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The Peacemaker
by Ken SandeThis book is a practical guide for all Christians who seek to bring Christ's exhortation, "Blessed are the peacemakers," into their relationships. Attorney Ken Sande is executive director of Peacemaker Ministries. He regularly conciliates business, family employment, and church disputes and serves as a consultant to pastors and attorneys as they work to resolve conflicts outside the courtroom. Sande conducts seminars throughout the United States on biblical conflict resolution. Note: The indexes did not scan properly, and were therefore deleted.
The Peacemaking Pastor: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Church Conflict
by Alfred PoirierEvery pastor faces conflict in the church, and Alfred Poirier has this loving reminder: we can run, but we can't hide. Jesus set the example as the Incarnate Peacemaker, and Scripture clearly calls his servant-pastors to be ministers of reconciliation. So the issue is not whether to be a mediator but what kind of mediator to be.
The Peacock Detectives
by Carly NugentPerfect for fans of The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street and Waiting for Normal, this charming middle grade mystery is full of heart, humor, and more than a few surprises.Eleven-turning-twelve-year-old Cassie is an expert Peacock Detective.Her sharp eye for details is why the Hudsons from across the street call her every time their pet peacocks wander away. But there are some things even the greatest Peacock Detective can’t figure out, like why her best friend is so angry lately; why her older sister is cutting her hair off; or why her parents are acting like they don’t know each other anymore. Cassie is an expert at solving things. But what’s a master detective to do when her whole world is changing, and all the answers are out of reach?
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by Robert Pool Anders EricssonFrom the world's reigning expert on expertise comes a powerful new approach to mastering almost any skill. Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak condenses three decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill. Ericsson's findings have been lauded and debated, but never properly explained. So the idea of expertise still intimidates us -- we believe we need innate talent to excel, or think excelling seems prohibitively difficult. Peak belies both of these notions, proving that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us -- it's just a question of nurturing them by reducing expertise to a discrete series of attainable practices. Peak offers invaluable, often counterintuitive, advice on setting goals, getting feedback, identifying patterns, and motivating yourself. Whether you want to stand out at work, or help your kid achieve academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to master nearly anything.
Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day
by Amishi Jha'This book can catapult you into living fully the life that is yours to live while you have the chance' Jon Kabat-Zinn'A must-read for our distracted times' Dan Goleman'A must-have guide to experiencing every moment of our lives' Goldie Hawn'A treasure trove of insights and exercises to enrich our lives' Dan SiegelStop for a moment. Are you here right now?Is your focus on the words in front of you? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone?The good news: There's nothing wrong with you - your brain isn't broken. The human brain was built to be distractible.The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively.Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands. In Peak Mind, Dr Jha expertly guides readers through fascinating research, debunking common assumptions about focus and attention, and offers remarkably easy-to-adapt flexible twelve minute-a-day exercises to lift the mental fog, declutter the mind, and strengthen focus so that you can experience more of your life.
Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day
by Amishi Jha'This book can catapult you into living fully the life that is yours to live while you have the chance' Jon Kabat-Zinn'A must-read for our distracted times' Dan Goleman'A must-have guide to experiencing every moment of our lives' Goldie Hawn'A treasure trove of insights and exercises to enrich our lives' Dan SiegelStop for a moment. Are you here right now?Is your focus on the words in front of you? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone?The good news: There's nothing wrong with you - your brain isn't broken. The human brain was built to be distractible.The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively.Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr Amishi Jha has dedicated her life's work to understanding the science of attention at every level - from brain imaging studies in the lab to field testing soldiers, firefighters and athletes. Her mission has been to scientifically determine how we can harness the full power of our attention to better meet all that life demands. In Peak Mind, Dr Jha expertly guides readers through fascinating research, debunking common assumptions about focus and attention, and offers remarkably easy-to-adapt flexible twelve minute-a-day exercises to lift the mental fog, declutter the mind, and strengthen focus so that you can experience more of your life.
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
by Steve Magness Brad Stulberg"A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout" —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take"An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves." Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution"I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives." —David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports GeneA few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and writer who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how you can achieve your best.The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities—from athletic to intellectual and artistic—with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which you can learn how to enhance your performance via myriad ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity; and developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose.In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches you on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.
