Collection: Self-Development

The key to ongoing freedom from alcoholism or any other kind of addiction is right before us, here and now, in the ordinary and perfect present moment. The problem is that addictions are often the result of our efforts to escape living in the present in the first place. Bill Alexander's unique approach uses mindfulness (a nonjudgmental awareness of our moment-to-moment experience), story, and meditation to help alcoholics and others learn to come back to the present moment and find healing there. Emerging scientific research suggests that mindfulness can help prevent addiction relapse.

Ordinary Recovery is a revised edition of Alexander's book Cool Water, with a new foreword, a new preface by the author, updates throughout the book, and a new resources section.

Romanticize Your Life invites you to reclaim the sweet moments of wonder that often get lost amid the hustle and the bustle, the worries, the what-ifs, and regrets. Tucked within every day are simple opportunities to live with greater mindfulness and joy every season, 365 days a year.

Through engaging illustrations and dated, daily inspirations for every season, Romanticize Your Life offers creative ideas for infusing magnificence into ordinary moments. Perhaps this week you will . . .

• Rearrange the furniture in your bedroom to create an entirely new vibe.
• Wake up earlier than usual and enjoy your morning coffee with the sunrise.
• Take yourself on a solo date to a movie. (Yes, you would like popcorn, thank you!)
• Revisit a favorite book from childhood.
• Cook dinner by candlelight and invite friends over to share in the ambiance.
• Handwrite a letter to someone you haven't connected with in a while.
• And so much more!

Big or small, every moment of your experience matters. You can approach your days with purpose because you are the main character in your unique and fabulous story. As it turns out, embracing those ordinary opportunities with an intentional mindset frees you to discover that they were extraordinary all along. . . why not fall in love with it?

Learn how to make a difference to just one life, or the world, by embracing what makes people remarkable

In Think Remarkable, tech titan and creator of the Remarkable People podcast Guy Kawasaki delivers a practical, tactical, and sometimes radical discussion of how to make a difference in the world and live a fulfilling life. By synthesizing knowledge from more than 40 years of working with organizations such as Apple, Canva, Google, Mercedes Benz, and Wikipedia, with insights from over 200 extraordinary people, such as Jane Goodall, Olivia Julianna, Stacey Abrams, Steve Wozniak, Mark Rober, and Bob Cialdini, Kawasaki and coauthor Madisun Nuismer offer a roadmap to finding internal remarkableness.

In the book, you'll learn:

• How to adopt a growth mindset, develop grit and resilience, and embody graciousness throughout the process
• Why it's possible to make a difference, become a better person, and lead a fulfilling life
• What ideas and strategies can enable you to transform your outlook and attitude to prepare for major change

An essential guide to focusing on what really matters in life, Think Remarkable is perfect for anyone who wants to make the world--and themselves--a little (or a lot) better.

This vintage book contains a practical treatise on the common methods of production for blacksmiths, apprentice blacksmiths, engineers, and others. Profusely illustrated and full of helpful tips, this volume provides a elementary introduction to the tools and techniques of the workshop, and is highly recommended for those with little previous experience. Contents include: "Forges for Hearths", "Cast-Iron Forge", "Brick Forge", "Hearths", "Pot Fire", "Tools", "Anvils", "Hand Hammer", "Tongs", "Hand Tools", "Anvil Tools", "Clippers, etc.", "Anvil Swages", "Small Anvil", "Angle Bar Tools", "Cutters", "Side Set Tools", "Radius Tools", "Spring Swages", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing "Blacksmith's Manual Illustrated" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on blacksmithing.

As a reformed smoker of nearly three decades, Christopher Chausse gives you his straightforward perspective on understanding the smoking habit, the tobacco industry, and the mystifying emotions that entangle the mind of a smoker. His jovial 'what's the worst that can happen" approach will open your eyes to new alternatives and will have you knowing that you too can be smoke free if you desire.

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death describes the methodology, principles, and more importantly the attitude and mind-set of what it takes to become smoke free. Then through his simple Time Compartment Management (TCM) system you'll learn control; you'll learn how to convert subconscious habits into conscious choices; you'll also learn that time is your friend, not your enemy. Whether you've smoked for 5 years or 40; whether you smoke 1 pack a day or 3, with this approach you can break those nicotine shackles forever.

By applying these simple time management principles to your life, you'll enable yourself to take back control of the time you spend smoking, then simply fill those vacant time slots with something beautiful.your freedom.

