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Conflicted scars: An average player's journey to the nhl
By Justin Davis. 2022
An indispensable guide to parents of hockey hopefuls At a time of great change in hockey, Justin Davis exposes the…
dark underbelly of the journey from the minors to the big leagues Hockey culture: it's a commonly used phrase inside the game, glorifying sacrifice, toughness, loyalty, and a sense of identity. Justin Davis viewed this culture as something he was lucky enough to experience. After all, he'd won a Memorial Cup after leading the tournament in scoring, and he'd been drafted by the Washington Capitals. "In my mind," he says, "I was the normal one." Unfortunately, after stepping outside the game, he began to recognize the racism, sexual abuse and bullying that was so deeply ingrained in the sport. And then, as his own children grew into teenagers, the curtain was pulled back, the memories came rushing forward, and he was horrified: "Why was I naked in a bus bathroom for four hours with seven teammates? What happened to my brain, and why can't I remember the simplest things? How did I end up living in a basement where the strangers upstairs were clearly engaged in domestic abuse?" As it navigates the sport's darkest corridors, Conflicted Scars shares the story of the common Canadian player and offers a guide for parents who need to know how and why a typical teenager with NHL dreams, from a small town, now lives anxiously, introvertedly, and battling emotional detachmentBring them closer: For parents and educators (Bring Them Closer #01)
By Connie Jakab. 2024
Our kids are not okay. The children and youth mental health crisis is at an all-time high. Anxiety and depression…
are skyrocketing. In Bring Them Closer, author Connie Jakab shares from her experience working with parents and educators with for 25 years in homes and schools, but also what she learned in her own home with a mental health crisis her family faced. She digs deeper into questions like: What does the idea "you never send the hurting away; you bring them closer" really look like? How do we create a connection with our children, so they live healed and whole? How do we see our children free of anxiety, depression, and behavioural issues? How do you support a child or student who is depressed? How do you get through to an oppositional child or student? How do you parent or teach a student with ADHD or ASD? How do you help a child or student drowning in anxiety? ?The other significant others: Reimagining life with friendship at the center
By Rhaina Cohen. 2024
This program is read by the author. "Rhaina Cohen's moving, intimate portraits of people in unusually devoted friendships upend our…
cultural narratives about which relationships matter . . . an arresting work of compassion and insight." —Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of Dear Therapists podcast Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet all our needs? And what can we learn about commitment, love, and family from people who put deep friendship at the center of their lives? In The Other Significant Others , NPR's Rhaina Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner—these are friends who are home co-owners, co-parents or each other's caregivers. Their riveting stories unsettle widespread assumptions about relationships, including the idea that sex is a defining feature of partnership and that people who raise kids together should be in a romantic relationship. Platonic partners from different walks of life—spanning age and religion, gender and sexuality and more—reveal how freeing and challenging it can be to embrace a relationship model that society doesn't recognize. And they show that orienting your world around friends isn't limited to daydreams and episodes of The Golden Girls , but actually possible in real life. Based on years of original reporting and striking social science research, Cohen argues that we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too much of them, while we diminish friendships by expecting too little of them. She traces how, throughout history, our society hasn't always fixated on marriage as the greatest source of meaning, or even love. At a time when many Americans are spending large stretches of their lives single, widowed or divorced, or feeling the effects of the "loneliness epidemic," Cohen insists that we recognize the many forms of profound connection that can anchor our lives. A rousing and incisive book, The Other Significant Others challenges us to ask what we want from our relationships—not just what we're supposed to want—and transforms how we define a fulfilling life. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's PressI heard her call my name: A memoir of transition
By Lucy Sante. 2024
An iconic writer&’s lapidary memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of…
her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was For a long time, Lucy Sante felt unsure of her place. Born in Belgium, the only child of conservative working-class Catholic parents who transplanted their little family to the United States, she felt at home only when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s and found her people among a band of fellow bohemians. Some would die young, to drugs and AIDS, and some would become jarringly famous. Sante flirted with both fates, on her way to building an estimable career as a writer. But she still felt like her life a performance. She was presenting a façade, even to herself. Sante&’s memoir braids together two threads of personal narrative: the arc of her life, and her recent step-by-step transition to a place of inner and outer alignment. Sante brings a loving irony to her account of her unsteady first steps; there was much she found she still needed to learn about being a woman after some sixty years cloaked in a man&’s identity, in a man&’s world. A marvel of grace and empathy, I Heard Her Call My Name parses with great sensitivity many issues that touch our lives deeply, of gender identity and far beyondRogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire
