Collection: Self-Development

Stash is a crochet term for leftover or oddball yarn. Stash-Busting is finding a project that uses small amounts of yarns. In this amazing book you will find over 40 designs all made with small amounts of different sizes of yarns for home, babies, and accessories! Designs include gnome coasters, little gnomes, easy doilies, afghans, hot pads, baby blankets, baby slippers, a ladies shawlette, jewelry, and more!

Build focus, organization skills, and self-confidence--the ADHD workbook for teens ages 12 to 17

Does it feel hard to stay organized sometimes? Do homework assignments sneak up on you? Having ADHD can feel overwhelming--but it doesn't have to.

Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Teens gives you the tools to understand how ADHD works within your body, and actionable ways that you can use it to your advantage. Learn about some of your untapped strengths and see how you can channel your newly identified talents at school, in sports, and with friends.

Inside Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Teens you'll find:

• Be your own CEO--Understand how your executive functions work to help you organize, plan, react, and more.
• Frequently asked, always answerede--A Q&A section provides answers to a ton of common questions that others with ADHD have.
• Advice you can use--Everyday tools give you simple but effective strategies for approaching everyday things like homework, friends, and sports.

Learn how you can thrive with ADHD through these engaging, everyday activities.

Take charge of your future with sharper executive functioning skills

Executive functioning is the ability to get organized, plan ahead, and stay focused. If your executive functioning skills could use a boost, this workbook is the perfect place to start! No matter your job or lifestyle, the simple strategies inside will help you feel more in control so you can thrive.

• Get started right away--Find in-depth information about how executive functioning works, along with self-assessments, advice for breaking bad habits, worksheets to keep you on track, and more.
• Take it one step at a time--This book breaks down each aspect of executive function and offers step-by-step guidance that's easy to understand and stick with for long-term results.
• Target nine essential skills--Explore exercises designed to improve: attention and focus, organization, task initiation, planning and prioritization, self-monitoring, working memory, flexible thinking, emotional control, and impulse control.

Get the tools you need to feel more productive and achieve your goals with the Executive Functioning Workbook for Adults.

Get the pocket guide to embroidery that everyone's talking about--a sixty-four page mini book perfect to take on the go! With over thirty essential embroidery stitches, this all-in-one reference is ideal for hand stitchers, crazy quilters, and free-form embroiderers. Learn the best stabilizers and thread for embroidery, then branch out with eye-catching embellishments. This petite paperback is the perfect size for your purse or embroidery kit--a great gift for all sewists!

Find inspiration and insight on writing as a spiritual practice through astute quotes, thoughtful advice, and productive exercises on both mindfulness and craft.

This isn't your typical "how to write" book. Author Dinty W. Moore, a well-respected writing coach and teacher, thoughtfully illuminates the creative process: where writing and creativity originate, how mindfulness plays into work, how to cultivate good writing habits and grow as a person, and what it means to live a life dedicated to writing.

The Mindful Writer features bite-sized essays that will delight and inform not only writers, but also other artists, mediators and mindfulness practitioners. Built around heartening quotes from famous writers and thinkers, it is a resource that readers will turn to again and again for guidance and encouragement.

This edition includes a new introduction exploring the centrality of mindfulness in a writer's practice and craft as well as a selection of writing prompts to get you started on writing mindfully right away.

In the bestselling tradition of The HP Way, The Spirit to Serve describes how one of the most successful hoteliers of the twentieth century built Marriott International from a respectable $50-million-a-year enterprise into the mammoth $9-billion multinational giant of today. Told in the words of J. W. Marriott, Jr., The Spirit to Serve distills years of hard-earned wisdom and experience into twelve timeless lessons that managers at any level can implement in their own business lives.

Learn to embrace grief, manage it, and identify coping strategies with this practical, comforting, and inspirational guide.

Every grief journey is different, but we all need reminders, comfort, and inspiration to come to terms with making necessary changes after a loss, recognizing what we can and can't control, and taking back the power when life creates circumstances where we feel powerless.
Love & Grief helps to soften the pain of losing a person in the physical world so that you

• Remember them with more love than pain
• Access gratitude alongside the grief
• Honor their legacy
• Maintain a lifelong connection while still moving on with your life

There is no right or wrong way to ride grief, but having gone through the process of grief herself after losing her husband at a young age, Emily P. Bingham's writing provides an extra layer of comfort and solidarity. Love & Grief teaches you to own your journey and become your own guide.

If you think hearing loss is just a condition of old age-think again.
In The Way I Hear It, Gael Hannan explodes one myth after another in a witty and insightful journey into life with hearing loss at every age. Blending personal stories with practical strategies, Gael shines a light onto a world of communication challenges: a marriage proposal without hearing aids in, pillow talk and other relationships, raising a child, going to the movies, dining out, ordering at the drive-thru, in the classroom, on the job and hearing technology.
Part memoir, part survival guide, The Way I Hear It offers tips for effective communication, poetic reflections, and heart-warming stories from people she has met in her workshops and at conferences throughout North America. Gael's humorous stories are backed by hearing loss research, and she offers advice on how to bridge the gap between consumer and professional in order to get the best possible hearing health care.
The Way I Hear It is a book for people with hearing loss-but also for their families, friends and the professionals who serve them. Gael Hannan shares not only the daily frustrations, but also a strong message of hope and optimism for living successfully with hearing loss.

