Soulmates. The concept is an ancient one that still captures the imagination, tugging at the deepest core of who we are. Who doesn't want a soulmate—or two or three? Soulmates nudge us away from the illusion that we're only human and remind us that we're spirits first! They help us become our best selves. They are catalysts, enhancers for our spiritual growth. And we all have more than one. Soulmates may love us, but they also confuse us, confound us, irritate us, disappoint us—and often bring us indescribable joy and delight in living. Just by being in our lives, reminding us of the power of soul-to-soul connection, soulmates help us transform from humans with occasional spiritual connections to spiritual beings aware of the importance of human connections, human bodies, human lives. In Natural-Born Soulmates, Dr. Lauren Thibodeau destroys what she calls "the soulmate myth," made famous by the line "you complete me" from the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. Through a series of simple self assessments she developed, Dr. Lauren Thibodeau then teaches us to access our inner wisdom, to discern what "vibe" we're sending out, and to determine what level of connection we're experiencing in any given soulmate relationship. There are soulmates out there to whom we can honestly say, "You enhance me," which is exactly what soul-to-soul connections do: make us better than we were before. This groundbreaking book will help readers to: Recognize their soulmates—past, present, and future. Attract new soulmates—romantic ones included. Improve relationships with existing soulmates. Learn from their soulmate relationships so they don't need to repeat the experience. For anyone ready to find their true soulmate, this powerful book is an important and necessary guide.
Natural Born Intuition is a practical, step-by-step guide to living your best life through the process "Dr. Lauren" calls Knowing-living from a deeply guided, wholly trusted sense of inner wisdom. By demystifying intuition, "Dr. Lauren" teaches you how to bring your intuitive right brain and your analytical left brain together. Using a simple self-assessment tool she developed, Dr. Lauren helps you determine your natural intuitive style—a two-part combination of the five intuitive types: Visual, Auditory, Sensory, Body Based, and Multisensory. She then provides specific techniques designed to expand your natural-born intuitive style into a reliable life guidance system. Natural Born Intuition helps you understand: That intuition is a natural extension of our senses, not some special "sixth sense." When to rely on intuition—and when not to. How to use intuition to enhance the success of your relationships. Why intuition blended with analysis is the most powerful problem-solving technique you can use. How to bring intuition to practical tasks—from finding a parking place to buying a home.
Even so, this book is designed to make the inward journey less daunting by helping you understand yourself better. Through a series of self-tests (appraisals, really, because you can't fail), you'll determine your natural-born intuitive style. You'll learn your natural intuitive strengths and weaknesses. You'll learn your key values and how they interact with your natural intuitive style. You'll learn how those two elements - your natural intuitive style and your deeply held values - can launch you into that center of deeply guided inner wisdom, what I call the Knowing Zone. From there, you'll learn how to use a simple process called the Four Corners of Knowing to assess any decision both intuitively and analytically. That process ensures that you use both your creative right-brain hemisphere and your logical left-brain hemisphere.
Soulmates. The concept is an ancient one that still captures the imagination, tugging at the deepest core of who we are. Who doesn't want a soulmate—or two or three? Soulmates nudge us away from the illusion that we're only human and remind us that we're spirits first! They help us become our best selves. They are catalysts, enhancers for our spiritual growth. And we all have more than one. Soulmates may love us, but they also confuse us, confound us, irritate us, disappoint us—and often bring us indescribable joy and delight in living. Just by being in our lives, reminding us of the power of soul-to-soul connection, soulmates help us transform from humans with occasional spiritual connections to spiritual beings aware of the importance of human connections, human bodies, human lives. In Natural-Born Soulmates, Dr. Lauren Thibodeau destroys what she calls "the soulmate myth," made famous by the line "you complete me" from the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. Through a series of simple self assessments she developed, Dr. Lauren Thibodeau then teaches us to access our inner wisdom, to discern what "vibe" we're sending out, and to determine what level of connection we're experiencing in any given soulmate relationship. There are soulmates out there to whom we can honestly say, "You enhance me," which is exactly what soul-to-soul connections do: make us better than we were before. This groundbreaking book will help readers to: Recognize their soulmates—past, present, and future. Attract new soulmates—romantic ones included. Improve relationships with existing soulmates. Learn from their soulmate relationships so they don't need to repeat the experience. For anyone ready to find their true soulmate, this powerful book is an important and necessary guide.
