Get a guided tour of the world of new age spirituality Ever wondered what channelling is? Or wanted to understand how meridians work? Maybe you've struggled with meditation, or found yourself contemplating your karma. Whatever you're curious about, whether it's breathwork, qigong, energy work or astrology, you'll discover more enlightening details within these pages. Dive into the world of spiritual practices and new age beliefs in this visual guide, packed full of simple explanations and practical exercises that you can begin using in your life right away. Emerge with a solid understanding of the basics of over 100 topics, including manifestation, life purpose, journaling, yoga, auras and Reiki. Other subjects you'll encounter in this book include: Soul mates and twin flames Angels and guides Vision boards Chakras Meridian tapping Intuition and psychic abilities Astral projection Shadow work Spiritual bypassing Clear explanations and practical guides Each topic begins with a simple, plain English explanation, and includes things like: Definitions of key concepts Concrete examples How things work Helpful diagrams Step-by-step processes Tips and traps Benefits and risks Common questions and finishes with simple, practical actions you can take to explore the topic further and begin applying it in your life. What this book is not This book is not complete: That's an impossible task, because spirituality can be very nebulous and is extremely subjective. This book is not deep: There's simply not enough space in a book like this to cover anything in depth. This book is not objective: Spirituality is a highly personal, subjective experience, so you may disagree with some ideas, and that's OK. This book is not right: Nobody has all the answers. Forget "right" and "wrong" and instead focus on figuring out what's right for you. What you will need To get the most out of this book, here's what you'll need: Pen and paper An open mind Plenty of time (and patience) Self-acceptance You may also find it helpful to skip concepts that are too "out there" right now and swap out words you don't like. Kickstart your spiritual exploration When you're done reading this book, you'll have a sold foundation for exploring the world of spirituality. You've satisfied your curiosity about one or more topics, and you've decided what to keep and what to ignore. You're also itching to explore one or more topics in more detail, using the many other amazing resources available to you. You're starting to construct a model of the world beyond the five senses, and you feel more equipped to take your life in the right direction for you. You're excited to apply the ideas and practices you've learned to your everyday experience, and craft a form of spirituality that works for you. Everyone's spiritual journey is unique, including yours. You get to choose what you believe, and what's true for you. No-one else gets to tell you what to think, what to feel or what choices to make, including me. You are free to pick and choose what you please from the pages of this book. Take what works for you, and ignore the rest. Every step you take on this journey is helping you grow, and there's no right or wrong way to do it. Move at the pace that works for you, and gradually you'll create your own unique approach to spirituality. Your approach won't look exactly like anyone else's and that's OK. In fact, that's exactly how it's supposed to be.
Get a guided tour of the world of new age spirituality Ever wondered what channelling is? Or wanted to understand how meridians work? Maybe you've struggled with meditation, or found yourself contemplating your karma. Whatever you're curious about, whether it's breathwork, qigong, energy work or astrology, you'll discover more enlightening details within these pages. Dive into the world of spiritual practices and new age beliefs in this visual guide, packed full of simple explanations and practical exercises that you can begin using in your life right away. Emerge with a solid understanding of the basics of over 100 topics, including manifestation, life purpose, journaling, yoga, auras and Reiki. Other subjects you'll encounter in this book include: Soul mates and twin flames Angels and guides Vision boards Chakras Meridian tapping Intuition and psychic abilities Astral projection Shadow work Spiritual bypassing Clear explanations and practical guides Each topic begins with a simple, plain English explanation, and includes things like: Definitions of key concepts Concrete examples How things work Helpful diagrams Step-by-step processes Tips and traps Benefits and risks Common questions and finishes with simple, practical actions you can take to explore the topic further and begin applying it in your life. What this book is not This book is not complete: That's an impossible task, because spirituality can be very nebulous and is extremely subjective. This book is not deep: There's simply not enough space in a book like this to cover anything in depth. This book is not objective: Spirituality is a highly personal, subjective experience, so you may disagree with some ideas, and that's OK. This book is not right: Nobody has all the answers. Forget "right" and "wrong" and instead focus on figuring out what's right for you. What you will need To get the most out of this book, here's what you'll need: Pen and paper An open mind Plenty of time (and patience) Self-acceptance You may also find it helpful to skip concepts that are too "out there" right now and swap out words you don't like. Kickstart your spiritual exploration When you're done reading this book, you'll have a sold foundation for exploring the world of spirituality. You've satisfied your curiosity about one or more topics, and you've decided what to keep and what to ignore. You're also itching to explore one or more topics in more detail, using the many other amazing resources available to you. You're starting to construct a model of the world beyond the five senses, and you feel more equipped to take your life in the right direction for you. You're excited to apply the ideas and practices you've learned to your everyday experience, and craft a form of spirituality that works for you. Everyone's spiritual journey is unique, including yours. You get to choose what you believe, and what's true for you. No-one else gets to tell you what to think, what to feel or what choices to make, including me. You are free to pick and choose what you please from the pages of this book. Take what works for you, and ignore the rest. Every step you take on this journey is helping you grow, and there's no right or wrong way to do it. Move at the pace that works for you, and gradually you'll create your own unique approach to spirituality. Your approach won't look exactly like anyone else's and that's OK. In fact, that's exactly how it's supposed to be.
