Your Brain - Friend & Foe: 7 Keys to reduce self-sabotage and become more successful - Softcover

Pemberton, Gail

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1946277444 ISBN 13: 9781946277442

Publisher: Kharis Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Your brain is your greatest friend, and often, your greatest foe as well!

It is a strange conundrum. Inadvertently, your brain is a great saboteur in its role as the great protector of your life!

It frequently sabotages you and will also regularly hijack your relationships, all without your knowledge!

This happens because of the way our brains evolved. When we understand how our brains are wired, we can take back the control needed to live happier lives. This book will enable you to reduce self-sabotage and become more successful.

This book is very readable, and yet has a strong underlying structure based on sound psychological principles, clinical experience, and research findings. Gail’s skills, and integrity, in conveying subtle and sophisticated psychological knowledge in a most readable fashion are remarkable. – Michael Le Page, PhD.

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This book also has some meaningful insights on relationship management.  I’m recommending it because it’s an insightful look at how to avoid projection and retool our approach to “problematic” people for more successful and rewarding personal relationships. - Professor Steve Burdon AM, FIEA, FAICD, FIML  Professor of Strategic Management & Technology, UTS.

I have known Gail Pemberton for 25 years, first as my student in graduate-level psychotherapy, then as a clinical supervisee, and now as a respected and deeply appreciated colleague. Throughout this time, Gail has shown a steady, deep and passionate commitment to knowing herself and all her relationships better, psychologically and spiritually.  Gail walks her talk, and her book reflects her hard-won wisdom and experience in her personal and professional life. This book is very readable, and yet has a strong underlying structure based on sound psychological principles, clinical experience, and research findings. Gail’s skills, and integrity, in conveying subtle and sophisticated psychological knowledge in a most readable fashion are remarkable. -Michael Le Page, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist in private practice, Sydney, Australia Former lecturer in clinical psychology, California State University-Hayward CA; Dominican University, San Rafael CA.

Gail Pemberton’s decades of clinical experience as an Individual and Couples Therapist help us understand the multilayered aspects of our relationships to ourselves and others. With her meaningful anecdotes Gail challenges the reader to recognize the power emotions have over us and how complex dynamics between our unconscious, instinctual reactions affect our relationships. Her many useful examples and self-check questions demonstrate that, by looking first at ourselves, we can create healthier connections with our partner, children, family, friends and colleagues. I highly recommend this well-structured, practical and easy to follow self-help book.-Yolanda Waldman M. Analytical Psychology Lecturer at JNI (part of Laureate University USA).

If you’re curious about the neuroscience and psychology which sits behind how to create and sustain healthy relationships, then I highly endorse author, Gail Pemberton. In my 25 years of experience working with Executives and MBA students, I’ve seldom run across such practical advice and evidence-based guidelines on how to ensure successful relationships. This is essential reading and I recommend Gail’s book to all of my graduate students and clients. - Denise Weinreis Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) FellowAdjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales Business School Sydney, Australia.

Gail Pemberton is an insightful academic, researcher and communicator. Her latest book Your Brain-Friend and FOE is an excellent example of these qualities. She demystifies the complexities of the brain on human behavior using everyday language with clarity and humor. An informative read with great practical advice.-Honorable Susan Lenehan Former Minister of Education (South Australia).

Edition details

• Publisher: Kharis Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1946277444
• ISBN 13: 9781946277442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106