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We're all pretty nice people, right? It's just that occasionally
we're tempted to gossip or indulge in a little justified road rage
. . . or snap at our spouse . . . maybe scream at our kids . . . I
mean, if everyone else would get with the program, we wouldn't be
this way! But maybe the trouble isn't with all those other people
who aggravate us. Maybe we're the problem--specifically, the way we
react to inconveniences, accidents, and just plain old everyday
life with negative words, thoughts, and actions. Because the truth
is, when we stop focusing on how we're being affected and start
responding in kind ways, that's when something remarkable happens:
we actually feel happier ourselves. With humor, compassion, and
encouragement, Nicole Phillips draws on scientific research and
real-life examples to help us recognize unhelpful negative thought
patterns, show kindness toward others even when we don't feel like
it, and discover how one little change actually changes everything.
From a millennial media maker and award-winning social critic, an
accessible, straightforward, and remarkable guide that "invites us
beyond the old stories we've told about ourselves, and into the
wonder of our dreams, hopes, and love--so we can find our truth and
purpose" (Glennon Doyle, New York Times bestselling author) for a
generation paralyzed by the pressures of life. Behind the glossy
Instagram pictures, many people in their 20s and 30s are living
frustrating lives: overwhelmed and confused, anxious and
inauthentic, exhausted and afraid. They are leading lives that,
unbeknownst to them, have been shaped by everyone but themselves.
From social media to the workplace, the stories that they have
believed have left them constantly seeking a better life but rarely
ever finding it. Erica Williams Simon saw this all too well. At 27,
she abruptly walked away from her career as a rising political
media star to find her own truth and a truth that would help others
finally build a life worth living. She rejected the lies that the
world had taught her, and rewrote the ideas that have the power to
shape a generation. You Deserve the Truth is a "refreshingly blunt
take on happiness" (Publishers Weekly) and is a masterclass in how
to challenge the narratives about fear, work, identity, success,
love, and life. This "smart and all too real guidebook for anyone
striving to craft an authentic and inspired life from the ground
up" (Franchesca Ramsey, host of MTV's Decoded) gives you the tools
you need in order to break free from the narratives holding you
back from starting an exciting new phase in a beautiful life.
In this three part book Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll, Hyde yet
again plunges into sex, psychedelics, hurricanes and heroes on a
quest for the truth at all costs, exploring issues of paedophilia,
plant medicine, and community through narrative.
One of the things we all deeply crave, and all richly deserve, is a
more exciting life. We know well enough that many things have to be
routine, hard and a little bit boring. But we also rightly sense
that, if only we can find a way, our lives could be rendered
intermittently more joyful, intense, thrilling and beautiful. This
is a guide to the more exciting life we know could be ours. It
isn't about the outward things we might do: travel, parachute out
of airplanes or learn a foreign language. This is a book of
psychology and about how we can nurture a sense of inner
liberation, accept our desires and aspirations and then have the
courage to set ourselves free. Perhaps for too long we have
resigned ourselves to things that aren't fair or necessary, we have
felt too constricted (and perhaps unloved) to communicate well with
others and the proper expansion of our characters has been
sacrificed for the sake of compliance. Now is a chance to recover
some of our spirit, and to become open to the full intensity,
beauty and mystery of life and to the richness of our own
possibilities. Here is a guide to that more exciting life we know
should - and can - be ours.
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of
Power comes the definitive new book on decoding the behavior of the
people around you Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of
readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential
texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns
to the most important subject of all - understanding people's
drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them
themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our
relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is
the most important tool we can possess, without which our other
talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and
examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and
many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own
emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that
leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to
resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose.
Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around
you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success,
self-improvement, and self-defense.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU TODAY? What if five minutes could change
your routine and change your day? What if you checked in with how
you are feeling for just those few minutes, maybe sitting down over
that cup of coffee or tea, or quietly sitting by the window before
you head towards the shower? Writing things down has been shown to
help people more successfully achieve their dreams and goals. It is
a way to help us focus on what matters, prioritise what we are
going to do for the day ahead and track our progress. Five Minutes
in the Morning offers a beautiful space and creative exercises to
encourage reflection and intention setting at the start of the day.
ALL IT TAKES IS FIVE MINUTES IN THE MORNING.
AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTELLER Spiritual writer and Rising
Woman founder Sheleana Aiyana takes you on a transformational
inner-work journey to heal lifelong relationship patterns and
reclaim power over your life. Romantic relationships can infuse our
lives with the magic of intimacy and connection. But for many of
us, that magic is fleeting--over and over, our relationships don't
last, or if they do, they fail to make us happy. We find ourselves
chasing unavailable love, sublimating our needs in service to
others, or trying to save our partners from themselves, all the
while abandoning the ones who need us most--ourselves. If you find
yourself struggling to let go after a relationship ends, or you
keep hitting the same wall in dating and relationships with
emotionally unavailable people, this is not a sign that you are
broken. It is a sign that somewhere along the way, you learned to
sacrifice yourself in order to be loved. In Becoming the One,
spiritual leader and visionary founder of the Rising Woman
community Sheleana Aiyana offers a roadmap for transforming your
relationship patterns to end the cycle of self-abandonment and move
into the light of self-discovery. The desire for love is wired into
the very fibers of our being, but before you can create rewarding
bonds with others, first you must stand wholeheartedly in
self-acceptance. Becoming the One is an invitation to find your way
home to yourself. EXPERT ADVICE: Based on wisdom gleaned from the
traumas of her past and years of guiding thousands of women around
the world in her internationally acclaimed "Becoming the One"
program of spiritual and therapeutic healing practices, Sheleana
Aiyana's revolutionary lessons teach you to embody the qualities
you are seeking in others so that you can become "the one" for
yourself. ESSENTIAL LESSONS: Learn to connect with your inner
child, challenge your core beliefs about love, set self-affirming
boundaries, discover and celebrate your true desires, recognize red
and green flags, and build a secure, loving relationship with
yourself. By learning how to trust your body and make peace with
your past, you'll clear the path for healthy, conscious love--one
that returns the authority to you to choose how to live and whom to
love. RAVE REVIEWS: "This is a spectacular guide to the inner world
and relationships; it dispels myths, grounds you in transformative
truth, and reconnects you to your power."--Yung Pueblo, New York
Times bestselling author of Clarity Connection "This masterpiece
will take you from pain to freedom. Reading Becoming the One will
help you understand the process and power of healing."--Nedra
Glover Tawwab, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries,
Find Peace Perfect for: Anyone navigating a recent breakup or
feeling fed up with dating Fans of self-help and self-improvement
books Adding to the shelf alongside Women Who Run with the Wolves,
Attached, Glennon Doyle's Untamed, or books by Esther Perel
Is there always someone else to blame for your failures? Afraid of
putting the real work in to achieve your goals? Are you sick of
just being average and do you want to start winning? It's time to
drown out self-doubt and the distracting noise of everyday life, to
conquer your fears and approach challenges without caution. One of
rugby's most ferocious flankers and successful players, James
Haskell has always strived to be at the very top of his game. To
achieve a global rugby career, he knew he had to keep his body
strong. To go on to found an award-winning production company and
become a successful DJ and bestselling author, he knew he had to
keep his mind even stronger. Revolutionary and revealing, Approach
With(out) Caution presents James Haskell as you've never known him.
James takes the lessons he's learned, both on and off the pitch,
and turns them into a five-pillar plan to help you take control of
your life.
As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and
champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone.
Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show
(the highest-rated program of its kind), launched her own
television network, become the USA's only African-American
billionaire, and been awarded both an honorary degree by Harvard
University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. From all her
experiences, she has gleaned life lessons - which, for fourteen
years, she's shared in O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular 'What
I Know For Sure' column, a monthly source of inspiration and
revelation. Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have
been revised, updated, and collected in What I Know For Sure,
packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey and read
aloud by Oprah herself. Organized by theme - joy, resilience,
connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power - these
essays offer a rare, powerful and intimate glimpse into the heart
and mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women, while
providing readers a guide to becoming their best selves. Candid,
moving, exhilarating, uplifting, and frequently humorous, the words
Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of truth
that readers will turn to again and again.
Failures don't need to be final, and disappointment doesn't need to
be defining. Come along on a wild, hilarious, faith-building ride,
and let The Art of Getting It Wrong guide you toward hope for the
future and the freedom to love your life exactly where you are.
Long before his YouTube channel, The Miller Fam, became a viral
sensation, Stephen Miller got a ton of things wrong. He knows what
it's like to endure countless failed endeavors, make too many rash
decisions, and feel deep discouragement when life doesn't go as
planned--sometimes all before breakfast. But those experiences
taught him a powerful lesson: it's going to be okay. With the
characteristic authenticity, love, and humor Stephen shows in his
YouTube videos, The Art of Getting It Wrong offers timeless truths
and never-before-told stories of misadventures and out-of-control
disappointments that will encourage you to: See the good at work in
your life, even when you make mistakes Look for the laugh in every
situation Embrace the truth--whether it's a warm hug or a kick in
the teeth Believe in yourself and grow in your sense of self-worth
Discover the power of grace, both for others and for yourself Join
Stephen as he shares what it means to turn failures, mishaps, and
disappointments into a life of fun and fulfillment--even when it's
not what you expected. Praise for The Art of Getting It Wrong:
"With his trademark passion, humor, and optimism, Stephen Miller
brings an important and timely message for us in The Art of Getting
It Wrong. We all need a friend who can remind us that it's going to
be okay, even when life's disappointments, failures, or deep hurts
threaten to pull us down." --Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times
bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries "If you
find yourself trying to get back up after falling down, you'll find
this book brimming with encouragement and buoyant with hope." --Dr.
