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Book SynopsisA new approach to understanding PTSD as a form of grief rather than a medical disorder Have you ever felt that something essential was missing from your post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment options? If you suffer from PTSD, you know the problem is complex, but what you probably don’t know—and what the medical establishment isn’t telling you—is that post-traumatic stress is not fundamentally a medical disorder but rather a form of grief. Your body, mind, and soul experienced tremendous loss, and to fully integrate the many losses into your ongoing life, you must explore and express your necessary grief. In other words, you must mourn. This groundbreaking book reveals a new approach to understanding PTSD and its debilitating symptoms. With compassion and insight, it affirms the nature and severity of your experience while providing you with a step-by-step plan to transcend it. A full review of traditional medical treatments for PTSD are presented and included as part of the healing plan. Whether your PTSD is severe or more subtle, whether your traumatic experience was recent or in the distant past, this book unlocks the secret that will finally allow you to once again live and love fully.

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Book SynopsisWhat if there were a single skill that could directly and radically improve your relationships and your emotional life? Empathy, teaches Karla McLaren, is that skill. With The Art of Empathy, she teaches us how to perceive and feel the experiences of others with clarity and authenticity—to connect with them more deeply and effectively. Informed by current insights from neuroscience, social psychology, and healing traditions, this book explores: Why empathy is not a mystical phenomenon but a natural, innate ability that we can strengthen and develop • How to identify and regulate our emotions and boundaries • The process of shifting into the perspective of others • How to provide support in a sensitive and healthy way • Insights for navigating our hyper-connected social landscape • Targeted chapters for improving family, workplace, and intimate relationships • Ways to expand our empathy to our community, global levels of society, and the natural world Empathy, reflects Karla McLaren, is the skill that builds bridges— a skill that not only creates connection, but that helps us to be more effective in all areas of our lives.

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Book SynopsisRewire Your Brain for Happiness—A Step-By-Step Program Self-Directed Brain Change is based on a key emerging insight from neuroscience: that to keep our ancestors alive, the human brain evolved to stick to negative experiences like Velcro and shrug off the positive ones like Teflon. The good news, teaches Rick Hanson, is that we can retrain our neural structure out of "sheer survival" mode and into one of greater well-being, mental clarity, and moment-to-moment appreciation. In this practice-focused program, Dr. Hanson teaches us how to: Shift our evolutionary fear and survival bias into one of "taking in the good" • Use positive moments or states to rewire happiness as an enduring neural trait • Heal difficult or painful emotional memories to "fill the hole in the heart" • Increase and deepen daily experiences of love, gratitude, and contentment • Build inner resilience in the face of stress and challenging situations, improve relationships, and much more Is it possible to rewire yourself for happiness? A growing body of evidence from this pioneering neuropsychologist and his colleagues says yes, we can—and experience greater fulfillment and contentment the moment we begin. With Self-Directed Brain Change, you will learn how.

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Book SynopsisAn Unabridged Reading of the Bestselling Book The Honeymoon Effect: A state of bliss, passion, energy, and health resulting from a huge love. Your life is so beautiful that you can’t wait to get up to start a new day and you thank the Universe that you are alive. Think back on the most spectacular love affair of your life—the Big One that toppled you head over heels. For most, it was a time of heartfelt bliss, robust health, and abundant energy—a first-hand experience of Heaven on Earth. Imagine what it would be like if you could maintain the Honeymoon Effect throughout your whole life. Dr. Bruce H. Lipton describes how the Honeymoon Effect was not a chance event or a coincidence, but a personal creation. Here Dr. Lipton reveals how we manifest the Honeymoon Effect and the reasons why we lose it. This knowledge empowers listeners to create the honeymoon experience again, this time in a way that ensures a happily-ever-after relationship that even a Hollywood producer would love. With authority, eloquence, and an accessible style, Lipton covers the influence of quantum physics (good vibrations), biochemistry (love potions), and psychology (the conscious and subconscious minds) in creating and sustaining loving relationships. He also asserts that we can learn from the example of the harmonious relationships of our 50 trillion cells to create a “super organism” called "humanity," which can heal our planet.

