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A Little Monster’s Guide to Confidence: A Child's Guide to Boosting Their Self-Esteem
by Emily SnapePip the little monster can get very nervous and often lacks the confidence to try new things. With the help of their brother and monster friends, Pip learns all about what confidence is and how to find it. Follow Pip as they set achievable goals, learn from mistakes and celebrate differences.
A Little Monster’s Guide to Feeling Calm: A Child's Guide to Coping with Their Worries
by Emily SnapeRed the little monster is so excited to go to their friend's birthday party. But once there, they feel overwhelmed with emotions. With the help of Grandad and their friends, Red learns how to calm down when their feelings start to feel too big.
A Little Monster’s Guide to Mindfulness: A Child's Guide to Coping with Their Feelings
by Emily SnapeA beautifully illustrated personal development picture book, all about being mindful, for kids aged 4+Contains: slime-donuts, monster-yoga and a big calming dose of "Ahhh" Pickle the little monster is moving house and starting a new school, and it's giving them a yucky feeling in their tummy. Pickle has tried all sorts of things to feel better, but nothing seems to work until they try mindfulness.Follow along on a fun adventure as Pickle learns all sorts of ways to be mindful, from monster hugs and meditation to cloud watching and making a jar of memories. Discover how thinking about how you feel from head to toe and focusing on being present can make you go "Ahhh". Are you ready to be in the moment too? This book will help your child to:- Understand what mindfulness is- Learn some simple mindfulness techniques- Recognize their emotions and focus their attention on what they're feeling and doing in the present moment- Ease feelings of stress and anxietyThese approaches can become powerful tools that will encourage your child to manage and ease feelings of worry in order to feel calmer, resilient and more confident.
A Little Monster’s Guide to Positivity: A Child's Guide to Coping with Their Feelings
by Emily SnapeA beautifully illustrated personal development picture book, all about positive self-worth, for kids aged 4+ Contains: stinky socks, boiled slugs, a colourful collection of monsters and a big helping of "Boo!" Spooking Day is coming soon and Fluff the little monster is a bit worried that they're not as good as their friends at being ghastly and saying "Boo!". Follow along on a fun adventure as Fluff learns that everyone starts as a beginner, but with little steps you can learn to feel more confident about new challenges and become totally ROARSOME! Are you ready to be TOTALLY ROARSOME too? This book will help your child to:- Feel calmer and happier with some simple and effective techniques - Think about what makes them special and celebrate their uniqueness - Be kind to themselves with positive self-talk - Find out why they have negative feelings and learn how to let them go These approaches can become powerful tools that will encourage your children to become more resilient and happier.
A Long Bright Future
by Laura CarstensenThe twentieth century bequeathed us a fabulous gift: thirty more years of life on average. Supersized life spans are going to radically alter society, and present an unprecedented opportunity to change our approach not only to old age but to all of life’s stages. The ramifications are just beginning to dawn on us. . . . yet in the meantime, we keep thinking about, and planning for, life as it used to be lived. In A Long Bright Future, longevity and aging expert Laura Carstensen guides us into the new possibilities offered by a longer life. She debunks the myths and misconceptions about aging that stop us from adequately preparing for the future both as individuals and as a society: that growing older is associated with loneliness and unhappiness, and that only the genetically blessed live well and long. She then focuses on other important components of a long life, including finances, health, social relationships, Medicare and Social Security, challenging our preconceived notions of "old age” every step of the way.
A Look Into Our "i's": A Compilation of Introspective Writings From a Group of Extraordinary Young People With Visual Impairments
by Delta Gamma Center for Children With Visual ImpairmentsStories about how their visual impairments have affected their lives from a dozen teenagers aged 13 to 21.
