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Gratitude - Mom Devotional: Prayers to Pause, Reflect, and Give Thanks
by Jenifer MetzgerFoster an attitude of gratitude as you fortify your faith with this mom devotional Moms often make for excellent multitaskers. But the busyness of motherhood can sometimes blind you to the blessings that surround you. Gratitude - Mom Devotional encourages you to take a moment to appreciate all that life has to offer. Over the span of several months, develop a daily practice centered around faith. Explore how God's Word enhances your role as a mother and helps you generate a more joyous outlook. Inside this women's devotional you'll find: 60+ devotions—Give thanks for the gifts of every day as you engage with short Scripture passages, readings, and prayers. Advice on motherhood—Use Biblical teachings to gain insight into the maternal experience with lessons like Thankful for My Body and Cultivate a Home of Gratitude. Space to reflect—Each devotion ends with dedicated writing space, allowing you to collect your thoughts and put your prayers to paper. Embrace the joy and grace of daily life with this devotional journal for women.
5-Minute Mindfulness for Raising Toddlers: Simple Practices to Manage Stress and Find Calm
by Stacy SpensleyKeep calm and parent on Life can be a chaotic adventure when you're raising toddlers, full of hilarious moments—and plenty that make you want to pull out your hair. This guide can help you keep your cool and reduce stress by turning to mindfulness. It's filled with easy 5-minute exercises designed to generate positivity and peace of mind. What sets this apart from other books about parenting toddlers: Stay grounded—Discover how tools like breathwork and visualization can keep you grounded in trying times. Building a sustainable practice—Develop a consistent mindfulness routine and stay motivated with 5-minute exercises you can tackle even on truly hectic days. Empowering exercises—Dive into a range of mindfulness activities perfect for parents, from learning how to meditate on the move to coloring your way to calm with (or without) your child. Adopt a mindfulness practice and start alleviating parenting stress today.
Meditation for Kids: 40 Activities to Manage Emotions, Ease Anxiety, and Stay Focused
by Tejal V. PatelA little calm for your little ones—the joy of meditation for kids ages 4 to 8 Meditation is great for dealing with tough feelings—even for kids! It doesn't matter if your child is upset and needs to take a minute to calm down or you just want them to be a bit more focused, Meditation for Kids has the perfect exercise to help them out. Teach your child how fun and easy meditation for kids can be. Exercises are simple and short so you don't have to fight to keep their attention. From Stop-Sign Breath and Meditating on a Lily Pad to Happy Hummingbird and Anger Washing Machine, Meditation for Kids is filled with dozens of different kinds of exercises, each tailored to specific situations. Help your child start on the path to inner peace today! Meditation for Kids helps your child: Stay in control—Whether they're angry, upset, or even tired, learn how you can help your little one take charge of their big feelings. All kinds of activities—Breathing exercises, mindfulness practice, yoga poses, and more—discover a whole world of ways for your kid to explore meditation. Fun and engaging—Keep their body and mind busy with easy-to-do and super entertaining meditation activities that only take a few minutes each. The path to calm and inner peace (for you and your child) starts here—with Meditation for Kids.
Green Smoothies for Beginners: Essentials to Get Started
by Rockridge University PressWHAT ARE THOSE GREEN DRINKS? WHAT DO THEY TASTE LIKE? AND HOW ARE THEY MADE? Green Smoothies for Beginners: Essentials to Get Started answers your basic questions and provides everything you need to know to begin enjoying the myriad health benefits of the delicious green drink. Discover optimal health with Green Smoothies for Beginners: The Green Smoothie Detox Plan includes recipes, helpful tips, and guidelines for a One-Day Cleanse, Three-Day Cleanse, and a Five-Day Cleanse. Discover 35 quick and easy green smoothie recipes for weight loss, digestive health, disease prevention, anti-aging, healthy skin, increased energy, and improved cognitive function. Learn how to create your own tasty green drinks; discover 63 smoothie ingredients; learn which fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices work best together; and start making your own green smoothies from scratch today. Exploring the health benefits of green smoothies, best-selling health and nutrition author John Chatham provides a complete introduction to the nutritious green drink, from the basics of green smoothies to easy recipes, tips for creating your own from scratch, and basic detox cleanses. Whether you are looking to lose weight, cleanse your system, or are seeking a daily health supplement, Green Smoothies for Beginners will help you discover the amazing healing benefits and essential vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals provided by the fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices in green smoothies. Green Smoothies for Beginners: Essentials to Get Started provides a nutritional path to a healthier you.
