Collection: Self-Development

Are you tired of feeling disconnected from your partner? Do you struggle to understand their needs and how to show them, love?

"The 7 Love Languages for Men and Women" is the solution you've been searching for!

This must-read guide, written by a renowned relationship expert, delves deeper into the unique ways men and women express and receive love. With this knowledge, you will be able to identify your love language and that of your partner and learn how to communicate and connect with each other effectively.

This book is not just a theoretical guide, it also offers a practical approach and tips to help you put the love languages into action in your daily life. From improving communication and intimacy to building trust, this book is filled with the tools you need for a successful and loving relationship.

Don't let misunderstandings and disconnections continue to hold your relationship back; whether you're just starting a new relationship or looking to strengthen an existing one, "The 7 Love Languages for Men and Women" has everything you need to build a deeper, more meaningful connection with your partner.

In her warm and witty debut about living with intrusive thoughts and anxiety, bestselling author Hayley Morris shows--with her signature sparkling humor and unflinching honesty--that being an overthinker is both a blessing and a curse. She confronts the funny (if painful) moments that arise when your brain and body refuse to cooperate and your inner voice won't shut up. No subject is too taboo for Hayley, whether that's forgetting how to walk when people are watching or the frustrations of dating. Me vs. Brain is for any reader hoping to befriend their brain, even when it's "scatty, annoying, and wrong about basically everything."

An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community--practical exercises, decolonized rituals, and Earth-based medicines for healing and processing loss

We live in a culture that suppresses our ability to truly feel our grief--deeply, safely, and on our own terms. But each person's experience is as unique as the grief itself. Here, Camille Sapara Barton's take on grief speaks directly to the ways that BIPOC and queer readers disproportionately experience unique constellations of loss.

Deeply practical and easy to use in times of confusion, trauma, and pain, Tending Grief includes rituals, reflection prompts, and exercises that help us process and metabolize our grief--without bypassing or pushing aside what comes to the fore. Sapara Barton includes exercises that can be done both alone and in community, including:

• Altar practices to honor and connect with ancestors known and unknown
• Locating, holding, and dancing your grief
• Sharing circles for processing communal loss
• Water, fire, and nature-based rituals
• Honoring the survival utility of numbness--and knowing when it's time to release it
• Peer support and integration
• Herbal medicines and plant-based healing

Sapara Barton honors each and every experience: The loss of displacement from homelands, from severed lineages and ancestral ways of knowing. The grief of colonization and theft. The deep heaviness that burrows into our bodies when society tells us our bodies are wrong. Practical tools and rituals help readers feel into their grief, honor what comes up, and move forward in healing.

Written specifically to center and hold the grief of BIPOC readers, Tending Grief is an invitation to reconnect to what we've lost, to find community in our grief, and to tend to our own suffering for our individual and collective wellbeing.

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what's right - even when it isn't easy

For the ancients, everything worth pursuing in life flowed from a strong sense of justice--or one's commitment to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult. In order to be courageous, wise, and self-disciplined, one must begin with justice. The influence of the modern world often tells us that acting justly is optional. Holiday argues that that's simply untrue--and the fact that so few people today have the strength to stand by their convictions explains much about why we're so unhappy.

In Right Thing. Right Now., Holiday draws on fascinating stories of historical figures such as Marcus Aurelius, Florence Nightingale, Jimmy Carter, Gandhi, and Frederick Douglass, whose examples of kindness, honesty, integrity, and loyalty we can emulate as pillars of upright living. Through the lives of these role models, readers learn the transformational power of living by a moral code and, through the cautionary tales of unjust leaders, the consequences of an ill-formed conscience.

The Stoics never claimed that living justly was easy, only that it was necessary. And that the alternative--sacrificing our principles for something lesser--was considered only by cowards and fools. Right Thing. Right Now. is a powerful antidote to the moral failures of our modern age, and a manual for living virtuously.

Throughout her 30-year career, Dr. Tammy Nelson found that couples therapists have traditionally been taught little about sex therapy, and sex therapists have minimal education in relationship systems. This leaves clinicians searching for more interventions for both couples and sexuality. To bridge the gap, Dr. Nelson, relationship expert and board-certified sexologist, has gathered the top authorities in the field of integrative treatment to create this groundbreaking book for all therapists looking for a comprehensive treatment resource.

Featuring new approaches combining sex therapy and relationship counseling, Integrative Sex & Couples Therapy brings treatment skills into practice, with real-world experiences, interventions, techniques, strategies, and case examples.

