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Discover the rewards of strategic risk-taking-an award-winning behavioral scientist shares a practical guide on using small, intentional acts of courage to build resilience, confidence, and connection.We're bombarded by messages about how dangerous the world is-from both real and fake news. Yet when we hunker down and try to live in a bubble of safety, we can cut ourselves off from the richness and joy life has to offer. In Worth the Risk, Dr. Kristen Lee shows us that by "microdosing" small acts of bravery and connection, we can regain the self-confidence and resilience we need to live full and meaningful lives. "We are hardwired for risk-taking," she says. "As we become more comfortable with the uncomfortable, our nervous system changes to support us in experiencing a bold, adventurous, colorful life."In each chapter of Worth the Risk, Lee provides a solid dose of brain science combined with practical actions to build confidence and sustain yourself through challenges. With a blend of stories, composite sketches, science, ancient wisdom, behavioral science, and practical exercises, you'll explore:. What is courage? Debunking the myths and discovering the power of everyday acts of bravery. Why feeling overwhelmed doesn't make you a "snowflake". Tools for understanding and regulating your emotions, anxieties, and habits of avoidance. Healing practices and guidance to increase your resilience to trauma, acute stress, and PTSD . Insights and strategies for navigating the unique challenges of our polarized, media-saturated culture . How to own your "Personal Legend" and become an active liberator-for yourself and othersRisks are a part of life-and "playing it safe" can end up diminishing the very qualities that allow us to adapt, create, and serve our purpose in life. Worth the Risk guides you through a powerful approach to taking small, values-aligned chances that increase your ability to thrive. "You are not your trauma, labels, fears, or raw emotions," Lee writes. "You are wired for resilience. Your human spirit is indomitable."

An Empowering Guide for Curing Self-Sabotage and Finding Success by Showing Up as Your Authentic, Vulnerable, and Powerful SelfWe've all heard of the "glass ceiling"-referencing the external oppression women still experience in the workplace. Yet even for those of us who break through the societal barriers to success, there's another, bigger danger: internalized oppression or, metaphorically speaking, the glass ledge. "When the very qualities that help us achieve greatness turn into self-defeating behaviors, that's when we trip over the glass ledge," teaches Iman Oubou. "Yet we don't need to lose ourselves to become an ideal image of a hardworking, camera-ready woman who's got it all. There is a better way to fulfill our dreams-one that allows us to be ourselves, on our own terms."With The Glass Ledge, Oubou offers a disruptive guide that explores the 10 most common themes around which women tend to derail themselves, including issues around power, likability, authenticity, conflict, and more. They are organized according to when we are most likely to face them head-on, as some issues present earlier in our careers while others tend to appear later. Each chapter focuses on one of these nuanced themes, incorporating counterintuitive and eye-opening information, including:. Anecdotes from Oubou's personal journey from beauty pageant queen to medical missionary and scientist to entrepreneur. Stories from other high-profile successful women in a variety of industries. Academic and scientific research. Lessons and tips to overcome negative self-perception and avoid slipping off the ledge while working our way toward our own definition of success. Exercises that will help us turn the teachings into self-reflections and ultimately actionable next stepsWhile societal norms around gender dynamics have shifted, there's still a long way to go. "Each of us has the power to rewrite the scripts that will determine how we think and behave-and succeed." The Glass Ledge is a practical and inspired call for any woman who wants to rewrite the narrative of her success-and pay her efforts forward into the world.

