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The Road to Resilience: Arm Yourself for Life's Challenges and Learn How to Bounce Back
By Adam Przytula. 2022
An effective toolbox for facing timeless and uniquely modern struggles Whatever you might be facing, know that you are not…
alone. From Adam Przytula, mental health advocate and founder of Armed for Life, The Road to Resilience is a down-to-earth guide for getting through the challenges that young people face daily. Nothing is off the table, from alcohol and drug use, to self-image in the age of social media, to bullying, depression and anxiety, pornography addiction, toxic masculinity, dating and relationships. If it happens in your life, you'll probably find it in this book. Written in a down-to-earth and accessible style, the book is designed to help teens with struggles they encounter every day, including those being faced for the first time by this generation. Packed full of practical exercises, life-affirming lessons and relatable stories drawn from the author's own life, this book will help you to become the person you want to be. Inside you will find: Effective techniques to reassess and improve mental health Powerful coping strategies and skills to deal with modern issues, including toxic masculinity, pornography, and unrealistic beauty standards set by influencers Tools to build self-awareness and tackle bullying in-person and online The Road to Resilience is a guide to facing down the unique challenges of today and learning the skills you need to be a healthy well-adjusted person for life.Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters
By Jessica P. Pryde. 2022
An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers,…
and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde. Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in the United States and across the diaspora, it hasn't often been easy to find Black romance joyfully showcased in entertainment media. In this collection, revered authors and sparkling newcomers, librarians and academicians, and avid readers and reviewers consider the mirrors and windows into Black love as it is depicted in the novels, television shows, and films that have shaped their own stories. Whether personal reflection or cultural commentary, these essays delve into Black love now and in the past, including topics from the history of Black romance to social justice and the Black community to the meaning of desire and desirability. Exploring the multifaceted ways love is seen—and the ways it isn't—this diverse array of Black voices collectively shines a light on the power of crafting happy endings for Black lovers. Jessica Pryde is joined by Carole V. Bell, Sarah Hannah Gomez, Jasmine Guillory, Da&’Shaun Harrison, Margo Hendricks, Adriana Herrera, Piper Huguley, Kosoko Jackson, Nicole M. Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, Christina C. Jones, Julie Moody-Freeman, and Allie Parker in this collection.El cerebro del adolescente: Descubre cómo funciona para entenderlos y acompañarlos
By David Bueno. 2022
En este magnífico libro, el doctor David Bueno, biólogo y neuroeducador de prestigio mundial, nos invita, de forma magistral y…
amena, a descubrir qué sucede en el cerebro de los adolescentes con la intención de conocerlos y entenderlos. ¿Por qué los adolescentes se acuestan tan tarde? ¿Es normal que nos lo cuestionen todo? ¿Sabías que están más indefensos que los adultos frente al estrés y tienen más tendencia a la ansiedad o la ira? ¿Por qué en su habitación reina el desorden? Los adolescentes son diferentes porque también lo es su cerebro: más fuerte y, al mismo tiempo, más vulnerable que en cualquier otra etapa de la vida. Los adolescentes se comportan como adolescentes porque eso es lo que son y lo que tienen que hacer. La adolescencia es época de cambio, de renovación y de crecimiento para el cerebro. Con el fin de abandonar los comportamientos típicos de la infancia y adquirir conductas propias de los adultos, elcerebro madura, hace nuevas conexiones y elimina otras. Es una época de cierto caos, pero también emocionante, de descubrimiento y renacimiento. A lo largo de estas páginas encontraremos información valiosa que nos ayudará a estimularlos y empoderarlos, a darles ejemplo, a ser respetuosos con sus ritmos de maduración, a apoyarlos emocionalmente cuando lo precisan y, en suma, a entender la adolescencia como una etapa necesaria y maravillosa tanto para los que la transitan como para los que los acompañan.David Bueno, el científic català que domina les xarxes i els mitjans, i també la paraula i la ciència, posa…
