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Surrounded by Liars: How to Stop Half-Truths, Deception, and Gaslighting from Ruining Your Life (The Surrounded by Idiots Series)
by Thomas EriksonProtect yourself against lies and deception with bestselling author Thomas Erikson’s proven behavioral science methodsDo you ever have the feeling that your friend isn’t telling you the whole story? Or that your colleague’s answer doesn’t quite add up? Whether in your personal or social life, professional life, or on the news or media, sorting the lies from the truth can be exhausting and make you feel constantly on edge. In the next installment of the Surrounded by Idiots series, Thomas Erikson shows you how to identify and deal with the liars in your life. With the help of the simple, four-color behavioral model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, readers will learn to protect themselves against deception and insincerity.Filled with sophisticated wisdom and Erikson’s trademark humor, SURROUNDED BY LIARS arms readers with the practical knowledge needed to feel confident in their ability to discern the truth and live a calmer, more reliable life.
Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People (and Not Lose Your Mind) [The Surrounded by Idiots Series] (The Surrounded by Idiots Series)
by Thomas EriksonPart of the bestselling Surrounded by Idiots series!Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson shares the secrets of dealing with everyday narcissists.Are the narcissists in your life making you miserable? Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention, their absolute conviction they are right (even when they’re clearly not), their determination to do whatever they want (regardless of the impact), and their baffling need to control everyone and everything around them?In this thought-provoking, sanity-saving book, Thomas Erikson helps you understand what makes narcissists tick and, crucially, how to handle them without wearing yourself out in the process. With the help of the simple, four-color behavioral model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, Erikson provides all the tools you need to manage not just the narcissists around you but everyday narcissistic behaviors as well–something that is becoming more widespread in the age of social media. Engaging and practical, Surrounded by Narcissists will help you free yourself from the thrall of others' toxic agendas so you can pursue a happier, more fulfilling and successful life.
Surrounded by Psychopaths: How to Protect Yourself from Being Manipulated and Exploited in Business (and in Life) (The Surrounded by Idiots Series)
by Thomas Erikson#1 internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson shows readers how to identify and avoid the psychopaths around them.Charming, charismatic, and delightful or manipulative, self-serving, and cunning? Psychopaths are both and that’s exactly what makes them dangerous. Bestselling author of the international phenomenon Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson reveals how to identify the psychopaths in your life and combat their efforts to control and manipulate. Using the same simple four-color system of behavior classification that made Surrounded by Idiots so popular, Surrounded by Psychopaths teaches readers how to deal with psychopaths in their lives by becoming aware of their own behavior and their weaknesses. Vivid example stories illustrate ways that psychopaths can take advantage of various behavior types, helping readers identify their own weaknesses and be proactive about protecting themselves. Erikson outlines some of the most common forms of manipulation used by psychopaths—and others—to influence those around them. Since manipulation can often be a feature of ordinary, non-psychopathic relationships, the book also includes practical methods and techniques to help readers confront controlling people and rehabilitate negative relationships into mutually respectful ones. By understanding your behavior as well as the tendencies and strategies of psychopaths, Surrounded by Psychopaths will teach you to protect yourself from manipulative influence in your workplace, social life, and family.
Surrounded by Setbacks: Turning Obstacles into Success (When Everything Goes to Hell) (The Surrounded by Idiots Series)
by Thomas EriksonIn Surrounded by Setbacks, internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson turns his attention to a universal problem: what to do when things go wrong. Too often it seems like our dreams and ambitions—whether it’s finally getting that corner office, lacing up your running shoes again, or building a flourishing relationship with your partner—are derailed by one roadblock or another. So how do we learn to take setbacks in stride and still achieve our goals? In Surrounded by Setbacks, Erikson answers that question. Using simple, actionable steps, Erikson helps readers identify the “why” behind their goal, create a concrete plan towards achieving it, and—most importantly—avoid many of the most common pitfalls that derail us when we attempt something new. The simple 4-color behavior system that made Surrounded by Idiots revolutionary now helps readers reflect on how they respond to adversity, giving them the self-awareness to negotiate the inevitable obstacles of life with confidence.