What if the secret to healthy aging has been inside of you all along? Find out in this enlightening guide to better aging through embodiment for women at midlife and beyond."A delicious brew of new knowledge and fresh ideas, seasoned with a feminism that spans a long, rich life. What a treat!" -Valory Mitchell, PhD, coauthor of the 50-year adult development study Women on the River of Life"This is a work of love to women." -Susie Orbach, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue and Bodies"[Sands] notes how with aging comes greater freedom and happiness, a more meaningful perspective on life, and a transformative capacity for body awareness. By outlining the many benefits of aging and offering practical strategies for wholesome living during the senior years, Sands ignites a genuine excitement about the aging process." -Spirituality & Health magazine The new science of embodiment tells us that "body sense," or interoceptive awareness, is a crucial factor for our well-being across the span of our lives. In this eye-opening and wide-ranging book, body image expert Dr. Susan Sands unpacks the research to make a bold call to aging women to find safe harbor from the ravages of age right where they strike the deepest-in the body. "How can we manage the losses of aging? Stop focusing on the 'outside body' that others see-the one you may think is too fat, too wrinkled, or too saggy-and move your attention to the 'inside body' that you sense and feel."With wise and humorous insight, Dr. Sands calls on case studies, personal stories, and scientific findings to help us rewrite the cultural beliefs that put us at odds with our own bodies. Powerful yet accessible embodiment tools such as meditation, yoga, breathing practices, and neural feedback techniques make this a practical as well as enlightening self-care manifesto for women at midlife and beyond."This book is not about trying to look fifty when you're seventy or thirty when you're fifty," writes Dr. Sands. "It's about forging a healthier relation­ship with your actual maturing body-a relationship of respect, appreciation, tenderness, and yes, even love."

"Sacred Medicine is a book of inclusion. It does not prescribe nor preach nor proselytize: it illustrates, informs, and illuminates." -From the foreword by Dr. Gabor Maté, author of When the Body Says No and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts In 2007, Lissa Rankin left a promising career in medicine to tend to her own health and well-being. Her search to discover why people really get sick and what truly optimizes health outcomes launched a bestselling book, two television specials, and a revolution in the way we look at mind-body medicine. But so many questions remained for this doctor and skeptic. How is it that some people do everything right and stay sick, while others seem to do nothing extraordinary yet fully recover? How does faith healing work-or does it? What's behind the phenomenon of spontaneous remission-and is this something we can influence? Can we make ourselves miracle-prone?Certain that, if she looked hard enough, she would find the answers, Dr. Rankin embarked on a decade-long journey to explore these questions and more. The result is Sacred Medicine, both a seeker's travelogue and a discerning guide to the sometimes-perilous paths available to patients when wellness fads, lifestyle changes, and doctors have failed them.In Sacred Medicine, you'll follow Dr. Rankin around the world to meet healers gifted and flawed, go on pilgrimage to sacred sites, investigate the science of healing, and learn how to stay safe when seeking a healer. You'll receive the wisdom offered by Indigenous cultures for whom healing begins with our sacred connection to Mother Earth, and dive deep into the cutting-edge trauma research that is igniting a medical revolution. Rich with practices and protocols that Dr. Rankin has found particularly effective, Sacred Medicine delivers a thoughtful, grounded exploration of questions around how we heal-and a path of hope for those in need.

When a little girl feels like the pain of the world is too much, she builds a tough-skinned rhino suit to protect herself.When one little girl sees litter in the streets, an animal without shelter, and the pain of a parent, the weight of the world feels like too much to bear. She feels everything so deeply, it makes her want to hide. One day, when the tenderness and pain of the world feel like they are more than she can handle, she has a grand idea. She decides to build a rhino suit to keep herself safe. Inside the rhino's armor, the pain of the world is easy for the girl to ignore-but the beauty and joy that the world has to offer are hidden from her, too. And soon, she finds that the rhino suit blocks off her ability to help. Maybe living without thick skin is worth the risk ...With soft and emotive illustrations and a story that will open hearts, The Rhino Suit is about moving from fear to courageousness, from brokenness to wholeness, and from feeling shut down to letting all of life in.

