psychology Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/psychology/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:02:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg psychology Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/psychology/ 32 32 38398750 Good Morning, Monster https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/04/good-morning-monster/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/04/good-morning-monster/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:38:22 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15601 Good Morning, Monster is not only the title of Catherine Gildiner’s book, but what one of her patients actually heard every day of her childhood. And not in a loving ‘you’re grumpy’ or ‘you’ve got bedhead’ way, but with true disdain. Gildiner is a psychologist in Canada and in Good Morning, Monster she’s pulled together the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/04/good-morning-monster/feed/ 13 15601 Emma in the Night https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/08/emma-night-wendy-walker/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/08/emma-night-wendy-walker/#comments Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:07:22 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9210   Apparently, I’ve moved from dystopian novels this summer to thrillers. On Monday I reviewed See What I Have Done a novel about Lizzie Borden, which I found fascinating more for its bizarre family dynamics than the actual murders. Now I’m back with Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker, a contemporary novel with a family […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/08/emma-night-wendy-walker/feed/ 6 9210 Ill Will: A Novel by Dan Chaon https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/ill-will-a-novel-by-dan-chaon/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/ill-will-a-novel-by-dan-chaon/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:52:04 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8463   No doubt this must happen to everyone at a certain age: You look up for a moment and you’re not sure which life is read. You’ve split yourself into so many honeycombed parts that they barely notice each other—all of them pacing, concurrently, parallel streams of thought, and each one thinks of itself as […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/ill-will-a-novel-by-dan-chaon/feed/ 15 8463 Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/03/friendfluence/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/03/friendfluence/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:11:47 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1441   We tend to think all of our traits and life decisions can be traced back to our genes or the influence of our parents or partners, but it has become increasingly clear that our peers are stealth sculptors of everything from our basic linguistic habits to our highest aspirations.   Friendfluence is a well-researched […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/03/friendfluence/feed/ 0 1441 Hijacked by Your Brain https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/hijacked-by-your-brain/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/01/hijacked-by-your-brain/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:57:02 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1213 It is possible to prepare your brain to truly manage stress. And the result is well worth the effort: discovering a sense of calm and confidence that makes life ultimately worthwhile.   Strong words for an introduction and ones that will certainly grab a lot of readers. In today’s world of chaos and unpredictability our brain’s […]

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