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Book SynopsisYour bucket list. Quarterly objectives. Strategic plans. Big dreams. Goals. Lots of goals and plans to achieve those goals—no matter what. Except … You're not chasing the goal itself, you're actually chasing the feeling that you hope achieving that goal will give you. Which means we have the procedures of achievement upside down. We go after the stuff we want to have, get, or accomplish, and we hope that we'll be fulfilled when we get there. It's backwards. And it's burning us out. So what if you first got clear on how you actually wanted to feel in your life, and then created some "Goals with Soul"? With The Desire Map, Danielle LaPorte brings you a holistic life-planning tool that will revolutionize the way you go after what you want in life. Unapologetically passionate and with plenty of warm wit, LaPorte turns the concept of ambition inside out and offers an inspired, refreshingly practical workbook for using the Desire Map process: Identify your "core desired feelings" in every life domain: livelihood & lifestyle, body & wellness, creativity & learning, relationships & society, and essence & spirituality • Create practical "Goals with Soul" to generate your core desired feelings • Why easing up on your expectations actually liberates you to reach your goals • Self-assessment quizzes, worksheets, and complete Desire Mapping tools for creating the life you truly long for Goal-setting just got a makeover. There are more than 10,000 "Desire Mappers" who have worked through this system. "Every day I get stories about inner clarity, quitting jobs, dumping the chump, renewing vows, pole-dancing classes, writing memoirs, moving on," says Danielle. "This is about liberation. And pleasure. And self-determination. This is about doing much less proving, and way more living." If you've had enough of trying to trick yourself into happiness through affirmations or bucket-listing your hopes into some distant future, then you're ready for The Desire Map—a dream-fulfilling system that harnesses your soul-deep desire to feel good.

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Book SynopsisDo moments of inspiration have to be few and far between—or can you develop the ability to access your deepest creativity at any time? Michael Gelb has discovered the missing key that allows genius to flourish: an open, reliable connection to the vital life energy we all possess. “The practices for accessing energy have been developed for thousands of years in yoga, martial arts, and Chinese medicine,” Gelb says. “I’ve asked today’s greatest living masters of these arts to contribute their most effective practices for cultivating creative energy—in a way that the average person can do in 20 minutes or less.” With Creativity On Demand, Gelb teaches a series of time-tested practices to clear blockages and open the flow of creative energy, then reveals how these techniques can be integrated with the renowned creative mindset and creative process tools he’s taught to individuals and organizations worldwide. Join him as he shares potent secrets for: Mastering creative energy—discover qi, the “fire of genius,” and learn movement-based practices to amplify it • Mastering creative mindset—how to break out of conventional thinking and fear-based limitations to unleash your potential • Mastering the creative process—guidance to help you channel your creative energy, refine your ideas, and translate inspiration into reality • Effective, easy-to-learn techniques and strategies for accessing the power of qi and creating a reservoir of creative energy you can rely on when you need it “Creative energy is a resource that doesn’t get depleted when you use it,” teaches Michael Gelb. “Rather, the more you access it, the stronger it becomes. With an investment of less than half an hour a day, you’ll discover that within a few months you’ve significantly strengthened your core creative energy.” Here is Michael Gelb’s most powerful work yet on unlocking our potential to innovate, achieve, and access our Creativity on Demand.

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Book SynopsisOur most cherished times are those occasions when we feel open, loving, free of worry yet able to respond when needed. Loch Kelly calls this the expression of open-hearted awareness, our natural foundation of mind that arises effortlessly whenever we step out of the usual mode of consciousness known as ego-identification. Created as a stand-alone program or a complement to his book of the same name, Shift into Freedom is a progressive training guide that offers "small glimpses, many times" to help us shift out of our chattering mind and into who we really are. Join this innovative teacher to explore more than 20 meditations including: • Awareness Yoga—a foundational practice in moving awareness • Embodied Presence—a practice for deeply feeling unity and acceptance • Unhook, Drop, Open, See, Include, Know, Let Be—a way to shift levels of mind that culminates in living from open-hearted awareness "The goal of these meditations is not to transcend the human condition," explains Loch Kelly, "but to discover how to live a fully intimate human life." Shift into Freedom gives you the tools to navigate your life with clarity and unconditional love.

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Book SynopsisPoetry and Inspiration for the Journey of Being Human The infinitely varied journeys of our lives share a common destiny: to be worn of all that is not essential till we are reduced to joy. On Reduced to Joy, bestselling author and poet-philosopher Mark Nepo invites you to join him in a poignant examination of "the gifts and challenges of being a spirit here on Earth," through six captivating sessions that address the vital task of discovering and returning to what matters. Listening to the Teachers Hidden in Every Moment Mark Nepo describes poetry as "the unexpected utterance of the soul." Every poem and by extension every moment can serve as a teacher, if we can attend to it with an open mind and heart. By sharing 56 original poems along with the insights of fellow writers, Mark brings us into our own living conversation with the teachers hidden in everything that we experience, in order to welcome their universal lessons. Over the course of this six-hour program, he reveals the genesis of his own poems, unpacks the stunning insights they hold, and encourages us to reflect both personally and with friends on how these empowering truths show themselves in the poetic revelations of our own lives. There is a Sioux saying that the longest journey you will ever make in your life is from your head to your heart. No one is exempt from this great adventure. With Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepo awaits as your guide to the place "where the glow of your heart touches everything it meets so you can't help but remember how dear it is to be alive." Highlights The Longest Journey—on doing, being, and awakening the source of genius within • To Know By Heart—on moving from depth to surface and "loving your window" • The Art of Facing Things—on the courage to say yes to life again and again • Walking Together—on authentic relationship and expanding the heart's perception • Made from Bone—on the promise of the inner world and our lineage of spirit • The Sublime Disturbance—on that which causes us to live fully in the open

