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Don't Call It Love: Recovery From Sexual Addiction
by Patrick J. Carnes"Dr. Patrick Carnes is a creative, pioneering, and courageous human being. His books are changing the lives of thousands!"<P> "I lost three marriages, all because of affairs." <P> "I became suicidal because of multiple intense involvements." <P> "I spent money on sex when I needed it for children's clothes." "<P> I lost promotion opportunities and a special scholarship because my co-workers found out about my sex life." <P> Every day they face the possibility of destruction, risking their families, fiances, jobs, dignity, and health. They come from all walks of life: ministers, physicians, therapists, politicians, executives, blue-collar workers. Most were abused as children--sexually, physically or emotionally--and saw addictive behavior in their early lives. Most grapple with other addictions as well, but their fiercest battle is with the most astounding prevalent "secret" disorder in America: sexual addiction. Here is a ground-breaking work by the nation's leading professional expert on sexual addiction, based on the candid testimony of more than one thousand recovering sexual addicts in the first major scientific study of the disorder. This essential volume includes not only the revealing findings of Dr. Carne's research with recovering addicts but also advice from the addicts and co-addicts themselves as they work to overcome their compulsive behavior. Positive, hopeful, and practical, Don't Call It Love is a landmark book that helps us better understand all addictions, their causes, and the difficult path to recovery.
Be Excellent at Anything
by Tony Schwartz Jean Gomes Catherine MccarthyThe Way We're Working Isn't Working is one of those rare books with the power to profoundly transform the way we work and live. Demand is exceeding our capacity. The ethic of "more, bigger, faster" exacts a series of silent but pernicious costs at work, undermining our energy, focus, creativity, and passion. Nearly 75 percent of employees around the world feel disengaged at work every day. The Way We're Working Isn't Working offers a groundbreaking approach to reenergizing our lives so we're both more satisfied and more productive--on the job and off. By integrating multidisciplinary findings from the science of high performance, Tony Schwartz, coauthor of the #1 bestselling The Power of Full Engagement, makes a persuasive case that we're neglecting the four core needs that energize great performance: sustainability (physical); security (emotional); self-expression (mental); and significance (spiritual). Rather than running like computers at high speeds for long periods, we're at our best when we pulse rhythmically between expending and regularly renewing energy across each of our four needs. Organizations undermine sustainable high performance by forever seeking to get more out of their people. Instead they should seek systematically to meet their four core needs so they're freed, fueled, and inspired to bring the best of themselves to work every day. Drawing on extensive work with an extra-ordinary range of organizations, among them Google, Ford, Sony, Ernst & Young, Shell, IBM, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Cleveland Clinic, Schwartz creates a road map for a new way of working. At the individual level, he explains how we can build specific rituals into our daily schedules to balance intense effort with regular renewal; offset emotionally draining experiences with practices that fuel resilience; move between a narrow focus on urgent demands and more strategic, creative thinking; and balance a short-term focus on immediate results with a values-driven commitment to serving the greater good. At the organizational level, he outlines new policies, practices, and cultural messages that Schwartz's client companies have adopted. The Way We're Working Isn't Working offers individuals, leaders, and organizations a highly practical, proven set of strategies to better manage the relentlessly rising demands we all face in an increasingly complex world.
Tao Te Ching
by Victor H. MairA landmark translation of one of the most popular works of world literture, this edition of the Tao Te Ching is based on the Ma-wang-tui manuscripts. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Weight Training for Life
by James L. HessonCengage Learning Activity Series From aerobics and yoga - to bowling, tennis, weight training, and more - Cengage Learning offers a complete line of activities texts to meet your teaching needs. Written for individuals of all skill levels and backgrounds, the Cengage Learning Activity Series goes beyond the mere fundamentals, showing students how to improve, excel, and simply get more enjoyment from their favorite physical activities. Practical, visual, and clear, the best-selling WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE, Tenth Edition, prepares students to plan their own weight training programs for a lifetime of fitness. This text builds a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training for men and women of all ages and skill levels. It contains hundreds of full-color photos demonstrating exercises and proper techniques.
You Can be an Optimist
by Lucy MacdonaldDo you want to stop thinking negatively? Are you looking for greater happiness and more confidence? Optimism is an attitude that sets us up for life success by helping us focus on what works and how we contribute to what works. Optimistic people have more fun, are healthier and achieve more of their potential. Optimistic thinking is a skill that anyone can learn. In this simple easy-to-use book, Lucy Macdonald will show you how to harness the power of optimism to help you create a more positive, upbeat attitude to life. The book contains 20 specially devised exercises that include simple practices such as journaling, visualisation, affirmations and simple physical exercises. With its foundations in scientific principals of cognitive behaviour, You Can Be An Optimist will show you how to: Boost your optimism Recognise and deal with problems as they arise Stop being negative and nurture a positive outlook Deal with stress and increase your motivation Be happier and more successfulThis book will help you to plug into the power of optimism, improve your health and create happiness for yourself and those around you.
