“Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck examines the concepts of “fixed” and “growth” mindsets. A fixed mindset believes that talents come with us and cannot be improved upon. A fixed mindset spends their time proving their abilities over and over again as well as externalizing and internalizing when problems occur. On theContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck”
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Katie’s Bookshelf: The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout
“The Sociopath Next Door” by Martha Stout is an eye-opening book not about the people we typically think of with this personality trait. Upon hearing “sociopath,” we tend to think about serial killers, con-artists, and criminals. Yes, those types of people are sociopathic, but so are these others that Stout describes in the book. SheContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout”
Katie’s Bookshelf: It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle is a book that explores this concept of epigenetics and how we may carry our ancestors stressors and traumas in our genes. The book does a good job of explaining how this happens and provides someContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn”
Katie’s Bookshelf: The Therapist in the Real World by Kottler
The Therapist in the Real World by Jeffrey Kottler subtitles “What you never learn in graduate school (but really need to know).” When purchasing the book, it was the subtitle that caught my eye and solidified my decision. I’ve been out of graduate school for almost 13 years and feel that I have learned aContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: The Therapist in the Real World by Kottler”
Katie’s Bookshelf: StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath is more of an assessment than a book you read cover to cover. Those interested can take the online assessment then utilize the book to find out more in depth about their strengths. The mentality behind developing this tool is that we operate better by knowing our strengths than tryingContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath”