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"Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is the new evidence that plants may actually be sentient. Although plants may not have brains, their microscopic commerce exposes a system not unlike the neuronal networks running through our own bodies. They can learn and remember, possessing an intelligence that allows them...
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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"From the world's leading expert on trust repair, a guide to understanding the most essential foundation of our relationships and communities. When our trust is broken, and when our own trustworthiness is called into question, many of us are left wondering what to do. We barely know how trust works. How could we possibly repair it? Dr. Peter H. Kim, the world's leading expert in the rapidly growing field of trust repair, has conducted over two decades...
5) The genius of empathy: practical skills to heal your sensitive self, your relationships, & the world
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Sounds True
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Ignite empathy as a superpower for transformative personal healing, deeper relationships, and more potent work in the world"--
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Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
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2014.
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The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work, are now part of our common understanding of loss. Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement, this classic text is reissued with a new introduction looking at its influence on contemporary thought and practice.
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others. In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"When psychotherapist Amy Morin first introduced the world to the concept of mental strength with her internationally bestselling book, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, she showed millions of people how to be the strongest, best version of themselves. Now, Morin turns her expert eye to how couples can work together to grow stronger and have better relationships. Relationships play a key role in mental strength, and partners have the ability...
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024].
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"Mind Game takes a deep look at how the best of the best-including Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, LeBron James, Serena Williams, Terry Bradshaw, and so many more-have struggled with and persevered through mental illness, while working on their mental performance skills that make them the great athletes they are"
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TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"The definitive book on helping kids navigate growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives can be shared and compared With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy are stretched thin. Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world. We can track our kids' every move with apps, see their grades within minutes of being...
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Familius
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"As parents, we want our children to take responsibility for their schoolwork, their chores, and their choices. We want them to grow into independent adults, but when we see them struggling, we sometimes have a tendency to step in and problem-solve, telling them exactly what to do or even doing things for them ourselves. The problem is the more controlling we are with our children, the more out of control they feel. When our children feel out of control,...
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Square One Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"Rape is, unfortunately, an all-too-common violent crime usually perpetrated against women. For victims, the process of sharing information about the assault with loves ones or reporting the crime to police can be harrowing, embarrassing, and painful. The emotional aftermath and the responses of others can greatly affect the way a rape survivor copes. Although there are trained counselors to help women through the process of recovery, the question...
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Secret volume Book 1
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Beyond Words Pub
Pub. Date
2006
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Argues that The Secret, a way of thinking, has been found in oral traditions throughout history and that by understanding it and using it in every aspect of life, money, health, and happiness will follow. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"From the acclaimed author of How to Sell--and based on his viral Huffington Post article--comes a deeply intimate, insightful, and at times even funny portrait of the suicidal mind, combining the author's personal experience with a philosophical, literary, and journalistic inquiry into the subject. 'If you're going to write a book about suicide, you have to be willing to say the true things, the scary things, the humiliating things. Because everybody...
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"In Never Enough, reporter Jennifer Breheny Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and psychologists, she offers a humane view of the crisis plaguing today's teens and a practical framework for how to help"--
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Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"In a tech-saturated world, a return to outdoor play is exactly what our children need. Founder of 1000 Hours Outside shows parents how to help their kids discover the fun--not to mention the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual benefits--that awaits them beyond the four walls of their home"--
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