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Suicide is the nation's tenth leading cause of death, and in 2018
nearly 50,000 people in the US died by suicide, with thousands more
attempting to take their own lives. Countless others experience
suicidal ideation due to depression, anxiety, addiction, and more,
living for years in silent misery. The sad truth is that someone
you know may be suffering. With great compassion and clear,
actionable strategies, So Much to Live For shows you what to do,
what to say, and how to intervene if you suspect a friend or loved
one is considering suicide. You'll learn the signs and symptoms,
understand the causes, and build the courage to step up and speak
out. God heals wounds and repairs brokenness, and he often does it
using people like you. You can be instrumental in saving the life
of a suicidal person you know. This book shows you how.
A self-help guide to easily, quickly and safely overcome many
emotional, psychological and physical conditions such as anxiety,
depression, fears, phobias, lack of confidence or self-esteem,
timidity, remove unwanted habits, overcome trauma and abuse,
relationship problems, sports performance, anything that may be
reducing the quality of life or preventing you form attaining your
full potential and goals. There are also simple techniques to heal
bodily disorders such as arthritis, IBS, PMT, aches and pains,
tinnitus, hay fever and much, much more - all with just the
incredible power of your mind and no drugs or unpleasant side
effects. The techniques in this book are tried, tested and proven
by many hundreds of people including many celebrities. This book
will enable you to change and improve your life, your health,
wealth and happiness in any way you desire. With the information in
this book you could even become a professional therapist.
Kick-start your motivation using gratitude, employ compassion to build your network, and take pride to maximise success.
Using cutting-edge research, world-leading psychologist David DeSteno shows you how positive emotions are far more powerful than willpower and self-denial in achieving your goals. Willpower is quickly depleted, but our prosocial emotions become stronger the more we use them. Even better, they’re contagious.
· Cultivating gratitude, compassion, and pride leads to better cardiovascular health, immune function and sleep
· Students who feel proud of their work will work 40% harder and longer than others
· Empathy and compassion are the best predictors of team success
Our prosocial emotions evolved specifically to help us resist immediate temptations in favour of long-term gains. But they can also be adapted to strengthen our bonds with our own future selves – who will benefit most from the grit we need to succeed in life.
We do it and see and hear people do it every day. Yet mystery
surrounds this human phenomenon - laughter. What is laughter? What
is its origin? Why do we laugh? How do we laugh? What are the
neurological factors that bring laughter about? What are the
benefits of laughing? Is laughter really 'the best medicine?' The
search for answers to these questions is the main motivation for
writing this book.
Understand what mentoring really is and how to do it well The
Mentoring Manual is based on methods developed - and proven - in
business, this highly practical book will show you how mentoring
works, take you step-by-step through everything you need to know
and do, and show you how both parties can get the best from the
relationship. Get the most from mentoring: help your mentee,
develop your skills and make a positive difference.
Suited for both Standard and Higher Level studies. Written by a
highly experienced IB author team. Well structured and signposted
material based around clear learning objectives. Expert selection
of relevant theories and studies, ensuring the entire syllabus and
assessment requirements are appropriately covered and addressed.
Written to give you an international and transdisciplinary
perspective. Well-placed critical thinking activities and Theory of
Knowledge links throughout. Separate Theory of Knowledge chapter.
Guidance on Internal Assessment and the Extended Essay. Integrated
online learning resources to support and extend study.
