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Jennifer Taitz

Jennifer Taitz is a clinical psychologist and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA whose work centers on cognitive and dialectical behavior therapy, stress, relationships, and emotional eating. She wrote End Emotional Eating, How to Be Single and Happy, and Stress Resets, which have received honors including an ABCT Seal of Merit and Next Big Idea Club recognition.

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Once you get to the end of this book, you will feel liberated by a new approach to being single, one that will allow you to find more satisfaction
-How to Be Single and Happy
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You want to avoid the debilitating all-day background buzz of rumination
-A psychologist shares the 5 exercises she does to 'stop overthinking everything'
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I'm talking about changing our thinking and breaking the stress cycle, which is possible
-How to Stop Dwelling on Your Stress
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Shame: It's the bully of emotions
-Free Yourself from Shame at Work
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Singing your thoughts can totally take the stress out of them
-UCLA Health psychologists discuss stress-busting strategies
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Change their lives in such positive ways they may not believe is possible
-Featured Therapist Interview
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People eat to deal with anger, and eating when you're angry is simply the wrong solution to an emotion
-How to overcome emotional eating
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there's something incredibly life-changing about contributing and giving back, and there are so many ways that we can do so
-'How To Be Single And Happy' By Dr. Jennifer Taitz Aims To Improve Your Life, Not Just Your Relationships

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커뮤니티 의견

"Dr. Jenny Taitz shows us that true relief can be within everyone’s reach"

Arianna Huffington

"Jennifer L. Taitz’s insight, compassion, and far-reaching clinical experience shine from every page"

Sharon Salzberg

"Jenny Taitz has done pioneering work to help people achieve more fulfilling relationships"

Eric Klinenberg

"Dr. Jenny Taitz helps us see that we can reset and cope regardless of what shows up in our lives"

Lori Gottlieb

"Jenny Taitz offers compassionate guidance that can free our hearts from a binding cultural myth"

Tara Brach

"Jenny Taitz has written a thoughtful, emotionally engaging book"

Roy F. Baumeister

"Dr. Jenny Taitz is an expert in teaching people how to cope and you’ll be lucky to have her whispering in your ear as you read Stress Resets"

Dr. Becky Kennedy

"Drawing on a wealth of evidence and experience as a therapist, Jenny Taitz has written a book that’s as uplifting as it is practical"

Adam Grant

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