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Kelly McGonigal, PhD

Kelly McGonigal, PhD is a psychologist, a lecturer at Stanford University, and an award-winning science writer. She is the author of the international bestseller The Willpower Instinct, The Upside of Stress, and The Joy of Movement, and the co-author of The Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training. Her work has been published in more than thirty languages.
Joy Is a Risk Worth Taking
The Joy of Movement
The Upside of Stress
The Willpower Instinct

Books

Joy Is a Risk Worth Taking
The Joy of Movement
The Upside of Stress
The Willpower Instinct

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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