Lori Allen helps women rediscover their worth as she encourages them to age well with style and sass. Women today are facing so much uncertainty-about life and the future. For Lori Allen, business owner, breast cancer survivor, and star of TLC's Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, her advice stems from the ups and downs of her personal life: from building one of the biggest and busiest bridal megasalons in the country to navigating her position in the sandwich generation and caring for a husband battling cancer during her own breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. In Say Yes to What's Next, Lori addresses crucial issues, such as how to: Pivot, embrace the unexpected, and live out your passion Practice essential self-care that enriches your mind, body, and spirit Make space for yourself and your priorities while still being a caring partner, parent, and friend Maintain a close circle of friends at every age and stage of life Take charge of your money and attain financial freedom and security Say Yes to What's Next is more than just a guide for our best tomorrows, it's the beginning of a life-makeover movement for women of all ages.Whether you're feeling invisible, ignored, or like your voice doesn't matter, or you're simply uncertain about what's next, Lori offers advice on what to do, what not do, and how to see your way through the unexpected.

This book offers a provocative retelling of Palestinian political history through an examination of the international commissions that have investigated political violence and human rights violations. More than twenty commissions have been convened over the last century, yet no significant change has resulted from these inquiries. The findings of the very first, the 1919 King-Crane Commission, were suppressed. The Mitchell Committee, convened in the heat of the Second Intifada, urged Palestinians to listen more sympathetically to the feelings of their occupiers. And factfinders returning from a shell-shocked Gaza Strip in 2008 registered their horror at the scale of the destruction, but Gazans have continued to live under a crippling blockade. Drawing on debates in the press, previously unexamined UN reports, historical archives, and ethnographic research, Lori Allen explores six key investigative commissions over the last century. She highlights how Palestinians' persistent demands for independence have been routinely translated into the numb language of reports and resolutions. These commissions, Allen argues, operating as technologies of liberal global governance, yield no justice-only the oppressive status quo. A History of False Hope issues a biting critique of the captivating allure and cold impotence of international law.

This book offers a provocative retelling of Palestinian political history through an examination of the international commissions that have investigated political violence and human rights violations. More than twenty commissions have been convened over the last century, yet no significant change has resulted from these inquiries. The findings of the very first, the 1919 King-Crane Commission, were suppressed. The Mitchell Committee, convened in the heat of the Second Intifada, urged Palestinians to listen more sympathetically to the feelings of their occupiers. And factfinders returning from a shell-shocked Gaza Strip in 2008 registered their horror at the scale of the destruction, but Gazans have continued to live under a crippling blockade. Drawing on debates in the press, previously unexamined UN reports, historical archives, and ethnographic research, Lori Allen explores six key investigative commissions over the last century. She highlights how Palestinians' persistent demands for independence have been routinely translated into the numb language of reports and resolutions. These commissions, Allen argues, operating as technologies of liberal global governance, yield no justice—only the oppressive status quo. A History of False Hope issues a biting critique of the captivating allure and cold impotence of international law.

"The Rise and Fall of Human Rights" provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world--its NGOs, activists, and "victims," as well as their politics, training, and discourse--since 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, in failing to end the Israeli occupation, protect basic human rights, or establish an accountable Palestinian government, the human rights industry has become the object of cynicism for many Palestinians. But far from indicating apathy, such cynicism generates a productive critique of domestic politics and Western interventionism. This book illuminates the successes and failures of Palestinians' varied engagements with human rights in their quest for independence.

"The Rise and Fall of Human Rights" provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights worldOCoits NGOs, activists, and victims, as well as their politics, training, and discourseOCosince 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, it has since been professionalized and politicized, transformed into a public relations tool for political legitimization and state-making.
In failing to end the Israeli occupation, protect basic human rights, or establish an accountable Palestinian government, the human rights industry has become the object of cynicism for many Palestinians. Lori Allen contends, however, that far from indicating apathy, such cynicism generates a productive critique of domestic politics and Western interventionism. The book's broad appeal lies in illuminating the successes and failures of Palestinians' varied engagements with human rights in their quest for independence.

The Shaman's Path takes you on a guided journey to discover your life's purpose. Exercises and meditations take you on an experiential path on which you identify your issues, explore your ancestral ties and relationships, and examine your everyday roles. All of these are released through personal work and ceremony. At the end of the journey, you discover your destiny and move forward with a different perspective about yourself and the world around you. Rooted in the Shamanic practices of the medicine men and women of the High Andes in Peru, the author has taken what has been an oral tradition and concisely explained its history and its practical applications to modern life in North America and elsewhere. By completing the exercises in this book, you move out of time and space, and learn to navigate the pathways to the lower and upper worlds through Shamanic journeying, meet and communicate with spirit guides and power animals, and come to a place where the mind and spirit can find healing. Working closely with the Earth, the author describes sacred ceremonies to create a deep connection with your place of being in the world. Options for working alone or in a group are provided. The work is not easy or fast, but the author offers you step-by-step guidance and advice, as well as personal examples, to help along the way. The author's journey, through the work described, was one of personal transformation and joy, and she wishes you many insights and great blessings as you begin your own journey to the healed state.

The Shaman's Path takes you on a guided journey to discover your life's purpose. Exercises and meditations take you on an experiential path on which you identify your issues, explore your ancestral ties and relationships, and examine your everyday roles. All of these are released through personal work and ceremony. At the end of the journey, you discover your destiny and move forward with a different perspective about yourself and the world around you. Rooted in the Shamanic practices of the medicine men and women of the High Andes in Peru, the author has taken what has been an oral tradition and concisely explained its history and its practical applications to modern life in North America and elsewhere. By completing the exercises in this book, you move out of time and space, and learn to navigate the pathways to the lower and upper worlds through Shamanic journeying, meet and communicate with spirit guides and power animals, and come to a place where the mind and spirit can find healing. Working closely with the Earth, the author describes sacred ceremonies to create a deep connection with your place of being in the world. Options for working alone or in a group are provided. The work is not easy or fast, but the author offers you step-by-step guidance and advice, as well as personal examples, to help along the way. The author's journey, through the work described, was one of personal transformation and joy, and she wishes you many insights and great blessings as you begin your own journey to the healed state.