books about: embracing

books about: embracing

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Embracing

Study Guide for Carroll's Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity, 2nd
Janell L. Carroll

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

This study guide is written by Shirley Ogletree of Texas State University, San Marcos, and contains the following for every chapter: chapter summary, learning objectives, detailed chapter outline, personal assessments & activities, one paper assignment per chapter, 15 fill-in-the blank questions per main sub-head, five short answer per main ...

My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved ...

Dennis Mccullough

Harper, 2008

Reassuring
If you are dealing with an elderly parent with dementia (or other debilitating illness) this is a god-send. Just reading this reduced my stress level greatly and helped me be more patient and tolerant of my 93 yo parent who has mild dementia. Thank you for writing ...

Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity

Janell L. Carroll

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Textbook: Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity
This textbook would be very helpful for any student in gender based or sexuality classes. The case studies and pictures make it an easy read.

The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments

William Bridges

Da Capo Press, 2001

Astonishing and wonderful
This is a engrossing book about what happens when a person who has made a career out of understanding "transitions" (and helping other people and organizations through times of transition) comes face to face with a gigantic transition. As Bridges dealt with the death ...

The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife

Marianne Williamson

Hay House, 2008

Good!
Fairly good Delivery - Book arrived Excellent Condition. Thank You, Diane Cogswell Mill Valley, CA

Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying

Ram Dass

Riverhead Trade, 2001

Still Here
Have you ever read a book and wished that it would never end? That is what this book was like for me. I got so much from it that I am purchasing another to give away to a friend.

The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them

David Richo

Shambhala, 2006

The only book I have ever underlined on almost every page
I'm not one to read self-help or psychological tomes but I'm going through a very painful surprise divorce and am seeking positive healing wherever I can. Dave Richo's book is one that puts a loving spin on all the challenges of life. Never saying it will be easy but ...

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

John W. Dower

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

How Do You Transform A War Torn Nation?
EMBRACING DEFEAT is the historical saga of the United States occupation of war torn and defeated Japan following World War II. Japan had sent nearly 3 million men to battle the Allies throughout the Pacific but with the American usage of the atomic bomb, the Japanese ...

Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle

Victoria Colligan, Beth Schoenfeldt, ...

St. Martin's Press, 2007

I wish Ladies who launch was around when I started my business 6 years ago
Not only am I a LWL member in Los Angeles and am very grateful for Amy Swift and leader Jen Sincero. I bought the book and recommend it to all of my girlfriends that are frustrated in their overpaid corporate jobs. Hard to believe that the almighty dollar does not make ...

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

Tara Brach

Bantam, 2004

Exactly what I needed.
Going through a divorce after having been dumped by a husband of 17 years, I was really critical of myself. As if having endured the ex's scorn wasn't enough, I had to add o--and add on--and add on to the attacks on every aspect of my personality. I was stupid. I was ...

From Bondage to Bonding: Escaping Codependency, Embracing Biblical Love

Nancy Groom

NavPress Publishing Group, 1991

Absolutely essential reading for recovering codependents
I have struggled with codependency for many years and am currently recovering from a broken marriage that was destroyed by mutual codependency. This is the book that taught me the most and helped me the most, without question! I have read Melody Beattie's work, and ...

Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting

Marva J. Dawn

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989

A good "how-to" book
Finally a Sabbath book that doesn't seek to convince one of which day should be kept as the Sabbath, but focusses instead on HOW to keep the Sabbath. The book is broken into four major parts - ceasing, resting, embracing, and feasting. Each of those chapter breaks ...

Embracing Your Inner Critic: Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset

Hal Stone, Sidra Stone

HarperOne, 1993

The most EFFECTIVE self-help book I've read in years
I had just finshed Martin Seligman's Learned Optimism and was finally having some success dealing with my depression and anxiety when my wife gave me a copy of Embracing Your Inner Critic. She'd picked the book up a year or two earlier and lost track of it in the "to ...

Embracing Ourselves: The Voice Dialogue Manual

Hal Stone, Sidra Stone

New World Library, Nataraj, 1998

Brilliant, Enlightening, A must for all inner seekers
These two authors are revolutionary in their scope, breath, and personal integration of thier information. As you read this book you know that they truly understand their work and are genuinely on the path they show. These authors are to be admired and appreciated ...

Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential

Gordon T. Smith

InterVarsity Press, 1999

Insightful and intelligent
This is the first of Gordon T. Smith's books I have read and now I intend to read others. He writes with unusual insight. I confess I have found many mainstream Christian living books written for too wide an audience, with a basic-level vocabulary, but Smith writes ...