Eric Maisel

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 50-70 million adults in the United States experience chronic sleep deprivation. The average American sleeps for only 5.7 hours a night, 2 hours less than the recommended minimum. With Dr. Maisel's help, readers can learn how to snooze sooner and spend their hours in bed productively An expert on the effect of stress on sleep, Dr. Eric Maisel has innovated a way to manage anxiety and stress using the power of your own mind. A fresh and unexpected approach to problem-solving, Maisel participated in leading a study on various aspects of sleep. A positive and surprising discovery from this study, people can "assign" themselves a problem to solve during sleep and awaken with potential solutions. Night Brilliance is not only a guide to this practice for readers, but also a space to record your feelings and findings. It also provides ways to sleep more, more deeply, and relax sooner. Why does this work so well? According to Dr. Maisel and his colleagues' study, when you're asleep, you're not simultaneously working, scrolling, or multitasking in any way. You have your full mind dedicated to solving issues that arise during the day.

We live in stressful times. Some say that this is the most challenging time in history, it is fueled by ego, competition, injustice, and anxiety. Just glancing at news headlines each day is enough to cause alarm. Mental health experts, psychologists, therapists, and counselors have reported the rising levels of stress, depression, anxiety, worry, and fear, year after year, for the last two decades.We can either wring our hands and doom-scrolling, or we can do something about it. Brave New Mind offers ways to: Handle increasing stress in all areas of our lives. Join the powers of serenity and alertness of oneself. Cope with depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental illnesses. Find renewed strength and motivation we have lost. Make new meaning and find our life purpose. Create a brave new mind equal to this moment. Dr. Eric Maisel's work as a retired psychotherapist provides ways to deal not only with the extreme tension of today's existence but a path forward. Instead of relying only on medications, readers are guided to fortify and reinvigorate the mind. His optimistic approach redefines the worry of the world. Dr. Maisel has devised this practical, approachable, and inspiring way to face the struggles with calmness and serenity.

Widely regarded as a modern classic, Fearless Creating has taken its place among the greats of creativity literature. As the best work available on the stages of the creative process, the anxieties associated with each stage, and the strategies for dealing with creative challenges, this beloved book of immense value to new generations of creatives and to everyone who writes, paints, composes, or engages in any creative pursuit. Carefully guiding readers through the stages of the creative process—nurturing the wish to create, choosing your next subject, starting to work, persisting in the work, completing the work, and showing the work—Dr. Maisel provides readers with a clear picture of what’s required as a creative and new hope for overcoming creative blocks, realizing artistic dreams, and succeeding in the arts. As the author of more than twenty books for creatives, among them Affirmations for Artists and Coaching the Artist Within, as the founder of the profession of creativity coaching, and as a diplomat coach who trains coaches nationally and internationally, Dr. Maisel knows this territory—and shares his vast experience with new and seasoned creative alike. With an understanding that could only be gained through decades of working with creatives in all the disciplines, and from his own experience as the author of more than fifty books, Dr. Maisel guides readers past the pitfalls that appear at each stage of the creative process. By engaging with Dr. Maisel’s exercises and following his suggestions and advice, readers will emerge with renewed hope and confidence and with the tools needed to start and complete their creative work, meet the challenges of the creative life, and live life as a fearless creator.

Affirmations for Artists is designed to inspire and motivate creatives on their artistic journey. Combining powerful affirmations with reflective prompts and resonant quotations, it offers readers the chance to reconnect with their creative essence and reinforce their unique visions. Each affirmation is crafted to cultivate confidence, banish self-doubt, and renew a sense of purpose, helping artists of all mediums—painters, writers, musicians, craftspeople—to overcome creative blocks and embrace their work with resilience and joy. Readers receive a wellspring of inspiration through these intentional, carefully-crafted affirmations that can be used for daily renewal and positive focus. The book addresses core artistic challenges, like managing rejection, cultivating discipline, and discovering self-worth beyond external validation. Readers are encouraged to pause, absorb each affirmation, and consider how it resonates with their current journey. Accompanied by inspirational quotes and thoughtful exercises, Affirmations for Artists is an empowering resource for both seasoned creatives and those just beginning to explore their potential. With regular use, artists can cultivate a mindset of positivity and possibility, transforming their doubts into fuel for growth and exploration. This book is a classic companion on the journey to fully realizing creative potential—supporting artists not only in what they create but in the courage that it takes to keep creating. Each affirmation speaks to the heart of an artist’s experience, from the thrill of creation to the vulnerability of self-expression, making this powerful book a transformative tool for anyone engaged in the creative process.

