Emotions! by Mary C Lamia
Gold Medal Winner, Family Choice Awards What the point of guilt? Or anxiety? Or hope? Just what are these emotions trying to tell you? Everything! Emotions are a powerful and an extraordinary part of being human. Your emotions serve as an instant cueing system to inform you about a situation and motivate you to take action. If you are proud, you may feel confident enough to take on something new and challenging. If you are anxious, you may be motivated sharpen your focus and act quickly. If you are embarrassed, you may regret your misbehavior and try to do better. Emotions! Making Sense of Your Feelings will help you understand your emotions and gain powerful insight into who you are, how you appear to others, and what you can be. While your emotional life may feel tumultuous, your emotions are priceless. It amp rsquo s time to figure just what your emotions are telling you! From the Introduction: Simply based on some of the research studies summarized in the various chapters of this book, you will learn that: Focusing on feelings instead of details may lead to better quality decision for certain complex decisions Anxiety can improve creativity, productivity, and the quality of your work. Anxiety-sensitivity can lead to risky behavior. Your friend amp rsquo s embarrassing behavior won amp rsquo t reflect on you. Having a high potential to be embarrassed can lead you to hesitate helping someone else if your help might embarrass them. Guilt helps you to maintain your relationships. Showing the pride you have in achievements can help you socially. Lonely people look for sources of acceptance in facial expressions. Hope can affect expectation and how you feel. Many people cry at a happy ending as a way to hold back the emotion of sadness Venting anger doesn amp rsquo t help you. Spiders may be more disgusting than frightening. Envy leads people to focus on the details of those they envy. When focusing on reading material for a test, pay attention to unappealing sentences. Overvaluing happiness can possibly lead you to be less happy, even when happiness is within your reach.
Gold Medal Winner, Family Choice Awards
"A veteran and highly respected psychologist, DrMary Lamia takes her readers on an important educational and illuminating understanding not only of their own emotions but those of others with whom they interact. A practical and useful, lucid book that helps to unlock many of the mysteries and vexing challenges of emotions and their effect on us and, perhaps most important of all, the wisdom of how best to deal with them."—Michael Krasny, Host, KQED-FM "Forum" program, San Francisco, and Professor of English at San Francisco State University
"As a teenager in high school, I am exposed to a full range of emotions at any give time, and Lamia's book helps me make sense of those feelings...You can pick up Emotions! and read any chapter on its own and find it really beneficial."—Alex Jekowsky, High School Student, Happiness Blogger, and Aspiring Psychologist
"Understandable, concise, and informative, this book is a great one for teens to have on reference to fully understand any and all emotions they might be feeling. It provides an anatomical overview of how emotions affect teens physiologically as well as delves into social situations that are prevalent in teen life."—Lena Felton, High School Student
"An extensively researched book chock-full of interesting facts and studies. From the beginning, it is very clear and it lucidly defines the plethora of terms surrounding this complex topic."—Henry Kinder, High School Student
"Written in lucid prose, readers will feel as if they are engaged in a conversation with Dr. Lamia. Readers of this book will learn to use their own emotions wisely."—Mardi Horowitz, M.D., Distinguished professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
"Emotions! Making Sense of Your Feelings would be a welcome addition to anyone’s family library and a great resource for navigating teenage emotional development."—Power of Moms
"A veteran and highly respected psychologist, DrMary Lamia takes her readers on an important educational and illuminating understanding not only of their own emotions but those of others with whom they interact. A practical and useful, lucid book that helps to unlock many of the mysteries and vexing challenges of emotions and their effect on us and, perhaps most important of all, the wisdom of how best to deal with them."—Michael Krasny, Host, KQED-FM "Forum" program, San Francisco, and Professor of English at San Francisco State University
"As a teenager in high school, I am exposed to a full range of emotions at any give time, and Lamia's book helps me make sense of those feelings...You can pick up Emotions! and read any chapter on its own and find it really beneficial."—Alex Jekowsky, High School Student, Happiness Blogger, and Aspiring Psychologist
"Understandable, concise, and informative, this book is a great one for teens to have on reference to fully understand any and all emotions they might be feeling. It provides an anatomical overview of how emotions affect teens physiologically as well as delves into social situations that are prevalent in teen life."—Lena Felton, High School Student
"An extensively researched book chock-full of interesting facts and studies. From the beginning, it is very clear and it lucidly defines the plethora of terms surrounding this complex topic."—Henry Kinder, High School Student
"Written in lucid prose, readers will feel as if they are engaged in a conversation with Dr. Lamia. Readers of this book will learn to use their own emotions wisely."—Mardi Horowitz, M.D., Distinguished professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
"Emotions! Making Sense of Your Feelings would be a welcome addition to anyone’s family library and a great resource for navigating teenage emotional development."—Power of Moms
Mary Lamia, PhD, is a psychologist and psychoanalyst who practices in Kentfield, California. She is also a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Extending psychological knowledge to the public has been her endeavor for 3 years. For nearly a decade she hosted a weekly call-in talk show, amp quot KidTalk With Dr. Mary, amp quot on Radio Disney stations, and her opinion has been sought in hundreds of television, radio, and print media interviews and discussions. She is the author of Understanding Myself and Emotions!: Making Sense of Your Feelings. Visit her at www.marylamia.com and follow her on Twitter: DrLamia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781433811937 |
| ISBN 10 | 1433811936 |
| Title | Emotions! |
| Author | Mary C Lamia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
| Year published | 2012-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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