Survival Jobs: 118 Ways to Make Money While Pursuing Your Dreams
by Deborah JacobsonIn the first-ever guide to finding a satisfying job that will keep food on the table while you focus on your perhaps less lucrative dreams, Deborah Jacobson presents a detailed survey of employment possibilities that keep stressful money worries away and allow plenty of time for pursuing one's true calling in life. Survival Jobs proves that you don't have to wait tables while looking for your big break. With frank and funny advice from an author who has traveled the survival-job road, Jacobson introduces opportunities both on and off the beaten track that suit a wide variety of schedules, skills, and personalities. Survival Jobs includes: "Jobs for the CEO in You" (apartment manager, massage therapist, and other "be-your-own-boss" suggestions)"That's Entertainment" (from working as a personal assistant to performing at theme parks)"Nine to Five...Not" (clock in at the crack of dawn or the midnight hour as a limousine driver, a video-store clerk, or an airport employee)"You Gotta Have Heart" (jobs that satisfy the spirit and pay the bills: pet care, social work, children's entertainment). For each job, she describes:Duties and responsibilities, the pros and cons; Likely salary, necessary skills, and educational background; Ideas for getting started; Sources for contacts, including names and phone numbers in major cities.
Survival Lessons
by Alice HoffmanOne of America's most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times.Survival Lessons provides a road map of how to reclaim your life from this day forward, with ways to reenvision everything—from relationships with friends and family to the way you see yourself. As Alice Hoffman says, “In many ways I wrote Survival Lessons to remind myself of the beauty of life, something that’s all too easy to overlook during the crisis of illness or loss. I forgot that our lives are made up of equal parts of sorrow and joy, and that it is impossible to have one without the other. I wrote to remind myself that despite everything that was happening to me, there were still choices I could make.”Wise, gentle, and wry, Alice Hoffman teaches all of us how to choose what matters most.
Survival Lessons
by Alice HoffmanThe New York Times–bestselling author and cancer survivor tells how to hold on to joy in times of sorrow in this &“absolutely beautiful book&” (Sue Monk Kidd). The prize-winning author of such modern literary classics as Practical Magic, The World That We Knew, and The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman is also a cancer survivor. In Survival Lessons, she shares her transformative journey, showing us how to re-envision our own lives and relationships with our friends and family, and the significance of the everyday choices we make. Sorrow and joy are both part of the human experience, and the beauty of the world is easy to overlook during periods of crisis, illness, or loss. Here, Hoffman offers wit, wisdom, and comfort in &“an optimistic instruction manual [for] anyone struggling with self-care in a time of trouble&” (Story Circle Book Reviews). &“In this gem of a book, Alice Hoffman acknowledges the sorrows of life, while reminding us of its joys. Survival Lessons is filled with love, insight, and lots of practical advice—including a crazy-good brownie recipe.&” —Will Schwalbe, New York Times–bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club &“Hoffman&’s storytelling artistry enlivens each intimate, thoughtfully distilled, charming, and nurturing lesson in living.&” —Booklist &“[Survival Lessons] is not about [Hoffman&’s] breast cancer per se but about making choices that will improve readers&’ lives and relationships and remind them &‘of the beauty of life.&’&” —Library Journal &“Full of smart intentions and kind reminders . . . Uplifting advice we&’ll gladly take.&” —Better Homes & Gardens
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
by Mitchell S. Jackson'A mesmerising book, full of story, truth, pain, lyricism, humour and astonishment: the stuff of a difficult life, fully lived, and masterfully transformed into art' SALMAN RUSHDIE'Intimate and wise, poignant and compassionate, redemptive and raw. You have to read this beautiful book' CHERYL STRAYED, author of WildAn electrifying, dazzlingly written reckoning and an essential addition to the conversation about race and class, Survival Math takes its name from the calculations that award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson made to survive the Portland, Oregon, of his youth. This dynamic book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of 'hustle' and the destructive power of addiction - all framed within the story of Jackson, his family and his community. Mitchell S. Jackson presents a microcosm of struggle and survival in contemporary urban America - an exploration of the forces that shaped his life, his city, and the lives of so many black men like him. As Jackson charts his own path from drug dealer to published novelist, he gives us a heartbreaking, fascinating, lovingly rendered view of the injustices and victories, large and small, that defined his youth.'Jackson's mesmerizing voice and style draws you into the survival calculations for millions of American kids and families, revealing a need-to-know reality for all of us' PIPER KERMAN, author of Orange is the New Black'Jackson's musings skillfully illuminate the bloodlines, both inherited and earned, that pulse through the body of America's gang-graffitied carceral state' TYEHIMBA JESS, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Survival Tips For Women With AD/HD: Beyond Piles, Palms And Post-its
by Terry MatlenWomen with AD/HD tormented by the daily chores and decisions needed to survive in a world of linear thinking will find solace in this self-help guide. Practical tips provide help in dealing with organizational tasks, including paperwork in the home and office, preparing meals, social situations, paying bills on time, household chores, shopping, and personal and family health.
