<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Control (Psychology)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Control (Psychology)"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/christchurch/rss/search?query=%22Control%20%28Psychology%29%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:09:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The 48 Laws of Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way. Law 1: Never outshine the master Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies Law 3: Conceal your intentions Law 4: Always say less than necessary The text is bold and elegant, laid out in black and red throughout and replete with fables and unique word sculptures. The 48 laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs and failures of great figures from the past who have wielded - or been victimised by - power.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1287366</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1287366</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greene, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1287366037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 48 Laws of Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way. The text is bold and elegant, laid out in black and red throughout and replete with fables and unique word sculptures. The 48 laws are illustrated through the tactics, triumphs and failures of great figures from the past who have wielded, or been victimised by, power.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1054653</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1054653</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greene, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1054653037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer Cults]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this exhilarating and terrifying new book, Emma Kenny explores the bewildering world of cults, looking into the magnetic pull of cult leaders who find, ensnare and indoctrinate followers, transforming them from normal people into devoted acolytes, and, in the most extreme cases, into killers. From Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians; Marshall Applewhite's Heaven's Gate to Order of the Solar Temple, Emma unpicks the interplay between power, manipulation and faith that makes cults work, and takes readers on a journey into the minds of these enigmatic cult leaders and the people who fall under their spell.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1598603</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1598603</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kenny, Emma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1598603037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Gripping True Stories From the Terrifying Hidden World of Cults</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teoria pozwól im]]></title><description><![CDATA["Dwa proste słowa zmienią twoje nastawienie do całego życia Jeśli masz trudności z realizacją  życiowych celów albo nie umiesz poczuć się szczęśliwszy, problem nie leży w tobie. Problem polega na oddawaniu władzy innym ludziom. Z tej książki dowiesz się, jak wyzwalające mogą być dwa proste słowa: "pozwól im". Uwolnią cię one od przejmowania się cudzymi opiniami, osądami i zgryzotami, od wyczerpujących prób panowania nad wszystkimi i wszystkim wokół ciebie. Istnieje lepszy sposób na życie. Teoria "poswól im" to sprawdzona metoda, która pomoże ci zaoszczędzić czas i energię oraz skupić się na sprawach najistotniejszych. Zbyt długo starałeś się zyskiwać aprobatę otoczenia i uszczęśliwaiać innych ludzi. Zbyt długo pozwalałeś, by ich opinie pętały ci ręce. Dowiedz się, jak przestać oddawać swoją władzę i zacząć tworzyć życie, w którym ty i twoje marzenia, cele i szczęście grają pierwsze skrzypce. Teoria "pozwól im" to proste narzędzie, o którym mówią miliony ludzi z całego świata, ponieważ działa. Najszybszy sposób na przejęcie kontroli nad własnym życiem polega na odstąpieniu od prób kontrolowania innych i skoncentrowaniu się na jedynej osobie, nad którą możesz w pełni panować: na sobie. Jeśli pozwolisz innym ludziom żyć ich życiem, w końcu będziesz mógł zacząć żyć swoim"--]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1824943</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1824943</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[pol]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robbins, Mel, 1968-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1824943037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>odmieniające życie narzędzie, o którym mówią miliony ludzi</subtitle><language>pol</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaslight Gospel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it love, or just another chapter in his playbook of control? Gaslight Gospel: Reveal. Resist. Run. is your hard-hitting guide to breaking free from the mind games and manipulation of abusive partners. Forget the false hope and the apologies that come with a hidden dagger. This book lays bare the ugly truth behind the mask and gives you the tools to fight back.Inside you'll find: How to reveal the real story behind his "change" - the lies, excuses, and fake remorse. Clear signs to resist the manipulation tactics designed to keep you doubting yourself. The courage and clarity to know when it's time to run-and how to do it safely. Real strategies for reclaiming your life, your voice, and your sanity.Written with raw honesty and fierce compassion, Gaslight Gospel doesn't just expose the darkness-it lights the path to freedom. Stop listening to the lies. Start living your truth.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1587164</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1587164</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cece, J. R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1587164037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Reveal. Resist. Run. : A Survival Guide for the Wrecked, Raw, and Rising</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sui Ta Men Qu]]></title><description><![CDATA[A transformative psychological guide co-authored by Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins. The book introduces the "Let Them Theory," a powerful mindset shift designed to help individuals let go of the need to control others' actions and expectations. By embracing this philosophy, readers can reduce anxiety, improve interpersonal relationships, and redirect their emotional energy toward personal growth and self-peace.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1822622</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1822622</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robbins, Mel, 1968-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1822622037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qānūn-i 50 um]]></title><description><![CDATA[در كتاب قانون پنجاهم، رابرت گرين با ديد تيزبين خود از دل درد و رنج و تاريكى های زندگی كورتيس جكسون كه در محله فقيرنشين ساوت‌سايد کوئينز زندگی مى كرد، قوانين بى بديل استخراج مى كند.