By Alexandra Posadzki. 2024
A riveting, deeply reported account that takes us inside the dramatic battle for control of Canada’s largest wireless carrier, and…
paints a broader picture of the cutthroat telecom industry, the labyrinth of regulatory and political systems that govern it, and the high-stakes corporate games played by the Canadian establishment. Alexandra Posadzki’s ground-breaking coverage in the Globe and Mail exposed one of the most spectacular boardroom and family dramas in Canadian corporate history—one that has pitted the company’s extraordinarily powerful chairman and controlling shareholder, Edward Rogers, against not only his own management team but also the wishes of his mother and two of his sisters. Hanging in the balance is no less than the pending $20 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications, a historic deal that promises to transform Rogers into the truly national telecom empire that its late founder, Ted Rogers, always envisioned. Based on deeply sourced, investigative reporting of the iconic $30 billion publicly traded telecom and media giant, Posadzki takes us inside a company that touches the lives of millions of Canadians, challenging what we thought we knew about corporate governance and who really holds the power. Rogers v. Rogers is also a story of family legacy and succession, of an old guard pushing back at the new guard, and of a company struggling to find its footing in the wake of its legendary founder’s death. At the heart of it all is a dispute between warring factions of the family over how they each interpret the desires of the late patriarch and the very identity of the company that bears their name.It. goes. so. fast: The year of no do-overs
By Mary Louise Kelly. 2023
This program is read by the author. Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter…
Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic—about the year before her son goes to college—and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along the way. The time for do-overs is over. Ever since she became a parent, Mary Louise Kelly has said "next year." Next year will be the year she makes it to her son James's soccer games (which are on weekdays at 4 p.m., right when she is on the air on NPR's All Things Considered , talking to millions of listeners). Drive carpool for her son Alexander? Not if she wants to do that story about Ukraine and interview the secretary of state. Like millions of parents who wrestle with raising children while pursuing a career, she has never been cavalier about these decisions. The bargain she has always made with herself is this: this time I'll get on the plane, and next year I'll find a way to be there for the mom stuff. Well, James and Alexander are now seventeen and fifteen, and a realization has overtaken Mary Louise: her older son will be leaving soon for college. There used to be years to make good on her promises; now, there are months, weeks, minutes. And with the devastating death of her beloved father, Mary Louise is facing act three of her life head-on. Mary Louise is coming to grips with the reality every parent faces. Childhood has a definite expiration date. You have only so many years with your kids before they leave your house to build their own lives. It's what every parent is supposed to want, what they raise their children to do. But it is bittersweet. Mary Louise is also dealing with the realities of having aging parents. This pivotal time brings with it the enormous questions of what you did right and what you did wrong. This chronicle of her eldest child's final year at home, of losing her father, as well as other curve balls thrown at her, is not a definitive answer?not for herself and certainly not for any other parent. But her questions, her issues, will resonate with every parent. And, yes, especially with mothers, who are judged more harshly by society and, more important, judge themselves more harshly. What would she do if she had to decide all over again? Mary Louise's thoughts as she faces the coming year will speak to anyone who has ever cared about a child or a parent. It. Goes. So. Fast. is honest, funny, poignant, revelatory, and immensely relatable. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & CompanyThe takeover
By Cara Tanamachi. 2024
On Nami's thirtieth birthday, she's reminded at every turn that her life isn't what she'd planned. She's always excelled at…
everything—until now. Her fiancé blew up their engagement. Her pride and joy, the tech company she helped to found, is about to lose funding. And her sister, Sora, is getting married to the man of her dreams, Jack—and instead of being happy for her, as Nami knows she ought to be, she's fighting off jealousy. Frustrated with her life, she makes a wish on a birthday candle to find her soulmate. Instead the universe delivers her hate mate, Nami's old nemesis, Jae Lee, the most popular kid from her high school, who also narrowly beat her out for valedictorian. More than a decade later, Jae is still as effortlessly cool, charming, and stylish as ever, and, to make matters worse, he's planning a hostile takeover of her start-up. Cue sharp elbows and even sharper banter as the two go head-to-head to see who'll win this time. But when their rivalry ignites a different kind of passion, Nami starts to realize it's not just her company that's in danger of being taken over, but her heart as wellCome together: The science (and art!) of creating lasting sexual connections