una mica de llum perquè entenguem COM FUNCIONA EL CERVELL dels tan temuts ADOLESCENTS. Un discurs únic que ens ajuda a entendre com és i com madura el cervell dels adolescents, quin sentit vital té aquest període tan crucial i rellevant per a la nostra espècie i quines coses podem posar en pràctica perquè sigui fructífer i perquè serveixi de trampolí per assolir una etapa adulta sana, digna i dignificant. Una aproximació divulgativa que se sustenta en els coneixements científics actuals dels camps de la biologia, la neurociència, la genètica, l'evolució, la sociologia, la psicologia i l'educació.Consultorio de Mamá Walsh (Flash Ensayo #Volumen)
By Marian Keyes. 2005
Mamá Walsh, la madre de las protagonistas de la saga de la «Familia Walsh», regresa para ofrecernos sus «consejos sensatos…
sobre asuntos del corazón.» Con el humor al que nos tiene acostumbrados, Marian Keyes usurpa la personalidad de Mamá Walsh, la madre de Claire, Rachel, Margaret, Anna y Helen, para enlazar historias sobre la vida y el amor -y los zapatos de Prada-, en un consultorio sentimental tan divertido como útil, y por descontado, «insensato».Speaking in Thumbs: A Psychiatrist Decodes Your Relationship Texts So You Don't Have To
By Mimi Winsberg. 2021
An essential look at the love language of texts, helping you decipher the personalities of online daters, the subtle signals…
from your romantic partner, and the red flags hiding in plain sight.When it comes to modern relationships, our thumbs do the talking. We swipe right into a stranger's life, flirt inside text bubbles, spill our hearts onto the screen, use emojis to convey desire, frustration, rage. Where once we pored over love letters, now we obsess over response times, or wonder why the three-dot ellipsis came . . . and went.Nobody knows this better than Dr. Mimi Winsberg. A Harvard- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist, she cofounded a behavioral health startup while serving as resident psychiatrist at Facebook. Her work frequently finds her at the intersection of Big Data and Big Dating. Like all of us, Winsberg has been handed a smartphone accompanied by the urgent plea: "What does this mean?" Unlike all of us, she knows the answer. She is a text whisperer.Speaking in Thumbs is a lively and indispensable guide to interpreting our most important medium of communication. Drawing from of-the-moment research and a treasure trove of real-life online dating chats, including her own, Winsberg helps you see past the surface and into the heart of the matter. What are the hallmarks of healthy attachment? How do we recognize deception? How can we draw out that important-but-sensitive piece of information--Do you want kids? Do you use drugs? Are you seeing someone else?--without sending a potential partner heading for the hills?Insightful, timely, and impossible to put down, Speaking in Thumbs is an irresistible guide to the language of love. With wit and compassion, Winsberg empowers you to find and maintain real connection by reading between the lines.Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis
By Laura Kipnis. 2022
In this timely, insightful, and darkly funny investigation, the acclaimed author of Against Love asks: what does living in dystopic…
times do to our ability to love each other and the world?COVID-19 has produced new taxonomies of love, intimacy, and vulnerability. Will its cultural afterlife be as lasting as that of HIV, which reshaped consciousness about sex and love even after AIDS itself had been beaten back by medical science? Will COVID end up making us more relationally conservative, as some think HIV did within gay culture? Will it send us fleeing into emotional siloes or coupled cocoons, despite the fact that, pre-COVID, domestic coupledom had been steadily losing fans? Just as COVID revealed our nation to itself, so did it hold a mirror up to our own relationships. In Love in the Time of Contagion, Laura Kipnis weaves (often hilariously) her own (ambivalent) coupled lockdown experiences together with those of others, and sets them against a larger backdrop: the politics of the virus, economic disparities, changing gender relations, and the ongoing institutional crack-ups prompted by #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, as she maps their effects on the everyday routines and occasional solaces of love and sex.The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love Is Broken: A Memoir
By Aimée Lutkin. 2022
When can we say we&’ll be single forever—and that&’s okay? One woman questions our society&’s pathologizing of loneliness in this crackling,…