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1755148</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1755148</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[per]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[50 Cent (Musician)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1755148037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle/><language>per</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Secret Guide to Dark Psychology]]></title><description><![CDATA[You probably know those people. Those who get anything they want. The woman who can ensnare a rich boyfriend with a smile and a few words. The short, bald guy who's always surrounded by hot women. The person who gets promoted every year. The person who's less educated than you but earns twice as much. So why can't you be like them and get what you want, too? You've probably read a few self-help books but the effects were rather disappointing. Yes, you've learned to smile and remember people's names, and maybe you've even tried a few positive affirmations. But you didn't get any closer to your goal. To become a master of seduction, persuasion, and mind control, you need knowledge of a different kind something you won't find in mainstream psychology books. The dark art of influencing people's mind used to be a closely guarded secret until very recently. For centuries, it was only known to high-ranking aristocrats, politicians, top businessmen, and religious leaders. Recently, all that knowledge has leaked. Right now, you've got the chance to master every aspect of influencing and controlling people's thoughts, beliefs, and emotions.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1418828</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1418828</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Green, Emory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1418828037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>5 Books in 1</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Holding Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ability to 'hold space' for yourself and for others has never been more urgent. Faced with global issues of climate change, political unrest, violence, and economic crises, more citizens of the world are experiencing disconnection, grief, and a deep sense of loneliness than at any other time. But, with the right tools, you and your circle can become part of the solution. In this profound book, facilitator and speaker Heather Plett empowers you with constructive, actionable practices for transforming conflict, building boundaries, and increasing sovereignty in your own life and the lives of those closest to you.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1335426</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1335426</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Plett, Heather]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1335426037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does bedtime mean struggle time, with your child negotiating for "just another ten minutes" every single night? Do most school mornings end with your child in tears or you bellowing as you race through breakfast in order to catch the bus? Do your children sit stone-faced in front of the TV, despite your repeated requests that they get up and do their chores? You don't have all day to negotiate and after all, aren't you supposed to be the one in charge? Every family experiences power struggles, but these daily tugs of war are not inevitable. In Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka presents real strategies for getting to the root of the emotions and needs that can create daily hassles. But power struggles aren't just about winning or losing. They provide rich opportunities for learning how to deal with strong emotions and for parents and children to solve problems together.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1093356</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1093356</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy, 1953-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1093356037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Winning for A Lifetime</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Reimagined]]></title><description><![CDATA[A stirring account of how to gain--and own--your power. From growing up in 1980s Harlem to working at entertainment giants such as BET, MTV, and Nickelodeon, Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard has spent her life redefining what real power looks like. In Power Reimagined, she dismantles the myths we've been taught about power. Through raw, behind-the-scenes stories from both her childhood and her trailblazing career, she reveals that real power isn't handed to you--it's forged through strategy, courage, and an unshakable belief in your own worth. She takes listeners inside high-stakes situations where she refused to settle for less and pivotal moments where audacity became her greatest asset. From her earliest dreams of success to the executive offices where she made those dreams real, Sharif-Drinkard reveals the moments that shaped her and the strategies that helped her lead with impact and integrity. Part fearless memoir, part inspirational guide, Power Reimagined is for anyone who's ever been overlooked, undervalued, or told they didn't belong. This book will inspire you to own your power and use it without apology.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1832426</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1832426</guid><category><![CDATA[AB_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharif-Drinkard, Khadijah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1832426037</comments><format>AB_ONLINE</format><subtitle>My Mission to Get It, Grow It, and Give It Away</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Gaslighting]]></title><description><![CDATA["Gaslighting" is suddenly in everyone's vocabulary. It's written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung about (in "Gaslighting" by The Chicks). It's become shorthand for being manipulated by someone who insists that up is down, hot is cold, dark is light someone who isn't just lying about such things, but trying to drive you crazy. The term has its origins in a 1944 film in which a husband does exactly that to his wife, his crazy-making efforts symbolized by the rise and fall of the gaslights in their home. In this timely and provocative book, Kate Abramson examines gaslighting from a philosophical perspective, investigating it as a distinctive moral phenomenon. Gaslighting, Abramson writes, is best understood as a form of interpersonal interaction, a particular way of fundamentally undermining someone. The gaslighter, Abramson argues, aims to make his target experience herself as incapable of reasoning, perceiving, or reacting in ways that would allow her to form appropriate beliefs, perceptions, or emotions in the first place. He seeks not only to induce in her this unmoored sense of herself but also to make it a reality. Using examples and analysis, Abramson gives an account of gaslighting and its immorality, and argues that such a discussion can help us understand other aspects of social life from racism and sexism to the structure of interpersonal trust.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1470994</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1470994</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Abramson, Kate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1470994037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy Rising]]></title><description><![CDATA["Your drive to create change, catalyze impact, and build relationships all come from neuroelectrical energy-real, electrical impulses-firing in your brain. Who you are as a person depends on how you work with this energy. When this energy rises within you, you feel empowered and dynamic. But when this energy falls, you feel down, stressed, and defeated. You may feel as if you don't control your emotional energy, that it's an inevitable consequence of the world around you and the forces bearing down on you. But that's not the case. To reach your full potential, you can learn to recognize and harness the energy in your brain. Leading neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi will teach you how through eight ""codes."" Some of the codes will surprise you. All will fortify you. You will learn why these codes work and how to apply them to your own challenges through exercises and reflections. When you start viewing your life less about the activities you do and more about the natural energies within and around you, your power to live and lead with impact grows exponentially. Energy Rising offers you a provocative and neuroscientifically accurate path to greater emotional power, influence, and connection, both at work and at home. Get ready to feel your energy rising."]