Life Skills for Wellbeing and Success

This volume covers topics on awareness about one's psychological health, management of emotions, mental hygiene, and wellbeing. It examines different types of thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and strategies for building emotional intelligence.

Alka Wadkar, MA, PhD Psychology, has 36 years of experience teaching postgraduate students in the university department of psychology and guided 10 students for PhD, about 100 students for MA, MEd, and MPhil. She has published 22 books - 4 books at international level and 6 textbooks - and has been awarded and worked on prestigious assignments from the central government. She also works on research evaluation and peer-reviewing for reputed foreign journals.

Part I-Self -awareness 1. Self esteem 2. Motivation 3. Values and ethics 4. Self- management and social competencies Part II-Thinking 5. Creativity 6. Proactive and Positive Thinking 7. Thinking and Reasoning 8. Avoiding Fallacies, Misconceptions and Paradoxes Part III - Emotions 9. Emotions and emotional intelligence 10. Love, happiness, and friendship 11. Anger and fear 12. Stress 13. Other Crucial skills for Emotional Well Being Part IV-Relating to others 14. Communication 15. Empathy 16. Assertiveness 17. Leadership 18. Team building