Martha Beck

Ärata endas peituv loovus ja vabane ärevusestNew York Timesi menukMe elame ärevusepideemia ajastul. Enamik meist eeldab, et ärevusest pääsemiseks tuleb end sellest välja mõelda. Ja mõnda aega see toimibki. Kuid ikka ja jälle paiskab miski meid ärevusse tagasi. Selles raamatus selgitab dr Martha Beck, miks ärevus sinu ümber - ja tõenäoliselt ka sinus endas - üha kasvab. Tuginedes neuroteadusele ja oma sotsioloogiaharidusele selgitab Beck, kuidas meie aju kipub takerduma "ärevusspiraali": tagasisidesüsteemi, mis võib ärevust lõputult suurendada. Sellest välja ronimiseks peame kaasama oma närvisüsteemi teisi osi - neid, mis seostuvad loovusega. Beck annab juhiseid, kuidas käivitada "loovusspiraal": protsess, mis mitte ainult ei hülga ärevust, vaid viib uuenduslike lahenduste, eesmärgitunde ning lähedase ühendustundeni teiste inimeste - ja kogu maailmaga. Ärevuse vastand ei ole lihtsalt ärevuse puudumine, vaid täiesti uus eluviis - selline, mis suudab meid rahustada ja innustada ning aitab leida sügavamat sidet kõige ümbritsevaga. Martha Beck, PhD, on Harvardi haridusega sotsioloog, mitmete menuteoste autor, maailmakuulus elutreener ja esineja. Ta on kirjutanud üheksa eneseabiraamatut ning üle kahesaja artikli. Kogu oma elu on ta jaganud mõjusaid, praktilisi ja meelelahutuslikke õpetusi, mis aitavad inimestel enesega paremini toime tulla.

Vivimos en una era de ansiedad. La mayor a asume que la clave para superarla es el pensamiento. Eso funciona durante un tiempo, pero siempre ocurre algo --una noticia angustiante, una emergencia familiar, un correo electr nico irritante-- que nos devuelve directamente al mismo ciclo ansioso del que intentamos escapar. Existe una forma de reducir nuestra ansiedad al instante y que podamos aplicar en cada evento ansioso posterior? La respuesta, seg n Martha Beck, se encuentra en la capacidad creativa natural de nuestro cerebro. En M s all de la ansiedad, Beck explica por qu este malestar se dispara a nuestro alrededor y dentro de nosotros, adem s muestra que no solo es posible reducir la preocupaci n, sino tambi n aprovecharla como una fuerza que nos impulse hacia una vida llena de paz, con prop sito y alegr a. Tomando como base las investigaciones m s recientes de la neurociencia y su experiencia como soci loga y coach, explica c mo nuestros cerebros suelen quedar atrapados en una "espiral de ansiedad" un sistema de retroalimentaci n que puede aumentar la ansiedad de manera indefinida. Para liberarnos de ella, propone activar diferentes reas de nuestro sistema nervioso: las que involucran la creatividad. A partir de instrucciones para activar la "espiral de creatividad", Beck nos gu a en un proceso que no solo calma la ansiedad, sino que conduce a la resoluci n innovadora de problemas, el sentido de prop sito y una conexi n m s profunda y alegre con los otros y con el mundo. Descubrimos que lo opuesto a la ansiedad no es la quietud, sino una forma m s serena de vida que nos inspira e invita a relacionarnos con el mundo con mayor profundidad y autenticidad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION We live in an age of anxiety. Most people assume that the key to overcoming it is thought. That works for a while, but something always happens--distressing news, a family emergency, an irritating email--that brings us right back to the same anxious cycle we are trying to escape. Is there a way to reduce our anxiety instantly and apply it to every subsequent anxious event? The answer, according to Martha Beck, lies in our brain's natural creative capacity. In Beyond Anxiety, Beck explains why this discomfort flares up around us and within us, and shows that it is not only possible to reduce worry, but also to harness it as a force that propels us toward a life filled with peace, purpose, and joy. Drawing on the latest neuroscience research and her experience as sociologist and coach, she explains how our brains often get caught in a "spiral of anxiety" a feedback loop that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To free ourselves from it, she proposes activating different areas of our nervous system: those involving creativity. Using instructions to activate the "spiral of creativity," Beck guides us through a process that not only calms anxiety, but also leads to innovative problem solving, a sense of purpose, and a deeper, more joyful connection with others and the world. We discover that the opposite of anxiety is not stillness, but a more serene way of life that inspires us and invites us to relate to the world with greater depth and authenticity.