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1417123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1417123</guid><category><![CDATA[AB_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[DiGangi, Julia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1417123037</comments><format>AB_ONLINE</format><subtitle>The Neuroscience of Leading With Emotional Power</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[The love of a narcissist is fake. It's a soul-destroying realisation for every victim of narcissistic abuse, but even more damaging is finding yourself trapped and abused by the person who claims they love you. Nova Gibson has helped thousands of people in their struggle to understand, extricate themselves and heal from toxic relationships and narcissistic abuse. Drawing on the expertise gained from a decade of working with clients and her global online community, Nova offers comfort, knowledge and powerful strategies to help you identify, navigate and survive this extremely covert, confusing and dangerous form of abuse. In this life-changing book, Nova brings unparalleled insight into the lived experience of victims and helps identify the behaviours of narcissistic abusers, such as coercive control and gaslighting, pathological lying, the love bomb-devalue-discard cycle, hoovering, smear campaigns and many, many more. She also helps you understand covert and overt narcissism, and explores in depth the concept of trauma bonding, which creates a powerful connection with your abuser and explains why and how you're compelled to stay, even when the abuse is impossible to ignore. In this deeply compassionate book, Nova offers hope, support and concise, practical strategies to break the toxic cycle, extricate and protect yourself and most importantly, heal.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1404562</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1404562</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gibson, Nova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1404562037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've Been Played]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use achievements to empty your wallet. Points, badges and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life. In You've Been Played, game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown of how corporations, schools and governments use games and gamification as tools for profit and coercion. These are games that we often have no choice but to play, where losing has heavy penalties. You've Been Played is a scathing indictment of a tech-driven world that wants to convince us that misery is fun, and a call to arms for anyone who hopes to preserve their dignity and autonomy.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1339146</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1339146</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hon, Adrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1339146037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>How Corporations, Governments and Schools Use Games to Control Us All</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've Been Played]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use achievements to empty your wallet. Points, badges and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life. In You've Been Played, game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown of how corporations, schools and governments use games and gamification as tools for profit and coercion. These are games that we often have no choice but to play, where losing has heavy penalties. You've Been Played is a scathing indictment of a tech-driven world that wants to convince us that misery is fun, and a call to arms for anyone who hopes to preserve their dignity and autonomy.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1320872</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1320872</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hon, Adrian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1320872037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Corporations, Governments and Schools Use Games to Control Us All</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark Persuasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by Lenin and Stalin, setting the stage for major breakthroughs in tools for social, political, and religious control. Tracing these developments through many of the past century's major conflagrations, Dimsdale narrates how when World War II erupted, governments secretly raced to develop drugs for interrogation. Brainwashing returned to the spotlight during the Cold War in the hands of the North Koreans and Chinese. In response, a huge Manhattan Project of the Mind was established to study memory obliteration, indoctrination during sleep, and hallucinogens. Cults used the techniques as well. Nobel laureates, university academics, intelligence operatives, criminals, and clerics all populate this shattering and dark story one that hasn't yet ended.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1268128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1268128</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dimsdale, Joel E., 1947-]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1268128037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A History of Brainwashing From Pavlov to Social Media</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Human]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universal Human gives us new tools to grow spiritually and shows us how to transform everyday experiences of hopelessness, emptiness, and pain into fulfillment, meaning, and joy. It points us toward a startling new destination, a species that is beyond culture, religion, nation, ethnic group, and gender, a species whose allegiance is to Life first and all else second, and shows us how to get there. Universal Human examines our disintegrating social structures and the new social structures that are replacing them. It shows us a new creation story, our new creation story, as we create it with our choices, our deeds, and our words.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1262693</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1262693</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zukav, Gary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1262693037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Creating Authentic Power and the New Consciousness</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[See What You Made Me Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria's dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone counsellors receive a call every three minutes. Many women are repeat callers - on average, they will go back to an abusive partner eight times before leaving for good. Domestic abuse is a national emergency: one in four Australian women has experienced violence from a man she was intimate with. But too often we ask the wrong question: why didn't she leave? We should be asking: why did he do it? Investigative journalist Jess Hill puts perpetrators - and the systems that enable them - in the spotlight. See What You Made Me Do is a deep dive into the abuse so many women and children experience - abuse that is often reinforced by the justice system they trust to protect them. Critically, it shows that we can drastically reduce domestic violence - not in generations to come, but today. Combining forensic research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do radically rethinks how to confront the national crisis of fear and abuse in our homes.