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If you’ve spent much of your life trying to get a grip on your emotions through therapy sessions, self-help books, medications, what have you, you can probably relate to Pixar’s new movie, Inside Out ...

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A 7-year-old child has an anxiety attack at school. She becomes frustrated and angry. Instead of letting her emotions explode ...

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Gone are the days when self-help books were practically required to be cheesy, impersonal, and boring. Now, if you know where to look, you'll find empowering, genuinely useful self-help books designed ...

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Honesty, friction and realism define books that respect how difficult change really feels, without selling shortcuts or ...