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Nature and the Human Soul
by Bill PlotkinAddressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin presents a model for a human life span rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world, a blueprint for individual development that ultimately yields a strategy for cultural transformation. If it is true, as Plotkin and others observe, that we live in a culture dominated by adolescent habits and desires, then the enduring societal changes we so desperately need won't happen until we individually and collectively evolve into an engaged, authentic adulthood. With evocative language and personal stories, including those of elders Thomas Berry and Joanna Macy, this book defines eight stages of human life -- Innocent, Explorer, Thespian, Wanderer, Soul Apprentice, Artisan, Master, and Sage -- and describes the challenges and benefits of each. Plotkin offers a way of progressing from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive, consumer society to an ecocentric, soul-based one that is sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate. At once a primer on human development and a manifesto for change, Nature and the Human Soul fashions a template for a more mature, fulfilling, and purposeful life -- and a better world.
The Nature and Value of Happiness
by Christine VitranoThe Nature and Value of Happiness provides a historic and contemporary overview of the philosophy of happiness, with critical evaluations to help students analyze the material and trace the evolution of a deeply nuanced concept. Addressing how the modern notion of happiness has changed from its ancient origins, Christine Vitrano attempts to clarify the precise value of happiness. This search leads Vitrano to examine topics such as the moral requirements of happiness and whether happiness can be considered the greatest good or simply one good among many. The philosophical theories are presented in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in learning about happiness, regardless of previous philosophical study. All technical terms and concepts are clearly explained, and illustrative examples tied into the text bring the material to life and help establish the relevance of the subject to readers. The ultimate goal is to reach a definition of the nature of happiness that best reflects the way we use the word today. This book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on happiness and is ideal for initiating provocative discussions in courses on happiness and ethics.
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
by Florence WilliamsAn intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; and Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams set out to uncover the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. In this informative and entertaining account, Williams investigates cutting-edge research as she travels to fragrant cypress forests in Korea to meet the rangers who administer “forest healing programs,” to the green hills of Scotland and its “ecotherapeutic” approach to caring for the mentally ill, to a river trip in Idaho with Iraqi vets suffering from PTSD, to the West Virginia mountains where she discovers how being outside helps children with ADHD. The Nature Fix demonstrates that our connection to nature is much more important to our cognition than we think and that even small amounts of exposure to the living world can improve our creativity and enhance our mood. In prose that is incisive, witty, and urgent, Williams shows how time in nature is not a luxury but is in fact essential to our humanity. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever.
The Nature of Creative Development
by Jonathan S. FeinsteinThe Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main contributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them.
The Nature of Joyful Relationships: Inspiring Tails from the Animal Kingdom to Transform Your Life
by Denise Donato-McConnellHave you ever asked yourself any of these questions? Am I creating my relationships from a place of love and compassion? Isn't it just part of our animal nature to react with fear and anger? How do I change my perspective to create the healthy, joyful relationships I so desire? The author found answers in what may seem an unlikely group of teachers:
Nature Therapy
by R. W. Alley Ted O'NealNature heals. This little book of Nature Therapy shows just how all of creation--by delighting and inspiring us, by teaching us, by feeding and providing for us, and, finally by engaging us--does its therapeutic good work on our weary or broken or over-stressed selves.
Nature Therapy: How to Use Ecotherapy to Boost Your Sense of Well-Being
by Rémy DambronNature therapy is the practice of reconnecting with the natural world to refresh your physical and mental well-being. Including tips to help you discover your connection with the outdoors, activity inspiration and a holistic approach to wellness, this book is the ultimate guide to unlocking the transformative power of nature.
Nature Therapy: How to Use Ecotherapy to Boost Your Sense of Well-Being
by Rémy DambronNature therapy is the practice of reconnecting with the natural world to refresh your physical and mental well-being. Including tips to help you discover your connection with the outdoors, activity inspiration and a holistic approach to wellness, this book is the ultimate guide to unlocking the transformative power of nature.