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1153846</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1153846</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hill, Jess]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1153846037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Mother, the Psychopath]]></title><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1150941</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1150941</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rayne, Olivia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1150941037</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle>Growing up in the Shadow of A Monster</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer Cults]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do the leaders of some cults get such often-unfathomable power over their adherents? Across a series of profiles, Killer Cults reveals the truth behind some of the most mystifying and deadly cults and their leaders, all of whom led their followers down a dark, murderous path.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1156332</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1156332</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Singular, Stephen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1156332037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Stories of Charisma, Deceit, and Death</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbound]]></title><description><![CDATA[How can so many women feel "good and mad" yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they're too much and, at the same time, not enough? What causes us, at the most critical moments in our lives, to freeze? Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women and her answers to these questions may surprise you. Based on insights from her experiences as a dominatrix, her training to become a Taoist nun, and the countless women she has taught to expand their influence, this book offers precise, practical instruction in how to stand in your power, find your voice, and use it well.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1273742</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1273742</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Urbaniak, Kasia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1273742037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Woman&apos;s Guide to Power</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[See What You Made Me Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[Women are abused or killed by their partners at astonishing rates in Australia, almost 17 per cent of women over the age of fifteen one in six have been abused by an intimate partner. In this confronting and deeply researched account, journalist Jess Hill uncovers the ways in which abusers exert control in the darkest and most intimate ways imaginable. She asks What do we know about perpetrators? Why is it so hard to leave? What does successful intervention look like? What emerges is not only a searing investigation of the violence so many women experience, but a dissection of how that violence can be enabled and reinforced by the judicial system we trust to protect us. Combining exhaustive research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do dismantles the flawed logic of victim-blaming and challenges everything you thought you knew about domestic and family violence.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1153400</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1153400</guid><category><![CDATA[RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hill, Jess]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1153400037</comments><format>RESTRICTED_BOOK_CD</format><subtitle>Power, Control and Domestic Abuse</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powerarchy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Melanie Joy exposes the psychology that underlies all forms of oppression and abuse and the belief system that gives rise to this psychology—which she calls powerarchy. Melanie Joy had long been curious as to why people who were opposed to one or more forms of oppression—such as racism, sexism, speciesism, and so forth—often stayed mired in many others. She also wondered why people who were working toward social justice sometimes engaged in interpersonal dynamics that were unjust. Or why people who valued freedom and democracy might nevertheless vote and act against these values. Where was the disconnect? In this thought-provoking analysis, Joy explains how we've all been deeply conditioned by the invisible system of powerarchy to believe in a hierarchy of moral worth—to view some individuals and groups as either more or less worthy of moral consideration—and to treat them accordingly. Powerarchy conditions us to engage in power dynamics that violate integrity and harm dignity, and it creates unjust power imbalances among social groups and between individuals. Joy describes how powerarchies—both social and interpersonal—perpetuate themselves through cognitive distortions, such as denial and justification; narratives that reinforce the belief in a hierarchy of moral worth; and privileges that are granted to some and not others. She also provides tools for transformation. By illuminating powerarchy and the psychology it creates, Joy helps us to work more fully toward transformation for ourselves, others, and our world.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1148451</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1148451</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joy, Melanie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1148451037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Understanding the Psychology of Oppression for Social Transformation</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[See What You Made Me Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[Domestic abuse is a national emergency: one in four Australian women has experienced violence from a man she was intimate with. But too often we ask the wrong question: why didn't she leave? We should be asking: why did he do it?  Investigative journalist Jess Hill puts perpetrators – and the systems that enable them – in the spotlight. See What You Made Me Do is a deep dive into the abuse so many women and children experience – abuse that is often reinforced by the justice system they trust to protect them. Critically, it shows that we can drastically reduce domestic violence – not in generations to come, but today.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1091505</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1091505</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hill, Jess]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1091505037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Power, Control and Domestic Abuse</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>