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Book SynopsisThere’s no shortage of psychology self-help books on depression—but this collection, envisioned and edited by Sounds True founder Tami Simon, is not one of them. You won’t be revisiting familiar therapies or antidepressant options. What you will find is a gathering of 16 exceptional and compassionate teachers who have faced profound depression themselves. Their purpose? To radically shift the way that we perceive the experience. To offer insights and practices that reach beyond conventional models. And to help us receive depression’s uninvited yet singular gifts. The guidance presented here supports traditional psychotherapy and medication as valuable tools. But for those who’ve found these approaches incomplete—or seek to help others at an impasse—there’s much to discover within these pages, including: Thomas Moore, PhD, on Saturn’s gifts; Sally Kempton on shifting from suffering and into witnessing awareness; poet Mark Nepo on embracing both emptiness and aliveness; Mary Pipher, PhD, on how despair can open us to long-hidden joy; Christina Baldwin on "ineffable sorrow"; Parker J. Palmer, PhD, on finding meaning and connection through the experience of depression; plus exceptional contributions by Ann Marie Chiasson, MD; James Gordon, MD; Sandra Ingerman; Karla McLaren; Robert Augustus Masters, PhD; Amy Weintraub; Jeff Foster; Elizabeth Rabia Roberts, EdD; Michael Bernard Beckwith; and Reginald A. Ray, PhD.

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Book SynopsisOur beliefs about what happens when we die define how we live today. And more and more of us are discovering a radical truth: when we release our fear of death, we open to an immensely richer life right here and now. But how do we incorporate this profound insight into our everyday lives? With Death Makes Life Possible, Dr. Marilyn Schlitz presents a wealth of teachings and practical guidance on how to turn this taboo topic into a source of peace, hope, connection, and compassion. Featuring contributions by eminent scientists and scholars; spiritual leaders and devout skeptics; health and healing practitioners; and men, women, and children from all walks of life, this far-reaching work reveals the myriad ways that we grow and change by expanding our perspectives on the ultimate mystery facing each one of us.

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Book SynopsisTo be spiritually awake is to deeply feel your connection with the whole of life. The One of Us is an exploration of this sacred connection as it expresses through two human partners. In their first full-length audio-learning program, Adyashanti and Mukti present six sessions to help each of us—whether preparing for or currently in a relationship—to realize and honor this connection, to protect it, and to begin to move, speak, and act in alignment with the love that lives all of us. A Relationship Based in Truth and Supported by Love What if a successful relationship was not about getting needs met but allowing each other the freedom to be who you are? What if the sole agenda of a partnership were to offer the greatest expression of love in that moment? Drawing from their own marriage and their years of teaching, Adyashanti and Mukti share what they consider to be the foundational attitudes and skills for a relationship "based in truth and supported by love." Together they discuss the shift from our conditioned, "me-centered" paradigm to a radically new way of relating not only to each other but to the entirety of our experience. "Recognizing our connectedness of spirit—and becoming a living expression of that connectedness—that’s what The One of Us is all about," explain Adyashanti and Mukti. Join them in these inspirational sessions to begin to bring forth the fullness of light and love that your partnership is waiting to unfold. Program Highlights: • How loves gives us access to truths beyond egoic structures • Who is "us" anyway? The paradox of autonomy and no separation. • Communicating from your core outward • Sincerity, patience, and intention: three keys to freeing ourselves from conditioned thinking and behavior • The void within as the doorway to awakening • Realizing our power of choice • The relationship between truth and well-being • Redefining the purposes of relationship • Getting out of the "grey zone" of unspoken truths • The five foundations for awakened relationship • How spaciousness leads to harmony • The difference between merging and oneness • The arts of listening, accepting, and nurturing • Knowing when it’s time to end a relationship • The revolutionary power of seeing things as they are • Plus a one-hour interview with Sounds True founder Tami Simon, discussing the longing for deep partnership, managing conflict, and more

