Passionate Women, Passive Men


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Suicide is always a controversial issue. Among Jews, it is often taboo. Stereotypically, Jews do not commit suicide; certainly, they do not discuss it. Passionate Women, Passive Men: Suicide in Yiddish Literature challenges this perception, exploring the problem of suicide through a series of literary case studies. Hadda investigates the lives of these fictional suicides, asking the question: What could be so wrong in a person's life that suicide—although forbidden by the Jewish religion—would seem preferable? Proceeding from the theoretical standpoint that the psychoanalytic process concerns narratives and their interpretations by an analyst, the author argues that the techniques of psychoanalysis may be fruitfully employed for the study of literature. Through sensitive psychoanalytic attention to narrative nuance, the author reaches surprising conclusions about the function of suicide for the characters she analyzes.




Let It All Go!


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Carrying around weights can be emotionally, spiritually, and physically challenging! This book shares how we can "lay aside every weight" to gain strength, not only to run this race, but to stay in the race and finish well! Whether you have just now been introduced to the power of prayer or you are a seasoned prayer warrior, this book will help you target "weights" as you learn to pray about specific matters in your life that can so "easily beset you" and tend to keep you out of the race. These examples of prayers and scripture reflections are shared in hopes of you being inspired and encouraged as you stand on the promises of God! This material has been used in conferences, workshops and retreats.




From Passive to Assertive


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Do you find it difficult to express your feelings, thoughts and beliefs openly, even when someone disagrees with your point of view? Do you say 'no' to a friend, colleague, family member, or supervisor without feeling guilty or anxious? Do you stand up to someone who is mistreating you? Do you choose the destination when you go out with friends? Do you let people take advantage of you for saying 'yes' to everything? Do you wish others could be as nice as you are and look out for your best interests? Do you say, "I'm sorry" more than you should? - If this sounds like you, you must be more assertive. Increasing assertiveness can be life-changing if you are shy, passive, or have a tendency to please others. This book is about assertiveness and its value in all aspects of our lives, especially our relationships. Life itself doesn't have to be difficult, but the people in your life can make it more difficult than it needs to be. If you want an easy life, you can't be too submissive at one end of the scale or too dominant at the other; you need a good, balanced, healthy level of assertiveness. Being assertive can help you in the following ways: - Be able to communicate confidently: - Have more self-confidence and self-esteem: - Gain a sense of empowerment - Have the ability to overcome negative thoughts - How you listen and interpret messages from others - Better at goal setting - Be a more authentic self - Become more likable - Earn respect from others - Create honest relationships - Less anxiety and depression - Gain more job satisfaction - Understand and recognise your feelings While assertiveness may not come naturally to us, it is a skill that can be learned and mastered. The journey to assertiveness need not be daunting. This book is a straightforward and accessible guide, offering a simple five-step effective technique that can be applied to any situation. It includes exercises and real-life examples to help you on your path to assertiveness.




Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement


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Two million dollars. That's how much money anyone under age 40 will need to accumulate to retire. That often means working 40-hour-weeks and penny-pinching your whole life. How else could you save a cool $2 mil? Finance guru, former financial advisor, and Amazon bestselling author of Money Honey, Rachel Richards has one goal in mind: teaching you everything you need to know to become financially free earlier than you ever thought possible. At age 27, Rachel quit her job and retired, living off $10,000+ per month in passive income streams. Let her show you how to do it at any age--it's never too late. What is passive income? Passive income is earned with little to no ongoing work. It's no get-rich-quick scheme, but once your passive income exceeds your expenses, you are set for life. In a refreshingly realistic how-to guide, Rachel serves up 28 tried and true passive income stream models, helping you to: Achieve "Financial Independence, Retire Early" without penny-pinching Create consistent, long-term residual income (the non-multi-level-marketing way), so you can live life on your terms Have the flexibility to work when, where, and if you want Say "goodbye" to your 9-5, and create a life you totally love Eliminate your money stresses and fears Rachel supplements boatloads of research and personal expertise by interviewing well-known experts! You'll hear directly from big names such as HAL ELROD, BOBBY HOYT, DAVID OSBORN, HONORÉE CORDER, and more! Hal Elrod is the internationally bestselling author of The Miracle Morning(tm) Series, which has been translated into 37 languages and has impacted over 2,000,000 people's lives! Bobby Hoyt is a former high school band director and the founder of Millennial Money Man. He now makes six figures per month from his blog, online courses, and recurring revenue! David Osborn is a multi-millionaire real estate mogul who started out broke and unemployed at age 26, only to become one of the most successful real estate franchise owners in the world! Honorée Corder has written over 50 books. She teaches the You Must Write a Book Live Coaching Course and is an executive book coach! Doug Skipworth is the co-founder and principal broker at Crestcore Realty, which manages 2,500 properties in Tennessee. He personally owns hundreds of rentals! Thom Shepherd is a CMA of Texas Songwriter of the Year and has written five #1 singles! If you regularly feel the Sunday Scaries or always dread getting up for work in the morning, this book is for you. This book is for the college student already dreading the 9-5 life that waits him upon graduating; the couple who would rather spend their time doing what they want, instead of slaving away for their employers every day; and the single parent who is barely scraping by. Regardless of your WHY, passive income could be your HOW. Join the thousands of people who have already found success with these strategies. Applicable in 2019, 2020, and beyond, Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement is the gift that keeps on giving. Get it for yourself, for a Christmas gift, or to jumpstart a New Year's Resolution. Complete beginner or not, by the end of Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement, you'll know exactly what it takes and how to get started. Passive income is real and attainable for everyone, even you. Are you ready to join the movement?










Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man


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With more than 100,000 copies in print, Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man draws on case histories from clinical psychologist Scott Wetzler’s practice to help you identify the destructive behavior, the root causes and motivations, and solutions. Do you know one of these men? The catch-me-if-you-can lover... Phil’s romantic and passionate one minute, distant and cold the next. The deviously manipulative coworker or boss... Jack denies resenting Nora’s rapid rise in the company, but when they’re assigned to work together on a project, he undermines her. The obstructionist, procrastinating husband... Bob keeps telling his wife he’ll finish the painting job he began years ago, but he never seems to get around to it. These are all classic examples of the passive-aggressive man. This personality syndrome—in which hostility wears a mask of passivity—is currently the number one source of men’s problems in relationships and on the job. In Living with the Passive-Aggressive Man, Scott Wetzler draws upon numerous case histories from his own practice to explain how and why the passive-aggressive man thinks, feels, and acts the way he does. Dr. Wetzler also offers advice on: • How to avoid playing victim, manager, or rescuer to the “P-A” • How to get his anger and fear into the open • How to help the “P-A” become a better lover, husband, and father • How to survive passive-aggressive game playing on the job Living with a man’s passive aggression can be an emotional seesaw ride. But armed with this book, you can avoid the bumpy landings.







The Passion Economy


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The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal logic and revealing the transformative hope it offers for millions of people to thrive as they never have before. Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson—one of our leading public voices on economic issues—the twenty-first-century economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers. Drawing on the stories of average people doing exactly this—an accountant overturning his industry, a sweatshop owner's daughter fighting for better working conditions, an Amish craftsman meeting the technological needs of Amish farmers—as well as the latest academic research, Davidson shows us how the twentieth-century economy of scale has given way in this century to an economy of passion. He makes clear, too, that though the adjustment has brought measures of dislocation, confusion, and even panic, these are most often the result of a lack of understanding. The Passion Economy delineates the ground rules of the new economy, and armed with these, we begin to see how we can succeed in it according to its own terms—intimacy, insight, attention, automation, and, of course, passion. An indispensable road map and a refreshingly optimistic take on our economic future.




The Psychology of Passion


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Winner of the 2017 APA William James Book Award The concept of passion is one we regularly use to describe our interests, and yet there is no broad theory that can explain the development and consequences of passion for activities across people's lives. In The Psychology of Passion, Robert J. Vallerand presents the first such theory, providing a complete presentation of the Dualistic Model of Passion and the empirical evidence that supports it. Vallerand conceives of two types of passion: harmonious passion, which remains under the person's control, and obsessive passion, which controls the person. While the first typically leads to adaptive behaviors, the obsessive form of passion leads to less adaptive and, at times, maladaptive behaviors. Vallerand highlights the effects of these two types of passion on a number of psychological phenomena, such as cognition, emotions, performance, relationships, aggression, and violence. He also discusses the development of passion and reviews a range of literature on passion for activities.