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Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding
by Cynthia JohnsonThe indispensable guide to developing a personal brand, finding an audience, and nurturing followers, by digital marketing thought-leader Cynthia Johnson. In the modern world, influence is everything and personal branding equals influence. Platform is the why-to, how-to handbook by top expert Cynthia Johnson for everyone who wants to develop and manage a personal brand. In Platform, Johnson explains the process of going from unknown to influencer by achieving personal proof, social proof, recognition, and association. Johnson herself went from an on-staff social media manager to social media influencer, entrepreneur, and marketing thought-leader in just three years using her process of accelerated brand development, continuous brand management, and strategic growth. Fans of #GirlBoss and #AskGaryVee, who wonder how their favorite influencers found their voices and built their audiences, will find the answers here and discover that the process is technical, creative, tactical, and much easier than they might have expected.
Platinum Faith: Live Brilliant, Be Resilient, & Know Your Worth
by Bethany Jett Michelle Medlock AdamsPlatinum – A gorgeous metal with amazing qualities inspires faith. Platinum, known as a “magic metal” is valuable, rare, unreactive, and highly useful in many ways. In Platinum Faith: Live Brilliant, Be Resilient, and Know Your Worth Michelle Medlock Adams and Bethany Jett, best-selling authors and inspirational speakers, examine the unique properties of Platinum and how readers can be inspired by those properties to improve their walk of faith. Properties Explored Include: Valuable: Realize our importance to the Father and His Kingdom in order to accomplish all that God has called us to do. Rare: It is difficult and therefore, rare, to live our lives believing God, trusting His plan, and walking in faith every day. Unreactive: Choose to not react to the negativity in life, but only to the life-giving Word of God. Useful: Each of us in the Body of Christ have different purposes and strengths—all of us are important and useful to the Kingdom. That is Platinum Faith. Includes a forward from best-selling author Victoria Osteen. Product Features Each chapter focuses on one platinum property and how it relates to a woman’s faith walk. Readers learn to understand their worth, believe in God’s plan for them, and believe only in the life-giving Word of God. Book includes leader helps for group study.
The Platinum Rule: Discover the Four Basic Business Personalities andHow They Can Lead You to Success
by Tony Alessandra Michael J. O'ConnorIn this entertaining and thought-provoking book, Tony Alessandra and Michael O'Connor argue that the "Golden Rule" is not always the best way to approach people. Rather, they propose the Platinum Rule: "Do unto others as "they'd" like done unto them". In other words, find out what makes people tick and go from there.
Platinum Rules for Enjoying Life
by Sylvia Weinstein CraftPlatinum Rules for Enjoying Life is an inspirational and uplifting book that encourages readers to reflect on ways to enhance their enjoyment of life. Platinum Rules for Enjoying Life contains easy-to-read advice, common-sense guidance and tips for developing skills and activities that bring more pleasure and fulfillment to each day. It contains 40 concise rules organized in five sections: rules for self-improvement, spending time, enhancing relationships, healthy living and enjoying the seasons. Everyone who wants to develop inner peace, joy and contentment is encouraged to read this insightful book. Given today’s modern busy lifestyles, it's easy to overlook our own needs and lose ourselves as we devote all of our time and energy to the needs of others. This little book reminds us all how to stay true to ourselves while living a life of significance on a daily basis.