Little compares to the devastation people feel upon discovering their spouse has been unfaithful. Shocked, devastated and overwhelmed, couples often hit stalemates as they struggle to get past intense emotional pain, mistrust, resentment and never-ending arguments about the betrayal.From the bestselling author of DIVORCE BUSTING and THE SEX-STARVED MARRIAGE, renowned therapist, and TEDx speaker, Michele Weiner-Davis, comes a powerful blueprint for helping couples rebuild trust and mend their marriages following the crisis of discovery of an affair through forgiveness and beyond. Based on over three decades of experience helping couples recover from betrayal and save their marriages, Weiner-Davis offers a step-by-step program to help readers: - Deal with traumatic feelings after the discovery- Respond to questions about the affair- Talk about intense emotions without arguing- End the affair- Offer apologies that are sincere and healing- Overcome flashbacks and painful memories- Rebuild trust and accountability- Make their marriage stronger than before the affair- Find forgiveness- Reconnect sexuallyThis book is filled with case vignettes of couples whose lives were shattered by betrayal but have eventually recovered and thrived. With the publication of HEALING FROM INFIDELITY, the practical advice available to her clients will be made accessible to millions more who desperately want to move through the pain of infidelity and restore their love.

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 going fast!

READY, VERB, GO! With 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories about races coming down to the wire, the fastest vehicles in the world, and the thrills of speed, Ready, Set, Go! Mad Libs is the perfect activity for any young speedster! Play alone, in a group, or at the race track! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.

Ready, Set, Go! Mad Libs includes:

- Silly stories 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories about going fast!
- 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!

Using the three basic approaches to producing curved parts--laminate bending, steam bending, and milling by machine--this book provides step-by-step instructions on each method, the pros and cons of each project, and how to troubleshoot problems. Also included are discussions and advice as to what methods will work and what methods will not in various applications.

This Times Tables workbook for five to seven-year-olds is another winning addition to Roger Priddy's successful wipe-clean workbook series.

It comes with a dry-wipe pen, perforated flash cards, and 48 pages of activities to help children master their times tables.

- Times tables are important mathematical building blocks but can be hard to memorize
- Colorful photographs and illustrations make practicing them more enjoyable
- The wipe-clean activities can be attempted, wiped clean, and repeated until mastered
- Plenty of opportunity for children to put their developing knowledge into practice
- With tables from 1 to 12, each table has tips and tricks for remembering it, and a guide to the practical uses, such as the 5 times table for telling the time
- There are 24 perforated flash cards of the hardest ones to remember at the end of the book
- The spiral binding means that pages lie flat for ease of use, and there are even tips for good handwriting habits.

This book is a fantastic tool to help children gain confidence in math at an early age.

Discover the benefits of being positive.

We all have two dogs inside of us. One dog is positive, happy, optimistic, and hopeful. The other dog is negative, mad, sad, pessimistic, and fearful. These two dogs often fight inside us, but guess who wins the fight? The one you feed the most. So begins the story about a negative mutt named Matt and a big dog named Bubba who teaches him how to feed himself with positivity each day and in the process Matt transforms his own life and the shelter they call home.

The Positive Dog is an inspiring, heartwarming story that not only reveals the strategies and benefits of being positive but also an essential truth for humans: Being positive doesn't just make you better. It makes everyone around you better.

Help kids ages 8 to 12 show their worries who's boss!Everyone worries sometimes--including kids. But if your child worries too much, it can be harder for them to learn, grow, and have fun. This workbook for kids is full of exercises that teach them how to stop their worries from taking over their thoughts so they can approach each day with a sense of confidence and adventure.

• What does it mean to worry?--Kids will learn what's happening to their brain and body when they feel worried, with kid-friendly language and examples that are easy for them to understand.
• 50+ ways to feel better--Equip kids to navigate their feelings with activities like writing down what they're worried about, identifying how different situations make them feel, speaking kindly to themselves, and more.
• Skills for every situation--This hands-on workbook helps kids practice lifelong skills like resilience, self-care, empathy, and positive thinking.

Give kids the tools to feel calmer and happier in every situation with the Worry Workbook for Kids!

From Panic to Power is Lucinda Bassett's inspiring account of the proven techniques she used to overcome anxiety disorder and regain control of her life.

A bestseller with more than 72,000 hardcover copies sold, From Panic to Power offers techniques and skills to the ever-growing number of people who are adversely affected by today's overwhelmingly stressful environment. Lucinda Bassett's effective program, which teaches people how to think differently and respond in a less anxious way, is enabling hundreds of thousands all over the world to transform their draining doubts, fears, and anxieties into positive energy and newfound freedom. Her methods allow sufferers to gain a new understanding of themselves and their challenges when dealing with anxiety and teach effective skills to help transform negative self-talk and destructive worry habits into recently discovered compassion and confidence.

