Trio of authors announce publication of ‘Mental Download’
RIO DE JANEIRO — The new self-help book for teens, “Mental Download: Programming Your Own Mind” (published by Balboa Press), by Marcia Regina de Avellar Fonseca, Roberta de Oliveira Ribeiro and Ruth Helena Oliveira de Souza teaches teenagers how to “program their mind.”
The book makes an analogy between the mind and a computer and between one’s mental patterns and programs that are “installed.” “Mental Download” declares that if someone “downloads positive programs” through positive thoughts, feelings and actions, their lives will be full of meaning, with good things coming to them, leading them to feel motivated and happy. Conversely, if people “download negative programming” through negative thoughts, feelings and behaviors, they will feel bad about themselves, others, and life. The book also offers a step-by-step on how to “deinstall the negative programming and how to install a whole new positive programming.”
“People are becoming increasingly disconnected from themselves, from their own lives and from each other, blaming everything and everyone for what happens to them,” the authors say. “Our book provides very simple and useful tools for them to look into themselves in order to identify the beliefs and mental/behavioral patterns they sustain and that do not contribute to building a happy and fulfilling life. Once they identify these patterns, they can choose to have healthier beliefs and behaviors and, therefore, healthier, happier lives.”
“Mental Download”
By Marcia Regina de Avellar Fonseca, Roberta de Oliveira Ribeiro, Ruth Helena Oliveira de Souza
Softcover | 8.5 x 11 in | 38 pages | ISBN 9781504371346
E-Book | 38 pages | ISBN 9781504371353
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Authors
Marcia Regina de Avellar Fonseca is a psychologist and has a master’s in clinical psychology from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She works in her own office, attending children, adolescents and adults. She believes that a better world can only be achieved through the transformation of the individual into a better human being. For over 30 years, she has been devoted to help the transformation take place in the lives of the people she met, and now, in the lives of our readers.
Roberta de Oliveira Ribeiro has worked for around 20 years as a cultural producer, public relations and project consultant. She is a journalist and a post-graduate of the arts. Now she is finishing a master’s degree in business administration in strategic management. She loves developing projects and helping people get informed about how they can live better lives and make their world a better place.
Ruth Helena Oliveira de Souza is a psychologist and specialist in the psychopathology of children and adolescents by the Catholic University of Brasilia. She works in her own office, attending children, youth, and adults, where she develops tools to be used in the therapeutic process, among some of which are books. Her work is dedicated to help people understand, in a fun and interactive way, how the mind works and how to use it in order to make your world better. Together with De Avellar Fonseca and De Oliveira Ribeiro, she has published “Mental Download” and eight other books in Portuguese.
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