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Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current generation of kids. The high-achieving students she talks with every day are more accomplished, better educated, and more privileged than ever before. They're also more stressed, unhappier, and struggling with anxiety, depression, and burnout at younger and younger ages - "we're like pretty packages with nothing inside," said one young teen.

Samantha is a professional seductress and con artist with a heart of gold. If she talked about her work, she’d tell you she only pilfers organs for medical research and that she only takes one kidney, and she only steals those kidneys from dishonest people. It’s hell on her social life. Abe is the doctor and Sam's partner in crime. He isn’t much of a criminal. Except for the kidney stealing. But he’s using that money to fund his research that he anticipates will be able to cure diabetes. So, all for a good cause...? You decide. Of course, it's hell on his social life.

In this best-selling classic, child psychiatrist and coauthor of The Whole Brain Child, Daniel J. Siegel and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent. Illuminating important research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, Siegel and Hartzell explain how the parent-child relationship directly affects brain development, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories to help them raise compassionate and resilient children.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Before 25) is based on Dr. Jesse Payne's and Daniel Amen's work together with young people and parents and educators who work with young people. It is an owner's manual specifically written for the developing brain, packed with interesting information, relatable stories and easy-to-follow brain prescriptions and enhancement strategies. Its step-by-step instructions are tailored to optimize brain power while minimizing brain interference.

The myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made up, man.

Wishing you had less tension in your relationship with your daughter? Desiring a closer relationship with your daughter? Longing for your mom to just "get" you? In What Mothers Never Tell Their Daughters, Dr. Michelle Deering supportively guides you through the 5 Keys that will give you a clearer picture of what your mom or daughter may not be able to express. Listen to find out more....

This book isn't just some dry set of instructions on dealing with the mental health "problemas" we all go through. No way. It's like that cool, understanding friend who's always there for you, ready to help you kick your fears to the curb and cruise through your teen years with confidence and a smile on your face.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, did you know that you naturally have some amazing leadership skills inside you, based upon your experience, that you may not be capitalizing on? Now, it’s not to say that our straight brothers and sisters don’t have the potential to be rock star leaders, but — through many of our shared experiences being LGBTQ+ folks — we’ve had the opportunity to truly develop such skills as leveraging empathy, shaping our culture, being courageous, and being authentic.

This book is about mindfulness. The state of actively and openly observing one's environment. The origins and founding principals of mindfulness are discussed, as well as techniques for practicing mindfulness mediation. These methods can lead to the reduction of stress levels and differentiating what mindfulness is and is not. Also, there are helpful techniques for mindfulness journaling.

Every journey starts the same, one step at a time. In One Journey 7 Ships, Nahchon Guyton explains the seven crucial ships necessary to complete your journey and how our relationship with Jesus Christ is the anchor for each of one these ships.

Imagine building a portable learning business that helps people develop new skills by using training at their fingertips in their choice of media. Welcome to Amazon Mobile Training for Fun and Profit. This course shows how to produce and sell valuable training videos, audiobooks, and ebooks in the world's largest marketplace.

Fr. Benedict shows how we can tend with love to the wounds of the Church and of the victims of the failure of the Church. He applies the wounds to the contemporary Church and to the suffering of the people of God and our culture as a whole. He points out that the abuse scandals in the Church have caused horrible harm to the victims, their families and the believing community.

Pssssst! Hey, You, Yes…YOUR Generation (whichever that may be). Are you looking for Saccharin love sonnets? Maudlin two-line musings? Droning co-opted hip hop lyrics? You won't find that here....

'Life and Social Skills for Teens (2 in 1 Bible)' will be your ultimate sidekick in this wild ride called adolescence. Forget the boring lectures – this book is all about dealing with real-life teen drama, from crazy social media trends to those annoying anxiety spikes. Packed with crucial CBT strategies, it's like having a secret tool against stress and a cheat sheet for social success. Get ready to kick anxiety to the curb, ace those social hurdles, and prep for a future so bright you'll need shades.