A Love Like the Sun: The tender and unforgettable romantic debut for 2024
by Riss M Neilson'Extraordinary... a raw, vulnerable, breath-stealing love you can feel as you read' Emily Henry'Dazzling, tender, and romantic' Carley FortuneWe've always been best friends... but what if we were more?Laniah and Isaac have been best friends since childhood, and they couldn't be more different. She's a homebody who runs a small natural hair store with her mum. He's an international influencer with the paparazzi on his tail. When Issac comes home for the first time in months and discovers Laniah and her mum are struggling to keep their business afloat, she refuses to take a dime from him. And so, he does what any self-respecting best friend would do: tells the world they're dating.Suddenly business is booming, and Laniah reluctantly agrees to pretend to be lovers for the course of the summer. Just long enough to catch the eye of an investor and get her dream back on track.But as the lines between what's real and pretend blur, it becomes harder and harder to see where friendship ends and something else begins....Brimming with chemistry, A Love like the Sun is the perfect slow-burn, friends-to-lovers romance about falling in love and second chances. Perfect for fans of Tia Williams and Emily Henry.'Beautifully crafted and achingly tender... A must read!' Kristina Forest, author of The Partner Plot'A poetic, sexy, and intimate portrait of falling in love... I absolutely devoured the best friends-to-lovers dynamic' Jessica Joyce, author You, With a View'Sexy, heartwarming and soulfully human, Riss M. Neilson's stunning adult debut is an homage to home, family, love, and the fears that hold us back from our destiny' Shirlene Obuobi, author of On Rotation'A truly remarkable, achingly tender, and deliciously sexy romance that will stick with me for years to come' Mazey Eddings, author of The Plus One
A Love for Nothingness, A Love for Death: The Metaphysics of Desire
by Alberto CastelliThis book aims at explaining romantic love between straight adults through literary texts of the western canon from the nineteenth and twentieth century. Each chapter comes with a multidisciplinary approach in which protagonists are mutilated in their quest for loving as alternative to annihilation. The book emphasizes love as an obsession, thus as an exploration of the mind. From the passion-myth of Tristan and Isolde to the nihilist modernist representations, the western world has created a perverse concept of love. A love for nothingness, for death. Narcissistic and at times destructive, love is gained by overcoming obstacles. If without obstacles there is no love, then love becomes love for obstacles. Within this masochistic frame, love, falling in love, being loved always stand at the edge of pathology. At its core this book narrates a love story, more precisely a story of loves, the haunting evocation of a desire that by its very nature cannot be fulfilled. Inherent in the nature of love is a subtle dialectical activity between presence and absence, between creation and destruction, reality and void. Accordingly, the narrative raises questions that the past two centuries were incapable of answering. Does love only last the time of a kiss? Is its promise fatally destined to dissolve? What about violence? Physical, emotional, temporal. Is it an ineliminable part of love or its most extreme profanation? And what is the mystery that accompanies loves that know how to last without resigning themselves to the death of desire? It is to answer some of these questions that I wrote this text. Love is an unconscious process that dominates reason and destroys it when reason cannot be a mode of communication. Hence, the amorous romance is madness and this text is written as a loud reminder.
A Love of Eating: Recipes from Tart London
by Lucy Carr-Ellison Jemima Jones'Nourishing, delicious, healthy, original food' VogueLucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones are the inimitable pair behind Tart London - the peerless boutique caterers, pop-up kitchen pros and ES Magazine columnists who have been bringing bold and bright food to the London scene since they first started in 2012. This book is about their approach to cooking and eating - creating colourful, fresh and wholesome meals to share and enjoy, always with a fun and fuss-free attitude. Whether you're looking for a weeknight one-pot wonder that can bubble away while you get on with a glass of wine, a splendid brunch to surprise your friends, or the perfect menu for a long and lazy lunch, Lucy and Jemima have the key to honest, full-flavoured and effortlessly enjoyable eating. From deeply spiced Goan baked eggs or home-baked broccoli and taleggio flatbreads to smoky fish tacos or saffron-roasted tomatoes with labneh and crispy chickpeas, it's easy to have a little of what you fancy, whenever you fancy it. A Love of Eating is all about naturally good food that is a pleasure to make and a pleasure to eat.
