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Fierce Optimism: Seven Secrets for Playing Nice and Winning Big
by Leeza GibbonsAttitude can be sexy— a practical and inspirational guide for using kindness and positivity as a winning strategy from Celebrity Apprentice champion, Hollywood veteran, and New York Times bestselling author Leeza Gibbons.We live in a winner-take-all world, in which only the toughest thrive. On the surface, from the living room to the boardroom, it’s certainly no place for nice. Civility and kindness are often the price of admission, and empowering communication is checked at the door.Leeza Gibbons is a culture changer who doesn’t “mess with mean.” She has fiercely redefined optimism, and used positive communication as an empowerment strategy to win with class. She refuses to to sacrifice kindness as she has succeeded in getting ahead. Working for decades in an intense, often merciless industry that rewards novelty, ruthlessness, and the next big thing she has applied smart principles and excelled through savviness—without having to sell her soul or fake it. But redefining nice does not mean being a pushover. As the winning contestant on the hit show Celebrity Apprentice, the former host of Entertainment Tonight relied on her fresh and authentic “no drama” mentality and smart strategies to outmaneuver the other contestants without disempowering them. Throughout the competition, Leeza kept her cool and, most importantly, remained true to herself and her values. In this book, she reveals the secrets of her years of success and bares the stories and vulnerable moments that led to where she is today. Her success is proof that optimism works. You can play it your way and still win.In Fierce Optimism Leeza combines stories from her own life and tales of other pioneering business leaders with core principles that others can apply to take them to the next level of success:• Engage optimism and kindness as your competitive edge• See success unshared as failure• Empower the team, and you win • Pay it forward by mentoring others• Be transparently youFilled with down-to-earth advice and empowering stories, Fierce Optimism makes clear that with kindness, authenticity, and smart teamwork, you can be nice—and win.
Fierce Resilience: Combatting Workplace Stress One Conversation at a Time
by Edward BeltranDiscover the science-based secrets to reducing workplace stress, building unwavering resilience, and achieving success through the power of conversation.Technology, isolation, and increasing demands for productivity are making the workplace a hotbed for stress-it's no surprise employees are abandoning traumatic workplaces in unprecedented numbers.Ed Beltran,the CEO of a powerhouse leadership communication company, believes the antidote to stressed-out workplaces starts with conversation.Beltran has developed a science-based model to reduce stress and help people build what he calls fierce resilience. By leveraging the power of conversations, individuals discover: their unique stressors master skills to neutralize stressors build unwavering resilience that elevates their emotional well-being.This is no ordinary self-help book. The transformative process of fierce resilience goes well beyond developing mere coping skills. It helps people take control of their emotional health, become more resilient, and build organizations with resilience as a core part of their DNA.
Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
by Dr. Kristin NeffThe author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our notion of self-kindness and its capacity to transform our lives, showing women how to balance tender self-acceptance with fierce action to claim their power and change the world.Kristin Neff changed how we talk about self-care with her enormously popular first book, Self-Compassion. Now, ten years and many studies later, she expands her body of work to explore a brand-new take on self-compassion. Although kindness and self-acceptance allow us to be with ourselves as we are, in all our glorious imperfection, the desire to alleviate suffering at the heart of this mindset isn't always gentle, sometimes it's fierce. We must also act courageously in order to protect ourselves from harm and injustice, say no to others so we can meet our own needs, and motivate necessary change in ourselves and society. Gender roles demand that women be soft and nurturing, not angry or powerful. But like yin and yang, the energies of fierce and tender self-compassion must be balanced for wholeness and wellbeing. Drawing on a wealth of research, her personal life story and empirically supported practices, Neff demonstrates how women can use fierce and tender self-compassion to succeed in the workplace, engage in caregiving without burning out, be authentic in relationships, and end the silence around sexual harassment and abuse. Most women intuitively recognize fierceness as part of their true nature, but have been discouraged from developing it. Women must reclaim their power in order to create a healthier society and find lasting happiness. In this wise, caring, and enlightening book, Neff shows women how to reclaim balance within themselves, so they can help restore balance in the world.
Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through Collapse
by Kazu HagaMobilizing the Power to Stop Harm, Cultivating the Love to HealIn times of collapse, we need a movement that recognizes injustice as a reflection of collective trauma and embraces its role as a catalyst for collective healing through transformative action.We are living in a world where the depths of division, violence, and destruction can no longer be ignored. From political polarization leading to the erosion of the democratic process to the climate crisis continuing to perpetuate racial inequity, we need changes that heal harms at the personal and systemic levels.Escalated forms of harm require an equally escalated response. Yet social movements often use tactics that have a tendency to escalate an &“us vs. them,&” &“right vs. wrong&” worldview not conducive to healing. In Fierce Vulnerability, activist and author Kazu Haga argues this binary worldview is at the heart of what is destroying our relationships and our planet and offers a new way to create healing by combining the time-honored lineage of nonviolent action with the sciences of trauma healing and the promises of spiritual practice. Fierce Vulnerability realizes we can&’t &“shut down&” injustice any more than we can &“shut down&” trauma; if healing is our goal, we need social movements that center relationships and promote healing.
Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You
by Jen HatmakerNo more hiding or people-pleasing up in here, sisters. No more being sidelined in your own life. It is time for us to be brave, to claim our gifts and quirks and emotions. You are set free and set up and set on fire.NOW you can get busy doing what you were placed on this planet to do. NOW you can be honest, honest, honest about all of it, even the hard stuff, even the humiliating stuff, even the secret stuff. NOW you can walk in your convictions of faith and ask new questions unafraid. NOW you can be so free, because you are not searching for value from any source other than your own beautiful soul made piece by piece by God who adores you and is ready to get on with the business of unleashing you into this world.In this book, I break it down into five self-reflective categories—who I am, what I need, what I want, what I believe, and how I connect—and by working your way through them, you will learn toown your space, ground, and gifts (they are YOURS, sister);be strong in your relationships and lay down passive aggression, resentment, drama, and compliance;say GUILT-FREE what you want and what you need; andwelcome spiritual curiosity and all the fantastic change that doing so creates.You with me, beloveds? If we do this work on our own selves now, not only will we discover a life truly worth living, but we will free our daughters to rise up behind us, with spines straight, heads up, and coated in our strength.
Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything
by Aly Raisman<P>Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. <P>Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams. <P>But it wasn't an easy road to success. Aly faced obstacle after obstacle, including naysayers who claimed that she didn't have the talent to compete at an elite level and classmates who shamed Aly for her athletic body. <P>Through it all, Aly surrounded herself with supportive family, friends, and teammates and found the inner strength to believe in herself and prove her doubters wrong. <P>In her own words, Aly shows what it takes to be a champion on and off the floor, and takes readers on a behind-the-scenes journey before, during, and after her remarkable achievements in two Olympic Games--through her highest highs, lowest lows, and all the moments in between. <P>Honest and heartfelt, frank and funny, Aly's story is enhanced with never-before-published photos, excerpts from the personal journals she's kept since childhood that chronicle memorable moments with her teammates, and hard-won advice for readers striving to rise above challenges, learn to love themselves, and make their own dreams come true. <P><b> A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen
by Jackie Huba Shelley Stewart KronbergsWork through your fears by getting fierce!Fiercely You is a creative, playful approach to the serious problems that women face regarding confidence and risk taking. At a particularly low point in her life, bestselling author Jackie Huba serendipitously stumbled upon the wonderful world of drag queens and was inspired. They were supremely self-assured, utterly fearless, strong, powerful, and unabashedly and completely themselves. Jackie even became a drag queen herself: Lady Trinity. Drawing on her own experiences and interviews with the world's top drag queens, Huba and coauthor Shelly Kronbergs offers five Keys to Fierce that will help readers find the courage to ignore criticism and live the life they truly want to live every day—no wigs or stilettos required.
