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The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells
by Randi KregerGentle counsel and realistic advice for families contending with one of today's most misunderstood forms of mental illness."Randi Kreger has done it again! With her new book, she continues to make the dynamics of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) readily accessible to those of us who love, live with and treat people who suffer from this complex condition." Blaise Aguirre, MD, Medical Director, Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy Residential Program, McLean Hospital"Kreger's communication techniques, grounded in the latest research, provide family members with the essential ability to regain a genuine, meaningful relationship with their loved one with Borderline Personality Disorder." Debra Resnick, Psy.D., President, Psychological Services and Human Development Center"This book offers hope for those who think their situation has none." Rachel Reiland, author of Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality DisorderFor family members of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), home life is routinely unpredictable and frequently unbearable. Extreme mood swings, impulsive behaviors, unfair blaming and criticism, and suicidal tendencies common conduct among those who suffer from the disorder leave family members feeling confused, hurt, and helpless.In Stop Walking on Eggshells, Randi Kreger's pioneering first book which sold more than 340,000 copies, she and co-author Paul T. Mason outlined the fundamental differences in the way that people with BPD relate to the world. Now, with The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder, Kreger takes readers to the next level by offering them five straightforward tools to organize their thinking, learn specific skills, and focus on what they need to do to get off the emotional rollercoaster:Take care of yourselfUncover what keeps you feeling stuckCommunicate to be heardSet limits with loveReinforce the right behaviorsTogether the steps provide a clear-cut system designed to help friends and family reduce stress, improve their relationship with their borderline loved one, improve their problem-solving skills and minimize conflict, and feel more self-assured about setting limits.Randi Kreger is the co-author of Stop Walking on Eggshells and the author of The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook. She operates bpdcentral.com, one of the top web-based resources for those living with BPD, and runs the Welcome to Oz online family support groups based at her web site. Cofounder of the Personality Disorder Awareness Network, Kreger is frequently invited to lecture on BPD and related issues, both for clinicians and laypeople.
The Essential Five: A Grown-Up Girl's Handbook for Everything
by Kate EtueBits of wisdom, advice, and must-have information every woman needs for life.With an ever-widening world and many seasons of influence, women need insight for the countless areas and ways they are called upon to be wise. The five fun sections of The Essential Five are Popular and Pursued, Classy and Fabulous, Domestic Goddess, Fetching and Fit, and Does It All.Lists include:Ways to Make Sure You Don't Ruin a First DateStrategies for Surviving Awkward Business FunctionsWays to Make Your House Look Clean...FastSpas Worth Traveling Around the World ForSecrets for Eating Out When You're On a DietAnnual Appointments You Should Make...and KeepWays to Stay Motivated at the GymSteps of CPRLegal Documents You Should Have...Just in CaseBody Language Signals You Don't Want to Send (or Maybe You Do!)
The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage: Learn the Secrets of “Happily Ever After” Through Good Times and Bad (Essential Guide)
by Karla Dougherty Martin TashmanIf you're going to say "I do,&” you want to mean it . . . for a lifetime. Today, many couples struggle with keeping their marriages alive—maybe because they look at marriage as a job instead of an emotional partnership. In this insightful and practical guide, the authors share concrete insights and ideas that can help carry a couple along life's long romantic journey together. • Down-to-earth accessible advice filled with real-life anecdotes. • Addresses each stage of a lifelong relationship.
The Essential Guide to Adaptogens: 15 Super Herbs to Relieve Common Ailments
by Dr Rachel Rozelle NDYour essential guide to adaptogenic herbs for healing and stress relief In the world of natural medicine, adaptogens are superstars. These herbs and mushrooms have been used for centuries to help the body cope with stress of all kinds. The Essential Guide to Adaptogens puts the unique healing power of adaptogens in your hands. This up-to-date, research-driven guide walks you through using adaptogens like holy basil, shatavari, cordyceps, and turmeric to support your body in managing depression, insomnia, hypertension and more. Explore the history of adaptogens and learn about their wide range of benefits. Discover how they can be harnessed today to benefit immune health, sleep, hormone balance, brain function, and energy. Easy-to-follow recipes will empower you to introduce adaptogens into your lifestyle so you can begin healing, invigorating, and stress-proofing your mind and body. The Essential Guide to Adaptogens includes: Adaptogen essentials—Get introduced to the medicinal uses of adaptogens, and find out how to safely prepare the right dosage in a variety of forms. 15 Plant and mushroom profiles—Meet each all-star adaptogen and learn its background, benefits, and usage guidelines—then dig in to nourishing recipes. Complementary practices—Find healthy lifestyle recommendations to further support you in achieving and maintaining optimal vitality and longevity. Bolster your resilience and innate healing abilities with The Essential Guide to Adaptogens.
