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It is a jungle out there, where the strongest members prey on the weak-minded. It’s a jungle where you need resilience in order to survive and thrive. It’s a jungle that your children have to conquer. No, this is not your ordinary self-help, positive parenting, or educational psychology book. Frank Dixon, the author of this eye-opening guide on how to raise resilient kids, has created an easy-to-follow strategy for parents.

Analizând descoperirile revoluționare ale psihologiei, Punctul ideal ne arată cum tipul potrivit de suferință pregătește terenul pentru împlinire. Nu suntem în mod natural hedoniști. Deși de multe ori asociem o viață bună cu plăcerea și cu lipsa eșecului, efortul, lupta și greutățile, precum și frica sau tristețea, ne pot duce, în contextele potrivite, la o viață cu sens, la satisfacții morale și la bucuria cunoașterii. Durerea ne distrage de la spaime, poate să servească unor scopuri sociale, să arate cât de puternici suntem sau, dimpotrivă, funcționează pe post de strigăt de ajutor.

Faci slalom printre sarcini. Răspunzi prompt la notificările șefilor și la mesajele prietenilor. Nu e ușor să faci față distragerii, întreruperilor și problemelor de concentrare care survin odată cu ele. Gloria Mark îți vine în ajutor, invitându-te la o reflecție asupra tuturor dificultăților pe care le ridică navigarea pe internet și consumul de conținut media.

Estrangement from one or both parents-even by choice—can take a huge emotional and psychological toll. If you have cut ties with a parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, guilt, and shame. You may question or second-guess your decision. And you may have trouble setting or keeping boundaries with your parent, as well as others in your life. This workbook offers evidence-based skills to help you heal the emotional wounds of your past, so you can finally move forward.

When Melissa Moore was 13 years old, her father said to her, "I know how to kill someone and get away with it". At the time she chalked it up to his love of detective novels, but it didn't change the fact that her father had always been someone who made her anxious. Two years later, in 1995, Melissa's father was arrested for the murder of eight women over a period of five years - he was the serial killer known nationally as the Happy Face Killer.

From the New York Times best-selling author of Odd Girl Out, a deeply urgent audiobook that gives adults the tools to help girls in high school and college reject "supergirl" pressure, overcome a toxic stress culture, and become resilient adults with healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives. For many girls today, the drive to achieve is fueled by brutal self-criticism and an acute fear of failure. Though young women have never been more "successful" - outpacing boys in GPAs and college enrollment - they have also never struggled more.

Do you ever feel stuck and failing in everything you do as a woman, mom, and friend? Are you tired of the life that you have and want a change? Do you feel like everyone is going against your will? Do you feel joy and happiness are just so hard to find? Do you constantly fear the outcome of your decisions? In this book, you’ll find the one most important tool that, when mastered, will give you leverage to transform your doubts into confidence and to embrace and love yourself without changing yourself. You'll transform your life into one you want and create the change you want.

Told through honest and relatable parenting anecdotes, Christina shares their distinctive approach to raising confident, security-conscious, resilient children, giving practical takeaways rooted in CIA tradecraft along the way. License to Parent aims to provide parents with the tools necessary to raise savvier, well-rounded kids who have the skills necessary to navigate through life.

Your Baby Can Self-Feed, Too, is the inclusive guide to introducing solids. Over 25 percent of children experience challenges with this big step—both typically developing babies and those with (known or unknown) physical or neurological differences. Resources on how to help babies who face obstacles in making the move to solid foods are scarce. That’s where this audiobook comes in.

In this edition of the Montessori at Home Guide series, you'll find a wonderful parent or caregiver's guide to gently help your two- to six-year-old learn self-care. Written with the busy parent in mind, Rachel Peachey, a Montessori preschool teacher and parent, presents practical lessons that are easy enough for the very beginner, yet they will inspire the most seasoned of Montessori parents. This guide will help you jump-start your child's learning of proper hygiene, dressing, eating, safety, and manners.

Taking the Stress out of Homework breaks down for parents exactly when and how to offer homework support. Whether your child's stress point is executive functioning - the ability to plan or organize - or a subject-specific struggle in math, reading, writing, or standardized test-preparation, Abby and Brian use real-life stories to provide individualized, actionable advice.

Liste nesfârșite de sarcini, termene-limită, blocaje în trafic, inflație, conflicte la serviciu, copii neascultători sau părinți bolnavi: sunt tot mai multe probleme, iar stresul e din ce în ce mai prezent. Elissa Epel te învață, printre altele, să abordezi stresul din unghiuri diferite, să nu-l eviți cu orice preț, să te aștepți la imprevizibil și să fii flexibil, să întâmpini cu entuziasm problemele, să descoperi ce te face fericit și să aplici tehnici prin care să te odihnești mai bine și să-ți recuperezi energia.

Când gândești și le rostești cu voce tare cele șase cuvinte – „Sunt de-ajuns așa cum sunt" –, ele ți se imprimă în minte și devin parte din credințele și din viața ta de zi cu zi. Folosește-te de puterea lor ca să capeți mai multă încredere în tine și să te placi cu adevărat, scăpând de autocritică și de tendințele de autosabotare. Dialogul eficient cu mintea ta va aduce cu sine transformări profunde și de durată: în curând, te vei bucura de o carieră împlinită, de relații înfloritoare și de o energie debordantă.

Positive Self-Parenting Solutions is made for teenagers struggling and dealing with depression. It begins by emphasizing the importance of mindfulness and healing the post-traumatic stress in one's life and the numerous benefits.

There are plenty of books and resources about how to properly care for your new baby, but what about caring for yourself? Maria Lianos-Carbone, founder of AMotherWorld.com, outlines the proper care and feeding of mothers during their baby's first year. From the physical and emotional changes a new mom will undergo to rekindling intimacy with her partner, Oh Baby! A Mom's Self-Care Survival Guide for the First Year keeps the focus on moms.

Pretty much every parent has been reactive at some point. Reactive parenting encompasses the negative behaviors that stem from frustration, like yelling, threatening, screaming, and over-rewarding or bribing. It's difficult not to snap when you're overworked, overtired, and faced with a child experiencing extremely high emotions. That's where this book comes in. Break Free from Reactive Parenting offers up a new approach toward self-regulation and child expression, focusing on the family as a whole to create a calmer, more equitable home environment.

Tot mai mulți bărbați și femei hotărăsc să își petreacă viața neangajați într-o relație romantică de lungă durată. Celibatarii creează rețele sociale și comunități inovatoare, luptând eficient cu discriminarea. Dar sunt ei cu adevărat fericiți? Și dacă nu, ce ar putea face ca să fie? Cum pot să treacă peste teama de a nu îmbătrâni singuri? Dacă vor avea copii, cum se vor descurca pe cont propriu? Cum ar trebui societatea să regândească legăturile sociale și familiale, educația în școli și planificarea urbană, astfel încât să corespundă și nevoilor oamenilor singuri?

FINDING SELF is about discovery and connection. This book will speak to your heart and give hope, clarity and direction. More than that, it provides simple exercises for you to gain awareness, tools and inspiration to show up for your SELF and to create a life that you love!

When Sara Zaske moved from Oregon to Berlin with her husband and toddler, she knew the transition would be challenging, especially when she became pregnant with her second child. She was surprised to discover that German parents give their children a great deal of freedom - much more than Americans. In Berlin, kids walk to school by themselves, ride the subway alone, cut food with sharp knives, and even play with fire. German parents did not share her fears, and their children were thriving.

People across the globe fall victim to challenging relationships, but that doesn't mean you have to stay a victim. You are more powerful than you realize—you just need to know where to direct your energy.