Plato, Not Prozac!: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou MarinoffPhilosophy professor Lou Marinoff, Ph.D. offers eternal wisdom to help cope with everyday problems in Plato, Not Prozac!“You don’t need a prescription for this mind-opening, possibly life-altering book. . . . The Thinking person’s guide to understanding yourself.” —Cleveland Plain DealerIf you’re facing a dilemma—whether it’s handling a relationship, living ethically, dealing with a career change, or finding meaning in life—the world’s most important thinkers from centuries past will help guide you toward a solution compatible with your individual beliefs. From Kirkegaard’s thoughts on coping with death to the I Ching’s guidelines on adapting to change, Plato, Not Prozac! makes philosophy accessible and shows you how to use it to solve your everyday problems.Gone is the need for expensive therapists, medication, and lengthy analysis. Clearly organized by common problems to help you tailor Dr. Lou Marinoff’s advice to your own needs, this is an intelligent, effective, and persuasive prescription for self-healing therapy that is giving psychotherapy a run for its money. “Philosophy [to Marinoff] is the Lava bar of intellect—meant to be used every day, down to the nub.” —San Francisco Examiner“Plato, Not Prozac! looks to become the bible of the ‘philosophical counseling’ movement.” —Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine“The ancient thinkers often characterized philosophy as ‘medicine for the soul.’ Marinoff provides a generous dose throughout these lively pages. I highly recommend it!”—Tom Morris, Ph.D., author of Plato’s Lemonade Stand
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends
by Marisa G. FrancoIs understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding &“your people&” in an ever-more-fragmented world?How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren&’t texting you back (it&’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of &“friendships happening organically&” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style—secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what&’s working (and what&’s failing) in your friendships.Making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is possible at any age—in fact, it&’s essential. The good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. Platonic provides a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with others—and for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process.
Play
by Stuart Brown Christopher VaughanRead Stuart Brown's posts on the Penguin Blog. From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play. Dr. Brown has spent his career studying animal behavior and conducting more than six- thousand "play histories" of humans from all walks of life-from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. Backed by the latest research, Play (20,000 copies in print) explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more. Particularly in tough times, we need to play more than ever, as it's the very means by which we prepare for the unexpected, search out new solutions, and remain optimistic. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.
Play (Reflections)
by Marc Malmdorf AndersenA short but engaging look at why play is so important for people of all ages and how it can help us become better, more creative adults.In Play, Marc Malmdorf Andersen argues that playing is not just for kids and the young at heart. He explains how it is something of a scientific process, and how tinkering with one hare-brained idea after another can help us become better, more creative adults. When we play, we develop trust and intimacy, solve problems, and explore our own minds and the world around us. Malmdorf Andersen charts the evolution of play and evaluates the research in developmental psychology and biology that supports his claim. By defining different types of play, he reveals the close relationships between play and learning and between creativity and innovation.ReflectionsIn Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on a key concept that encapsulates their years of study and research. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics and concepts—everything from love, trust, and play to corruption, welfare, and sleep—that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.
Play: una obra de Jed McKenna
by Jed Mckenna Noelia Jiménez DíazDescripción del libro: Es lo que es, según dicen, pero... ¿lo es? Jed McKenna ha sido siempre más de destruir preguntas que de responderlas, de modo que no es de extrañar que Play tenga más preguntas que respuestas. De hecho, podría verse como una progresión a través de las etapas de la autoindagación, en la que cada una de las siete escenas nos lleva un poco más lejos en el viaje hacie el interior; las primeras escenas plantean las preguntas y las últimas se fijan en aquellos que hacen las preguntas, mostrándonos, prometiéndonos, advirtiéndonos, a dónde lleva realmente la indagación honesta e implacable. Pero, ¿quién –plantea Jed-- quiere ir realmente a dónde lleva este camino? En este viaje, quien uno es cambia a cada paso, y dar el siguiente paso es lo importante. Al final, Play es lo que es. ¿O no...? Tal vez es el viaje de la vida examinada o tal vez no es más que una obrita juguetona. Por supuesto, en última instancia, Play, igual que la vida, igual que cualquier cosa, es lo que quiera que sea para usted.
The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living
by Pat KaneThe Play Ethic explores the real meaning of play and shows how a more playful society would revolutionize and liberate our daily lives. Using wide and varied sources from the Enlightenment to Eminem, Socrates to Chaos theory, Kierkegaard to Karaoke, this book shows how play is fundamental to both society and to the individual, and how the work ethic that has dominated the last three centuries is ill-equipped to deal with the modern world.