Guided Journal for the Smart and SensitiveWhy do intelligent and sensitive people feel so much more than others? Why do smart people suffer from overthinking and anxiety and struggle to find meaningful success in life?A guided journal for mental health improvement. Working alongside Dr. Eric Maisel’s bestselling Why Smart People Hurt, this new guided journal helps you work through the difficult challenges bright, emotional people face on a daily basis. From navigating difficult family situations to understanding the connection between intelligence and depression, this journal will help you understand yourself on a whole new level. A sensitive people book made for those looking to create meaning in their lives.Personal growth guidance. Working through your thoughts and emotions using the Why Smart People Hurt Journal will kickstart a personal growth journey you never saw coming. Using Dr. Eric Maisel’s revolutionary principles, you will better understand who you are as a person and why you may have difficulty finding success and maintaining relationships.Inside, you’ll find:Reflective writing prompts to guide you through difficult emotions.Ways to find work that utilizes your intelligence while providing meaning.Support through your groundbreaking journey to self-improvement.If you liked Sensitive Is the New Strong, the 52-Week Mental Health Journal, or Why Smart People Hurt, you’ll love Why Smart People Hurt Journal.

Go on a Journey Towards Personal Growth and Unlock Your Life’s PurposeUnravel the myth of a singular life purpose ingrained in religious teachings and societal notions#1 New Release in Free Will & Determinism PhilosophyLiberate yourself from the "life purpose trap." Leading life coach, regular contributor to Psychology Today, and renowned author Eric Maisel presents a contemporary philosophy that challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding how to live.Discover the transformative philosophy of Choose Your Life Purposes. Explore the step-by-step process to identify your core values, unlocking what truly matters to you. This groundbreaking book empowers you to embrace multiple life purposes, fostering personal growth and awareness. No longer confined to endless seeking, you'll learn to live life now, irrespective of circumstances.How to live your best life. Explore the art of crafting life purpose statements, mantras, and icons to reinforce your choices. Make living with purpose a daily practice, transforming your life into a purpose-filled journey. Say goodbye to fruitless searches for meaning and embark on a personal growth revolution.Inside:Learn how to develop your personal values listCreate a personal roadmap for a fulfilling and purposeful existenceHave a guide at your fingertips on how to live with purpose dailyLearn how to handle existential crisesAcquire new tools to heal depression, anxiety, and addictionIf you liked From Strength to Strength, How to Ikigai, or Creating a Life That Matters, you’ll love Choose Your Life Purposes.

Break Free from Emotionally Abusive ParentsParents Who Bully exposes the hidden epidemic of parental emotional abuse and authoritarianism, providing crucial insights and healing strategies for those affected. Learn how to break free from toxic parenting and find the path to emotional recovery and freedom.Uncover the truth about authoritarian parenting in Parents Who Bully. Through compelling real-life accounts and authoritative research, you'll gain invaluable insights into the signs of emotionally abusive parents. Understand the lasting impact of authoritarian parenting styles, and discover the path to healing and emotional freedom. This eye-opening book empowers you to confront the turmoil and scars caused by parental emotional abuse, offering a guide to recovery and personal transformation.Are you ready to break free from the chains of the authoritarian personality? Parents Who Bully equips you with the tools to recognize and overcome the toxic dynamics of your family. With expert guidance, you'll learn how to deal with emotionally abusive parents, heal your emotional wounds, and ultimately find relief and empowerment.Inside, you’ll find:In-depth insights into emotionally abusive parents and their impact on adult childrenAuthoritative research and real-life accounts that demonstrate the signs of toxic parenting stylesPractical strategies to break free from bad parents and heal deep emotional woundsA comprehensive roadmap for understanding, recovery, and personal growth in the face of parental emotional abuseIf you learned from reading Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents; Children of the Self-Absorbed; or Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters; you’ll love Parents Who Bully.

