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Chapter 2:

Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s search for meaning. Beacon Press. (Original work published 1946)

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Chapter 4:

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. Springer. https://link.springer.com

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Chapter 5:

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Chapter 6:

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row.

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Chapter 7:

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Chapter 8:

Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497–529.

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Buddha, G. (2010). The Dhammapada: The sayings of the Buddha. Oxford University Press.

Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (1998). On the self-regulation of behavior. Cambridge University Press.

Damasio, A. R. (1999). The feeling of what happens: Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. Harcourt Brace.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218–226.

Gilbert, P. (2009). The compassionate mind. Constable & Robinson.

Heidegger, M. (1962). Being and Time (J. Macquarrie & E. Robinson, Trans.). Harper & Row. (Original work published 1927)

Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263–292.

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Linehan, M. M. (1993). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder. Guilford Press.
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Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking rumination. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3(5), 400–424.

Panksepp, J. (1998). Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions. Oxford University Press.

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Schopenhauer, A. (2010). The world as will and representation (E. F. J. Payne, Trans.). Dover Publications. (Original work published 1819)

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Siegel, D. J. (2010). The mindful brain: Reflection and attunement in the cultivation of well-being. W. W. Norton & Company.

Vaillant, G. E. (2002). Aging well: Surprising guideposts to a happier life from the landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development. Little, Brown.

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Chapter 9:

Barrett, L. F., & Satpute, A. B. (2019). Emotional experiences and the brain: When the heart is also the mind. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 20(5), 282–293.

Bechara, A., Damasio, H., & Damasio, A. R. (2000). Emotion, decision making, and the orbitofrontal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 10(3), 295–307.

Cannon, W. B. (1932). The wisdom of the body. Norton.

Carhart-Harris, R. L., & Friston, K. J. (2010). The default-mode, ego-functions, and free-energy: A neurobiological account of Freudian ideas. Brain, 133(4), 1265–1283.

Clore, G. L., & Palmer, J. (2009). Affective guidance of intelligent action. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(4), 415–433.

Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes’ error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. Putnam Publishing.

Davidson, R. J., & McEwen, B. S. (2012). Social influences on neuroplasticity: Stress and interventions to promote well-being. Nature Neuroscience, 15(5), 689–695.

Ekman, P. (1999). Basic emotions. In T. Dalgleish & M. Power (Eds.), Handbook of Cognition and Emotion (pp. 45–60). Wiley.

Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (2017). Social cognition: From brains to culture (3rd ed.). SAGE.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218–226.

Frijda, N. H. (1986). The emotions. Cambridge University Press.

Gazzaniga, M. S., Ivry, R. B., & Mangun, G. R. (2018). Cognitive neuroscience: The biology of the mind (5th ed.). W. W. Norton.

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LeDoux, J. E. (1996). The emotional brain: The mysterious underpinnings of emotional life. Simon & Schuster.

Levenson, R. W. (1999). The intrapersonal functions of emotion. Cognition & Emotion, 13(5), 481–504.

Lieberman, M. D. (2013). Social: Why our brains are wired to connect. Crown.

MacLean, P. D. (1990). The triune brain in evolution. Plenum Press.

McEwen, B. S. (2007). Central effects of stress hormones in health and disease: Understanding the protective and damaging effects of stress and stress mediators. European Journal of Pharmacology, 583(2-3), 174–185.

Miller, E. K., & Cohen, J. D. (2001). An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 24, 167–202.

Porges, S. W. (2001). The polyvagal theory: Phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 42(2), 123–146.

Schacter, D. L. (2011). Psychology (3rd ed.). Worth Publishers.

Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.

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Chapter 10:

Campbell, J. (1949). The hero with a thousand faces. Princeton University Press.

Haidt, J. (2012). The righteous mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion. Pantheon Books.

Nietzsche, F. (1886). Beyond good and evil: Prelude to a philosophy of the future (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). Vintage Books. (Original work published 1886)

Plomin, R. (2018). Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are. MIT Press.

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Zuckerman, M. (1994). Behavioral expressions and biosocial bases of sensation seeking. Cambridge University Press.

Pinker, S. (2011). The better angels of our nature: Why violence has declined. Viking Press.

Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes’ error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. Harper Perennial.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Free Press.