The Essential Guide to Bullying: Prevention And Intervention (Essential Guide)
by Cindy Miller Cynthia LowenHeadlines are filled with tragic stories of senseless murders and suicides that have resulted from child and teen bullying. As social networking and technology add to the ways that kids can be bullied, parents feel powerless against this insidious force that compels even "good" kids to participate in or enable bullying in schools, in extracurricular activities, online, and at home. The Essential Guide to Bullying Prevention and Intervention brings together the wisdom and experience of two people who have witnessed bullying's causes and tragic effects. School social worker Cindy Miller teams with Cynthia Lowen, the co-creator of Bully, to arm parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to: • Understand the societal and human forces that are causing bullying to escalate. • Discover who is most at risk for being bullied, being a bully, or not helping a bullying victim. • Target-proof their kids and teach them coping skills. • Identify even the most covert bullying situations. • Infiltrate the world of cyberbullying and head off its disastrous effects. • Intervene to stop a bullying situation. • Know what legal recourse they have to back up other anti-bullying efforts.
The Essential Guide to Energy Healing: Harness the Power of Natural Healing Energy to Relieve Pain and Illness (Essential Guide)
by Ben Andron Dr. Michael AndronIn our complex times, innumerable people are stricken with disease, discomfort, and pain—some from identifiable sources and others rooted deeply in psychological trauma. More and more people are turning to natural, holistic therapies to supplement or replace traditional medicine, ease pain, and heal the source of their suffering. The Essential Guide to Energy Healing illuminates the various uses of body and earth energy to mitigate disease and suffering and helps readers judge for themselves which methods will be most effective for their ailments—or those of others they wish to heal. Practical steps show how to put these energies to use. Topics covered include: • What energy medicine is and how it works. • Magnet therapy. • Light therapy. • Cymatic (sound) therapy. • Psychic healing. • Therapeutic touch. • Healing touch. • Esoteric healing. • Qi Gong healing. • Reiki. • Pranic healing. • Crystal healing. • Distant healing.
The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving: An Understanding Guide to Coping with Loss . . . and Finding Hope and Meaning Be (Essential Guide)
by Debra HollandHelp and hope in times of loss. Debra Holland, a psychotherapist and specialist in grief counseling, shares her indispensable knowledge in The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving, tackling the difficult questions about how men and women, young and old, cope with loss. This accessible, inspiring, and insightful guide helps readers understand the various kinds and levels of grief, how people are trained to experience grief, the theories concerning the stages in the journey of grief, and ways to get through the pain and achieve some level of comfort. Includes solid concrete advice to help the healing process. Features dozens of real-life stories. Helpful for those who counsel the grieving as well as those who've experienced loss.
The Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsessive Love (Essential Guide)
by Eileen Bailey Monique BeltonWhen love consumes, here's the solution. When does love become an obsession? What are the warning signs? What does it take to guard against it and prevent it from taking over one's life? A psychotherapist who specializes in this condition and a survivor of obsessive love team up to answer these questions and many others in the most current and important book on this phenomenon. With fascinating and helpful advice drawn from real-life case studies and personal experience, this expert team discusses: The difference between healthy love and obsessive love. The psychological and societal causes of obsessive love. Obsessive love from both the obsessor's and the obsessee's points of view. Proven techniques to avoid falling into the obsessive love cycle. Concrete steps to break the cycle.
The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs, Update on Alcohol
by James J Rybacki Pharm. D.The Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs, Update on alcohol is the latest edition of the widely acclaimed family of Essential Guide publications. From potentially life-saving drug interactions to preventing alcohol poisoning, the book is a must read for every family. Find out about key things to talk to your doctor about before drinking, 11 impacts on medicines and health drugs never to combine and even objective web sites to help.