Topics include:
- Biopsychosocial Approach
- Sexual Medicine Model
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Trauma and Group Therapy Intersectionality
- Kink Competence
- Art Therapy
- Somatic Interventions
- LGB(Trans)QIA
- Nutri-Sexual Health
- Alternative Mindfulness
- Future of Sex

Find gratitude with this motivational journal for men

Learn how incorporating gratitude into your life can make you the best version of yourself. This gratitude journal for men is a straightforward, thought-provoking collection of prompts designed to help men explore the core components of gratitude--awareness, intention, and action--through short, simple, and insightful prompts.

The Daily Gratitude Journal for Men includes:

• 90 Days of gratitude--Discover the things you are thankful for with two creative writing or art exercises each day, one for the morning and one for the evening.
• Poignant quotes--Reflect on the inspiring words and wisdom of men like Eckhart Tolle, Michael Singer, Werner Erhard, and more.
• Bonus guidance--Go further with other practices that will help you on your gratitude journey, including breathwork and mindfulness.

Boost happiness, positivity, and personal growth with this gratitude journal for men.

A gentle and informative guide for parents of trans youth

As a full-time public speaker specializing in spreading awareness and understanding of the transgender community, what Ben Greene hears most from parents and loved ones is the phrase "I'm sorry." They're sorry for using the wrong word, sorry for asking an offensive question, sorry for not knowing this already, sorry for asking a question at all. The combination of exhaustion from trans people who have become their community's designated educator and the growing trend of "canceling" anyone who says anything wrong has created a culture where people who have good hearts and minimal access to information are so afraid to make a mistake they don't even try.

In My Child is Trans, Now What? A Joy-Centered Approach to Support, Greene breaks the mold by offering a judgement-free guide to people across generations, from millennial parents to members of older generations who may not have had previous positive exposure to the trans community. Greene focuses on providing two key resources in this book: information and emotional support. He explains what to expect, what systems exist to support trans youth, and what loved ones can do to help.

Using a combination of personal stories and experiences, definitions, and additional resources, My Child is Trans, Now What? is an essential guide for anyone looking to help trans youth thrive.

Botany in bricks! Take a closer look: This intricately illustrated compendium of flowers and plants has a LEGO(R) twist--the blooms are built of bricks! Inspired by the bestselling LEGO Botanical sets, this almanac combines floral facts, hand-drawn botanical illustrations, and exclusive stories from the LEGO set designers themselves, plus a bonus collectible flower print to display.

Inspired by scientific drawings of flora, the beauty is in the details of the singular LEGO(R) Botanical Almanac. Each page presents a deeper look into a stunning LEGO bloom, succulent, or plant--from garden varietals to the exquisitely exotic. Like traditional botany illustrations, these LEGO flowers are presented as stunning works of art and detailed dissections of real species. Dip in and out to learn about each plant and discover behind-the-scenes details of how LEGO set designers turned iconic bricks into captivating natural forms. A perfect gift for LEGO fans and unlike any other book before it, the LEGO(R) Botanical Almanac highlights where art meets science and building meets play--a true celebration of the boundless creativity of the LEGO brand.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Group. (c)2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.

EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIBLE PRINT INCLUDED: Tucked in the back of the book is a removable print featuring a hand-drawn illustration from the book. A must-have for LEGO collectors, this print is exclusive to the book. Frame and hang it on your wall to admire--and spark your creative thinking--every day.

UNIQUE FAN ARTIFACT: With beautifully rendered art and a sophisticated package that mimics a true scientific work, this almanac is an unexpected gift for the LEGO fan that has everything. Share the LEGO fandom with this surprisingly beautiful keepsake.

A BRAND YOU LOVE AND TRUST: For decades, the LEGO brand has inspired billions of people to stretch the limits of their imaginations and explore the power of play. Discover a new side of the LEGO universe with this beautiful LEGO book.

EXCLUSIVES FROM THE LEGO DESIGNERS: The book features behind-the-scenes interviews, stories, and fun facts, offering a unique window into the creative process of developing a LEGO set.

Perfect for:

• LEGO fans
• LEGO builders who purchased the LEGO Botanical sets
• Gardeners and fresh-cut flower lovers
• People interested in home décor and looking for a beautiful flower book to display
• People fascinated by scientific botanical drawings
• Mother's Day, housewarming, anniversary, birthday, Valentine's Day, or Galentine's Day gifting

A grief journal that tells you it's ok to not be ok and will never say "it all happens for a reason"

While everyone else is telling you it all "happens for a reason," the Hardcore Grief Recovery: F**k Death Workbook will give you the truth: this is going to feel like sh*t. Grief is a long, and difficult journey, but it doesn't have to last forever. This journal is the friend you need to heal through your grief--the kind of friend who stops the pitying hugs and screams "f*ck this" right by your side.