By Emily Nagoski. 2024
From the New York Times bestselling author of Come as You Are and co-author of Burnout comes an illuminating exploration…
of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship. &“Emily Nagoski is a national treasure—helping us all understand how to finally build true, joyful, confident sex lives.&”—Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed In Come as You Are, Emily Nagoski, PhD, revolutionized the way we think about women&’s sexuality. Now, in Come Together, Nagoski takes on a fundamentally misunderstood subject: sex in long-term relationships. Most of us struggle at some point to maintain a sexual connection with our partner/s or spouse. And many of us are given not-very-good advice on what to do about it. In this book, Nagoski dispels the myths we&’ve been taught about sex—for instance, the belief that sexual satisfaction and desire are highest at the beginning of a relationship and that they inevitably decline the longer that relationship lasts. Nagoski assures us that&’s not true. So, what is true? Come Together isn&’t about how much we want sex, or how often we&’re having it; it&’s about whether we like the sex we&’re having. Nagoski breaks down the obstacles that impede us from enjoying sex—from stress and body image to relationship difficulties and gendered beliefs about how sex &“should&” be—and presents the best ways to overcome them. You&’ll learn: • that &“spontaneous desire&” is not the kind of desire to strive for if you want to have great sex for decades • vocabulary for talking with partners about ways to get in &“the mood&” and how to not take it personally when &“the mood&” is nowhere to be found • how to understand your own and your partner&’s &“emotional floorplan,&” so that you have a blueprint for how to get to a sexy state of mind Written with scientific rigor, humor, and compassion, Nagoski shows us what great sex can look like, how to create it in our own lives, and what to do when struggles ariseThe Womanly art of breastfeeding
By La Leche League International. 1991
Fifth edition of the La Leche League's classic book covering all aspects of breast-feeding, including health issues and family dynamics.…
Information for fathers and working mothers has been added to this revisionDeciding to add a baby to your family is full of unknowns. How long will it take to get pregnant?…
How will age and other factors play into your chances of conceiving? If you need some help, what are your options? Many of these questions have different answers for every person and every pregnancy. With Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception, you can take on the adventure of trying for a baby with clear, empathetic guidance. Based on their extensive expertise in helping people build their families, Mayo Clinic physicians break down what contributes to healthy eggs and sperm, steps you can take to get ready for pregnancy, how babies are made, and tips for ovulation tracking, timing sex, and improving your chances. This comprehensive guide also demystifies miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies, as well as many common fertility problems. In addition, the authors offer the latest on reproductive assistance, third-party reproduction, fertility preservation, and the many options now available to help all families, including LGBTQ, transgender, and single parents-to-be, achieve the dream of having a baby. With sensitivity and an inclusive approach, this user-friendly book provides answers and explanations on nearly every aspect of achieving a successful pregnancy. It's an essential guide for anyone who wants to have a babyLa mamie qui dit tout haut ce que les grands-mères pensent tout bas
By Joëlle Goron. 2023
Développez votre confiance et votre puissance avec les gens
By Leslie T Giblin. 2016
Nous manquons de confiance pour entrer en relation avec l'inconnu. Surveillez-vous en train de « déboguer » un ordinateur quand…
vous comprenez plus ou moins son fonctionnement. Hésitation, chacun de vos mouvements manifeste un manque de confiance. Puis, voyez en action un « crack » chevronné de l'informatique, tous ses mouvements traduisent la confiance. C'est la même chose dans vos rapports avec les gens, mieux nous connaissons cette relation, plus cette dernière sera empreinte de confiance. Mémoriser quelques règles concernant les rapports humains et les appliquer comme si elles constituaient des trucs ne vous apportera pas la confiance dans vos relations humaines.Telle mère, telle fille: comment réussir la relation la plus complexe de votre vie (Harmonie nouvelle)
By Victoria Secunda. 1991
Pourquoi les hommes ont-ils si peu d'ordre et préfèrent-ils s'occuper de leur voiture tandis que les femmes s'activent dans leur…
cuisine? Voilà une des nombreuses questions qui sont à l'origine de ce livre. Divergents dans leur conception de la vie au quotidien, l'homme et la femme ont bien du mal à accorder leur violon. Mais les hommes évoluent-ils de la même façon que les femmes? Apparemment non!À nous deux! Hommes femmes: la fin du combat?
