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Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear

10 best books like Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear (Srinivasan S. Pillay): Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse, New Beliefs, New Brain: Free Yourself From Stress And Fear, Yoga, Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates, Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets, It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions, How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells, Science and Islam: A History, Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England

Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine
AuthorBarbara Griggs
ISBN0892817275
Including the latest developments in the field of herbal medicine, this classic bestseller presents a fascinating account of the ideas, personalities, advances, and vicissitudes that have shaped the course of medicine and pharmacology in the Western world. The author provides an eloquent and...
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse
AuthorZindel V. Segal
ISBN1572307064
Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
I. The Challenge of Depression
Introduction
1. Depression: The Scope of the Problem
2. Cognition, Mood, and the Nature of Depressive Relapse
3. Developing Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
4. Models in Mind
II. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive...
New Beliefs, New Brain: Free Yourself From Stress And Fear
AuthorLisa Wimberger
ISBN1611250137
Stress is a silent killer that contributes to heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, depression, and suicide. Drawing from her own history with trauma and her experience in working with first responders and others in high stress occupations, Lisa Wimberger teaches powerful meditation practices...
Yoga
AuthorRodney Yee
ISBN0312273312
Yoga is one of the hottest fitness trends today, and millions of people are looking to renowned yogi Rodney Yee for instruction. Fresh from a guest spot on Oprah where he taught yoga to the masses, Rodney Yee is well-known around the world and travels extensively both nationally and worldwide to teach...
Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates
AuthorDavid Wootton
ISBN0192803557
The material is interesting but the 'I'm going against the grain! Look at me! Against the grain! Here is my against the grain thesis statement once more!' tone made me kind of wary. I'm also not sure what he says about ancient medicine and its influence is entirely correct. I just didn't really get a sense...
Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
AuthorJo Marchant
The bronze fragments of an ancient Greek device have puzzled scholars for more than a century after they were recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, where they had lain since about 80 BC. Now, using advanced imaging technology, scientists have solved the mystery of its intricate workings....
It Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions
AuthorRichard C. Lewontin
ISBN0940322951
Maybe it is

This book is a collection of nine essays from The New York Review of Books, beginning in 1981, mostly on genetics, the genome and the Darwinian pantheon. The essays are presented with new footnotes and cross references followed by an Exchange and/or an Epilogue in which the material...
How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells
AuthorLewis Wolpert
ISBN0393072215
Biologist Lewis Wolpert eloquently narrates the basics of human life through the lens of its smallest component—the cell.

Everything about our existence—movement and memory, imagination and reproduction, birth and, ultimately, death—is governed by our cells. They are the basis...
Science and Islam: A History
AuthorEhsan Masood
ISBN1848310404
Ehsan Masood (Twitter) produced a BBC documentary on Islam and science. This book is its companion. It's excellent as a survey introduction to this topic in the history of science. It discusses multiple causes of historical phenomenon and the predominant historiography and its dissenters.

As...
Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England
AuthorSteve Jones
This the fourth of Steve Jones's series of books based on the works of Charles Darwin. Jones's Almost Like a Whale (1999) having been based on The Origin of Species (1859) which was followed by Y: The Descent of Men (2002), based on Darwin's Descent of Man (1871), and Coral: A Pessimist In Paradise ...
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
AuthorSimon Conway Morris
ISBN0192862022
In The Crucible of Creation, paleontologist Simon Conway Morris describes the marvelous finds of the Burgess Shale--a fantastically rich deposit of bizarre and bewildering Cambrian fossils, located in Western Canada.
Conway Morris is one of the few paleontologists ever to explore the Burgess...
Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers: A Survey of Their Basic Ideas
AuthorS.E. Frost Jr.
This was absolutely the best book you can possibly read if you are a beginner Philosopher, or were like me and taking a Philosophy class in College.

I knew of only names of Philosophers, and by the end of this book I knew their souls, or what made up the soul that translated life into words. Each of...
Never Be Late Again: 7 Cures for the Punctually Challenged
AuthorDiana Delonzor
ISBN0971649995
The thing I loved most about this book - and wish more writers take this approach (including myself!) - is that the author identifies different psychological causes for the "punctually challenged" and offers different solutions.