A Guided Journal for Self-Worth and Self-Acceptance#1 New Release in Guided JournalA motivational journal with prompts, positive affirmations, inspirational quotes, and age-old wisdom, Affirmations for Self-Love is an invitation to listen to your inner self and be inspired.An oasis of peace, serenity, and love. The world is a noisy, distracting place. Affirmations for Self-Love is full of uplifting words and energy from the world’s wisdom traditions that support you as you find moments of calm and respond to heart-opening journal prompts.A space for self-expression and deep thinking. Let the uplifting, positive affirmations in this guided journal lead you on an inspirational journey towards self-acceptance and self-worth. Express yourself deeply and think and feel in ways that increase your confidence as you interact with this motivational journal.Discover words of encouragement and strength from two prominent experts in the self-love journal writing field, nationally-renowned psychologist Eric Maisel and preeminent journaling expert Lynda Monk. Inside this self-love affirmations journal with prompts, you’ll find:Built-in space for self-reflection to reduce stress, increase self-esteem, and maintain positive mental healthAffirming, inspirational quotes from the world’s wisdom traditions that guide your journaling with gentleness and encouragementA unique combination of expertise in self-development that offers a journaling tool and process that guides readers to deeper self-understanding and empowermentIf you liked motivational journals with prompts and positive affirmations such as Badass Affirmations; Seen, Loved and Heard; A Year of Self-Love Journal; or Soul Therapy, you’ll love Affirmations for Self-Love.

Make Your Gifted Life Meaningful"This book will make a smart person even smarter." -Dr. Katharine Brooks, You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career#1 Bestseller in Counseling & Psychology, Attention-Deficit Disorder, and Mood DisordersOvercome your unique challenges. The challenges smart and creative people encounter-from scientific researchers and genius award winners to bestselling novelists, Broadway actors, high-powered attorneys, and academics-often include anxiety, overthinking, mania, sadness, and despair. In Why Smart, Creative and Highly Sensitive People Hurt, psychology specialist and creativity coach Dr. Eric Maisel draws on his many years of work with the best and the brightest to pinpoint these often devastating challenges and offer solutions based on the groundbreaking principles and practices of natural psychology.Find meaningful success. Do you understand what meaning is, what it isn’t, and how to create it? Do you know how to organize your day around meaning investments and meaning opportunities? Are you still searching for meaning after all these years? Many smart people struggle with reaching for or maintaining success because, after all of the work they put into attaining it, it still seems meaningless. In Why Smart, Creative and Highly Sensitive People Hurt, Dr. Maisel teaches you how to stop searching for meaning and create it for yourself.In Why Smart, Creative and Highly Sensitive People Hurt, you will find:You are not alone in your struggles with living in a world that wasn't built for you or your intelligenceLogic- and creativity-based strategies to cope with having a brain that goes into overdrive at the drop of a hatQuestions that help you create your own personal roadmap to a calm and meaningful lifeReaders of true, natural self-help books for gifted people struggling with life, anxiety, and depression, like Living With Intensity, Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults, or Your Rainforest Mind, will learn how to create meaning in their lives with Why Smart, Creative and Highly Sensitive People Hurt.