"Elizabeth Earnshaw's gentle guidance will help any type of couple, whether they are dealing with small day-to-day problems or long-standing conflicts. She takes an accessible approach to couples therapy on the page, making these relationship tools feel easy-and even fun."-Lori Gottlieb, LMFT, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A contemporary, culturally inclusive, and easy-to-digest relationship book for the modern ageToday's generation is changing the rules about committed relationships-and looking to create more meaning within their lives. We are more selective before getting married, with more diverse families and family structures, and we've seen a whopping 18 percent drop in divorce rates. In this new environment, what couples need more than ever are effective, flexible tools to communicate, navigate hard times, and create deeper connections with their partners.Elizabeth Earnshaw is here to help. The renowned Gottman therapist, founder of A Better Life Therapy, and influential Instagram therapist behind @lizlistens has helped to transform countless relationships. With I Want This to Work, she presents for today's generation the most effective and proven steps for relationship success."We're in a cultural moment," she says, "where people are hungry to absorb the principles for healthy relationships. This book answers that call."Here, couples will learn how to work with the three challenges they must tackle to repair and strengthen their relationships: conflict, healing, and connection. They'll learn fundamental principles including:· Why it's not working· Creating space that makes it safe to connect· How to navigate hot conversations · The five-part relationship system· Busting the romantic notion that our better half "completes" us· Growing up and growing out-how both your early years and the social connections you make as an adult influence your relational beliefs, feelings, and patternsIn a supportive and relatable voice, Elizabeth simplifies complex concepts and provides core insights, exercises, and reflections to take these tested principles from the page and into real life.Culturally tuned in, LGBTQIA+ friendly, and written for both married and unmarried couples, this book brings us an accessible guide to relationship healing and creating enduring intimacy.

A women's health expert shares an empowering and informative guide to menopause as a gateway to a rich and vital elderhood. It's time to change the way we think about menopause. Both medicine and popular culture fixate on menopause as a decline of women's bodies and minds-without recognizing the powerful gifts that come to us in our elder years. "Nature did not create us to unravel and diminish in the prime of our lives," says Susan Willson. With Making Sense of Menopause, this renowned women's health practitioner offers a powerful guide to experiencing perimenopause and menopause as a natural gateway into the next vital, exciting, and meaningful phase of our lives. In this inspiring and highly practical guide, Willson dismantles the cultural falsehoods we've been taught about menopause and illuminates:. Menopause as metamorphosis-how the changes in our bodies literally transform us into new women with essential roles to play in our culture. How the biological arc of a woman's life unfolds toward menopause-and how our earliest experiences inform the menopause we will have. Practical guidance for self-care-including sleep, nutrition, stress management, exercise, and social connections. Sexuality and relationships-deepening our emotional bonds and expanding our capacity to give and receive pleasure. Becoming the Wise Woman-stepping into the essential role of an elder in our youth-obsessed worldSusan Willson has found that when women are presented with a positive, empowering perspective on menopause, something extraordinary occurs: "We find that we want to do the developmental work of midlife. We want to harness the power we feel rising up as we are finally able to stand for ourselves. We want to give our gifts." With Making Sense of Menopause, this compelling author offers a much-needed guide for women making the physical, emotional, and spiritual transition to their wisdom years.

Children will learn to recognize and respond to expressions of emotion through a fun matching technique. Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions: A Playful Primer to Learn about Your Feelings helps young readers age 2-5 recognize and respond to emotions in themselves and others. The book introduces a range of emotions such as happy, angry, sleepy, anxious, and surprised. Each emotion is featured in a spread in the book, and each spread has a variety of illustrations with cats expressing different emotions. Children will match the emotion to the illustration that most closely represents it.The book also offers children a chance to engage with their own emotions, asking such questions as "How about you? What makes you happy?" and "Whisper in Little Cat's ear the name of someone you love."Children will enjoy engaging with the character of Little Cat as he experiences a wide range of emotions in this playful, interactive book. Originally translated from the French, Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions is the first book in Sounds True's Big Emotions series.

Productivity Meets Purpose-Start Finishing the Work That Matters Most.How much of your time and attention lately has been focused on things that truly matter to you? Most people's honest answer is: not enough.The joy-producing, difference-making ideas are always waiting-for when the time is right, when the current project is over, when there is a little more money. Those ideas are waiting for someday. The trouble is someday never comes on its own.Start Finishing provides a system for transforming your ideas into projects and shows you how to address the challenges you face by giving each project the time, energy, and attention it needs.The book will teach you how to:. Engage the Five Projects Rule to prioritize your daily schedule and be at peace with the work you choose not to do . Fly through drag points-how to deal with head trash, no-win scenarios, and other people's priorities. Overcome cascades, logjams, and tarpits-the three ways projects routinely get stuck. Chunk, link, and sequence your ideas down to doable parts. Heatmap your schedule so you do the right work at the right time. Build your success pack of supporters, guides, peers, and beneficiaries . Finish strong-celebrate, review, and ride the momentum to your next goal Start finishing your best work and create your future, one completed project at a time.Start Finishing received critical acclaim from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Review, and awards with Independent Book Awards. It also won the cross-category Grand Prize from the esteemed Eric Hoffer Book Award in 2020.* Includes original contributions from Seth Godin, Susan Piver, Jonathan Fields, James Clear, and many other teachers.