Fiery Muse
by Teri DeglerA young mother takes up meditation and discovers a hidden flair for art; a middle-aged homemaker opens to the voice of her inner spirit and develops into an internationally recognized poet; a down-and-out young actor incorporates his Native spiritual traditions into his work and eventually wins acclaim for both his acting and playwriting abilities.Many people today find themselves on a spiritual path yearning for understanding of the mysteries of life and striving for a closer connection with the Divine. As part of the spiritual process, some individuals encounter powerful compulsions to express themselves creatively. And others experience an enigmatic, wonderful, and quite inexplicable increase in their creative abilities.Teri Degler's personal and passionate exploration of the creative spiritual quest through the stories of present-day seekers is well supported by teaching from respected traditions such as Yoga, and balanced by the stories of historical creative geniuses, mystics and visionaries such as Rumi, St. Hildegard of Bingen, Walt Whitman and Johannes Brahms.Also included are exercises in creative writing and visualization that offer helpful ways to find our own expressive abilities. By increasing inspiration and stilling the critical inner voice of resistance, we open ourselves to a more joy-filled existence.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Fifty Is the New Fifty
by Levine Suzanne BraunTen lessons to maximize creativity and happiness in the second half of life In this inspiring new book, Suzanne Braun Levine follows her groundbreaking Inventing the Rest of Our Liveswith fresh insights, research, and practical advice on the challenges and unexpected rewards for women in their fifties and beyond. Rich with anecdotes from the front lines of self-reinvention, this book captures the voices of women who are confronting change, renegotiating their relationships, and discovering who they are now that they are finally grown up. Among the lessons are: "No" is not a four-letter Word, on the energizing power of standing up for what you mean and what you want; Do unto yourself as you have been doing unto others, a new way of getting yourself to the top of the to-do list; and Your marriage can make it, reassurance that changing your outlook doesn't have to mean walking away from your marriage. Shaped by Levine's empathetic and lively voice, this book is about wisdom, survival, joy, and camaraderie. It reads like a conversation among women who know what they are talking about and want to share what they have discovered.
Fifty Nifty Ways to Help Your Child Become a Better Learner
by Philip E. JohnsonParental involvement in children's learning can make a crucial difference in a child's life. But the question is "How?" How can parents be of most help to their child? An appropriate role for parents centers not so much on helping the child to learn the school curriculum, but rather on HELPING THEIR CHILD LEARN TO LEARN. The skills of learning are teachable and learnable. This handbook describes fifty proven, practical techniques and principles - which you can use or adapt - to help your child to greater success in school and in life beyond school.
Fifty Years of Psychical Research: A Critical Survey (The Paranormal)
by Harry Price1939. A critical survey. Contents: phenomena investigated; beginnings of organized research, the story of the S. P. R. ; a fit subject of university study and research; fifty years of psychical phenomena; the Schneider Boys; Margery; Stella C. ; Rosalie; miracles of the mind, some famous mental mediums; story of E. S. P. ; mechanics of spiritualism; law and the medium; scientific method of psychical research; science solves the fire walk mystery; broadcasting the occult; books that have made history; I believe.
Fifty on Fifty: wisdom, inspiration, and reflections on women's lives well lived
by Bonnie Miller RubinFifty famous, accomplished, determined women celebrate, reflect upon, & embrace life at 50 & beyond.
Fifty to Forever
by Hugh DownsHugh Downs, a man who has thoroughly researched issues affecting older adults, has good news for everyone entering the 50-plus generation. The news, as Downs relates in this uplifting, fact-filled volume, is that older adults now have more choices than ever before when they consider how they want to live, work, and play in the years to come. What's the catch? Just one: understanding that with the multitude of choices come the responsibilities of research and decision making. But rest easy--with this book, Hugh Downs has done most of the homework for us. What's left is the decision making. From health care to the selection of living arrangements, Fifty to Forever gives older adults the background they need to make their choices with confidence.
Fight Back With Joy: Celebrate More. Regret Less. Stare Down Your Greatest Fears
by Margaret FeinbergMore than mere whimsy, joy is the weapon we can use to fight life's greatest battles.
Fight Back: Arm Yourself with Mental and Physical Self-Defense
by Dominick Divito A. J. GregoryIts a tragic reality that the majority of us will be victims of crime at some point in our lives. The attacker may be bigger, stronger, maybe even armed, and hell always have the advantages of surprise and paralyzing fear on his side. In this essential guide on self-defense, Dominick DiVito covers the myths of self-defense, what attackers are thinking and looking for in a victim, and how you can use that knowledge for protection. He also equips readers with basic moves to use to incapacitate an attacker and escape. If you arm yourself with the knowledge in this book, no matter what the situation is, you can fight back.
Fight Less, Love More: 5-Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In
by Laurie PuhnA Harvard-trained lawyer and mediator shows busy couples how to stop fighting and start communicating.In Fight Less, Love More, readers will learn how to identify the bad verbal habits, instinctive responses, and emotional reasoning that can cloud judgment and ultimately lead to the deterioration of otherwise healthy relationships. With exercises, examples, and sample scripts, Puhn's modern voice presents simple 5-minute strategies create immediate, positive changes and provide long-lasting communication skills that couples can continually employ when faced with conflict.
