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Gary Wood

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Dr Gary Wood is a social psychologist, life coach, author and broadcaster who specializes in communicating evidence-based psychological and coaching insights to a wider audience. He has taught psychology, research methods and learning skills in several UK universities and is widely quoted in the media.

He is the author of 'Letters to a New Student', 'The Psychology of Gender', 'Unlock Your Confidence', 'Don't Wait For Your Ship to Come In. . . Swim Out to Meet It' and 'Sex, Lies and Stereotypes'.

Gary runs his own training and coaching practice and research consultancy in Birmingham and Edinburgh, UK. In his spare time he eats, reads, sleeps and occasionally sings.

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Just for today… a secular prayer. An experiment.

There’s something powerful about setting an intention of the day, even if it’s just a simple to-do list. It gives our brains context and direction. The brain loves context.

However, rather than a list of concrete activities, I thought it might experiment with starting the day with a secular prayer. I borrowed the idea from the five Reiki precepts and then added elements from the from the Buddhist N

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The Psychology of Gender by Gary Wood
"A great introduction to gender. Maybe somebody should tell Victor Orban about it. It is written in a very accessible style so that even he might understand the concept. "
The Psychology of Gender by Gary W. Wood
"Very accessible short introduction to gender. Great one to give to your family members who don't understand gender"
A psicologia do gênero (A Psicologia de tudo) by Gary W. Wood
" Dear Guilherme, I just thought I'd reach out and say thank you very much for your kind words. I'm in the process of preparing the second edition of Th ...more "
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“We are social beings and confidence is framed by our interactions in the social world. It's rather difficult to be confident or shy on a desert island with no one to share your coconuts!”
Gary Wood, Unlock Your Confidence: Find the Keys to Lasting Change through the Confidence Karma Method

“We are social beings and confidence is framed by our interactions in the social world. It's rather difficult to be confident or shy on a desert island with no one to share your coconuts!”
Gary Wood, Unlock Your Confidence: Find the Keys to Lasting Change through the Confidence Karma Method

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