From bestselling author Martha Beck, a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within. We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the key to overcoming it is to think our way out. And for a while it works. But there is always something that sends us back into the anxious spiral we've been trying to climb out of. In Beyond Anxiety, Dr Martha Beck explains why anxiety is skyrocketing around you, and likely within you. She also tells you how to not only reduce your anxiety but use it to propel you into a life filled with peace, meaning, and joy. Using a combination of the latest neuroscience as well as her background in sociology and coaching, Beck explains how our brains tend to get stuck in an 'anxiety spiral,' a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To climb out, we must engage different parts of our nervous system - the parts involved in creativity. Beck provides instructions for engaging the 'creativity spiral,' in a process that not only shuts down anxiety but leads to innovative problem solving, a sense of meaning and purpose, and joyful, intimate connection with others - and with the world. The opposite of anxiety, it turns out, is a wonderful new way of life - one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.

We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the key to overcoming it is to think our way out. And for a while it works. But there is always something that sends us back into the anxious spiral we’ve been trying to climb out of. In Beyond Anxiety, Dr. Martha Beck explains why anxiety is skyrocketing around you, and likely within you. She also tells you how to not only reduce your anxiety but use it to propel you into a life filled with peace, meaning, and joy. Using a combination of the latest neuroscience as well as her background in sociology and coaching, Beck explains how our brains tend to get stuck in an “anxiety spiral,” a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To climb out, we must engage different parts of our nervous system—the parts involved in creativity. Beck provides instructions for engaging the “creativity spiral,” in a process that not only shuts down anxiety but leads to innovative problem solving, a sense of meaning and purpose, and joyful, intimate connection with others—and with the world. The opposite of anxiety, it turns out, is a wonderful new way of life—one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINDIE BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLER From bestselling author Martha Beck, a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the key to overcoming it is to think our way out. And for a while it works. But there is always something that sends us back into the anxious spiral we've been trying to climb out of. In Beyond Anxiety, Dr. Martha Beck explains why anxiety is skyrocketing around you, and likely within you. She also tells you how to not only reduce your anxiety but use it to propel you into a life filled with peace, meaning, and joy. Using a combination of the latest neuroscience as well as her background in sociology and coaching, Beck explains how our brains tend to get stuck in an "anxiety spiral," a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To climb out, we must engage different parts of our nervous system--the parts involved in creativity. Beck provides instructions for engaging the "creativity spiral," in a process that not only shuts down anxiety but leads to innovative problem solving, a sense of meaning and purpose, and joyful, intimate connection with others--and with the world. The opposite of anxiety, it turns out, is a wonderful new way of life--one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.

From bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck comes a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within. AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER Most of us assume that the key to overcoming anxiety is to think our way out of it. And for a while, it works. Meditation and mental exercises offer us relief, but there is always something--a work deadline, a family emergency, a particularly distressing newsbreak--that disrupts our sense of peace and sends us right back inside the same anxious spiral we've been trying to climb out of. Is there a way to reduce our anxiety, not just in the moment, but in every moment after that? After a lifetime of struggling with anxiety, Martha Beck studied just about everything there was to know about how to calm down. What she realized is that the analytical part of our brain--so valued in Western culture--is the same structure responsible for amping up anxiety. In other words, we cannot logic our way to relief. In Beyond Anxiety, she reveals that to find calm, we must activate an entirely different part of our brain, one responsible for curiosity, wonder, and, most of all, creativity. Drawing on social science, Eastern wisdom, and the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Beck shows how to move from anxiety into purpose through the power of creativity. Using techniques tested first-hand on hundreds of clients, she teaches us how to activate the creativity spiral by approaching problems with a sense of curiosity, making pleasure a priority, and inviting play and spontaneity into our every day. Anxiety does not have to keep us from finding our life's purpose. Beyond Anxiety invites us into a new way of being, one filled with greater abundance, joy, and possibility.

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity... The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment." -Oprah Winfrey Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why "integrity"--needed now more than ever in these tumultuous times--is the key to a meaningful and joyful life AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER As Martha Beck says in her book, "Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period." In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante's classic hero's journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us. With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but also bring us to a place of genuine happiness.

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity... [The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment' Oprah Winfrey'This radiant book will not only change your life, but perhaps even save it' Elizabeth Gilbert'Martha Beck's genius is that her writing is equal parts comforting and challenging. A teacher, a mother, a sage, she holds our hand as she leads us back home to ourselves' Glennon Doyle_____________________Bestselling author, life coach and sociologist Martha Beck explains why 'integrity' - being in harmony with ourselves - is the key to a meaningful and joyful lifeIn The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us-people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits-all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante's classic hero's journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us. With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but bring us to a place of genuine happiness.

