Think Like a Girl: 10 Unique Strengths of a Woman's Brain and How to Make Them Work for You

by Tracy Packiam Alloway Ph.D

Overview

Think your way to a more confident, successful you.

Women's brains are different. It's not one-size-fits both men and women. Yet many women still believe the myths we tell ourselves.

• Myth: Women make emotional decisions when stressed.
• Myth: Women suffer more from unhappiness than men.
• Myth: Women have to act like men to be effective leaders.

Dispel the myths! Stop underestimating your abilities. Stop downplaying your successes. And stop apologizing.

In Think Like a Girl, award-winning psychologist, professor, and TEDx speaker Dr. Tracy Packiam Alloway will help you discover how:

• sticking your hand in a bucket of ice can help you make a less emotional decision
• changing one word can provide a buffer against depressive thoughts
• adopting a more relationship-centric leadership approach can be better for mental health

Dare to think differently. Dare to think like a girl.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310369936
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	09/24/2024
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ph D, is an award-winning psychologist, professor, author, and TEDx speaker. She has published fifteen books and over one hundred scientific articles on the brain and memory. Dr. Alloway shares her insights about the brain with Fortune 500 companies, and her research has been used in the New York Times,the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Bloomberg. As a teaching professor and in her private psychology practice based in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Alloway helps many women learn how to use their uniquely female brains to live their best lives.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xvii

Part 1 The Decision-Making Brain

1 The Stressed Brain 3

Strategies for Women to Make Sound Decisions under Stress

2 The Risk-Taking Brain 15

How Women Uniquely Evaluate Risk

Part 2 The Love Brain

3 The Romantic Brain 29

What Women Should Realty Look for in a Partner

4 The Bonding Brain 45

Understanding the Power of Oxytocin

Part 3 The Intelligent Brain

5 Liar, Liar, Brain on Fire 67

Why Women Lie and Why It Matters

6 The Creative Brain 81

Unleashing Your Unique Capacity for Creativity

Part 4 The Feeling Brain

7 The Happy Brain 99

Habits for a Healthy and Happy Brain

8 The Generous Brain 115

Why Women Give

Part 5 The Leader Brain

9 The Empathy Brain 131

Redefining Empathy in the Workplace

10 The Leader Brain 145

Busting the Myth That Women Need to Lead like Men to Be Successful

Conclusion: Just the Beginning 157

Notes 159