The #1 New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author and
columnist behind The Atlantic's popular "How to Build a Life"
series, a guide to transforming the life changes we fear into a
source of strength. In the first half of life, ambitious strivers
embrace a simple formula for success in work and life: focus
single-mindedly, work tirelessly, sacrifice personally, and climb
the ladder relentlessly. It works. Until it doesn't. It turns out
the second half of life is governed by different rules. In middle
age, many strivers begin to find success coming harder and harder,
rewards less satisfying, and family relationships withering. In
response, they do what strivers always do: they double down on work
in an attempt to outrun decline and weakness, and deny the changes
that are becoming more and more obvious. The result is often anger,
fear, and disappointment at a time in life that they imagined would
be full of joy, fulfillment, and pride. It doesn't have to be that
way. In From Strength to Strength, happiness expert and bestselling
author Arthur C. Brooks reveals a path to beating the "striver's
curse." Drawing on science, classical philosophy, theology, and
history, he shares counterintuitive strategies for releasing old
habits and forming new life practices, showing you how to: - Kick
the habits of workaholism, success addiction, and
self-objectification - Meditate on death-in order to beat fear and
live well - Start a spiritual adventure - Embrace weakness in a way
that turns it into strength. Change in your life is inevitable, but
suffering is not. From Strength to Strength shows you how to accept
the gifts of the second half of life with grace, joy, and ever
deepening purpose.
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS and A level Subject: Psychology First
teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 (2016 for AS) This
Student Book + ActiveBook covers both the Edexcel AS and A level
Psychology courses from 2015 and will help you to: develop greater
confidence in the practical application of relevant psychology and
mathematical skills (for example data handling, analysis and
application) through the use of in-depth explanations and worked
examples understand the requirements of assessment through
dedicated Exam Preparation content which reflects the linear nature
of the new qualification develop the knowledge and skills that will
be required in Higher Education through a focus on further
research, independent enquiry and extended writing think more like
a psychologist, making links between themes within the book and
exploring the synoptic nature of the course through the new
'Thinking Bigger' and 'Wider Issues and Debates' features. The
ActiveBook gives you easy online access to the textbook content so
you don't have to carry the book to and from school or college. You
can make it your own with notes, highlights and links to wider
reading - perfect for supporting coursework and revision
activities.
Seventh-Day Adventists, Melanesian cargo cults, David Koresh's
Branch Davidians, and the Raelian UFO religion would seem to have
little in common. What these groups share, however, is a millennial
orientation-the audacious human hope for a collective salvation,
which may be either heavenly or earthly. While many religions
feature a belief in personal salvation, millennial faiths involve
the expectation that salvation will be accomplished for an entire
group by a superhuman agent, with or without human collaboration.
While the term "millennialism" is drawn from Christianity, it is a
category that is used to study religious expressions in diverse
cultures, religious traditions, and historical periods. Sometimes,
as with the American Millerite movement, millennialism expresses
itself benignly. Other times, as in the Branch Davidians' showdown
with the FBI in Waco, these movements turn violent. This handbook
will offer readers an in-depth look at both the theoretical
underpinnings of the study of millennialism and its many
manifestations across history and cultures. The book will begin
with a section that lays out the four different types of
millennialism and will then move on to examine millennialism in a
wide variety of places and times, from ancient millennial movements
to modern apocalyptic movements. This handbook will be a valuable
resource for scholars of religious studies, sociology, psychology,
history, and new religious movements.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
No man is an island, wrote John Donne. BBC Home Editor Mark Easton
argues the opposite: that we are all islands, and it is upon the
contradictory shoreline where isolation meets connectedness, where
'us' meets 'them', that we find out who we truly are. Suggesting
that a continental bias has blinded us, Easton chronicles a sweep
of 250 million years of island history: from Pangaea (the
supercontinent mother of all islands) to the first intrepid
islanders pointing their canoes over the horizon, from exploration
to occupation, exploitation to liberation, a hopeful journey to
paradise and a chastening reminder of our planet's fragility. But
that is only half of this mesmerising book: aided by the muse he
names Pangaea, Easton also interweaves reflections on what he calls
'the psychological islands that form the great archipelago of
humankind'. Taking readers on an enchanting adventure, he
illustrates how understanding islands and island syndrome might
help humanity get closer to the truth about itself. Brave,
intelligent and haunting, Islands is a deep dive into geography,
myth, literature, politics and philosophy that reveals nothing less
than a map of the human heart.
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