With honest-as-hell challenges for each of the five stages of grief, you'll learn to heal through your pain, even when that means tearing out pages and making a mess along the way. A grief book that tackles things head-on with prompts that ask you to:

• THINK: True or False, Would You Rather, and ranking questions are easy ways to examine your emotions, even if you're not the touchy-feely type
• DO: the stages of grief may not be a to-do list, but you can still check off some tasks and activities and fight off feelings of powerlessness
• JOURNAL: reflect on the life of the person you loved and the experiences you've been having throughout your grief journey

Hardcore Grief Recovery: F**k Death Workbook is here to help you give grief the middle finger. With a little guidance, you can pick yourself up, dust off, and heal without the bullsh*t.

This collectible box set combines the second book in Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom series, The Illustrated Bestiary, with a freestanding deck of 36 large, gilt-edged oracle cards and a cloth carrying bag for keeping animal wisdom close at hand. Together, the book and the cards explore the ancient, mystical connection between humans and other members of the animal kingdom, and guide readers in channeling animal energy through ritual and meditation. For fans of Maia Toll's insightful writing and Kate O'Hara's beautiful art, as well as animal lovers and devotees of tarot, witchcraft, and mysticism, this special edition makes a truly distinctive gift.

Where will you go? After more than 20 years of devotion to the Mormon church, Alyssa Grenfell decided it was time to find out. Join her in a journey of faith deconstruction with this definitive manual to rebuilding after Mormonism.
Consider this the last church handbook you'll ever need!

How to Leave the Mormon Church is the indispensable guide for navigating your way out of the Mormon church. After losing your faith, your first thought was likely, "Now what?" Read this book for advice on:

1. Deciding whether or not to leave the church
2. Sharing your news with family and friends
3. Investigating new beliefs and frameworks
4. Protecting your mental health during the transition
5. Moving forward with purpose and intention
6. Ordering coffee and cocktails for the first time
7. Overcoming shame surrounding sex and sexuality
8. Dating outside the church
9. Examining and renegotiating political opinions
10. Leaving Mormonism AND Exmormonism behind

...and so much more! Leaving the church is more than throwing out your garments or taking your name off the church roster. Mormonism is an all-encompassing, high demand religion that seeps into every aspect of your life. This is the comprehensive manual for completely-mentally, emotionally and physically-leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Advance praise for How to Leave the Mormon Church:

"I was struck by how thoroughly Alyssa addresses the hurdles faced by those who leave the church. Her encouraging voice will support you with each step along this unknown path. Her compassionate and informed writing approaches the sensitive subject of faith deconstruction with a style that is personal, thoughtful, direct, and fearless. This book is an essential companion for those who feel lost, alone, and confused once their Mormon shelf breaks. Frankly, it is the resource I so desperately needed in the days, months, and years after my own loss of faith."
-John Dehlin, Ph.D., Founder of and Host of Mormon Stories

"What many of us leaving the LDS Church are looking for is a friend. In her vulnerable storytelling and resource sharing, Alyssa brings that friendship to life. This book is a great sounding board to ask questions, access support and get curious about new and old beliefs. It's a great reminder that in what many consider to be one of the loneliest and disorienting chapters of their lives, you don't have to do it alone."
-Chelsea Homer, Founder of Faith Journey Meetups and Lost & Found Club

The honest, relatable, actionable roadmap to the practicalities of parenting a disabled child, featuring personal stories, expert interviews, and the foundational information parents need to know about topics including diagnosis, school, doctors, insurance, financial planning, disability rights, and what life looks like as a parent caregiver.

For parents of disabled children, navigating the systems, services, and supports is a daunting, and often overwhelming, task. No one explains to parents how to figure out the complex medical, educational, and social service systems essential to their child's success. Over and over, parents are being asked to reinvent the exact same wheels.

According to the CDC, "Every 4 1/2 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States." That's 1 in 33. There's no handbook for how to do this. Until now.