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Book SynopsisEven after years of spiritual practice, self-improvement, or therapy, many of us still have trouble with one essential challenge: self-acceptance. How do we stop from constantly judging ourselves as inadequate, finding fault with our bodies, or being plagued by our inner critics? The Self-Acceptance Project was created to help us find a solution. In this collection of essays, contemporary luminaries in spirituality, psychology, and creativity offer insights and teachings for truly embracing who we are no matter what our circumstances, including: • "Waking Up from the Trance of Unworthiness"—Tara Brach illuminates the source of self-rejection and offers a powerful process to reverse unconscious patterns • "Compassion for the Self-Critic"—Dr. Kristin Neff shows how self-judgment is often a misplaced but well-meaning survival instinct • "Held, Not Healed"—Jeff Foster on making the space to accept anything that arises with open-hearted curiosity • "No Strangers in the Heart"—poet Mark Nepo helps us reconnect to the sense of deep aliveness that we were born with • "Taking in the Good"—Dr. Rick Hanson offers effective neuroscience-based insights and practices for overcoming our "negativity bias" • "Transforming Self-Criticism into Self-Compassion"—Dr. Kelly McGonigal reveals practical strategies for changing the habitual way we treat ourselves Why is it often so much easier to feel compassion and forgiveness toward others than toward ourselves? Where do our self-critical voices come from? Can we be motivated to grow and excel while still accepting ourselves as we are? In these 19 offerings, some of today’s most trusted teachers share their most valuable practices and techniques for building confidence, transforming our relationship with our inner critics, and using any circumstance as an opportunity to treat ourselves with kindness, compassion, and love.

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Book SynopsisPractices for Surrendering to the Flow of Life We often think "surrender" means defeat—yet Dr. Judith Orloff has learned that surrender is the key to a powerful, effective, joyous way of being. "Surrender allows us to let go of our compulsion to over-think, doubt our intuition, and hold back from our complete experience of living," teaches Dr. Orloff. With The Ecstasy of Letting Go, she presents a practice-based audio to help us apply the insights of her bestseller The Ecstasy of Surrender to our everyday lives. In these two audio sessions, Dr. Orloff offers essential insights and guided practices for: • Releasing fear and judgment to build authentic self-esteem • Receiving clear intuitive and emotional signals • Enhancing relationships and attracting your soul mate • Discovering your destiny—surrender as a path to success Our fear of losing control of life is based on the belief that we are in control. As Dr. Orloff reveals, "Letting go of this illusion leads us naturally to a state of joy—and into an ecstatic connection with ourselves, the natural world, and each other." Join this renowned teacher for step-by-step guidance in the transformative art of surrendering to the flow of life with The Ecstasy of Letting Go.

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Book SynopsisTools for Harnessing Your Brain’s Innate Power to Learn New Habits What is the number one factor for determining career success and personal fulfillment? The answer isn’t genius, willpower, or passion—it’s habit. "The human brain is a champion for forming habits," teaches Lisa Wimberger. "Yet that essential quality can also get us stuck in self-sabotaging patterns." With Neurosculpting for New Habits, this dynamic teacher brings you two sessions of scientific insights and highly effective practices for rewiring your brain to promote healthy, self-empowering behaviors, including: • How the brain forms habits—and why it retains unhealthy ones • The crucial role of managing stress when creating healthy habits • Intention, focus, action, and repetition—four steps for mastering habits, with mindfulness-based meditations for each step Advances in neuroscience have transformed our understanding of the way our brain acquires and reinforces habits. Lisa Wimberger’s Neurosculpting® uses proven techniques to consciously direct your brain’s natural processes for learning and changing. Join her to learn this powerful approach for breaking unwanted behaviors—and instilling the habits that serve you in creating the life you choose.

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Book SynopsisWith The MindBody Code, Dr. Mario Martinez shares the rewards of an investigation that has spanned generations and cultures to reveal the most effective methods for initiating deep and lasting change. Through fascinating case studies and practical training in the new science of biocognition, Dr. Martinez illuminates the pathways to healing the archetypal wounds of shame, abandonment, and betrayal; how to break through the ceilings of abundance that limit prosperity and create the "subcultures of wellness" that will help you reach your full potential; how to transform "aging consciousness" to continually increase your value and competence as you grow older; and much more.

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Book SynopsisDo you ever feel as if you’re being swept along by emotions, struggling helplessly against torrents of anger, shame, or stress? According to Dr. Erin Olivo, stress and the related problems it causes all stem from distressing emotions. But when you’re able to get a handle on your emotions, then you can get a handle on your problems. In Wise Mind Living, Dr. Olivo teaches you how to identify and overcomeconditioned responses to eight core categories of emotion. "When you’re living in balance between your emotions and logic, you’re experiencing Wise Mind Living," explains Dr. Olivo. Wise Mind Living offers a practical roadmap to help you navigate life’s difficulties with confidence so you can build a life you love.

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Book SynopsisGod is real. Everything we say about God is made up. How to Be a Holy Rascal is a rousing guide for the spiritual adventurer ready to go beyond "isms" and ideologies, and live in the world as a liberating force of compassion, joy, justice, and love. Navigating the Five Existential Questions Everyone Asks Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? How should I live? And why? The world’s religions have all sought to tackle these perennial questions for us—but what happens when their answers no longer work for you? The path of the holy rascal is one of committed yet playful inquiry into the ineffable mysteries of our existence. Through the course of eight illuminating, entertaining, and provocative audio sessions with Rabbi Rami Shapiro, you will meet some of history’s original holy rascals, including Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Rabbi Hillel, Sister José Hobday, Krishnamurti, Dorothy’s dog Toto, and others; re-examine the mythic dimensions of the religious stories we grew up with; test-drive the holistic spiritual practices of the holy rascal; and much more. "The most important goal of this program is to inspire you to find your own way of being a holy rascal—so you can live in harmony with whatever is happening both within and without," explains Rabbi Rami. With How to Be a Holy Rascal, now you can begin blazing your own trail of transformation as you do your part to "set humanity free."

