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The four walls of my freedom: Lessons I've Learned From A Life Of Caregiving

By Donna Thomson. 2014

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Disabilities
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

Donna Thomson’s life was forever changed when her son Nicholas was born with cerebral palsy. A former actor, director, and…

teacher, Donna became his primary caregiver and embarked on a second career as a disability activist, author, and consultant. Thomson vividly describes her experience in treading delicately through daily care, emergencies, and medical bureaucracy as she and her family cope with her son’s condition while maintaining value and dignity (for Nicholas, too). She demonstrates the vital contribution that people with disabilities make to our society and addresses the ethics and economics of giving and receiving care. 2014.

The female stress syndrome survival guide (Dr. Georgia Witkin Stress Bks.)

By Georgia Witkin. 2000

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Family and relationships, Health and medicine, Psychology, Self help
Human-narrated audio

Explains how women experience stress differently from men and provides techniques and problem-solving skills to reduce it. Includes examples of…

dealing with family life (including teenagers and mates), common work problems, sexual difficulties, and aging - along with other unavoidable everyday tensions. 2000.

The etiquette of illness: what to say when you can't find the words

By Susan P Halpern. 2004

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Medicine, Psychology, Self help
Human-narrated audio

A cancer survivor and psychotherapist addresses how individuals can best respond with sensitivity and compassion to a sick friend or…

relative. Demonstrates making a potentially awkward situation more comfortable through effective speech and behaviour. Includes suggestions for talking to children about illness. 2004.

The confidence code for girls: taking risks, messing up, & becoming your amazingly imperfect, totally powerful self

By Claire Shipman, Katty Kay. 2018

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Self help
Human-narrated audio

In this tween adaptation of the bestselling adult book 'The Confidence Code', the origins and effects of confidence are explored…

and explained in a vibrant, approachable way. For a lot of girls, preteen years are when they're most in need of that boost of confidence. Journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman explore key concepts in how to strive for and achieve confidence, and provide a winning formula for how to overcome that dangerous voice in your head telling you that you can't succeed. Grades 4-7. 2018.

The compassionate achiever: how helping others fuels success

By Christopher L Kukk. 2017

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Self help
Human-narrated audio

Recent science shows that to achieve durable success, we need to be more than just achievers; we need to be…

compassionate achievers. New research in biology, neuroscience, and economics have found that compassion--recognizing a problem or caring about another's pain and making a commitment to help--not only improves others' lives; it can transform our own. Reveals the profound benefits of practicing compassion including more constructive relationships, improved intelligence, and increased resiliency. To help us achieve these benefits, Kukk, the founding Director of the Center for Compassion, Creativity and Innovation, shares his unique 4-step program for cultivating compassion. Kukk makes clear that practicing compassion isn't about being a martyr or a paragon of virtue; it's about rejecting rage and indifference and choosing instead to be a thoughtful, caring problem-solver. He identifies the skills every compassionate achiever should master--listening, understanding, connecting, and acting--and outlines how to develop each. 2017.

The highly sensitive person: how to thrive when the world overwhelms you

By Elaine Aron. 2004

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Self help
Human-narrated audio

An indepth look at characteristics that define sensitivity. Through self-assessment tests and techniques, Aron shows listeners how to identify their…

own personality traits. This exceptional book can lead to remarkable results for many who suffer from constant stress and anxiety. 2004.

The healthy boomer: a no-nonsense midlife health guide for women and men

By Miroslava Lhotsky, Peggy Edwards, Judy Turner. 1999

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Health and medicine, Self help, Aging (social issues)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…

hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.

The heart of the soul: emotional awareness

By Gary Zukav, Linda Francis. 2002

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Psychology, Self help
Human-narrated audio

Although developing emotional awareness is challenging and difficult because it requires becoming aware of our buried emotional pain, it is…

also enormously rewarding. This text shows us how to free ourselves from our compulsions, fixations, obsessions and addictions - such as anger, workaholism, obsessive eating, alcohol and drug abuse - that prevent us from living a fulfilling and meaningful life. 2002.

The happiness project: or, why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle, and generally have more fun

By Gretchen Craft Rubin. 2009

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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Self help
Human-narrated audio

Author's personal reflections on a monthly plan to improve her quality of life by the end of one year. Analyzes…

missteps, challenges, and successes in reaching her goals and shares the often unexpected lessons she learned. Bestsellers. c2009.