Notes from the Bottom of the World: A Life in Chile
by Suzanne AdamChile—named the Lonely Planet 2017 destination of the year—has been Suzanne Adam’s home for over four decades. She knows the territory—its culture, its idiosyncrasies, and its exotic landscapes, from Patagonian glaciers to the northern Atacama Desert. In this heartfelt collection of sixty-three personal essays, she searches for universal truths and sparks of beauty revealed in small, daily moments both in her native land—the United States—and in Chile. She considers how her American past and move to Chile have shaped her life and enriched her worldview, and she explores with insight questions on aging, women’s roles, spiritual life, friendship, love, and writers who inspire.In a return trip to Colombia fifty years after her two-year stay there as a Peace Corps Volunteer, Adam reflects on the mark left on her by that experience. Finally, she crosses America from east to west, immersing herself in regional cultures and discovering a common thread of reciprocity throughout.
Hysterical: Anna Freud's Story
by Rebecca CoffeyImagine growing up smart, ambitious, and queer in a home where your father Sigmund Freud thinks that women should aspire to be wives and calls lesbianism a gateway to mental illness. He also says that lesbianism is always caused by the father, and is usually curable by psychoanalysis.Then he analyzes you.Ultimately Anna Freud loved Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham (heir to the Tiffany fortune) for 54 years. They raised a family together and became psychoanalysts in their own right, specializing in work with children. But first Anna had to navigate childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood in a famous family where her kind of romantic longings were considered dangerous.What was it like to grow up the lesbian daughter of &“the great Sigmund Freud&”? Aside from Anna&’s sexuality and from her father&’s intrusive psychoanalysis of her, what were the Freud family's most closely closeted skeletons? What is it about the birth of psychoanalysis that even today's psychoanalysts would prefer to keep secret? How did Anna defy her father so thoroughly while continuing to love him and learn from him?Weaving a grand tale out of a pile of crazy facts, Hysterical: Anna Freud's Story lets the pioneering child psychologist freely examine the forces that shaped her life.
A Child Lost (A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series)
by Michelle Cox&“Mixing Romance and Mystery in a Fizzy 1930s Cocktail!&”&“A Child Lost is undoubtedly a novel that should not be missed—the story is genius, flawlessly written, and wildly entertaining! A thrilling five stars!&” — The Red Headed Book Lover&“Once again, Cox delivers the passion and intrigue of Henrietta and Clive with a story that leaps right off the page. A Child Lost is a true thrill . . . &” — Paperback Paris&“The characters&’ depth and complexity is beautifully written…this is a truly enjoyable and addicting series.&” — Nurse BookieA spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . . When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta—much to Clive&’s dismay—begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.Meanwhile, Elsie begs Clive and Henrietta to help her and the object of her budding love, Gunther, locate the whereabouts of one Liesel Klinkhammer, the German woman Gunther has traveled to America to find and the mother of the little girl, Anna, whom he has brought along with him. The search leads them to Dunning Asylum, where they discover some terrible truths about Liesel. When the child, Anna, is herself mistakenly admitted to the asylum after an epileptic fit, Clive and Henrietta return to Dunning to retrieve her. This time, however, Henrietta begins to suspect that something darker may be happening. When Clive doesn&’t believe her, she decides to take matters into her own hands . . . with horrifying results.
