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A primer on the Family Constellations philosophy and its core principles that will inspire and empower readers to take ownership…
of their lives. Family Constellations begins with the premise: it did not start with me. Many of us become "entangled" with the unhappiness of those who came before us, unconsciously adopting destructive familial patterns of anxiety, depression, failure, and even illness and addiction in an attempt to "redo" the past and "fix" our families.Affirmations and exercises punctuate every chapter, created to help the reader actively engage with and experience the benefits of Family Constellations.Readers will also learn how to: • Recognize family system patterns and disrupt them • Heal the inner child and parent the adult self • Release limiting beliefs and behaviors • Dissolve trauma bonds that entangle them with the past • Reconcile the past and the present, for a whole and integrated self • Arrive at a place of personal peace within the family system • Craft future-facing narratives that empower them to live authenticallyChicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Tales of Holiday Joy, Kindness and Gratitude
By Amy Newmark. 2021
The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters
By Eric J. Johnson. 2021
A leader in decision-making research reveals how choices are designed—and why it&’s so important to understand their inner workingsEvery time…
we make a choice, our minds go through an elaborate process most of us never even notice. We&’re influenced by subtle aspects of the way the choice is presented that often make the difference between a good decision and a bad one. How do we overcome the common faults in our decision-making and enable better choices in any situation? The answer lies in more conscious and intentional decision design.Going well beyond the familiar concepts of nudges and defaults, The Elements of Choice offers a comprehensive, systematic guide to creating effective choice architectures, the environments in which we make decisions. The designers of decisions need to consider all the elements involved in presenting a choice: how many options to offer, how to present those options, how to account for our natural cognitive shortcuts, and much more. These levers are unappreciated and we&’re often unaware of just how much they influence our reasoning every day.Eric J. Johnson is the lead researcher behind some of the most well-known and cited research on decision-making. He draws on his original studies and extensive work in business and public policy and synthesizes the latest research in the field to reveal how the structure of choices affects outcomes. We are all choice architects, for ourselves and for others. Whether you&’re helping students choose the right school, helping patients pick the best health insurance plan, or deciding how to invest for your own retirement, this book provides the tools you need to guide anyone to the decision that&’s right for them.Un corazón en el desierto: Encuentra ríos de agua viva en medio de la sequía espiritual
By Patricia Namnún. 2021
En Un corazón en el desierto, Patricia Namnún guía a las mujeres en un viaje de esperanza que les ayudará…
a reconocer su temporada de sequía espiritual, dejar de creer las mentiras que se dicen a sí mismas, y tener el valor de abrazar Su verdad y volver a Aquel que es el único que puede hacer que ríos de agua viva fluyan dentro de ellas una vez más. Cada mujer, en un momento u otro, puede encontrarse en un desierto espiritual, una vasta y solitaria tierra salvaje donde se siente desconectada, desanimada y sin esperanza. Lees tu Biblia, pero las palabras no penetran en tu alma. Oras, pero ni siquiera estás segura de que Dios te escuche. O tal vez estás demasiado débil o desanimada para acudir a Él.Este libro te ayudará a:Reconocer las señales a tu alrededor que indican que estás en el desierto... a veces incluso sin saberlo.Explorar las razones por las que llegaste a este lugar de aridez espiritual.Reconocer la verdad sobre la condición de tu corazón y admitir ante Dios y otros que necesitas ayuda para encontrar tu camino fuera del desierto.Volver a Dios, confiada en que te aceptará a pesar de tu condición, pasado o fracasos.Aprovechar la oportunidad de la temporada para profundizar tu relación con el Restaurador de tu alma.Este libro es para la mujer que: Se siente espiritualmente vacía y cansada por dentro, pero no entiende lo que está pasando.Está desesperada por saber cómo volver a la vida.Quiere reconectarse con Dios de una manera más satisfactoria.Necesita apoyo para buscar ayuda para moverse en lo que Dios tiene para ella.Quiere ayudar a otras que están pasando por una temporada de sequía espiritual. «El que beba del agua que Yo le daré, no tendrá sed jamás, sino que el agua que Yo le daré se convertirá en él en una fuente de agua que brota para vida eterna». Juan 4:14 (Nueva Biblia de las Américas).A Heart in the DesertIn A Heart in the Desert, Patricia Namnún guides women on a journey of hope that will help them to recognize their season of spiritual dryness, stop believing the lies they tell themselves, and have the courage to embrace His truth, and come back to the only One who can make rivers of living water flow inside them once again.Every woman, at one time or another, is likely to find herself in a spiritual desert, a vast and lonely wilderness where you feel disconnected, discouraged, and hopeless. You read your Bible, but the words don&’t penetrate your soul. You pray, but you&’re not even sure that God is listening. Or maybe you&’re even too weak or discouraged to reach out to Him at all.This book will help you to:Recognize the signs around you that indicate that you are in the desert…sometimes even without knowing it.Explore the reasons why you arrived in this place of spiritual dryness.Acknowledge the truth about the condition of your heart and admit to God and others that you need help finding your way out of the desert.Return to God, confident that He will accept you in spite of your condition, past, or failures.Seize the opportunity of the season to deepen your relationship with the Restorer of your soul.Honest, warm, and witty, this memoir reads like a chat with a dear friend sharing her insight and her vulnerabilities…
