A Program to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Asthma, Hypertension, Migraine, and Other Disorders for Better HealthTake a deep abdominal breath. That's the prescription from leading stress and anxiety treatment expert Robert Fried. This straightforward self-improvement guide shows you how to take advantage of several easy breathing techniques and exercises to effectively reduce stress--the most common health complaint in North America--as well as many other health problems. Dr. Fried prese...

A revised edition of The Passionate Teacher, this is a must-read for every educator and future educator wanting and ready to invest wholeheartedly in shaping young minds.Passion is not just a personality trait that some people have and others lack, but rather something discoverable*,* teachable*,* and reproducible.** First published more than a quarter century ago, Passionate Teaching in Troubled Times is a hopeful guide to motiv...

“A deeply felt meditation on the vital role of passion in good teaching”—with useful samples, interviews, and advice (Anthony Rotundo, The Washington Post)Every teacher can be a passionate teacher—one who engages young people in the excitement of learning and ideas—if teaching is not undermined by the ways we "do business" in schools. In this book, a professor draws on the voices and firsthand accounts of teachers in urban, rural, and suburban classrooms t...

“A deeply felt meditation on the vital role of passion in good teaching”—with useful samples, interviews, and advice (Anthony Rotundo, The Washington Post)Every teacher can be a passionate teacher—one who engages young people in the excitement of learning and ideas—if teaching is not undermined by the ways we "do business" in schools. In this book, a professor draws on the voices and firsthand accounts of teachers in urban, rural, and suburban classrooms t...

A Child Knows More Than You Think. Written by a 12 Year Old Child With Dyslexia…Jennifer is struggling through school. Kids tease her, teachers question her ability. Her own family doesn't even understand her. Listen to her story as she tells it in her own words. Learn how she struggles from being different from her peers, how she reacted when she finally found out why, and how she overcame the trials dyslexia brought into her life. Parents, teachers, tutors, and family members will benefi...

READ THIS BOOK, FOLLOW ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS AND LEARN TO STOP WORRYING IN TODAY'S HECTIC WORLD.This little gem of a book reveals all the mental strategies you need for taking control, achieving inner peace and turning even the worst-case scenarios into win-win situations. Based on the most successful self-help stop-smoking method of all time, No More Worrying offers a step-by-step summary that is perfect for use on its own or as a companion volume to other...

What does a funeral director do with their day?Why would one want to go into funeral service?Find out what, why and much more in this entertaining memoir from a funeral director who loved her job.

Discover how to create order in your home and life with this “chatty and personal” (Chicago Tribune) guide from the FlyLady“Take off with FlyLady! Her down-to-earth writing will help anyone who desires to be lifted free from the chaos and confusion disorder causes.”—Pam Young and Peggy Jones, coauthors of Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to ParadiseFly out of CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome) into Order—one b...

Today’s college students feel as if they are crossing an abyss between their dreams and the reality of an uncertain future. They are a generation seeking stability in a time of profound and accelerating change. They want government and our other social institutions to work in a time when they’re broken; they cling to the American Dream in an age of diminished expectations. They are walking a tightrope, attempting to balance digital connectedness and personal isolation, global citizenship a...

Tapping is one of the fastest and easiest ways to address both the emotional and physical problems that tend to hamper our lives. Using the energy meridians of the body, practitioners tap on specific points while focusing on particular negative emotions or physical sensations. The tapping helps calm the nervous system to restore the balance of energy in the body, and in turn rewire the brain to respond in healthy ways. This kind of conditioning can help rid practitioners of everything from...

If you've thought about simplifying, but don't know where to begin, Living the Simple Life is the blueprint you need. And if you've already started to simplify, it will give you new insights and ideas for what to do next on your journey to a more balanced, peaceful life.In these pages, you'll discover how simplifying your life will:Give you more time to play and relaxMake you more productive at workUnleash your creativity a...

This is the book that helps you to help yourself. It contains the essence of most self-help programs in a condensed format to enable you to grasp the real issues involved in personal development. By working through the straightforward question-and-answer sections, you will effect change and make real progress in your life. Experienced psychotherapist Alyss Thomas has closely observed what goes wrong in peoples lives, and through her questionnaires she helps you get on track and achieve the...