Internal Power

Where Do You Think Violence Really Stems From?

There are theories that violence stems from a severely disturbed childhood. Some think it comes from having a low self esteem. Or maybe from needing attention. Some people even think it’s in your DNA. What do you think causes violent people (domestic abusers, gang members, school bullies..etc)

finding your self in the depths of despair with no foreseeable way out, and becoming irate over your inadequacy to do anything about it, causing you to snap.

The Offspring – Self Esteem

Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology) $25.83 This innovative text sheds light on how people work – why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. Dweck presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows: *How these patterns originate in people’s self-theories *Their consequences for the person – for achievement, so…

Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life, 8-CD set: Living the Wisdom of the Tao $19.47 Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses, which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of our existence. The classic text of these 81 verses, called the Tao Te Ching or the Great Way, offers advice and guidance that is balanced, moral, spiritual, and always concerned with working for the good. In th…

On Becoming Fearless…in Love, Work, and Life $4.24 Observing that her own teenage daughters were beginning to experience some of the same fears that had once burdened her–how attractive am I? do people like me? do I dare speak up?–Arianna Huffington began to examine the ways in which fear affects all our lives. In stories drawn from her own experiences and from the lives of other women, she points toward the moments of extraordinary strength, co…