Play Life More Beautifully
by Andrew Harvey Seymour BernsteinThis inspiring book based on a series of passionate and illuminating conversations between two dear friends discusses everything from God, music, friendship, teaching, death, and more. One friend is religious scholar, poet, and teacher of mystical traditions, Andrew Harvey. The other is acclaimed pianist, composer, and teacher Seymour Bernstein. At 87 and going strong, Seymour has become an inspiration to thousands of people across the country thanks to the recently released and critically acclaimed documentary Seymour: An Introduction, which led to the idea for this book. In Conversations with Seymour, readers will learn more about themselves through the insight observations of Bernstein and Harvey.
Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church: An 8 Step Model to Help You Prevent or Resolve Conflict with Your Brothers and Sisters
by Ron PricePlay Nice in Your Sandbox at Church equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to help their church members stay focused on their mission, rather than get sidetracked with their interpersonal squabbles. The PLAY and NICE in the title are capitalized because they are acronyms. PLAY represents a four-step model to prevent conflict when possible, and NICE gives a four-step model to resolve differences with others. Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church is divided into two major portions covering eight sections. The first four sections comprise the PLAY chapters, where readers learn how to prevent needless trivial matters from escalating into situations they neither want nor need. In sections five through eight, readers gain the knowledge and skill to help them resolve significant differences they are bound to have with others from time-to-time. Within Play Nice in Your Sandbox at Church, there is a CHAPTER CHALLENGE at the end of each chapter to help readers implement the information they’ve learned throughout.
The Play of Your Life: Your Program for Finding the Career of Your Dreams--And a Step-by-Step Guide to Making It a Reality
by Colleen A. Sabatino<p><i>Play of Your Life</i> is not just a how-to it is your own portable career-coach. While other books may promise to help you land the job of your dreams, Colleen Sabatino trumps that. She opens your eyes to the possibilities you've not yet imagined. The book offers a 2-step program. Part One guides readers through a series of engaging self-assessment quizzes and diagnostic steps to help each individual recognize their dream and translate that into a career path. Part Two is master class on the tactical steps toward making that dream a reality. <p>Colleen Sabatino is enjoying nationwide recognition as a career counselor. Her seminars and corporate consulting sessions are so popular that MBA programs are planning to adopt her book as part of their curriculum. From setting the stage, to crafting the life-script that will open the necessary doors, Sabatino's program affords the secret to becoming a star in your own life.</p>
Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation
by Patrick Bateson Paul MartinWhat role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its significance for development and evolution, before examining the importance of playfulness in creativity. This discussion sheds new light on the links between creativity and innovation, distinguishing between the generation of novel behaviour and ideas on the one hand, and the implementation of these novelties on the other. The authors then turn to the role of play in the development of the child and to parallels between play, humour and dreaming, along with the altered states of consciousness generated by some psychoactive drugs. A final chapter looks forward to future research and to what remains to be discovered in this fascinating and important field.
Play Therapy Activities for Mindfulness: 80 Play-Based Exercises to Improve Emotional Regulation and Strengthen the Parent-Child Connection
by Melissa LaVigneHelp kids ages 3 to 9 cultivate mindfulness with the power of play Managing emotions and maintaining focus are critical skills for growing children—and they learn them best through mindful play. With fun games and exercises, Play Therapy Activities for Mindfulness helps children learn the skills they need to connect with themselves and others.80 mindfulness activities—Practice mindfulness while having fun with activities that encourage kids to dance, experiment with food, play hide-and-seek, and more!Proven therapy techniques—Kids will learn impulse control, self-awareness, and emotional regulation using proven play therapy activities created by a registered therapist.Easy, guided instructions—Detailed activity instructions and tips for success make play therapy simple.Pick up this book today and teach kids mindfulness while they play.