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Book SynopsisThere is a particular kind of insanity running rampant in the world that compels most women to stuff down, ignore, or hide parts of ourselves in order to be acceptable, attractive, or taken seriously. Which doesn’t work. It actually ensures we remain unfulfilled, miserable, and at war with ourselves—and that is a war no woman can win. So now comes the good news: There is a path to help you become the woman you are aching to become. This path is unruly, messy, a wee bit naughty, and audaciously asks you trust the very parts of you that you previously warred against. While this path has no script, map, or blueprint, you’ll learn to use your sensuous, desirous, wildly feeling female body as a steadfast and trustworthy compass. This is the path of Feminine Genius. To get you started, you’ll have the best of guides: women’s life coach LiYana Silver. "One of the most enduringly inspiring things in my life," says LiYana, "is to watch a woman slip the Gordian knot of self-loathing, people-pleasing, and over-achieving and become simply and fully herself." Partly an irreverently reverent feminist treatise and partly a non-denominational devotional hymnal to the Sacred Feminine, Feminine Genius just might change forever what you know about your body, soul, sexuality, intuition, and power. In these pages, LiYana invites you to: Go deep and reconnect with the powerful parts of yourself you’ve hidden away • Meet your innate genius: the wild, creative, and infallible wisdom of your body • Brighten your everyday with hands-on practices • Tap into your inner knowing so you can stop second-guessing yourself and get clear about your next steps • Learn how to embrace your sexuality, emotions, desires, and cycles so you can achieve enormous effectiveness and fulfillment in life • Navigate your "dark" and work with painful, difficult experiences in healthy ways • Learn how you overuse your "masculine" strengths to the point of personal, cultural, and global breakdown • Discover why your "feminine" isn’t weak, but is one of the strongest and most trustworthy parts of you • Explore the history, physics, and biology of a universe built for harmony between "masculine" and "feminine" • Look in the mirror and see the face of the Goddess gazing back at you If you found a dusty bottle on a shelf of your cellar, there would be only one way to know if it contained an all-knowing genie with the power to actualize your deepest desires: open, and look inside. Feminine Genius is a provocative wake-up call, nudging you to uncork that fabulous flask and find out just how much magic you’ve been hiding. Because you do have a genie in your bottle—and genius in your body. Are you ready to open, and look inside?

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Book SynopsisOne of the Top 10 Books That Will Change Your Life in 2017 - Live Happy Magazine Grow Your Grit—How You Can Develop the Critical Ingredient for Success Grit—defined as our perseverance and passion for long-term goals—is now recognized as one of the key determinants for achievement and life satisfaction. In an age that provides us with a never-ending stream of distractions and quick-and-easy solutions, how do we build this essential quality? "This book is designed to help you screen out the spam of life and cultivate authentic grit in every setting," writes Caroline Miller. With Getting Grit, this bestselling author brings you an information-rich and practical guide for developing the qualities needed to persevere over obstacles—not just toughness and passion, but also humility, patience, and kindness. Join her as she shares research-based insights and practices on: • Learning grit—how you can enhance your willpower and rewire your brain for resilience • The key traits of gritty people—what the latest research reveals • The three kinds of "false grit" and how to recognize them in yourself • The courage to fail—tools for turning your setbacks into your greatest teachers • Daring to dream big—guidance for building your capacity to take risks and aim higher • No one succeeds alone—tips for gathering your support team and inspiring others • The role of self-compassion, gratitude, and spirituality in building grit "I’ve come to believe that gritty behavior is a positive force that does more than help us rise to our own challenges," writes Caroline Miller. "When we embody the best qualities of grit, we become a role model for others who want to become better people, and help them awaken greater possibilities for themselves." Whether you’re seeking to grow beyond your limits at work, at home, on the sporting field, or in any leadership role, Getting Grit is a powerful resource to help you bring out the qualities that will help you succeed and thrive.

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Book SynopsisA new disease is emerging as the leading killer of North Americans: Scientists are predicting that within 8 years, brain disease will kill or disable more people than cancer and heart disease combined. Given this shocking new research, we urgently need to know how to protect and improve our brain health. In 60 Seconds to Boost Your Brain Power, Dr. Michelle Schoffro Cook aims to turn this prediction around with her prescriptive and proven plan. Several years ago, Dr. Cook was in a terrible car accident in which she suffered a brain injury, resulting in cognitive impairment, partial paralysis in her left arm, and severe migraines. Utilising her expertise in natural medicine, Dr. Cook developed a program that improved her memory, cured her migraines, and reversed her arm paralysis. After her recovery, she continued to research natural methods to improve memory, reduce memory loss, and prevent degenerative brain diseases. Now, Dr. Cook is sharing her successful plan in this easy, customizable 4-week plan filled with fun, doable tips readers can execute in just 60 seconds a day. Complete with 50 delicious recipes featuring brain-boosting super foods, success stories, and a self-assessment quiz, readers will flock to this brain-boosting guide.

