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You don't need dozens or hundreds of employees to be a boss, says financial expert and serial entrepreneur Nicole Lapin. Hell, you don't need even one. You just need to be confident, savvy, and ready to get out there and make your success happen. You need to find your inner boss bitch - your most confident, savvy, ambitious self - and own it.

The path to self-healing starts with a conscious change of thought, followed by consistent action. How do we do it? It’s much easier to do than you think. We live in an age filled with toxins, negativity, and a never-ending barrage of stress. How do we live a cleaner life so our health can be at its best? Believe it or not, the process starts with a mental cleaning. We can eat organic fruits and vegetables, and live in a clean environment all we want, but unless we choose to keep our minds running smoothly, our bodies won’t follow suit.

Human nature hasn’t changed. Dating has! Dr. Duana Welch and science are back to help. Still the only fact-based book to take men and women from before-you-meet until you commit, Love Factually blends heart, soul, and science in this fully revised and updated edition. Listen to the international best seller Dr. David Buss calls “gripping, science-based, and brimming with actions to improve your love life". In a genre long on opinion and short on proof, Love Factually puts all the evidence in your corner for the most important and daunting task of our lives.

We’re used to imagining creativity as a lightbulb moment—sudden, mysterious, reserved for the gifted few. But what if ideas aren’t conjured from thin air? What if they’re discovered—more like precious artifacts that we unearth and refine? In How Great Ideas Happen, cognitive scientist George Newman draws on cutting-edge research to show that creativity isn’t magic, it’s method. The most successful innovators don’t wait to be struck by brilliance; their creative process is more like archeology.

In Goodbye, Hurt and Pain, Deborah Sandella, PhD, RN, uses cutting-edge neuroscience research and her revolutionary Regenerating Images in Memory (RIM) technique to show how blocked feelings prevent us from getting what we want, and she introduces a process that bypasses logic and thinking to activate our own emotional "self-cleaning oven". Letting go of old feelings and traumatic memory at a deep, cellular level makes people feel and look younger, lighter, more energized, and less burdened.

To help you in becoming a more charismatic person, this guide goes through many actionable examples and strategies. As you press yourself to grow, you will find that there are so many experiences you have already had that will help formulate your ability to be successful. It’s time to take the plunge and grow!

Rachel Wright, a renowned parenting expert with extensive experience supporting families impacted by ADHD, knows firsthand the unique challenges parents face. Her compassionate and practical approach has transformed countless households, bringing peace, structure, and joy back into parenting.

This book will guide you through all things relationships, from forming new ones to improving the ones you already have. It includes any and all types of relationships from work and professional relationships to romantic or sexual ones. This book includes an extensive section on how to communicate within these relationships most effectively and how to keep them going strong so that they can last forever!

The single most common and frustrating problem for anyone in business, anyone in a career or job transition, anyone moving back into the workforce, and anyone about to graduate from college... is getting the access they need to prove their abilities.

Alan Kazdin's The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child is the gold standard for research-backed advice on being a better parent for difficult children. But what about children who are not "defiant"? Now, in The Everyday Parenting Toolkit, Dr. Kazdin addresses how parents can deal with the routine challenges that come with raising a child. Dr. Kazdin's methods are based on the most up-to-date research and are implemented in real-world ways.

Does loving yourself seem unreachable? Feeling crushed by harsh self-judgments and suffocated by self-hatred? You may be surprised at how simple loving yourself again (or for the first time) can be. If you're sick and tired of the "just think positive thoughts" approach and hungry for something substantial that works long-term, you're in the right place.

Mastering the Art of Letting Go gives you the step-by-step guide to breaking free from these emotional burdens. Anthoni Moon, seasoned mindfulness teacher and psychology researcher, offers practical wisdom and powerful insights to help you embrace vulnerability, heal from past trauma, and turn pain into growth.

Fighting for Your Marriage is based on the widely acclaimed PREP approach (Prevention and Relationship Education Program). Research has found that couples who use these strategies can handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up. Based on more than forty years of evidence, this book shows couples how to talk more and fight less, protect their friendship, and keep the fun alive.

If you’re serious about learning how to get back up, about being your own hero, about stepping up instead of stepping out, this book is for you. Bring commanding confidence to your work, to your venture, to your purpose. Feel the power, surge forward with resilience, knowing that you will get knocked down in this life, but you will never stay down. You have the unstoppable power of persistence. You embrace the optimism and challenge of always getting back up. You can enjoy the journey of a fully-lived life.

From the time we’re born, a litany of do’s and don’ts are placed on us by our families, our communities, and society. We're required to fit into boxes based on our race, gender, sexuality, and other parts of our identities, being told by others how we should behave, who we should date, or what we should be interested in. For so many of us, those boxes begin to feel like shackles when we realize they don’t fit our unique shape, yet we keep trying because we crave acceptance and validation. But is “fitting in” worth the time, energy, and suffering?

No more feeling sorry for yourself. You deserve an awesome body, and I’d like to give you the tools you need to get it. In this book, we talk about the foods you should be eating, debunk more than 15 weight-loss myths that have been leading you astray, and give you a step-by-step guide to leveraging the power of meditation to get rid of that belly for good.

Discover how to break free from a narcissistic partner, reclaim your power, and embrace joy once again. Living with a narcissistic abuser can make you feel stuck in a constant storm of emotions, desperately wanting to break free. Escaping a narcissist’s control is tough. They've repeatedly blamed you, making you believe it's all your fault.

This inspiring and inventive guide teaches listeners how to develop their full potential by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how.

What’s missing in your stepfamily? If you’re in a stepfamily, you may feel as if something is missing. You can’t put it into words yet, but you know it’s a problem. Maybe you’re new to this. Maybe not. Still, everything from badly-behaved exes to parenting rifts causes squabbling that disrupts the harmony in your home. The Stepmom’s Book of Boundaries helps you thrive despite rocky relationships, schedule snafus, and more.

Complete with tried and tested strategic frameworks, tools and practical advice, Gill McLaren's 6-Step approach to defining your Who, What, With, Why, Where and When will give you all the stimulus, encouragement and tools you need to rediscover your strengths, values and passions, and to help you steer your life back on track.