A Loving Approach to Dementia Care: Making Meaningful Connections while Caregiving (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
by Laura WaymanAn encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers.Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia—despite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as they grow older. In A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, Laura Wayman, who is known professionally as the Dementia Whisperer, offers practical, compassionate advice on overcoming caregiving obstacles and maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss. In this thoroughly revised third edition, Wayman includes • answers to common caregiver questions, such as "What is dementia?"• a detailed explanation of how to cope with and care for a spouse with dementia symptoms, including advice about communication • a new chapter on caring for someone who has dementia along with other health problems• recommendations about how to handle challenging situations and behaviors• dementia-aware activities that work for both family caregivers and professional care staff• fresh caregiving insights that emphasize the importance of taking time to care for oneselfEach chapter contains two sections—"Lessons Learned" and "Perceptions and Approaches"—which provide details about how readers can apply lessons from the stories Wayman tells to their own caregiving practice. Providing support for the numerous difficulties and disruptions that all caregivers face along the way, A Loving Approach to Dementia Care is an empathetic guide filled with respect, calm, and creativity. It will leave readers feeling empowered and inspired.
A Loving Approach to Dementia Care: Making Meaningful Connections with the Person Who has Alzheimer's Disease or Other Dementia or Memory Loss (A 36-hour Day Book)
by Laura WaymanBack Cover: "A Loving Approach to Dementia Care offers compassionate advice on overcoming practical and emotional obstacles to maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss. Laura Wayman's program of care emphasizes communication, affirmative response, and empowerment--transforming the caregiving process from a burden into a fulfilling journey. Her true stories of caregiving illustrate the principles of this loving approach, giving readers essential tools for connecting with people who have dementia. In this thoroughly revised edition, dementia care consultant Wayman adds fresh caregiving insights and new information about the dangers of denying the onset of cognitive problems. Also new to this edition is Wayman's ‘Dementia-Aware Guide to Caregiving’--a quick reference tool for advice on how to respond to specific difficult behaviors."
A Magia do Amor
by Betty McLainA magia do amor está no ar. A universitária Mallie está a caminho de casa quando é atropelada por um carro e entra em coma do qual não consegue acordar. Daniel é um advogado cujos planos mudam drasticamente por causa de um aneurisma cerebral. De dois mundos diferentes, eles se veem inconscientes e lutando por suas vidas, a duas portas um do outro no mesmo hospital. O que eles não esperavam é a mágica que une suas almas. Mas pode um amor encontrado de tal maneira sobreviver à jornada de volta ao mundo físico?
A Magical Course in Tarot: Reading the Cards in a Whole New Way
by Michele MorganThe professional psychic and author of Simple Wicca offers a practical guide to the ancient art of Tarot with illustrated, card-by-card explanations. In A Magical Course in Tarot, Michele Morgan shares her deep understanding of this centuries-old mystical tool for communicating with the Divine. Appealing to both novice and experienced Tarot readers, Morgan's method taps into the psychic energies that are inherent in everyone. Morgan's strategy, which can be applied to any of the various Tarot decks, allows the reader to begin reading cards after the first chapter. Accompanied by 78 beautifully penned original illustrations, this guide is divided into three sections, including how to follow one's instincts, traditional and historical meanings of the cards, and a detailed analysis on the interactions among the cards. "With a highly readable, hip writing style, Ms. Morgan unveils the rich and magical process of how to read the cards." -James Wanless, Ph.D., author of Voyager Tarot and Way of the Great Oracle
A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging: Stay Smart, Strong, and Active (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
by Edward H. Thompson Jr. Lenard W. KayeExplores all aspects of health as men reach middle age and beyond.As they reach middle age, most men begin looking forward to "what's next." They gear up to experience renewed productivity and purpose and are more conscious of their health. A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging is an authoritative resource for them, and for older men, as well. In collaboration with a variety of medical experts, the authors provide a comprehensive guide to healthy aging from a man's perspective.Edward H. Thompson, Jr., and Lenard W. Kaye—a medical sociologist and a gerontologist and social worker—offer invaluable information in four parts: • "Managing Our Lives" describes the actions men can take to stay healthy. Here is information about how to eat well, reduce stress, and stay active for better overall health.• "Mind and Body" considers how physical health and state of mind are connected. It explores sleep, drug and alcohol use, spirituality, and attitudes about appearance—and explains how all of these factors affect mental health. • "Bodily Health" examines how body systems function and what changes may occur as men age. It covers the body from head to toe and reviews how to manage chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart conditions. • "Living with Others" shows the importance of interacting with friends and family. Topics include sexual intimacy, friendship, and caregiving, as well as how men can make the best decisions about end-of-life issues for themselves and their loved ones. Refuting the ageist stereotype that men spend their later years "winding down," this book will help men reinvent themselves once, twice, or more—by managing their health, creating new careers, and contributing their skills and experiences to their communities.