Natural Born Intuition is a practical, step-by-step guide to living your best life through the process "Dr. Lauren" calls Knowing-living from a deeply guided, wholly trusted sense of inner wisdom. By demystifying intuition, "Dr. Lauren" teaches you how to bring your intuitive right brain and your analytical left brain together. Using a simple self-assessment tool she developed, Dr. Lauren helps you determine your natural intuitive style—a two-part combination of the five intuitive types: Visual, Auditory, Sensory, Body Based, and Multisensory. She then provides specific techniques designed to expand your natural-born intuitive style into a reliable life guidance system. Natural Born Intuition helps you understand: That intuition is a natural extension of our senses, not some special "sixth sense." When to rely on intuition—and when not to. How to use intuition to enhance the success of your relationships. Why intuition blended with analysis is the most powerful problem-solving technique you can use. How to bring intuition to practical tasks—from finding a parking place to buying a home.
The changemaker's guide to catalyzing environmental behaviour change for a healthy future To tackle our urgent environmental problems and achieve positive, durable change, we must design solutions based directly on how people think, make decisions, and act. From hotels that save water and money using simple signage, to energy suppliers that boost participation in renewable energy programs through mere enrollment form tweaks—shifting the behavior of millions for the better is possible. Based on decades of research into what drives behavior change, Making Shift Happen provides a suite of powerful tools to transform the world. It features A to Z guidance on how to design a behavior change initiative—from choosing the right audience and uncovering what drives their behavior, to designing, prototyping, testing, and implementation. Clear instructions and real-world examples empower you to apply hundreds of behavioral science solutions including: Using social norms to spread positive environmental behaviors Selecting and testing stories, metaphors, and values to frame information for each audience Catalyzing action by aligning your initiative with your audience's personal and social motivators Breaking bad habits and building positive ones Capturing your audience's attention and reducing barriers to action Connecting people with nature and building empathy for the environment and its inhabitants. Making Shift Happen is a must-have guide for practitioners in non-profits, governments, and businesses looking to design successful campaigns and initiatives that shift behaviors and mindsets toward positive environmental outcomes and a better future for all. AWARDS GOLD | 2023 Nautilus Book Awards | Social Sciences & Education
Two weeks ago, Dr. Aubrey Hart had still been alive. Now she's a vampire, undead and starving, with a maker who shows no interest in helping her adjust to her new abilities. Forced to either feed or die, Aubrey is drawn to her former supervisor Dr. Gavin Thibodeau—a man who arouses both hunger and desire. Her irresistible cravings lead them to an explosive erotic encounter and her first feeding. But when her attempt to erase the memory of their night together from Gavin's mind fails, it becomes clear that their passion may have unleashed a force she never could have ever predicted….
NEW! Content on the implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic for critical care nursing includes new content on proning as a standard critical care procedure and expanded coverage of nursing self-care — including new Nursing Self-Care boxes, consistent with the 2021 Future of Nursing report. NEW! Expanded tools for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam includes more coverage of the six cognitive skills of NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, with new use of the cognitive skills along with nursing process terminology, expanded use of clinical judgment terminology, and expanded, newly interactive NGN-style case studies on the Evolve website. NEW! Updated content reflects the latest evidence-based developments as well as national and international guidelines. NEW! Integration of the 2021 AACN Essentials features special emphasis on Clinical Judgment and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, including the use of non-gendered language and illustrations with enhanced diversity. NEW! Key Points bulleted lists reinforce the most important content in each chapter.
