Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life: Decode Your Emotional DNA-and Thrive - Softcover

Moore, Margaret; Phillips M.D., Edward; Hanc, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062419773 ISBN 13: 9780062419774

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2016

Synopsis

A Harvard Health Publications book

From a top wellness coach and a Harvard Medical School professor, comes this revolutionary book that will show you how to identify and decode your nine most basic emotional needs—and coach yourself to a calmer, healthier, and happier life.

The more you thrive, the better your brain functions, and you’re able to perform at the best level. Your health improves. You enjoy life more. When you’re thriving, your stress level is down, your confidence is up, and the internal frenzy is tamed by a poised, self-assured mind.

But if you’re like the majority of Americans, you may be, in psychological terms, languishing rather than flourishing—surviving instead of thriving. For many, feeling overwhelmed and out of balance has become normal, a consequence of overlooking basic emotional needs. The key to reaching a happy, healthy state is by tapping into, not tuning out, your distinct emotions, and listening to the inner monologue inside your mind.

Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life combines the worlds of self-help, psychology, and medical science to guide you to a place of self-management and control. This insightful, approachable book will teach you how to identify, decode, and assess the nine most basic emotions that rule your brain and to  recognize each of these voices and act accordingly to achieve a wide range of goals—from weight loss to career management. Coach your brain to gain deeper insight of your individual needs and live life to your maximum potential.

About this title

About the Authors

Margaret Moore, MBA (aka Coach Meg) is the founder and CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation, a leaders in building international standards for professional coaches in health and wellness. She is codirector of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and a faculty member of the Harvard University Extension School, teaching the Science of Coaching Psychology. She blogs on coaching and change for The Huffington Post and Psychology Today. 

Edward Phillips, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and Director of Outpatient Medical Services of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Phillips founded and directs The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org. He has appeared on national media including Good Morning America, ESPN radio, and in Time Magazine.

JOHN HANC teaches writing and journalism at the New York Institute of Technology. He is a long time contributor to The New York Times and Newsday; a contributing editor to Smithsonian magazine’s online edition, and Runner's World magazine, as well as the author of 14 books, including the award-winning memoir, The Coolest Race on Earth. He lives with his wife and son in Farmingdale, New York.

From the Back Cover

Decode your nine most basic emotional needs and coach yourself to calm, health, and happiness.

Are you feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, and unable to tame your frenzy? Are you unhappy in your job or your personal relationships? Do you set goals but often fail to achieve them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are you’re overlooking some distinct parts of your personality that are key to reaching a happy, healthy state.

In Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life, executive coach Margaret Moore and Harvard Medical School faculty member Edward Phillips, MD, identify the nine distinct parts of your personality (your Inner Family) that express your primary drives, values, capabilities, and needs. Based on the latest research as well as on their own work with clients and patients, this book shows you how to:

• Decode the language of your emotions and bring your Inner Family into harmony

• Discover previously unknown strengths

• Achieve self-mastery

This insightful, approachable book will help you accomplish a wide range of goals—from weight loss and career management to better parenting and more fulfilling personal relationships—by teaching you how to identify and assess your emotions and revise your behavior accordingly. You will learn how to tune in to the messages of your emotions, gain deeper insight into your individual needs, and create a rich and meaningful life.

Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062419773
• ISBN 13: 9780062419774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304