Psychology audiobooks

The Power of Wonder

By: Monica C. Parker

Narrated by: Monica C. Parker

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Wall Street Journal bestseller

An eye-opening journey through the magical, yet surprisingly little-understood, human emotion that is wonder.

From the first tickle of curiosity to an unexpected shift in how we perceive the world, there isn’t a person who hasn’t experienced wonder, and yet the why and how of this profoundly beneficial emotion is... Read more

Heartbroken

By: Laura Pratt

Narrated by: Laura Pratt

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Imbued with longing, erudition and hard-earned wisdom, Heartbroken dares to delve into a universal ordeal—perhaps the one that makes us the most human of all.

When Laura Pratt’s long-distance partner of six years tells her “it’s over” at a busy downtown train station, she is sent reeling, the breakup coming out of the blue. He, meanwhile, closes... Read more

The Case of Emily V

By: Keith Oatley

Narrated by: Jack Estes

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

"Part diary, part scientific journal, part detective story, part love story: The Case of Emily V is thoroughly post-modern in its deliberate blurring of the distinction between fact and fiction, its cavalier blending of literary genres. But Oatley's first novel … also resembles old 19th-century literature. His characters are dynamic, his... Read more

El poder de la influencia y la persuasión

By: Rafael Badia

Narrated by: Lita Manos & Francisco Jimenez

Length: 4 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

En algún momento quisiste poder lograr una respuesta deseada con un simple gesto o tono de voz? ¿Sueñas con tener más respeto en tus grupos sociales y profesionales? Entonces deberias seguir leyendo...
A lo largo de los años, los psicólogos han afirmado una realidad potente: la mente del ser humano es impresionantemente convencible . Las técnicas... Read more

No Sweat

By: Michelle Segar

Narrated by: Jill Blackwood

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you secretly hate exercising? Struggle to stick with a program? Millions of people try and fail to stay fit. But what if "exercising" is the real problem, not you?Motivation scientist and behavior expert Michelle Segar?translates years of research on exercise and motivation into a simple four-point program that will empower you to break the... Read more

Truth and Repair

By: Judith Lewis Herman

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of America’s most influential psychiatrists, a powerful manifesto for reimagining justice, based on the testimony of trauma survivors
 
The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of... Read more

The Wellness Trap

By: Christy Harrison

Narrated by: Christy Harrison

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

From the paradigm-shifting author of Anti-Diet comes a deep dive into the underbelly of modern wellness culture and how it stands in the way of true well-being.

“It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle.” You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness... Read more

More Numbers Every Day

By: Micael Dahlen & Helge Thorbjørnsen

Narrated by: Katie Koster, Micael Dahlen & Helge Thorbjørnsen

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Your personal number detox: learn how numbers have taken control of your life—and how to get it back.

How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? How many friends do you have? It seems everywhere you go, you’re surrounded by numbers. You depend on them, so you think they’re dependable, neutral, exact. But... Read more

Aprendiendo a aprender

By: Héctor Ruiz Martín

Narrated by: Jordi Llovet & Héctor Ruiz Martín

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Un manual práctico que sintetiza, de forma sencilla y amena, cómo aprende el cerebro y qué puedes hacer para desarrollar todo su potencial. Por el experto en neurociencia y psicología del aprendizaje Héctor Ruiz Martín. ¿Por qué a unas personas se les dan mejor los estudios que a otras? ¿Qué diferencias entre los estudiantes determinan su... Read more

History of a Suicide

By: Jill Bialosky

Narrated by: Jill Bialosky

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“It is so nice to be happy. It always gives me a good feeling to see other people happy … It is so easy to achieve.” —Kim’s journal entry, May 3, 1988On the night of April 15, 1990, Jill Bialosky’s twenty-one-year-old sister Kim came home from a bar in downtown Cleveland. She argued with her boyfriend on the phone. Then she took her mother’s car... Read more

The Orphans of Davenport

By: Marilyn Brookwood

Narrated by: Susie Berneis

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“Doomed from birth” was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two toddler girls at the Orphans’ Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls had inherited their parents’ low intelligence and sent them to an institution for the “feebleminded” to be cared... Read more