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Book SynopsisWhen Aspen Baker had an abortion at the age of 24 she felt caught between the warring pro-life and pro-choice factions, with no safe space to share her conflicted feelings. In this hopeful and moving book, Baker describes how she and Exhale, the organization she cofounded, developed their âœpro-voiceâ philosophy and a set of tools that enable anyone to have respectful, compassionate exchanges about even the most contentious topics. Initially distrusted by both sides, Exhale now receives post abortion referrals from pro-life and pro-choice organizations. Baker examines the history of the abortion debate, identifying the mistakes and misunderstandings that have led us to the current painful divide. She shares how Exhale discovered creative ways to help women and men share their feelings about abortion, such as starting a post abortion telephone service and piloting a nationwide story-sharing tour led by women whoâd had abortions. Thanks to Aspen Bakerâs innovative ideas and the trendsetting work of Exhale, the culture around abortion is changing.Pro-voice can be adopted by anyone interested in dialogue rather than dogma. Peace, in this perspective, isnât a world without fighting or conflict but one where conflict can be engaged in - fiercely and directly - without dehumanizing ourselves or our opponents. Our world is full of gray areas. Itâs vital we learn practices like pro-voice to help us move from paralysis to progress.

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Book SynopsisIn an impatient world of infobesity, people donât want more information - they want to be intrigued and they want to be intrigued fast. After all, goldfish have longer attention spans than humans - nine seconds to our eight. So, right now, people want to know, âœHow is this relevant and useful to me? Why are you worth my valuable time, mind, and dime?Bestselling author and ace communication strategist Sam Horn reveals her âœsecret sauceâ for truly connecting with people - whether itâs one or one million. Her disruptive eight-stage INTRIGUE process teaches readers how to replace boring, overlong, one-way communications with concise, compelling, mutually rewarding two-way interactions that add value for all involved. This is a must-read for executives, entrepreneurs, sales and marketing professionals, nonprofit leadersâanyone who wants to build meaningful relationships with others.The bottom line? If you canât get peopleâs favorable attention, youâll never get their business. The insights and instantly useful ideas here will get smartphones down and eyebrows up - this book has been called How to Win Friends and Influence People for our digital device-driven era. Readers will appreciate these innovative but proven ways to win respect and motivate people to take action now, whether thatâs to hire you, refer you, fund you, or say yes to you.

