Mastering Self-Care


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This book begins with the deeply impactful healing journey of Suzie DeVaughn and illustrates how extreme self-care saved her life. The painful health crisis eventually led her into a career as a public speaker, author, psychotherapist, and healing facilitator. She has guided thousands of clients to their innermost pain, transforming wounds into wisdom through compassion, love and insight. Mastering Self-Care is for anyone who desires to improve their quality of life—from the general public to professional caregivers. It educates the reader on the multiple dimensions of self-care, including practical tips to incorporate life-affirming practices into daily living. It creates a paradigm shift regarding compassionate care of one’s self to prevent burnout in the process of helping others. Handling stress from the inside-out is essential for successfully navigating life’s challenges. This book provides an in-depth perspective on the categories of self-care including: physical, psychological, interpersonal/social, professional, spiritual, and energy management/clearing. Self-assessments are incorporated to give the reader awareness regarding current habits, patterns, and beliefs. It then follows with a section on strategy to assist the beginner in an achievable regimen or improving existing practices for those who are more advanced. Special prevention and identification considerations are outlined for professional and family caregivers, as they can be at high risk of experiencing secondary trauma due to the intensity of their service and care. Mastering Self-Care gives the reader awareness, inspiration, ideas, and techniques regarding the effective use of self-care as the foundation of healthy and mindful living. This helps to counterbalance personal and professional life stress resulting in increased resiliency, energy optimization, balance and wholeness. Anyone can benefit from this book, from those just beginning to focus on their needs to advanced self-lovers. What we need is a self-care movement in which each person loves, cares, and takes responsibility for one’s self. By acknowledging and responding to our needs, we have more energy and compassion to help others. In this scenario, everyone benefits. www.selfcarespecialists.com www.blossomingheartcenter.com




Mastering Self-Discipline


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Self-discipline is a life skill that can be readily learned when it is intelligently approached. It is more complicated--and easier--than merely forcing yourself to work harder. The exercise of self-discipline can be made easier by understanding the larger context of a personal achievement process. Considered in this framework, the daily exercise of self-discipline results in successfully achieving goals and experiencing the freedom and happiness created by your accomplishments. When you are comfortably moving toward your life vision, you experience a deep emotional satisfaction that is simply incomparable.




The Marshmallow Test


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Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life? The world's leading expert on self-control, Walter Mischel has proven that the ability to delay gratification is critical for a successful life, predicting higher SAT scores, better social and cognitive functioning, a healthier lifestyle and a greater sense of self-worth. But is willpower prewired, or can it be taught? In The Marshmallow Test, Mischel explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life -- from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement. With profound implications for the choices we make in parenting, education, public policy and self-care, The Marshmallow Test will change the way you think about who we are and what we can be.




Self-Care for Caregivers


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For those serving as a caregiver for a loved one, the authors of this down-to-earth, encouraging book can help you make the most of the experience without losing yourself in the process. Are you one of the growing number of people who serves as a caregiver for an aging or chronically ill friend or family member? If so, you probably struggle to meet both their special needs and still find time and resources for yourself. But now there is reason to take heart. The authors of this down-to-earth, encouraging book can help you make the most of the experience without losing yourself in the process. Using the Twelve Steps as a guide, the authors conduct readers through the pitfalls of caregiving--the emotional snarls and strains, daily struggles, competing needs, and questions about confronting pain--providing hope and tangible suggestions on how to stay strong and sane while providing healthy support and love. Self-Care for Caregivers offers sensitive and sensible guidance for the family caregiver. "This is a little book with a big message: how to take care of yourself so you can take care of others." - Connie Goldman, producer of the public radio special Hardship into Hope, The Rewards of Caregiving; co-author of Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit and Secrets of Becoming a Late Bloomer "This book is an uplifting treasury of hope. The authors gently direct the reader with comforting, practical text that offers empowering caregiving strategies and avenues for emotional and spiritual growth." - James and Merlene Sherman, author and editor of the Caregiver Survival series.




Mastering Your Hidden Self


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Huna philosophy is about learning to become a conscious cocreator with the Universe. Hawaiian shaman King uses Kahuna healing methods to help us access the hidden energy of life, develop powers of concentration, and make friends with the deepest aspect of our being. Learn how your Higher Self, or aumakua, is contacted in the dream dimension. Get in touch with the Mana, the hidden energy of life. Develop higher powers of concentration by utilizing the tikis, created images of sight, sound, and feeling in meditation. Become aware of your subconscious, an integral part of your being, which impatiently awaits communion with the ego.




The Mastery of Self


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The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream and fall victim to believing that we have no control over it. "The Mastery of Self" takes the Toltec philosophy of the Dream of the Planet and the personal dream and explains how a person can: Wake upLiberate themselves from illusory beliefs and storiesLive with authenticity Once released, we can live as our true, authentic, loving self, not only in solitude and meditation, but in any place--at the grocery store, stuck in traffic, etc.--and in any situation or scenario that confronts us. The Ruiz family has an enormous following, and this new book from don Miguel, Jr. will be greeted with enthusiasm by fans around the world. This new book from don Miguel, Jr. will be greeted with enthusiasm by fans around the world.




Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing


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“If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him frst be clear in his thoughts. ” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe You may ask why anyone would want to write yet another book about scientifc writing. Tere are many books on the subject, some more useful than others, and the abundance of literature on this topic may confuse rather than guide. I felt that this book was necessary for several reasons. During the past years, I have learnt much about the needs of scientifc communicators, both through my personal experience as a pharmacologist and, later, through teaching scientifc writing at universities, pharmaceutical companies, and other institutions. In today’s busy world, guidance on scientifc writing must be focused and to the point. Our constraints no longer permit the ti- consuming search for the “correct” word or formulation. Moreover, the speed by which we produce a manuscript has become increasingly important, be it in academia or the pharmaceutical industry. Scientists ofen fnd it difcult to accept that their professional success essentially depends on their skill and efciency to communicate their research results. Without any doubt, the rapid exchange of pertinent information is critical to scientifc advancement and should therefore be regarded with due respect. A second, perhaps even more important reason for writing this book is my personal concern for everyone challenged to write high-quality texts in a language that is not his or her native tongue.




Atomic Thoughts


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Atomic Thoughts is an inspirational personal development and self-help book to guide people to realize power of their tiny thoughts, which can enhance their brain fitness and increase will power. Dr. Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, has shown in simple steps how people can master their mindset, citing personal stories with strong conviction. Actionable takeaways are stated in clear terms at end of each step to help readers to practice what is learnt. Readers will never be the same person if they read the book earnestly and follow the instructions. Capture and Analyze Thoughts, Think positives and Build Your Routine with positive Mindset, Follow Self-Care Codes and Improve Mental Capital; Skyrocket your growth in Simple 4 Steps! The self-care codes highlighted herein are easy to follow and develop self-confidence and improving psychological capabilities. People mostly lack self-confidence and quit trying for success. It is common tendency of human mind to stay in peace and not getting engaged in challenging tasks. But a stitch in time may make life easier and fulfilling in the long run. It is better to learn and develop your mind now than to repent in future. It is a no-brainer offer. Pick a copy almost free and just start reading it NOW. Jot down action points and go on. You will change and cannot remain as the same person. This book primarily aims to form your mental toughness so that you do not look back in despair rather look ahead always with strong determination. As you will remain engaged with positive mindset, your strengths will be strengthened. As food is for physical health, so reading is for mental health. Go through the four steps as stated in this book, look inside the summary at end of each chapter and enjoy healthy, happy, prosperous, and meaningful life.




Master the Power of Self-hypnosis


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Some books tell you what to change. This one tells you how! Master the powers of the mind, open the gateways to your subconscious, and seize control of your life. If you've been struggling to modify deeply ingrained habits, or reach any difficult-to-achieve goal, willpower alone may not do the trick. The secret to success lies deeply buried in the unconscious, and one of the world's foremost hypnotherapists will show you point by point how to make a commitment to change, get motivated, and alter the ingrained negative "programming" that's holding you back. With this self-hypnosis handbook, you'll learn innovative empowerment exercises that teach relaxation, stress management, overcoming insomnia, and establishing priorities. Avoid the "failure trap" by clearing psychic obstacles. "Creatively" daydream to stop smoking, lose weight, and improve job performance, memory, study habits, and more. Add on the proper use of affirmations, and fine-tune the ability of language to heal or harm. Find out the four important trance ingredients (imagination, belief, expectancy, and conviction) and use the practical tips on how to build them up and employ them in your journey into self-hypnosis. 144 pages, 7 x 10.




The Assassination of Gabriel Champion


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Nearly twenty years ago, Angela Carole Brown was properly slapped and mesmerized by a quote of Virginia Woolf's: "Who can pen when he is bored? The minds of leisure only can be trite." What she had no notion of, at the time, was how pivotal that idea would end up being in the writing of her new novel THE ASSASSINATION OF GABRIEL CHAMPION. Ms. Brown has spent the greater part of her life being an artist (a musician by trade), and asking the questions: What compels us? What do we do it for? And to what lengths are we willing to go to fuel it? This kernel became the very seed of her book, a modernist tale set in Los Angeles and Paris at the end of the last century. Exploring themes of violence and redemption, set in the world of art and artists, THE ASSASSINATION OF GABRIEL CHAMPION ultimately asks its own question: What can we forgive? Writer NONA CHILDE is in love with artists. They are the very embodiment of all her romantic notions. So when she meets DANIEL CROSS, a gifted painter who is teetering on the brink of Heathcliffian torment (an intoxicating contrivance in Nona's mind), she is presented with the opportunity to finally complete the arc of a long-coveted torch song life. What she isn't prepared for is a real playing out of the scourge of an artist's soul; one far darker than any she could conjure with a pen. The relationship that ensues between the brooding Englishman artist and the passionate young American authoress thrusts them headlong into a kaleidoscope of violent mood and memory, of euphoric, self-indulgent, torrential love. They begin to tear apart as irascibly as they are brought together, but not before involving one ARTHUR HUGHES DUFRESNE, a local poet with a devastating past who succeeds in complicating the tangle, in this meditation on the complex nature of love and loss.