You Can Find Inner Peace
by Mike GeorgeDo you feel anxious and overwhelmed by day-to-day life? Are you looking for a greater sense of personal fulfilment? The constant demands of our fast-paced modern lives means we often feel overwhelmed, stressed and under pressure. You Can Find Inner Peace is a simple, easy-to-use guide designed to help you achieve a more balanced way of living. The book contains 25 specially devised mental, physical and emotional exercises that will help you create a calmer life. The techniques covered are drawn from around the world and include visualisation and meditation. You will learn how to: * Gain greater self-understanding and a sense of self-worth * Improve your peace of mind; * Deal more easily with life's difficulties; * Grow your self-esteem and self-confidence; * Enjoy your life more fully and appreciate its simple blessing.
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week
by Dominic O'BrienFew would disagree that improving our memories can enrich our lives in countless little ways - from ensuring that we remember birthdays, anniversaries and appointments to having impressive facts and figures always at our fingertips; and from recalling names and faces to being able to speak in public without notes. This book is an expert course in memory enhancement, organized in 52 key lessons, complete with self-testing. Dominic O'Brien offers us tried and tested strategies and tips that will expand your mental capacities at a realistic but impressive rate to make your memory bigger, better and sharper, week-by-week.
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Revised and Expanded Third Edition)
by Betty EdwardsTranslated into thirteen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing-instruction guide. People from just about every walk of life--artists, students, corporate executives, architects, real estate agents, designers, engineers--have applied its revolutionary approach to problem solving.
Better in 7: The Ultimate Seven-Day Guide to a Better You!
by Andrew OrdonBetter in 7 delivers simple, at-home, surgery-free programs that target women's "hot button" body issues: big thighs, muffin-top bellies, unsightly veins, cellulite and more.
Asserting Yourself: A Practical Guide for Positive Change (Updated Edition)
by Sharon Anthony Bower Gordon H. BowerUtilizing a number of techniques from behavior-change psychology, speech, communications, and acting, the authors Sharon and Gordon Bower outline an effective assertiveness program to help people improve their self-esteem, articulate their opinions, and develop meaningful relationships.
Toxin Toxout
by Rick Smith Bruce LourieThe Rubber Duck boys are back, and after showing us all the ways that toxins get IN our bodies, now they give us a guide for scrubbing those toxins OUT. Following the runaway success of their first book, 2 of Canada's leading environmental activists give practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes. There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, including hormone-disrupting phthalates and parabens, cancer-causing pesticides, heavy metals and air pollutants. Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie use their outrageous experiments (they and their brave volunteers are the guinea pigs) to prove how easily our bodies absorb these chemicals from the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the products we smear on our skin--day after day. Then they give us the good news about what is in our control and the steps we can take for reducing our toxic burden. They investigate the truth behind organic foods, which detox methods actually work, if indoor air quality is improving, and how we dispose of waste (where do those chemicals go?). The result is nothing short of a prescription for a healthier life.
Naughty Knots
by Potter StyleLearn the ropes of erotic bondage with a discreet knot-tying guide. Follow the step-by-step illustrations and discover how to restrain your partner simply and safely. You'll also learn how to fashion a suggestive rope corset, a crop for spanking, and other bedroom tricks that will have you bound for adventure!
Your Best Brain Ever
by Cynthia R. Green Michael S. SweeneyNational Geographic presents a comprehensive guide to fighting mental decline. With cutting-edge neuroscience, information about Alzheimer's, fascinating case studies, and tips to fight brain aging symptoms such as slower mental acuity and "senior moments," this smart, engaging guide will help keep your memory sharp and your mind active. Fun, age-defying exercises--from body stretches to word games to foods that help you think--help the brain perform at its best, just like exercising does for other parts of the body. Leading memory loss expert Cynthia R. Green, PhD, and eminent science writer Michael Sweeney have created a book both informational and practical that gives readers everything they need to know about the care and feeding of one of the body's most important organs: the brain.From the Trade Paperback edition.about the care and feeding of one of the body's most important organs: the brain.