Criminal Law Directions is written in an engaging and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics of Criminal Law courses with clarity. The book incorporates a wide range of learning features to offer students a high level of support. Learning objectives, thinking points, and a wide selection of tables and figures encourage active learning to ensure students understand the fundamental facts and principles, and enabling students to check their understanding of the subject as they progress through the course. Each chapter is finished with a run-down of the main topic points, a selection of short revision questions, as well as two long examination style questions. Outline answers to these questions are available online. The book's clear structure and cross-referencing enables students to navigate easily through the many aspects of criminal law, making this an ideal text for students new to the subject. An extensive Online Resource Centre provides a wide range of extra resources to further support the student in their studies, including: DT Multiple choice questions DT Flashcard glossary DT Suggested approaches to the end of chapter exam questions . Suggested approaches to the end of chapter self-test questions
This volume is written in an engaging and lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key principles of criminal law with clarity. It includes helpful learning features to guide students through the material in an interesting and informative way.
This book aims to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the subject of domestic violence and its interaction with the criminal justice system- including agencies such as the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the probation service and Children's Services, the courts and the prison service, as well as voluntary agencies such as Women's Aid. The book also looks at how these various agencies work together at a local level and the coordinating role of the Home Office and the direction provided at a central level. Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice examines the phenomenon of domestic violence, the various forms it takes and the theories that have been put forward to explain it. It takes an historical approach to examine policy and legislative developments over the last forty years and how those developments make themselves manifest today. The authors provide an authoritative and critical account of the different agencies and the work they carry out both independently and jointly; they also consider the limits of a crime centred response to domestic violence. The book provides a conceptual framework in which domestic violence and criminal justice might be better understood. It covers all the current issues in this field and it will be a 'source book' in directing readers to further reading. It will be essential reading for both students and practitioners in the field.
A fascinating account of the emergence of the writer's house museum over the course of the nineteenth century in Britain, Europe, and North America. It considers the museum as a cultural form and asks why it appeared and how it has constructed authorial afterlife for readers individually and collectively.
This is a vital text to help you with the competency assessment in the UK Foundation Programme giving practical advice in an easy to follow format. It advises new doctors on note-keeping, time management/organisation, communicating with colleagues, the structure of the NHS, and how to deal with the ethical and legal issues they face when on-call. Also looks at emotional intelligence, learning styles or how different personality types can work together more effectively.
The winner of the Alan Titchmarsh 'People's Author' national competition tells of the travails of family life with wit and warmth. 'I gaze down and see your garden, the gate hanging off its hinges, the mess, your children running around half naked like little street urchins. It spoils the view entirely' When single mother Nicola Hodgkinson decided to follow her rural dream, it involved transporting her young family - three rowdy children, her beloved horse, a wilful donkey and two single-minded bantams - to a ramshackle cottage in an idyllic seaside village. The family soon attracts the horrified attention of nosey neighbours, and annoys motorists by hogging country lanes with a horse-drawn caravan. But amid the chaos, the magic of family life shines through, peppered with humour, love, moments of high drama, and nostalgia. LIFE WITH THE LID OFF is a brilliant, profound and funny evocation of a universal theme: how to find yourself again amongst the hurly burly of family life.
