Psychology

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

January 25, 2024 Messiah Community 0:27:30

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Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality, returns with a thought-provoking work that challenges our preconceptions about dishonesty and urges us to take an honest look at ourselves. Does the chance of getting caught affect how likely we are to cheat? How do companies…

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How to Find Yourself: Why Looking Inward Is Not the Answer

September 11, 2022 Messiah Community 18:45

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A Christian Answer to the Identity Angst of Our Culture. In the 21st-century West, identity is everything. Never has it been more important, culturally speaking, to know who you are and be true to yourself. Expressive individualism—the belief that looking inward is the way to find yourself—has become the primary approach to identity formation, and…

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How to Make Your Voiceover Performance Sound Believable

January 20, 2022 Messiah Community 00:33:36

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What goes on inside a great narrator to make them great? This ground-breaking work answers this question by exploring the psychophysical aspect of voiceover. The reader is given a bird’s-eye view of the professional narrator’s mental, physical, and vocal ”machinery” as well as an in-depth look at the underlying currents that power it: energy, intention, emotion, connection,…

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What Are the Effects of Loneliness on Your Life?

September 8, 2021 Messiah Community 21:48

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When we quit sabotaging intimacy in our relationships by demanding unconditional love, we discover something much greater―the deeply satisfying, transformational love that is companionship. In these pages psychologist Kelly Flanagan shows how each of us has within ourselves, exactly the way we are, the gifts that are needed to cultivate the life-long relationships we are…

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The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50

July 21, 2021 Messiah Community 22:20

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Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump when you’re successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions. He shows that from our 20s into our 40s, happiness follows a…

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How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

July 17, 2021 Messiah Community 30:14

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Are you one of the countless people who grew up with emotionally immature parents? If your parent’s needs came first, you may still recall painful moments of childhood emotional neglect, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of maturity in an effort to compensate for your parents’ behavior. And although…

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How to Better Understand Christian Psychology

June 14, 2021 Messiah Community 30:24

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How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest (and sometimes concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature. Psychology can sometimes seem disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Christian perspectives on life. How are we to understand…

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How to Avoid Being a People Pleaser

March 12, 2021 Messiah Community 36:38

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Pastors and church leaders often fall into the trap of people-pleasing. Charles Stone’s research on thousands of pastors and ministry leaders demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership. Bringing together biblical insights and neuroscience findings, Stone shows why we fall into people-pleasing patterns and what we can do to overcome these tendencies. With practical tools for…

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Improve Your Level of Happiness with the Positive Shift

August 30, 2020 Messiah Community 33:56

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The truth is, the way we think about ourselves and the world around us dramatically impacts our happiness, health, how fast or slow we age, and even how long we live. In fact, people with a positive mindset about aging live on average 7.5 years longer than those without. That might sound alarming to those of…

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How Does Your Mind Learn?

May 23, 2020 Messiah Community 33:47

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How teachers teach is not necessarily how learners learn. Educators focus on content delivery, but much of the learning process involves affective and behavioral factors. Veteran educators Muriel and Duane Elmer provide a holistic model for how learning takes place. Their learning cycle moves beyond mere recall of information to helping learners value and apply learning…

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