and taking us along as she heals. Complete with family stories over cocktails and a new friend named Claude, who happens to be a praying mantis. &“I drive and say to myself, if I am dying, if this is how I die, then this is how I die.&” When N. West Moss finds herself bleeding uncontrollably in the middle of a writing class, she drives herself to the hospital. Doctors are baffled, but eventually a diagnosis—hemangioma—is determined and a hysterectomy is scheduled. We follow Moss through her surgery, complications, and recovery as her thoughts turn to her previous struggles with infertility, to grief and healing, to what it means to leave a legacy. Moss&’s wise, droll voice and limitless curiosity lift this beautiful memoir beyond any narrow focus. Among her interests: yellow fever, good cocktails, the history of New Orleans, and, always, the natural world, including the praying mantis in her sunroom whom she names Claude. And we learn about the inspiring women in Moss&’s family—her mother, her grandmother, and her great-grandmother—as she sorts out her feeling that this line will end with her. But Moss discovers that there are other ways besides having children to make a mark, and that grief is not a stopping place but a companion that travels along with us through everything, even happiness. With public figures like Chrissy Teigen and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, speaking out about infertility recently, women are eager for voices that acknowledge their struggles. Fans of Lena Dunham, Leslie Jamison, and Jenny Lawson—along with readers of medical memoirs like When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour—will find that connection in Moss&’s Flesh & Blood.One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival
By Donald Antrim. 2021
Named one of the Most Anticipated of Books of 2021 by the Los Angeles Times, Literary Hub, and The Millions…
A searing and brave memoir that offers a new understanding of suicide as a distinct mental illness. As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006, acclaimed author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building, afraid for his life. In this moving memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, the terror of submitting to ECT—and the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him to try it—as well as years of fitful recovery and setback. One Friday in April reframes suicide—whether in thought or action—as an illness in its own right, a unique consequence of trauma and personal isolation, rather than the choice of a depressed person. A necessary companion to William Styron’s classic Darkness Visible, this profound, insightful work sheds light on the tragedy and mystery of suicide, offering solace that may save lives.Friendship deserves more credit in a society obsessed with romantic and sexual relationships. In reality, friendship is the key to…
our mental and physical health, happiness, and social cohesion. Dr. Faith Harper, therapist and bestselling author of Unfuck Your Intimacy and Unfuck Your Boundaries applies brain science and her clinical and personal experience to help understand this vital type of relationship, offering insight into how to choose and make friends, sustaining and strengthening your friendships, friend group dynamics, friend breakups, setting excellent friendship boundaries, handling conflict, and managing all the different kinds of relationships we encounter in our lives. Includes a series of original advice columns honing in on the details that make our friendships work.Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World
By Shelly Tygielski. 2021
An empowering treatise on propelling profound social change by going inward, from a mindfulness teacher and activist who has turned…
personal practice into movements The practice of mindfulness is most often touted for its profound mind, body, and spirit benefits. Shelly Tygielski here shows that mindfulness can also be a powerful tool for spurring transformative collective action. In a winning combination of memoir, manifesto, and how-to, Tygielski shares her evolution from a Jerusalem-born child of traditional Sephardic Orthodox parents to a middle-class American suburban youth who questioned her faith to a young executive in corporate America. As she used self-help practices to heal from chronic health issues and a messy divorce, she had an epiphany: finding true health and peace is not a solo endeavor but one that lives in connection with others. Tygielski considers herself an unlikely meditator, activist, and teacher. But in that way she is uniquely qualified to speak to all today who wonder, &“What can I do?&” or &“Will my actions even make a difference?&” Tygielski&’s work began as &“me&” work and transformed into &“we&” work. In Sit Down to Rise Up, she shows that this is possible for all of us.Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be