The Essential Guide to Surviving Infidelity: The Support You Need to Rebuild Trust and Reclaim Your Relationship (Essential Guide)
by Liz CurrinA thoughtfully written and sensitive guide for anyone dealing with the devastating effects of an affair. For anyone who has been impacted by an affair, the effects can be nothing short of devastating. Licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Liz Currin has years of experience helping couples resolve and repair the damage wrought by the effects of an affair. Through Dr Currin's thoughtful style, readers of The Essential Guide to Surviving Infidelity will learn how affairs start, what to do if a partner is suspected of cheating, how to deal with the emotional impact of an affair, and many other essential steps in the healing process. In addition, Dr. Currin provides clears guideposts to healing a marriage (as well as oneself), moving on, engaging the power of forgiveness, and restoring trust.
The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga: How to Create Safer Spaces for All
by Lara LandAn essential manual for yoga teachers and students to create a trauma-sensitive practice that benefits and supports all.People are turning to yoga for its stress-reducing practice and transformative philosophy. But for those who have a trauma history, the practice can be triggering. The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga offers an inclusive approach to yoga for teachers and students of all ages and abilities, especially those who have experienced trauma. Some of the themes covered include:How do the impacts of trauma show up in yoga spacesSuggested language for shifting power to the practitionerHow to create an environment conducive to healingHow to practice or teach poses in a way that includes allAnd much more This book is beautifully illustrated with 260 photos of poses and sequences, modeled by trauma survivors who share stories of how yoga helps them heal. Land works with people of all ages, from young children to seniors, who are coping with a range of traumas including physical, emotional and sexual abuse, homelessness, genocide, and incarceration. She is a passionate advocate for making the benefits of yoga and mindfulness available to all.
The Essential Laws of Fearless Living: Find the Power to Never Feel Powerless Again
by Guy FinleyThe author of The Courage to Be Free gives us the tools to &“transform our lives into clear and focused vessels of expression, creativity, and health&” (Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect). The Essential Laws of Fearless Living is a step-by-step manual for all who aspire to realize their ultimate potential as a human being. In its seven chapters of forty concise essays, Finley explores deeply personal and meaningful ideas, revealing the secrets of the universe itself; but he does so in a way that makes the journey fascinating, compelling, and comforting at the same time. A great hope fills the heart that the untold mystery of human existence has not only been revealed, but solved. Then, most importantly, at the close of each chapter readers are given specific insights and practical exercises that empower them to make real and lasting changes in their lives. Loneliness, stress, anger, and fear are replaced by a contentment, ease, compassion, and freedom that never fade away. &“In Fearless Living, Guy Finley brilliantly describes the most important key to the breakthrough life.&” —James Redfield, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Celestine Prophecy &“If you are seeking personal or spiritual fulfillment it doesn&’t get any better than Guy Finley&’s Essential Laws of Fearless Living. Read it. Internalize it and then enjoy it, this information has given me everything I have today.&” —Bob Proctor, international-bestselling author of You Were Born Rich, as seen in the movie, The Secret
Essential Life Coaching Skills
by Angela DunbarEssential Life Coaching Skills provides a comprehensive guide to the complete range and depth of skills required to succeed as a life coach. Angela Dunbar uses theoretical background alongside practical examples to provide a clear understanding of what makes a successful life coach. This book focuses on seven essential skill sets that are necessary for effective life coaching, with each chapter giving specific examples of how these skills are used in life coaching, and how they can be developed and improved. The book also includes a comprehensive, current overview of life coaching processes, practices and issues, from both the coach and client perspectives. Essential Life Coaching Skills will be ideal reading for new and existing life coaches who wish to find ways to enhance their competence and ability. It will also be of use to therapists and counsellors looking to expand into coaching.
