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Author Congleton, Christina

Title Getting over Ourselves Moving Beyond a Culture of Burnout, Loneliness, and Narcissism
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (275 p.)
Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Urgency to Get Over Our Selves -- Chapter 1 A World on Edge -- Paradise Burning -- Stressed to Death -- A Failed Prediction -- Keynes Versus Hayek -- The Heart and Soul of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 2 Lost Heroes -- Selfie Generation -- Lonely Generation -- Burnout Generation -- Lost Generation -- Another Failed Prediction? -- Chapter 3 Spirals of Change -- What Was Enlightenment? -- From Enlightenment to the Dog Whisperer -- Tracing the Path of Human Development
The Opportunist (Self-Sovereign Mind) -- The Diplomat and Expert (Socialized Mind) -- The Achiever (Self-Authoring Mind) -- Toxic Achieverism -- Spiral to Arc -- Chapter 4 Wandering at an Apex -- The Self-Questioning Transformer -- Navigating the Postmodern Terrain -- Neoliberal Quicksand -- Destroy This Model -- Slipping Through the Cracks -- Part II Un-Self Help -- Chapter 5 Selfies and Self-Realization: Guidepost 1: From Self-Perfection to the Wisdom of Humility -- Narcissism as Mistaken Identity -- Default Mode -- Narrative Versus Minimal Self -- The True Meaning of Humility
The Richness of Self-Realization -- Anchoring in the Practice of Embodiment -- Chapter 6 Loneliness and Oneness: Guidepost 2: From Separateness to the Wisdom of Interdependence -- Physical Interdependence: Bodies of Multitudes -- Psychological Interdependence: The Resonant Brain -- Spiritual Interdependence: The Garment of Destiny -- Anchoring in the Practice of Connection -- Chapter 7 Burnout and Wholeheartedness: Guidepost 3: From Rationality to the Wisdom of Vulnerability -- When Your Heart's Not in It -- Heart as Escape Hatch -- Mark of the Valkyries -- Real Compassion
Vulnerable Confidence -- The Heart of Yes and No -- Anchoring in the Practice of Courage -- Chapter 8 Lost and Liberated: Guidepost 4: From Progress to the Wisdom of Openness -- Dare to Not Know -- Staying with Uncertainty -- The Cure in Curiosity -- Relaxing into Insight -- The Mindful Brain -- The Modern Mindfulness Trap -- Anchoring in the Practice of Wonder -- Part III Concluding and Beginning -- Chapter 9 Friends Between Worlds -- Calling All Builders -- Power in Diversity, Diversity in Power -- Moving Slowly -- Listening Deeply -- Loving Fiercely -- I Don't Want to Move to Mars
Room for Alternatives -- Heroes of Belonging -- Notes -- References -- Recommended Reading -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781394169870
1394169876