Create space for meaningful connections and set healthy boundaries with this much-needed guide to modern-day friendship.Friends hold an especially valuable role for women-few relationships have such power to fuel us and inspire our joy. Yet even though we pride ourselves on our large networks, we tend to be afraid of rocking the boat and asking for what we really need. As a result, we end up accepting mediocrity in ourselves and our friendships far too often. But does it really have to be this way?In How to Break Up with Your Friends, celebrated life mentor Erin Falconer provides a refreshing guide to modern-day friendships-along with deeper principles, assessments, and practices for nurturing them. "This book is about so much more than going through your contact list with a machete," writes Erin. "Yes, you'll learn how to detox yourself from friendships that no longer nourish you, but you'll also explore the astounding importance of modern friendships and how to be a truly great friend yourself."With clear-eyed guidance and a good dose of humor, Erin will help you:. Take stock of those currently in your life so you can see exactly how you and your friends are serving each other. Understand how your earliest friendships impact your current relationships. Explore the importance of having healthy friendships-including the many ways we're influenced by our friend groups. Know the main types of friendships we form, the roles they play in our lives, and how to deepen the most essential ones . Recognize the signs you're in a toxic friendship and stop fearing constructive confrontation . Rupture and repair-be ready when a valuable friendship hits the rocks. Learn how to make new friends as an adult. Have the courageous conversations needed when it's time to "break up" with othersWith a wealth of revelations and tools-including the Six Pillars of Friendship, the Friendship Diagnosis, and sample scripts to help facilitate the hard conversations-How to Break Up with Your Friends is the relationship book you didn't know you needed.

How to stop drinking, stay stopped, and develop emotional skills for a life of excitement and connection ... without the hangover."No thanks-I'm not drinking tonight." In a culture that equates alcohol with enjoyment and social acceptance, making this simple statement can make us feel like we're depriving or even punishing ourselves. "When we realize we don't want to drink anymore or can no longer drink safely, it can feel like the only choices are to spiral out of control or embrace a joyless life," says psychotherapist and sobriety expert Veronica Valli. "But it's not true! Sobriety can be a path filled with fun, excitement, belonging, relaxation, and romance."Soberful offers a practical and straightforward program on how to get sober and stay sober by increasing your self-worth, energy, and participation in life. Valli begins by debunking widespread beliefs about alcohol and sobriety, including the illusion that alcohol itself is the problem. Then she takes you into the heart of her method for building an alcohol-free life that works-the Five Pillars of Sustainable Sobriety:. Movement-Taking care of your body for physical and emotional health. Connection-Using self-compassion as a foundation for creating healthy and authentic relationships. Balance-Learning how to disarm the triggers that make you want to drink. Process-Validating, honoring, and accepting the past to move forward into the future. Growth-How to keep changing, keep learning, and keep choosing to stay sober throughout the journey of your life"When we change how we experience the world, we can stop trying to escape our feelings with alcohol," Valli says. As a leader and pioneer in the field with 21 years of sobriety, Valli now shares the same steps that worked for her and her clients. Written with gentle humor and compassion, Soberful provides a road map to a life beyond drinking-one that is expansive, fulfilling, and joyously free.

