'I was here. This happened. It mattered. And now, I am ready to carry on.'This is not a book about break-ups. It's about erasure. About the quiet harm that can live inside love, the kind that doesn't leave bruises on the skin but rewrites the architecture of your mind. It's for anyone who's wondered whether they were overreacting, too sensitive, too much, too little. Anyone who has asked, 'Am I the problem?'Joy Watson's exquisite excavation of the female psyche traces the i...

In the Oakland, California, of 1989, Mirai San Julian is a young woman with a fascinating life and a rich past. She restores historic carousels -- her dream career -- working from her own studio in a former roller skating rink. Though Black herself, she spent her first years in a Basque immigrant community in Nevada, the adopted child of a single mother. And after the mother's death, she was raised by her Aunt Joy in a Catholic Worker house.Mirai has a lot going for her -- but then...

By focusing on effective communication strategies and leveraging cutting-edge research, Mental Health Communication for Underserved Populations makes meaningful progress toward improving mental health outcomes for everyone, with a particular emphasis on underserved populations.Health communication research offers a critical lens for examining mental health, especially in relation to marginalized populations. Contributors to this volume identify and critica...

Share your joy wherever you go! Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson continues her charming young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine.Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new baby sister, and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan think about being kind to a classmate who is relentless wi...

From Stress to Sanity is a reliable guide to daily mental care, offering practical, evidence-based strategies to help you reclaim your mental and physical health. Are you constantly battling stress and anxiety, feeling overwhelmed by the demands of modern life? Have you wondered if there's a way to regain control and find peace amidst the chaos? The answer is: Mind Fitness.You have heard of Physical Fitness; this book introduces Mind Fitness as an effectiv...

Bloomsbury presents Ways to Share Joy by Renée Watson, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson.Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson continues her charming young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine.Ryan Hart is caught in the middle. She has an older brother and a new baby sister, and she’s in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both want to be her best best friend. How can Ryan think about being kind to ...

This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working teachers and professors who have integrated a degree of spirituality into a wide range of classes in both urban and rural settings across the US. This ground-breaking collection will provide...

The scents of Christmas invite our imaginations into the holiday season. What emotions flood your heart when the holiday aromas waft your way?Did you know:Many favorite holiday scents like cinnamon, citrus, and cinnamon are found in the Bible?There is a rich heart connection attached to many of the plant essences found in Scripture?Myrrh is such an important essence, we can follow its trail from Genesis to Revelation with many significant stops alo...

"Wise, timely, and truthful . . . There are as many ways of living together as there are people, and it's great that there's at last a book reflecting that with such humour and insight." -- Deborah Moggach, author, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"SPECIAL NOTE! -- ANNE WILL PERSONALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF YOURS AFTER READING THIS BOOK. ASK ON HER WEB SITE, AND YOU'LL NORMALLY HEAR BACK WITHIN HOURS!You hear many reasons why marriages and long-term relation...

Mobility - the movements of people, things, and ideas, as well as their associated cultural meanings - has been a key factor in shaping Canadians' perceptions of and interactions with their country. Approaching the burgeoning field of environmental history in Canada through the lens of mobility reveals some of the distinctive ways in which Canadians have come to terms with the country's climate and landscape. Spanning Canada's diverse regions, throughout its history, from the closing of th...

Mind Fitness es una guía para elevar tu salud mental al mismo nivel de atención y preocupación que tu estado físico. Tu bienestar es una combinación de tu cuerpo y tu mente. Sabemos lo que es el estado físico cuando vamos al gimnasio, hacemos ejercicio y comemos alimentos nutritivos. Mind Fitness es para tu salud mental. Sabes lo importante que es hacer ejercicio físico con regularidad. ¿Y tu mente y tu actitud? ¿No merecen el mismo nivel de cuidado? Las investigaciones mé...

A gorgeous, easy-to-follow, and inspiring guide to stunningly realistic botanical drawing that covers everything you need to draw our natural world.Achieve amazingly realistic and vibrant botanical illustrations, from flowers so dazzling you feel as if you might be able to smell them, to tomatoes that look as if they've just been picked from the garden. Wendy Hollender is known for her vivid, detailed, and inspiring illustrations and in The Joy of Botanical Dra...