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81) The magic
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Step by step, day-by-day, secret teachings, revelations, and scientific law are brought together to form 28 simple practices that open the reader's eyes to a new world, and lead them to a dream life.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This two-in-one handbook will help you to understand your child's anxiety and how to ease it, while also showing you how to reconcile your own fears and worries that come with raising an anxious child. Tips and strategies from evidence-based therapies, such as CBT, ACT and exposure therapy, are paired in this guide with humorous, thoughtful and honest anecdotes of the author's own life and parenting experiences. Challenging modern cultural pressures...
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Language
English
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"As head of TED, Chris Anderson believes it's within our grasp to turn outrage into optimism. It comes down to reimagining one of the most fundamental human virtues: generosity. What if generosity could become infectious? Consider how a barber began offering haircuts to people experiencing homelessness and catalyzed a movement. How two anonymous donors gave $10,000 each to two hundred strangers and discovered that most recipients wanted to "pay it...
Author
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"From J. Drew Lanham, MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and author of Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, comes a sensuous new collection in his signature mix of poetry and prose. In gorgeous and timely pieces, Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves is a lush journey into wildness and Black being. Lanham notices nature through seasonal shifts, societal unrest, and deeply personal reflection and traces a path from bitter history...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When mindfulness is oversimplified, it loses its radical transformational power. This book clarifies the subtleties. Mindfulness is more than just paying attention. HOW you pay attention -with kindness-is where the magic is. Many people have trouble with mindfulness because they're beating themselves up with self-criticism and judgment. If you practice mindfulness without kindness, you limit your capacity to change. Kindness changes everything. This...
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Adopt a lifestyle of thanksgiving and discover that no matter how messy life gets, God will make it good. Each moment that you're given is a precious gift from God. You can choose to have a thankful attitude and live each moment full of joy, simply because God is good. In The Power of Thank You, renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer encourages us to take a look at ourselves and the importance of being thankful....
Author
Publisher
Alice James Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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""The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love is a torment rarely recorded with such sustained eloquence and passion as you will find in this collection."--Fanny Howe. This highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self...
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