A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance
by Sarah Ban Breathnach Michael SegellThe Authentic Journey Continues -- for Women to Understand Men, and for Men to Understand Themselves.
A Man, A Pan, A Plan: 100 Delicious & Nutritious One-Pan Recipes You Can Make Right Now!
by Paul Kita100 Simple Recipes. One Pan. Game On. Do you think that cooking is too hard or not worth the trouble? Do you see the supermarket as a place to pick up frozen meals instead of fresh, healthy ingredients? Have you given up control of your diet to whatever fast food fare is located within your delivery radius?If so, you’re missing out on the comfort, satisfaction, pride, wonder, and glory of cooking for yourself and the people you love—not to mention reaping the holistic benefit of eating home-cooked food as compared to, say, a microwaved TV dinner or grease-laden pizza.Enter Men’s Health’s A Man, A Pan, A Plan, a book full of practical advice and 100 straightforward recipes that involve tools you already own, ingredients you can easily source, and flavors that will blow your mind while shrinking your gut. From hearty breakfasts like Lemon-Blueberry-Banana Pancakes and party-starting sides like Buffalo Chicken Meatballs to twists on traditional mains like Four-Chile Pork Chops with Grilled Pineapple and unforgettable desserts like Blueberry Cobbler, this book will help you cut stress, prevent mess, and reduce your chances of culinary distress.
A Manual Of Acupuncture
by Peter Deadman Mazin Al-KhafajiThis book is deeply rooted in the classical tradition of Chinese acupuncture. The practice of acupuncture has grown spectacularly in the Western world over the last three or four decades. During the early period of this expansion there was scanty source material available. China was firmly closed to access by students of Chinese medicine, few textbooks were available in translation, and even fewer translators were skilled in the difficult task of rendering the terminology of Chinese medicine into other languages.
A Manual on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
by Ann Pytkowicz Streissguth Sandra P. RandelsFetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a major concern in communities where women drink heavily. American Indian communities appear to be particularly at risk (1). While some information is available on younger children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE), little was known about adolescents and adults with this disorder until the present project was undertaken. This report is based on information gained from the FAS Follow-Up Study which involved assessments of 61 adolescents and adults who previously had been given a diagnosis of FAS or FAE, and interviews with their families, school teachers, and social service personnel.This manual is directed toward those who are involved in giving care and providing services to adolescents and adults with FAS and FAE. These include both caretakers and physicians, as well as nurses, school teachers, social workers, court workers and tribal councils. While the majority of patients in the follow-up study are American Indian, the concerns regarding FAS and FAE transcend culture, race, gender, and socioeconomic status. It is our hope that the information contained herein will result in a better understanding of adolescents and adults with FAS and FAE and that this understanding of their special problems and needs will lead to more adequate planning by community agencies and better care for affected individuals. We hope that by demonstrating the lifelong impact of FAS, this manual will also encourage even more vigorous prevention and education efforts and a decrease in this preventable form of mental retardation and developmental disability.We begin with some background information, then describe the research project, and finally present general and specific recommendations for helping adolescents and adults with FAS and their families.
