Paul Pearsall

Paul Pearsall (1942-2007) was an American neuropsychologist and author.{{Cite book|title=Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease|last=Cowan|first=Thomas|date=2016|publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing|isbn=9781603586191|location=White River Junction, VT|pages=111}}

Education

Pearsall was a 1963 graduate of the University of Michigan. His postgraduate degrees were earned at Wayne State University: a master's degree in Educational and Clinical Psychology in 1965, and a PhD in Clinical and Educational Psychology in 1968. His postdoctoral work included studies at United States Army War College, and the Arizona, Harvard and Albert Einstein Schools of Medicine.[https://www.paulpearsall.com/info/about.html About] Official page

Positive psychology

Pearsall is known for his work on positive psychology and is often citing the role of emotions such as hope and love in surviving stress, depression, and psychological trauma.{{Cite book|title=The Masses are the Ruling Classes: Policy Romanticism, Democratic Populism, and Social Welfare in America|last=Epstein|first=William|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190467067|location=Oxford|pages=99}} For instance, he introduced the notion of personal "strange attractors" drawn to each other to produce a bond that allows a couple to navigate life's obstacles.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5X_AwAAQBAJ&q=Paul+Pearsall+psychologist&pg=PT389|title=Chaos theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences|last1=Robertson|first1=Robin|last2=Combs|first2=Allan|date=2014-07-10|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781317780076|language=en}} Several of his books explained how positive thinking, perseverance, and being authentic can be achieved by rearranging one's emotions and outlook, developing a heightened will in the process.

Pearsall is also known for counselling individuals who underwent heart transplantation and claimed that these patients experience significant and inexplicable changes in personality after the surgery in which they became more like their donors in temperament and personal preferences.

Death

Pearsall died of a spontaneous haemorrhagic stroke on July 13, 2007.[https://www.paulpearsall.com/ Official page]

Published works

Super Joy,[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/paul-pearsall.html Books by Paul Pearsall] Publishers Weekly Doubleday Books, {{ISBN|978-0-385-24459-6}}
Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion {{ISBN|978-0-7573-0585-6}}
Ten Laws of Lasting Love, Simon & Schuster, {{ISBN|978-0-671-76798-3}}
Sexual Healing: Using the Power of an Intimate, Loving Relationship to Heal Your Body and Soul, Crown Publishers {{ISBN|978-0-517-59440-7}}
Toxic Success: How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving, Inner Ocean Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-930722-09-5}}
The Power of the Family, Doubleday Books, {{ISBN|978-0-385-26005-3}}
The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child,[http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2005-05067-000 American Psychological Association] Basic, {{ISBN|978-0-465-05486-2}}
The Beethoven Factor: The New Positive Psychology of Hardiness, Happiness, Healing, and Hope,[https://archive.org/details/beethovenfactorn0000pear The Beethoven Factor] books.google.com Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003
The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy,[https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Code-Tapping-Wisdom-Energy/dp/0767900952 The Heart's Code] amazon.com Broadway Books, 1999, {{ISBN|978-0767900959}}
Super Immunity : Master Your Emotions and Improve Your Health 1988, {{ISBN|0449133966}}
Super Marital Sex, 1987, {{ISBN|038524018X}}
Making Miracles, Prentice Hall Press, 1991
The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, To Work, to Play- Life in the Balance. 1996 Hunter House Publishing
Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription: 60 Ways to Create Balance and Joy in Your Life, 1997″

References

External links

[https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/24462.Paul_Pearsall Goodreads.com]
[http://alisonimiller.com/your-heart-quiz-score-score-11-20/ Heart Energy Amplitude Recognition Test]