Nature Wants Us to Be Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We Can Prevent--and Reverse--It
by Richard JohnsonNature puts a &“survival switch&” in our bodies to protect us from starvation. Stuck in the &“on&” position, it&’s the hidden source of weight gain, heart disease, and many other common health struggles. But you can turn it off.Dr. Richard Johnson has been on the cutting edge of research into the cause of obesity for more than a decade. His team&’s discovery of the fructose-powered survival switch—a metabolic pathway that animals in nature turn on and off as needed, but that our modern diet has permanently fixed in the &“on&” position, where it becomes a fat switch—revolutionized the way we think about why we gain weight. In Nature Wants Us to Be Fat, he details the mounting evidence on how this switch is responsible both for excess fat storage and for many of the major diseases endemic to the Western world, including heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Dr. Johnson also reveals the surprising link between the survival switch and health conditions such as gout, kidney disease, liver disease, stroke—and even behavioral issues like addiction and ADHD. And, most important, he shares a science-based plan to help readers fight back against nature. Guided by ongoing clinical research—plus fascinating observations from the animal kingdom, evolution, and history—Dr. Johnson takes you along on an eye-opening investigation into: • What you can do to turn off your survival switch • What we have in common with hibernating bears, sperm whales, and the world&’s fattest bird • Why it&’s fructose (not glucose) that drives insulin resistance and metabolic disease • The foods we eat that trigger the body to make its own fructose • The surprising role salt and dehydration play in fat accumulation Dr. Johnson not only provides new recommendations for how we can prevent or treat obesity, but also how we can use this information to reduce our risk of developing disease. Nature wants us to be fat, and when we understand why, we gain the tools we need to lose weight and optimize our health.
Natürlich gesunde Haustiere
by Julie Massoni A. M. A.Natürlich gesunde Haustiere ist eine Einführung in die Naturheilkunde für Hunde und Katzen und beinhaltet Informationen über natürliche Ernährung und Nahrungsergänzungsmittel, um die Gesundheit Ihres Tieres zu verbessern. Ebenso enthalten sind Informationen zur Anwendung von Käräutern, Homöopathie und Blütenessenzen zur Unterstützung von Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden. Es werden natürliche Alternativen zur Behandlung von Floh- und Wurmbefall, Alternativen zu Antibiotika und zu Schmerzmitteln vorgestellt und Informationen über die vegetarische Ernährung von Hunden vermittelt. Es handelt sich um ein Buch, das von einer qualifizierten Tierheilpraktikerin geschrieben wurde, die schon tausenden von Tieren mit einer Reihe akuter und chronischer Erkrankungen helfen konnte. Wenn Sie mehr über die Verwendung natürlicher Therapiemethoden und die Vermeidung vieler Gesundheitsprobleme erfahren möchten, dann ist dieses Buch eine großartige Wahl.
Natuurlijk Gezonde Huisdieren - Een Inleidende Gids over Natuurgeneeskunde voor Honden en Katten
by Julie MassoniNatuurlijk Gezonde Huisdieren is een inleidende gids over natuurgeneeskunde voor honden en katten. Hij bevat informatie over natuurlijke voeding en voedingssupplementen om de gezondheid van je dieren te verbeteren, alsook informatie over het gebruik van kruiden, homeopathie en Bachbloesems, om gezondheid en welzijn te bevorderen. Ook natuurlijke alternatieven voor vlooienbestrijding, ontworming, antibiotica en pijnbestrijding komen aan bod. Deze gids bevat eveneens informatie over het voeren van een vegetarisch dieet aan honden. Geschreven door een gekwalificeerd Veterinair Natuurgeneeskundige, die duizenden dieren met een waaier aan acute en chronische gezondheidsproblemen heeft geholpen. Als je meer wil weten over het gebruik van natuurlijke therapieën en hoe je veel gezondheidsproblemen kan voorkomen, dan is dit boek een uitstekende referentie.
Natuurlike Gesonde Troeteldiere - ‘n Inleidings Gids tot Naturopatie vir Honde En Katte
by Julie Massoni Vertaal deur Adri de NeckerNatuurlike Gesonde Troeteldiere is ‘n inleidings gids tot naturopatie vir honde en katte en sluit inligting in oor ‘n natuurlike dieet, voedings aanvullings om jou dier se gesondheid te verbeter asook inligting oor die gebruik van kruie, homeopatie en blom ekstrakte om te help met gesondheid en welstand. Natuurlike alternatiewe vir vlooie, ontwurming, antibiotikas en pyn verligting. Sluit ook inligting in oor die voer van ‘n vegetariese dieet vir honde. Geskryf deur ‘n gekwalifiseerde dier naturopaat wat al duisende diere gehelp het wat ‘n reeks van akuut en chroniese gesondheids toestande het. As jy daarvan sal hou om meer te weet oor die gebruik van natuurlike terapie en hoe om baie gesondheids probleme te vermy, dan is hierdie boek ‘n goeie verwysing.
