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The Elements of Humor: The Tools of Comedy that Make You Funnier, Happier, and Better Looking
by Scott DikkersFind the funny in your writing, speeches, presentations, and everyday conversations Are you ready to elevate your writing, speeches, and conversations with unparalleled wit and comedy? Look no further than The Elements of Humor by bestselling author and comedy writing legend, Scott Dikkers. This isn't just another book on humor—it's a transformative guide that stands head and shoulders above the rest, designed to make you the funniest version of yourself. While many writers treasure Strunk and White's Elements of Style for its writing standards and best practices, the realm of humor writing has long awaited a credible, comprehensive guide. Scott Dikkers answers the call with a book that is both hilarious and instructive, offering clear, replicable steps to infuse your writing and speaking with unforgettable humor. In the book, you'll find: Step-by-step guidance for everything from sophomoric pranks to sophisticated satire as you learn the fundamentals of crafting humor that resonates Diverse humor strategies for different kinds of funny, including self-deprecation, referential jokes, shock humor, hyperbole, wordplay, slapstick, and even meta-humor Engaging tools, including helpful diagrams, funny illustrations, interactive exercises, and a comprehensive index of all discussed tools, skills, and methods The Elements of Humor is your key to making the people around you laugh. Scott Dikkers' expert advice is easy to follow, ensuring that anyone can become a master of humor. Perfect for enhancing presentations, content creation, or everyday conversations, this book will secure a prominent place on your library shelf. Don't miss the chance to transform your approach to humor. Whether you aim to entertain, persuade, or simply bring more joy into your life and the lives of others, The Elements of Humor is your go-to resource. Add it to your cart now and step into a world where laughter is just a page turn away!
Embedding Counselling and Communication Skills: A Relational Skills Model
by Rebecca Midwinter Janie DicksonEmbedding Counselling and Communication Skills provides a step-by-step approach for those looking to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of using counselling and communication skills within the helper role and applying these skills in the context of professional practice.This revised edition is brought up to date with new content around the subjects of working online, working across difference and diversity, coaching, grief and loss and managing challenging situations. Written in a clear and accessible teaching style, this book progresses through the ‘initial helper’ communication skills that are used in everyday life, to the more complex and in-depth counselling skills required in a helper relationship. It introduces the reader to a Relational Skills model which demonstrates the phases of relationship development. The authors show what happens within each phase and identify how and when to use skills appropriately. Knowledge of reflective practice, aspects of the relationship and how to manage change ensures the text considers the full range of general and specific skills and abilities required. Learning is brought alive through the use of online video clip sessions of a real helper/client relationship giving the reader opportunities and encouragement to reflect and evaluate their learning.This book will be an essential resource for students taking an introductory counselling skills course, other trainees within the mental health sector, coaches and many other qualified professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of embedding counselling skills into their work and practice.
Embracing Infinite Possibilities: Letting Go of Fear to Find Your Highest Potential
by Dr. Bernard A. Harris JrDr. Bernard Harris shares his journey, and an honest discussion of his struggles, ambitions, hopes and dreams, as a testimony to the voyage that we all face with a desire to discover the power from within.All of us have to deal with external challenges at some point in our lives. Liberation comes when you discover just how unimportant these things really are. Then you will no longer see the world around you as hostile and unforgiving. This reality will free you to be who you really are. There is great power with this realization! Self-endowed power that releases you from the burden of self-doubt. There is no greater power in the world, except that of God. This is, in fact, the truth that God wants for each of us. The realization of our own strength, that is, we are an integral part of something greater than ourselves. One of Harris&’s lifelong goals is to instill inspiration as well as aspiration in people. Embracing Infinite Possibilities looks to build on these ideas by serving as a roadmap to discover the power within each of us. If we are students of the universe, it is clear to me that each of us must find this power within to find our own way and in our own time—some through the experiences of life, some by reading, others by observing, being taught or through self-study. Harris encourages the reader to find their own path. As a companion to his first book, Dream Walker, Embracing Infinite Possibilities will open their mind to the infinite possibilities of life, instilling hope in those who have yet to discover their own power.