Wilson, E. O. (1998). Consilience: The unity of knowledge. Alfred A. Knopf.

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Chapter 11:

Curley, E. M. (1985). Behind the Geometrical Method: A Reading of Spinoza’s Ethics. Princeton University Press.

Nadler, S. (1999). Spinoza: A Life. Cambridge University Press.

Della Rocca, M. (2008). Spinoza. Routledge.

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Wolfson, H. A. (1962). The Philosophy of Spinoza: Unfolding the Latent Processes of His Reasoning. Harvard University Press.

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James, S. (2010). Spinoza on Philosophy, Religion, and Politics: The Theologico-Political Treatise. Oxford University Press.

Klever, W. N. A. (1996). Spinoza and Spinozism: The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Mellen Press.

Melamed, Y. Y. (2013). Spinoza’s Metaphysics: Substance and Thought. Oxford University Press.

Israel, J. I. (2001). Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity 1650–1750. Oxford University Press.

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Chapter 12:

Aristotle. (2009). Nicomachean ethics. Oxford University Press.

Beck, A. T. (1976). Cognitive therapy and the emotional disorders. International Universities Press.

Buddha. (2013). The Dhammapada (E. Easwaran, Trans.). Nilgiri Press.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row.

Descartes, R. (1996). Meditations on first philosophy (J. Cottingham, Trans.). Cambridge University Press.

Frankl, V. E. (1984). Man’s search for meaning. Beacon Press.

Freud, S. (1914). On narcissism: An introduction. Hogarth Press.

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James, W. (1902). The varieties of religious experience. Longmans, Green & Co.

Jung, C. G. (1961). Memories, dreams, reflections. Pantheon Books.

Kant, I. (1785). Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals. Cambridge University Press.

Lao Tzu. (2008). Tao Te Ching (S. Mitchell, Trans.). Harper Perennial.

Nietzsche, F. (1886). Beyond good and evil. Dover Publications.

Nietzsche, F. (1889). Twilight of the idols. Oxford University Press.

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Plato. (2007). The Republic (B. Jowett, Trans.). Oxford University Press.

Rousseau, J.-J. (1762). The social contract. Penguin Books.

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Chapter 13:

Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497–529.

Buber, M. (1970). I and Thou (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection. W. W. Norton & Company.

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. Springer Science & Business Media.

Dunbar, R. I. M. (1993). Coevolution of neocortical size, group size and language in humans. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16(4), 681–694.

Dunbar, R. I. M. (2010). How many friends does one person need? Dunbar’s number and other evolutionary quirks. Faber & Faber.

Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2004). Why it hurts to be left out: The neurocognitive overlap between physical and social pain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(7), 294–300.

Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(2), 377–389.

Gilbert, P. (2009). The compassionate mind. New Harbinger Publications.

Goleman, D. (2006). Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Bantam Books.

Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2010). Loneliness matters: A theoretical and empirical review of consequences and mechanisms. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 40(2), 218–227.

Heine, S. J. (2015). Cultural psychology. W. W. Norton & Company.

Henrich, J. (2015). The secret of our success: How culture is driving human evolution, domesticating our species, and making us smarter. Princeton University Press.

Hofstede, G. (2001). Culture’s consequences: Comparing values, behaviors, institutions, and organizations across nations. SAGE Publications.

Honneth, A. (1995). The struggle for recognition: The moral grammar of social conflicts. MIT Press.

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Lieberman, M. D. (2013). Social: Why our brains are wired to connect. Crown.

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Nisbett, R. E. (2003). The geography of thought: How Asians and Westerners think differently—and why. Free Press.

Pinker, S. (2011). The better angels of our nature: Why violence has declined. Viking.

Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Press.

Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. Guilford Press.

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Chapter 14:

Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2012). Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. New York, NY: Penguin Press.

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Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. New York, NY: Free Press.

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Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
Duckworth, A. L. (2016). Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. New York, NY: Scribner.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.

Baer, R. A. (2003). Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2), 125-143.

END OF CHAPTER 14

Chapter 15:

Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower: Rediscovering the greatest human strength. Penguin Books.

Aquinas, T. (1993). Summa Theologica (Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Trans.). Christian Classics. (Original work published 1485)

Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Press.

Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits: An easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones. Avery.

Duhigg, C. (2012). The power of habit: Why we do what we do in life and business. Random House.

END OF CHAPTER 15

Chapter 16:

Freud, S. (1920). Beyond the pleasure principle. Hogarth Press.

Nietzsche, F. (1886). Beyond good and evil: Prelude to a philosophy of the future (W. Kaufmann, Trans., 1966). Vintage Books.

Foucault, M. (1977). Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison (A. Sheridan, Trans.). Pantheon Books.

Minois, G. (1999). History of suicide: Voluntary death in Western culture. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Yalom, I. D. (2008). Staring at the sun: Overcoming the terror of death. Jossey-Bass.

Becker, E. (1973). The denial of death. Free Press.
(A psychological and cultural exploration of humanity’s defense mechanisms against the fear of death.)

Ariès, P. (1974). Western attitudes toward death: From the middle ages to the present. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Blanke, B. (2012). Memento Mori: Death and photography in nineteenth-century America. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Kaufmann, W. (1974). Nietzsche: Philosopher, psychologist, antichrist (4th ed.). Princeton University Press.
(Comprehensive examination of Nietzsche’s philosophical ideas, including the will to power.)

Roudinesco, E. (2003). Freud: In his time and ours. Harvard University Press.

END OF CHAPTER 16

Chapter 17:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. (1943). The Little Prince (K. Woods, Trans.). New York: Reynal & Hitchcock.

Bunge, S. A., & Zelazo, P. D. (2006). A brain-based account of the development of rule use in childhood. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15(3), 118–121.

Craig, A. D. (2009). How do you feel — now? The anterior insula and human awareness. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 10(1), 59–70.

Damasio, A. R. (2000). The feeling of what happens: Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. Harcourt.

Eagleman, D. (2011). Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. Pantheon.

McGilchrist, I. (2009). The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. Yale University Press.

Spinoza, B. (1677/2001). Ethics. (E. Curley, Trans.). Penguin Classics.

Winnicott, D. W. (1971). Playing and Reality. London: Routledge.

Yalom, I. D. (1980). Existential Psychotherapy. Basic Books.

For information about dopaminergic responses in children and creativity, Grace, A. A. (2016). Dopamine system dysregulation and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 181, 88–90.

For references on “Memento Mori” and philosophical reflections:
Becker, E. (1973). The Denial of Death. Free Press.

END OF CHAPTER 17

Chapter 18:

Nietzsche, F. (1882). Die fröhliche Wissenschaft. C.G. Naumann.

Goethe, J. W. von. (1833). Maximen und Reflexionen. In Goethe’s Werke (Vol. 12). Cotta.

Freud, S. (1923). Das Ich und das Es. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag.

Jung, C. G. (1969). Archetypen und das kollektive Unbewusste. DTV.

Popper, K. R. (1959). The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Routledge.

Kuhn, T. S. (1962). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press.

Hacking, I. (1983). Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science. Cambridge University Press.

Einstein, A. (1936). Physics and Reality. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 221(3), 349-382.

Heisenberg, W. (1958). Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science. Harper & Row.

Lakatos, I. (1970). Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes. In I. Lakatos & A.

Musgrave (Eds.), Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (pp. 91-196). Cambridge University Press.

Descartes, R. (1637). Discours de la méthode. Ian Maire.

Ibn al-Haytham. (c. 1021). Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics). Cairo.

Bacon, F. (1620). Novum Organum. William Lee.

Darwin, C. (1859). On the Origin of Species. John Murray.

Curie, M. (1904). Radioactive Substances. McGraw-Hill.

END OF CHAPTER 18

Chapter 19:

Loftus, E. F. (1997). Creating false memories. Scientific American, 277(3), 70-75.

Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185(4157), 1124-1131.

Roese, N. J., & Vohs, K. D. (2012). Hindsight bias. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(5), 411-426.

Pyszczynski, T., Greenberg, J., & Solomon, S. (1999). A dual-process model of defense against conscious and unconscious death-related thoughts: An extension of terror management theory. Psychological Review, 106(4), 835-845.

Conway, M. A., & Pleydell-Pearce, C. W. (2000). The construction of autobiographical memories in the self-memory system. Psychological Review, 107(2), 261-288.

