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"Willpower For Dummies" shows you how to train, strengthen, and improve your willpower in seven easy steps Written by a clinical psychologist and cognitive therapist, the book proves that willpower can be learned like any other skill, and provides tons of practical exercises and strategies you can start using today. You'll learn how willpower works inside the brain, and how choosing goals and identifying challenges can affect your success. The book stresses the importance of patience, rewards and being kind to yourself, and walks you through the techniques that will keep you on the right track, even on your worst days.

The mind works in two different ways: the long view and the short view. Controlling which aspect wins out is the key to willpower. "Willpower For Dummies" breaks this complex science down into easily digestible bits, written in plain English with a dash of humour. You'll find scientifically robust guidance toward strengthening your willpower just like a muscle, and expert advice on training your brain to work with you instead of against you.Discover the most important factors in building self-disciplineLearn how to set goals and how to train your willpowerPractice simple willpower-strengthening exercisesEmploy coping strategies for when you're about to break

Whether you're trying to lose weight, quit smoking or just work harder, rest assured that you can do it--regardless of past failures and false starts. Willpower is not a trait, but a skill. Everyone can learn it, and everyone can make it stronger. "Willpower For Dummies" walks you through the process, teaching you the skills you need for lasting success.

This is the first full-length study of the life and work of novelist Gerald O'Donovan (1871-1942), a Catholic priest and social and cultural activist who, having abandoned the priesthood, became a writer and publisher. As a priest in Loughrea, Co. Galway, he was a very public figure in Irish life in several different areas. He was friendly with W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and George Moore and actively promoted the 'Celtic Revival'. He was also a friend of Douglas Hyde and Sir Horace Plunkett and, for a number of years, he was a national figure in their respective organizations, the Gaelic League and the Co-operative Movement. After his marriage to Beryl Verschoyle, he moved to England and subsequently published six novels, the best-known and most controversial of which was Father Ralph (1913), a portrait of the artist as a priest. He also spent time working in the British Department of Propaganda under Lord Northcliffe, where H.G. Wells was one of his colleagues. This biography of an important and strangely neglected figure allows us new insights into a whole range of interesting cultural moments in twentieth-century Irish life, including the beginnings of literary modernism, the flourishing of the Irish literary revival and the emergence of a dissident strand within the Catholic clergy. Based on a rich and previously untapped array of archival material in Ireland, Britain and the US, the book provides both a much-needed reassessment of O'Donovan's work and also a history of Irish writing during those early decades of the twentieth century that saw the development of a new and powerful national literature.

Eastern Spirituality and Western Psychology offers a practical path to harmony between spirituality and Western psychology, between heart and mind. This book: * challenges basic assumptions of Western psychology * demystifies Vedic psychology * presents how Eastern spirituality can enhance Western psychology It guides readers by clarifying the relationship between spirituality and psychological growth, and demonstrates that psychotherapy and spirituality are complementary aspects of human development, with both essential for optimum mental, existential, and spiritual growth. It is up to everyone to take responsibility for making the changes that enable us to contribute to the well-being of the whole. In this insightful book, the authors reflect on this revolution and consider how it is likely to evolve in the future. It paves the way for those interested in the transpersonal, whether psychologists, psychotherapists, Orientalists, or spiritual practitioners. As the book says, "We are all starved of one and the same thing, 'love,' where all differences dissolve." The message of hope given is Vasudhaiva kutumbakam ("The world is one family") and if, at last, you are able to see through the falsity of multiplicity, Oneness will then be revealed to you.

This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.

..".hands-down the most 'relatable' book about life with diabetes I ve ever read." Amy Tenderich, DiabetesMine "Shot" is an intimate portrait of a young woman's sudden transition to type 1 diabetes and a life of insulin dependence. Treatment for a routine infection one Monday morning yielded, with stunning speed, to a glucose monitor, test strips, and a life-altering diagnosis. In "Shot," Amy Ryan shows what it really takes to manage an incurable disease. She charts the essential duties that keep her stable while revealing the daily concerns, the simple rewards and victories, the fears of highs and lows, and the psychological strain of depending on herself, a drug, and a network of health care providers to stay alive with diabetes. People who manage life-threatening diseases will recognize their own struggles in Amy's compelling story. The millions who care for and support family, friends, or patients with diabetes will have their eyes opened to the human side of living with a chronic condition. ..". a] well-developed narrative of one woman s experience with a life-altering diagnosis.The author s transparency into her own story of diabetes is courageous and informative." - Library Journal Amy Ryan really understands what it takes to manage this relentless disease. Her view into type 1 diabetes is personal, frank, memorable and right on target. William V. Tamborlane, MD, Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, Yale School of Medicine "Everyone who thinks they understand someone with type 1-and I include myself and my colleagues can benefit from reading this book. A powerful, surprising, and unique accomplishment." -Daniel Einhorn, Medical Director, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute "If you have type 1 diabetes, or care about someone who does, you ll love this book, and benefit from the love, aggravation and wisdom in Amy Ryan s story. William H. Polonsky, Behavioral Diabetes Institute

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Champion checkers player William F. Ryan (1907-1954), known as "The Bronx Comet," provides strategies and tips for successful checkers game play in this informative book. Ryan won the American Championship in 1946, the World Championship in 1949, and the world's first blindfold tournament. Checkers is an easy game to learn, but holds its rightful place as one of the oldest and intellectually challenging board games in the world.

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Roger Murphy had it all. A great Marina District apartment, the best dog in the world and the most reviled newspaper column in San Francisco. But as the very ground began to shake beneath him, he was at risk of losing it all-and found himself in a fight for his very life. Just as he stood at the precipice, Viktor Frankl entered his life and changed everything. The Holocaust survivor and author of Man's Search for Meaning would share his harrowing experience in the Nazi death camps, his triumphant rise from the ashes-and the message that could deliver Roger from his own dilemma: Frankl's secret the last of the human freedoms.

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Following Atticus is Tom Ryan's moving true story, of a man and his remarkable dog. Tom Ryan is a middle-aged, overweight, no-nonsense newspaper editor. But when Atticus M. Finch, a Miniature Schnauzer, arrives, he is forced to question everything about his life. Wanting to raise money in memory of a friend who died of cancer, Tom decides that they will both climb 48 of New Hampshire's mountains during a single winter - twice. What awaits the pair is the adventure of a lifetime. In an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland, they face raging blizzards, frostbite and storms. It is a rare test of endurance that soon becomes a soul-searching journey. And then, within a month of returning home, tragedy strikes. Atticus goes blind, and the blood tests suggest something even worse. Now facing an even greater challenge, Tom and Atticus undertake a journey through darkness and into light. For anyone that loved Marley and Me, Following Atticus by Tom Ryan is a heartwarming story of friendship, selflessness, redemption -- and above all, love. Tom Ryan worked as an editor until 2007, when he decided to sell his newspaper move to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He started climbing in memory of a friend who died of cancer, and in the last five years has climbed an incredible four hundred and fifty 4,000-foot peaks.