Embracing Uncertainty: How writers, musicians and artists thrive in an unpredictable world
by Margaret HeffernanMost people hate and fear uncertainty. It causes such stress and anxiety that we often choose certain surrender over doubt, becoming passive, dependent, addicted—and more anxious than ever. Doubling down on the certainties promised by technology and micro-management only makes things worse, leaving no opportunity for innovation, adaptation or invention. Artists live with uncertainty constantly—but instead of waiting for the future, they run towards making it, with agency and freedom. What can we learn from them, about facing into a future that grows more uncertain daily? At a time when organizations of all kinds crave innovation but complain their people lack creativity and initiative, the arts have never been so essential to our future. We may not all be artists, but we can learn to think like them. Margaret Heffernan makes a compelling argument for the vital integration of art into all aspects of our lives and for artists to guide us with their stamina, freedom and endurance.
Emily Post's Business Etiquette
by Lizzie Post Daniel Post SenningThis completely updated edition of Emily Post&’s essential guide to business etiquette has been fully refreshed with comprehensive advice on everything professionals and jobseekers need to know about how to succeed in the business world today.No matter the industry or the position, business is built on relationships—and at the heart of all good relationships is good etiquette. Understanding good business etiquette skills and how to apply them to your job and your professional relationships is key to building a successful career. Work environments and the relationships we experience in them are complex. It&’s important to know how to identify what type of environment and relationships you&’re in and how to manage and adjust your behavior accordingly.Emily Post&’s Business Etiquette includes thoughtful guidance for all workplace scenarios with sample language, examples and exercises, charts, and key takeaways from every chapter. Professionals—jobseekers and new hires through those in the C-suite—are given the dos and don&’ts of traditional workplace etiquette, from knowing when to send a thank-you note to successfully navigating a business meal, along with modern advice addressing common post-pandemic concerns such as video conferencing norms, workflow management, and communication tools for remote work. Some topics you&’ll find in Emily Post&’s Business Etiquette:The importance of owning your professional image and understanding what it communicates in a multitude of settings.Written communication skills for everything from messaging channels such as Slack and Teams to internal and external emails.Seating charts for meetings, networking dinners, and more.A gender-free guide to attire for all occasions.Tips for offering constructive criticism and feedback effectively.Expectations for host and guest roles, both virtual and in person.With helpful new insight into understanding generational differences, gender-neutral manners, and embracing diversity, Emily Post&’s Business Etiquette is the perfect resource for those looking to get ahead in their careers and establish their professional identities.
Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions to Make a Positive Impact on Your Life
by Gill HassonTransform the way you see the world and the way the world sees you by effectively managing your emotions The happiest and most fulfilled people are not always the cleverest or most talented, skilled, or educated among us. Instead, those who can effectively manage feelings—their own and those of the people around them—frequently wear that crown. And now more than ever, emotional intelligence is the trait you need to develop to unlock your true potential. In the newly revised second edition of Emotional Intelligence, bestselling author of the Mindfulness Pocketbook and career coach, Gill Hasson, delivers yet another insightful roadmap to navigating and harnessing your emotions. You'll learn to boost your productivity, happiness, calm, and confidence as the author explains the startlingly straightforward fundamentals of our feelings. You'll also discover how to boost your “EQ” (emotional intelligence quotient) to improve your personal and work lives, manage conflict, understand office politics, deal with bullying, and more. Emotional Intelligence walks you through how to: Manage anxiety and stress so they don't overwhelm you at work or at home Express yourself and your desires clearly and simply so you can get more of what you want Be more assertive so you can protect yourself and those you care about from mistreatment Emotional Intelligence remains the gold standard in effective, self-guided resources for improving your mental health and your life.
The Empty Bowl: Pursuing Truth in a Messy World
by Rikki WestPerfect for readers seeking a higher understanding of their spiritual self, Rikki West&’s vibrant memoir follows her journey to confront hidden assumptions and childhood trauma on her way to finding her life&’s undeniable, living truth.Rikki West&’s tale begins with her Catholic childhood in a Chicago suburb. As a little girl, she prays for her drunk father, begging God not to send him to hell. As a rebellious adolescent, she abandons religion, yet she yearns to connect with something more loving and peaceful than the human mind. As a teen on the California coast in the 1960s, she seeks union with higher consciousness through drugs and mantra repetition. And as a young woman studying at UC Berkeley, she gives up spiritual matters and shifts her trust to science as the only reliable truth. But something is missing for her—and when she launches her career in Silicon Valley, the drinking culture forces her to confront her own demons. Relying on Alcoholics Anonymous and therapy to stay sober, Rikki gravitates to Eastern spirituality to find her genuine self and relationship to the universe. But after years of fasting, chanting, and praying, she still finds herself seeking more—and ultimately, it is only when she throws overboard all her notions of God and truth that something unexpected and wonderful blossoms in her world. The Empty Bowl is the story of a human seeking self-knowledge—fraught with victories and disappointments, streaked with longing for love and peace.