Hello Kitty and her friends have never been cuter! This all-in-one kit includes everything you need to create embroidered cross-stitch crafts of Hello Kitty, My Melody, Keroppi, and Kuromi.

• Specifications: Includes everything you need to make 3 to 4 patterns including a 3-inch embroidery hoop in which to stitch and display designs, 2 tapestry needles, 8 skeins of embroidery thread, and 3 pieces of 4 x 4 inch cotton Aida cloth
• Book Included: Fully illustrated mini book with simple cross-stitching instructions and 4 easy patterns (Hello Kitty, My Melody, Keroppi, Kuromi)
• Perfect Gift: Hello Kitty fans will enjoy creating and displaying their cross-stitch creations
• Portable: Small size allows for cross-stitching fun anytime, anywhere
• Officially Licensed: An authentic Hello Kitty product

A comprehensive guide to identifying and reclaiming your shadow

- Explains how your shadow develops and how your reactivity to specific people and situations reflects the ways you project your shadow onto others

- Presents a wide variety of shadow work tools, emotional intelligence exercises, and self-inquiry practices to help you identify your shadow and heal and release any shadow-related traumas

- Explores the concept of collective shadows, including online shadows and relationship shadows, and reveals how to free yourself from shadow projections

Throughout our lives, we repress and deny the parts of our authentic selves that our families, peers, and the world told us were wrong, unlovable, or "too much," and from this repression our shadow is born. By the time we reach adulthood, much of our authentic self is shadow. The connection we once had to who we truly are has been severed, and we no longer feel vibrant and enthusiastic about life.

In this practical and trauma-informed guide to deep shadow work, Mary Mueller Shutan explains how to find compassion for your dark side, reconnect with the repressed and abandoned parts of yourself, and reclaim the resiliency and joy of your authentic, whole self. She reflects on the positive, protective role of the shadow and describes how it is composed not only of the trauma and darkness we have experienced, but also the light we have yet to absorb. She explains how your reactivity to specific people and situations--your "triggers"--reflects your own pain and the ways you project your shadow onto others and the outer world. Presenting a wide variety of shadow work tools and emotional intelligence exercises, the author teaches you how to identify your shadow projections and safely and skillfully work with the difficult emotions that may arise during shadow work.

As you discover and understand more of your personal dark places, the author then introduces the concept of collective shadows that are created by society yet affect us individually, including online shadows and relationship shadows. She explains how to identify and free yourself from the projections of collective shadows to promote individual and collective health.

Offering a self-directed process for healing trauma and reclaiming the eclipsed light of your shadow, Shutan shows how shadow work allows you to move beyond the restrictions you've placed on yourself and others and see the beauty inherent in the dark places of the self.

The Betrayal & Beyond Journal is a companion resource that promotes the daily commitment to self-care and health. It provides tools vital to one's healing and reinforces the importance of facing loss and processing anger and hurt. As you journal through this journey, you will see how God can do beyond what we can even think or dream.

Preparation for loved ones for when you are just not there.

The success of this book -- with 150,000 sold -- speaks to our aging population and an increased interest in writing wills, preparing medical care directives, preplanning funerals and making it easier for surviving family members to manage the details at the passing of loved ones.

Elegantly designed and tastefully illustrated, When I'm Gone is a fill-in record book and a resource manual to record all the little details of life so that, when someone is absent, for whatever reason, those left behind can cope. The book provides a place to give instructions concerning the issues we think of first -- legal and financial -- but also all of the day-to-day details of the household and the personal notes and information we usually never get around to writing down.

The book includes useful information and space to write in instructions on how to contact key people and where to locate essential documents, such as wills, powers of attorney, medical care directives and living wills. It also provides a space to jot down important information like banking details, home and car maintenance records, PINs, passwords, the location of keys, phone numbers, addresses and so much more.

Important matters that can be recorded here include:

• Insurance, lawyers, bank, investment and pension details, deeds and mortgages
• Healthcare and medical records and directives
• Funeral arrangements and last wishes
• Setting up trusts and choosing guardians for children and dependant adults
• Care of pets
• Maintenance of homes and vehicles
• Access to digital records and operation of computers and other devices
• Instructions for favorite belongings.

This new edition of When I'm Gone has been updated to reflect changes in laws, customs and technology over the past decade, touching on everything from digital storage of family photos to green funerals to medically assisted dying. Space has been added for writing more of your own information. Everyone wants to keep better track of their records, and author Kathleen Fraser has designed the perfect way to do so with as little effort as possible.