Essential Living: A Guide to Having Happiness and Peace by Reclaiming Your Essential Self
by Shelly UramMost of us think that the key to happiness and fulfillment is having more money, greater career success, or a loving relationship or family. Yet even when we achieve these goals, we ultimately still find ourselves not fully satisfied or happy, and in an endless cycle of wanting more or something different. Why is this? As noted psychiatrist Dr. Shelley Uram shows us, when we peel back the layers to reveal what we really want most in life, it turns out to be the qualities that are already present at our very core—our Essential Self. They include peace, joy, love, a sense of freedom, and a sense of connectedness. However, until we reconnect with our Essential Self, most people do not remember who they are at their very core.In Essential Living, Dr. Uram explains how our ancient survival brain mechanisms shortcircuit our connection to our Essential Self, starting when we are young children, which ultimately leads us away from who we really are and down a path of unnecessary suffering. She then provides readers with self-assessment exercises, frameworks, and tools to chart a personalized return to the Essential Self. By learning how to quiet the ancient survival brain and reclaim our essence, we can discover an unlimited wellspring of what will truly sustain and fulfill us.
The Essential Louise Hay Collection
by Louise HayFor decades, Louise Hay has helped people throughout the world discover and implement the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. In this single volume, you will find three of her most beloved books: • You Can Heal Your Life is a true classic, with millions of copies in print worldwide. Louise’s key message here is that "if we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." She explains how limiting beliefs and ideas are often the cause of illness, and how you can change your thinking . . . and improve the quality of your life. • In Heal Your Body, Louise describes the methods she used to cure herself of cancer, which will help you discover patterns in your own health conditions that reveal a lot about yourself. It offers positive new thought patterns to replace negative emotions, an alphabetical chart of physical ailments with their probable causes, and healing affirmations so you can eliminate old patterns. • The Power Is Within You expands on Louise’s philosophy of "loving the self" and shows you how to overcome emotional barriers through learning to listen to your inner voice, loving the child within, and letting your true feelings surface. In these pages, Louise encourages you to think of yourself positively and be more accepting of—and grateful for—who you are.The Essential Louise Hay Collection is the perfect read for anyone seeking insights into the mind-body connection, as well as for those who want the pleasure of finally having their favorite Louise Hay books together in one convenient volume!
Essential Management Models: Tried and Tested Business Frameworks for Strategy, Customers and Growth
by Grant S. Foster Chris J. GrannellEssential Management Models is a compilation of business tools that actually work. It’s a guide to the very best in practical management thinking. No reinventing the wheel, no management fads and no corporate word-bingo. Essential Management Models demystifies strategy tools and does so with attitude: the view that any decision is better than no decision. The book encourages you to "go on…decide" and provides you with reference on how to do so. Rather than a series of independent summaries, the book makes connections between frameworks to expose the overlaps and relationships between them. This is the key to what makes the exercise worthwhile, the tools useful and the book unique. Using diagrams extensively to explain key concepts, but without ever "dumbing down", the book is written for managers who get things done – or students who want to. If you’ve ever studied management or strategy before, Essential Management Models will enable you to go back to the models and use them to do a better job, or think more clearly. It will remind you of the interlinkages between the frameworks to really make them work as a coherent whole. If you've forgotten them, it will give you confidence to use them. If you’ve written them off as mere theory, we urge you to think again.
Essential Managers Achieving High Performance (DK Essential Managers)
by DKThe practical guide that gives you the tools to succeed in a business environment. Discover how to improve your performance and boost productivity by prioritizing tasks and managing your time effectively. You'll learn how to improve your skills, develop drive, and lead effectively. In a slim, portable format, Essential Managers: Achieving High Performance gives you a practical how-to approach with step-by-step instructions, tips, checklists, and &”ask yourself&” features showing you how to build your confidence, develop your brand, and make an impact. If you are interested in improving your performance as a manager and achieving business success, this is the guide for you.
Essential Managers Presenting (DK Essential Managers)
by DKThe practical guide that gives you the skills to improve your presentation skills. Find out how to improve your presentation skills by learning how to prepare properly, capture attention, speak confidently, and deliver your message. You'll discover how to structure your presentation, engage with your audience, and make an impact. In a slim, portable format, Essential Managers: Presenting gives you a practical how-to approach with step-by-step instructions, tips, checklists, and &“ask yourself&” features showing you how to plan your presentations, hold an audience, and make an impact. If you want to brush up on or enhance your presentation skills, this is the guide for you.
Essential Managers Selling (DK Essential Managers)
by DKThe practical guide that gives you the skills to improve your selling skills and become a better salesperson. Learn how to improve your sales skills through marketing, presenting your product, and negotiating successfully. You'll discover how to research your market, target your audience, and perfect your pitch. In a slim, portable format, Essential Managers: Selling gives you a practical &“how-to&” approach with step-by-step instructions, tips, checklists, and &“ask yourself&” features showing you how to focus your energy, open and close a deal, and make an impact. If you are ready to brush up on or enhance your sales skill set, this is the guide for you.