Survival to Self-Care - How to say NO to generational bad habits and YES to the real you
by Karen QueSurvival to Self-Care: How to say NO to generational bad habits and YES to the real you is a story based self-help book which brings to light generational cycles and presents a seven-step process to stop passing them on to future generations. Karen Que explores how life has a way of piling on unfulfilled expectations. These help to build up varying levels of emotional armor, requiring new skills for survival. At the height of her career, feeling buried in pain at her lowest moment, she dug her way out by discovering how to identify, unpack, and release cycles which were handed down through the generations. Each purchase of Survival to Self-Care comes with a special BONUS Companion E-Journal featuring 20 pages to help you accelerate your transformation with exercises and additional tools for better self-care.
Survive and Thrive: How to Build a Profitable Business in Any Economy (Including This One)
by John Meese“A step-by-step plan to help you reach more people, make sales, and enjoy more profit, regardless of what the ‘economy’ is doing.” —Ray Edwards, bestselling author of How to Write Copy That SellsDo you have a post-Covid plan for success? The pandemic is not the first event to utterly disrupt the business world, and it’s unlikely to be the last. John Meese, economist-turned-entrepreneur, CEO of Cowork.Inc, and host of the Thrive School podcast, is on a personal mission to eradicate generational poverty by helping entrepreneurs create thriving businesses that can endure through good times and bad, so that unexpected events are much less likely to pull the rug out from under you. With a conversational tone and anecdotes from dozens of successful entrepreneurs, John provides innovative marketing, sales, and finance strategies to build a profitable business that can succeed in any climate. Learn how to:Reach a broader audienceBuild a sales engine that greatly increases revenueUnlock higher profitsManage risk with healthy financial practicesand much more.“If you can focus on creating real solutions to real problems for real people, you’ll have a clear advantage in the marketplace. Survive and Thrive can show you how.” —Michael Hyatt, New York Times–bestselling author of The Vision Driven Leader
Survive the Day: Thriving in the Midst of LIfe's Storms
by Ben YoungStorms in life are inevitable. Eventually everyone faces one. Sometimes difficult circumstances continue with no end in sight while prayers for miracles seem to go unanswered. For the past three decades, pastor Ben Young has worked with families and individuals struggling to cope with the harsh realities of major life crisis. He also knows personally what it&’s like to endure an ongoing storm. Through his own trials, he has learned not only to survive each dark day, but to live every day in ways that make a person stronger, wiser, and more at peace.
Survive – Alive – Thrive: Navigating the Journey from Loss to Hope to Happiness
by Mark S. NegleyLoss isn&’t one-size-fits-all. It comes in a million different forms—and all of them hurt. Whatever your situation, there is hope: you are not alone, you will get through this, and you can experience true joy again!An estimated two-hundred million Americans face the pain and confusion of loss every year, and most of us have no idea how to handle it. We&’re thrown into the deep end of grief without a life preserver, desperately trying to stay afloat in a sea of shock, anger, frustration, heartbreak, and hopelessness. Mark Negley knows what it&’s like to face the pain of loss and fight to build a new life from the ashes. Over the past thirty years, he has faced cancer, raised a special needs child, lost his beloved mother, nearly lost his wife in a car accident, and supported her through depression and mental health issues resulting from her brain injuries. Tragically, in 2016, Mark received the biggest blow of all when his wife of twenty years took her own life. Frustrated by the lack of relatable resources to help navigate his grief recovery, Mark set out to redefine the loss experience. After five years of research, in-depth interviews with loss survivors, and leading grief groups, he realized that the problem isn&’t how we experience grief; the problem is that traditional models make it seem too formulaic. He found that grief recovery isn&’t a linear progression from one clearly defined stage to the next; rather, it&’s a series of concentric circles—like ripples in a pond—that emanate from a center point of impact. Those circles form three &“interconnected&” phases of recovery called Survive, Alive, and Thrive. In Survive-Alive-Thrive: Navigating the Journey from Loss to Hope to Happiness, Mark Negley takes you on a journey through his loss experiences, using his story and the stories of several others to teach his revolutionary new model of grief recovery. You don&’t have to walk this difficult road alone. With the help of Mark and others, you can navigate from loss to hope and then to happiness. You don&’t have to settle for survival! Set your sights higher and learn how to thrive again!