Bion in the Consulting Room addresses the long-unanswered question of Bion’s clinical and supervisorial technique and examines the way Bion’s conceptual model and clinical practices informed his theoretical work. As Bion wrote about technique so rarely, the authors set about looking at many of his clinical and supervisorial examples to infer what might be learned from them. This book factors in the four distinctive periods of Bion's clinical and supervisorial work in chronological order: the group period of the 1940s; the period of the psychosis papers in the 1950s; the epistemological period of the early 1960s; and, finally, the period of his international group seminars in the late 1960s and 1970s. In all four periods, the authors examine and analyze his method of clinical inquiry, or how he went about knowing and experiencing his analysands and supervisees. The authors offer a uniquely overarching view of his method of clinical inquiry, uncovering an amazing consistency in how Bion went about his work both as a psychoanalyst and supervisor. This illuminating book is essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and psychologists interested in the work of Wilfred Bion and the importance of his legacy in contemporary practice.
Describes where people live-in houses in the suburbs, in apartment buildings, in shanty towns, and more. Detailed photography shows what their homes are made from, what they look like inside, and how buildings can be affected by extreme temperatures, earthquakes, and hurricanes.--From publisher description.
A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Approaches within the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tradition
A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Approaches within the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tradition
Psychosis can be associated with a variety of mental health problems, including schizophrenia, severe depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorders. While traditional treatments for psychosis have emphasized medication-based strategies, evidence now suggests that individuals affected by psychosis can greatly benefit from psychotherapy. Treating Psychosis is an evidence-based treatment guide for mental health professionals working with individuals affected by psychosis. Using a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that incorporates acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), compassion-focused therapy (CFT) and mindfulness approaches, this book is invaluable in helping clinicians develop effective treatment for clients affected by psychosis. The guide provides session-by-session clinical interventions for use in individual or group treatment on an inpatient, outpatient, or community basis. The book features 40 reproducible clinical practice forms and a companion website with additional downloadable clinical forms and tools, guided exercises, case examples, and resources. The therapeutic approaches presented are rooted in theory and research, and informed by extensive clinical experience working with client populations affected by psychosis. The approaches outlined in this book offer clinicians and clients the opportunity to partner in developing therapeutic strategies for problematic symptoms to enable those affected by psychosis to work toward valued goals and ultimately live more meaningful lives. This guide emphasizes a compassionate, de-stigmatizing approach that integrates empowering and strengths-oriented methods that place the client’s values and goals at the center of any therapeutic intervention.
So often, the ills of society are blamed on negligent parenting, leading to the development of social service policies built around the concept of early intervention. Interrogating this concept, this book explores the history of our understanding of children, family, and parenting, and its implications for society. With a particular focus on the intersection of brain science and social policy, the authors challenge our long-held consensus on early intervention. Accessibly written and highly topical, Challenging the Politics of Early Intervention is a comprehensive and critical assay of our contemporary belief that so-called bad parents raise substandard future citizens unfit for the new capitalism.
Born in a landlocked town in the center of Kansas, Pip is tall, flat, smart, funny, and supernaturally buoyant. On land, she has her share of troubles: an agoraphobic mother, a lost father, and a school full of nuns who just want her to sit still. But in the water, Pip is unstoppable. Swimming her way from a small Midwestern team to the Barcelona Olympics, Pip’s journey is the story of a young girl with an unsinkable spirit, struggling to stay afloat in the only way she can.
This book provides a theoretical and philosophical examination of games, play and playfulness and their relationships to learning and wellbeing in adulthood. It draws on an interdisciplinary literature base (including game-based learning, game studies, education, psychology, and game design) to present a critical manifesto for playful learning in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning. While there is an established body of work in games and learning in adulthood, and a wide literature on the value of play in childhood, the wider potential of play in adulthood and playfulness is under-explored and still emergent. This book offers a comprehensive overview of play in adulthood, exploring the benefits and drawbacks, examining why play in adulthood is different from play in childhood, the role of play in culture, and making an argument for why it is important in our society that we embrace the principles of playfulness.
