelter in her home. Matilde's eyes are opened to the social upheaval will lead her to break with her uncle and hide out with Diamantina Vicari. Diamantina's death devastates Matilde so much that she wanders about, completely lost, doing all kinds of jobs, including prostitution. As the photographer discovers more details, he becomes convinced that he and Matilde should live together. Ultimately, as they face defeat in a repressive society, they search to establish in the rubble an uncertain future that will somehow restore their freedom.
'The healing has begun. It began when you picked up this book. The goal of these offerings is to assist the children of the earth in the redevelopment of their minds, bodies and spirits . . . Buried deep in the earth are precious diamonds. In order to get to them, however, we must dig and dig deep.' In ACTS OF FAITH, life coach Iyanla Vanzant offers a inspirational passage for each day of the year, particularly aimed at people of colour. Vanzant considers that there are four basic areas that create stress and imbalance for people: our relationship with ourselves, our relationship with the world, our relationship with each other and our relationship with money. This book addresses all four issues in turn thus providing a meditative and uplifting guide to living successfully.
“There are moments when a story shakes you...Barely Missing Everything is one of those stories, and Mendez, a gifted storyteller with a distinct voice, is sure to bring a quake to the literary landscape.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Long Way Down In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter. Juan has plans. He’s going to get out of El Paso, Texas, on a basketball scholarship and make something of himself—or at least find something better than his mom Fabi’s cruddy apartment, her string of loser boyfriends, and a dead dad. Basketball is going to be his ticket out, his ticket up. He just needs to make it happen. His best friend JD has plans, too. He’s going to be a filmmaker one day, like Quentin Tarantino or Guillermo del Toro (NOT Steven Spielberg). He’s got a camera and he’s got passion—what else could he need? Fabi doesn’t have a plan anymore. When you get pregnant at sixteen and have been stuck bartending to make ends meet for the past seventeen years, you realize plans don’t always pan out, and that there are some things you just can’t plan for… Like Juan’s run-in with the police, like a sprained ankle, and a tanking math grade that will likely ruin his chance at a scholarship. Like JD causing the implosion of his family. Like letters from a man named Mando on death row. Like finding out this man could be the father your mother said was dead. Soon Juan and JD are embarking on a Thelma and Louise—like road trip to visit Mando. Juan will finally meet his dad, JD has a perfect subject for his documentary, and Fabi is desperate to stop them. But, as we already know, there are some things you just can’t plan for…