The Naughty Bucket List: 369 Sexy Dares To Do Before You Die
by Kourtney JasonMAKE YOUR LIFE AN EROTIC ADVENTUREThis ultimate list of sexy suggestions dares you to break from your normal routine and experience the thrill of something, someplace or even someone new. Open to any page and you'll find imaginative ideas for embracing pleasure, getting more intimate with your partner, and enjoying some naughty fun. From mild to wild, there are hundreds of thrilling sexual escapades to cross off your dirty to-do list, including: Hook up with a childhood crush Play a game of strip poker as foreplay Get it on standing in front of a mirror Score in a football field end zone Meet for a lunch-hour quickie Do it on a hot day in the cool rainand many more...
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!
Naughty Spells and Nice Spells: Sexy & Scandalous; Simple & Sweet
by Skye AlexanderNaughty Spells/Nice Spells is a genuinely unique offering in this time-honored category. Tailored for readers' naughty sides and nice sides, both halves of this adorable volume feature a collection of simple, effective spells and charms anyone can whip up at home in no time.Plus!Naughty Spells/Nice Spells boasts a unique spell rating that helps readers determine just how naughty - or nice - they'd like to be:Silver spell = niceFog spell = mischievousSmoky spell = slightly naughtyNimbus spell = naughtyFilled with all-occasion spells for love, prosperity, and happiness, Naughty Spells/Nice Spells is the perfect book for anyone looking to bring more love, luck, and magick into their lives.
Navegando a Vida: 8 Estratégias Simples para Guiar Seu Caminho
by Rachel S. Heslin Alessandra GuettiEstá cansado de se sentir puxado em várias direções, sem saber qual caminho seguir? Você sabe que está aqui neste planeta para causar um impacto, mas parece haver tantas possibilidades e oportunidades (e responsabilidades e obrigações!) – como saber se está indo na direção certa? Felizmente, existem habilidades que você pode desenvolver para saber quais opções te movem na direção de seus sonhos - e quais não te levam a lugar algum. Este livro é para você, se você é: •Muito inteligente, mas capaz de “pensar demais” sobre tudo •Altamente sensível às emoções e desejos dos outros, às vezes ao ponto de não ter certeza onde você termina e o outro começa •Extremamente criativo •Empenhado em fazer do mundo um lugar melhor •Possuidor de uma visão – mesmo que seja apenas uma sensação de ser diferente de como você está agora – embora não tenha certeza de como chegar lá ou fazer acontecer •Capaz de ver potencial em uma infinidade de possibilidades, mas talvez hesitante na hora de agir, por medo de perder todas as outras possibilidades que você não escolheu Se você se identifica com qualquer uma dessas descrições, o livro Navegando a Vida irá te mostrar como: •Identificar a diferença entre seus sonhos e os objetivos de outra pessoa •Equilibrar a criação da sua Grande Visão com a identificação dos seus Próximos Passos •Aprender a manter a sua força mesmo quando não esteja muito confiante … e muito mais.