Books:

Kierkegaard, S. (1843). Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (D. F. Swenson, Trans.). Princeton University Press.

Nietzsche, F. (1882). The Gay Science (W. Kaufmann, Trans.). Vintage.

Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being. Free Press.

Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2012). Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. Penguin Books.

END OF CHAPTER 19

Chapter 20:

Heraclitus. (2001). Fragments (T. M. Robinson, Trans.). University of Toronto Press.

Ovid. (2004). Metamorphoses (A. D. Melville, Trans.). Oxford University Press.

Assmann, J. (2011). Cultural memory and early civilization: Writing, remembrance, and political imagination. Cambridge University Press.

Connerton, P. (1989). How societies remember. Cambridge University Press.

van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Viking.

Doidge, N. (2007). The brain that changes itself: Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science. Viking.

Kandel, E. R. (2006). In search of memory: The emergence of a new science of mind. W. W. Norton & Company.

  • Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist’s exploration of memory and how the brain adapts.

Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. Guilford Press.

END OF CHAPTER 20

Chapter 21:

Nietzsche, F. (2006). Thus spoke Zarathustra (A. Del Caro, Trans.). Cambridge University Press.

Magnus, B. (1999). Nietzsche’s Existential Imperative. Indiana University Press.

Jung, C. G. (1961). Memories, dreams, reflections (A. Jaffé, Ed.). Random House.

Maslow, A. H. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4), 370–396.

Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. Guilford Press.

Ricoeur, P. (2004). Memory, history, forgetting (K. Blamey & D. Pellauer, Trans.). University of Chicago Press.

Assmann, J. (2011). Cultural memory and early civilization: Writing, remembrance, and political imagination. Cambridge University Press.

Erikson, E. H. (1959). Identity and the life cycle. Norton.

Levinson, D. J. (1986). The seasons of a man’s life. Ballantine Books.

Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s search for meaning (I. Lasch, Trans.). Beacon Press.

Neff, K. D. (2003). The role of self-compassion in development: A healthier way of relating to oneself. Self and Identity, 2(2), 85–101.

END OF CHAPTER 21

Chapter 22:

Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9(2), 111–131.

Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55–86.

Tamir, M., John, O. P., Srivastava, S., & Gross, J. J. (2007). Implicit theories of emotion: Affective and social outcomes across a major life transition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(4), 731–744.

Fredrickson, B. L., & Joiner, T. (2002). Positive emotions trigger upward spirals toward emotional well-being. Psychological Science, 13(2), 172–175.

Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Scollon, C. N. (2006). Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the adaptation theory of well-being. American Psychologist, 61(4), 305–314.

Lyubomirsky, S., Dickerhoof, R., Boehm, J. K., & Sheldon, K. M. (2011). Becoming happier takes both a will and a proper way: An experimental longitudinal intervention to boost well-being. Emotion, 11(2), 391–402.

Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(5), 1045–1062.

Headey, B. (2008). Life goals matter to happiness: A revision of set-point theory. Social Indicators Research, 86, 213–231.

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Free Press.

END OF CHAPTER 22

Chapter 23:

On treating the body well. (2024). Journal of Holistic Wellness, 12(3), 45-62.

The body as the anchor of life. (2024). Existential Psychology Review, 8(1), 120-135.

Discipline vs. pleasure: A balanced approach to well-being. (2024). Journal of Positive Psychology, 19(5), 678-692.

The science of happiness: How bodily care shapes mental health. (2024). The Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(2), 201-215.

Evolutionary wisdom: Listening to the body’s intelligence. (2024). Adaptive Behavior, 32(4), 500-515.

Body and mind: An indivisible connection. (2024). The American Psychologist, 79(6), 800-814.

The pitfalls of quick dopamine. (2024). Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 13(1), 78-92.

Body first, mind second: Resolving psychological distress through physical health. (2024). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 180, 56-70.

The loyal companion: The body as our truest friend. (2024). Personal Relationships, 31(3), 400-415.

Teresa of Ávila vs. Winston Churchill: Divergent interpretations of bodily care. (2024). Philosophy & Theology, 29(1-2), 145-160.

