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Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests
Ease Your Anxiety and Find Calm with the Ancient and Popular
Practice of Mindfulness A modern practice with ancient roots,
mindfulness is widely recognized for its calming, healing, and
restorative effects. Mindfulness and meditation can help you
relieve stress, regulate your emotions, achieve focus and clarity,
strengthen your communication skills, and cultivate an appreciation
for what is most important to you. Based on centuries of experience
and new techniques in the field of psychology, Mindfulness Made
Simple shows how to bring mindfulness and meditation into your
daily life. Mindfulness Made Simple offers inspiring and practical
guidance, with: Foreword by noted psychologist Elisha Goldstein,
Ph.D. Brief history of mindfulness and its growing impact in the
present day Step-by-step introduction to your first meditation 5
further meditations and 8 advanced meditations to deepen your
practice Simple exercises and journal prompts to support your
mindfulness journey Inspirational quotes and tips to help you stay
focused and motivated With Mindfulness Made Simple, the full
benefits of a soothing and healthy mindfulness practice are only a
few simple exercises away."
With a series of 'music in care' books aimed at supporting adults
through a range of life's situations using music, John Osborne has
collaborated with a new young author to bring fresh perspective on
how the power of music can affect a young person's life. Coping
with moving to a new school can be a difficult and challenging time
for any young person but it can be even more problematic if you are
on the autistic spectrum. This book tells the story of Luke Fiddes
a remarkable young man and talented musician. It explains how Luke
became aware of his different and special status and how he learnt
to manage this. It also contains a self help manual for all young
people which is designed to help deal with the struggles of
adolescence using personalised music. This heartwarming, funny and
frank account of Luke's journey gives a remarkable insight into
some of the challenges but also the surprising benefits of living
with Asperger syndrome. "I love my autism because I love music."
Luke Fiddes
This book explores how we should review our priorities in the
increasingly hectic and fast changing, yet ever smaller, world in
which we live. It has been written with younger people at heart,
those of us asking questions about our place in the world and how
we might better live our lives in a manner that minimises stress
and helps us to be valued by our peers by helping others to help
themselves. The book provides insights into sources of harmony
within our lives, that we can use to maintain our moral compass and
improve our decision-making. "You, Who You Are, and Why You Matter"
is promoted by The CareAbout Foundation.
A legendary performance coach shares his simple, proven, and fun
methods for cultivating motivation and keeping it. To be productive
and optimistic about our personal and professional lives, we want
to feel that we can understand and influence what is happening
around us today, and that we have a reliable insight into what will
happen tomorrow. We also require a rich, supportive, and secure
social life. As more of us work remotely and the frequency of our
in-person contact decreases, this desire for connection and trust
has only become more important; the social drive is so strong that
our body temperature drops when we feel excluded. To satisfy our
psychological needs in today's professional world, we must pursue
them consciously and purposefully-but unfortunately, most of us
don't know how to do so effectively. Instead, we waste our time on
ineffective coping strategies that often make us feel even worse.
The true solution to becoming happier, healthier, and more
productive is to become intrinsically motivated: To stop wasting
time on activities that don't really contribute to our careers or
our company's success, eschew the dog-eat-dog culture of modern
business, and find ways to take pleasure in what we do-and to do it
well. Motivation by Stefan Falk is a comprehensive guide to
achieving this goal. Filled with methods and techniques he
developed at McKinsey & Company and through 25 years as a
senior executive and performance coach working with elite athletes,
top executives, special operators in the armed forces, and leaders
from all walks of life, this book will revolutionize your approach
to success at work and beyond. Published as Intrinsic Motivation in
the United States.
This is the most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie.
In How to Win Friends and Influence People , he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. His advice has stood the test of time and will teach you how to make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; persuade people to follow your way of thinking; enable you to win new clients and customers; become a better speaker; and boost enthusiasm among your colleagues.
This classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your interactions with everyone in your life. Dale Carnegie, known as 'the arch-priest of the art of making friends', pioneered the development of personal business skills, self-confidence and motivational techniques. His books - most notably How to Win Friends and Influence People - have sold tens of millions worldwide and, even in today's changing climate, they remain as popular as ever.
An essential, universally resonant new memoir from the number one
bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic
What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest
nightmare?
Twenty years ago, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love inspired millions
of readers to embark upon their own journeys of self-discovery. A
decade later, Big Magic empowered countless others to live their most
creative lives. Now comes another landmark book – about love and loss,
addiction and recovery, grief and liberation.
In 2000, a friend sent Liz to see a new hairdresser named Rayya Elias.
An intense and unlikely curiosity sparked between these two apparent
opposites: Rayya, an East Village badass who lived boldly on her own
terms but feared she was a failed artist; Liz, a married people-pleaser
with a surprisingly unfettered sense of creativity. Over the years,
they became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy
entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: the two were in
love. Unacknowledged: they were also a pair of addicts, on a collision
course toward catastrophe.
What if the love of your life – and the person you most trusted in the
world – became a danger to your sanity and wellbeing? What if the dear
friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies
became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every
one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a
pathway to your greatest awakening?
All the Way to the River is for everyone who has ever been captive to
love – or to any other passion, substance, or craving – and who yearns,
at long last, for peace and freedom.
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