By Diane Coyle. 2021
How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economyDigital technology, big data, big…
tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and Monsters, Diane Coyle explores the enormous problems—but also opportunities—facing economics today if it is to respond effectively to these dizzying changes and help policymakers solve the world’s crises, from pandemic recovery and inequality to slow growth and the climate emergency.Mainstream economics, Coyle says, still assumes people are “cogs”—self-interested, calculating, independent agents interacting in defined contexts. But the digital economy is much more characterized by “monsters”—untethered, snowballing, and socially influenced unknowns. What is worse, by treating people as cogs, economics is creating its own monsters, leaving itself without the tools to understand the new problems it faces. In response, Coyle asks whether economic individualism is still valid in the digital economy, whether we need to measure growth and progress in new ways, and whether economics can ever be objective, since it influences what it analyzes. Just as important, the discipline needs to correct its striking lack of diversity and inclusion if it is to be able to offer new solutions to new problems.Filled with original insights, Cogs and Monsters offers a road map for how economics can adapt to the rewiring of society, including by digital technologies, and realize its potential to play a hugely positive role in the twenty-first century.Words from the Window Seat: The Everyday Magic of Kindness, Courage, and Being Your True Self
By Taylor Tippett. 2021
With charm, inspiration, and plenty of whimsy, Taylor reminds us that even in a weary world, it&’s possible to celebrate the…
beauty in each person&’s unique story—and make a difference that goes deeper than you&’ll ever know.Flight attendant Taylor Tippett had just finished beverage service and was sitting in the back of a Boeing 737 when she had a revelation: How can I show kindness to these passengers if I can&’t show it to myself? She grabbed a tiny notepad and a Sharpie and wrote: &“Be kind to yourself.&” Before she had time to think about it, Taylor taped the note to a window, posted a picture, and then left the slip of paper in a seat-back pocket for someone on the next flight to find. And soon what started as a personal project to encourage herself and others became a viral sensation.In Words from the Window Seat, Taylor shares stories of her travels, daily life, and interactions with people of all kinds, anchoring each chapter around a note she&’s left for a stranger to find. As she takes you from Chicago to Paris to Barcelona on planes, trains, and even a skateboard, you&’lllearn how to embody love in the midst of someone else&’s ordinary day through little acts of kindness;discover the small moments of magic that happen when you have the courage to find them; andfind ways to embrace your authentic self, even though life can be hard.God's Power in Me: 52 Declarations and Devotions for Kids
By Margaret Feinberg. 2021
God&’s Power in Me is an interactive 52-day devotional that encourages young readers 8-12 to break free from negative thinking…
and focus on the positive truths of who God made them to be. Through daily devotions paired with a 90-second affirmation kids can say aloud every day, readers will grow closer to God and learn to challenge the personal doubts that might be holding them back.I&’m not good enough. I don&’t deserve to be their friend. And things will never change. Kids tell themselves things like this every day, and popular Bible teacher and speaker Margaret Feinberg wants to help them defeat those self-doubts and stop believing the lies—because God only tells us the truth about ourselves, and that truth is we are all meant to have a joyous and powerful life.Throughout the devotions in God&’s Power in Me, kids will discover:Quick daily affirmations they can hold on to, biblical teachings, and practical applications for their own livesInspiration to banish any negative thoughts and ideas they may haveEncouragement to stand in their own truths while also growing closer to God in the processGod&’s Power in Me:Has an engaging two-color interiorIs perfect for anyone ages 8-12 going through their pre-teen years, and can be used by girls and boysProvides kids with the tools to actively attack automatic negative thoughts every day while also encouraging spiritual developmentCan be used over and over as a daily devotionalIs a great gift for Confirmation, Easter, birthdays, or to offer encouragementUnleash the untapped power inside you!You were designed with the ability and inner strength to stretch to the next level,…
to stand strong and overcome the opposition, to learn new skills, to believe bigger, dream bigger, and to take on new challenges.In You Are Stronger than You Think, #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen encourages you to stand firm when the difficulty is not turning around. When the pressure mounts, when you feel overwhelmed, when the struggle looks too big, or the goal is out of reach, you have to remember that is not your destiny. You are more powerful than you think. You need to see yourself the right way and realize what&’s already inside you. You were made to outlast the competition, to go further than you thought you could, and live a life beyond what limits you.As you read You Are Stronger than You Think, you will find the power to break the cycle of defeat, the courage to set a new standard for your family, the hope to conquer your fear, and the confidence to accomplish every dream. You will discover that you have more strength, more talent, more determination, and more endurance than you ever imagined. Nothing can hold you back…because You Are Stronger than You Think!The co-founder and CEO of Delivering Happiness updates the Delivering Happiness model for our new abnormal, showing organizations of every…
