Collection: Self-Development

In What We Keep: Advice from Artists and Designers on Living with the Things You Love, gallerist Jean Lin presents an interior design book for collectors, would-be collectors, and design-loving hunter/gatherers who crave objects of beauty to display in their homes.

Foreword by Asad Syrkett, editor-in-chief of Elle Decor

Learn the refined art of display and get an insider's education in collecting from gallerist Jean Lin. Follow in her footsteps and tour the unique and beautiful homes of more than a dozen dedicated collectors. Whether you are starting a new collection or wish to display an existing one, each chapter offers inventive ideas for styling and displaying favorite objects, along with a primer on materials, studio visits with ceramicists, textile artists, and woodworkers, and wisdom from some of today's most fascinating artists and makers.

Featured artists include:
Mira Nakashima
Aleishall Girard Maxon
Noguchi Museum Director Brett Littman
AD 100 and Elle Decor A Listers: Christine Gachot, Leyden Lewis, Michael K Chen, Workstead, and Ghislaine Vinas
TWA Hotel designer Adam Rolston/INC
Architect Preeti Sriratana/Modellus Novus
Fashion designer Carly Cushnie
Glass artist and winner of Netflix Blown Away, Deborah Czeresko
Architect Worrell Yeung
Ceramicist Stephanie Shih
Top Chef and James Beard Award-winner Kwame Onwuache

Includes Color Photographs

Treasure hunters and fans of gems, jewels, and rocks will love this jam-packed sticker activity book, complete with activities, coloring, mazes, and more--plus 1,000 stickers!

Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get your hands dirty, because it's time to dig around, pan for gold, and crack open geodes in this exciting sticker activity book. Discover the difference between rocks and minerals and how gems are cut and polished. Learn how people have used rocks and minerals, like salt and gems, for jewelry and decoration for centuries. Get up close to famous features like Mount Rushmore or the Great Wall of China. Kids will sticker and get to know the names of their favorite rocks, as they travel around the world to beautiful natural sites like Giant's Causeway in Ireland and the Rainbow Mountain in Peru.

This smart and fun interactive title brings National Geographic Kids signature content to a sticker and activity book format. It's a great way for kids to go off-screen and learn while they play. It's also an engaging "treat" for a rainy day, car trips, downtime, or anytime.

Angela Porter's wonderfully unique, fun-to-color entangled designs invite you to embrace your daydreams...any time! Colorists can unplug and unwind with these 31 whimsical illustrations featuring a wondrous array of imaginative landscapes, seascapes, and skyscapes embellished with hearts, flowers, rainbows, sunshine, plus many other playful designs. The art is printed on one side only, and the pages are perforated for easy removal and display.

An inspiring creativity guide for keeping a sketchbook as an artistic practice, with techniques and sources of inspiration for experimenting, drawing, painting, and seeing the world through a colorful lens, from watercolor artist and author of The Joy of Watercolor Emma Block

Keeping a sketchbook is a wonderfully rewarding pursuit for artists and hobbyists alike. Your sketchbook is a safe place to explore, experiment, try new things, record your progress, and sometimes mess up, and working in a sketchbook, particularly on location, is an innately mindful practice. You become completely focused on the things you are sketching or painting and completely immersed in the atmosphere of the place.

In Keeping a Creative Sketchbook, Emma Block shares her own sketchbook practice and offers inspiring artist interviews and numerous techniques and practices for beginning or transforming your own. Packed with ideas and prompts to get started, this book helps overcome overwhelm and open a world of joyful creativity. With your sketchbook by your side, you can slow down, be present, notice the little things, enjoy the process, let go of perfectionism, and embrace the blank page, discovering rich new depths to your creativity and finding your artist mindset for inner peace.

Join the thrifting revolution! DIY Thrift Flip teaches you how to find, upcycle, and customize secondhand clothing for sustainable style with simple sewing instructions.

Expert thrift-flipper April Yang, aka Coolirpa, takes you through every phase of the process, including how to find the best clothes and fabrics and easy ways to alter and tailor shirts, dresses, pants, coats, and more.

• Getting Started. Essential materials and tools, setting up a workspace, organizing supplies, sewing machine basics, and a concise fabric primer.
• How to Shop for Alterable Clothes. Where to shop, what types of clothes to look for, what can and can't be fixed, and how to gauge size when you can't try something on.
• Altering Basics. How to use patterns to alter clothes or parts of garments, techniques for altering without using patterns, the basics of garment altering, adding sleeves, hems, and pockets, and how to custom-tailor an altered piece for a great fit.
• Projects. Beginner to intermediate-level projects inspire and guide you along your own thrift flips.
• QR codes give you access to techniques, tutorials, and project details.

Also included are basic sewing techniques, sewing and clothing terminology, clothing silhouettes, how to measure the body, and more.

With DIY Thrift Flip, you'll learn how to build a wardrobe of original pieces that shows off your unique style and boosts your creativity in the process.

Aprende todos los trucos y consejos que te convertirán en cuidador de plantas experto!

Por mucho que las riegues, tus plantas siguen estando débiles: hojas que se caen, amarillean y tienen manchas marrones. Qué ocurre? Esta guía de plantas de interior te explica de manera fácil los problemas que pueden estar sufriendo.

Detecta las señales de peligro, aprende cómo puedes rescatarlas y descubre qué planta se adapta mejor a tus necesidades. Puedes colocarlas en espacios muy diferentes: baños, cuartos fríos, encima del escritorio, en el marco de una ventana, en un rincón sombrío o en un solárium caliente. Crea tu propio oasis dónde tú quieras!

