{"product_id":"trust-your-mind","title":"Trust Your Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA timely guide to help you re-examine your ideas, encounter debate, and navigate a polarized world with calm rationality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrust Your Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes you on a stunning tour of self-silencing, groupthink, and their antidote: critical reasoning. From conducting in-depth interviews to uncovering scientific research and sharing her own personal story, bestselling author Jenara Nerenberg offers searing insights on how to identify and exit everyday extremism and transform fear and hesitation into courageous dialogue that embraces dissent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you’ve ever felt suddenly silenced or taken over by your own self-censorship, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrust Your Mind\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas been praised as “compelling, lucid and timely” by social psychologist Ethan Kross and hailed as “a bold call to think deeper and speak truer” by social psychologist Kurt Gray for how the book reinvigorates an ethic of pluralism at a time when respect for differing viewpoints is narrowing:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContradictory ideas spark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehysteria and backlash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—resulting in mobbing and “cancel culture”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA “wrong” remark or comment, no matter how seemingly innocent, gets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etwisted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and results in banishment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolarization and pressure to conform to “the group”—friends, families, workplaces, and communities—fuels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ealienation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand threatens the fabric of a connected society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrust Your Mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e guides you along the difficult path toward critical thinking and illuminates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe origins of self-silencing culture and how to counter the devastating loss of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eindependent thought\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe inner workings of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecritical reasoning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and how to “come down to earth” away from everyday extremist thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to forge existential \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esurvival skills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and what Nerenberg calls “an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eemotional backbone\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommunication has become increasingly divisive; Nerenberg calmly shows readers how to walk through discomfort, stay grounded in one’s own viewpoint while encountering opposition, and stay connected. To examine and communicate one’s own ideas—like a deep-sea diver, investigator or anthropologist—is a vital, strategic skill and exploration for individuals in the 21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenara Nerenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53990891749695,"sku":"9780063317093","price":35.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/4047\/3407\/files\/1_c8c383ac-e96f-4e76-ad4c-3270cab202fe.jpg?v=1783101068","url":"https:\/\/www.odinbooks.com\/products\/trust-your-mind","provider":"Odin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}