The greatness guide: Powerful Secrets For Getting To World Class

By Robin S Sharma. 2006

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Psychology, Self help
Human-narrated audio

Each one of us is called to greatness. We can have a significant impact on the world around us -…

if we so choose. If you are looking to craft an extraordinary life, The Greatness Guide is the powerful and practical handbook that will inspire you to get to world class in both your personal and professional life. 2006.

The Girls' Life guide to growing up

By Karen Bokram, Alexis Sinex. 2000

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
General non-fiction, Self help
Human-narrated audio

Advice for girls on everyday challenges, such as friendship and family, boyfriends and crushes, popularity and conflicts, self-esteem and body…

issues (menstruation, bras, braces), and "tough stuff" like moving and grief. Based on questions frequently handled by Girls' Life magazine. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.

The disability rights movement: from charity to confrontation

By Frieda Zames, Doris Zames Fleischer. 2011

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Disabilities
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Legislative history of the civil rights movement for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Discusses various advocacy organizations, and the roles of technology and deinstitutionalization. c2011.

The education of Laura Bridgman: first deaf and blind person to learn language

By Ernest Freeberg. 2001

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography of persons with disabilities, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography, Disabilities, Blindness and visual impairment
Human-narrated audio

Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind…

at the age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. 2001.

The disability rights movement (Cornerstones of freedom)

By Deborah Kent. 1996

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Disabilities
Human-narrated audio

A chronicle of milestones in the ongoing fight for disability rights in the United States; includes the 1940 establishment of…

the National Federation of the Blind and the passing of both the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Grades 4-7. c1996.

The conversation: how men and women can build loving, trusting relationships (Griot audio)

By Hill Harper. 2010

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Self help
Human-narrated audio
African American author of “Letters to a Young Sister” offers advice for blacks seeking stable relationships. Advocates changing dysfunctional behaviours and communicating to curtail the breakdown of families. 2010.

The confident woman: asserting yourself at work, love and play (Your coach in a box)

By Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz, Morton H Shaevitz. 2006

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Self help
Human-narrated audio

This new, groundbreaking book is written for women of all ages (including teens), stages and backgrounds who put everything and…

everybody before themselves and end up feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, depleted, and deprived. Not your run-of-the-mill, self-help book, "The Confident Woman" shows readers how they can have saner, better balanced, healthier, happier and more meaningful personal and professional lives by making small changes in their attitudes and behaviours. 2006.

The cinema of isolation: a history of physical disability in the movies

By Martin F Norden. 1994

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Arts and entertainment, Disabilities
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille

Film has often shown people with physical disabilities as deserving isolation from the rest of society. Norden examines hundreds of…

Hollywood and international movies and uncovers the industry's practices for maintaining this status quo, while offering an array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of stereotypes. He observes the arrival of a new set of stereotypes tied to the growth of science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s, and underscores later movies that display a newfound sensitivity. Some descriptions of sex, strong language. 1994.

The confidence course: seven steps to self-fulfillment

By Walter Anderson. 1997

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Self help
Human-narrated audio
From the editor of Parade magazine, this course on self-confidence enables readers to learn to change their behaviour in order to gain emotional well-being. Gives exercises and practice examples. 1997.

The child who never grew

By Pearl S Buck. 1992

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Disabilities
Human-narrated audio

First published as a magazine article in 1950, this book deals with Buck's feelings about her daughter Carol's mental retardation.…

Buck, noted for her humanitarian work with children, relates her struggle to understand and help her daughter. She was perhaps the first prominent person to openly acknowledge a retarded child, and as such broke a national taboo with her article's publication. 1992.

The celestine vision: living the new spiritual awareness

By James Redfield. 1997

DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Psychology, Christianity, Spirituality, Self help
Human-narrated audio

James Redfield writes widely on the topic of spiritual awareness. Here he discusses the background of an awakening which will…

shape our world in the new millennium. Using his own experience, he clarifies how mysterious coincidences lead us towards our special destiny. He suggests that the inevitable synthesis of Eastern and Western ideas forms part of an evolution towards a better world. He guides our own vision for our lives, delving into hidden energies and the discovery of our unique missions on this planet. Companion to "The Celestine prophecy" (DC16050). 1997.

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