END OF CHAPTER 23

Chapter 24:

Descartes, R. (1998). Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy (D. A. Cress, Trans.). Hackett Publishing Company. (Original work published 1637)

Nietzsche, F. (2002). Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (J. Norman, Trans.). Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 1886)

Schweitzer, A. (1931). Aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendzeit. Verlag C. H. Beck.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.

Maslow, A. H. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4), 370–396.

END OF CHAPTER 24

Chapter 25:

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row.

Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.

Epictetus. (2008). The Discourses of Epictetus (R. Hard, Trans.). Oxford University Press.

Newport, C. (2016). Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Grand Central Publishing.

Ferrucci, P. (2006). The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life. TarcherPerigee.

Nhat Hanh, T. (2015). The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now. HarperOne.

Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press.

Chittister, J. (2011). The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. BlueBridge.

Fitts, P. M., & Posner, M. I. (1967). Human Performance. Brooks/Cole.

Alexander, B. K. (2008). The globalization of addiction: A study in poverty of the spirit. Oxford University Press.

Burkeman, O. (2021). Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Rubin, G. (2015). Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits. Crown.

Aristotle. (1985). Nicomachean Ethics (T. Irwin, Trans.). Hackett Publishing Company.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. Free Press.

END OF CHAPTER 25

Chapter 26:

  1. Cleary, T. (1993). The Book of Five Rings. Shambhala Publications.
  2. Benesch, O. (2014). Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan. Oxford University Press.
  3. Hurst, G. C. (1998). Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery. Yale University Press.
  4. Suzuki, D. T. (1959). Zen and Japanese Culture. Princeton University Press.
  5. Nakamura, H. (1964). Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan. University of Hawaii Press.
  6. Covey, S. R. (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Free Press.
  7. Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row.
  8. Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.
  9. Merton, T. (1965). The Way of Chuang Tzu. New Directions Publishing.
  10. Nhat Hanh, T. (1991). Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life. Bantam Books.

END OF CHAPTER 26

Chapter 27:

Jung, Carl Gustav (1964). Man and His Symbols. London: Aldus Books.

Jung, Carl Gustav (1960). The Undiscovered Self. Princeton University Press.

Frankl, Viktor E. (1946). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press.

Musashi, Miyamoto (1645). The Book of Five Rings.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (1990). Full Catastrophe Living. Delacorte Press.

Spinoza, Baruch (1677). Ethics.

Nietzsche, Friedrich (1882). The Gay Science. Cambridge University Press.

Bowlby, John (1969). Attachment and Loss. Basic Books.

Goleman, Daniel (1995). Emotional Intelligence. Bantam Books.

Hillman, James (1996). The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling. Random House.

END OF CHAPTER 27

Chapter 28:

Brown, T. A., & Smith, J. P. (2023). Language and perception: Cognitive boundaries in social contexts. Cambridge University Press.

Chomsky, N. (2018). Syntax and cognitive frameworks: Exploring language’s impact on thought. Oxford University Press.

Fischer, K. L., & Zhao, Y. (2021). “Language and the self: Emotional naming in psychotherapy.” Journal of Behavioral Psychology, 45(3), 211–230.

Green, M. J., & White, H. R. (2019). “Metaphors of the mind: Understanding emotional language in social settings.” Journal of Cognitive Linguistics, 12(2), 156–175.

Langdon, R. W. (2022). The unconscious mind in the light of linguistic relativity. Routledge.

Lewis, S. D., & Keller, B. (2020). “The cognitive cost of ambiguity: Neurological patterns of language processing.” Neuropsychological Studies Quarterly, 18(1), 54–72.

Patel, R., & Cheng, S. (2017). Bilingual cognition and emotional regulation: Insights from neuroplasticity research. Springer.

Thompson, G., & Weiss, L. (2023). Naming the unknown: Language, emotion, and the self. University of Chicago Press.

Wittgenstein, L. (1922). Tractatus logico-philosophicus (D. F. Pears & B. F. McGuinness, Trans.). Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Zhang, F., & Morales, E. (2020). “Cultural linguistics and the perception of freedom: Comparative studies of Chinese and German speakers.” International Journal of Cultural Studies, 15(4), 302–320.

