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Dodging Energy Vampires: An Empath's Guide to Evading Relationships That Drain You and Restoring Your Health and Power

CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP · Hay House, Inc.
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Highly sensitive people - or empaths - see life through the eyes of compassion and caring. They were born that way. As a result, they carry a tremendous amount of inner light. But they're also the favored prey of "vampires" who feed off empaths' energy and disrupt their...
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Big Fit Girl: Embrace the Body You Have

LOUISE GREEN · GREYSTONE Books
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the couch, and unleashed her inner athlete - as well as showcasing...
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Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

Ulrich Boser · Rodale Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For centuries, experts have argued that learning was about memorizing information: You're supposed to study facts, dates, and details, burn them into your memory, and then apply that knowledge at opportune times. But this approach to learning isn't nearly enough for the world that we live...
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Today I Will: 100 Ways to Make Your Life Calm and Creative

Carmen Warrington · Hamlyn
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

If you find it hard to make time to meditate then affirmations are the answer. Affirmations work like mini meditations: your attention is focused on the a rmation for just a short period of time, giving your brain a chance to let go of extraneous thoughts. You can repeat affirmations throughout...
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Do It, Mean It, Be It: The Keys to Achieve Success, Happiness and Everything You Deserve at Work and in Life

Corrie Shanahan · Career Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Do It, Mean It, Be It shares the secrets of highly successful executives who have both great careers and meaningful personal lives. It is full of inspiring stories, practical exercises, and checklists that will help you rapidly start doing well and being more fulfilled at work and home...
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The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life

Natalie Goldberg · Shambhala
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive - experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing. The "great spring"...
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We Don't Talk Anymore: Healing after Parents and Their Adult Children Become Estranged

Kathy McCoy · Sourcebooks
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Break the silence and heal the riftEstrangement or partial estrangement from an adult son or daughter is one of a parent's worst nightmares. It can mean angry silences and anguished days and nights wondering what went wrong. Becoming estranged from a parent can be equally painful for an adult...
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Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children

Sheri McGregor M.A. · Sowing Creek Press
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

In Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children, Sheri McGregor, M.A., helps parents break free from emotional pain - and move forward in their own lives. As a loving mother to whom the unthinkable happened, McGregor knows the horrible shock that wrings...
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Anxiety-Free Kids: An Interactive Guide for Parents and Children

Bonnie Zucker · Prufrock Pr
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

Anxiety-Free Kids (2nd ed.) offers parents strategies that help children become happy and worry free, methods that relieve a child's excessive anxieties and phobias, and tools for fostering interaction and family-oriented solutions. Using a unique companion approach that offers two books...
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Loving Bravely: Twenty Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want

Alexandra H. Solomon PhD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

"A godsend to anyone searching for, but struggling to find, true love in their lives." - Kristin Neff, PhD, author of Self-Compassion Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner and build a healthy intimate relationship, you must first become a good partner...
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Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

Lisa Mosconi · Avery
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

How to eat for maximum brain power and health from an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition.Like our bodies, our brains have very specific food requirements. And in this eye-opening book from an author who is both a neuroscientist and a certified integrative nutritionist, we learn what...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Christmas Miracles: 101 Stories of Holiday Hope and Happiness

Amy Newmark · Chicken Soup for the Soul
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Christmas and Miracles! There's no better way to celebrate the season and give a gift of wonder and joy. This collection of Chicken Soup for the Soul's favorite holiday miracle stories, compiled from past books, is a beautiful way to spread love, happiness and hope.
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Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction

CATHERINE PEARLMAN · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

This book teaches frustrated, stressed-out parents that selectively ignoring certain behaviors can actually inspire positive changes in their kids. With all the whining, complaining, begging, and negotiating, parenting can seem more like a chore than a pleasure. Dr. Catherine Pearlman,...
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Finish First: Winning Changes Everything

Scott Hamilton · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Go for the win! Achieve excellence and be better than you've ever been!In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to "beat" the competition. But it seems competition has gotten a bad rap these...
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The Infographic Guide to College: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know

ADAMS MEDIA. · Adams Media
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

For fans of the popular Show Me How series, this illustrated guide to college life has everything a student needs to excel in their first year, from tips on getting involved around campus to advice about applying for loans and studying for exams.College survival just got graphic! Get a head...
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