Stop struggling and start living your best life-with the inspiring, proven program that's transformed over a million people.We are all experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and burnout. Exhaustion is at an all-time high. Leaders are depleted, employees are burning out at an alarming rate, and parents met their breaking point long ago. We are struggling and in desperate need of a new path forward.In The Awesome Human Project, Nataly Kogan, emotional fitness and leadership expert and author of Happier Now, shows us the way. She makes the compelling case that while challenge in life is constant, struggle is optional. Here, she shares an accessible, super-practical, and unboring guide for reducing daily struggle and burnout-so you can live, work, and lead with more energy, joy, and meaning, even during difficult times. Nataly wrote The Awesome Human Project in response to her own journey. A refugee who achieved tremendous success, she had come to see struggle as a way of life. But her burnout taught her a powerful lesson: you can't give what you don't have. She writes, "Strengthening your emotional fitness is an essential investment in your success and leadership, and an act of love to everyone you care about."Filled with simple, science-backed practices and Nataly's contagious energy, The Awesome Human Project will teach you how to strengthen your emotional fitness skills, create a more supportive relationship with yourself as well as your thoughts and emotions, reduce self-doubt, and cultivate more honest and meaningful connections with others.The Awesome Human Project is a book that you do-not just a book that you read. It includes:. Nataly's proven, science-backed, five-week program to boost your emotional fitness. Bite-sized neuroscience lessons so that you can learn to be the boss of your brain. What awesome leaders do differently and why it matters. Ways to get rid of guilt around self-care for good. An "SOS" section to get you unstuck right now. Nataly's wildly popular "Notes to Self," with inspiration to support your progress. Awesome Human Awards!There is an Awesome Human within every single one of us. The Awesome Human Project is the essential guidebook to help you embrace your Awesome Human and become the best version of yourself-with courage and compassion.

Dr. Tammy Nelson is a relationship revolutionary. Her rethinking of monogamy-as a practice, a continuum, and a flexible concept-is on point, actionable, and nothing less than a significant cultural shift.-Wednesday Martin, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue and UntrueLove is eternal-but in an age when we live longer, communicate differently, and value gender equality, is it any wonder so many people are looking for new ways to support lasting, loving partnerships? "Monogamy is no longer a simple concept," says Dr. Tammy Nelson. "More couples every year are experimenting with open relationships and newer, more flexible versions of commitment ... yet few of us have been prepared with the skills we need to make those agreements work."Open Monogamy is a practical guide for people who wish to explore new directions in their relationships-to bring in excitement, variety, and fresh experiences without sacrificing trust, security, and respect. Through solo and partner exercises and real-life stories from people across the spectrum of relationship styles, you'll explore: . The changing face of relationships-why the time to explore new visions of love has arrived. Can open monogamy work for you? Self-assessment tools to find your place on the "monogamy continuum" . Essential skills for having honest conversations about attraction and desire. Exercises to remove shame and suspicion about open relationships . How to create agreements-traditional or otherwise-that are fulfilling, exhilarating, and built to last Dr. Nelson's 30 years of experience as a relationship and sex therapist have shown her that relationships can flourish even when the old idea of monogamy fails. "You want to love each other with fairness and integrity because that's what you signed up for, and honesty aligns with your shared values ... But you also want more. You want answers. The bad news? There is no one right way to do this. The good news? You can have anything you want." If you've ever wondered how to try an open relationship or polyamory, Open Monogamy gives you the tools you need to create a commitment agreement as unique as your love.

A beautifully illustrated guide for connecting with the earth, your ancestors, and your communities as you come home to your whole selfDespite our best efforts, our modern world leaves so many of us feeling isolated, unworthy, and alone. We're unrooted from the land, untethered from our lineages, disconnected from our communities, and separated from our deepest sense of self. In Root and Ritual, Becca Piastrelli offers a pathway back to connection and wholeness through rituals, recipes, and ancestral wisdom. "Though we live in a radically different-looking world, the needs of our bodies and spirits are the same as the ancestors we came from." Divided into four parts-Land, Lineage, Community, and Self-this book takes you on a journey for engaging more deeply with your life: - Part 1 introduces practices for reconnecting with the land, including seasonal recipes, crafting with plants, and tending your home- In Part 2, you'll learn to reclaim the gifts of your lineage as you understand past harms and explore the traditional folklore, foods, and arts of those who came before- Part 3 centers around community, helping you cultivate sisterhood and celebrate meaningful rites of passage - In Part 4, you'll return to yourself as you open your intuition, tune in to your body, and awaken the wild woman withinA rich and dynamic treasure chest of timeless teachings, Root and Ritual is a beautiful guide for knowing who you are-and that you belong here.

