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Fire Up Your Life in Retirement: 101 Ways for Women to Reinvent Themselves

Catherine DePino · Paragon House
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Women want to be fulfilled in all areas of their lives and at all stages. They want to love and be loved. They want freedom from conflict and a peaceful existence. And when life doesn't meet these expectations, they want to be able to deal with their disappointments with strength and courage....
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Ditch the Pitch: The Art of Improvised Persuasion

Steve Yastrow · SelectBooks, Inc.,
Pages: 162
Format: Print book

In today's world, customers don't want to hear sales pitches, but so many salespeople still rely on them. In his breakthrough handbook, Ditch the Pitch, Steve Yastrow, founder of a successful business strategy consulting firm, asks us to throw out everything we've been taught...
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The Happiest Mommy You Know: Why Putting Your Kids First Is the LAST Thing You Should Do

Genevieve Shaw Brown · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

ABC News reporter (and mom to three) Genevieve Shaw Brown reveals the deceptively simple golden rule for maternal happiness and how today's busy moms can live better, healthier lives.ABC News reporter Genevieve Shaw Brown was hell-bent on raising her kids to like vegetables and eat more...
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Writing as a Path to Awakening: A Year to Becoming an Excellent Writer and Living an Awakened Life

Albert Flynn DeSilver · Sounds True
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

The best writers say their work seems to come from a source beyond the thinking mind. But how do we access that source? "We must first look inside ourselves and be willing to touch that raw emotional core at the heart of a deeper creativity," writes Albert Flynn DeSilver. In Writing...
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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

Arianna Huffington · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 342
Format: Hardcover

In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye -- the result of a fall...
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10 Steps to Mastering Stress: A Lifestyle Approach, Updated Edition

David H. Barlow · Oxford University Press
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback

We know that stress is bad for us. We see evidence of this in the news, we hear it from our doctors, and we feel it at the end of a hectic week. Health professionals have learned that stress interferes with our lives-it increases missed work days, can lead to relationship difficulties,...
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Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy

THOMAS MOORE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Thomas Moore is the renowned author of Care of the Soul, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller. In Ageless Soul, Moore reveals a fresh, optimistic, and rewarding path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore's view, aging is the process by which...
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The Leading Brain: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance

Friederike Fabritius · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

A cutting-edge guide to applying the latest research in brain science to leadership - to sharpen performance, encourage innovation, and enhance job satisfaction.There's a revolution taking place that most businesses are still unaware of. The understanding of how our brains work has radically...
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Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death

Henry Fersko-Weiss · Conari Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Caring for the Dying describes a whole new way to approach death and dying. It explores how the dying and their families can bring deep meaning and great comfort to the care given at the end of a life. Created by Henry Fersko-Weiss, the end-of-life doula model is adapted from the work of birth...
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It's Not You: 27

Sara Eckel · Perigee Books
Format: Paperback

Why am I still single? If youre single and searching, theres no end to other peoples explanations, excuses, and criticism explaining why you havent found a partner Youre too picky. Just find a good-enough guy and youll be fine. Youre too desperate. If men think you need them, theyll run scared....
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The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat

Stephan M D Guyenet · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become...
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Approaching the End of Life: A Practical and Spiritual Guide

Donna Schaper · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover

In her more than forty years as a minister, Rev. Donna Schaper has been approached hundreds of times by people wanting to know how to prepare for the end of life in both practical and spiritual matters. Countless others have turned to her for guidance on how to handle the death of a loved...
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The Meaning of Dreaming: The Deeper Teachings of Yoga on Why We Dream as Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda

Savitri Simpson · Crystal Clarity Publishers
Pages: 137
Format: Paperback

Should your dreams be important to you or offer special messages or meanings? Have you ever wondered why you have nightly dreams, or exactly how the process happens? And what does it mean if you think you don't dream or seldom remember your dreams? All these questions and more are answered...
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Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome

Ty Tashiro · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward - and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success.As humans, we all need to belong....
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