Building Blocks for Reflective Communication: A Guide for Early Care and Education Professionals
by Grace Manning-OrensteinIn the United States today, more than 11 million children five years of age and under spend part of each day in the professional care of 21 million early childhood caregivers. Anyone connected to this field, whether they be administrators, teachers, parents, mental health consultants, early childhood mental health agencies, or universities, will want to learn about the unique stressors of this emotionally charged environment and its impact on the individuals who work there. Intended to provide communication skills that deal positively with the powerful emotions triggered by stress, Tame Your Powerful Emotions will help people express themselves honestly and authentically while at the same time showing respect for their colleagues. Empowering, straightforward, and accessible, this book is a source of calm for those tense moments when teacher relationships hang in the balance.
Sextet: A literary love triangle
by Christine BenvenutoThe friendship of two tightly knit New York City couples whose bond isn&’t quite what it seems threatens to unravel after the publication of a story in a well-known literary magazine that bears a strange resemblance to their real life. This wry, urban novelette blurs the lines between love and lust, loyalty and betrayal, laying bare the power of literature to expose parts of ourselves we may not want to see. Christine Benvenuto oh-so-lightly pokes fun at Manhattan&’s privileged class, and her observations are all the more biting for their subtlety.
Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One: Savoring the Olde Ways Series: Book One (The Savoring the Olde Ways Series)
by Carole BumpusPart culinary memoir and part travelogue, Carole Bumpus gathered this compilation of intimate interviews, conversations, stories, and traditional family recipes (cuisine pauvre) in the kitchens of French families as she traveled throughout the countryside. Travel with her through Champagne caves/wineries and historic cathedrals, local farmers&’ markets, ancient potters&’ guilds, and restaurant kitchens with wood-fire ovens. Learn how to make homemade Spinach-stuffed Tortellini with Bolognaise Sauce from the Champagne region, Crêpes and Watercress-stuffed Ravioli from the Lorraine, and Baekeofe and Kugelhopf from the Alsace. &“Go blind&” from the family stock of Eau de Vie liqueur and be treated to tales of foraging for snails for the infamous and now extinct Escargots Festival. And, on a somber note, listen to accounts of families forced from their communities during the German occupation of WWII in the Alsace and Lorraine, only to continue to struggle for survival after finally making their way home. This book is a compilation of stories about making ends meet; about people being grateful for all they had, even when they had almost nothing; about the sharing of family jokes and laughter; and about family trials and triumphs. This book is about people savoring the life they have been given.
Again and Again: A Novel
by Ellen BravoIf sexual shenanigans disqualified candidates for Congress, the U.S. would have no government. But what if the candidate was a pro-choice Republican supported by feminist groups—and a college rapist whose secret could be exposed by a leading women&’s rights advocate? Again and Again tells the story of Deborah Borenstein—as an established women&’s rights leader in 2010 Washington, DC, and as a college student, thirty years earlier, whose roommate is raped by a fellow student. The perpetrator is now a Senate candidate who has the backing of major feminist groups . . . which puts Deborah in a difficult position. Torn between her past and present, as the race goes on, Deborah finds herself tested as a wife, a mother, a feminist, and a friend.
I'm So Glad You're Here: A Memoir
by Pamela GayI&’m So Glad You&’re Here is the story of a family disrupted by ramifications of a father&’s mental illness. The memoir opens with a riveting account of Gay, age eighteen, witnessing her father being bound in a straitjacket and carried out of the house on a stretcher. The trauma she experiences escalates when, after her father has had electroshock treatments at a state mental hospital, her parents leave her in a college dorm room and move from Massachusetts to Florida without her. She feels abandoned. Both her parents have gone missing. Decades later, when Gay and her three much-older siblings show up for their father&’s funeral, she witnesses her sundered family&’s inability to gather together. Eventually, she is diagnosed with PTSD of abandonment and treated with EMDR therapy—and finally begins to heal. Poignant and powerful, I&’m So Glad You&’re Here is Gay&’s exploration of the idea that while the wounds we carry from growing up in fractured families stay with us, they do not have to control us—a reflective journey that will inspire readers to think about their own relational lives.
