Smart, short techniques throughout the day can form a healthier perspective 

 ‘Truly empowering – a book for everyone. It will help you figure out life.’Fearne Cotton

All the benefits of therapy – 10 minutes at a time

Let Owen O’Kane, psychotherapist, former NHS Clinical Lead and Sunday Times bestselling author of TEN TO ZEN, show you how anyone can use simple, understandable techniques to unlock better mental health.

Modern life is a minefield for stress. Whether it’s juggling work, relationships or money, we often struggle to make time for ourselves and can find ourselves stuck in a rut with bad habits or worries.

In HOW TO BE YOUR OWN THERAPIST, Owen O’Kane reveals how smart, short techniques throughout the day can form healthier perspectives and let you ditch harmful thought patterns.

Using the latest evidence-based tools and techniques from across a range of therapies including CBT, mindfulness and interpersonal therapy, Owen provides empowering solutions to managing what keeps you stuck so you can move forward.

Teaching you the key fundamentals of therapy and how to apply these to your own life, alongside targeted tasks that take just 10 minutes a day, this is the practical therapy book for anyone who wants to get the best from their life and to manage better in tough times.

‘Owen is bringing much needed therapy to all of us. He brings down the stigma attached to being vulnerable and is making talking about mental health approachable for everyone. His book is brilliant and I highly recommend.’ Dr Rupy Aujla, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP The Doctor’s Kitchen

‘Anyone looking to understand how therapy can help them help themselves, should look no further than Owen’s humorous and empowering book.’ Benedict Cumberbatch

How to Be Your Own Therapist, By Owen O’Kane, Read by Owen O’Kane

Big Ten athletes are about to see an uptick in their travel schedule. Laine Higgins of the Wall Street Journal has the story.

The Nightmare Travel Days Coming for USC and UCLA Athletes

The Jiajing Emperor rounds out the back-half of his interminably long reign by hiding away in his personal palace, and only occasionally coming out to tell everyone what a terrible job they're all doing. The Mongols seize on Ming weakness to basically do whatever they want, and the Ming respond by turtling even harder and building more walls. Without an imperial guiding hand, the ministers are left to their own devices... with predictably selfish and myopic results.



Time Period Covered:

1550-1567 CE



Major Historical Figures:

Ming Empire:

The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]

Gen. Qiu Ruan [d. 1552]

Grand Secretary Xia Yan [1482-1548]

Grand Secretary Yan Song [1480-1567]

Grand Secretary Xu Jie [1512-1578]



Mongolia:

Altan Khan [1507-1582]

Prince Toghto



Major Works Cited:

Bacon, Francis. “Of empire” in The essays of Francis Bacon (1908).

Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.

The History of China

#240 - Ming 27: The Solecism of Power

The former president may well ignore the January 6th committee’s summons; the whole affair may be unceremoniously shut down next year. But that is not to say the process has been in vain. Russia’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/10/09/the-war-in-ukraine-has-battered-the-reputation-of-russian-spies?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">intelligence failures</a> during the war in Ukraine have taken the shine off the security services’ fearsome reputations. And remembering <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/10/13/loretta-lynn-gave-all-struggling-women-a-voice?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Loretta Lynn</a>, country music’s most-successful-ever female star. Additional audio courtesy of <a href="https://www.honoryourhometown.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Honor Your Hometown</a>. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Witness self-protection programme? Trump and the Capitol riot inquiry

It's scary, baby!

This week, Snap sneaks after monsters going bump in the night.  

Listen to "Spooked" on NPR Stations nationwide, or click the link right now (if you dare) . . .  

Listen to the entire Snap Judgment "Spooked: The Origin"

“Hopefully readers of The Escape will be scared to be in their own home.” 

CL Taylor is the Sunday Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers. Her fourth book, The Escape, publishes in March 2017 and already people are raving about it:

“C.L.Taylor is a class act and The Escape is gem of a book” – SIMON TOYNE
“Absorbing and disturbing” – ALEX MARWOOD
“Definitely CL Taylor’s best yet” – LISA HALL

Here she discusses her fascination with how people respond to fear, why you should never set a book in your own home, and her top tips for aspiring writers.

C L Taylor: "Write the book that makes you cry, fall in love or scares you"

In keeping with his trademark style, Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code and Inferno, interweaves codes, science, religion, history, art, and architecture into this new novel. Origin thrusts Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon into the dangerous intersection of humankind&rsquo;s two most enduring questions, and the earthshaking discovery that will answer them. From the Compact Disc edition.