Play Your Bigger Game: 9 Minutes To Learn, A Lifetime To Live
by Rick TamlynPlay Your Bigger Game provides a philosophy and methodology that you can learn in just nine minutes, and it will serve you for the rest of your life. Self-empowerment expert Rick Tamlyn believes that life is all made up. So why not make it a game of your own design—one that excites, challenges, and allows you to fully express your talents and creativity?When you play your bigger game, you create a life that is dynamic, engaging, and wildly inspiring. This book is your antidote to inertia—you will never feel stuck again. Each and every day, it will motivate you to keep stretching, achieving, and thriving above and beyond any boundaries or limitations that might have held you back in the past. Play Your Bigger Game offers pathways, tools, and inspiring stories to feed the hunger in your soul, light the fires of your imagination, and build a fulfilling life and a lasting legacy.If you long to:• have a more positive impact within your family, your work, your community, or organization• make a change, but you aren’t sure what sort of change• create meaningful work• take responsibility and direct your destiny • make a difference or leave a legacy. . . then you should join thousands of others around the world and play your bigger game!
Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You Calm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty
by Clay DrinkoStop negative thoughts, assuage anxiety, and live in the moment with these fun, easy games from improv expert Clay Drinko.If you&’ve been feeling lost lately, you&’re not alone! Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans were experiencing record levels of loneliness and anxiety. And in our current political turmoil, it&’s safe to say that people are looking for new tools to help them feel more present, positive, and in sync with the world. So what better way to get there than play? In Play Your Way Sane, Dr. Clay Drinko offers 120 low-key, accessible activities that draw on the popular principles of improv comedy to help you tackle your everyday stress and reconnect with the people around you. Divided into twelve fun sections, including &“Killing Debbie Downer&” and &“Thou Shalt Not Be Judgy,&” the games emphasize openness, reciprocation, and active listening as the keys to a mindful and satisfying life. Whether you&’re looking to improve your personal relationships, find new meaning at work, or just survive our trying times, Play Your Way Sane offers serious self-help with a side of Second City sass.
The Playful Life: The Power of Play in Our Every Day
by Julie P. Jones Jed DearyburyDo you find yourself wanting more out of life? It&’s time to bring play to your every day Play is not just for kids! There are many reasons we need play in our lives. The Playful Life shows you why and how to bring more playfulness to all aspects of your life. You&’ll explore how to create meaningful, relevant, and fun experiences for yourself and others through both a playful mindset and playful behaviors. Through research and 20+ years of teaching children and adults, authors Dr. Julie Jones and Jed Dearybury have found that play is not only fun, it&’s essential to a full life. In this book, they share their knowledge and inspire you to reflect on the need for connection and joy for healthy living through play. This book will equip you with new definitions, ideas, and ways of thinking about play for your daily life. With a relaxed tone, comical banter, and real talk, the authors encourage new understandings about what play is and empower you to make more playful choices. If you strive to find balance, overcome stress, and enjoy each day through play—The Playful Life is a must read for your life journey! Learn what play means and why it&’s so essential to our everyday lives—at every age Discover the incredible benefits of play to your physical and mental health Get ideas for incorporating play into your everyday life at work, at home, or when you&’re out and about Begin healing past traumas and grow into the person you are meant to be—through play and playful living!Building on the popular book The Playful Classroom, this is a new and exciting take on what play does for all of us-- physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively.
Playful Parenting: An Exciting New Approach to Raising Children That Will Help You Nurture Close Connections, Solve Behavior Problems, and Encourage Confidence
by Lawrence J. CohenHave you ever stepped back to watch what really goes on when your children play? As psychologist Lawrence J. Cohen points out, play is children's way of exploring the world, communicating deep feelings, getting close to those they care about, working through stressful situations, and simply blowing off steam. That's why "playful parenting" is so important and so successful in building strong, close bonds between parents and children. Through play we join our kids in their world and help them to: * Express and understand complex emotions * Break through shyness, anger, and fear * Empower themselves and respect diversity * Play their way through sibling rivalry * Cooperate without power struggles. From eliciting a giggle during baby's first game of peekaboo to cracking jokes with a teenager while hanging out at the mall, Playful Parenting is a complete guide to using play to raise confident children. Written with love and humor, brimming with good advice and revealing anecdotes, and grounded in the latest research, this book will make you laugh even as it makes you wise in the ways of being an effective, enthusiastic parent.