A Map to Your Soul: Using the Astrology of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water to Live Deeply and Fully (Goop Press)
by Jennifer FreedNurture yourself and live your potential with this practical and accessible guide to your unique blend of fire, earth, air, and water from goop's resident psychological astrologer&“Jennifer Freed is one of my favorite spiritual teachers.&”—GLENNON DOYLE&“Dr. Jen provides a clear map to realizing your innate gifts and how to best share them with the world.&”—MILA KUNISThere are four elements—fire, earth, air, and water—that exist in nature and within us all. Knowing your personal map of these four elements offers a way to personalize your self-care rituals and design your best life: one that fully expresses your special gifts.With a PhD in psychology in addition to her expertise as an astrologer, Dr. Jennifer Freed is here to show you to how to decode and tap into your gifts in this practical guide to life. She explains how your astrological birth chart can point you to the life you want and offers self-assessments to pinpoint your most effective strategies. A Map to Your Soul offers practical exercises for topics ranging from communication styles to creativity, home styles to psychic development, health habits to belief systems. Some of the advice is as simple as the color scheme that will make you feel most at peace in your bedroom. Other advice is as nuanced as how to better listen to your loved ones and how to fulfill your soul&’s purpose.To get a sense of how the four elements manifest for you, think of a time when you felt: • Mentally clear: that's air• Grounded and centered: that's earth• Flowing and feeling: that's water• Creative and Dynamic: that's fireWritten with the beginner in mind but offering insight to the experienced student of astrology, A Map to Your Soul is a 12-part journey through the way the elements express themselves in your life. By balancing and supporting the elements within us, we can finally truly flourish.
A Marital Puzzle: Transgenerational Analysis in Marriage Counseling
by Norman L. Paul Betty B. PaulClinical case studies describing the process of marital therapy, involving a process of listening to the other's story.
A Mark of the Mental: In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
by Karen NeanderDrawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation.In A Mark of the Mental, Karen Neander considers the representational power of mental states—described by the cognitive scientist Zenon Pylyshyn as the “second hardest puzzle” of philosophy of mind (the first being consciousness). The puzzle at the heart of the book is sometimes called “the problem of mental content,” “Brentano's problem,” or “the problem of intentionality.” Its motivating mystery is how neurobiological states can have semantic properties such as meaning or reference. Neander proposes a naturalistic account for sensory-perceptual (nonconceptual) representations. Neander draws on insights from state-space semantics (which appeals to relations of second-order similarity between representing and represented domains), causal theories of reference (which claim the reference relation is a causal one), and teleosemantic theories (which claim that semantic norms, at their simplest, depend on functional norms). She proposes and defends an intuitive, theoretically well-motivated but highly controversial thesis: sensory-perceptual systems have the function to produce inner state changes that are the analogs of as well as caused by their referents. Neander shows that the three main elements—functions, causal-information relations, and relations of second-order similarity—complement rather than conflict with each other. After developing an argument for teleosemantics by examining the nature of explanation in the mind and brain sciences, she develops a theory of mental content and defends it against six main content-determinacy challenges to a naturalized semantics.