incisive blend of memoir and cultural reporting. &“The Lonely Hunter challenged everything I assumed about the nature of loneliness and what it means to lead an authentic life.&”—Doree Shafrir, author of Thanks for Waiting and Startup: A NovelONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—Cosmopolitan, She ReadsOne evening, thirtysomething writer Aimée Lutkin found herself at a dinner party surrounded by couples. When the conversation turned to her love life, Lutkin stated simply, &“I don&’t really know if I&’m going to date anyone ever again. Some people are just alone forever.&” Her friends rushed to assure her that love comes when you least expect it and to make recommendations for new dating apps. But Lutkin wondered, Why, when there are more unmarried adults than ever before, is there so much pressure to couple up? Why does everyone treat me as though my real life won&’t start until I find a partner? Isn&’t this my real life, the one I&’m living right now? Is there something wrong with me, or is there something wrong with our culture? Over the course of the next year, Lutkin set out to answer these questions and to see if there really was some trick to escaping loneliness. She went on hundreds of dates; read the sociologists, authors, and relationship experts exploring singlehood and loneliness; dove into the wellness industrial complex; tossed it all aside to binge-watch Netflix and eat nachos; and probed the capitalist structures that make alternative family arrangements nearly impossible.Chock-full of razor-sharp observations and poignant moments of vulnerability, The Lonely Hunter is a stirring account of one woman&’s experience of being alone and a revealing exposé of our culture&’s deep biases against the uncoupled. Blazingly smart, insightful, and full of heart, this is a book for anyone determined to make, follow, and break their own rules.The Anatomy of Peace, Fourth Edition: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
By The Arbinger Institute. 2022
From the authors of Leadership and Self-Deception (over 2 million copies sold) comes a new edition of this bestseller that…
has been thoroughly revised to more effectively address the diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges that plague our communities and hinder our organizations.What if conflicts at home, at work, and in the world stem from the same root cause? What if we systematically misunderstand that cause? And what if, as a result, we unwittingly perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve? The Anatomy of Peace uses a fictional story of an Arab and a Jew—both of whom lost their fathers at the hands of the other's cousins—to powerfully show readers the way to transform conflict. We learn how they come together, how they help parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the personal, professional, and social conflicts that weigh us down. The fourth edition includes revisions and new materials and resources that increase its relevance and usefulness at a time of deeply entrenched divisions throughout society. Additionally, it includes new detailed discussions of the pattern of dehumanization that lies at the heart of today's most pressing struggles with prejudice and discrimination—challenges that cannot be solved until the origins of bias and discrimination are properly understood and addressed. The new edition is a unique and vital resource for combatting racism and prejudice in their many manifestations.Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work
By Chrishell Stause. 2022
A heartfelt, humorous personal memoir and relatable guide to overcoming obstacles, wising up about romance, and getting ahead in your…
career from the star of Netflix's hit reality show Selling Sunset.In this engaging, witty, and inspirational memoir, Chrishell Stause shares her story of living an unconventional childhood in small-town Kentucky marked by periods of homelessness, family addiction struggles and dreams of one day being on a daytime soap, all while managing the local Dairy Queen. Through resilience and grit, she overcame obstacles and pushed past every barrier in her path to become one of the most envied luxury realtors in Los Angeles and buzzworthy cast members in reality TV.She takes us behind the scenes of Selling Sunset, reveals never-before-told stories from her life in soaps, and even pulls back the curtain on her highly publicised love life, offering insight not before shared. With her signature honesty and charm, Stause also gives tangible advice based on the lessons she's learned over the years and offers unique insight about how to stay resilient and positive no matter how many times life knocks you down. Under Construction is for anyone who wants to remember that no matter what happens or how, you have to get up, dress up and show up - and walk back into the room stronger than ever before.Love and Choice: A Radical Approach to Sex and Relationships
By Lucy Fry. 2022
What, in your relationships, have you chosen? What would you choose, if you felt able? In Love and Choice, therapist…