How many times have you read a book or blog post that says: "If...
Your Own Worst Enemy: Breaking the Habit of Adult Underachievement
AuthorKenneth W. Christian
ISBN0060393920
Do you suffer from any of the following?


Procrastination
Wide swings of mood and self-esteem
Ambivalence in making decisions
Dreaming big, but never following through
If you or someone you love isn't living up to his or her potential -- and suffers from even one or two...
The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder
AuthorAllan V. Horwitz
ISBN0195313046
Depression has become the single most commonly treated mental disorder, amid claims that one out of ten Americans suffer from this disorder every year and 25% succumb at some point in their lives. Warnings that depressive disorder is a leading cause of worldwide disability have been accompanied by...
Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000, Second Edition (History of Europe
AuthorRoger Collins
ISBN0312218869
Good general survey of a difficult and wide ranging topic. The remit included the Fall if Roman Empire, Barbarian invasions, the beginnings of the Arab Islamic Empire, Western European Kong’s and empowers, the Vikings and the speed of Christianity. For a 700 year period. As the author points out...
Early Recollections: Interpretative Method and Application
AuthorHarold H. Mosak
ISBN0415952875
Our present and our past are manifestly intertwined. Memories are not identical simulations of the past, but are stories shaped by our current perspectives of others, the world, and ourselves. As a result, the gathering of early recollections can be used as a projective technique that indicates our...
Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain
AuthorChris Stringer
ISBN0141018135
Chris Stringer's Homo Britannicus is the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps through to the present day.

When did the first people arrive here? What did they look like? How did they survive? Who were the Neanderthals?

Chris Stringer takes us back to when...
Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution Of People And Plagues
AuthorChristopher Wills
ISBN0201328186
In this remarkable account, evolutionary biologist Christopher Wills takes us on a voyage of discovery through the exotic pasts of the viruses and bacteria that periodically emerge with such disastrous results for our species. It is our knowledge of their secret lives, the eons spent quietly passing...
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life
AuthorAvery Gilbert
Everything about the sense of smell fascinates us, from its power to evoke memories to its ability to change our moods and influence our behavior. Yet because it is the least understood of the senses, myths abound. For example, contrary to popular belief, the human nose is almost as sensitive as the noses...
The Great Human Diasporas: The History Of Diversity And Evolution
AuthorLuigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
ISBN0201442310
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza draws upon his lifelong work in archaeology, anthropology, genetics, molecular biology, and linguistics, to address the basic questions of human origins and diversity. Coauthored by his son, Francesco, the book answers age-old questions such as: Was there a mitochondrial...
Decide: Work Smarter, Reduce Your Stress and Lead by Example
AuthorSteve McClatchy
ISBN1118554388
How to make better decisions and achieve your goals What shapes a person's career and life, and defines them as a leader? Their decisions. We all want to be more productive and deliver our best results. But doing this effectively--and consistently over time--is a significant challenge. Managing it...
We Need to Talk About Kelvin: What everyday things tell us about the universe
AuthorMarcus Chown
ISBN0571244017
Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by chance. The iron in a spot of blood on your finger tells you that somewhere out in space there is furnace at a temperature of 4.5 billion degrees. Your TV tells you that the universe had a beginning. In fact,...
Hacking Happiness: Why Your Personal Data Counts and How Tracking it Can Change the World
AuthorJohn C. Havens
ISBN0399165312
In Hacking Happiness, futurist and contributing Mashable writer John C. Havens introduces you to your quantified self”—your digital identity represented by gigabytes of data produced from tracking your activities on your smartphone and computer.  Harvested by megacorporations such as...
Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers
AuthorMihnea C. Moldoveanu
ISBN0802099912
What constitutes successful thinking in business? What are some of the techniques used by top business minds in order to solve problems and create value? Diaminds breaks new ground in addressing these questions.

Mihnea Moldoveanu and Roger Martin, creators of the Integrative Thinking...
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