The Empty Path: Finding Fulfillment Through the Radical Art of Lessening
by Billy WynneA guide to embracing emptiness to declutter the mind and distill our experience of daily life to its essential beauty, clarity, and joy “A truly extraordinary and transformative book.” — Dean Ornish, MD A clear and empowering antidote to our culture’s never-ending quest for more, The Empty Path is a how-to manual for cultivating the Buddhist principle of emptiness as the source of fundamental satisfaction in our lives. By exploring this often-misunderstood core teaching, author Billy Wynne dispels the common misconception that peace and fulfillment come via accumulation or achievement. Instead, he presents “the art of lessening” as the path to appreciating the depth and beauty contained in each moment. Wynne uses real-life examples and accessible practices to help us realize our inherent wholeness, overcome the barriers to lasting happiness, and replace anxiety with unbounded gratitude and ease.
Encouraging the Heart: Igniting Purpose and Providing Meaningful Recognition (J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner)
by James M. Kouzes Barry Z. PosnerHuman-centered leadership insights from the leading experts on the subject In the newly revised second edition of Encouraging the Heart: Igniting Purpose and Providing Meaningful Recognition, renowned leadership experts and best-selling authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an incisive and practical playbook for leaders who want to inspire their followers to achieve extraordinary things. They've packed the book with real-world examples, practical ideas, and eye-opening advice drawn from over four decades of work with countless business leaders. Encouraging the Heart is not a book about incentive systems or reward programs. It goes beyond those things to discuss universal leadership principles that will help elevate your people to new levels of productivity, engagement, and performance. It's a hands-on roadmap containing behaviors, principles, practices, evidence, and examples that will form the foundation of a repeatable process you can put into place at your own organization. Inside the book you'll find strategies for: Setting clear standards aligned with your organization's purpose Paying attention to exemplary actions and telling memorable stories that motivate action and enact change Noticing exemplars of values and standards and publicly praising them with personalized feedback and appreciation that encourages others to live up to their example Setting a personal example of meaningful ways to recognize others and celebrate values and victories Encouraging the Heart is a must-read for leaders of all kinds, regardless of position or function, at organizations of all sizes, in the public and private sectors who wish to help those around them realize their full potential.
Ending Unnecessary Suffering: How to Create a Powerful, Complete, and Peaceful Life
by Peter Ralston• Provides contemplative practices and exercises to help you recognize how you cause your own suffering• Explores the dynamics of the mind and how it sets the stage for distress• Explains how mental states of suffering are created and how to control your mind to stop those thought patterns and assumptionsMost of us believe that suffering is inevitable. Stress, shame, depression, grief, loneliness, disappointment, the feeling that life is incomplete—every negative experience contributes to the emotional and psychological pain that impedes our ability to live happy, fulfilling lives. But what if most suffering could be avoided? Is there an antidote to inner turmoil that can be learned and applied to everyday life?In this groundbreaking work, Peter Ralston reveals how to free yourself from mentally created suffering. He explains how most creatures don&’t experience suffering the way we do. They don&’t worry or fret, fear the future, or imagine they are somehow flawed or less than they should be. Exploring the dynamics of the mind that set the stage for distress and that get us into trouble, he explains how mental states of suffering are created, how to recognize when you cause them, and how to stop suffering-inducing thought patterns and beliefs.Sharing contemplative practices and exercises to help you end your inner turmoil and foster growth, awareness, and freedom, Ralston provides an empowering way to create a more complete, powerful, and peaceful life experience.