Fight Your Fear and Win
by Don GreeneWe've all been there: that make-it-or-break-it moment of our careers - on the brink of a deal, poised at the starting gate, under the spotlight waiting to speak or perform in front of our peers. At this point, where everything seems to be on the line, most of us experience one overriding reaction - fear -and this fear can have negative physical, mental and emotional consequences on how well we do our job. Don Greene, sports psychologist and stress coach to top executives and entertainers, has spent deca...
Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage: How Conflict Can Take You to Deeper Levels of Intimacy
by Greg SmalleyIn this counterintuitive book, author Dr. Greg Smalley maintains that fighting is actually good for a marriage. When couples fight, they have the opportunity to get to the real issue lurking below the surface about money, sex, in-laws, kids, etc. And that real issue, Dr. Smalley says, is fear--fear of rejection, inadequacy, or powerlessness, to name a few. What assuages these fears are things like intimacy, respect, validation, love, and connection. Learning to take advantage of the opportunity that conflict provides is what this book is all about. The good news of Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage is that conflict--when handled correctly--is the doorway to intimacy and under-standing. As Dr. Smalley leads readers through the many faces of conflict, he is open and candid about his own marriage and the unproductive fights he and his wife have had. He uses his fears and emotional triggers as examples to help read-ers discover their own. Couples will learn how to fight their way to a better marriage, using the skills, concepts, and exercises shared in this remarkable book. *** Typical marriage fights = money, sex, in-laws, and kids. But what if fights could = trust, respect, intimacy, and understanding? WHAT IF CONFLICT IN MARRIAGE COULD BE A GOOD THING? The truth is that marriages and spouses can't grow without conflict. Some of the many values of conflict include: * An opportunity to break old, ineffective patterns * A way to guard against being too comfortable or too complacent, which breeds mediocrity and boredom * Insight into your own personal issues * A window for viewing each other's deepest feelings and needs * Reduction of tension as emotions are vented and stress is released * Greater trust and intimacy after pushing through difficult and heated conversations * Higher levels of marital satisfaction every time you manage the conflict well * The sole reason we have the amazing experience of makeup sex
Fighting Forward: Your Nitty-Gritty Guide to Beating the Lies That Hold You Back
by Hannah BrencherFighting Forward is the empowering anthem you need to take the next small step to a better life. At the darkest point of a life-altering depression, Hannah Brencher took a silver marker and labeled a composition book "Fight Song." In that little notebook, she poured hope-filled truths and affirmations, knowing that one day, she--and you--would need a reminder to stay in the fight. Drawn from those glow-in-the-dark words, Fighting Forward is your empowering invitation to show up, claim hope, and take back your life one small win at a time. Popular blogger, viral TED Talk speaker, and founder of The World Needs More Love Letters, Hannah shares personal stories of developing daily rhythms and sustainable faith in a culture of hustle. With a heap of hope for those who long to move from anxiety and fear into action steps, the power-ballad essays in this book will encourage you to savor the milestones you've already reached, root yourself in the next small step, welcome healthy routines into your day, and apply grace like sunscreen in the process of your own becoming. Fighting Forward champions the truth that each song starts with a single note. With trust and a little time, each note and every small step adds up to a victorious anthem of showing up to this life and staying in the fight to become who God made you to be.
Fighting Stress in 10 Points
by Antonio Costa Camille LevyStress is not inevitable. The fight against its most harmful effects depends largely from a state of mind, a healthy lifestyle and constant vigilance towards it. This book addresses 10 points that allow, to limit the effects in everyday life, easily and quickly.
Fighting The Black Beast: Overcoming Your Depression
by Michael L WaltonSadly, no one can wave a magic wand over your head and remove your depression and when caught in a downward spiral of negativity the victim of this very common disorder may consider suicide as the only answer.However, the author of Fighting the Black Beast has found a self-help method that really works. Having overcome his own depression he now offers you his 'Eight Point Plan' as a life-line. This book offers you a powerful weapon against the 'Black Beast' of depression and the means with which to fight and overcome it altogether.Fighting the Black Beast shows that the dark world of depression is largely a self-created hell, and the downward spiral can be reversed. Recovery is at last made possible.
Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships
by Danielle Bayard JacksonWhy are women's friendships so deep yet so fragile? Friendship coach and educator Danielle Bayard Jackson unpacks the latest research about women's cooperation and communication, while sharing practical strategies to preserve and strengthen these relationships.Fighting for Our Friendships is one part textbook, one part handbook. Readers will not only learn what the latest research has to say about the mechanics of women's friendships, but they'll walk away with real-life solutions for the most common conflicts that arise in their platonic relationships. Using a combination of psychology, science, narrative, and a few of the author's signature scripts and out-of-the-box exercises, readers will learn: The three "affinities" that bring women together (and tear them apart) Scripts to navigate nine of the most challenging "friend types" (and how to know which one you are) The covert strategies women use to hurt each other (and how to avoid them) How to have a hard conversation with a friend (without losing the friendship) Surprising ways that women's people-pleasing delays platonic intimacy (and how to stop it) How to know if a friendship is worth saving (and what to do to recover) How to make (and deepen!) connections with other women In a time when we are often encouraged to opt out of friendships at any sign of friction, Danielle Bayard Jackson is showing us how to opt in.
Fighting for Our Lives: My Battle With Cancer to Save My Baby and Myself
by Heather ChoateAt age twenty-nine, Heather Choate was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was also ten weeks pregnant with her sixth child. Her unborn baby was threatened by the fast-spreading cancer that already spread to her lymph nodes. Doctors told her she needed to abort her baby to save her own life. Heather responded: “I’d rather die than take the life of my baby.” Together with her husband, Heather was determined to save her baby—and be there to raise it. The journey pushed them to the edge of their stamina, tested the strength of their relationships, and taught them that sometimes faith can be a literal lifeline. Many of us might crumble under such circumstances, but Heather found strength in the knowledge that life isn’t merely about what happens to you; it’s about what you do when it happens. Fighting for Our Lives will take you on a journey of self-examination and of making the choice to find joy in the present. It’s a book that could actually change your life. What you’ll learn in Fighting for Our Lives: Don’t just survive challenges, thrive through them; How to use your power of choice, because it’s not what happens to you that matters, it’s what you do about it; Practical ways that faith sustains and strengthens us; How to deal with doubt and insecurity; The best ways to release negativity and find forgiveness; How to trust your inner voice.
Filling the Happiness Gap
by Will FosterDoes pursuing happiness sometimes feel like chasing a butterfly? What if you gave up seeking perfection and simply tried to fill each day with more of the good stuff?Over the last decade, life coach Will Foster has researched the work of hundreds of happiness experts and conducted thousands of hours of life coaching, NLP and personal training sessions with CEOs, mums, athletes and everyone in between. What he discovered is that focusing on the cool stuff in our life, accepting what we can’t (and can) control and becoming more mindful of ‘the present’ leaves us all feeling a whole lot happier.In this book Will reveals his 21-day Gratitude, Acceptance and Presence (GAP) programme for creating more happiness each day. You’ll learn how to: •Use gratitude practices to help you slow down and view your life from a new and more empowered perspective •Accept ‘what is’ in order to release stress, deal with problems and inspire change •Become mindful of the present moment to help take control of your thoughts •Stop holding back and start creating the life of your dreamsOnce you’ve completed the programme, Will shares how to make Gratitude, Acceptance and Presence lifelong practices, empowering you to dare greatly, love deeply, live freely and, above all, feel happier!
Filosofía para la vida: Y otras situaciones peligrosas
by Jules EvansUna guía filosófica dinámica para vivir bien el día a día y ser feliz Filosofía para vivir nos invita a asistir a una escuela ideal con un revolucionario profesorado formado por doce grandes filósofos de todos los tiempos. Cada lección nos muestra una técnica que, además de ser muy práctica, viene acompañada de extraordinarias historias de gente corriente que las aplican en su día a día -desde marines hasta magos, astronautas, anarquistas, psicólogos, soldados... Cuando la filosofía le ayudó a superar varias depresiones, Jules Evans quedó fascinado al comprobar que algunas ideas de hace hasta 2.000 años todavía nos pueden ser muy útiles hoy. De forma divertida e inspiradora, el autor nos enseña cómo utilizar la filosofía en la calle, en el trabajo, en el campo de batalla, en el amor y en otras situaciones peligrosas... para ser más felices, más sabios y más fuertes.