Psychology

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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Limits

From: On Opium

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The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can … 23 $2.30 Add
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Chapter 3

Withdrawal

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Beginning the Alcohol segment in the throes of withdrawal, Wood takes readers through his transition to heavy drinking and the health issues he’s been encountering. He describes his … 20 $2.00 Add
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Getting Back to Our Roots – Nathan Lewis and the Veteran’s Sanctuary

From: Field Excercises

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Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading discusses the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Lie Back and Think of Paperwork

From: Hard to Do

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Korducki highlights the legal obstacles that prohibited many from getting married and prevented others from filing for divorce. 18 $1.80 Add
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Making the Choice to Take Therapy Outside

From: Nature-Based Therapy

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Inclement weather such as high winds and rainstorms can also provide avenues for experiences of self-care, thriving outdoors, and, metaphorically, in dealing with life challenges and formidable forces. ; ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Part 4: Contentment Cake

From: A Life Spent Listening

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In part 4 the author introduced his concept of the Contentment Cake and his criteria for being content in life. Topics included in this part are techniques for developing positive self esteem, … 56 $5.60 Add
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Preface by Molly Young Brown

From: Coming Back to Life

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Living within a society that denies the pain it causes engenders deep conflict within us, but the taboos against speaking of it, or even seeing it, are subtle, strong and complex. Being nice … 5 $0.50 Add
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Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds

Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) with Carol Tavris

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

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The brain is designed with blind spots, optical and psychological, and one of its cleverest tricks is to confer on us the comforting delusion that we, personally, do not have any. In a sense, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Teaching Is A Group Activitiy

From: Freedom To Learn

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Teaching is inherently a group activity and that makes all the difference. Humans (students in this case) respond differently in groups than in individual situations. Some important variables of … ; 21 $2.10 Add
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The Creative Spark

From: Catch the Fire

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Readings in section 1 of this title explore the arts as an overlooked force for positive social change, and provides real-world examples of the application of a Creative Community Model. This … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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The Pull

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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The process of the medium, of i-tech itself, is what is attractive; it draws us in. And this draw, or pull effect, is what has the potential to alter behavior. For example, the central concept in … 9 $0.90 Add
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Transmission of Affect

Life-affirming and Life-draining Affects

From: The Power Manual

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Transmission of Affect, focuses on the work of Theresa Brennan. Brennan used research from the field of psychoneuroendocrinology, the study of hormones and their relationship to behavior, to … 6 $0.60 Add
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What is a good political decision?

From: Too Dumb for Democracy?

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Chapter Three examines what makes a good political decision. This chapter focuses the process rather than the Outcome of “good” political decision. 26 $2.60 Add
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What’s He Thinking?

From: Cracking the Boy Code

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• Before asking a question, think about how you would feel if your son posed the same question, in the same tone. • Boredom is the enemy of a positive connection. Be honest and … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Love Freely Chosen

From: Hard to Do

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This chapter explores the Dred Scott case of 1857 and its legal implications in regard to family-making, specifically marriage, for Black people during and after the US Civil War. 20 $2.00 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Vertigo

From: On Opium

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Through the metaphor and the physical condition of vertigo, the author describes a benign temporary condition of incapacitiating vertigo, an artist’s residency in Venice, and the experience … 13 $1.30 Add