This fully updated Reader provides a comprehensive review of recent research and legislation relating to domestic violence and its consequences for children, and identifies the implications for practice. It is divided into three parts. Part One describes evidence for the links between domestic violence and the concomitant abuse of children and assesses the effects on children's future well-being. Part Two is a comprehensive and accessible guide to relevant current criminal and civil legislation. Highlighting the success of multi-agency approaches, the final part details practical issues for interventions with children and their carers, male perpetrators, and, new to this edition, women. Endorsed by children's charities including the NSPCC and Barnardo's, Making an Impact enables professionals working with children to develop informed, sophisticated and collaborative child care and protection responses for children who are experiencing domestic violence.
Dog training methodology is an increasingly hotly contested topic. A number of vocal trainers insist that dogs should be instructed through exclusively positive reinforcement, and that training should be totally force-free. Popularized through social media, the force-free training movement has grown into a lucrative, billion-dollar industry, but the consequences may outweigh the positives. This book examines the current state of dog training and discusses ethical alternatives to force-free methods. Chapters cover the history of dog training, common myths, equipment, and the merits of balanced training methods that don't dogmatically avoid occasional force.
This book demonstrates that since the 1970s, British feminist cartoons and comics have played an important part in the Women’s Movement in Britain. A key component of this has been humour. This aspect of feminist history in Britain has not previously been documented. The book questions why and how British feminists have used humour in comics form to present serious political messages. It also interrogates what the implications have been for the development of feminist cartoons and for the popularisation of feminism in Britain. The work responds to recent North American feminist comics scholarship that concentrates on North American autobiographical comics of trauma by women. This book highlights the relevance of humour and provides a comparative British perspective. The time frame is 1970 to 2019, chosen as representative of a significant historical period for the development of feminist cartoon and comics activity and of feminist theory and practice. Research methods include archival data collection, complemented by interviews with selected cartoonists. Visual and textual analysis of specific examples draws on literature from humour theory, comics studies and feminist theory. Examples are also considered as responses to the economic, social and political contexts in which they were produced.
I read this in one sitting. Fascinating and unique' BELLA MACKIE 'Gripping, sharp and sultry' PANDORA SYKES 'Superbly unsettling' GUARDIAN 'A gothic Olive Kitteridge mixed with Gillian Flynn' VOGUE On a cold day in 1997, student Sara Morgan was killed in the woods surrounding her liberal arts college in upstate New York. When suspicion falls on the person closest to her – her boyfriend, Blake – the case comes to haunt the friends, family and acquaintances of the couple in strange and unexpected ways. Some look for answers, while others are set on retribution; from the young woman who discovers the body to Sara's half-sister who, years later, seeks out her own form of justice. A propulsive, taut tale of obsession and voyeurism, Nothing Can Hurt You pieces together a chorus of unforgettable voices to explore the far-reaching consequences of one single act of violence.
The perfect mix of funny, poignant and heartwarming.' - Good Housekeeping 'Warm, witty but also heart-wrenching read' - Red Magazine 'This heart-warming and creative contemporary fiction is a story of unexpected self-discovery.' - Woman's Weekly 'Full of heart and depth.' - Prima Book of the Month 'Funny, heart-warming read - it made me laugh and cry' — Nikki Smith, author of The Beach Party 'Eleanor Oliphant meets About a Boy' — Gillian Harvey 'A beautiful read full of heart and depth' — Nina Pottell, Prima Magazine 'An absolute joy' — Nancy Peach 'Brilliantly funny' — Louise Hare Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren't a mother. Loretta has her life under control. She's chasing a big promotion, she's marrying the "perfect man" and she has a flawless five-year plan. This plan does not include children. But when a complete stranger asks her to watch her six-year-old daughter in an airport and never returns, both their lives will be changed forever. A little human in fairy wings and sparkly cowgirl boots will turn Loretta's world upside down and maybe, just maybe, show her exactly what she's missing. Overflowing with humour and heartbreak, Nicola Gill takes us on a relatable journey of self-discovery through the power of a child's love. 'Brilliantly funny, incredibly touching and so relatable.'- Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City 'Please meet my new favourite book.' - Jessica Ryn, author of The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside 'Heartbreaking and life-affirming, an absolute must read' - Tim Ewins, author of We Are Animals
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