Surviving Alex: A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction
by Patricia A. RoosIn 2015, Patricia Roos’s twenty-five-year-old son Alex died of a heroin overdose. Turning her grief into action, Roos, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University, began to research the social factors and institutional failures that contributed to his death. Surviving Alex tells her moving story—and outlines the possibilities of a more compassionate and effective approach to addiction treatment. Weaving together a personal narrative and a sociological perspective, Surviving Alex movingly describes how even children from “good families” fall prey to addiction, and recounts the hellish toll it takes on families. Drawing from interviews with Alex’s friends, family members, therapists, teachers, and police officers—as well as files from his stays in hospitals, rehab facilities, and jails—Roos paints a compelling portrait of a young man whose life veered between happiness, anxiety, success, and despair. And as she explores how a punitive system failed her son, she calls for a community of action that would improve care for substance users and reduce addiction, realigning public health policy to address the overdose crisis.
Surviving America's Depression Epidemic
by Bruce E. LevineThe rate of depression in the U. S. has increased more than tenfold in the last fifty years. By not seriously confronting societal sources of despair, American mental health institutions have become part of the problem rather than the solution. The good news is that age-old wisdom and legitimate science--uncorrupted by the profit-margin pressures of pharmaceutical and insurance corporations--have much to inform us about revitalizing depressed people and a depressing culture. "Surviving America's Depression Epidemic" provides an alternate approach that encompasses the whole of our humanity, society, and culture, and which redefines depression in a way that makes enduring transformation more likely.
Surviving Depression
by Kathryn J. Hermes FSPDepression can strike anyone, including those deeply committed to living the Christian life. The author offers the story of her personal journey, as well as those of other Catholics and saints who have experienced depression, exploring faith, and spirituality.
Surviving Depression
by Kathryn J. HermesDepression can strike anyone, including those deeply committed to living the Christian life. The author offers the story of her personal journey, as well as those of other Catholics and saints who have experienced depression, exploring faith, and spirituality.
Surviving Information Overload: The Clear, Practical Guide to Help You Stay on Top of What You Need to Know
by Kevin A. MillerThe barrage of emails, voicemail, web pages to scan, books to read, and magazines and newsletters to digest leave people increasingly feeling overwhelmed and out of control in dealing with information overload as society spins even faster. This book offers a brief, seven-chapter practical guide to the "capture" approach. It teaches the skills of point, focus, and shoot to help the reader become more productive and overcome mental fatigue. This is not a gimmick for "neat desk" people or an expensive system requiring purchase of multiple resources or practice of rigid exercises. This practical, quick-read book shows how people of any temperament can keep from drowning in the sea of information. Features include interviews and insights from national leaders plus charts, cartoons, worksheets, and creative exercises. The book is not about how to speed up but how to gain time and focus and purpose and the mental space to be creative. You don't have to finish the book but can read it selectively at different times depending on your current needs. Feel free to skim-read, tear out pages, email small sections to a friend, or read from back to front. The goal is that you come away with ideas and help. The four sections are: 1. Finding the information you need: and getting results from it. 2. Clearing information clutter: less is more. 3. Creating space to think: finding oasis amid overload. 4. Discovering bonus stuff: it doesn't cost you anything extra. This clear, practical guide will help you to: -Sort and organize information in less time -Make space to be creative -Find just the information you need when you need it -Move from frantic to purposeful -Keep growing over a lifetime.
Surviving Linguistics: A Guide for Graduate Students (Second Edition)
by Monica MacaulayA guide to graduate study in linguistics. Covers learning about graduate school and linguistics, writing for linguists, funding and publishing research, conference papers and posters, the dissertation, and finding a job after graduate school.
Surviving One Bad Year
by Nancie CarmichaelSpiritual Strategies for a New Beginning Loss has many names -- divorce, death, illness, bankruptcy, depression, disappointment, betrayal, job loss, and more. And as we experience these losses, we sometimes wonder how we will survive. Whether you are reeling from the blow of an immediate crisis or in need of help to sustain you for the long haul, you will find spiritual strength and practical strategies on every page of this book. Purposefully designed to meet you where you are on any given day of need, this book is divided into two parts: PART 1 offers emergency tactics to help you keep your head above water when a huge wave of pain threatens to pull you under. PART 2 reveals seven strategies to help you navigate the stormy waters and make it safely to a peaceful shore. Some days, all your heart can take in may be one simple thought. At those times, you can easily flip through the pages and find... encouraging Bible verses and inspirational quotes -- set off, centered, and easy to find. At other times, you may need to soak up... practical help and biblical teachings. Or... share in stories of others who have also gone through pain. These are here for you as well. When difficult times come -- and they come to us all -- it helps to know that you are not alone, that you will survive, and that there will be an end to your crisis. This book is dedicated to you, as you find that hope and help to survive your bad year.