A Little Book of Love
by June Eding"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." --Rainer Maria RilkeA Little Book of Love gathers the collected wisdom of great men and women throughout history, through quotes and thoughtful meditations on the subject of love in a beautiful publication.From romantic and intimate love to friendship and family, this inspiring collection makes a great gift for anyone seeking to strengthen love's role in their lives, and to deepen their relationships with others. Whether a family member, friend, or that special person, it serves as a simple, affordable gesture of the love we feel for those we hold dear. Filled with loving advice and thought-provoking quotations, this easily accessible book includes easy ways to enhance the role love plays in your life. Heartfelt kindness with a drop of deeper wisdom is present in every page. Love binds us together, sharing strength and happiness. With love we can turn our world around. A Little Book of Love promotes cooperation and a deeper understanding of ourselves and the people around us, by helping us to reflect on love's place in our lives. A Little Book of Love will inspire reflection and discussion at home, and among friends about the meaning of love--personally and spiritually-- while discovering that through simple actions and thoughts, we can direct the power of love to better improve our lives and ourselves. Whether shared with a friend or read aloud to oneself, this book helps to remind us of all the blessings that love brings to our lives every day.
Living with Hearing Loss
by Marcia B. Dugan Howard E. StonePeople who are hard of hearing and their friends and relatives now can learn all they need to know about hearing loss in this easy to read guide. Newly updated and revised, Living with Hearing Loss takes the reader from A to Z on the kinds and causes of hearing loss and its common early signs. Written by Marcia B. Dugan, past president of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH), this straightforward book provides thorough information on seeking professional evaluations and complete descriptions of hearing aids and other assistive technologies. Enhanced sections on the potential of cochlear implants and dealing with tinnitus distinguishes this very useful handbook. Readers also can take advantage of updated information on relevant Internet sites and a new list of resources on dealing with hearing loss. Living with Hearing Loss also suggests strategies for everyday situations and times of emergency. Chapters on speechreading, oral interpreters, assertive communication, and other tips for improving communication can enable people with hearing loss to make changes at work, home, and while traveling to cope with most situations. It can raise significantly the quality of the lives of hard of hearing people while also helping them to avoid dependency upon others.
If You Had Controlling Parents
by Dan NeuharthDo you sometimes feel as if you are living your life to please others? Do you give other people the benefit of the doubt but second-guess yourself? Do you struggle with perfectionism, anxiety, lack of confidence, emotional emptiness, or eating disorders? In your intimate relationships, have you found it difficult to get close without losing your sense of self? If so, you may be among the fifteen million adults in the United States who were raised with unhealthy parental control. In this groundbreaking bestseller by accomplished family therapist Dan Neuharth, Ph.D., you'll discover whether your parents controlled eating, appearance, speech, decisions, feelings, social life, and other aspects of your childhood--and whether that control may underlie problems you still struggle with in adulthood. Packed with inspiring case studies and dozens of practical suggestions, this book shows you how to leave home emotionally so you can improve assertiveness, boundaries, and confidence, quiet you "inner critics," and bring more balance to your moods and relationships. Offering compassion, not blame, Dr. Neuharth helps you make peace with your past and avoid overcontrolling your children and other loved ones.
Teenagers Preparing for the Real World
by Chad FosterFinally a book that young people like to read! Teenagers Preparing for the Real World is a short, engaging book that teaches students the critical skills they need for success in the real-world. Chad Foster relates to young people and delivers the messages that parents, educators and employers value and reward. Through inspirational and entertaining stories about people like Michael Jordan, Elton John and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the book's messages of success focus on the pursuit of dreams, communication skills, early career preparation, networking skills, integrity, and community service. It's Fun! It's Easy! It's Right for teaching core values to today's youth.
Expanded Orgasm
by Patricia Taylor"Why settle for a mediocre sex life when you can have ecstasy? No matter the state of your current sexual experience, Expanded Orgasm will help you achieve bedroom successes that take your intimacy to the next level!"--Jaiya, author of Red Hot Touch: A Head-To-Toe Handbook for Mind-Blowing Orgasms "This book will teach you how to unite your physical self with the soul...Read it and expand!"--John Maxwell Taylor, author of Eros Ascending Discover How to Deepen Your Connection and Your Pleasure Having a great sensual life is about more than just technique; it's about attention, awareness, communication, and developing your ability to feel. In Expanded Orgasm you will learn all these skills and more. Discover what you and your partner truly desire, and how to turn those desires into mind-blowing sex. Expanded Orgasm is for singles and couples who: Desire to dramatically improve an already healthy sex life Are looking for new and exciting ways to connection on an intimate level Want more passion and turn-on, both in and out of the bedroom In this updated and revised edition, Dr. Patricia Taylor gathers the latest information in sex research and provides new advice and enhanced exercises for her classic ten-step expanded orgasm program.