Magician and Fool: Book One, Arcana Oracle Series (Arcana Oracle Series)
by Susan WandsPamela Colman Smith, newly arrived from New York to her birthplace of London, is received as an oddball in Victorian society. Her second sight helps her in her new job: illustrating tarot cards for the Golden Dawn, a newly formed occult group. But when Pamela refuses to share her creations with Aleister Crowley, a controversial magician, he issues a threat: give up the cards&’ power, or he&’ll harm her muses.In the midst of this battle, two of Pamela&’s idols, the actors Henry Irving and William Terriss, take her under their wing. Henry, who tutors her as the leader of the Lyceum Theatre, becomes the muse for her Magician card. William Terriss, teaching her by examples of instinct and courage, becomes the muse for her Fool card. As Pamela begins to create the tarot deck, she is almost overwhelmed by the race to possess the magical power of her cards. In order to defeat Aleister, Henry and William will have to transform into living incarnations of the Magician and the Fool—and Pamela will have to learn how to conjure her own magic.
Grow in Grace: 5-Minute Devotions for Preteen Girls
by Megan GoverGrow in Grace is a collection of devotionals for teen girls to help them stay connected to their faith and find strength in God's word as they face the exciting challenges of becoming a teenager.Middle school comes with its share of big changes and confusing thoughts—but you can help teens and preteens know they're not alone. Let faith guide them through school, friendships, and more with this Christian devotional!This book of devotionals for teen girls offers:The guidance they need—The prompts are not dated or numbered, so teen girls can turn to this devotional whenever they need to and pick the message that feels right—whether it's about making friends, overcoming disappointment, or sharing their strengths with the world.Prayer and reflection—Each 5-minute devotional includes a selection from Scripture, an insightful question, and space to write down personal thoughts.Share and be heard—These devotionals for teen girls will inspire conversation about feelings and faith within the whole family.Help young women grow in their faith and tackle the challenges of growing up with Grow in Grace!
Moving Through Grief: Proven Techniques for Finding Your Way After Any Loss
by Gretchen Kubacky PsyDOvercoming your pain—proven strategies for grief recovery Coping with loss is difficult, but that doesn't mean you have to suffer alone. Based on the scientifically proven acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) approach, Moving Through Grief provides simple and effective techniques to help you get unstuck and start living a rich and fulfilling life again, even after loss. ACT is about embracing all aspects of your experience—including the painful parts—and committing to actions that will improve and enrich your life. Whether you're dealing with the loss of a loved one, your health, home, or livelihood, this guide provides you with creative exercises that will help you work through your pain and reconnect with the things you love. Moving Through Grief includes: Rediscover your life—Learn how you can show up for your life and experience joy and satisfaction, even as you still feel the pain of your loss. Grief recovery toolbox—Discover how the six tools of ACT—values, committed action, acceptance, being present, cognitive defusion, and self-as-context—can expand your perspective and aid with the healing process. Easy-to-use advice—Make real progress toward feeling like yourself again with straightforward exercises, such as identifying your values and setting realistic goals. Find out how ACT can change the way you relate to your pain with Moving Through Grief
Communication in Marriage Workbook: Exercises to Resolve Conflict and Improve Your Relationship
by Emelie A. Blank MA, LPCStrengthen communication skills and gain a deeper connection—a marriage workbook for couples Communication is the key to any successful relationship. But sometimes, creating an open line can be challenging. Communication in Marriage Workbook gives you the tools you need to build more effective communication patterns with your partner to navigate common conflicts in a positive and supportive way. From open-ended discussion prompts to quick quizzes, this complete communication in marriage workbook for couples can show you how to use simple, actionable exercises to improve your marriage by working together or separately to work through issues. Get on the path to breaking barriers and building a more honest, open, and authentic relationship through compromise and clear communication. Inside the Communication in Marriage Workbook, you'll find: Accessible to all—Couples of all kinds are welcome, including newlyweds, couples who have been married for a while, and married couples with kids. Inclusive approach—This communication in marriage workbook is gender nonbinary and open to all couples in the LGBTQIA+ community, varying socioeconomic backgrounds, and ages. Simple exercises—These activities can be completed individually or worked on together. Communicate better and make your bond stronger with this communication in marriage workbook.