Counting cookies, cupcakes, and pies makes learning math fun! These proven activities reinforce important early math skills that prepare children for higher math beginning with counting, numerical order, shapes, addition, subtraction, and more. In addition, this workbook follows the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). With colorful illustrations of animals, food, shapes, and objects, children will become comfortable and confident with math and understand how it's used in everyday life.

This book combines practical woodworking technique with practical canoe use experience... [It] covers every single aspect of canoe paddle building.
-- Sawdust and Shavings

Despite the growing interest in making paddles and canoes, it can be difficult to find reliable information on that craft -- except for this book. First published more than a decade ago and having sold 35,000 copies, Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own is the ultimate modern guide to the traditional craft for both the how-to beginner and the skilled woodworker.

In Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own, longtime canoeist and woodworker Graham Warren provides detailed information and guidance to make a canoe paddle that will be used with confidence and cherished for generations.

The book is thoroughly illustrated with photographs, line drawings and plans with measurements for:

• How to make a paddle having a single blade, a bent shaft, or double blades
• How to protect a paddle with oil or varnish
• What to look for when test-driving a paddle
• How to decorate a paddle
• How to care for and repair a paddle.

The authors include an appreciation of the evolution of the paddle plus a special chapter by renowned canoe-buuilding teacher David Gidmark which celebrates paddle-making in the native tradition.

Relax, rejuvenate, and renew your mind, body, and soul with this coloring books designed for Black women that focuses and elevates the already popular--and effective--self-care activity with illustrations to color and affirmations to empower.

Celebrate what makes Black women powerful, brilliant, and brave with Mind, Body, & Soul: A Self-Care Coloring Book for Black Women. As you enjoy coloring in 35 gorgeous art pages, you'll be practicing self-care as you take the time to relax for just you. You'll find stunning art pages depicting Black women vibing, being creative in their homes, listening to music, practicing yoga, meditating in nature, and transcending in metaphysical dimensions. With affirmations included on each page, you'll internalize the positive messages and manifest positive outcomes for yourself as you color.

With Mind, Body, & Soul, every time you sit down to color in these inspiring designs, you'll be affirming yourself and your right to self-care.

Discover boundless inspiration and unseen paradises

Find yourself on a transfixing coloring exploration of endless beauty and stunning grandeur. Mythographic Color and Discover: Shangri-La is an enthralling glimpse into unraveling mysteries captured in magnificent detail. Feel the magnetic pull of spellbinding escapes, and follow paths speckled with surprises. Uncover candy-coated heavens and kaleidoscopic daydreams lush with blossoming flora, castle-topped fungi, and enchanting galaxies tucked inside teacups. Color the astonishing dreamlands found in more than 45 hand-drawn fantasies in Mythographic Color and Discover: Shangri-La.

- Expand your mind and your artistic sensibilities with abundantly creative illustrations
- Color gorgeous peculiarities, wild creatures, and immersive expanses
- Transform each mesmerizing piece with colored pencils, gel pens, or even watercolors

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories all about The Wizard of Ozl!

There's no place like PLACE! With 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories about Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, and all your favorite Oz characters, The Wizard of Oz Mad Libs is perfect for fans of this classic film! Play alone, in a group, or in the Emerald City! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.

The Wizard of Oz Mad Libs includes:

- Silly stories 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories all about the Wizard of Oz!
- Language arts practice Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills.
- Fun with Friends each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

Learn to make art that can change the world.

Multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, and activist Stuart Semple believes that art is for everyone, and that everyone is an artist. Every single human has an inner spark of creativity that can make the world a better place. Art can change people, places, attitudes, and communities, healing and communicating when words aren't enough.

Make Art or Die Trying empowers you to understand and connect with big art ideas and embrace your creative potential, no matter where you're starting from. This stunning, informative, and inspiring book demystifies influential art concepts of the 20th and 21st centuries, including happenings, performance art, Bauhaus, and Fluxus, making them super-approachable and inviting you to learn, make art, and make change.

Each chapter:

• Explains a transformative art concept in a simple, straightforward, jargon-free way.
• Shares examples by amazing and innovative artists.
• Offers DIY ideas and exercises that encourage you to explore the concept yourself and ultimately develop your own unique conversation with the wider world.
• Includes a QR code that allows access to an exclusive video by Stuart that takes the conversation to a deeper level.

Let Make Art or Die Trying be your guide to harnessing the power of creative ideas to create art and change in your life and community.

Filled with up-to-date information, color photos, fascinating & fun facts this book "All About New Jersey: 100+ Amazing Facts That Everyone Should Know" is the best book for kids to find out more about the Garden State. This book would satisfy the children's curiosity and help them to understand why New Jersey is special-and what makes it different from other States. This book gives a story, history, the state symbols, how NJ got her name, why it is called Garden State, why NJ attracts millions of visitors every year & explores the most interesting and amazing fun facts about New Jersey. It's a fun and fascinating way for young readers to find out more interesting and fun facts about the Garden State of United States. This is a great chance for every kid to expand their knowledge about the most populous state of US and impress family and friends with all discovered and never known before amazing fun facts.