A Step-by-Step Guide for Cultivating Financial Well-Being"Money is a story, one that too often is used against us. When you're ready to engage with intention, this book can help rewrite your story." -Seth Godin, author of The PracticeDoes prosperity lead to happiness ... or is it the other way around?As a therapist, Joyce Marter noticed an extraordinary trend: as her clients improved their mental health, they also began receiving raises, getting promotions, finding better jobs, or starting their own successful businesses.Since that epiphany, Marter has become a go-to expert on the "Psychology of Success"-establishing ways to help you improve your financial well-being by focusing on your psychological and relational issues around money. With The Financial Mindset Fix, Marter crystallizes her most powerful and effective practices for long-term prosperity. Here, she guides you through 12 essential mindsets for transforming your relationship with yourself to welcome a life of wealth. Within each are innovative exercises, self-assessment tools, and insights for shifting into a mindset of abundance.In The Financial Mindset Fix, you will discover:· What it means to cultivate a holistic view of success· Why mindsets based on scarcity and zero-sum thinking lead to suffering· Possible triggers for financially risky behavior and how to defuse their power· The simultaneously challenging and surprisingly easy task of proper budgeting· Why holding on to resentment also holds you back from your potential· How to manage the desires of the ego without becoming either a doormat or a diva· Why acknowledging your interconnection with others gives rise to stronger empathy and collaboration· Mindfulness, lovingkindness, self-inquiry, and other practices-all refocused on financial wellness"We are all works in progress," writes Marter. "No matter where you are on your journey, these tools are meant to be lifelong companions to a life of greater prosperity and joy."

Continue to have and grow your life, Mom-for your sake and your kids'.When did being a good mom come to mean giving up everything that used to make you ... you? That's the question millions of 21st-century mothers grapple with every single day as they parent in our madly kid-centric culture. Contrary to the incessant messaging from everywhere, committing to yourself and your own needs is what makes for a good mother and happy kids. With How to Have a Kid and a Life, popular journalist and Good Morning America parenting expert Ericka Sóuter shares her tips for being a happy, whole person while still being a great, and sometimes just good enough (which is plenty fine), parent. Sóuter blends her own stories of surviving the seismic challenges of parenthood with testimonials from stay-at-home and working moms; interviews with therapists and researchers; and findings from the latest studies on happiness, self-care, and parenthood. What she delivers is a wonderfully irreverent survival guide to motherhood, featuring:. Advice on keeping your career on track while parenting. Tips for handling clueless and unhelpful partners. Taking back ownership of your body. Creating a reliable village of support (even with moms you didn't think you'd like). Staying connected with child-free friends. What to do if you feel like you're missing the "mom gene"

An in-depth guide for all workers-employees, managers, and CEOs-on how to engage our emotions in the workplace to create a productive, creative, and truly workable environment.We've all been taught that we must suppress or avoid emotions at work, but this inevitably leads to a loss in productivity, diminished creativity, and crushing job dissatisfaction. Research shows 85 percent of us avoid communicating crucial workplace problems upward, and many of us who are employed are actively looking for a different job. What's going on? "The foundational problem is that we threw emotions out of the workplace, when in fact, emotions contain the information we need to make our workplaces work," says Karla McLaren. Now this renowned researcher shares her insights on the skills we most need-and are most often absent in the business world-for healthy, functional, and sustainable workplaces. With The Power of Emotions at Work, McLaren teaches communication and empathy skills to workers at all levels, including: · How to co-create a healthy and well-balanced social environment that benefits all workers in any type of organization · How to recognize your primary emotional role-and the roles of others · How to support people in your organization who perform the most "emotional labor" · Where to find authentic motivation and engagement in your job· How to go from an "unintentional community" to a place of genuine belonging, and much more We all yearn to be our authentic selves at work, where we feel supported and can communicate our feelings and frustrations in a constructive way. Workplaces are "unintentional communities," says Karla McLaren, because without access to our emotions at work, we are left without the tools we need to do our best work in a functional community. This is your resource to help you understand and engage intelligently with emotions at work-so you can help to create healthy and intentional communities where people and projects thrive.