and journalist Lucy Fry explains why relationships should start with these simple questions. Most of us are brought up with a blueprint for our most important and intimate relationships. It comes from family, the media, or even the government's tax policies, and the message is simple: The (gold) standard for a romantic relationship is one that is heterosexual, between two people, and monogamous. Lucy invites us to examine this blueprint consciously, accept that it may not be for everyone, and consider something outside the ordinary. By offering us a window into a life built on choice, and a radical approach, Lucy helps us explore what we really want, and what our relationship needs. With care, wit and candour, Fry blends insightful psychological and philosophical ideas with case studies drawn from interviews with experts, real people, and experiences in her own life. Love and Choice gives readers everything they need to choose what, who, and how to love.Dear Parents: A Field Guide for College Preparation
By Jon McGee. 2018
Few moments in parenting are as fraught as preparing your kid for college. Let a trusted pro show you how…
it’s done.Written for parents and families of college-bound students, Jon McGee’s Dear Parents is an essential tool you’ll need to navigate the complex and often emotional challenge of getting your daughter or son prepared for—and through—college. Organized chronologically, the book takes readers through the stages of childhood leading up to college, as well as the process of searching for and selecting a college. From the decisions you make during your child’s early years to the process of setting up their dorm room, this book provides parents with insights, wisdom, and guidance about college, college preparation, and choosing a college. Letters written by college and educational professionals, all with children, frame and illuminate each chapter. Drawing on their personal and professional experience, these experts offer practical and sympathetic advice about preparing for college. The book concludes with insights about sending children off to college and the appropriate roles for parents as your children experience these important years. Undergirded by research but informed by on-the-ground insight, Dear Parents is designed to both engage and inform while demystifying the daunting and ever-changing process of entering college."If you’ve picked up this book, my guess is you don’t need convincing that there is a lifelong return from a college education. You want to understand the process better and you’d like to help your teen smartly navigate their choices. You picked wisely if that’s the case.... Jon McGee is a wonderful guide, shedding light on the mysterious process of applying to college while bringing much insight to the inevitable trade-offs."—from the foreword by Chris Farrell, MarketplaceDivorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal and Financial Challenges
By Janice Green. 2022
Legal information and practical advice for older Americans going through a divorce. The legal, financial, and emotional challenges they face…
are different from those that apply to younger divorcees. Divorce After 50 is the only book around that addresses legal and financial concerns for this age group. Learn about different ways to divorce (mediation, collaborative law, or litigation), how to divide property, how to plan for post-divorce finances, what to do with retirement funds, and how health care and estate plans are affected by divorceAccepted!: Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World's Top Universities
By Jamie Beaton. 2022
How do you REALLY get accepted to a top university? Told from the fresh and personal perspective of 26-year-old Crimson…
Education CEO and Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford graduate Jamie Beaton, Accepted! is an honest and practical guide on beating the odds and getting into Ivy League and other elite schools – the smart way. Beaton takes you behind the doors of the world's top college admissions offices, revealing the highly strategic selection processes applied by institutions whose reputations depend on the number of students they admit, or more pointedly, the tens of thousands that they don't. In Accepted!, Beaton delivers the ultimate insider "how to" and disrupts cliched admissions advice with savvy strategies like: Moneyballing the university rankings and increasing your chances of admission Class spamming your way to academic supremacy and acceptance Playing the early application dating game and understanding how institutions are using it to their reputational advantage Packed with real-life examples from the thousands of students Beaton has helped land a spot at Yale, Oxford, Stanford, and other esteemed global universities, Accepted! is a never-before assembled culmination of secrets, insights, and application strategies guaranteed to maximize your chances of "getting in" to the school of your choice. From ambitious students and their supportive parents to academic advisors and admissions professionals, Accepted! is the must-read guide to demystifying the often-convoluted and increasingly competitive world of elite college admissions.Learn the craft of a kitchen witch to attract and renew love with 55 easy and romantic recipes and 33…
