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Is That Me Yelling?: A Parent's Guide to Getting Your Kids to Cooperate Without Losing Your Cool

Rona Renner RN · New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

Being a parent is hard work! And when your child refuses to do even the little things - like picking up their toys, taking a bath, or getting in the car to go to school - it's easy to become frustrated. But what if there was a gentle, effective way for you to improve your kid's...
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Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything

Iyanla Vanzant · Smiley Books
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback

Too many of us feel trapped in stagnant romantic, family, or workplace relationships. Weighed down by toxic thoughts and emotions, we might be quick to judge and slow to pardon, and self-righteous about our feelings as we dwell on memories of what we or others did (or failed to do) . In this...
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Holding Tight-Letting Go: Raising Healthy Kids in AnxiousTimes

Benjamin D Garber · Unhooked Books
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

When to hold on; when to let go - a constant dilemma of parenthood. This timely book examines the balance between these powerful dynamics. How parents can instill confidence and security in children and how professionals can recognize and respond when this process goes awry. Holding too long...
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The Book of Highs: 255 Ways to Alter Your Consciousness without Drugs

Edward Rosenfeld · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Call it altering consciousness, call it getting high, or call it mindfulness. Humans are hardwired to seek ways to transcend the limits of everyday awareness, whether it's the little kid spinning in circles to get dizzy or a runner experiencing the day's first rush of dopamine. And you don't...
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On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old

Parker J Palmer · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy) , comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything."Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career...
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Everyday Narcissism: Yours, Mine, and Ours

Nancy Van Dyken · Central Recovery Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Narcissism is a belief that the world revolves around us, and that what happens in the world happens because of us. Most of us live with a form of narcissism so common and so deeply embedded that we don't even know we have it. This "everyday narcissism" (EN) comes from a combination...

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Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the US Foreign Service

Harry Kopp · Georgetown University Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

Career Diplomacy is an insider's guide to the Foreign Service as an institution, a profession, and a career. In this thoroughly revised third edition, Kopp and Naland provide an up-to-date, authoritative, and candid account of the life and work of professional US diplomats, who advance...
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Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind

Srinivasan S Pillay · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Harness your mind's innate tendency to wander, stall, rest, and unfocus and become more productive - in the boardroom, living room, or classroom.

To finish tasks and achieve goals, most people believe that more focus is the solution. We rely on to-do lists, calendar reminders,...
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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover

It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors - from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts - are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The gift of failure...
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Dr. Jenn's Relationship Manual

Jenn Berman · Sterling
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Can your relationship be saved? The star of the hit VH1 show "Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn" looks at what can be fixed, what can t, and what can take your relationship to new heights. In "The Relationship Fix, " Dr. Jenn Mann, the host and psychotherapist from VH1 "Couples...
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Career Defense 101: How to Stop Sexual Harassment Without Quitting Your Job

Meredith Holley · Morgan James Publishing
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback

Career Defense 101 offers women seven proven, actionable strategies that help end sexual harassment in their careers for good so that they can focus on work they love. Women are often told, "Things are really sexist, and all we can do is ignore it." Career Defense 101 does not accept...
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Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life

Radha Agrawal · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 219
Format: Hardcover

It's the great paradox of the digital age, what Radha Agrawal calls "community confusion" - the internet connects us to hundreds, thousands, even millions of people, and yet we feel more isolated than ever, with 1 in 4 Americans saying they have zero friends to confide in. Where...
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Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck

David Nichtern · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

A friendly, funny, practical guide for creatives and entrepreneurs, written by a four-time Emmy award-winning and two-time Grammy-nominated composer-guitarist-producer who has worked with Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Garcia, Lana Del Rey, and Krishna Das, among many others. Also a beloved...
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Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life

DAYMOND JOHN · Currency
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Broke and "Shark" on ABC's hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual, and inspires readers to Rise...
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The Secrets of a Soulful Marriage: Creating and Sustaining a Loving, Sacred Relationship

Jim Sharon EdD · SkyLight Paths Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book

"Your partner can and should meet all of your emotional needs." "All disagreements can and should be resolved." “Great relationships require little maintenance.”Old models of marriage such as these are crumbling. Divorce rates remain high. Many people are skeptical...
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