Playfulness in Coaching: Exploring Our Untapped Potential Through Playfulness, Creativity and Imagination
by Stephanie Wheeler Teresa LeymanWhat do we mean by playfulness? Playfulness and play are no longer seen as only of benefit to children’s learning and development, but are being used increasingly for coaching adults in the context of serious challenges and issues. Benefits include better communication, understanding, self-awareness, relationship-building, creativity, ideation and innovation in a business environment. This book is the first to introduce and expand on the idea of playfulness as an approach in coaching. Playfulness in Coaching fully explains the serious role of playfulness and provides the why and the how for new and experienced coaches. Using case studies throughout, the book takes a broad and evidence-led look at the relevant areas of playfulness in coaching: contracting, developing insights, forming direct communications, how to prime the coach and the client for playfulness, identifying and overcoming barriers, assessing risks, and closing a session. It is packed with theory, research, stories from practice, ideas and inspiration for understanding and applying playfulness in life and work. This will be an invaluable resource for coaches, particularly those with experience who are moving towards intermediate and mastery level. The book has been written with coaches working with corporate clients in mind, particularly in the context of challenges in a VUCA environment. It will also be relevant to HR and Learning and Development managers who source coaches for organisations and oversee internal coaches, as well as managers-as-coaches, life coaches and mental health professionals.
Playing a New Game: A Black Woman's Guide to Being Well and Thriving in the Workplace
by Tammy Lewis Wilborn, PhDDrawing on first-hand clinical insight and scientific research, Dr. Wilborn offers much-needed advice on how women of color can be high-performing and successful professionally, without sacrificing their physical, mental, and emotional wellness. Black and brown women have been making profound strides in leadership and professional achievement, despite facing the added hurdles of both sexism and racism in the workplace. But so often, excelling at work comes at the expense of their wellness: the chronic stressors and demands on Black women can result in negative physical health outcomes such as sleep disturbance, hypertension, and diabetes, and negative mental health outcomes including anxiety and depression. We cannot talk about career advancement for Black and brown women without talking about strategies that promote their total wellbeing.Playing a New Game offers women a new way forward, in which ambition and wellness can not only coexist, but bolster each other. With insights from her 20 years of professional counseling experience and extensive research, mental health expert Dr. Tammy Wilborn expands the dialogue on BIPOC women&’s experiences of race and gender stereotypes at work, exploring them as a wellness issue. Through her evidence-based best practices that promote self-care and self-empowerment as necessary tools for professional success, Black and brown women can flip the script by prioritizing their wellness even as they advance professionally.
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond
by Vernon DavisNFL football star Vernon Davis delves into his astonishing career, from winning Super Bowl 50 in 2016 with the Denver Broncos to reinventing himself as an actor and producer, and recalls the hard-won lessons—including that infamous press conference—that paved his path to success. INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION FROM COACH MIKE SINGLETARY In October 2008, after a San Francisco loss to Seattle, Vernon Davis was put on blast by Coach Mike Singletary in a fiery speech criticizing his &“me-myself-and-I attitude.&” It proved to be the turning point in Davis&’s career, and the inspiration for him to change his mind set and his game plan, as well as his perspective on life and family. At the time, Davis was a young, talented player drafted by the San Franscisco 49ers in 2006 at number six, one of the highest drafted tight ends in NFL history. He played ten years for the 49ers, including a 2013 Super Bowl loss to the Baltimore Ravens in a 34–31 heartbreaker, where Davis recorded six catches for 104 yards. He later won a Super Bowl in 2016 with Peyton Manning and the Broncos, after nailing a crucial downfield block that sprung teammate C. L. Anderson for a key 34-yard run that helped the Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers 24–10 for the ring. Davis retired in 2019 after four final years of playing for his hometown team in Washington, DC. He&’s now deeply involved in his new passion for acting and producing. Here, he rewinds his real-life tape to reflect on his youthful beginnings, his career and competitive spirit—and the insights on teamwork, leadership, and responsibility that came in the aftermath of Coach Singletary&’s press conference that prompted Davis to transform his football career and his life for the better. Weaving personal reflections with frank, real-world advice, Playing Ball is an eye-opening story of what winning—on the field and off—is all about.
Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message
by Tara MohrA groundbreaking women's leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical skills to voice and implement the changes they want to see--in themselves and in the world In her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were "playing small" in their lives and careers, were frustrated by it, and wanted to "play bigger." She has devised a proven way for them to achieve their dreams by playing big from the inside out. Mohr's work helping women play bigger has earned acclaim from the likes of Maria Shriver and Jillian Michaels, and has been featured on the Today show, CNN, and a host of other media outlets. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In gave many women new awareness about what kinds of changes they need to make to become more successful; yet most women need help implementing them. In the tradition of Brené Brown's Daring Greatly, Playing Big provides real, practical tools to help women quiet self-doubt, identify their callings, "unhook" from praise and criticism, unlearn counterproductive good girl habits, and begin taking bold action. While not all women aspire to end up in the corner office, every woman aspires to something. Playing Big fills a major gap among women's career books; it isn't just for corporate women. The book offers tools to help every woman play bigger--whether she's an executive, community volunteer, artist, or stay-at-home mom. Thousands of women across the country have been transformed by Mohr's program, and now this book makes the ideas and practices available to everyone who is ready to play big.
Playing Big
by Tara MohrA groundbreaking women's leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical skills to voice and implement the changes they want to see--in themselves and in the world In her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were "playing small" in their lives and careers, were frustrated by it, and wanted to "play bigger." She has devised a proven way for them to achieve their dreams by playing big from the inside out. Mohr's work helping women play bigger has earned acclaim from the likes of Maria Shriver and Jillian Michaels, and has been featured on the Today show, CNN, and a host of other media outlets. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In gave many women new awareness about what kinds of changes they need to make to become more successful; yet most women need help implementing them. In the tradition of Brené Brown's Daring Greatly, Playing Big provides real, practical tools to help women quiet self-doubt, identify their callings, "unhook" from praise and criticism, unlearn counterproductive good girl habits, and begin taking bold action. While not all women aspire to end up in the corner office, every woman aspires to something. Playing Big fills a major gap among women's career books; it isn't just for corporate women. The book offers tools to help every woman play bigger--whether she's an executive, community volunteer, artist, or stay-at-home mom. Thousands of women across the country have been transformed by Mohr's program, and now this book makes the ideas and practices available to everyone who is ready to play big.
Playing Dead: How Meditation Brought Me Back to Life
by Robert Sheehan'A wit and wisdom that harkens back to an age of enlightenment' – RON PERLMAN, ACTOR'A meditation guide from a man with a mind most unlikely to be conducive to meditation' – MANCHÁN MAGAN, WRITER AND BROADCASTER'In this beautifully written story, Robert Sheehan shares his journey from chaos to stillness and how meditation can lead us to a place of connection and calm' – DEB DANA, AUTHOR OF ANCHORED From Robert Sheehan, star of Misfits and The Umbrella Academy, and host of hit podcast The Earth Locker, comes a heartfelt journey to inner peace.In Playing Dead, Robert Sheehan shares intimate reflections on his search for purpose, looking back at the adventures – and misadventures – of his life so far, and sharing the profoundly transformative lessons he has learnt along the way.Meditation is at the heart of Robert's route to spiritual awakening. In Playing Dead he reveals the turbulence in his life that led him to seek calm and tranquility within. A beautiful, meandering memoir reflecting a rich tapestry of experience, uncovering how spirituality has become his anchor in the constant moving tide. Combining storytelling with letters, poetry, childhood memories and thoughtful musings on fame.Through this compelling description of his quest for inner stillness, Robert shows us how we can welcome a practice of meditation into our own lives, with tools for soothing your nervous system and focusing a fretful mind. In a world where our attention is constantly up for grabs, Playing Dead shows how we can give our souls the deep rest we crave.