Origin by Dan Brown, read by Paul Michael

Parce que certains sextoys ont des voix intégrées, ils nous racontent, en creux, ce que nous aimerions entendre. Attention, ce podcast contient des voix d'hommes gutturales chaudes comme la braise. Et pas mal de vibrations.
Sexe & sounds, le podcast de Maïa Mazaurette : des bruits du porno aux sextoys qui parlent, des langues de l'amour aux mystères de l'ASMR et des musiques qui donnent envie... 
Réalisation : Samuel Hirsch - Texte & voix : - Maïa Mazaurette

Sex and sounds (n°2) : La voix des sextoys

The final work from the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning writer, actor, and musician, drawn from his transformative last days &#160; In searing, beautiful prose, Sam Shepard&rsquo;s extraordinary narrative leaps off the page with its immediacy and power. It tells in a brilliant braid of voices the story of an unnamed narrator who traces, before our rapt eyes, his memories of work, adventure, and travel as he undergoes medical tests and treatments for a condition that is rendering him more and more dependent on the loved ones who are caring for him. The narrator&rsquo;s memories and preoccupations often echo those of our current moment&mdash;for here are stories of immigration and community, inclusion and exclusion, suspicion and trust. But at the book&rsquo;s core, and his, is family&mdash;his relationships with those he loved, and with the natural world around him. Vivid, haunting, and deeply moving, Spy of the First Person takes us from the sculpted gardens of a renowned clinic in Arizona to the blue waters surrounding Alcatraz, from a New Mexico border town to a condemned building on New York City&rsquo;s Avenue C. It is an unflinching expression of the vulnerabilities that make us human&mdash;and an unbound celebration of family and life.

Spy of the First Person by Sam Shepard, read by Michael Shannon

Extrait de "Le Seigneur des Anneaux 1 - La fraternité de l'anneau" de J.R.R. Tolkien lu par Thierry Janssen. ©Editions Audiolib. Parution le 14 février 2018.

https://www.audiolib.fr/livre-audio/le-seigneur-des-anneaux-1-la-fraternite-de-lanneau-9782356419569

C’est un dangereux héritage que Bilbo Bessac cède à son neveu avant de disparaître : l’anneau de pouvoir forgé par Sauron et dérobé jadis à Gollum. Le mage noir n’aspire qu’à retrouver son arme et sa puissance, et déjà ses cavaliers font route vers le Comté… Pour leur échapper et détruire la menace que représente cet anneau, le jeune Hobbit, Frodo, et ses compagnons commencent la périlleuse traversée de la Terre du Milieu, dans l’espoir d’atteindre la Faille du Destin, au coeur du Mordor.
Chef-d’oeuvre de la fantasy, découverte d’un monde imaginaire, de sa géographie, de son histoire et de ses langues, mais aussi réfl exion sur le pouvoir et la mort, Le Seigneur des Anneaux est sans équivalent par sa puissance d’évocation, son souffle et son ampleur.
Cette nouvelle traduction prend en compte la dernière version du texte anglais, les indications laissées par Tolkien à l’intention des traducteurs et les découvertes permises par les publications posthumes proposées par Christopher Tolkien.

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"Le Seigneur des Anneaux 1 - La fraternité de l'anneau" de J.R.R. Tolkien lu par Thierry Janssen

Amy Edmondson, professor at Harvard Business School, first identified the concept of psychological safety in work teams in 1999. Since then, she has observed how companies with a trusting workplace perform better. Psychological safety isn't about being nice, she says. It’s about giving candid feedback, openly admitting mistakes, and learning from each other. And she argues that kind of organizational culture is increasingly important in the modern economy. Edmondson is the author of the new book "The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth.”

IdeaCast

666: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Welcome to BookD, the podcast that brings you the stories behind your favourite books. Created by your host, Tanya Brennand-Roper, this is your opportunity to listen in and get to know the who's who in one of the biggest London publishing houses, offering a fascinating perspective into the authors, their editors and the all important publishing process.
Tune into our fortnightly program where we exchange ideas with the stars of literature, art, film, music and politics. BookD isn't boring or monotonous and it isn't like any other podcast you've heard before. For culture, ideas, humour and debate - you're BookD.

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