Enneagram in Real Life: Find Your Type, Understand Who You Are, and Take Steps Toward Growth (EnneagramIRL #1)
by Stephanie Barron HallCertified Enneagram coach Stephanie Barron Hall shows you how to use the Enneagram as a tool for self-discovery and a practical way to achieve growth. Stephanie Barron Hall is using social media to bring the power of the Enneagram to a new generation of followers, teaching them how to successfully move beyond understanding to practical application—how to actually make changes in their own lives.In Enneagram in Real Life, Hall explains how to apply the Enneagram to your life. Finding your type is just the beginning of your story. Drawn from her years of study and practice coaching thousands of people, Enneagram In Real Life includes relatable stories from real clients, tangible growth practices and frameworks, and actionable advice you can use to incorporate the Enneagram’s transformative power into your life, career, communication, and relationships.
The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond (Skills for Scholars)
by Ilana M. HorwitzAn invaluable guide for scholars stifled by the traditional academic routeIn the increasingly competitive world of academia, simply mastering your discipline is no longer enough to guarantee career success or personal fulfillment. The Entrepreneurial Scholar challenges scholars at all stages—from doctoral students to tenured professors—to break free from conventional academic pathways by adopting an entrepreneurial mindset. What opportunities can you create based on who you are, what you know, and who you know?Drawing on her experiences in higher education, start-ups, and management consulting, as well as interviews with a range of academics and entrepreneurs, Ilana Horwitz provides a road map for those stifled by traditional academic norms and expectations. This book calls on scholars to create ideas—not just consume them. It offers strategies to thrive in academia with limited resources and in the face of uncertainty. Embracing an entrepreneurial mindset entails viewing yourself as a knowledge producer, enhancing collaboration, creatively identifying resources, and effectively sharing your ideas.Horwitz empowers all scholars—particularly women and first-generation, low-income, and BIPOC individuals—to see themselves as proactive agents in their educational and career trajectories, despite structural constraints, unclear expectations, or unresponsive advisors. With actionable advice, real-world applications, and inspiring success stories, this guide is vital for anyone aspiring to excel within and beyond the ivory tower.
Escape the Middle: Switch on Your Millionaire Mindset and Build Wealth That Outlives You
by Todd PolkeThe usual money rules lead straight to mediocrity. Don't settle for it! You've probably done everything in life that you were told to do: get educated, secure a job, work hard and be careful with money. And where did that lead you? Straight to the middle! But weren't you made for more? Escape the Middle is your roadmap to breaking free — free from financial stress, the nine-to-five grind and the monotony of the ‘middle’ way of living. Inside, investment strategist Todd Polke shares the tried-and-tested techniques he's used to help tens of thousands of people live a life unlimited by income. Escape the Middle reveals how you can grow the mindset you need to align your beliefs, thoughts and actions with your financial goals. You'll discover that the decisions you make and the money habits you master are the real difference between being stuck in the middle and going after something bigger. With this step-by-step guide to building unshakeable wealth and turning on your millionaire mode, you'll find: practical strategies to take control of your personal finances efficient systems to smoothly manage your money flow tips and tactics for getting started with investing methods to build a financial moat and protect yourself while growing wealth the tools you truly need to take back your freedom a healthy money mindset, free of the stress and worry True wealth and financial freedom demand a radical shift — a hard ‘hell no’ to the norms we've been conditioned to accept. This book gives you the step-by-step path to break free, build your financial fortress and leave a secure legacy for your loved ones and the planet. Are you ready to plan your escape?
Essentials of the New Science of Learning: The Power of Learning in Harmony With Your Brain
by Todd D. ZakrajsekThis streamlined adaption of the best-selling book The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain is a distillation of the most essential and immediately effective tips and strategies selected specifically to put college students on the path to success.In this primer, Zakrajsek masterfully translates complex findings from cognitive psychology and neuroscience into easy-to-understand concepts that can be used immediately to learn faster and retain information longer. Readers will come away with strategies that have been demonstrated throughout the world to improve learning, as well as a greatly enhanced understanding of how the learning process works. Taking just a few hours to read the material in this book and practice what has been assembled for learners at any level may well prove to be one of the best decisions a college student can make.Essentials of the New Science of Learning: The Power of Learning in Harmony With Your Brain is ideal for individual student use or as a powerful supplement to any course, in any course, across the college curriculum.