kind how to cultivate a culture that can adapt to change, be highly profitable, and support all its people...starting with yourself. Jenn Lim has dedicated her career to helping organizations from name-brand industry leaders to innovative governments build workplace cultures that benefit both their employees and their bottom line, with less employee turnover, greater engagement, and higher profits. Her culture consultancy, Delivering Happiness, demonstrates the profound impact happiness can have on businesses' ability to thrive in our ever-changing times. In this book, she clearly and concretely shows the way the model works in a hyper-connected fast-paced world, beginning with each individual defining their sense of values and purpose (the ME), and rippling through the organization ecosystem (the WE and the COMMUNITY) in waves of impact. Drawing on a deep understanding of the science of happiness, Jenn shows how bringing your whole self to work allows you to do your best work every day -- no matter what role you play at your company or what crisis might come at you next. She explains how true happiness comes from living your true purpose, and offers case studies to show how companies can help individuals align their purpose with the company mission. This innovation in organizational design and company culture is no longer a nice-to-have. It&’s the future of work, and it&’s here now. In this life-changing guide, you'll be empowered to find greater purpose in your own life and career, and to spread that power to others in your business and beyond.Discover a strength that pushes you forward, a power to do what you couldn&’t do before with #1 New York…
Times bestselling author Joel Osteen.You may feel weak and fatigued, but that is not your destiny. When you feel overwhelmed, like you can&’t go on, He comes in and gives you special strength. Strength that you didn&’t get on your own. Strength to move forward when you should be stuck, strength to overcome that hurdle, strength to outlast that opposition. You&’re going to feel strength that you didn&’t have, joy when you could be discouraged, and hope when you should be depressed. You&’re going to have the power to endure, the favor to overcome, and the determination to outlast.He&’s going to bring blessings, increase, favor, and healing that He&’s already prepared. It&’s going to be easier than you thought, and it&’s going to happen sooner than you think. As you read You Are Stronger Than You Think, feel a power rising that you have never felt—a strength, a courage, a determination, a stamina. He won&’t let you stay overwhelmed. You may feel that way at times, but that&’s not how your story ends. You&’re going to feel a strength that pushes you forward, a power to do what you couldn&’t do before.Believe and declare that you are strong, you are victorious, and you are able. You&’re going to accomplish dreams bigger than you imagined, overcome obstacles that look insurmountable, and reach the fullness of your destiny!The Untold Story of the Korean Film Industry: A Global Business and Economic Perspective (Cultural Economics & the Creative Economy)
By Jimmyn Parc, Patrick A. Messerlin. 2021
This book analyses the Korean film industry emergence and development in a global business and economic perspective. This is one…
of the first books to compare the film policies and industries of the world’s six largest film industries – featuring Korea as the central character – with the aim of defining the contours of what constitutes an effective film policy. It presents many cases showing that, contrary to what is often believed, an economically sound policy is a good instrument for achieving desired cultural goals. It uses a set of analytical tools – borrowed from the economic analysis of international trade policies – to provide a rich harvest of new, rigorous, and often unexpected results on the effectiveness of the existing film policies. The implications found in this book are relevant not only for Korea, but for all other countries that wish to foster or enhance the competitiveness of their film industries. This book will be of interest to a wide spectrum of scholars interested in cultural studies – media and cultural specialists, political scientists, sociologists, historians – in addition to business analysts and economists specialized in cultural economics. As this book focuses on film policies and how to improve them, it will also appeal to policymakers, business figures, public relations officials, and staff from international organizations working on the film industry.This book explores interactions between the new generation EU FTA and the WTO dispute settlement mechanisms, adopting an innovative, comprehensive…
