The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health & Happiness

Douglas J. Lisle; Alan Goldhamer

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9781570673580: The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health & Happiness

ISBN 10: 1570673586 ISBN 13: 9781570673580

Publisher: Healthy Living Publications, 2018

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The Pleasure Trap boldly challenges conventional wisdom about sickness and unhappiness in today's contemporary culture and offers groundbreaking solutions for achieving change. Authors Douglas Lisle, Ph.D., and Alan Goldhamer,D.C., provide a fascinating new perspective on how modern life can turn so many smart, savvy people into the unwitting saboteurs of their own well-being.
Inspired by stunning original research, comprehensive clinical studies, and their successes with thousands of patients, the authors integrate principals of evolutionary biology with trailblazing, proactive strategies for wellness to argue that people who are chronically overweight, sick and ailing, or junk food junkies aren't that way because they're lazy, undisciplined, or stuck with bad genes. Most are victims of a dilemma that harkens back to our prehistoric past "the Pleasure Trap." Follow Lisle and Goldhamer's clinical experience and scientific investigations, along with new developments in human motivational psychology,to discover solutions for the challenges of keeping on a healthful course and how to make the most of your life.
This audiobook contains eight CD's and runs for 9 hours.

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About the Author

Dr. Lisle is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego (summa cum laude). He received the President's Fellowship and was a Dupont Scholar at the University of Virginia where he completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He was then appointed lecturer in psychology at Stanford University and was on the staff at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Lisle has been the clinical psychologist at the TrueNorth Health Center for over 30 years. He has published numerous articles in the scientific literature. Deeply dedicated to exploring the mysteries of human behavior from fresh, uncharted waters, his research in evolutionary psychology and its impact on health, happiness and the pursuit of pleasure is generating critical acclaim.

Dr. Goldhamer is a graduate of Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR, and founder of TrueNorth Health Center, a groundbreaking residential health education program where he has supervised the fasts of thousands of patients. Dr. Goldhamer is on the faculty of Bastyr University where he teaches clinical fasting and was the principal investigator in two landmark studies on this subject. These studies marked a turning point in the evolution of evidence supporting the benefits of water-only fasting. Dr. Goldhamer is also the author of The Health Promoting Cookbook: Simple, Guilt-Free, Vegetarian Recipes.

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