Every Little Thing Quill Be All Right: Hedgehugs and Happiness for When Life Feels Prickly
by Ink & WillowThe perfect little pick-me-up and motivational hedgehog high five we all need, with full-color photographs and encouraging, self-care messages of mindfulness from an adorable little hedgehogSome days are chillier than others, and I end up feeling a bit prickly. But it&’s funny how those are usually the days when the friends who don&’t mind my quills hold me even closer.Cinnamon, the beloved hedgehog of professional photographer Audrianna Martin del Campo, inspires thousands online with her presence in adorably posed scenes. Now Cinnamon brings her one-of-a-kind inspiration to the written page in Every Little Thing Quill Be All Right, which pairs forty-five of her popular full-color photographs with original, sweet mini-messages of encouragement. Written in the &“voice&” of Cinnamon herself, this fun little gift book is divided into seven sections that allow her photographs to be experienced in a whole new way:• Time to Sniff Out an Adventure• Time to Forage and Gather Quills• Time for a Hedgehug• Time with a Prickle of Friends• Time for a Hedgehog High Five• Time to Nest at Home• Time to HibernateThere&’s a time for everything and a season for every activity (including moments when you want to curl up and hide). So whether you&’re feeling anxious, stressed, or a little confused about this big job called life, remember that none of that is who you really are. You are loved and beautiful. And sometimes all you need is a happy hedgehog friend to remind you of that.
Every Moment Was You: Notes on Loving and Parting
by Taewoan HaThe million-copy international bestseller from Korean sensation Taewoan Ha'Never give upYour every momentis meaningful'In Every Moment Was You, Taewoan Ha reflects on the little things that make up a relationship - the secret exchanges, the shared glances, the laughter and the silence. Immediate and moving, his short mediations capture the beauty of youth and the growing pains that come with it. From the blooming of first feelings, to heartbreak and acceptance, Taewoan's writing explores the complexity of love, and the meaning to be found in the ordinary.Every Moment Was You is a soothing balm to deal with the pain, stress and sadness that come with modern life, and a gentle reminder that even in our most vulnerable moments, we can find the strength to move forward.
Every Thought Captive: Calm the Mental Chaos That Keeps You Stuck, Drains Your Hope, and Holds You Back
by Kyle IdlemanDiscover the biblical, neurological, and emotional keys to transforming destructive patterns of thinking into a renewed mind--one thought at a time.Whether we wrestle with anxiety, harmful thoughts about ourselves, or mental spirals that hold us back from spiritual growth and healthy relationships, many of us wish we could control our thoughts rather than let them control us.As the senior pastor of one of the largest churches in America, bestselling author Kyle Idleman has seen the power of right thinking transform lives, including his own. In Every Thought Captive, Kyle points us to the tools we need to get our thoughts into submission so we can live a fuller and more joy-filled life. If you feel frustrated and discouraged in your battle to take control of your thoughts, this biblically rich, practical book will help you:Learn to identify the five thinking patterns that sabotage your life and relationship with GodEncourage your brain's neural network to develop new ways of thinking that are consistent with your valuesStart getting "unstuck" immediately as you implement simple but profound practices like "Win the Morning" and "Say It Out Loud"Understand what transformed thinking looks like in the unique context of your lifeWhat you think about creates your attitudes, governs your emotions, determines your behavior, shapes your relationships, and ultimately defines your life. But armed with God's wisdom and fresh truth about brain health, you can take control over your thoughts and embrace the full and flourishing life you long for.