approach. It investigates how the mechanisms potentially could and actually do compete, conflict, and cooperate, focusing not only on the potential negative consequences of fragmentation, but also on how synergies could be enhanced. Thus, unlike the existing literature, which chiefly focuses on conflicting interactions, it considers positive and negative interactions alike. Moreover, the book explores the topic in light of the most recent changes in and challenges to the international trade law regime. Particular attention is paid to how the multilateral and bilateral mechanisms studied interact with regard to the current WTO dispute settlement crisis and the EU-backed multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement. Thus, the book provides up-to-date answers to compelling questions. It also examines in detail the new generation EU FTA dispute settlement mechanisms, an aspect which has not been the subject of thorough research to date.The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, combining legal methodology, international relations and political science theories with interviews. Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers and scholars whose work involves international trade law issues. However, it will also be of interest to general international law academics, as it touches upon such issues as fragmentation, forum shopping, and general rules of interpretation. Furthermore, by analysing and presenting proposals with regard to the new generation EU FTAs, it will also be pertinent to the work of EU policymakers and researchers studying EU trade law.Getting Price Right: The Behavioral Economics of Profitable Pricing
By Dr Gerald Smith. 2021
How do leaders, managers, and proprietors go about the essential task of setting prices? What biases enter into this process,…
and why? How can a business debias its price setting to become more productive, strategic, and profitable?Combining perceptive insights from behavioral economics with leading-edge ideas on price management, this book offers a new approach to pricing. Gerald Smith demonstrates why understanding, reframing, and refining everyday pricing processes—a firm’s or manager’s pricing orientation—results in a better long-term pricing strategy. He explores how pricing actually happens in practice and shows how to identify and remove the psychological blinders that cause suboptimal decisions and policies. Smith details how to improve pricing orientation by combining the soft behavioral skills that intuitively shape and refine pricing practice with the hard analytic skills that guide and structure pricing strategy. The result is more rational and more profitable pricing—with respect to not only revenue and profitability but also employee productivity and customer satisfaction.Offering an accessible and actionable model, Getting Price Right is the first book to apply behavioral economics to managerial price setting. It is a must-read for corporate business leaders, thought leaders, and professionals interested in advances in pricing and for managers, entrepreneurs, proprietors, and small and midsize business owners whose everyday work involves pricing.Uri Geller would love to write a book revealing himself as a trickster. It would be an instant bestseller: people…
around the world would be thrilled to know that he really did fool the CIA and Mossad, and scientists at the Stanford Research Institute and the University of London. But he can't do it, because he knows that his psychic powers are real – just as yours are, too! This is a guide to releasing your PSI-FORCE and using it for whatever purpose you want. Your psi-force will help you excel at sport, outsmart your boss, win at games, make friends, attract a lover, overcome illness and depression, come to terms with disaster, be a financial success, and, above all, be happy and content. But you must learn to channel your psychic powers your way. Uri will teach you how to get the best out of your particular talent using the dynamic force that is in you already, just waiting to be awakened. The book is packed full of tests to assess your own psychic potential and progress, as well as step-by-step guidance to connecting with and using psi-force, from reading the intentions and thoughts of others to out-psyching your boss and bank manager to drawing on psi-force to manifest your desired outcomes.Shifting Shorelines: Messages From A Wiser Self
By Terry Helwig. 2021
If only you could meet your younger, greener self, what might you say? Terry Helwig explores this perennial question and…
how the human heart, tested by time and adversity, broken open by love and beauty, ripens and bears fruit. Her lyrical and compelling reflections awaken us to our place in the vast universe, to the currents of joy and loss, and to the sacred treasure of being alive. Inspired by her beloved Florida barrier island, Helwig discovers a landscape of fierce beauty within as well as without. She uncovers the solace of following the phases of the moon, the curve of a shell, and the solstice path of the sun. Nature reconnects us to our true center—that place where wisdom blooms. In the end, the sea&’s tides mirror the ebb and flow of life. The dance of these perpetual tides changes the contour of our lives—continually shifting the shoreline of who we are and, more importantly, who we will become.1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime, but this is not just…
another cancer book. Breast cancer survivor Kim Harms combines her own experience with extensive research and walks readers through the process of mastectomy and breast reconstruction, weighing the pros and cons, detailing the physical and emotional costs, and laying out the questions cancer fighters need to ask to be their own best advocate. With a foreword by the medical director of Katzmann Breast Center and chapters on everything from the vulnerable feeling of exposing your breasts to &“everyone&” to the distinctions between reconstruction and augmentation (trust us, it&’s not a boob job!), Life Reconstructed is the compassionate, honest roadmap every breast cancer fighter needs on her journey to recovery.