Healing with Shamanism: Practices and Traditions to Restore and Balance the Self
by Jaime Meyer MADiscover the history and healing power of shamanism—a practical guide For tens of thousands of years, shamanism has helped us to understand the transcendent union between body, mind, and spirit. Healing with Shamanism is a comprehensive guide to the history and practice of shamanistic healing from all over the world—so you can learn from their power and apply it in your own life. Explore shamanistic techniques that offer wisdom on healing every part of your being, including visualization, meditation, journaling, song and chant, massage, ecstatic dance, energy manipulation, and power animal work. It's time to embark on a journey that will fill you with love, wonder, and the power to live in restorative wholeness. Healing with Shamanism includes: A world of shamanism—Learn what shamanism is, the difference between animism and shamanism, the unique regional differences and contributions to shamanistic practices, and beyond. Tools for healing—Discover some of the common cross-cultural tools that shamans use for healing today and throughout time, from crystals and plants to ritual clothing, rattles, cloaks, and drums. Shamanistic glossary—Explore helpful definitions of the more abstract words, concepts, and ideas. Find the healing power within you with the profound wisdom of shamanism.
Fast Metabolism Weight Loss Diet Plan: Reset Health and Achieve Lasting Weight Loss
by Megan Johnson McCullough MABoost your metabolism and jump-start weight loss in five weeks The path to weight loss can be frustrating—and an imbalanced metabolism can slow down progress. Pave a smooth road to weight loss with this fast metabolism diet plan. The five-week meal plan is designed to reboot and maintain a healthy metabolism, and includes plenty of recipes and guidance for maintaining the lifestyle. Key steps to success—Learn the essential elements of a metabolism reset, including an anti-inflammatory diet, intermittent fasting, and physical fitness. Straightforward plan—Get started with a four-week metabolism reset plan and a one-week plan to kick off ongoing maintenance, plus shopping lists and prep tips. Wholesome meals—Stick to the plan as you enjoy metabolism-boosting recipes at every meal, many of them grain-free, sugar-free, and vegan. Discover how to lose weight and boost overall wellness with this plan for following a healthy fast metabolism diet.
Stolen Moments
by Suzanna Anotnetta PaolaCan a lipstick left behind in a handbag change a woman&’s life? Can a forgotten pair of shoes? Award-winning nonfiction writer Suzanne Antonetta Paola (New York Times Notable Book for Body Toxic; American Book Award winner) turns her knack for imagining how we as humans make sense of our lives to fiction. Inspired by V.S. Naipaul&’s dismissal of women&’s writing as &“feminine tosh,&” Paola challenged herself to imagine a story that would move from an item as simple as a lipstick to profound questions of how we exist—as beings in relationship to one another, and to ourselves: &“she&’d grown tired of herself, and been remade, from the mouth out.&” By turns funny, moving, and illuminating, the three interlocked stories of Stolen Moments present women living at a psychological edge—a therapist in a stale marriage, a saleswoman, and a maid—each of whom has something unexpected come into her life, through accident or theft. The stories demonstrate how three very different people can have more in common than they know, and the way our smallest choices lead to the cascades of events that make us who we are.
The Grandest Garden: A Novel
by Gina L. CarrollListed on Hasty Book List's "Most Anticipated Contemporary Fiction of 2024"Bella Fontaine is on her own. Fresh out of college and with the winnings from her first international photography competition, she decides to leave Los Angeles to forge a new life in New York City. But will she be able to overcome the trauma of her childhood and her break from home to make it as a successful artist and professional photographer in a new city? Or will her secrets catch up with her ,and keep her from developing the relationships she needs to make her dreams come true? We meet young Bella just after her tenth birthday, and her grandmothers, Olivette and Miriam, each with a beautiful, mature garden as different from each other as the two gardeners who tend them. As Bella’s homelife begins to unravel, she relies on her grandmother’s gardens as her refuge for stability and belonging. But when Miriam moves in with Olivette in search of healing, the grandmothers bond in a way that makes Bella feel excluded. What happens next sends Bella out into the world before she is ready. The Grandest Garden is a poignant coming-of-age story about the ties that bind us to our people and how to survive when they break.