Every Thought Captive Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: How Renewing Your Mind Can Change Your Life
by Kyle IdlemanLearn the Biblical Path to Transforming How You Think.Are your thoughts drawing you closer to God or pulling you away? Are they building you up or tearing you down? Like molten glass, our lives are constantly being shaped and molded by our thoughts.Join Kyle Idleman in this five-session video Bible study (video access included) as he forges a path through the world's distractions and lies and gets to the heart of true spiritual growth: the renewing of your mind.This isn't a study on the power of positive thinking but about learning how God made your brain. Learn how setting your thoughts on Christ can create new patterns of thought that will change your life.This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:The study guide itself—with discussion and personal reflection questions, video notes, and Scripture exercises.An individual access code to stream all five video sessions online (DVD also available separately). Sessions and video run times:Conformed or Transformed (19:00)The Pattern of Distraction (19:00)The Pattern of Offense (18:30)Say It Out Loud (19:00)Win the Morning (18:00) Streaming video access included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2029. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
Everyday Intuition: What Psychology, Science, and Psychics Can Teach Us About Finding and Trusting Our Inner Voice
by Elizabeth GreenwoodA captivating and insightful deep dive into the world of human intuition, exploring the power of this elusive phenomenon and how it can be harnessed to better know and trust ourselves. We rely on our intuition, even though we don’t fully understand what it is, how it works, or if we can even trust it. In this fresh, mind-opening book, Elizabeth Greenwood takes us on a sweeping investigation into the subject, exploring how, in our data-driven world, we can harness intuition in our day-to-day lives.Digging deep into her personal experience as well as insights from neuroscience, psychology, , feminist texts, psychics, and everyday people with extraordinary intuitive ability, Greenwood explores what we know about intuition—how to distinguish it from instinct, wishful thinking, anxiety, and denial; how it serves and sometimes fails us; how it impacts our dreams and unconscious behavior; and how it manifests in everything from romantic attraction to premonitions. Greenwood places a special emphasis on “women’s intuition,” and how it has been denigrated throughout history—but can offer us a more hopeful, grounded way of experiencing the world in a time of so much uncertainty.Everyday Intuition provides practical advice on tapping into our self-knowledge and learning to trust our instincts. It examines the science behind intuition, including how our brains process information, how psychedelic medicine and manifestation are opening new doors of consciousness—as well as how these helpful methods are being abused by charlatans, including some "coaches," "teachers," and social media influencers offering false promises—and how we can train ourselves to be more intuitive and ultimately enhance our daily lives.Smart, funny, sincere, and profound, this helpful guide is a modern take on one of the oldest tools we possess. It shows us how embracing intuition can lead us to our truest, most mindful selves, and to better align the lives we are living with the lives we desire.
The Explorer's Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map
by Alex HutchinsonNew York Times-bestselling author of Endure Alex Hutchinson returns with a fresh, provocative investigation into how exploration, uncertainty, and risk shape our behavior and help us find meaning. Off the beaten path, following unmarked trails, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside, the search for the unknown is a primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are only beginning to understand. In fact, the latest neuroscience suggests that exploration in any form—whether it’s trying a new restaurant, changing careers, or deciding to run a marathon—is an essential ingredient of human life. Exploration, it turns out, isn’t merely a hobby—it’s our story.In this much-anticipated follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Endure, Alex Hutchinson refutes the myth that, in our fully mapped digital world, the age of exploration is dead. Instead, the itch to discover new things persists in all of us, expressed not just on the slopes of Everest but in the ways we work, play, and live. From paddling the lost rivers of the northern Canadian wilderness to the ocean-spanning voyages of the Polynesians to the search for next-generation quantum computers, The Explorer’s Gene combines riveting stories of exploration with cutting-edge insights from behavioral psychology and neuroscience, making a powerful case that our lives are better—more productive, more meaningful, and more fun—when we break our habits and chart a new path.
Exploring Creative Wellbeing Frameworks in Context: Nature, Culture, and Sustainable Futures (Explorations in Mental Health)
by Wenche Torrissen Helga S. Løvoll Borghild Otelie Aasebøstøl Eleanor Dodson Gunvor Marie Dyrdal Siv M. Gamlem Raul Grau-Ruiz Soile Päivikki Hämäläinen Marianne Hustvedt Ann Iren Jamtøy Vibeke Preus Wenke Mork Rogne Anita Salamonsen Knut-Willy Sæther Dag Erik WoldThis timely edited monograph develops conceptual frameworks for creative wellbeing, exploring the impact on people’s lives and its contribution to a sustainable future, by examining case studies of how creative wellbeing is practised in a variety of contexts.Using sociocultural perspectives of creativity, the authors call to attention everyday wellbeing and the possibilities for a rich life using creative wellbeing as an action competence. Chapters use a diverse range of epistemological positions, embracing quantitative, qualitative, and posthumanist methodologies to explore how integrated nature-culture perspectives can enhance the understanding of creative wellbeing when informed by engagement in natural contexts, but also by the deep connection between nature and culture in creating meaning.Ultimately furthering research into creative wellbeing, improving practice, and inspiring nature and culture practices for all, this book will be of benefit to researchers, postgraduate students, and scholars interested in creative approaches to mental health, positive psychology, and environmental psychology, and creativity and transcendence more broadly.
