Psychology audiobooks

Reset

By: Kurt Andersen

Narrated by: Kurt Andersen

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

“This is the end of the world as we’ve known it,” Kurt Andersen writes in Reset. “But it isn’t the end of the world.” In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book, Andersen–a brilliant analyst and synthesizer of historical and cultural trends, as well as a bestselling novelist and host of public radio’s Studio 360–shows us why the current... Read more

Brain Lock - Abridged

By: Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Narrated by: Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The 20th anniversary edition of the definitive classic on defeating obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author.

An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over.... Read more

The Science of Fear

By: Daniel Gardner

Narrated by: Scott Peterson

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tragic results. In the months after 9/11, when... Read more

The Game - Abridged

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nearly every major city in the world has them: hidden underground seduction lairs where men gather to trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to seduce women.This is not fiction.For two years, bestselling author Neil Strauss lived among these men. Using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity, he began his... Read more

In Pursuit of Elegance

By: Matthew E. May

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

What made The Sopranos finale one of the most talked about events in television history? Why is Sudoku so addictive and the iPhone so darned irresistible? What do Jackson Pollock and Lance Armstrong have in common with theoretical physicists and Buddhist monks? The answer is elegance.Matthew May explores why certain events, products, and people... Read more

Counterclockwise

By: Ellen J. Langer

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically?For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents a conclusive answer: Opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead... Read more

Spiritual Beings In A Material World

By: Charles Tart, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Facing the conflict between materialistic science and spirituality and bringing the reality of human spirituality into the public discourse is the work and the mission of Charles Tart. He shares scientific evidence for reincarnation, telepathy, psychic healing, and more. Read more

Strengthening Your Ability To Pay Attention

By: Winifred Gallagher

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How may we focus on what is important to us? How can we avoid technology overload? Why do certain things grab our attention and not others? With so many things now demanding our attention — emails, cell phones, text messages — many of us are overwhelmed by a plethora of distractions. Our lives may be described as the sum of what we focus on. Read more

Dreams, with eBook

By: Sigmund Freud

Narrated by: Jonathan Reese

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Between 1915 and 1917, Sigmund Freud delivered a series of well-received lectures at the University of Vienna on his theories of psychoanalysis. Nine of them focused on Freud's theories about dreams—what they are and what they mean. The content of these lectures are presented in Dreams.



Freud covered a lot of ground in his lectures, focusing... Read more

Rapt

By: Winifred Gallagher

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Your world, and even your self, is largely constructed from the thoughts and feelings, people and things you’ve focused on throughout your life. Much more than you probably suspect, you can, as you move forward, actively direct your attention to create the kind of experience you want and become the person you want to be. Drawing from the latest... Read more

Ecological Intelligence

By: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, Daniel Goleman recasts the uproar over global warming and the assault of man-made toxins into our bodies in terms of the collective self-deception which both created this crisis and holds a key to its solution.

Ecological Intelligence argues that... Read more

Ecological Intelligence - Abridged

By: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, Daniel Goleman recasts the uproar over global warming and the assault of man-made toxins into our bodies in terms of the collective self-deception which both created this crisis and holds a key to its solution.

Ecological Intelligence argues that... Read more

Healing and Preventing Autism

By: Jenny McCarthy & Jerry Kartzinel MD

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Since 2006, autism has become the leading disorder affecting children in the United States. As children continue to be diagnosed at epidemic rates and parents struggle to find help, a school of DAN (Defeat Autism Now) pediatricians has been pioneering therapies and treatments that help reverse the effects of autism. DAN doctors have discovered... Read more

Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken

By: Mike Robbins

Narrated by: Mike Robbins

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The pressure comes from all around (our parents, teachers, spouses, co-workers, and friends) telling us it’s more important to be liked and to fit in than it is to be who we truly are. We are also constantly bombarded with messages telling us that we aren’t good enough and need to be fixed.Now, best-selling author and motivational speaker, Mike... Read more

The Mirror Effect

By: Drew Pinsky & S. Mark Young

Narrated by: Drew Pinsky

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In the eye-opening New York Times bestseller, The Mirror Effect, widely respected addiction and behavior specialist and producer/host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew on VH1, Dr. Drew Pinsky takes a hard look at the profound changes blogging, tweeting, tabloids, and reality TV are having on the American way of life. An important wake up call for... Read more

Die Psychologie des Geldes - Abridged

By: Rüdiger Dahlke

Narrated by: Rüdiger Dahlke

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Welche Macht hat Geld wirklich? Nach welchen Gesetzen funktioniert Reichtum? Der bekannte Arzt und Therapeut Ruediger Dahlke entlarvt Geldprobleme auf psychologischer Ebene und zeigt die zugrunde liegenden Mechanismen auf. Mit seinen praktischen Ratschlägen und Übungen kann jeder wieder ein gesundes und entspanntes Verhältnis zum Geld... Read more

Life is Friends

By: Jeanne Martinet

Narrated by: Jeanne Martinet

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

With an attitude that's savvy, sympathetic, and delightfully down-to-earth, Jeanne Martinet gives you the game plan for relearning the lost art of socializing. Forget texting, IM'ing, Facebook, and Internet "relationships". When it comes to building real friendships, there's simply no substitute for live, in-person hospitality. In Life Is... Read more

Emotional Freedom

By: Judith Orloff

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 14 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestseller, Emotional Freedom is a road map for those who are stressed out, discouraged, or overwhelmed as well as for those who are in a good emotional place but want to feel even better.

Picture yourself trapped in a traffic jam feeling utterly calm. Imagine being unflappable and relaxed when your supervisor loses her... Read more

Emotional Freedom - Abridged

By: Judith Orloff

Narrated by: Judith Orloff, M.D.

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A New York Times bestseller, Emotional Freedom is a road map for those who are stressed out, discouraged, or overwhelmed as well as for those who are in a good emotional place but want to feel even better.

Picture yourself trapped in a traffic jam feeling utterly calm. Imagine being unflappable and relaxed when your supervisor loses her... Read more

Raus aus der Angstfalle

By: Cornelia Dehner-Rau & Harald Rau

Narrated by: Anja von Hübbenet, Michael Holz & Katrin Hildeb...

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Das bekannte Autorenpaar erklärt zunächst, wie Ängste entstehen und was die Auslöser sind. Mit den praxiserprobten Übungen und dem bewährten 8-Schritte-Programm kann sich der Hörer seiner Angst stellen und gewinnt an Selbstvertrauen und SicherheitGrundlagen 01 Einführung 02:49 02 Angst hat viele Gesichter 09:51 03 Formen der Angst 11:44 04... Read more

Why We Make Mistakes

By: Joseph T. Hallinan

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?

We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the... Read more

Yes!

By: Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin & Robert Cia...

Narrated by: Blair Hardman

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn how small changes can make a big difference in your powers of persuasion with this New York Times bestselling introduction to fifty scientifically proven techniques for increasing your persuasive powers in business and life.

Every day we face the challenge of persuading others to do what we want. But what makes people say yes to our... Read more

America Anonymous

By: Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

America Anonymous is the unforgettable story of eight men and women from around the country—including a grandmother, a college student, a bodybuilder, and a housewife—who are struggling with addictions. For nearly three years, acclaimed journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis immersed himself in their lives as they battled drug and alcohol abuse,... Read more

The Empathy Gap

By: J. D. Trout

Narrated by: J. D. Trout

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout recruits the latest findings in psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to answer the question: How can we make better personal decisions and design social policies that improve the lives of everyone?We are touched when faced with the... Read more