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity... The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment." -Oprah Winfrey Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why "integrity"--needed now more than ever in these tumultuous times--is the key to a meaningful and joyful life AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER As Martha Beck says in her book, "Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period." In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante's classic hero's journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us. With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but also bring us to a place of genuine happiness.

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A roadmap on the journey to truth and authenticity... The Way of Integrity] is filled with aha moments and practical exercises that can guide us as we seek enlightenment." -Oprah Winfrey Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why "integrity"--needed now more than ever in these tumultuous times--is the key to a meaningful and joyful life As Martha Beck says in her book, "Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period." In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante's classic hero's journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us. With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but also bring us to a place of genuine happiness.

Kirjassaan Löydä pohjantähtesi kansainvälisesti tunnettu bestseller-kirjailija ja elämäntapakouluttaja, filosofian tohtori Martha Beck opastaa lukijan askel askeleelta aidon ja tyydyttävän elämäntavan alkuun. Olipa tavoitteena sitten tyydyttävämmät ihmissuhteet, määrätietoisempi urakehitys, omasta kunnosta huolehtiminen tai harmonisempi elämäntapa, kirjan esimerkit, tapausselostukset ja harjoitukset johdattavat lukijan oikealle tielle. Martha Beck soveltaa teoksessaan psykologian alan uusinta tutkimustietoa ymmärrettävällä ja helposti omaksuttavalla tavalla. Filosofian tohtori Martha Beck on suorittanut kolme sosiaalitieteen tutkintoa maineikkaassa Harvardin yliopistossa ja on sittemmin toiminut siellä myös opettajana. Hän on kirjoittanut useita elämäntaitoa käsitteleviä kansainvälisiä menestysteoksia. Löydä pohjantähtesi on ilmestynyt aiemmin nimellä Suunnista tähtien valossa (Viisas Elämä, 2009).

This book brings to life the meaning of the stories of the seven goddesses of Greek mythology. Each goddess represents a “sacred calling,” a way of life whose goal is to live for the sake of something greater than oneself. Athena is the goddess of wisdom and justice; Artemis is the woods woman who protects the natural world; Demeter is the goddess of the fertility of the earth and the birth and nurturing of children; Hera is the wife of Zeus, the king, who dedicates her life to creating a high quality of public life through nurturing various community activities; Aphrodite is the goddess of creativity; Persephone is the victim who was raped by Hades and abducted to the underworld where she punishes those who victimized others while alive; and Hestia is the contemplative, she who reflects upon human affairs and “sees” how all the parts fit a larger whole. The book will allow readers to recognize themselves and their own sacred passions in these stories. Once recognized, women can educate themselves and each other. They can use the wisdom represented in Greek mythology to create meaningful and complete lives in the context of a culture that is still dominated by men and their passions. In this way, women will be liberated to do everything they can to leave a better world behind for their children, grandchildren and future generations.

Maybe, once or twice in your life, you have experienced a surge of destiny so strong it made you believe in miracles. Such bolts from the blue seem to hit when weariness or ill fortune have plowed through the ground of reason, breaking it up so magic can take root. What follows is so perfect that to call it accidental defies belief. Diana Archer is an absolutely -- mathematically! -- average woman, living an unremarkable life, when destiny reaches her. Without quite knowing how or why, she finds herself leaving everything familiar and moving into a world where miracles are commonplace, where her supposed flaws become her salvation, and where each persons story is everyones. In this exuberant allegory, bestselling memoir and self-help author Martha Beck takes readers into the wild parts of the world and the human psyche. The story of Diana, Herself helps every reader chart a course for awakening to greater joy, adventure, and purpose.

Oprah favourite and bestselling life coach Martha Beck offers a transformative guide to help you become a new, deeper, happier person able to heal yourself, others and the planet.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A candid and moving memoir of how one woman's pregnancy forced her to confront her definition of how to live a successful life "Slyly ironic, frequently hilarious, Martha] Beck's memoir charts the journey from being smart to becoming wise."--Time This edition includes a new afterword about Adam. From the moment Martha and her husband, John, accidentally conceived their second child, all hell broke loose. They were a couple obsessed with success. After years of matching IQs and test scores with less driven peers, they had two Harvard degrees apiece and were gunning for more. They'd plotted out a future in the most vaunted ivory tower of academe. But when their unborn son, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, doctors, advisers, and friends in the Harvard community warned them that if they decided to keep the baby, they would lose all hope of achieving their carefully crafted goals. Fortunately, that's exactly what happened. By the time Adam was born, Martha and John were propelled into a world in which they were forced to redefine everything of value to them, put all their faith in miracles, and trust that they could fly without a net. And it worked. Expecting Adam captures the abject terror and exhilarating freedom of facing impending parenthood, being forced to question one's deepest beliefs, and rewriting life's rules.