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR PROFESSIONAL COACHES AND SELF-COACHES In this first-of-its-kind book, a revered master coach explains exactly how coaches can conduct meaning-filled sessions -- and how clients can best benefit from the coaching they receive. Eric Maisel presents thirteen weeks of short daily lessons where you'll learn the nuts and bolts of coaching -- what to say when, how to ask questions, and crucially, how to manifest the spirit of coaching. Maisel guides you to: - understand yourself so that you can better understand others. - prep for coaching with a deep awareness of your and your clients' goals and mission. - ask quality questions, handle defensiveness, and grapple with limited progress. - cheer and encourage to get action and results. Supremely practical, each of Maisel's lessons ends with exercises and a journal prompt. The result is an easy-to-use, field-tested guide for current coaches and coaches in training (as well as managers, mentors, and teachers) and an invaluable resource for anyone working with a coach or thinking about working with one.

Get the Inside Scoop on Teenage PsychologyOur teens are our future so it’s only right that we invest in understanding them! This guide book provides solutions to improve teenage issues and interpersonal communication. Helpful guide to understanding teenage psychology. In Why Smart Teens Hurt, Dr. Eric Maisel, best-selling author of Why Smart People Hurt, and one of the world’s leading experts on the issues of childhood, shares a unique exploration of the teen problems adolescents face. Maisel guides us on what it’s like to inhabit the racing, often troubled realm of teenage psychology, and he provides powerful strategies to help parents and smart teens alike.Healthy ways to address teenage issues. Teen parenting books usually look at teenagers as objects. But Why Smart Teens Hurt empowers parents to be empathetic towards their teens while also understanding the struggles of adolescence and teenage behavior. Parents will gain a new level of understanding and a new appreciation of their smart teen’s reality.Inside, you’ll find:A comprehensive breakdown of teenage psychologyStrategies and solutions to help your smart teen reach their full potentialA uniquely crafted reading experience for both parents and teensIf you liked books such as Smart but Scattered Teens, Focus and Thrive, or Scattered to Focused, you’ll love Why Smart Teens Hurt.

Daily Mindful Minutes are Necessary for StillnessDavid Kundtz offers readers mindful minutes through the power of stillness. In the haste of everyday life, Quiet Mind offers us an extension of time by allotting us moments of healing and self introspection. Find yourself in the spaces between yourself and life. The miracle of mindfulness is a welcome respite for anyone who lives a life that feels nonstop. Connect with your inner self by pausing your thoughts, banishing your self-doubt, and embracing a daily practice of observing a moment of silence. Welcome yourself to a quiet mind. Quiet Mind is an invitation to rest, find peace, awaken, and remember. You will find guidance on using the moments between activities, which the author calls “still points,” as opportunities to focus on becoming more fully awake to who you are at any time, even during one, sacred mindful minute.Inside this mindful moment book, you’ll find:Ways to cultivate a positive mindset to remain open to infinite possibilities of spiritual growthA series of reflections that can assist you with unwinding anxiety blocking your path to spiritual connectionInsight that stems from spirituality and the psychology of introspection If you like how to “be mindful” books like Return to You, Breath, or Each Day a Renewed Beginning, you’ll love Quiet Mind.

Improve your Brain Health and Live a Full Life“A friendly, wide-ranging tip sheet for understanding and maintaining the human brain, with exercises . . . that consciously incorporate all of the senses.”—Publishers WeeklyA Better Brain for Better Aging offers a complete plan for improving brain health in an engaging and accessible way.Holistic brain health exercises, from body and brain games to good brain food. Health and science writer Sondra Kornblatt, along with the numerous experts she’s interviewed in A Better Brain for Better Aging, can help you put your head on straight through healthy activities for the body and stimulating exercises for good brain health. Improving your exercise, feeding your brain, and practicing simple movements can do wonders for your mental and physical health.Overcome brain fog and enhance memory improvement. In A Better Brain for Better Aging, Kornblatt teaches you how to reduce stress and optimize mental agility. Learn how the brain interacts with the body, what habits improve mind stimulation, and how to maximize learning. In this book, Kornblatt provides tips for a strong brain to improve memory, cognition, and creativity so you can function better in your active life.In this book, you’ll find:Quick and helpful tips that benefit and improve your brainUp-to-date and informative explanations on brain plasticity and how the mind and body work together to improve brain healthMore than 100 extensively researched ideas to improve brain function and mental agility, boost your creativity and overall brain power, and avoid brain overloadIf you liked Keep Sharp, Memory Rescue, or Successful Aging, then you’ll love A Better Brain for Better Aging.