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Book Synopsis“Goodbye, Anxiety translates sophisticated psychological science into a helpful, hopeful, step-by-step guide for bringing worries and nerves under control.”—Lisa Damour, PhD, author of Untangled and Under Pressure In today’s world, who isn’t feeling stressed? From the everyday—work, school, relationships, social media—to the unprecedented, you may often feel anxious and overwhelmed. That’s why psychologist Terri Bacow, Ph.D., developed this workbook to help you find relief with accessible and helpful writing exercises designed to diminish worries, insecurities, fears, conflicts, and stressors for your unique issues.Learn practical, yet highly effective, coping skills developed from cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and other scientifically-based therapy approaches to use whenever you’re feeling anxious. Includes: 100+ journaling prompts that offer space to write down your worries and release your anxious feelings 40+ CBT- and DBT-based strategies to help you challenge worry thoughts and conquer anxiety-inducing thinking patterns 50+ practical tools, including coping strategies and supportive statements that you can use whenever you feel anxiety starting to take hold Say goodbye to anxiety, let go of worries, and take back your life! Trade Review“Goodbye, Anxiety translates sophisticated psychological science into a helpful, hopeful, step-by-step guide for bringing worries and nerves under control. Dr. Terri Bacow has created an invaluable resource that will help teens and young adults understand how anxiety works, how to manage it, and how to find a lasting sense of calm.” —Lisa Damour, PhD, author of Untangled and Under Pressure “Wow! This book does the near impossible. It gives you a practical, simple, proven way to eliminate toxic worry from your life and subdue anxiety.”—Edward Hallowell, MD, author of ADHD 2.0 “Goodbye, Anxiety offers support, empathy and—most importantly—actionable activities and guidance to help readers overcome worry, increase self-esteem and feel less alone. I couldn't recommend this book more highly.”—Lindsey Pollak, New York Times–bestselling author of Getting from College to Career and Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work “Goodbye Anxiety is a book that you will use and re-use as you navigate life and all it throws at you.”—Rachel L. Goldman, PhD, clinical assistant professor at NYU School of Medicine, licensed psychologist, media contributor, speaker, and consultant “Dr. Bacow is an incredibly gifted scholar and clinician who has designed such an innovative, user-friendly tool for youth—Goodbye, Anxiety is full of evidence-based strategies to help teens manage worry and anxiety.” —Donna B. Pincus, PhD, CAS Feld Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Boston University and author of Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety “Goodbye, Anxiety should be essential reading for everyone. Dr. Bacow does a superb job communicating evidenced-based practices to her audience in an age-appropriate and highly entertaining manner.” —Jaime Zuckerman, PsyD, licensed clinical psychologist, media contributor, mental health social media influencer, author, and podcast host of It’s Me, Dr. Z with JB “Goodbye, Anxiety provides a welcoming format for teens, young adults (and, shh…even their parents!) to develop and refine an accessible toolkit and habits that will help them to successfully navigate anxiety now and in the future.” —Jill Emanuele, PhD, senior director of the Mood Disorders Center at Child Mind Institute “Goodbye, Anxiety blends effective techniques for managing emotions and distress with an engaging, witty, and useful journal format that allows you to helpfully examine and manage anxiety-related behaviors.” —Jill Ehrenreich-May, PhD, professor and director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Treatment Program at University of Miami“With this book, Dr. Bacow brings her time-tested, highly sought-after clinical skills directly to your home, no appointment necessary. A must-read for anyone looking to reduce the impact of stress and anxiety on their minds, bodies, and lives.” —Uraina Clark, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, director of the Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging Laboratory, and associate director of the MD-PhD Dual Degree Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Book SynopsisAchieving and sustaining success is difficult. Why do some people struggle to get started or stay the course? Why do others seem to sabotage their hard-earned victories? What makes some people stumble and fall, when they seem to possess the requisite skills to soar? Most importantly, what can be done to change these patterns and their outcomes? Based on years of research, MASTERING FEAR answers these questions and many more with its surprising perspective on stress, fear and the single most important skill necessary to achieve maximum results. Studies worldwide have tracked the lives of hundreds of individuals over decades in search of the foundations of excellence. Dr. Maurer has culled and refined this data, dispelling current myths and revealing practical strategies to maximise passion and performance in any individual, team or organisation. In MASTERING FEAR, you will discover that:Stress can''t be cured, because stress as we know it does not exist.Fear plays a crucial role in undermining - or driving - all success.There is one skill you absolutely must see in others before you can trust them.You may already possess the single most critical skill for achieving and sustaining success in all key areas of life!

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Book SynopsisThis is a book for seekers of personal development and planetary healing. Imagine a vertical axis running through the center of your being, from your deepest roots up to your highest aspirations. This is the Tree, which anchors and centers you. Now imagine this Tree encircled by concentric rings of family, friends, all of humanity, and the encompassing beauty of nature. This is the Hoop of relationship. This simple yet life-changing volume fully explains for the first time the power of these two ubiquitous symbols to bring us a whole new understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Through explorations of their deep meaning in psychology, Native American and other spiritual traditions, myth and fairy tale, author Chris Hoffman shows how we can use the Hoop and the Tree to be happier in our relationships, increase our connection with nature, create a more functional society, and live lives of balance and fulfillment. This twentieth anniversary edition, revised and expanded, offers additional insights into practical applications, describes the initiations needed for a fully lived life, and gives simple exercises for visualizing and integrating one’s own deep structure of wholeness.Trade Review"GroundbreakingHighly recommended." The Midwest Book Review"A persuasive view of balance, focus, and personal and global wholeness." NAPRA ReView"Therapeutic, enlightening, and a joy to read." The Bloomsbury Review"Gives us tools to heal our psyches and bring us closer to experiencing the deep inter-connectedness of all life." AHP Perspective (Association for Humanistic Psychology)"All those interested in ecopsychology, as well as anyone concerned with therapy, mythology, spirituality or personal growth, will find rich and rewarding material here. I recommend it highly." Elizabeth J. Roberts, Ed.D, co-editor of Prayers for a Thousand Years , Earth Prayers , and Life Prayers"I loved it. An integrative, life-sustaining, eco-spiritual point of view and practice. This book helps us to widen the boundaries of our compassion." Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author of Green Psychology"Compelling, grounded, full of hope can be easily followed in our daily activities." Marc Bekoff, author of Strolling With Our Kin, Minding Animals , and The Ten Trusts (with Jane Goodall)"I admire the gentle simplicity of this book, the way it endeavors to connect us backthrough the power of story and the healing strength of natureto the rootedness that so much of the modern world has lost. In our Native traditions we speak of seven generations, how our deeds will affect those who come long after us. A deep understanding of that responsibility is at the heart of The Hoop and The Tree ." Joseph Bruchac, Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, Author of Our Stories Remember and the bestselling Keepers of the Earth seriesTable of Contents1 The Shape of All Shapes 2 All My Relations: The Hoop 3 The Holy Tree 4 The Hoop and the Tree: The Deep Structure of the Whole Self 5 Go in Beauty 6 The Hoop and the Tree for Healing and Transformation