Darren Whitehead, lead pastor, Church of the City, Nashville,
Tennessee
The Positively Awesome Journal is packed with creative and
colourful activities designed to help you find your sunshine and
focus on self-care. In this journal, illustrator, author and
self-care advocate Stacie Swift will encourage and equip you with
the insights and tools you need to brighten even the greyest days.
With her refreshingly honest and down-to-earth attitude to
positivity and mental well-being, Stacie's tips and tasks remind
you that you matter, too. Make your way through each prompt, from
post-its and pie charts to lists and life-lessons, to create your
personal self-care handbook to revisit whenever you need it most.
Whether you are looking for an affirmation to make you smile,
manageable self-kindness ideas, or to create your own list of
'Everyday Awesome Things', each page combines Stacie's signature
bright and colourful illustrations with relatable and valuable
messages to inspire and uplift you every day. A beacon of
positivity – this is more than a journal, it's a place to put
yourself first. "Stacie's positivity shines through in every word
she writes. Her colourful approach to self-care is refreshing and
comforting. This is a journal we all need right now" – Izzy Judd.
"Stacie's words and illustrations speak right into our messy
human-ness, cheerleading, equipping and supporting us along the
way." – Anna Mathur.
'Kindly yet firmly reminds the reader about the importance of
saying ''no''.' - The Independent A four-step programme to help
develop self-esteem, create time to do the things that nourish and
fulfil you, discover a deep sense of calm, and achieve healthy
control over your life, home and work. The need to understand where
to draw the line has never been more acute, with new online trends
seeping quickly into our consciousness often before we've had time
to consider what personal boundaries they might require. Covering
email etiquette, office politics, healthy parenting, dating among
the over 50s, oversharing, relationships and more, there is no
other book that deals effectively and practically with the
embryonic and ever-evolving relationship codes of today. Discover
how to set personal boundaries in the most important aspects of
your life: from sleep to fitness, diet to social media and computer
usage, and build the self-confidence that results from learning to
care for yourself. Then you can progress to applying that knowledge
to all aspects of your life including work, home and relationships.
With anonymised cases from Jennie's clinical practice, Boundaries
contains exercises, motivational quotes, statistics, and clearly
signposts when exactly you need to bring in the boundaries. Readers
love Boundaries 'Suggested by my therapist ... has helped me
re-enforce new ideas' 'Everyone who seeks to improve their
relationships should read' 'Practical guide for self-care' 'Kind,
helpful and fun read' 'A must read for all busy people!'
And She Lived Happily Ever After is an inspirational and
motivational book for women, reminding them that they are in charge
of their happy-ever-afterness and that they don't have to adhere to
societal rules and regulations if they don't wish to. Inside these
pages, Deborah Durbin covers more than thirty life tips and
reminders, including building your own world profile, why it's
important to wait 24 hours before reacting, why it's so important
to surround yourself with radiators and not drains, and many more
life lessons Durbin has learned over the years. These lessons are
short and to the point and written in a style whereby the reader
can dip in and out for a life lesson when it suits them.
Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the
most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless
perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his
commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest
triumphs--and life's greatest rewards--come from those unscripted
moments you never anticipated. In this heartfelt, gripping
autobiography, the three-time Sports Emmy Award-winner and popular
host of TNT's Inside the NBA provides a remarkably candid look at
his life both on and off the screen. From his relationship with his
sportscaster father to his own rise to the top of sports
broadcasting, from battling cancer to raising six children with his
wife, Cheryl, including a special needs child adopted from Romania,
Ernie has taken the important lessons he learned from his father
and passed them on to his own children. This is the untold story,
the one Ernie has lived after the lights are turned off and the
cameras stop rolling. Sports fans, cancer survivors, fathers and
sons, adoptive parents, those whose lives have been touched by a
person with special needs, anyone who loves stories about handling
life's surprises with grace--Unscripted is for all of these.
This humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother's
journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a
lesbian in her late 30s. Jill had a happy, healthy 20-year
relationship with her college sweetheart, two wonderful kids, and
rescue cat from the Humane Society. They lived in a nice suburban
home with a white picket fence and owned a small bar that was rated
one of the “Best Mom & Pop” businesses in Tampa Bay. From
the outside, everything looked perfect. Perfectly Queer takes the
reader on Jillian Abby's poignant and painfully funny rollercoaster
of self-discovery as she identifies and eventually accepts herself
as a lesbian just before her 40th birthday. Living her new truth
means leaving behind a life that, by societal standards, is nearly
perfect. This is a story for anyone who is hiding a piece of
themselves and wants to know if it’s safe to be revealed. It’s
for the parent who must choose between their own happiness and the
stability of their family, wondering if prioritizing themselves is
selfish. It’s for the person potentially facing a major life
upheaval filled with unknowns in the future who is seeking
reassurance that everything will work out just fine. It’s a story
of hope and inspiration to those who are starting or are in the
middle of their journey, and an affirmation to those who have been
through it to stand proudly on the other side.
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