If "these are the times that test men's souls," never more than for the leader's ability to think clearly, to be present calmly, and to challenge effectively. It's a time when leaders cannot be as anxious as those they serve; otherwise, the system is leaderless. Anxiety flows down like water from a leaky pipe. To lead effectively we must understand the impact of powerful emotional forces on people's behavior, especially in anxious times. Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times helps leaders und...
THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER What's love got to do with it in the meantime? You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know exactly what you want in life, but what you want is nowhere in sight. Perhaps your vision is unclear, your purpose still undefined. On top of it all, your relationships, particularly your romantic relationships, are failing. If these scenarios feel familiar way down in the deepest part of your gut -- then you, my dear, are smack dab in the mid...
How we deal with conflict will either grow a relationship or destroy it. Experienced therapist Dr. Linda Mintle expertly leads readers through successful conflict management, resulting in more secure and peaceful relationships. Practical and approachable, We Need to Talk offers real-world advice based on solid research for marriages, parenting, extended family, ex-spouses, blended families, and friendships. Readers will learn to reverse negative relationship patterns, let go of unresolved anger,...
Ten el Valor de Amar y Ser Feliz (Axiolog�a del Esp�ritu, #1)
by Antonio J Cordero
Morality, Identity and Narrative in the Fiction of Richard Ford (Costerus New, #176) (Costerus)
by Brian Duffy
Morality, Identity and Narrative in the Fiction of Richard Ford is only the second monograph on the work of Richard Ford and the only one to deal with all three Frank Bascombe novels. The book offers comprehensive readings of the trilogy and the stories of Women with Men and A Multitude of Sins, thus bringing critical work on Ford up to date. Richard Ford insists that fiction contain a "moral vision", and this study takes up that challenge by investigating Ford's characters through the interconn...
Interpretation and Interaction
In recent decades the relationship between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy has been a focal point for debate about the distinctiveness of analysis as a particular kind of therapeutic enterprise. In Interpretation and Interaction, Jerome Oremland invokes the interventions of "interpretation" and "interaction," rooted in the values of understanding and amelioration, respectively, as a conceptual basis for reappraising these important issues. In place of the commonly accepted triadic division amon...
Relationships Among Asian American Women (Psychology of Women)
This work explores the relationships that American Asian women form with each other. Contributors address the sociocultural, political, historical and familial contexts that contribute to the development of these relationships.
What you can tell about a Person, 3 Feet Away and Upside Down (Practical Handwriting, #14)
by Fiona MacKay Young
Helene Lerner addresses the self-sabotaging behaviors that veil a person's full potential and helps women everywhere achieve confidence, creativity, and intimacy in every aspect of life from careers to friendships. Unveil your inner power to achieve confidence, creativity, and intimacy in every aspect of your life-from work to relationships to sex. Helene Lerner-a leading advocate for women's advancement and empowerment-reveals the nine most common self-sabotaging behaviors that hold women bac...
Toward a Psychology of Being (Insight Series on Psychology)
by Abraham H Maslow
"If we wish to help humans to become more fully human, we must realize not only that they try to realize themselves, but that they are also reluctant or afraid or unable to do so. Only by fully appreciating this dialectic between sickness and health can we help to tip the balance in favor of health." -Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow's theories of self-actualization and the hierarchy of human needs are the cornerstone of modern humanistic psychology, and no book so well epitomizes those ideas as hi...
Social Space (Odense University Studies in History and Social Sciences, #147)