Sanskrit and yoga scholar Nicolai Bachman offers yoga teachers and students an in-depth resource for accessing, understanding, and practicing the core spiritual teachings of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras. Includes all the Sanskrit, color illustrations, and a full explanation of each concept.Those who love the physical practice of yoga-its postures, movements, and breathwork-often find themselves seeking its deeper spiritual wisdom.More than 2,000 years ago, the legendary master Patañjali illuminated the way with 195 pearls of insight known as the Yoga Sutras. With this indispensable and beautifully illustrated resource, Sanskrit and yoga philosophy teacher Nicolai Bachman brings us a modern, practical guide to Patañjali's foundational masterpiece.Why do we react the way we do in certain situations? How can suffering be an opportunity for growth? Why are nonviolence and truth so important to students and society? Patañjali's sutras shine a timeless light on these questions and more.To help us truly understand what yoga is, Bachman focuses on 51 key concepts, explains each one in great detail, and poses ways to contemplate and experience them in our own lives. This comprehensive work also includes a concise history of yoga and the sutras, a full translation of every sutra, several color illustrations of important process flows, a large glossary of Sanskrit terms, and many learning exercises.Whether you're a seasoned instructor or a student looking to go further in your practice, The Yoga Sutras Desk Reference offers a treasury of teachings to discover and connect with your inner awareness.

Learn how to communicate inside and out with calm, confidence, and self-love no matter the circumstances.Presenters and performers aren't the only ones who need calm and confidence in their everyday lives. After all, confidence is the fuel that drives us toward our ambitions, and calm eases the way. And when the two states combine, they form a magical and powerful combination.After years of struggling with communication in school, business, and public, Patricia Stark achieved this state of "Calmfidence" not through some single moment of revelation but through years of small insights, "aha" moments, and constant practice. Today, after helping thousands of students and clients find their own voices and abilities, Stark makes her methods available in Calmfidence-a comprehensive guide to improving communication skills in any social interaction.Calmfidence gathers a unique set of mental tools and experiential practices for quelling the self-sabotaging habits of the Inner Critic. With warmth and compassion, Stark guides you in how to identify and overcome your blockages to communication, how to react skillfully to strong emotions as they arise, and how to deal with setbacks in your Calmfidence journey without self-judgment.Here you will learn:. "Calmfidence boosters"-practices for shoring up your ease and resilience on the spot and in the moment. Positive daily habits to avoid burnout, exhaustion, and other drains on your Calmfidence. How to soothe negative inner beliefs around age, body type, unrealistic expectations, and more. The dos and don'ts of healthy, engaged eye contact. Why mindfulness of facial expressions and body language is imperative for effective communication. How to sidestep and eventually erase any fear of public speaking. Common verbal tics that disrupt public speaking, and how to wean yourself away from them. Advanced tips for transforming public speaking engagements into memorable, inspiring occasions. Interview Calmfidence: how to navigate and eventually master one of the most nerve-wracking social exchanges. Natural, non-intoxicating remedies for soothing ambient stress and restoring balanceYou don't need some rare talent to communicate well. When you engage with the exercises and encouragement in Calmfidence, you'll learn how to stop surrendering to fear and become the calm and confident communicator who has always been waiting within.