Peak Performance Every Time
by Simon HartleyPeak performances should not be left to chance. Rather than hoping that you will perform at your best, why not engineer your performance? Peak Performance Every Time incorporates principles from sport psychology and performance coaching and applies these to all areas of life. Using illustrations and real-world examples from top athletes and business executives, it focuses on the three main components that underpin performance: Confidence Motivation Focus. As well as offering practical strategies to help the reader achieve their optimal mindset, it also explains how to coach others to perform to their potential. Throughout, the book is underpinned by theoretical frameworks, literature and research findings and will be invaluable to anyone trying to reach their full potential, in particular athletes, coaches, managers and executives. It may also be of interest to sports psychology, management and business students.
Peak Performance Every Time: Strategies for Confidence, Motivation, and Focus
by Simon HartleyMost people have good days…and not so good days. When they step back and ask what makes the difference, many conclude that it’s that stuff that happens between their ears. So, how do we engineer our mindset? How do we get our mental game right, so that we can perform at our best, consistently? Peak Performance Every Time provides readers with a detailed look into how to build the critical components of a great mental game. It will help them to hone their focus, control their confidence, master motivation and deliver their best ‘under pressure’. In short, it will help deliver peak performance, every time. The book provides a practical guide to performance psychology, based on approaches and methods that have been tried and tested in the demanding world of elite sport. In addition to applied practice, it provides real life examples and case studies from both elite sport and business, plus the underpinning theory and research. This book will be invaluable to anyone trying to reach their full potential, in particular athletes, coaches, managers and executives. It may also be of interest to sports psychology, management and business students.
Peak Performance for Smart Kids
by Maureen NeihartPeak Performance for Smart Kids provides success strategies, activities, tools, real-life examples, and checklists for parents to employ to help their kids achieve to their highest potential. Even the most talented child will not succeed if he or she has not developed the mental, psychological, and emotional skills to face the heavy demands of high performance. Maureen Neihart, a psychologist and leading authority on talent development in children, examines seven mental habits of successful kids, providing practical approaches for developing them in talented children of all ages in this easy-to-read guide for parents and teachers.By working with parents to complete the activities included in this book, high-ability kids will learn to manage stress and anxiety, set and achieve goals, use mental rehearsal to improve performance, manage their moods and emotions, practice optimistic thinking, and resolve their frustrations of needing to belong while needing to achieve. With its research-based strategies and unique approach to maximizing potential, this is a book from which every parent of smart kids can benefit!
Peak Performance halten: Wie Sie Ihre Gesundheit stärken und Leistungsfähigkeit sichern
by Silvia BalabanAls Leistungsträger liefern Sie 24/7 mentale Höchstleistung: zunehmende Arbeitsverdichtung, Entscheidungsdauerfeuer und ASAP-isierung gekoppelt mit ständiger Erreichbarkeit und den Folgen von Globalisierung, sowie wirtschaftlichen und politischen Krisen. All das zehrt an Ihrer Energie. All das geht auf Kosten Ihrer Gesundheit. Um ein Auspowern zu vermeiden, ist ein wirkungsvolles, wissenschaftlich fundiertes Trainings- und Regenerationskonzept erforderlich, wie es im Leistungssport seit Jahren Standard ist. Daher bilden neueste Methoden und objektiv messbare Daten aus der Stressmedizin die Basis dieses Buches. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie durch biochemische und biophysische Parameter Ihre Kraft und Regeneration qualitativ verbessern können, denn Fakten schaffen Sicherheit. Praxisnah und leicht verständlich informiert dieser Ratgeber mit Selbstchecks, Fallbeispielen und Praxistipps über die wichtigsten Gesundheitsgrundlagen für berufliche Peak Performance Situationen. Fundiertes Wissen, damit Sie neue Stärke tanken und zukünftige Herausforderungen wieder mit Gelassenheit meistern können.
The Pearl Beyond Price: Integration of Personality into Being, an Object Relations Approach
by A. H. AlmaasIn this book Almaas demonstrates that healthy ego development is part of the continuum of spiritual development. He also establishes the possibility of attaining inner realization and developing our essential being--"the pearl beyond price"--in the context of living a normal human life.
Pearson Baccalaureate Psychology
by Alan Law Christos Halkiopoulos Christian Bryan-ZaykovA textbook for students and teachers of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, written and developed by practicing IB teachers.
Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Book 2
by Cara Flanagan Dave Berry Jock McGinty Mark Walsh Rob LiddlePublishing Spring 2022. / Both BTEC Applied Psychology Books 1 and 2 are being revised to match the revised Unit 1 and Unit 3 specifications for first teaching from September 2021. / Unit 3 - Health psychology completely revised and updated. / Endorsed for BTEC. / Each book provides knowledge and evaluation of theories and studies combined with many engaging activities which deliver the vocational element. / Activities aim to prepare students for internal and external assessments. / The brilliant visual style and tone will encourage students through every step of the course.
Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Book 1 Revised Edition
by Cara Flanagan Mark Walsh Rob LiddlePublishing Spring 2022. / Both BTEC Applied Psychology Books 1 and 2 are being revised to match the revised Unit 1 and Unit 3 specifications for first teaching from September 2021. / Unit 1 - Psychological approaches and applications completely revised and updated. / Endorsed for BTEC. / Each book provides knowledge and evaluation of theories and studies combined with many engaging activities which deliver the vocational element. / Activities aim to prepare students for internal and external assessments. / The brilliant visual style and tone will encourage students through every step of the course.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 1: Foundations in psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers foundations in psychology: social psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology and learning theories.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 1 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 1: Foundations in psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers foundations in psychology: social psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology and learning theories.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 1 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 2: Applications of psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers applications of psychology: clinical, criminological, child and health psychology.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 2 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 2: Applications of psychology
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers applications of psychology: clinical, criminological, child and health psychology.- - Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 2 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 3: Psychological skills
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers psychological skills, including methods, a synoptic review of studies, issues and debates.- Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 3 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Pearson Edexcel A-level Psychology Student Guide 3: Psychological skills
by Christine BrainReinforce understanding throughout the course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help students target higher grades.Written by experienced teacher and subject expert Christine Brain, our Student Guides are divided into two key sections - content guidance, and sample questions and answers.Content guidance will:- - Develop understanding of key concepts and terminology; this guide covers psychological skills, including methods, a synoptic review of studies, issues and debates.- Consolidate knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book.Sample questions and answers will:- - Build understanding of the different question types, so that students can approach each question with confidence.- - Enable students to target top grades in Paper 3 with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been awarded.
Peculiar Attunements: How Affect Theory Turned Musical
by Roger Mathew GrantPeculiar Attunements places the recent turn to affect into conversation with a parallel movement in European music theory of the eighteenth century. During that time the affects—or passions, as they were also called—formed a vital component of a mimetic model of the arts. Eighteenth-century critics held that artworks imitated or copied the natural world in order to produce copies of the affects in their beholders. But music caused a problem for such theories, since it wasn’t apparent that musical tones could imitate anything with any dependability, beyond the rare thunderclap or birdcall.Struggling to articulate how it was that music managed to move its auditors without imitation, certain theorists developed a new affect theory crafted especially for music, postulating that music’s physical materiality as sound vibrated the nerves of listeners and attuned them to the affects through sympathetic resonance. This was a theory of affective attunement that bypassed the entire structure of representation, offering a non-discursive, corporeal alternative. It is a pendant to contemporary theories of affect, and one from which they have much to learn. Inflecting our current intellectual moment through eighteenth-century music theory and aesthetics, this book offers a reassessment of affect theory’s common systems and processes. It offers a new way of thinking through affect dialectically, drawing attention to patterns and problems in affect theory that we have been given to repeating. Finally, taking a cue from eighteenth-century theory, it gives renewed attention to the objects that generate affects in subjects.
The Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry, 1840–1880
by Wendy GonaverThough the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the United States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold. In this book, Wendy Gonaver examines the relationship between these two historical developments, showing how slavery and ideas about race shaped early mental health treatment in the United States, especially in the South. She reveals these connections through the histories of two asylums in Virginia: the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, the first in the nation; and the Central Lunatic Asylum in Petersburg, the first created specifically for African Americans. Eastern Lunatic Asylum was the only institution to accept both slaves and free blacks as patients and to employ slaves as attendants.Drawing from these institutions' untapped archives, Gonaver reveals how slavery influenced ideas about patient liberty, about the proper relationship between caregiver and patient, about what constituted healthy religious belief and unhealthy fanaticism, and about gender. This early form of psychiatric care acted as a precursor to public health policy for generations, and Gonaver's book fills an important gap in the historiography of mental health and race in the nineteenth century.
Pedagogic Criticism
by Ben KnightsThis book argues that the history of English Studies is embedded in its classroom practice, and its practice in its history. Some of its foundational struggles are still being lived out today. English is characterized as a 'boundary' subject, active in dialogue across a number of imagined borders, especially those between academic and non-specialized readerships. While the subject discipline maintains strong pedagogic principles, many of its principles and values are obscure or even invisible to students and potential students. The book cross-fertilizes the study of English as a subject with the analysis of selected literary texts read as pedagogic parables. It concludes with a call for a return to the subject's pedagogic roots.