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How Perfectionism Affects Athletes’ Performance After Competitive Failure

By Michael Brown — 2020

Elite athletes are more likely to rise to the occasion after a failure if they keep potential unhelpful consequences of striving for perfection in check, according to a University of Alberta study, the first of its kind to investigate perfectionism and performance following failure in competitive athletics.

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Passion and Reason: Making Sense of Our Emotions

When Oxford published Emotion and Adaptation, the landmark 1991 book on the psychology of emotion by internationally acclaimed stress and coping expert Richard Lazarus, Contemporary Psychology welcomed it as "a brightly shining star in the galaxy of such volumes.

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Richard S. Lazarus, Bernice N. Lazarus
1996
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Powerful Daily Affirmations for Anxiety, Chronic Stress, Panic Attacks

Law of attraction positive affirmations for healing anxiety and other mental health challenges. Healing tones that speak straight to your subconscious mind, and begin the healing process from chronic stress and fearful overworking habits we build up in our lives.

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2016
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Positive Self-Talk

What is positive self-talk? Our internal dialogues, or “self-talk,” can shape our beliefs and influence our emotions and behavior, and provides assurance and motivation. Positive self-talk is a healthy way to cope with anxiety.

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2020
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How to Deal with Stress at Work

This video will show you how to deal with stress at work by helping you to discover and address what's causing your stress. This video is about how to deal with stress at work, and how to handle stress at work.

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Noah Elkrief
2014
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Into the Forest: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness

In Into the Forest, Immunologist and Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li, examines the unprecedented benefits of the world’s largest natural health resource: the great outdoors.

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Qing Li
2019
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Acupressure for Emotional Healing: A Self-Care Guide for Trauma, Stress, & Common Emotional Imbalances

Increased stress and traumatic events in our lives have resulted in many millions of people who suffer from insomnia, nightmares, anxiety attacks, depression, and tension headaches.

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Michael Reed Gach, Beth Ann Henning
2004
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors.

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Bessel van der Kolk
2015
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