Tap into your own healing power, and nourish your mind, body, and soul with 50 rituals for greater connection to life, love, and purpose.What if every moment were a portal to the sacred? A pathway back to remembering your interconnectedness with the earth, the deep wells of wisdom within you, and your true spiritual sovereignty? In Tending to the Sacred, multidimensional artist and healer Ashley River Brant invites us to walk this path and step into our own sacred truth through the art of ritual. "Ritual connects us to the otherworlds and the infinite potentials that exist in the unseen, and it opens us to our inner worlds and our true sovereign nature," Brant writes. "It is encoded in our DNA as an integral way of being-this book is just a pathway to remember."Throughout Tending to the Sacred, Brant shares rituals and teachings to help you become more fully empowered and embodied in your life. You'll explore:. The foundations of ritual-including the importance of intention, beliefs, and understanding energy. Working with the elements-tuning in to the medicine of each element, from grounding with the earth to making ceremonial moon waters for strengthening intuition. Recipes and instructions for working with plant medicine-create your own oils, essences, teas, and more. Mantras, journal prompts, and guided visualizations-to bring you even deeper into the healing power of ritual. Soul-activating illustrations-Brant's original spirit-infused artwork brings depth to each teaching. Tending to yourself and spirit-rituals for healthy boundaries, creativity, working with your dreams, and moreWoven from an abundance of ancient wisdom, heart medicine, and creativity, Tending to the Sacred is a potent yet accessible guide for anyone who longs to strengthen your connection with spirit, embrace the earth's natural rhythms, and come home to your true nature.

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An interactive book for children to discover mindfulness and feel more connected to the world around us.In The In-Between Book, authors Christopher Willard and Olivia Weisser invite children to mindfully interact with the book and with the world around them. Kids will trace the shapes between images on the page, feel the stillness between heartbeats, and focus on the space between breathing in and breathing out. As they slow down to connect with the spaces between things, they will learn powerful lessons about mindfulness, curiosity, and experiencing the world around them more fully.With its conversational style and playful prompts, The In-Between Book is a creative and thoughtful approach to teaching mindfulness to children, parents, and caregivers. It's a great read one-on-one or perfect for a classroom or storytime.

A collection of stories, essays, and exercises to spark your creative instincts, activate your inner guidance, and enliven your dreamsHave you been called to express yourself with a level of courage and honesty that surprised even you? Did an image or moment cause you such joy that you needed to share it with the world? If so, you know what it means to be inspired.World-renowned spiritual teacher Light Watkins has spent most of his life learning how to seek out and tap into sources of inspiration. "Inspiration is part inner guidance, part blind faith in a greater possibility, and part inner voice," he writes, "nudging you to take an action that helps you grow and expand your awareness." In Knowing Where to Look, Light presents a trove of compelling inspirational material to catalyze positive change and give you fuel to push through self-limiting beliefs.Through 108 diverse essays, anecdotes, and parables, Light provides doorways to inspired thinking and imagination. Prompts offer reflection questions and action steps for further bringing your inspiration to life. Here you will also discover:. Recognizing the opposite of inspiration: the inner critic and its demands for safety. The joys and challenges of living minimally in a consumer society. How to listen for the intuitive whisper of true inspiration. Why the best action you can take when you're creatively lost is to keep moving. How to grapple with fear when it stands in the way of your dreams. Why following your inspiration will often remove you from your comfort zone. Questions to ask yourself in order to recognize your blind spots. How to reorient your attitudes toward the concept of success. Embracing whimsy and small moments of chaos as allies . Why the process of achieving mastery is far from straightforwardRather than being a linear set of exercises, Knowing Where to Look is meant to provide the spark you need just as you need it. Open to any page at random, and discover an unexpected source of inspiration.

Sometimes we're all cranky, and that's okay! Cranky Right Now shows kids how to deal with those cranky days.Cranky Right Now brings a much-needed message to kids: sometimes we're all cranky. Maybe we're tired, we're hungry, or we're just feeling grumpy. Dealing with emotions can be hard. Cranky Right Now is a fun and funny ride through the ups and downs of being cranky, helping kids process difficult feelings, frustrating relationships, and things that just make them mad.Award-winning author Julie Berry talks about reasons kids can feel cranky and how to recognize those feelings and acknowledge them. She then gives simple practices for moving through crankiness. She shows that it's okay to be in a bad mood sometimes-just not to take it out on others-and that cranky days will eventually give way to happy ones.A companion volume to Happy Right Now, with Holly Hatam's bright and playful illustrations, Cranky Right Now helps you embrace, understand, and move through cranky in a whole new way.