magical practices.From loving yourself, your family, and friends to romancing a significant other—love comes in many different forms. But what attracts love? What sustains it? And what can you do when you need to find love within yourself? A Kitchen Witch&’s Guide to Recipes for Love & Romance includes all the recipes and magic you need to find—and maintain—love, using ingredients that have spiritual properties and associations with love, sex, and romance. Combining the principles of Pagan beliefs and practices with easy recipes and personal anecdotes, this beautifully illustrated book will inspire you to cook up a little magic with positive intentions, simple spellcraft, and visualization techniques. Featuring recipes for dishes like: -Avocado Chocolate Mousse -Pomegranate Mimosas with Muddled Raspberries -Stuffed Zucchini Pinwheels -Strawberry, Spinach & Feta Salad -Pork Loin Roast with Cherries & Red Wine From celebrating love in all forms to rekindling romances with old flames, these fifty-five recipes use simple ingredients and make being in love easier—and tastier—than ever.Billions of Besties: A Celebration of Fascinating and Simply Exceptional Friendships
By Peggy Panosh, Susie Arons. 2020
This beautifully illustrated and joyful tribute celebrates famous friendships (both real and fictional) and proves that there is no relationship…
more important than friendship. Our best friends are our soulmates. They understand us when no one else does, lift us up, and bring out the best in us. It&’s a relationship based on a bond that can&’t always be described, but is always magical. Billions of Besties shines a light on some of the most engaging, funny, inspiring, and sometimes unexpected sets of friends. In this gorgeous and playfully illustrated volume, creators and besties Peggy and Susie highlight more than 100 besties, both real and fictional, from all walks of life. From the comedic powerhouse of Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, to the unexpected camaraderie between RGB and Antonin Scalia, the glamourous friendship between Anna Wintour and Roger Federer, or the fictional ride-or-die bond between Thelma and Louise, this book is a timeless salute to friendship in all its forms. Uplifting and charming, Billions of Besties celebrates the power and vitality of friendship—from bromances to work wives—reminding us that when we have each other&’s backs, we have the power to change the world.Mi vida: instrucciones de uso
By Marian Keyes. 2016
Mi vida: instrucciones de uso es una colección de los mejores artículos periodísticos de Marian Keyes, ellibro que «todos los…
fans de Marian Keyes deberían leer, pero también una estupenda manera de entrar en su mundo.» (Irish Independent) ¿Estáis dispuestos a descubrir los secretos de una de las autoras más famosas y queridas del mundo? ¿Sí? Estupendo, porque este libro los contiene casi todos: desde su adicción a los cosméticos hasta los imprevistos de sus muchos viajes, pasando por conflictos con el peluquero y su relación con Twitter. Las reflexiones de Marian Keyes, de la primera a la última, despiertan de forma inmediata una deliciosa sensación de complicidad. Sabíamos que el mundo actual podía ser, por momentos, divertido y absurdo, lo que no sabíamos era la opinión de Marian Keyes. He aquí la respuesta, una auténtica lección de humanidad. Reseñas:«Con este libro, te reirás, llorarás y te sentirás menos sola. Maravilloso.»Good Housekeeping «Mi vida: instrucciones de uso es todo lo que te fascina de sus novelas y más; sin el filtro de sus personajes, Keyes nos habla directamente, como la clase de amiga dispuesta a decirte un par de verdades.»Irish Times «Sus artículos son muy humanos, reales como la vida misma. Keyes es divertida, pero también es honesta y sincera con lo que piensa .»Daily Telegraph «Lleno de reflexiones divertidísimas y perspicaces sobre la vida, el amor y todo lo demás.»Woman & Home «Una obra ingeniosa, lúcida y amena.»Tino Pertierra, La Nueva España «Este libro es perfecto para pasar un rato entretenido, te sacará más de una sonrisa y conocerás a esta peculiar y divertida autora.»Blog En el país de las Maravillas «Marian es entrañable, divertida, interesante y en ocasiones ¡un pequeño desastre! Te sacará cien sonrisas y podrás verte reflejada en muchas de sus anécdotas.»Blog Diario de una Chicka Lit «Una lectura