A guide for educators, facilitators, and changemakers working with intention and care.For most of human history, we learned in circles. This book is an invitation to return to that practice: to pause, reflect, and listen with greater attention and care. Rooted in the pancultural practice of Circle, the oldest new thing around, and shaped by decades of work in education and community spaces, it blends an educator's lived experience, the joys and challenges, with pra...

Addressing the need for a dynamic change in the formula schools use to mold their students, this groundbreaking guide provides a new approach to education that serves the lives of everyone in the learning community. By implementing the unique communication skills outlined, educators can promote cooperation and understanding and address many of the complex problems faced in the classroom. Teachers will learn new skills to increase student interest, achievement, and retention, as well as cre...

You will experience psychological impasse many times in your life. During these times, you have the sensation that you’re stuck or paralyzed. You’re convinced that something must change, whether in your work or personal life. Though this feeling is normal, you need to move beyond it. Failure to get unstuck” can put your career and personal life-as well as the healthy functioning of your team or organization-at risk.In Getting Unstuck, business psychologist and researcher ...

Are you a highly sensitive person who has always felt frustrated in finding a career that works for you? In this groundbreaking book researcher and fellow HSP, Dr. Tracy Cooper, presents important new research findings that can empower you to better understand how HSPs experience the modern workplace, discover emerging new opportunities, and connect with powerful narratives from HSPs representing a wide variety of real-world viewpoints.This book is for the highly sensitive person wh...

Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions—which is why a renowned educator created a scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems.Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention? Conventional wisdom blames iPhones, insisting that access to technology has ruined students' ability to focus. The logical response is to ban electronics in class.But acclaimed educator James M. Lang argues that this solution...

The surprising science of why being authentic holds you back—from the author of Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?"Just be yourself" might be the worst advice you've ever received.For years, we've been told that authenticity is the key to success—that we should be true to ourselves, tune out others' opinions, and lead with unwavering genuineness. This feel-good message has spawned countless self-help books, leadership seminars, and vira...

Cultivate a new generation of self-reliant thinkers in this powerful approach to education and learning.Nothing short of a re-alignment of the heavens. Virtually a new and liberating way of looking at civilization. A BIG IDEA for big challenges.—Tom Peters, best-selling author of In Search of ExcellenceIn this groundbreaking shift to how we approach learning, best-selling author and business educator Carol Sanford offers a systemic...

Social Psychology: A Practical Guide to the Human MindUnderstanding why people do what they do is an essential skills to have. When you understand why the people around you do what they do, you are able to avoid a lot of drama and conflict.Throughout history society has had a profound influence in people's actionsThis book was written to fulfill a simple mission: to educate people from all walks of life about the importance and application of social...

Most books on listening teach you to nod and repeat back what you heard. Radical Listening teaches you something more foundational: how to set a clear intention before the conversation begins, and how to use that intention to build real connection, not just comprehension.Written by Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Robert Biswas-Diener, two leading positive psychology researchers and coaches, this practical framework organizes six core competencies into two s...

Beyond the Tiger Mom is an in-depth, research-backed guide to the best of Asian parenting.How do Asian parents prime their children for success from a young age by encouraging them to achieve academic excellence? What are the differences between an Asian upbringing and a Western one? These are just two of the many fascinating questions posed and discussed in Beyond the Tiger Mom, a captivating new book by educator, author, and mother, Maya Thiagar...

Conscious Moving extends from one transformative belief: we feel more human, more empowered, and more ourselves when we live from that place within us—and all around us—that simply moves. And when we examine and trust in the emerging and evolving movement of our minds and bodies, we can better harness the tools needed to expand our creativity, wellbeing, and learning.Body-based psychotherapist, movement specialist, and renowned author-educator Christine Ca...

Take control of the story of your life and create a new chapter that will lead the way to change with this helpful workbook."This masterfully grounded book . . .will empower people to find their light and reclaim being the authors of their own lives. The exercises are intuitive and thought-provoking, and I know many will benefit from undertaking 'the work' of narrative therapy."―Dr. Logan Persons Jones, Psy.D.The stories you tell yourself a...