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In this remarkable 15-lecture audio course, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson - celebrated professor, best-selling author, TED Talk Celebrity, and leading positive psychology expert - shows you how to enhance your awareness of fleeting states of emotional uplift to help balance your brain’s built-in bias toward the negative. You’ll learn how even subtle positive emotions - like enjoyment, gratitude, serenity, and awe - can expand your awareness and ignite upward spirals of growth within you.

If you are a new or expectant parent, you have likely heard a chorus of competing advice. Now, Dr. Dennis Kuo (MD, University of Pennsylvania) filters out the noise and breaks down the essentials of your baby’s needs and growth. An award-winning third-generation pediatrician who has worked at Johns Hopkins and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, he expertly walks you through the steps for giving your newborn the best care possible.

Groundbreaking new scientific research illuminates surprising ways in which you can live a more healthy, happy, and flourishing life. Until now, psychology has focused on resolving people’s problems. But the relatively new field of positive psychology instead examines the things that make your life worth living. Positive Psychology: How to Sustain Happiness in Your Life gives you practical steps for leading a flourishing life. Your guide is Professor Catherine A. Sanderson of Amherst College, named one of America’s Best 300 Professors by the Princeton Review.

This insightful 24-lecture audio course offers you a gripping survey of the most important discoveries in psychology. How do we perceive the world around us? What drives us? How can science help us understand our minds and motivations, along with those of others? Answering these essential questions helps you improve your wellbeing, empathize with others, and unravel the mysteries of human behavior. And perhaps no field has advanced our knowledge of these topics as much as psychology.

Alzheimer’s can be delayed or even prevented. Join the world’s leading expert on Alzheimer’s prevention, Harvard-trained neurologist Richard Isaacson, MD, to learn how. In this informative 12-lecture audio course, Dr. Isaacson explores the latest developments in the science of Alzheimer’s. As you listen, you’ll discover answers to the most common questions patients and caregivers have about its prevention and treatment.

Finding Hope in Depression: A Catholic Approach is a personal journey through the world of depression. Your guide, Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes, struggled with depression for many years and shares in these presentations a holistic approach to finding peace in the darkness and hope for a new dawn. A best-selling author, Sr. Hermes is an expert on spirituality and depression.

How can you keep your brain sharp at any age? How can you live not just longer, but better? The world’s leading expert on Alzheimer’s prevention shows you how to protect, engage, and exercise your brain over time. An award-winning professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College and a leading expert on brain health, Dr. Richard Isaacson has dedicated himself to advancing brain science and helping people optimize their brain health.

Perhaps the world’s leading expert on forgiveness research, Everett Worthington distills decades of wisdom into 15 life-changing lectures. The author or editor of more than 38 books on marriage, family, and forgiveness, Prof. Worthington received the Humanitarian Award from the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling. Now you can learn to practice his groundbreaking REACH Forgiveness model through these 15 engaging lectures.

Cognitive psychology - the science of how we acquire, process, store, and use information - is essential to understanding the human experience. Yet, cognition is such an automatic part of our daily functioning that we rarely take time to think about how it works or how we might improve it. In 12 illuminating audio lectures, Carleton College professor Kathleen Marie Galotti will take you on a tour of higher-order cognitive processes such as problem-solving, creativity, reasoning, and decision making - in other words, how we put information to use.

Whether you’re trying to get pregnant or are already expecting, you are likely brimming with questions. You may be wondering what changes your body will experience during each trimester, what environmental factors might affect your pregnancy, or what you should anticipate in your postpartum period. Dr. Nancy A. Hueppchen, MD, provides the answers to these questions and many more in this insightful audio series.

Many Christians are familiar with the practice of meditation in Eastern spiritual traditions. But did you know that Western mysticism also has a rich meditative tradition? From the time of the desert fathers and mothers to the present day, a long line of mystics have provided us with inspiring, prayerful practices. In this illuminating audio course, you will learn powerful lessons about meditative prayer - or the silencing of the mind.

You rely on your memory in virtually every aspect of your life. In this engrossing audio series, cognitive psychology professor Daniel Reisberg shares modern scientific research on the function and failures of memory. You’ll cover theoretical points, delving into the biology of memory and memory disorders, as well as gain practical information that can help you improve your memory.

What does it mean to be happy? Does happiness go hand in hand with financial success, unconditional love, or thoughtful life planning? Join award-winning sociology professor Temple Smith in this expansive exploration of happiness in America.

With a goal of expanding the minds of lifelong learners, celebrated philosophy professor Kevin Corcoran engages thinkers from Descartes to David Foster Wallace to help you discover truth and tackle the big questions of our existence. Through this compelling 15-lecture course, you’ll develop critical thinking skills that will bring clarity and focus to your daily life. Prof. Corcoran begins with Aristotle’s maxim that “philosophy begins in wonder.”

Get science-based answers to your most pressing questions about your kids and the media in this pioneering audio series. Douglas A. Gentile - a parent, preeminent child psychologist, and award-winning professor - teaches you practical strategies for wiser media habits. How do children learn? What common mistakes do parents make about children’s media, and what steps can you take to avoid them? Which video games are beneficial, and which are harmful? How can you protect my child from cyberbullying? Why do advertisements shape our values and desires?

In Mindfulness, Meditation, and Happiness, Professor Kenneth Rose (PhD, Harvard University), introduces you to the basic practices of meditation. In 24 informational and inspiring audio lectures, you’ll explore the spiritual roots of mindfulness alongside the burgeoning academic and scientific study of mindfulness in connection to human flourishing. Throughout, Dr. Rose counsels you on how to avail yourself of mindfulness practices en route to cultivating happiness.

The toddler years can be both magical and stressful, sometimes all at once. Exciting developmental milestones - such as your child learning to walk - can arrive hand in hand with temper tantrums, picky eating, and other new behaviors that can be difficult to navigate. Luckily, leading pediatrician Dr. Dennis Kuo (MD, University of Pennsylvania) is here to guide you through every step of this fast-changing period in your child’s life through this accessible audio series.

Drawing on four decades of medical experience welcoming over 30,000 babies into the world, Dr. Faro takes the guesswork out of trying to get pregnant, giving you practical, scientifically sound advice. This comprehensive course walks you through every step of preconception to help you maximize your chances of conceiving and having a safe pregnancy.

Let one of America's foremost liturgical scholars lead you to a deeper understanding of Catholic beliefs about mortality. If you are a pastor, or if someone in your life is sick or dying, this powerful course is for you. Over the course of our lives, we all mourn the losses of loved ones. We all, at the end, confront death. Despite its certainty, many regard mortality with fear and try to avoid these events. The Catholic Church instead faces this reality with hope, assuring men and women of their final destiny: to live with God forever.

Explore the extraordinary history and theology of Christian mission. Encounter the great Christian missionaries from those Christ first commissioned through the men and women who continue to heroically and sensitively communicate the faith today. Through this remarkable 12-lecture audio series, you will gain special insight into the Catholic Church’s timeless mission and the special issues it confronts today.