Eye of the Storm: How to Make Good Decisions in Bad Situations
by Scott WalkerMaster your emotions, think clearly and make better decisions, even in the toughest of situations.Drawing from his extensive career as a kidnap-for-ransom negotiator, Scott Walker shares practical tools and insights to help you stay calm, act decisively and thrive under pressure.Whether you're facing challenges at home, managing workplace demands or dealing with daily stresses, this book will help you build resilience, resolve conflicts and strengthen relationships.If you enjoyed his Sunday Times bestseller, Order Out of Chaos (2023), you'll love this follow-up!
Eye of the Storm: How to Make Good Decisions in Bad Situations
by Scott WalkerMaster your emotions, think clearly and make better decisions, even in the toughest of situations.Drawing from his extensive career as a kidnap-for-ransom negotiator, Scott Walker shares practical tools and insights to help you stay calm, act decisively and thrive under pressure.Whether you're facing challenges at home, managing workplace demands or dealing with daily stresses, this book will help you build resilience, resolve conflicts and strengthen relationships.If you enjoyed his Sunday Times bestseller, Order Out of Chaos (2023), you'll love this follow-up!
Face Massage for Everyone: Restorative and Rejuvenating Facial Techniques for Glowing Skin and Self-Care
by Ksenija SelivanovaUnlock your inner glow with face massage. In this book, you'll discover facial massage and face yoga routines to transform not only your physical appearance but your inner well-being.Discover the power of nurturing both your skin and your spirit, from home. This book will show you how to achieve a naturally beautiful complexion, with easy-to-follow daily routines in facial massage. These rejuvenating beauty rituals will elevate your skin's look and texture, reducing lines and wrinkles while minimizing the effects of the aging process.Facial massage has many proven benefits, from aiding digestion and detoxification to promoting respiratory health. Top facialist Ksenija Selivanova explains the science behind lymphatic drainage and its impact on your vitality. Learn specialized massages designed to promote the elimination of toxins, boost your energy levels, and enhance your immunity.Face Massage for Everyone includes:Sequences to release tension in the face, neck, and shoulder areas.Techniques to reduce anxiety, elevate mood, and aid restful sleep.Routines to improve the appearance of existing lines, prevent new ones from appearing, reduce puffiness, and brighten the whole face.Tips on specific concerns, such as double chin, crow&’s feet, mouth lines, headaches and forehead tension, teeth grinding, and jaw clenching.Daily healthy habits to promote skin health and a guide to the best massage products to use.Regardless of age or budget, everyone deserves to tap into the luxury of feeling their best. With easy-to-follow techniques and rituals that take as little as two minutes, you can integrate face massage self-care into your daily life to unlock your inner glow. Embrace the power of touch, and let your inner radiance shine through.
Fake Christianity: 10 Traps of an Inauthentic Faith (and How to Avoid Them)
by Jed CoppengerWe are the problem. But Jesus can save us from ourselves.Fake Christianity is deceptive and deadly. And, unfortunately, it's very much alive today. We can easily recognize problems and hypocrisy around us. But it takes humility and courage to face the error and deception within us. With a pastoral heart, Jed Coppenger shows us how unnoticed hypocrisy, like prayerlessness, neglect of the Bible, gossip, bitterness, and every form of ungodliness, compromise our heart and weaken our Christian witness.In Fake Christianity, Coppenger looks to the teachings of Jesus that address a culture remarkably like our own. He exposes ten traps of inauthentic faith and provides a gospel-centric response. The best way to tell a fake thing is to look at the real thing. That's true when looking at gems. It's also true of the Christian life. If we want to understand what's true and good, we must look to Jesus. And we must listen to Him.I'm praying that God would use this book to help Christians hear Jesus' words more clearly. I hope every reader will be better equipped to join Jesus as He pushes back the darkness of hypocrisy with the light of the gospel.