END OF CHAPTER 28

Chapter 29:

Damasio, A. R. (1999). The feeling of what happens: Body and emotion in the making of consciousness. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Gallese, V., & Goldman, A. (1998). “Mirror neurons and the simulation theory of mind-reading.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2(12), 493–501.

Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. Bantam Books.

Harari, Y. N. (2015). Sapiens: A brief history of humankind. Harper.

Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors we live by. University of Chicago Press.

Pinker, S. (2007). The stuff of thought: Language as a window into human nature. Viking.

Rifkin, J. (2010). The empathic civilization: The race to global consciousness in a world in crisis. Polity Press.

Spinoza, B. (1677). Ethics (E. Curley, Trans.). Princeton University Press. (Original work published in 1677)

Tomasello, M. (2019). Becoming human: A theory of ontogeny. Belknap Press.

Zlatev, J. (2008). “The co-evolution of language and empathy.” Consciousness and Cognition, 17(3), 543–552.

END OF CHAPTER 29

Chapter 30:

Arendt, H. (1973). The origins of totalitarianism. Harcourt, Brace & World.

Fromm, E. (1941). Escape from freedom. Farrar & Rinehart.

Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority: An experimental view. Harper & Row.

Foucault, M. (1995). Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison (A. Sheridan, Trans.). Vintage Books. (Original work published 1975)

Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (2016). Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Guilford Press.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Atria Books.

Laozi. (2006). Tao Te Ching (S. Addiss & S. Lombardo, Trans.). Hackett Publishing Company.

Nietzsche, F. (1997). On the genealogy of morality (C. Diethe, Trans.; K. Ansell-Pearson, Ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Bandura, A. (1999). Moral disengagement in the perpetration of inhumanities. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3(3), 193–209.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.

END OF CHAPTER 30

Chapter 31:

Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., & Funder, D. C. (2007). Psychology as the science of self-reports and finger movements: Whatever happened to actual behavior? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2(4), 396-403.

Beck, A. T. (1979). Cognitive therapy and emotional disorders. Penguin.

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218-226.

Goleman, D. (2006). Social intelligence: The revolutionary new science of human relationships. Bantam Books.

James, W. (1907). Pragmatism: A new name for some old ways of thinking. Longmans, Green & Co.

Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131(6), 803-855.

Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Oxford University Press.

Seligman, M. E. P. (1991). Learned optimism: How to change your mind and your life. Knopf.

Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. Guilford Press.

Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185(4157)

Van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Viking.

Vohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications. Guilford Publications.

Wood, A. M., Froh, J. J., & Geraghty, A. W. (2010). Gratitude and well-being: A review and theoretical integration. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(7).

Zautra, A. J. (2003). Emotions, stress, and health. Oxford University Press.

END OF CHAPTER 31

Chapter 32:

Büchner, G. (1836). Dantons Tod. (Original quote used for literary reference).

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (For referencing general concepts in psychology).

Festinger, L. (1957). A theory of cognitive dissonance. Stanford University Press. (Useful if discussing self-serving bias or behavioral mechanisms).

Barrett, L. F., & Russell, J. A. (2014). The psychological construction of emotion. Guilford Press. (If addressing emotional regulation related to social dynamics).

Friston, K. J. (2010). The free-energy principle: A unified brain theory? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11(2), 127–138.  (For references to the Free Energy Principle as applied in the chapter).

END OF CHAPTER 32

Chapter 33:

Hobbes, T. (1996). Leviathan. Oxford University Press. (Original work published 1651)

Tajfel, H. (1982). Social identity and intergroup relations. Cambridge University Press.

Janis, I. L. (1982). Groupthink: Psychological studies of policy decisions and fiascoes (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.

Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497-529.

Nisbett, R. E., & Ross, L. (1980). Human inference: Strategies and shortcomings of social judgment. Prentice Hall.

END OF CHAPTER 33

Chapter 34:

Müller, A. (2023). Artefakt 34: Frieden beginnt mit einem Lächeln. Berlin Publishing.

Müller, A., & Schneider, L. (2023). Artefakt 34: Frieden beginnt mit einem Lächeln. Berlin Publishing.

Book Chapter Reference:
Müller, A. (2023). The art of peacebuilding. In Artefakt 34: Frieden beginnt mit einem Lächeln (pp. 34–50). Berlin Publishing.
Müller, A. (Ed.). (2023). Artefakt 34: Frieden beginnt mit einem Lächeln. Berlin Publishing.

