Psychology audiobooks

Soul Keeping

By: John Ortberg

Narrated by: Tommy Cresswell

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

When is the last time you thought about the state of your soul? Bestselling author John Ortberg guides you through practical steps to restoring your soul so you can finally experience a life of wholeness, balance, and hope.In an age of materialism and consumerism where many people try to buy their way to happiness, many souls are starved and... Read more

Scary Close

By: Donald Miller

Narrated by: Webb Wilder

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

When it comes to authenticity, is being fully yourself always worth the risk? From the author of Blue Like Jazz comes New York Times bestseller Scary Close, Donald Miller's journey of uncovering the keys to a healthy relationship and discovering that they're also at the heart of building a healthy family, a successful career, and a trusted... Read more

Strong and Kind

By: Korie Robertson

Narrated by: Korie Robertson

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

How do you instill godly virtues in kids who live in a "me-first" world? Encouraging you to model positive behavior for your kids, Korie Robertson identifies nine specific traits and provides biblical insights to help you train up your children in the way they should go.As stars of the hit reality show "Duck Dynasty", Korie and Willie Robertson... Read more

What Made Maddy Run

By: Kate Fagan

Narrated by: Kate Fagan

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The heartbreaking story of college athlete Madison Holleran, whose life and death by suicide reveal the struggle of young people suffering from mental illness today in this #1 New York Times Sports and Fitness bestseller.

If you scrolled through the Instagram feed of 19-year-old Maddy Holleran, you would see a perfect life: a freshman at an Ivy... Read more

The Passion Test

By: Chris Attwood & Janet Bray Attwood

Narrated by: Chris Attwood & Janet Bray Attwood

Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

You create the life you choose to live. There are no victims. Take the Passion Test and start moving your life in the direction of your dreams. Learn what will make you happy and what will make your life fulfilled, as you look forward to what comes next.
Chris and Janet Attwood wrap fascinating stories of the ups, downs, twists, and turns of... Read more

Bonk

By: Mary Roach

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred... Read more

Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken

By: Mike Robbins

Narrated by: Mike Robbins

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The pressure comes from all around (our parents, teachers, spouses, co-workers, and friends) telling us it’s more important to be liked and to fit in than it is to be who we truly are. We are also constantly bombarded with messages telling us that we aren’t good enough and need to be fixed.Now, best-selling author and motivational speaker, Mike... Read more

The Empathy Gap

By: J. D. Trout

Narrated by: J. D. Trout

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout recruits the latest findings in psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to answer the question: How can we make better personal decisions and design social policies that improve the lives of everyone?We are touched when faced with the... Read more

What Matters Most

By: James Hollis, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are we here? What is the meaning of existence? What truly matters the most in life? We have all felt the looming presence of these questions, but it’s never easy to examine our life’s path and its meaning. To begin finding answers, we must start by exploring our own internal ideals, values, and beliefs. Taking a fresh look at the concept... Read more

Rapt

By: Winifred Gallagher

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Your world, and even your self, is largely constructed from the thoughts and feelings, people and things you’ve focused on throughout your life. Much more than you probably suspect, you can, as you move forward, actively direct your attention to create the kind of experience you want and become the person you want to be. Drawing from the latest... Read more

Counterclockwise

By: Ellen J. Langer

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically?For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents a conclusive answer: Opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead... Read more

The Mindful Therapist

By: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Length: 12 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Research suggests that the presence of the therapist, and how the therapist truly forges a connection with the client in therapy, are the most crucial factors affecting the client’s healing process. An engaged, committed, caring therapist who is mindful of his or her own self—and how that self relates to the client—is the key determinant of how... Read more

Healing at the Speed of Sound

By: Don Campbell & Alex Doman

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

At this very moment, you are surrounded by sound. Pause for a minute and try to listen to it all: the chatter of a passing conversation, the gentle whoosh of air vents, noise from a nearby street, someone turning the pages of a book, birds chirping in the trees.We rarely pay attention to everything we hear, but every noise in our environment has... Read more

The Language Instinct

By: Steven Pinker

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 18 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic, the world’s expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling... Read more

The Emotional Life of Your Brain

By: Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Why are some people so quick to recover from a setback while others wallow in despair? Why are some so highly attuned to others that they seem psychic, while others put both feet in it over and over again? Why are some people always up and others always down?In this hotly anticipated audiobook, award-winning, pioneering neuroscientist Richard J.... Read more

New

By: Winifred Gallagher

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Follow a crawling baby around and you’ll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty, from our ancestors’ first bow and arrow to the latest tablet computer. This “neophilia” has enabled us to thrive in a world... Read more

Thoughts Without a Thinker

By: Mark Epstein, M.D.

Narrated by: Mark Epstein, M.D.

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Upon its first publication, this pathbreaking book launched an explosion of interest in how Eastern spirituality can enhance Western psychology. Since then, the worlds of Buddhism and psychotherapy have been forged into a revolutionary new understanding of what constitutes a healthy emotional life. In his insightful introduction, Mark Epstein... Read more

Thought Revolution

By: William A. Donius

Narrated by: Fred Stella

Length: 3 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Former banker and CEO Bill Donius drove his bank’s eightfold growth over twelve years. And the surprising secret to his success is something we all have access to, right in our own two hands. The methodology described in Thought Revolution is simple and revolutionary—so simple, it begins by moving your pen from one hand to the other. Whether... Read more

The Marshmallow Test

By: Walter Mischel

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it.A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life?The world's leading expert on... Read more

The As If Principle

By: Richard Wiseman

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Length: 7 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Victorian philosopher William James had a theory about emotion and behavior: It isn’t that our feelings guide our actions (feel happy and you will laugh). On the contrary, it is our actions that guide our emotions (laugh and you will feel happy). This led James to a remarkable conclusion: “If you want a quality, act as if you already have it.”... Read more

Left Brain, Right Stuff

By: Phil Rosenzweig

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Left Brain, Right Stuff takes up where other books about decision making leave off. For many routine choices, from shopping to investing, we can make good decisions simply by avoiding common errors, such as searching only for confirming information or avoiding the hindsight bias. But as Phil Rosenzweig shows, for many of the most important, more... Read more

Smarter Than You Think

By: Clive Thompson

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 10 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

How technology boosts our cognitive abilities—making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever beforeIt’s undeniable: technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson votes yes. The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both... Read more

Switch on Your Brain

By: Dr. Caroline Leaf

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

According to researchers, the vast majority—a whopping 75-98 percent—of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. What we think about truly affects us both physically and emotionally. In fact, fear alone triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical responses in our bodies, activating more than thirty... Read more

The Way I See It

By: Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to the REAL issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific... Read more