Faraway and Forever: More Stories
by Nancy Joie WilkieThis collection of novelettes takes the reader from the not-to-distant future to a time when travel between worlds is a common occurrence. Each stop along mankind’s journey outward to the stars is accompanied by a deeper look inward—from examining how extraterrestrial beings might use our own biology against us, to whether a human consciousness can survive in a virtual environment, to how wishes are really granted. Original and thought provoking, these stories—which include an interstellar religious thriller involving a second coming of Christ—will stimulate the intellect and engage the imagination.
Match: A Medical Murder Mystery
by Amy S. PeeleWhat do politics, living donor kidney transplants, and the current opioid crisis all have in common? Sarah Golden and Jackie Larsen, best friends since nursing school, could never have imagined that they’d end up as amateur sleuths searching to find a killer—for the second time! Jackie, a stay-at-home mom with marriage troubles, is racing the clock to get her young son, Wyatt, a living kidney donor to avoid the ravages of dialysis. Sarah, who has been living her career in the fast-paced world of organ transplantation, is helping expedite Wyatt’s kidney transplant. Then a much-despised hospital colleague turns up dead of an opiate overdose—despite the fact that she’d never used drugs—and Sarah smells foul play. Her curiosity and tenacity pull Jackie, once again, into a life-and-death adventure that neither woman could have expected. Armed with smarts, tenacity, big hearts, and their raucous senses of humor, the pair gets the help of a few colorful friends to pursue the killer and take on the mission in the only style they both know how: straight on and arm-in-arm as the friends they’ve always been.
The Fourteenth of September: A Novel
by Rita DragonetteA Readers' Favorite Book Award Finalist and Best Book Awards Finalist * Featured in Ms. Magazine, Brit + Co, Hypertext Magazine, BookTrib, Publishers Weekly, Writer's Digest and more! An enthralling historical novel about brave women set during the peak of the Vietnam War and told through the rare perspective of a young woman, who traces her path to self-discovery and a “Coming of Conscience.”If you loved Kristin Hannah's latest novel The Women, this one's for you.On September 14, 1969, Private First Class Judy Talton celebrates her nineteenth birthday by secretly joining the campus anti-Vietnam War movement. In doing so, she jeopardizes both the army scholarship that will secure her future and her relationship with her military family. But Judy’s doubts have escalated with the travesties of the war. Who is she if she stays in the army? What is she if she leaves?When the first date pulled in the Draft Lottery turns up as her birthday, she realizes that if she were a man, she’d have been Number One―off to Vietnam with an under-fire life expectancy of six seconds. The stakes become clear, propelling her toward a life-altering choice as fateful as that of any draftee.Judy’s story speaks to the poignant clash of young adulthood, early feminism, and war, offering an ageless inquiry into the domestic politics of protest when the world stops making sense.
Women Behind Bars: Stories From Prison, As Told To A Woman Born Inside
by Deborah Jiang-SteinAs a young girl, Deborah Jiang-Stein discovered a shattering secret—she was born in prison and her birth mother, a heroin addict, kept her inside for the first year of her life. This book is the story of how Jiang-Stein came to terms with these traumatic facts and eventually began to dedicate herself to working with women in prisons. By enabling readers to hear the voices of the women she met, she hopes to &“shed light on a universal truth: that if we look at someone long enough, we discover their humanity.&”
The Santa Thief
by Alane AdamsIt&’s winter in Girard, Pennsylvania and the pond is completely frozen over—ready for a young boy to go skating!—but Georgie&’s ice skates are too small. All Georgie wants for Christmas is a new pair of skates. But times are tough in 1920s Pennsylvania, and he gets the disappointing news Santa might not come this year. Follow Georgie as he decides to take matters into his own hands—and discovers what Christmas is all about. The Santa Thief is a heartwarming tale of boyhood set in 1920s Pennsylvania for children ages 4–8.