Presented with empathy and humor, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child: Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Supports gives parents the tools to conquer the stuff, so that they can spend less time filling out forms, and more time loving their children exactly as they are. With over a decade of experience navigating these systems for her own child, author Kelley Coleman presents key information, templates, and wisdom alongside practical advice from over 40 experts, covering topics such as diagnosis, working with your medical team, insurance, financial planning, disability rights and advocacy, and individualized education plans. Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child gives parents the tools they need to stop wasting unnecessary time, money, and stress. If you need to know how to actually do the things, this book is for you.

Susan and Jacob Browder wrote their book, "The Bull Didn'tWin," from their perspectives. You will get to know the mom, Susan, as she lets you see her son's injury and recovery through her eyes. You will learn so much about Jacob, the young man who suffered a traumatic brain injury at a bull riding school, as he takes you on the toughest ride of his life. This mom and son will leave you with an inspiring story that will motivate you to get through the hardest times. Susan only tells Parts of the book as Jacob is in a coma fighting for his life.

This illustrated book of advice on love, dating, and friendship--written by and for queer women and people of marginalized genders-is the new go-to queer relationship handbook.

Fix yourself a cup of non-caffeinated herbal tea and prepare to laugh, cry, reminisce, and feel your feelings as you read through these quintessentially queer dating dilemmas.

In The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend Is My Girlfriend, advice columnist Maddy Court (a.k.a. Xena Worrier Princess) answers anonymous queries from lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and people of marginalized genders.

Illustrated by comics artist Kelsey Wroten and based on Court's viral zine of the same name, this book features never-before-published letters and responses about first loves, heartbreak, coming out, and queer friendship--all answered with the warmth and honesty of the gay big sister you wish you had.

- BY QUEERS, FOR QUEERS: This book was written by and for queer women and people of marginalized genders. The questions reflect real experiences that aren't often represented in the media, and the answers offer an important reminder that loving ourselves takes patience, effort, and the support of our friends and communities.
- EXCITING DEBUT AUTHOR: In 2018, Maddy Court made the leap from creating niche lesbian memes on Instagram to writing and distributing a series of zines. Never preachy or dismissive, Court offers advice that is sympathetic and straightforward--it's equal parts refreshing vulnerability and remarkable wisdom.
- GORGEOUS ILLUSTRATION: Kelsey Wroten's art brings the letters to life, immersing the reader in all the joys and disappointments of the contributors who wrote in from all over the world. In addition to the traditional illustrations, each chapter features a paneled mini-comic that speaks to the different themes.
- AMAZING GUEST EXPERTS: Because one queer cannot possible hold all the answers, The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend Is My Girlfriend also includes advice from an incredible roster of guest experts. Author and comedian Samantha Irby; musicians JD Samson and Ellen Kempner; and writers and activists Tyler Ford, Kalyn Heffernan, Lola Pellegrino, and Mey Rude all tackle questions on long-distance breakups, jealousy, love triangles, making friends, and more.

Perfect for:

- Lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and people of marginalized genders with questions about dating, friendship, and life
- Fans of the Ex-Girlfriend zine series and followers of @Xenaworrierprincess
- Fans of Kelsey Wroten's graphic novels and art

Death is never truly the end.

Follow the origin story of the Mighty Nein's Caduceus Clay in this beautiful hardcover graphic novel written by Kendra Wells (Tell No Tales), illustrated by Gus Allen (Lumberjanes), with colors by Eren Angiolini and letters by Ariana Maher. Created in consultation with the cast of Critical Role!

Generations of the Clay family have tended to the careful rituals in the Blooming Grove. But when corruption begins to creep in on their sacred space, the Clays depart one by one to seek answers. Soon young Caduceus and Clarabelle are the only ones left, and when a dangerous burial quest falls to Caduceus, he must leave the Grove to do the family's work.

Now in paperback. A holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies, and ourselves.

"Essential reading for anyone who has struggled to feel at home in their body or to conform their body to external standards."
--Savala Nolan, author of Don't Let It Get You Down

Have you ever felt uncomfortable or not "at home" in your body? In this book, the founders of Body Trust, therapist Hilary Kinavey and dietitian Dana Sturtevant, invite readers to break free from the status quo and reject a culture that has taken advantage and profited from trauma, stigma, and disembodiment, and reclaim and embrace their bodies. Informed by the personal body stories of the hundreds of people they have worked with, Reclaiming Body Trust delineates an intersectional, social justice-orientated path to healing in three phases: The Rupture, The Reckoning, and The Reclamation. Throughout, readers will be anchored by the authors' revolutionary Body Trust framework to discover a pathway out of a rigid, mechanistic way of thinking about the body and into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture our bodies.