Müller, A. (2023). Artefakt 34: Frieden beginnt mit einem Lächeln (J. Smith, Trans.). Berlin Publishing. (Original work published 2022)

Müller, A. (2023). Smiling as a symbol of peace in modern literature. Journal of Peace Studies, 45(2), 123–145.

Müller, A. (2023, June). Smile diplomacy: A cultural interpretation of peace. In Proceedings of the Global Peace Conference (pp. 50–65). Berlin University Press.

Müller, A. (2023). Smiles and peace: A cultural phenomenon. Berlin Literary Magazine. https://www.berlinliterarymagazine.com/smile-and-peace

Audiobook Version:
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END OF CHAPTER 34

Chapter 35:

Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497-529.

Bowlby, J. (1988). A secure base: Parent-child attachment and healthy human development. Basic Books.

Frankl, V. E. (1985). Man’s search for meaning: An introduction to logotherapy. Beacon Press.

Gilbert, P. (2010). Compassion-focused therapy: Distinctive features. Routledge.

Nussbaum, M. C. (2001). Upheavals of thought: The intelligence of emotions. Cambridge University Press.

Remen, R. N. (1996). Kitchen table wisdom: Stories that heal. Riverhead Books.

Rogers, C. R. (1961). On becoming a person: A therapist’s view of psychotherapy. Houghton Mifflin.

Sartre, J.-P. (1944). No exit and three other plays. Vintage International.

Siegel, D. J. (2010). The mindful therapist: A clinician’s guide to mindsight and neural integration. W. W. Norton & Company.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Authentic happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment. Free Press.

END OF CHAPTER 35

Chapter 36:

Festinger, L. (1954). A theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations, 7(2), 117–140.

Gilbert, P., Price, J., & Allan, S. (1995). Social comparison, social attractiveness, and evolution: How might they be related? New Ideas in Psychology, 13(2), 149–165.

Lyubomirsky, S., & Ross, L. (1997). Hedonic consequences of social comparison: A contrast of happy and unhappy people. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(6), 1141–1157.

Buunk, B. P., & Gibbons, F. X. (2007). Social comparison: The end of a theory and the emergence of a field. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102(1), 3–21.

Kross, E., & Grossmann, I. (2012). Boosting wisdom: Distance from the self enhances wise reasoning, attitudes, and behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(1), 43–48.

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.

Diener, E., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13(1), 81–84.

Suls, J., & Wheeler, L. (Eds.). (2013). Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research. Springer Science & Business Media.

Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1984). Choices, values, and frames. American Psychologist, 39(4), 341–350.

Nolen-Hoeksema, S., & Morrow, J. (1991). A prospective study of depression and post-traumatic stress symptoms after a natural disaster: The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61(1), 115–121.

END OF CHAPTER 36

Chapter 37:

Gilovich, T., & Medvec, V. H. (1995). The experience of regret: What, when, and why. Psychological Review, 102(2), 379–395.

Roese, N. J. (2005). If only: How to turn regret into opportunity. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(2), 98–101.

Landman, J. (1993). Regret: The persistence of the possible. Oxford University Press.

Leunissen, J. M., Sedikides, C., & Wildschut, T. (2017). Why it feels good to remember the past: Nostalgia as a psychological resource. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(4), 337–343.

Tykocinski, O. E. (2001). Regret salience and decision commitment: The mediating role of anticipated regret. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 14(1), 25–35.

END OF CHAPTER 37

Chapter 38:

Baumeister, R. F., Vohs, K. D., DeWall, C. N., & Zhang, L. (2007). How emotion shapes behavior: Feedback, anticipation, and reflection, rather than direct causation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 11(2), 167–203.

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Bandura, A. (1997). Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. W. H. Freeman.

Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. Penguin Books.

Schwartz, T. (2010). The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working. Free Press.

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Chapter 40:

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Chapter 41:

Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press.

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Chapter 42:

Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man’s search for meaning. Beacon Press. (Original work published 1946)

Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

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Spinoza, B. (2006). Ethics (E. Curley, Trans.). Penguin Classics. (Original work published 1677)

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