Navigando la Vita: 8 Semplici Strategie per Guidare il Tuo Cammino
by Rachel S. Heslin Ciro CibelliTi senti spinto in così tante direzioni che non sai quali intraprendere? E se potessi sviluppare un modo per "sapere" che stai facendo sempre la cosa giusta? Lo sai che sei qui a questo mondo per dare un impatto, ma sembrano esserci così tante possibilità e opportunità (e responsabilità e obblighi!): come puoi essere sicuro che stai percorrendo la strada giusta? Fortunatamente, ci sono abilità che puoi sviluppare per imparare quali scelte ti muovano verso la direzione dei tuoi sogni, e quali invece ti fanno solo girare in tondo. Questo libro fa al caso tuo se sei: - Molto intelligente, ma a volte "pensi troppo" - Molto sensibile alle emozioni e desideri altrui, spesso al punto che non sei sicuro/a di quando si fermino i tuoi e comincino quelli degli altri - Molto creativo/a - Interessato/a a rendere il mondo un posto migliore - In possesso di una Visione -- anche se è solo una sensazione di sentirsi diversi da dove si è adesso -- ma non sai come raggiungerla o farla avverare. - In grado di vedere il potenziale in numerose possibilità, ma esiti ad agire per paura di poter perdere tutte le altre possibilità che non hai considerato. Se ti rispecchi in una di queste descrizioni, Navigando la Vita ti mostrerà come: - Sapere la differenza tra i tuoi sogni e quelli degli altri - Creare la tua Grande Visione decidendo le prossime mosse da fare - Imparare come mantenere la grinta, anche quando non te la senti ... e molto altro
Navigate the Swirl: 7 Crucial Conversations for Business Transformation
by Richard HawkesAn actionable blueprint for transformational business journeys Leading transformation in teams, businesses, and organizations is complex, and leaders are expected to know how to do it. This book provides the clear thinking required to navigate this challenge. In Navigate the Swirl: 7 Crucial Conversations for Business Transformation renowned growth and strategy leader Richard Hawkes delivers a simple and powerful framework that any team can apply to overcome the most common leadership challenges to growing and scaling companies, known as “The Swirl.” In this straightforward book, he draws on decades of experience guiding teams to implement strategic change at companies like Edward Jones, GENEWIZ, Hitachi, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, and Chicos. In this book you will learn: To understand and lead disruptive change in a complex social system – your company Ways to visualize and diagnose the essential working parts of a company How to apply an integrated toolset for teams to lead organizational change and business transformation How to create transformational journey maps that leaders, teams, businesses, and companies must apply to unleash growth potential and agility How networks of teams should work together to develop each other’s leadership and to manage and accelerate change Written as a practical guide for business and team leaders, Navigate the Swirl: 7 Crucial Conversations for Business Transformation belongs on the desks and in the hands of every purpose driven leader.
Navigate Your Faith: A Christian's Field Guide to Not Getting Lost
by Ron PrattWhat's the point of being a Christian anymore? Many Christians today are feeling unfulfilled in their walk with God, and they have no idea it&’s because of the little decisions they&’re making each day that are leading them into lives of compromise. In Navigate Your Faith Ron Pratt uses a fictional American family to expose how the enemy lures believers into prioritizing their own pleasure, entertainment, or career goals over their relationship with Christ. This erodes their passion for Jesus and causes them to become spiritually bored and have powerless Christian lives. Rather than claiming that God will approve of Christians no matter what they do, as some modern ministers do, Navigate Your Faith challenges readers to take a hard look at their lives and see if they&’re simply incorporating Jesus into their lifestyles or allowing Him to set them on a course of His choosing. With proven strategies to rebuild lost intimacy with God, this book will help Christians recognize the deceptive tactics of the enemy, break out of complacency, and make a greater impact on the world around them.This book will help you recognize and avoid the deception of today's nominal Christian culture.
Navigating Alzheimer's: 12 Truths about Caring for Your Loved One
by Mary K. DoyleJournalist and author Mary K. Doyle has written a poignant but practical handbook for Alzheimer's caregivers that will enlighten anyone touched by this debilitating disease. She offers straightforward guidelines for caregivers and their families, important lessons she learned in the eleven years she has been caring for her beloved husband, Marshall. She writes frankly about: recognizing the warning signs of Alzheimer's; understanding the disease's typical progression; managing conflict with family and friends; the importance of caring for yourself; the emotional, physical, and financial costs of caregiving; and how, when, and where to find help-- including sound advice on making the critical choice among assisted-living facilities when that time comes.