Essential Manners for Couples: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
by Peter PostThe director of the Emily Post institute offers tips on friends, money, sharing chores, making alone time, bedroom etiquette, balancing work and home, in-laws, children, and more. Uses real life scenarios to help couples stop relationship problems before they begin.
The Essential Marcus Aurelius
by Jacob Needleman John P. PiazzaThis inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, properly placing the philosopher-king's writings within the vein of the world's great religious and ethical traditions. The late antique world possessed no voice like that of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE). His private meditations on what constitutes a good life have withstood the centuries and reach us today with the same penetrating clarity and shining light as the words of Shakespeare, Emerson, or Thoreau. In this remarkable new translation, bestselling religious philosopher Jacob Needleman and classics scholar John P. Piazza have retained the depth of Marcus's perspective on life. They have carefully selected and faithfully rendered those passages that clarify Marcus's role as someone who stood within the great religious and ethical traditions that extend throughout every culture in human history. The voice that emerges from their translation is a universal one, equally recognizable to students of Christ, Buddha, the Vedas, the Talmud, and to anyone who sincerely searches for a way of meaning in contemporary life. .
The Essential Meditations Deck: 50 Exercises to Focus the Mind
by Chronicle BooksWe often forget to bring quiet, meditative time into our lives. With a contemplative image and a simple guided exercise on each card, this portable deck provides an enjoyable entre to the practice of meditation - helping you focus, reflect, and find balance.
Essential Musical Intelligence
by Louise MontelloMusic fills our lives. From TV commercials to the car radio, we rarely live one single day without hearing a song. But what if you could consciously use music to foster self-awareness, creativity, and, ultimately, deep healing of the body, mind, and spirit? Through her clinical practice and research, Dr. Louise Montello has discovered what she calls Essential Musical Intelligence - our innate ability to use music and sound to bypass the defenses of the conscious mind and move directly into the emotional/soul centers where true healing can occur. This groundbreaking book draws from the wisdom of Eastern philosophies and guides us through a systematic musical journey where we learn a series of clinically proven EMI exercises to balance and harmonize all five levels of consciousness - the body, breath/energy, mind, imagination/intellect, and the realm of bliss - leading to deep and lasting change. Essential Musical Intelligence is a powerful new system of self-healing which is deeply intuitive, creative, spiritually arousing, and fun.
Essential Musical Intelligence
by Louise MontelloMusic fills our lives. From TV commercials to the car radio, we rarely live one single day without hearing a song. But what if you could consciously use music to foster self-awareness, creativity, and, ultimately, deep healing of the body, mind, and spirit?Through her clinical practice and research, Dr. Louise Montello has discovered what she calls Essential Musical Intelligence - our innate ability to use music and sound to bypass the defenses of the conscious mind and move directly into the emotional/soul centers where true healing can occur. This groundbreaking book draws from the wisdom of Eastern philosophies and guides us through a systematic musical journey where we learn a series of clinically proven EMI exercises to balance and harmonize all five levels of consciousness - the body, breath/energy, mind, imagination/intellect, and the realm of bliss - leading to deep and lasting change. The book is full of case histories and personal anecdotes that speak of the wondrous results of integrating EMI into people's lives.Essential Musical Intelligence is a powerful new system of self-healing which is deeply intuitive, creative, spiritually arousing, and fun - encouraging us to find and sing the song of the soul daily as we enjoy ever increasing states of health, creativity and well-being.
Essential NLP: Teach Yourself (TY Business Skills)
by Amanda Vickers Steve BavisterThis new edition of a popular guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming draws on the latest neuroscience findings to give you a better understanding of NLP, and what it can do for you both professionally and personally. It introduces the foundations of NLP and the key principles of the technique, explaining the theory behind submodalities, the power of beliefs and values, and the importance of well-formed outcomes. Written in a jargon-free and accessible style, it will help you to use rapport, modelling and other effective strategies to achieve your goals at work - and to bring the principles of NLP to other areas in your life, making you an effective leader, partner and negotiator.