The Emotional Calendar: Understanding Seasonal Influences and Milestones to Become Happier, More Fulfilled, and in Control of Your Life

Brief Description: Sharp, a leading Harvard psychiatrist, reveals how environmental, psychological, and cultural forces profoundly affect the way we feel, and how the enduring effects of personal anniversaries can influence our moods and behavior year after year. Review Quotes:"Dr. Sharp shows us how the calendar shapes our inner lives?not only the mood swings that come with changing seasons but also those that come from memories tied to specific holidays and past events. Understanding your own emotional calendar is a giant step toward understanding yourself, and recognizing how emotional calendars affect others is a giant step toward improved human interactions and relationships.  Thank you, Dr. Sharp, for a book that should be read by everyone who has felt the bite of winter, the glare of summer, or the sadness of autumn's shortening days."?Bill Streever, author of "Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places""John Sharp has written a relatable, warm and thoughtful guide to the science of the seasons, one that offers readers the opportunity to make better sense of recurring emotional hallmarks in their lives. Counterintuitive yet surprisingly grounded in common sense, this book is a must read for anyone who feels at the mercyBiographical Note: John R. Sharp, M. D., is a psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist who serves on the medical staff at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and he divides his time between Boston and Los Angeles. Table of Contents: Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. The Emotional Calendar -- Part I. The Four Seasons (You Thought You Knew) -- 2. Supercharged Summer -- 3. The Reality of Winter -- 4. The Wide Hand of Winter -- 5. Spring: What Do You Want? -- Part II. The Environmental Factors -- 6. Running Cold and Hot -- 7. Living in Light and Dark -- 8. Wind and Storm: The Weather of Catastrophe -- Part III. Emotional Hotspots: It's That Time of Year Again -- 9. Emotional Memory -- 10. The Cultural Calendar -- 11. Your Personal Calendar -- Part IV. Awareness -- 12. Looking Outward, Looking Inward -- 13. Seasonal Embrace -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Marc Notes: Copyright date: 2011.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Citations:

Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2010 pg. 92 (EAN 9780805091304, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2010 (EAN 9780805091304, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 11/08/2010 (EAN 9780805091304, Hardcover)

Library Journal 01/01/2011 pg. 115 (EAN 9780805091304, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Sharp, John R John R. Sharp, M. D., is a psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist who serves on the medical staff at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and he divides his time between Boston and Los Angeles.