New Book – Teach Yourself: Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013)
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Details of the new book “Teach Yourself: Stoicism and the Art of Happiness” by Donald Robertson, due for publication in autumn 2013 by Hodder.
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Excerpt from Build your Resilience (2012)
An excerpt from the new book Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson, discussing approaches to improving psychological resilience.
Continue readingBrowse Contents: Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson
Browse the contents of Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson online, free, via Google Books.
Continue readingPositive Psychology & Resilience-Building
This post contains a chapter on positive psychology originally intended for my book Build your Resilience (2012), which was eventually replaced with other material. It may still be of interest in its own right as an alternative perspective on resilience training.
Continue readingDeveloping your Emotional Resilience
An excerpt from the book Build your Resilience (2012), providing some basic questions to help you begin developing your personal resilience plan.
Continue readingMy Daughter’s Birth from Build your Resilience (2012)
This is a brief excerpt from my book Build your Resilience (2012) about the birth of my daughter, Poppy.
Continue readingOut Now: Build your Resilience (2012) by Donald Robertson
Build your Resilience (2012) is a new book by Donald Robertson, out now as part of Hodder’s acclaimed Teach Yourself series. This post includes a brief description and the table of contents, as well as links to online book stores selling the book.
Continue readingMindfulness & Social Resilience
Mindfulness & Social Resilience Gaining Appropriate Psychological Distance Copyright (c) Donald Robertson, 2012. All rights reserved. Distressing thoughts in social anxiety differ qualitatively from thoughts in most other forms of anxiety insofar as they are often attributed to other people, … Continue reading
Four Books by Donald Robertson
Brief description of four recent books by Donald Robertson on hypnosis, CBT, and philosophy.
Continue readingThe Essence of Stoic Philosophy
This brief article sums up the essence of Stoic philosophy, based on the definitive precepts in The Handbook of Epictetus. It does so in modern language and drawing anologies with cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness and other acceptance-based therapy approaches.
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