101 Ways to Be Less Stressed

By: Dr. Caroline Leaf

Narrated by: Marge Sudheimer

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Although many of us prioritize our physical health through exercise and healthy eating, we often forget to spend time boosting our mind, mood, and mental health. Yet the mind is the source of all our thoughts, words, and actions; when our thinking is unhealthy, our lives will be unhealthy—even if we go to the gym seven times a week and eat kale... Read more

Behavioural Economics

By: David Orrell

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

For centuries, economics was dominated by the idea that we are rational individuals who optimize our own “utility.” Then, in the 1970s, psychologists demonstrated that the reality is a lot messier. We don’t really know what our utility is, and we care about people other than ourselves. We are susceptible to external nudges. And far from being... Read more

When I Grow Up

By: Juliana Hatfield

Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel

Length: 12 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield was in a position most aspiring alternative rockers only dream of: her solo career was taking off. She was on the cover of Spin and Sassy; Ben Stiller directed the video for her song "Spin the Bottle" from the Reality Bites film soundtrack; she was a... Read more

Awestruck

By: Jonah Paquette

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What do you feel when you gaze up at the Milky Way, see a beautiful rainbow, or stand before a mountain that seems impossibly high? Often it's a profound sense of awe, the overwhelming feeling we experience when we encounter something vast that transcends our understanding. Awe-inspiring moments are all around us, ranging from the grand to the... Read more

The Art of Social Excellence

By: Henrik Fexeus

Narrated by: Pat Grimes

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Research has increasingly shown that nonverbal communication prowess is absolutely essential in seemingly unrelated areas of our lives (investment decisions, salary levels, etc.) However, as our society becomes more modernized and we incorporate new forms of technology into our daily interactions, we are becoming less and less capable of... Read more

The Age of Addiction

By: David T. Courtwright

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptations that insidiously and deliberately rewire our brains? Nothing, David Courtwright says, unless we... Read more

NLP for Beginners

By: Tyler Cross

Narrated by: Roy Morales & PIA NEBRADA

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you wish to be able to read the human body like an open book? Would you like to become a puppeteer of the minds? Would you like to speak in a persuasive way and become instantly liked by anyone? Then you need to keep reading...The fathers of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, John Grinder and Richard Bandler, started their activity with one single... Read more

Women with ADHD

By: Jessica Gray

Narrated by: Tyla Shandro

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you often feel as if your life is out of control and that it has become impossible to meet demands?Is all your time and energy taken up with coping, staying organized and holding it together, with no time for fun or relaxation?Do memory lapses and inattention interfere with your routine, preventing you from achieving a happy life?Are you... Read more

Emotional Intelligence + CBT 2 in 1 Book

By: Tyler Cross

Narrated by: Oriel Meskill, Rufus Thornton & PIA NEBRADA

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you having trouble regulating your emotions and behavior patterns? Are your coping mechanisms doing you more harm than good? Then you need to keep listening...There’s no way to sugarcoat it: your emotional intelligence is a major signifier of your future happiness and success – far more important than your IQ, according to renowned... Read more

Belonging

By: Geoffrey L. Cohen

Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Finalist for The Next Big Idea Bookclub



Book of the Year Selection Behavioral Scientist and Greater Good Society



"This is perhaps the richest book on belonging you'll ever [listen to] . . . The inspiration one draws from every page of this book is an enhanced sense of what is possible. It revives the very thing we need most in these times: hope."... Read more

Trauma-Informed Yoga

By: Joanne Spence

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Length: 7 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Although many forms of trauma treatment rely solely on talk therapy as a means of healing, we cannot "talk out" every issue related to trauma. Indeed, trauma is stored in the body and the brain and must be treated as such.



Designed with both mental health clinicians and clients in mind, Trauma-Informed Yoga offers forty-seven short, simple... Read more

Sacred Sendoffs

By: Sarah A. Bowen

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

An elegant manifesto for improving life—and death—for all beings on sacred Mother Earth

Combining humorous anecdotes and thought-provoking research, Sacred Sendoffs explores human relationships with beloved pets, wild creatures, animal astronauts, marine life, farmed animals, and other sentient beings. Along the way, animal chaplain Sarah Bowen... Read more

Relationship-based Treatment of Children and their Parents

By: Elizabeth Sylvester & Kat Scherer

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Immediate interventions for struggling families, integrating four distinct areas of psychology.



Children and families burdened with attachment disruption, emotional distress, or psychological disorders need effective and immediate assistance. They do not have the time to wait for long-term interventions or developmental changes to improve the... Read more