Navigating Ambiguity: Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns (Stanford d.school Library)
by Stanford d.school Andrea Small Kelly SchmutteA thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opportunities into intentional design, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.&“Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.&”—Yves Béhar, Founder and CEO, fuseprojectA design process presents a series of steps, but in real life, it rarely plays out this neatly. Navigating Ambiguity underscores how the creative process isn&’t formulaic. This book shows you how to surrender control by being adaptable, curious, and unbiased as well as resourceful, tenacious, and courageous.Designers and educators Andrea Small and Kelly Schmutte use humor and clear steps to help you embrace uncertainty as you approach a creative project. First, they explain how the brain works and why it defaults to certainty. Then they show you how to let go of the need for control and instead employ a flexible strategy that relies on the balance between acting and adapting, and the give-and-take between opposing approaches to make your way to your goal.Beautiful cut-paper artwork illustrations offer ways to rethink creative work without hitting the usual roadblocks. The result is a more open and satisfying journey from assignment or idea to finished product.
Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me
by Margaux Bergen"I absolutely loved this beautiful book! It's wise, wry, bracingly honest and so gripping I couldn't put it down. Clearly whip smart, Margaux Bergen has one of those rare voices that pulls you in and makes you want to keep reading." -- Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger MotherAn inspiring, piercingly honest user's guide to life, written for the author's daughter and given to her on her first day of college, reflecting tough lessons about family, work, and marriage.You learn a few useful things at school--the three Rs come in handy, and it's good to know how to perform under pressure and wait your turn--but most of what matters, what makes you into a functioning human being, able to hold your own in conversation, find your path, know what to avoid in relationships and secure a meaningful job, no teacher will ever tell you. This diamond-sharp, gut-punchingly honest book of hard-earned wisdom is one mother's effort to equip her daughter for survival in the real world.Margaux Bergen began writing this book when her daughter Charlotte turned nine and gave it to her right after graduation from high school, when she was setting off for her first day of college. "I am not writing this to groom or guide you to professional or academic success," she writes. "My goal is rather to give you tools that might help you engage with the world and flourish. . . . Think of this as a kind of developing bath-time wisdom."Wise, heartbreakingly funny, and resonantly true, Navigating Life has invaluable lessons for students of life of all ages. It will challenge you to lead a more meaningful life and to tackle the bumps along the way with grace, grit, style, and ingenuity. What The Blessings of a Skinned Knee did for the early years of parenting, Navigating Life does for the next, far more perilous chapter, when new graduates are cast out on the high seas and have to learn to swim and find their way by themselves.From the Hardcover edition.
Navigating Loneliness: How to Connect with Yourself and Others — A Mental Health Handbook (A Mental Health Handbook)
by Cheryl Rickman Terry WaiteWe are experiencing a loneliness epidemic, but we needn’t remain lonely. Through actionable strategies, you will discover how to support and maintain existing relationships, foster new connections and learn how to shift your perspective about community and belonging.Throughout, you will find step by step solutions to help grow self-acceptance, self-belief and self-compassion. You will learn how to: Understand the difference between solitude and lonelinessAppreciate alone time and celebrate solitudeCope with isolationConnect with othersConnect with yourselfThis book is a unique compass, guiding you gently through uncertain times.
Navigating Stress: How to Find Calm During Stressful Times
by Joy LangleyWe are all unique and we each respond differently to every situation. Reducing stress is possible for every one of us but you will need to create your own unique blueprint of coping mechanisms in order to do so. This book will show you just how to do that, with practical tools and memorable strategies to help you put together your personalized stress plan. After reading this book you will be able to deal quickly with real or imagined dangers. Along the road, you will discover:What stress is and why it happens.What causes it, and how it can help as well as hinder you.Why you need to understand and care about it.How to control it.Life-long coping strategies and soothing skills that you can tailor to your own individual needs.
Navigating the Doctoral Journey: A Handbook of Strategies for Success
by Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw Lucinda S. SpauldingThis book provides doctoral candidates with a practical, cross-discipline handbook for successfully navigating the doctoral process – from initial program selection to the final dissertation defense and preparing for the faculty interview. Invited chapters from established higher education experts cover topics ranging from university and program selection, preparing for comprehensive exams and dissertation research, self-care and self-management strategies, and recommendations for maintaining personal and professional support systems. Each chapter includes strategies for success and practical tips, including how to create a study guide for the comprehensive examination, how to create a professional support group, how to talk to your family about the doctoral process, how to select and work with a chair and committee, how to identify an appropriate research design, how to navigate the IRB process, and how to master the research and writing process.