A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology
by Ruth WernerSet a solid foundation with the new edition of LWW''s bestselling pathology text for manual therapists! This cornerstone book of the massage curriculum is the most comprehensive, visually appealing, and respected title to cover the pathologies that massage therapists must be familiar with. In the fifth edition, Ruth Werner''s A Massage Therapist''s Guide to Pathology the focus on not only explaining the disease, but also its applicability and indications in massage therapy This text offers detailed information on the etiology, signs, symptoms, and treatment of more than 500 diseases and conditions, and also helps students discover how massage therapy influences the healing process Organized by body system, the text features case histories in which people living and coping with many of the disease conditions covered in the text share their stories. Key Features · An enhanced art program, featuring illustrations that capture the reader''s attention and make difficult concepts easier to grasp · A new Conditions at a Glance appendix to provide concise information on an additional 34 diseases · There''s also a new table at the end of each disease condition summarizing the benefits, risks, and options for massage therapy · Case histories share stories of people living with conditions covered in the text to draw a real-world connection between the classroom and the clinic · Research literacy appendix addresses the need for evidence-based massage therapy · Compare and contrast charts present similar conditions side-by-side to help students discern the differences This book provides comprehensive, yet concise, information on the etiology, signs, symptoms, and standard treatment approaches for more than 500 diseases and conditions. At the end of each condition, a "Risks, Benefits, Options" table provides guidance on the implications for massage. For this 5th edition, the author has throroughly researched and updated each condition in the text. She has streamlined the information to focus on what is most useful to the massage therapy student, while maintaining the friendly and accessible style that this text is known for Included with each book is a code for access to a host of games, exercises, quizzes, videos, and animations, all developed or selected by the author.
A Match to the Heart
by Gretel EhrlichAfter nature writer Gretel Ehrlich was struck by lightning near her Wyoming ranch and almost died, she embarked on a grueling but often exhilarating journey back to the land of the living. Here she invites readers to share that journey, as she hungrily explores the natural and spiritual world to try and make sense of what happened to her.
A Matter of Appearance: A Memoir
by Emily WellsA dazzling memoir of chronic illness that explores the fraught intersection between pain, language, and gender, by a debut author.Emily Wells spent her childhood dancing through intense pain she assumed was normal for a ballerina pushing her body to its limits. For years, no doctor could tell Wells what was wrong with her, or they told her it was all in her head.In A Matter of Appearance, Wells traces her journey as she tries to understand and define the chronic pain she has lived with all her life. She draws on the critical works of Freud, Sontag, and others to explore the intersection between gender, pain, and language, and she traces a direct line from the &“hysteria patients&” at the Salpêtrière Hospital in nineteenth-century Paris to the contemporary New Age healers in Los Angeles, her stomping ground. At the crux of Wells&’ literary project is the dilemma of how to diagnose an experience that is both private and public, subjective and quantifiable, and how to express all this in words.&“Gorgeously written and brilliantly argued, A Matter of Appearance uses chronic illness as a lever to investigate the life of a body. It&’s complex, inconclusive, and incredibly clear-eyed. Moving fluidly between histories of psychoanalysis, desire, ambition, pathology, Wells reminds us of the liminal state we all live in between sickness and health.&”—Chris Kraus, author of Aliens & Anorexia and Summer of Hate
A Matter of Life and Death
by Rosemary Altea"The Voice of the Spirit World" takes readers further along the path of spiritual awakening pioneered in her international bestsellers The Eagle and the Rose and Proud Spirit. Rosemary Altea has touched the lives of millions with her gift for connecting the living with the dead. In this illuminating book, she offers awe-inspiring stories of working with her Apache spirit guide, Grey Eagle, to help sick and grief-stricken people heal, recognize their true path in life, and find peace in reunion with departed loved ones. A Matter of Life and Death recounts Altea's recent miraculous encounters with the spirit world, including a soldier who was killed in Iraq, a firefighter who lost his life on September 11, and a woman who died at the hands of her husband and who asks Altea not to reveal the whole truth in order to avoid family strife. For the first time, Altea shares with readers the fascinating process by which she witnesses events gone by-"going down and through the hole" from the present dimension into the past, traversing time and space. And for readers eager for more of Grey Eagle's wisdom, this book contains his timely and poetic answers to questions of war and peace, life and death. From defending her integrity as a medium in a vicious lawsuit to struggling with the loss of a friend who was very close to her heart, this book details a new chapter in Rosemary Altea's rich personal history.