By Sylvie Chaput. 1993
Dans un ouvrage où ils ne craignent pas de prendre position et de bousculer les idées à la mode, Marc…
Chabot et Sylvie Chaput interrogent la condition des hommes et des femmes d'aujourd'hui. Ils constatent combien le féminisme et, à plus forte raison, son petit frère, le masculinisme, commencent à peine à transformer les rapports entre hommes et femmes. Prisonnier de ses contradictions, le genre masculin demeure encore un genre flou, à redéfinir. C'est précisément afin d'inciter chacun et chacune à une compréhension critique de « l'autre » dans ses différences, ses ressemblances et ses zones d'ombre que les auteurs lancent leur appel.La galaxie Gutenberg: la genèse de l'homme typographique (Constantes #9)
By Marshall McLuhan. 1967
Années 1950. La télévision déferle dans les salons. Live. La communication instantanée explose. Le moment remplace l’histoire. Pour Marshall McLuhan,…
la combinaison inédite de l’image et de l’électricité nous précipite dans un « village global », condamnant à tout jamais l’homme typographique patiemment formé par l’écriture alphabétique et l’imprimé.Analysant les effets des changements techniques sur la communication, les cultures, les sociétés et la politique depuis l’époque médiévale, McLuhan livre avec La Galaxie Gutenberg, son œuvre majeure. « Le médium est le message », résume-t-il. Une idée toujours pertinente à notre époque où triomphe une culture de l’image qui semble nous ramener à un stade pré-alphabétique, rythmé par le flot ininterrompu des sentiments et des réactions immédiates.La cause des adolescents
By Françoise Dolto. 1988
Une somme unique d'informations, de témoignages, d'expériences, de conseils, de propositions, qui va permettre à tous les parents et éducateurs…
de revivifier leur dialogue avec les jeunes. Devant les grands dossiers de la société en crise, l'auteur éclaire les problèmes, dénoue les drames et parle le langage vrai.La cause des enfants (Le Livre de poche #6222)
By Françoise Dolto. 1985
Dans cet ouvrage très original, la célèbre psychanaliste, Françoise Dolto, en dialoguant avec un collègue d'enquête, tente pour la première…
fois de considérer d'abord le monde du point de vue de l'enfant et dans son seul intérêt. En dressant un bilan historique et critique de la condition des enfants et en la confrontant ici à son expérience de psychanaliste, Françoise Dolto nous aide à mieux communiquer avec les nouveaux nés et ouvre les chemins de l'avenir aux enfants d'aujourd'hui. Françoise Dolto retrace les étapes de son combat quotidien pour la cause des enfants. Cinquante années d'écoute exceptionnelle ; ses intuitions de petite fille qui voumait être médecin d'éducation, ses premiers contacts avec ses petits malades, son travail en équipe, l'expérience de la Maison verte, tout cela constitue un témoignage capital de femme, de thérapeute et aussi de philosophe en acte de notre temps.Histoire d'une grande peur, la masturbation (Agora #217)
By Jean Stengers. 2000
Péché, vice, autodestruction. Les mots ne manquent pas pour qualifier la masturbation. Jusque dans le dernier quart du XIXe siècle,…
l'idée de la masturbation destructrice règne sans partage sur toute l'Europe. L'élément déclencheur aura, sans conteste, été la publication, au début du XVIIIe siècle, d'un ouvrage intitulé " Onania ". Une imprécation dirigée contre le vice et ses effets. La liste des maux auxquels s'expose le masturbateur est alors infinie : vertiges, mélancolie, stupidité, rachitisme, impuissance... jusqu'à la mort. Les remèdes prescrits par les médecins sont tout aussi variés, le mariage restant le plus efficace pour vaincre l'onanisme ! Il faut attendre les années 1875-1881 pour que ces croyances soient ébranlées. De nombreuses voix s'élèvent et attaquent les auteurs qui ont répandu autant d'idées fausses sur la masturbation. Autant d'erreurs transmises par la tradition, et responsables des souffrances de milliers de jeunes innocents.Mères-filles, une relation à trois (Essais Ser. #Vol. 6068738)
By Caroline Eliacheff. 2002
A partir de cas empruntés à la littérature et au cinéma, reconstitue l'éventail de toutes les relations possibles, principalement celles…
sources de tensions, et montre comment s'opèrent la transmission des rôles et la construction des identités, de génération en génération.