Life Development

Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, Finding Flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware of and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce between two extremes: During much of the day, we live filled with the anxiety and pressures of our work and obligations, and during our leisure moments, we tend to live in passive boredom.

Creating a balanced equation where your personal aspirations and professional obligations can coexist is an art. It's a talent that you can master to lead a fulfilling life. However, the idea of perfect balance is different for everyone. What works for you may not work for someone else. So, it's essential to work on your own equation instead of letting external opinions cloud your judgment.

Welcome to 11 Rules for Life, a no-holds-barred book that will transform your life. In his most personal book yet, Chetan Bhagat draws on his failures and triumphs, his many conversations with high achievers from all walks of life, and more than two decades as a celebrated motivational speaker. Written in the inimitable style that has made Chetan one of India's top-selling writers, this inspiring, easy-to-digest, and straight-talking guide will help you rewire your brain for success in today's ultra-competitive and unfair world.

Two developmental psychologists/language experts offer parents a powerfully insightful guide to how infants - even while in the womb - begin to learn language.

In Destiny of Souls, 67 people just like you recall their life between lives through Dr. Michael Newton's personal work in spiritual hypnotherapy. Based on his groundbreaking research into the afterlife, this book is designed both for those new to afterlife case studies and for fans of Dr. Newton's best-selling first volume, Journey of Souls.

The classic guide to finding love and creating life-altering miracles of happiness and fulfillment, now revised and updated with new insights, stories, teaching points, and transformational exercises. Are you frustrated by stymied relationships, missed connections, and the loneliness of the...

In this transformative audiobook, registered nurse H. L. Nakamura guides you through her proven 7-step system that has helped thousands heal the root cause of their deepest struggles—unresolved childhood wounds. This isn't about blame or endless analysis of the past. This is about liberation.

Coercive control is a form of domestic violence experienced by millions of children. It involves a perpetrator using a range of tactics to intimidate, humiliate, degrade, exploit, isolate, and control a partner or family member. Some coercive control perpetrators use violence, others do not. Drawing on interviews with children and mothers who have experienced coercive control-based domestic violence, this book sheds light on the impacts of coercive control on children, how it is perpetrators who must be held accountable for those impacts, and how resistance by children and mothers occurs.

We've all known people who always seem happy, full of energy, and ready to take on the world, no matter what. They're always smiling and appear to have as much energy at the end of the day as they do at the beginning, which they always start with a smile.

A five-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story - and why doing so matters. Whether we realize it or not, we are always telling stories. On a first date or job interview, at a sales presentation or therapy appointment, with family or friends, we are constantly narrating events and interpreting emotions and actions. In this compelling book, storyteller extraordinaire Matthew Dicks presents wonderfully straightforward and engaging tips and techniques for constructing, telling, and polishing stories that will hold the attention of your audience (no matter how big or small).

Let's face it: We all know people who are irrational. No matter how hard you try to reason with them, it never works. So what's the solution? How do you talk to someone who's out of control? What can you do with a boss who bullies, a spouse who yells, or a friend who frequently bursts into tears? In his book Just Listen, Mark Goulston shared his best-selling formula for getting through to the resistant people in your life. Now he brings his communication magic to the most difficult group of all - the downright irrational.

Your kids are the most important people in your lives. In this increasingly competitive and confusing world they need you to help them be their best. They need you to guide them in developing traits for success and happiness. Grit for Kids will teach you how to help your child to develop their own grit in just 16 easy-to-follow chapters. Each one contains real stories of real kids facing common situations, proven steps to take in these situations, and the outcomes after the steps were taken.

Do you have the courage to become the architect of your own life? It starts with a simple but powerful shift: Understanding that every “no” creates space for the right “yes.” Say yes to the right things—and your life moves forward with purpose. Say yes to the wrong things—and you’ll overcommit. I know this because I’ve lived it. Early in my career, I said yes to everything. Opportunities, collaborations, and projects that seemed important at the time. But it left me scattered, exhausted, and ultimately stuck. I was "over-committed."

“Instead of trusting kids with choices . . . many parents insist on micromanaging everything from homework to friendships. For these parents, Stixrud and Johnson have a simple message: Stop.” —NPR “This humane, thoughtful book turns the latest brain science into valuable practical advice...

Most men today are sent off into society with a broken belief system, which they use to make choices that get them terrible results with life and women. Men have been conditioned to be the quintessential “nice guy.” They’re trained to be overly humble, kind to a fault, and that just “being themselves” is enough to attract the women of their dreams. Men are told to believe that conventional masculinity is toxic, and to put women ahead of their own interests, passions, and purpose.

Negative habits don’t develop overnight. They have a way of sneaking up on us and taking hold before we know it. One minute we’re all set to take on the world, and the next it feels like we are trapped in an endless cycle of procrastination, and overwhelming disorganization. But you deserve better. You are worthy of discovering the keys to retraining your brain, overcoming negative habits, and living in the present moment.

Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this all-new audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket's alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that no one should really have to experience it.

Caring for the Dying describes a whole new way to approach death and dying. It explores how the dying and their families can bring deep meaning and great comfort to the care given at the end of a life. Created by Henry Fersko-Weiss, the end-of-life doula model is adapted from the work of birth doulas and helps the dying to find meaning in their life, express that meaning in powerful and beautiful legacies, and plan for the final days.

Confidence affects how we deal with stress and how we fulfill our potential to achieve the results we desire. In sports and in life, confidence is the underlying factor determining mental and physical performance, leading to overall success. This book by experienced mental performance specialist Isabelle Hamptonstone contains a collection of powerful techniques and tips to help hockey players overcome lack of confidence.

If you were raised by a narcissistic mother and are struggling with the lingering effects of a toxic upbringing, this is the road map you need to heal the past and thrive in the present and future.