For anyone who needs practical strategies to up their game, using the same principles of self-motivation and personal achievement practised by leading elite athletes. With telling anecdotes and case studies, this is a source of new ideas for those who strive to be the best, in their personal, professional and sporting lives.
This book helps those aspiring toward recovery and wellness and also those in recovery, because it addresses and challenges the individual - in very real, basic and honest ways - to make significant cognitive adjustments in how they live their lives. The beauty of this curriculum is that people like to do it and don't consider it a chore, a demand, or a requirement, because every page subtly encourages the individual to think in realistic and forward-moving ways. This allows them to feel good about doing the work. This book is for any person who struggles with their mental health and who wants to live a happier life as well as for any person who wants to improve their quality of life, how they deal with stress, obstacles, difficulties and other people and live a happier, healthy and much more stable life. I based this book on my personal life and recovery, and every page has been used successfully in peer group settings.
You're Crazy Volume One compiles twenty-five first-hand accounts of people from the punk scene who live with mental illness, addiction and trauma. This volume also includes two stories of punk rockers who are allies to those of us who struggle and their experience. This book exists to help empower the writers who are sharing their personal experiences so that they can be better understood. It also exists to help show that we are not alone in this world and that life can get better. It's a necessity in our community. We all deserve to be heard. You're Crazy aims to help decrease the stigma that the authors, and those like them, face while dealing with mental illness, addiction and trauma. By sharing their stories they are putting themselves on the line as they take ownership of their lives and experiences while demonstrating the reality of their lives. These stories educate and inspire, increasing understanding and empathy while reducing stigma.
Reggie Lewis was on the verge of superstar status in the National Basketball Association when he died suddenly of a heart condition at the age of 27. He had made his first All-Star appearance, and he was the leader and team captain of the Boston Celtics. Reggie was far more than an accomplished basketball player, he was an outstanding young man, warm, caring and generous.
Poetry walks the blurred line between life and love, stumbling to either side depending on which way the winds of creativity are blowing. "What You Should Have Seen In My Eyes" will blow through minds, hearts, and souls. It is life and love simplified with a unique poetic flare. It is what we live for and what we actually live through at the same time, as seen through the eyes of Craig Michael Lewis.
The author works with the full cooperation of all involved parties, and draws on legal files and personal interviews to weave the fascinating, true story of the brutal crime that rocked a community and divided its citizens. In a quiet Louisiana suburb, a woman is bludegeoned to death while she sleeps. Her husband is convicted of the murder. But is he really guilty?
While the ethics of Enron and WorldCom executives dominate the news, this study of the faith of American executives shows that the majority of business leaders are living out their faith as they function in the corporate world.More than half of those surveyed are involved in activities of their church or synagogue, while three-fourths hold membership in a religious congregation.The book presents both a narrative and the survey data from the study of business executives across the U.S.A., with a Minneapolis subset. The information is drawn from a representative sampling and from focus groups.
As this bestseller predicted, Trump has only grown more erratic and dangerous as the pressures on him mount. This new edition includes new essays bringing the book up to date—because this is still not normal. Originally released in fall 2017, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump was a runaway bestseller. Alarmed Americans and international onlookers wanted to know: What is wrong with him? That question still plagues us. The Trump administration has proven as chaotic and destructive as its opponents feared, and the man at the center of it all remains a cipher. Constrained by the APA’s “Goldwater rule,” which inhibits mental health professionals from diagnosing public figures they have not personally examined, many of those qualified to weigh in on the issue have shied away from discussing it at all. The public has thus been left to wonder whether he is mad, bad, or both. The prestigious mental health experts who have contributed to the revised and updated version of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump argue that their moral and civic "duty to warn" supersedes professional neutrality. Whatever affects him, affects the nation: From the trauma people have experienced under the Trump administration to the cult-like characteristics of his followers, he has created unprecedented mental health consequences across our nation and beyond. With eight new essays (about one hundred pages of new material), this edition will cover the dangerous ramifications of Trump's unnatural state. It’s not all in our heads. It’s in his.
Some animals are master of disguise, mimicing their surroundings beautifully. Others have developed clever tricks to hide from predators ad sneak up on prey. Discover a blind dragon that looks a whole lot like a horse. Spot a butterfly that's almost invisible, and a big-nosed monkey that bellyflops into rivers. Meet a snake that can fly and an armadillo that's the colour of fairy floss.
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