Sports journalism has seen massive upheaval in recent years. Today’s 24/7 sports networks, streaming services, and social media platforms bring sports coverage and live events to consumers anytime, anywhere. But despite the increase in the number of media outlets and the speed by which news is delivered and consumed, the basic tenets of sports journalism remain, albeit with a few new wrinkles. Embracing this dynamic, Introduction to Sports Journalism provides students with the practical knowledge and tools to succeed in the evolving field of sports journalism. While other texts repeat the “sports journalism is changing” refrain, Introduction to Sports Journalism sheds light on how and why it’s changing. Through these discussions students are challenged to formulate their own perspectives on contemporary sports journalism, journalistic expression, and how these concepts fit in today’s evolving media and societal landscapes. The text begins with an overview and history of sports journalism and traditional media. Also discussed is the impact of today’s nontraditional journalists: the bloggers and videographers outside traditional media channels. The core of the text then focuses on developing practical skills required to work in the sports journalism field, including knowing how and what to write to craft compelling stories. Much attention is paid to analytics, what they are, their variations across sports, and how to interpret and use them effectively. Also featured are digital media (blogs, podcasts, and social media platforms) and the technological tools used to create content. Sports journalism and public relations often overlap, and the text explains the nuances of the respective functions. Public relations tools such as media guides and game notes are presented, as well as a section on crisis communication. The pressure to “break the story” can tempt even the best journalist to plagiarize or fabricate stories or skip fact checks. The text covers journalism ethics and provides best practices for avoiding traps. Racial and gender bias and the importance of providing equitable coverage are also discussed. Additionally, legal issues such as copyright, privacy, discrimination, defamation, reporter’s privilege, and first amendment rights are addressed. The book concludes with a discussion of career paths and challenges facing the industry. The landscape is changing and, in response, the authors provide career advice for students entering the field. In the chapters you’ll find Industry Profile sidebars featuring interviews and conversations with practicing sports journalists. Also included are Time-Out activities throughout the chapters and end-of-chapter discussion questions, applied activities, and practical exercises, all designed to engage students more fully with the content and apply learning to real-life situations. Introduction to Sports Journalism provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary sports journalism—spanning all media platforms and sport organizations—to prepare students for a dynamic career in sports journalism.
Emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and dysfunctional patterns of eating are clearly among the most devastating and prevalent confronting practitioners, and they have received much attention from researchers--in personality, social, cognitive, and developmental psychology, as well as in clinical psychology and psychiatry. A major recent focus has been cognitive vulnerability, which seems to set the stage for recurrences of symptoms and episodes. In the last five years there has been a rapid proliferation of studies. In this book, leading experts present the first broad synthesis of what we have now learned about the nature, of cognitive factors that seem to play a crucial role in creating and maintaining vulnerability across the spectrum of emotional disorders. An introductory chapter considers theory and research design and methodology and constructs a general conceptual framework for understanding and studying the relationships between developmental and cognitive variables and later risk, and the difference between distal cognitive antecedents of disorders (e.g. depressive inferential styles, dysfunctional attitudes) and proximal ones (e.g. schema activation or inferences). Subsequent chapters are organized into three sections, on mood, anxiety, and eating disorders. Each section ends with an integrative overview chapter that offers both incisive commentary and insightful suggestions for further systematic research. A rich resource for all those professionally concerned with these problems, Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders advances both clinical science and clinical practice.
Research in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Methods for Systematic Inquiry, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive yet comprehendible text meant for instructors and students of research methods in the field of communication sciences and disorders. This forward-thinking book reflects the movement toward evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology and audiology. The authors ensure that the concepts associated with evidence-based practice are integrated throughout the chapters. Rather than treating empirical research and searching for clinical evidence as separate topics, this text presents both as different applications of a process of scientific inquiry. The order of the chapters reflects the steps a researcher or clinician might complete when conducting an investigation. Also included are features that help students be more active in learning the material. Each chapter has a set of review questions or case scenarios that can be used as homework, as probe questions in class, or as a basis for group activities. In addition, the authors provide lists of supplemental readings from the research literature in the field. New to the Fourth Edition: * New author: Jaimie L. Gilbert for an enhanced audiology perspective * New chapter: Writing a Literature Review * Reorganized for better flow of information * Various new and updated references to reflect the current state of research * Additional illustrations and tables * Expanded material on critical appraisal Disclaimer: Please note that ancillary content (such as documents, audio, and video, etc.) may not be included as published in the original print version of this book.
Reporter Jazlyn Adams knows there's something different in the air when she arrives at the scene of a brutal murder, something dark. Then an alluring stranger tells her the woman was killed by a vampire—and that he wants Jazlyn to expose their existence to the world. Her brain tells her he's crazy…but her body is undeniably aroused by him. Zachariah Novak needs Jazlyn help in his quest against the Darklings. Seducing her would interfere with his plans…yet he's wanted her since the first time he set eyes on her. The desire to introduce her to the forbidden pleasures he enjoys is too enticing to resist, and her response to his touch only increases his passion. But when Zachariah's request to investigate the Darklings puts Jazlyn in danger, he will have to choose between his mission and her safety….
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