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The Biology of Beating Stress: How Changing Your Environment, Your Body, and Your Brain Can Help You Find Balance and Peace

Jeanne Ricks · New Page Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Stress is killing us unilaterally. All races, creeds, colors, socioeconomic groups, political parties--it does not discriminate. According to a recent study by the American Institute of Stress, 48 percent of stress sufferers say stress has a negative impact on their personal and professional...
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8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools

Signe Whitson · W W Norton
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback

Tackling an all-too-prevalent problem among kids with 8 smart, practical strategies. Groundbreaking books have peered into the psychology of bullying and the cultural climate that -- seemingly now more than ever -- gives rise to such cruelty and aggression. But few have been able to synthesize...
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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter

CELESTE HEADLEE · Harper Wave
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"WE NEED TO TALK."They are, perhaps, the most dreaded four words in the English language. But in her timely, insightful, and wonderfully practical book, We Need to Talk, Celeste Headlee - who earns a living by talking on the airwaves of National Public Radio - makes the case that...
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The Dolphin Way: A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Kids-Without Turning i nto a Tiger

Shimi K Kang · Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin
Pages: 334
Format: Print book

In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral...
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Capital Gaines: The Smart Things I've Learned by Doing Stupid Stuff

CHIP GAINES · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

"National Bestseller - New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, Wall Street Journal"The funny and talented Chip Gaines is well known to millions of people as a TV star, renovation expert, bestselling author, husband to Joanna, and father of 4 in Waco, Texas. But long before...
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Sparks of Light: A Teaching Story About the Circle of Life

Christine Word · WORD PRESS
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback

Two angels reveal the truth about who we are and what we're doing in this life. "Sparks of Light" is intended as a teaching story to help children of all ages deal with loss. Moved by her granddaughter' s sadness at such a time, the author was inspired to find a way through...
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Unlocking the Stress Treasure Chest

Shawn Latula · Lulu Publishing Services
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Everyone has stress. In this book, learn how to be aware and not be taken by surprise! Your health, peace of mind, and happiness depends on your response to stress in a way that is most appropriate for you. You will acquire real-life cases and evidence-based findings to enhance your personal...
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My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown

Meera Lee Patel · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Start Where You Are comes a vibrantly inspiring look at making peace with fear--to become our truest selvesOn the heels of her bestselling journal Start Where You Are, author and illustrator Meera Lee Patel takes us deeper into her artistic vision and emotional...
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Think and Grow Rich for Women: Using Your Power to Create Success and Significance

Sharon Lechter · Tarcher
Format: Hardcover

Women are the future of American business. According to a recent Nielsen report, women will control two-thirds of American consumer wealth in less than a decade.And yet almost all business and success literature is still written for men - dispensing advice that doesn't take into account...
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I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life

MARIA SHRIVER · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 224

A book of reflections for those seeking wisdom, guidance, encouragement, and inspiration on the road to a meaningful life As a prominent woman juggling many roles, Maria Shriver knows just how surprising, unpredictable, and stressful everyday life can be. In this moving and powerful book,...
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover

A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty -- a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre -- took a job at a crematory,...
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De-Escalate: How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less

Douglas Noll · Atria Books/Beyond Words
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Discover how to successfully and efficiently calm an angry person or diffuse a volatile situation in ninety seconds or less with this proven and accessible peacekeeping method by self-described "lawyer turned peacemaker" Douglas E. Noll.We live in an increasingly divided world...
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Lose Your Belly Diet Cookbook:: The Ultimate Secret To Losing Belly Fat, Improve Your Gut and Live Healthy.

Brain Thompson · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback

Do you want to be healthy? Do you want to be lean? And finally do you want to lose that annoying fat around your bellies! The recipes in this book is built around a very clear, research-based concept: it is enriched with recipes that nourishes and protects the microbes in your gut paves...
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Living at the End of Life: A Hospice Nurse Addresses the Most Common Questions

KAREN WHITLEY BELL · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

An updated edition of the most respected book on hospice care - for both patients and caregivers. This warm and informative resource on hospice and other end-of-life care options now gets an update. It receives a new preface and revised guidance on elders who need more long-term care and support,...
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Passed and Present: Keeping Memories of Loved Ones Alive

Allison Gilbert · Seal Press
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

Passed and Present is a one-of-a-kind guide for discovering creative and meaningful ways to keep the memory of loved ones alive. Inspiring and imaginative, this bona fide "how-to" manual teaches us how to remember those we miss most, no matter how long they've been gone. Passed...
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