Change Not Only What You Think—But How You Think2021 INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist!#1 Best Seller in Creativity Self-HelpExperience a complete mental fitness and cognitive change program through simple visualization exercises. Eric Maisel, PhD. guides you through techniques that change not only what you think—but how you think.Your mind is yours to redesign, redecorate and create! The idea that you are what you think has concerned philosophers from Marcus Aurelius to the Buddha. Today, this age-old message is delivered via cognitive behavioral therapy and CBT techniques. Dr. Maisel moves cognitive change a giant step forward by describing the room that is your mind and how human consciousness is experienced there. Packed with visualization exercises, this accessible guide makes redesigning your mind and changing what you think easy and simple, an upgrade to the CBT method.Visualization exercises for easy assembly. That room that is your mind is a space that you can decorate, air out, furnish, and turn into a truly congenial place. By practicing these easy-to-understand visualization exercises, you can redesign your mind and change not only what you think but how you think. Each of these techniques addresses major challenges like depression, anxiety, addiction, procrastination, and loneliness and promote cognitive growth, trauma healing, and fundamental change.Inside, you’ll also find information that could help you:Increase your creativityReduce your anxietyRid yourself of chronic depressionRecover from addictionHeal from past traumaAchieve emotional wellbeingLive your life purposesIf you enjoyed books like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple, Feeling Better, or The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, then you’ll love Redesign Your Mind.

In the midst of life's ongoing pressures, a powerful, ten-second technique can change fear or worry into calm, strength, and centeredness. The basis of Ten Zen Seconds lies in using a single deep breath as a container for a specific thought. Blending Eastern principles of breath awareness and mindfulness with Western principles of positive psychology, this guide presents meditative incantations that offer powerful antidotes to stress, procrastination, and anxiety. The technique is simple to grasp, simple to use, simple to practice, and simple to master. It can be used anywhere, anytime, by anyone, and it provides profound benefits. You'll find yourself able to do things that previously felt too painful or too difficult to attempt and discover how to quiet and center yourself before an important meeting or conversation. Ultimately, you'll change your basic attitudes about life, becoming peaceful and upbeat instead of anxious or pessimistic.

Many of the difficult people you encounter in daily life can be avoided, but what if they're family members? What if the difficult person is a parent, a sibling, one of your children, or your mate? In Overcoming Your Difficult Family, life coach and retired family therapist Eric Maisel offers useful strategies for dealing with the people you're connected to for life, even when they are not cooperative. Dr. Maisel tackles the problematic aspects of families, describing eight vital skills to help you cope with challenging relationships. The book also serves as a unique "field guide" to common types of dysfunctional families -- authoritarian families, anxious families, addicted families, and more -- and how to thrive despite those dynamics. By following Dr. Maisel's battle-tested advice, you'll learn to maintain inner peace in the midst of family chaos and create a better life for your whole family.

The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disorder diagnoses." It paints a picture of how mental health providers can improve their practices to better serve individuals in distress and outlines necessary steps for a mental health revolution. Eric Maisel's goal is to inject more human interaction into the therapeutic process. Maisel powerfully deconstructs the "mental disorder" paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices. The author presents a revolutionary alternative, a "human experience" paradigm. He sheds a bright light on the differences between so-called "psychiatric medication" and mere chemicals with powerful effects, explains why the DSM-5 is silent on causes, silent on treatment, and wedded to illegitimate "symptom pictures." Maisel describes powerful helping alternatives like communities of care, and explains why one day "human experience specialists" may replace current mental health professionals. An important book for both service providers and service users, The Future of Mental Health brilliantly unmasks current mental health practices and goes an important step further: it describes what we are obliged to do in order to secure better mental health services—and better mental health—for everyone.