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
by Bob GoffAs a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean’s office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world’s most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too.
My Mother's Rules: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Emotional Genius
by Lynn TolerAutobiography of Judge Lynn Toler describing her sometimes difficult upbringing and the life-lessons she learned from her mother.
The Magician's Way: What It Really Takes to Find Your Treasure
by William WhitecloudFrom a childhood in Swaziland immersed in supernatural world views to experience using esoteric methods to speculate on the financial markets, author Whitecloud brings a range of knowledge to bear in this magical book about how values influence life events.
Leadership is Dead
by Jeremie KubicekAnyone can make an impact. All you need is influence--the most potent professional asset on the planet. The problem is that influence is also the most underused asset on the planet. And the primary reason is that the enemy of influence is a universal human trait: self-preservation. You guard your ideas, your status, and your reputation. Within your self-constructed walls you must cast safer visions, take smaller risks, and accept shallower relationships to ensure the security of all you are protecting. This is the downside of self-preservation: While your walls protect you and yours from demise, they also restrict your influence. You must break down your walls of self-preservation and sacrifice your security for the sake of others. Only then does the escalating paradox of personal generosity come into play: The more you give, the more you receive. This book shows that the key to effective leadership is learning how to influence in a way that engenders greater trust, stronger partnerships, and more impactful endeavors.
Mother’s Homemade Humble Pie: Advice We Should’ve Listened to!
by Peg AndersonOver 75 nuggets of wit and wisdom only a mother cares enough to impart and can get away with giving such as: it's harder to lose weight when you're older because your fat and body have become friends, or, that a good example has twice the value of good advice.
Good Self, Bad Self
by Judy SmithThey found out. It's not working . They won't listen. It's all over. Now what ? Whether the problem is debt, infidelity, indiscretion, or merely an embarrassing email sent to the wrong reader, we have all found ourselves in bad situations of our own making. And whether that puts you in a delicate position or a full-blown crisis, it can sometimes feel as if there is no way out. Enter Judy Smith. America's number one crisis management expert, Judy Smith is on speed dial for some of the highest-profile celebrities, politicians, and corporations in the world. But though her business is helping her clients recover from widely publicized personal and professional setbacks, her expertise is applicable to us all. In Good Self, Bad Self, Smith shares her methods, gleaned from years of professional experience, for smoothing over a bad situation while providing the tools to prevent similar incidents from ever happening again. The way to get through a personal or professional rough spot is by understanding the traits that can lead to our wildest successes and most painful failures. Smith has learned to identify high-risk situations that often lead to marital, financial, professional, or personal imprudence; her ability to anticipate potential personal disasters has allowed her to coach people prior to, as well as in the wake of, crisis. She has identified seven traits that are often found at the root of a crisis. These traits can be positive and extremely useful but can cause problems when they fall out of balance. Drawing on more than twenty years of professional experience, Smith explains how to prevent these characteristics from interfering with your life. They are: · Ego · Denial · Fear · Ambition · Accommodation · Patience · Indulgence Smith uses examples from high-profile cases to illustrate how celebrities, businesses, and individuals have become victims of their own bad behavior when they let one of these traits fall out of balance. Exploring the underlying factors of some very public and often unpleasant scandals, Smith shows how different situations could have been prevented by recalibrating one (or more) of those seven vital characteristics. As she shares her method of repairing the damage that these situations can cause, Smith also explains what we can all be doing in our own lives to prevent a crisis from getting started. Nobody's perfect, and the same character traits that bring us success can lead to our downfall. It is the way each of us deals with personal character flaws that dictates whether we're going to succeed or fail. In Good Self, Bad Self, Judy Smith distills years of experience to share the tools we all need to face our mistakes and ultimately overcome them.
La sabiduría y el legado
by Stephen R. CoveyLas enseñanzas y frases más reveladoras e inspiradoras del autor sobre el manejo del tiempo, el éxito, el liderazgo, los siete hábitos, el amor y la familia.Esta poderosa colección de pensamientos es un tributo a la luminaria que todos extrañaremos. "Le enseño a la gente cómo tratarme a través de los límites que establezco". "Sea una luz, no un juez. Sea un modelo, no un crítico". "No se deje seducir por su autobiografía". "La gente suele transformarse según la forma en la que se le trate o en lo que se piense de ella". "La humildad es la mayor de las virtudes, pues de ella provienen todas las demás". "Para conservar la confianza de los que están presentes, sea leal a quienes están ausentes". "El problema radica en la forma en la que percibimos el problema".