amena, distendida, fácil y agradable, que hará las delicias de todas las que hemos crecido enamoradas de la pluma de Marian y, al mismo tiempo, logrará enganchar a todos los que, hasta ahora, todavía no han tenido el placer de sumergirse en su gran mundo.»estefaniayepes.com «Ha sido un bálsamo contra el dolor, contra la rabia, contra la tristeza, contra muchas cosas. Gracias Marian, este manual de instrucciones será el manual de más de uno/a.»Blog Paseando a Miss Cultura «Es el universo de Keyes, pero en primera persona: divertido, frívolo, pero también terriblemente imperfecto, como nos pasa a todas con nuestras vidas.»Blog El Ojo Lector «Al terminar el libro te quedas con una sensación de cotidianidad y de querer aprovechar cada momento haciendo lo que te hace feliz.»El blog de Sara Lectora «Lo bueno de este libro es que puedes tenerlo en la mesilla de noche o en la mesa del comedor e ir leyéndolo a ratos, aunque al segundo rato te va a enganchar y no lo vas a soltar porque te arranca muchas carcajadas.»Blog Sara lectora «Me han invadido un montón de emociones pero sobre todo me ha hecho feliz. Ella tiene algo único, tan cercana, tiene una forma de escribir que me encanta, ya no solo en las historias que crea, también en como cuenta cosas cotidianas.»Blog Biblioteca de FlashiaHoly Love: The Essential Guide to Soul-Fulfilling Relationships
By Elisa Romeo, Adam Foley. 2022
We can’t live as soul mates if we don’t know ourselves as souls Both visionary and practical, Holy Love offers…
a groundbreaking method to ignite profound self-growth and create fulfilling relationships. Weaving together elements of psychology and spirituality, this manual will help you build authentic intimacy by connecting to a wellspring of wisdom and insight — your Soul. This method activates intuition, empowering us to navigate common relationship issues that can otherwise trap us in an endless cycle of misunderstanding and separation. These techniques clarify and heal conflict in all relationships: marriages, short-term romances, friendships, and those with children and even acquaintances. In this sacred undertaking, instead of giving or receiving love, we become love.From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
By Arthur C. Brooks. 2022
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness…
columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful it is when it occurs. What can we do, starting now, to make our older years a time of happiness, purpose, and yes, success? At the height of his career at the age of 50, Arthur Brooks embarked on a seven-year journey to discover how to transform his future from one of disappointment over waning abilities into an opportunity for progress. From Strength to Strength is the result, a practical roadmap for the rest of your life. Drawing on social science, philosophy, biography, theology, and eastern wisdom, as well as dozens of interviews with everyday men and women, Brooks shows us that true life success is well within our reach. By refocusing on certain priorities and habits that anyone can learn, such as deep wisdom, detachment from empty rewards, connection and service to others, and spiritual progress, we can set ourselves up for increased happiness. Read this book and you, too, can go from strength to strength. New York Times BestsellerAnything But My Phone, Mom!: Raising Emotionally Resilient Daughters in the Digital Age
By Roni Cohen-Sandler. 2022
Practical advice for raising authentic, self-reliant teenage girls in the age of the Internet from the experienced clinical psychologist Dr.…
Roni Cohen-SandlerIt may feel as though your preteen or teenage daughter is growing up in a different universe than you did. Between smartphones, social media, and cyberbullying, the world is changing. Technology is transforming how girls identify themselves, learn, develop social skills, and communicate with the people around them. Many mothers feel as though they are venturing into alien territory, with no idea how to navigate these unprecedented situations. But the good news is that regardless of your technological skill, you are still the best person to guide your daughter through all the chaos of adolescence. In Anything But My Phone, Mom! Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler shows mothers how to handle the modern challenges of parenting teenage girls, drawing upon dozens of interviews with teenagers and their mothers, decades of clinical experience, and her own experience raising a daughter. With clear, practical advice, she provides insights and strategies for how you can better understand your daughter and what she's going through, maintain a close and loving relationship with her, keep her safe, and help her become a resilient, capable, confident, and healthy young woman.