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Book SynopsisIt’s easy to make a resolution, but it’s also really easy to quit. And the more you want to change, the more opportunity there is to give up. Betsy Schow knows that game pretty well as when, a few years ago, she decided once and for all to lose weight. She lost 75 pounds and she’s kept it off. The Quitter’s Guide to Finishing shows readers how they can apply Schow’s unique finishing philosophy to all aspects of their lives. With humorous anecdotes and no-holds-barred frankness, Schow outlines how goal makers can move beyond “the starter’s high” and shift their perceptions in a way that allows them to actually complete their unfinished projects. The Quitter’s Guide to Finishing emphasizes action-oriented goals, planning without escape routes, using healthy rewards as motivation, and dozens of other tips and tricks to get you past the finish line.

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Book SynopsisEven in the best of circumstances, life can sometimes seem like a parade of traumatic events. The good news is we come equipped with the ability to grow from our adverse experiences. Researchers call this response “post-traumatic growth,” or PTG. Psychologist and mindfulness educator Dr. Christopher Willard has gathered essential mind–body tools for PTG into one concise volume. After a brief crash course in the latest research on trauma and the mind–body connection, we learn to access our innate resilience through body-based practices, mindful awareness, and generating compassion for ourselves and others. This is the first easy-access guide to handling the traumas of everyday life, with a retro-modern design that follows on the author’s popular mindfulness titles for children. With just enough of the latest research to inspire confidence in our ability to regulate our trauma responses, and in the friendly voice of a fellow human under stress, Dr. Willard kindly guides us through a variety of strategies to help us more easily “grow through what we go through.”

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Book SynopsisAn empowering guide to help you navigate those times when your life turns upside down and inside out?and the radical shift in consciousness you can access in the process There's nothing safe or comfortable about having your life overturned. Whether the upheaval comes in the form of a world-shaking event or something as intimate as a broken relationship, medical emergency, or personal loss?the result leaves us feeling profoundly disturbed and unsure of what to do next. Yet what if such moments of crisis were actually gateways to expanding our consciousness and finding more freedom than we ever thought possible? At these times, we enter what Valerie Gangas calls "deep shift." For Valerie, her own deep shift came after she lost her mother. In her struggles with depression and despair, she became fascinated by what comes next when our lives are upended. "There's no 'back to normal,'" she says. "Deep shifting is a process that means letting go of the person you thought you were. These times compel us to turn to what we're all here to do?wake up, transform, and come home to our true selves." In Deep Shift walks you through the journey from the moment "shift really hits the fan" to your return to the world as a changed human. Here, Valerie offers research-driven insights, relatable stories, and practices and journal exercises to help reframe the hard times, embrace change as a gateway to awakening?and ultimately learn to become a "natural shifter" who can flow gracefully with whatever life throws at you. Valerie shares the profound, often hidden benefits of being "in deep shift," including: Freedom from troubling distractions and anxiety about the future Knowing it's okay to just be you Resting in deep acceptance of what is instead of fixating on what you may have wanted Enhanced mental clarity and creativity Feeling more emotionally grounded and balanced In Deep Shift is an empowering guide, offering reassurance and support during times of major life change?to help you remember that even in the hardest times, your sense of hope, purpose, and joy is always within reach.

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Book SynopsisAn affirmation can be your most potent ally for immediate self-care when you’re feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or stuck in negative thinking. “Affirmations are like friends you can call on when you need protection, grounding, encouragement, or a reminder of your strengths,” says Dr. Judith Orloff. “For empaths and all caring people, they are a crucial element of self-care.” With Affirmations for Empaths, this trusted empathy expert and “godmother of the empath movement” presents a new resource filled with her favorite affirmations to support sensitive people. Affirmations are powerful tools that can radically enhance the quality of your life - especially when used daily. Dr. Orloff offers key strategies for getting the most out of affirmations, with guidance for strengthening your intentions, reinforcing the energy of affirmations, and creatively personalising your practice. You’ll have 52 affirmations to practice, with space for weekly journaling, organised into eight topics - including balancing your emotions, finding purpose, building healthy relationships, and more.

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Book SynopsisWhat keeps you Guilt? Shame? Self-doubt? Fear? Don't let any of those stand in the way of God's grand plan for you.Passion for Fashion will reveal that we are more than the clothes we wear or the accessories we add to an out?t—all for the sake of looking good on the outside. We are more than good looks and fancy clothes. Learn how our outside shines based on what we have on the inside.God created you to live with signi?cance, purpose and joy, and be an astounding person. You can be that person. Con?dentially walk the runway of life. And you can start today!

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