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The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing and Strength When Disaster Strikes

Laurie Nadel · HCI
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

"Once a seasoned journalist but now a distinguished scholar and practicing psychotherapist, Dr. Laurie has immersed herself in the academic study of suffering, in addition to the depth her own life story provides . . . . When it comes to teaching how to get up after being...
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CREATING COMPASSIONATE KIDS : 50 essential conversations to have with young children

SHAUNA TOMINEY · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Learning easy ways to talk with children about difficult topics.

Young children look to the adults in their lives for everything. Sometimes we're prepared for their questions and sometimes we're not.

All child development research is clear about the importance of language...

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I Just Haven't Met You Yet: Finding Empowerment in Dating, Love, and Life

Tracy Strauss · Skyhorse
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A Modern-Day Bridget Jones's Diary Meets Eat, Pray, Love, One of Bustle's "Writers to Watch" Offers Advice, Life Lessons, and Lots of HeartI Just Haven't Met You Yet details Tracy Strauss's dating history and her journey to dismantle the effects and stigmas of an abusive...
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Making Space, Clutter Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You'll Ever Need

Tracy McCubbin · Sourcebooks
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"This isn't another Kondo-clone, because she dives into the heart of why decluttering is so difficult." -- BOOKLIST , STARRED Review

Discover the freedom of a beautiful home, personal purpose, and joyful inner confidence

Decluttering expert Tracy McCubbin offers...

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Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials

Lucinda Herring · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

For all those seeking to reclaim their innate and legal right to care for their own dead, create home funeral vigils, and choose greener after-death care options that are less toxic and more sustainable for the earth

More natural after-death care options are transforming the paradigm...
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When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want

Mike Lewis · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An inspirational book that lays out the "Jump Curve" -- four steps to wholeheartedly pursuing the career of your dreams -- through experiences from a variety of people who have jumped and never looked back

When Mike Lewis was twenty-four and working in a prestigious corporate...

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The Year of the Introvert: A Journal of Daily Inspiration for the Inwardly Inclined

Michaela Chung · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 218
Format: Flexibound

365 quotes, insights, and journaling prompts for the blossoming introvert.The Year of the Introvert is a seasonal daybook and journal that takes introverts on a true adventure in introspection and self-care, 365 days of the year. With each page of daily insight, Michaela Chung provides...
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The Art of Mindful Reading: Embracing the Wisdom of Words

Ella Berthoud · Leaping Hare Press
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

The healing power of reading has been renowned since Aristotle; focus, flow and enlightenment can all be discovered through this universal act.

The Art of Mindful Reading embraces the joy of absorbing words on a page, encouraging a state of mind as deeply therapeutic and vital...
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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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Notes on a Nervous Planet

Matt Haig · Penguin Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader look at how modern life feeds our anxiety, and how to live a better life.

The societies we live in are increasingly making our minds ill, making it feel as though the way we live...
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The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments

Meik Wiking · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

What's the actual secret to happiness? Great memories! Meik Wiking - happiness researcher and New York Times bestselling author of The Little Book of Hygge and The Little Book of Lykke - shows us how to create memories that make life sweet in this charming book.

Do you remember...

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes!: 101 Stories about Adventure, Change and Positive Thinking

Amy Newmark · Chicken Soup for the Soul
Format: Paperback

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes! celebrates the empowerment we feel when we say "Yes!" to something that challenges us. Change your life for the better by doing the things that scare you. These 101 true, revealing stories will help you do just that. In a world where...
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Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It

Adam Savage · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

MythBusters' Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality.

Adam Savage is a maker. From Chewbacca's...
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Breaking Up With Sugar: Divorce the Diets, Drop the Pounds, and Live Your Best Life

Molly Carmel · Avery
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A proven plan to break free from your unhealthy relationship with Sugar - and reclaim your health and your life for good.The solution to your food and weight problems isn't willpower or the next fad diet - it's breaking up with Sugar. Molly Carmel, an eating disorder therapist with...
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Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things

Rosemary Davidson · Harper Wave
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Integrating mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology, and creativity research, Craftfulness offers a thought-provoking and surprising reconsideration of craft, and how making things with your hands can connect us to our deepest selves and improve our well-being and overall happiness.

We...

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