Surviving Separation And Divorce
by Loriann Hoff OberlinReclaim you life and your self!The weeks following your separation may prove to be the most difficult weeks of your life. But with a little help and support, you'll find the strength you need to get through the divorce process and move on.Author Loriann Hoff Oberlin, M.S., understands the rough road to starting over. A survivor herself, she shares her personal experience as well as her professional expertise as she shows you how to rebuild your life, step by step.Surviving Separation and Divorce, 2nd Edition provides you with markers for the legally and emotionally taxing journey ahead, including how to:Rebuild your self-esteemExplore reconciliation--or notHelp your children get through the transitionDeal with lawyers and the court systemManage money and financesReturn to and thrive in the workforceDevelop an active social lifeConsider remarriageWith this completely revised and updated classic at your side, you'll summon your inner strength, let go of the past, and build a better future--starting today.
Surviving Sorrow: A Mother's Guide to Living with Loss
by Kim EricksonAdvice from One Grieving Mom to OthersWhen Kim&’s three-year-old son tragically passed away, she found plenty of resources on grieving. She says what she really needed, though, "was someone who would give me advice for living, not just grieving . . . How do I get through the grocery store without crying? What do I do with my son&’s things? When will my mind stop replaying the emergency room scene?" Now, ten years later, she&’s written that book. With raw vulnerability, a deep well of wisdom, and the practical knowledge of someone who&’s been there, she walks grieving moms through the life-after-death process from how to plan the funeral to how to deal with friends, family, holidays, and birthdays. This is a profound and powerful resource that&’s invaluable for the mom who has lost a child—and for her friends and family who want to love her well.
Surviving Sorrow: A Mother's Guide to Living with Loss
by Kim EricksonAdvice from One Grieving Mom to OthersWhen Kim&’s three-year-old son tragically passed away, she found plenty of resources on grieving. She says what she really needed, though, "was someone who would give me advice for living, not just grieving . . . How do I get through the grocery store without crying? What do I do with my son&’s things? When will my mind stop replaying the emergency room scene?" Now, ten years later, she&’s written that book. With raw vulnerability, a deep well of wisdom, and the practical knowledge of someone who&’s been there, she walks grieving moms through the life-after-death process from how to plan the funeral to how to deal with friends, family, holidays, and birthdays. This is a profound and powerful resource that&’s invaluable for the mom who has lost a child—and for her friends and family who want to love her well.
Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity
by Mark Nepo"This book is an enduring resource for our times. Journey here and discover your own strength." —Chip Conley, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Modern Elder AcademyIn Surviving Storms, bestselling author and spiritual teacher Mark Nepo explores the art and practice of meeting adversity by using the timeless teachings of the heart.We live in a turbulent time. Storms are everywhere, of every size and shape. And like every generation before us, we must learn the art of surviving them, so we can help each other endure.In order to stand firm against life’s unavoidable storms, we need to know our true self, deepening our roots and solidifying our connection to all Spirit and all life. Then we, like a firmly rooted tree, can endure the force of trials and heartbreak.A profoundly timely resource, Surviving Storms describes the heart’s process of renewal and connection with insight and accuracy. Though we must each map the territories of our souls for ourselves, this spiritually practical book is an indispensable guide, bringing us to common passages and paths and urging us forward on the journey. Once the rubble clears, we, like those before us, are inevitably called to build the world one more time, admitting that we need each other.
Surviving Suicide Loss: Making Your Way Beyond the Ruins
by Rita A. Schulte, LPCNothing could hurt worse. But even in the darkness . . . there&’s hope.The pain of suicide loss is indescribable. It seems beyond survival. Yet with faith, perseverance, and the tools of brain science, there is a way through. It will take time. It will take struggle. But hope is real, for there are things you can do to make it to the other side.If you are struggling with suicide loss or you need to come alongside someone who is, Rita Schulte wants to help you move forward. As a suicide loss survivor herself, she understands the pain you&’re feeling because she has been there too. Rita, an experienced therapist and expert in traumatic loss, offers a science-based therapy model that also takes into account the role of human spirituality. Chapters in this book include:Making Sense of the Desire to DieThe Mind-Body ConnectionUnfinished BusinessMaking Peace with OurselvesFacing the Dark SideChildren—Living Behind the ShadowThe Time that RemainsWhen it comes to suicide loss, you&’ll never have all the answers. But one thing is certain: there are real pathways to help you heal—body, mind, and spirit.