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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter

CELESTE HEADLEE - Harper Wave
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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Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death

Henry Fersko-Weiss - Conari Press
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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Finding the Blue Sky: A Mindful Approach to Choosing Happiness Here and Now

Joseph Emet - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book

In this beautifully crafted book, Joseph Emet explores the intersection between one of the hottest field of study in the realm of personal growth - Positive Psychology - and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism Positive Psychology - with its focus not on mental "disease," but rather...
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The Long Night: Readings and Stories to Help You through Depression

Jessica Kantrowitz - Fortress Press
Format: Hardcover

When you're in the midst of terrible depression, the days and weeks can feel like an eternity. This book is for those who are in the long night of depression. It does not promise healing or deliverance; it is not a guide to praying away the depression. It is simply an attempt to sit next...
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Sex After . . .: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes

Iris Krasnow - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Book

The bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Wives offers a refreshingly straightforward guide to enjoying a long, satisfying sex life. Women of the baby boomer generation know and trust Iris Krasnow as a writer who speaks candidly to the issues that concern them most. In the months following...
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Young Widower: A Memoir

John W. Evans - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback

John W. Evans was twenty-nine years old and his wife, Katie, was thirty. They had met in the Peace Corps in Bangladesh, taught in Chicago, studied in Miami, and were working for a year in Romania when they set off with friends to hike into the Carpathian Mountains. In an instant their life...
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Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking

Dr. Caroline Leaf - Baker Books
Format: Hardcover

Toxic thoughts, depression, anxiety--our mental mess is frequently aggravated by a chaotic world and sustained by an inability to manage our runaway thoughts. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal. There's hope and help available to us--and...
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Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old?: Plan Now to Safeguard Your Health and Happiness in Old Age

Joy Loverde - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to know to plan for your own safe, financially secure, healthy, and happy old ageFor those who have no support system in place, the thought of aging without help can be a frightening, isolating prospect. Whether you have friends and family ready and able to help you or not,...
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10 Steps to Mastering Stress: A Lifestyle Approach, Updated Edition

David H. Barlow - Oxford University Press
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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The Rough Patch: Marriage and the Art of Living Together

DAPHNE DE MARNEFFE - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From a leading clinical psychologist who has counseled couples and individuals for decades, a wise, radical, and optimistic approach to marriage that promises compatibility between an individual's development and the often relentless demands of a relationship.People today are trying to make...
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