Este libro de plantas también incluye:

- Consejos para comprender qué les gusta y qué no.
- Indicaciones sobre cuánta luz, agua, calor y humedad necesitan.
- Explicaciones para principiantes de las diferentes etapas de crecimiento de la planta.
Pasa las páginas y descubre cómo salvar a tus plantas! Identifica qué hay plantado en tu maceta y asegúrate de que crezca sana y fuerte. El regalo perfecto para todo aquel que busca poner una planta en su vida y para amantes de las plantas con poca experiencia que quieren adquirir nuevos conocimientos.

Learn all the tips and tricks you need to become a proud plant parent - of more than 100 different plants.

Yellowed leaves, drooping leaves, dried leaves, even though you've watered it: what's going on? How Not to Kill Your Houseplant will explain - and fix - your houseplant woes.

Learn to spot the danger signs and take the proper action to rescue your sick plant. Discover the perfect plant for your unique space and needs. Bathrooms, cold rooms, at a desk, on a windowsill, in a gloomy corner or hot suntrap: there are plants for every location to create your own indoor oasis.

This perfect plant book further features:

- Quick tips to understand what your plant does and doesn't like:
- How much light, water, food, heat, and humidity.
- Every stage of plant parenting for beginners, from identifying exactly what's in the pot, to keeping it in check when it grows too well.

Proving the idea self-purchase or gift purchase for complete beginners who have no experience with or knowledge of plants, as well as [people who want to increase the amount of greenery in their life with indoor plants.

Discover how to easily regrow vegetable discards and scraps and turn them into harvestable, edible plants--even if you have no gardening experience.

Stop tossing your carrot tops, leafless herb sprigs, lettuce and celery stumps, and beet greens in the trash! Cut back on your food waste and cultivate your own homegrown veggies easily with advice from Kitchen Gardening for Beginners, a beginner-friendly edition of No-Waste Kitchen Gardening.

Learn how to grow indoors and maintain your regrown plants until they are ready for harvest. The accompanying photos highlight each step of the process, showing you what the root section, seed, leaf, stem, or other plant part should look like when you replant it and then what it should look like when it's ready for harvest. Many of the featured vegetables can be regrown in water or in soil. Full instructions are supplied.

A diverse selection of large and small edibles--some that are quick to regrow and others that take a bit longer--are included, so you can decide what regrown foods are the best fit for your family. A few of the many plants featured include:

• Green onions
• Ginger
• Celery
• Tomatoes
• Melons
• Herbs
• Avocados
• Potatoes
• Carrots

The expert advice in Kitchen Gardening for Beginners gives you all the instruction and tricks you'll need to regrow produce from food waste to provide your family with fresh, homegrown goodness from your own windowsill.

"Respectful, inclusive, and inspiring. This is an essential read for green witches looking to fine-tune their interactions with plants usually seen as indoor and ornamental."
--Arin Murphy-Hiscock, author of The Green Witch

Infuse Magic into Every Act of Indoor Plant Care

No plant is ever just a houseplant. Whether you are a green witch or merely horti-curious, you can learn how to successfully grow potted plants, connect with their spiritual energies, and partner with them for magic.

Devin Hunter provides practical tips on substrates, pests, watering, and other elements of plant care. He also shares ideas for incorporating magic into every step, such as drawing sigils on your grow lights, pushing energy into the soil, and putting crystals in your watering can. All these suggestions and more will help your monstera, fern, orchid, and other indoor flora thrive.

From begonias to bromeliads, this book features easy-to-grow, easy-to-find plants and their occult correspondences. Improve astral travel with English ivy, cut through obstacles with mother-in-law's tongue, and manifest dreams into reality with pothos. Packed with spiritual and botanical wisdom, Houseplant Hortocculture teaches you how to confidently raise and work with your own magical allies.

Includes a foreword by Juliet Diaz, author of Plant Witchery, and illustrations by Siolo Thompson, creator of Hedgewitch Botanical Oracle

From New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Unknown Tarot who has redefined tarot for the twenty-first century comes an original oracle deck and guidebook that takes seekers on a journey of self-discovery--now in a compact, pocket-sized format.

Kim Krans illuminates the revelatory power of archetypes--the ancient, universal symbols that have endured across time and cultures and reside deep in our shared psyche. The Wild Unknown Pocket Archetypes Deck fosters a profound understanding of our complex personalities, proclivities, and behaviors.

In this new pocket-sized edition, The Wild Unknown Pocket Archetypes Deck includes 78 gorgeous circular oracle cards divided into four suits: The Selves, The Places, The Tools, and The Initiations. Each archetype has been carefully selected for its symbolic potency and the lesson at the core of its nature, such as The Poet--representative of deep emotional creativity and the drive to find our truth--and The Vision, which is emblematic of the lifelong journey to fulfill our destiny. Accompanying the deck is a 224-page hand-lettered, fully illustrated guidebook written and designed by Krans, which details the meaning behind each card and offers clear, grounded explanations of the many spreads, practices, and concepts that power the Archetypes deck.

A beautiful and inclusive tool for self-exploration, The Wild Unknown Pocket Archetypes Deck will enchant spiritual, cultural, and intellectual seekers. It is an exquisitely designed work of art that embodies the mystery, glamour, and allure of Krans's beloved work while introducing a new realm of magic and depth to The Wild Unknown.

Emotions are complex and difficult to put into words. That's why this book uses playful poetry and descriptive imagery to help young readers not only identify their feelings, but name them in descriptive terms. Author Paige DeLozier combines social emotional skill building with content instruction in this colorful picture book providing a fun way families and teachers can expand children's vocabularies and self-awareness.

If You're a Growing Tween Excited to Become an Independent and Capable Teenager, Then Keep Reading! - Discover 25+ Essential Life Skills to Guide You Through Your Tween, Teen, and Adult Life

How prepared are you for the world out there?

School can teach you a lot of things, like; how to solve math equations, how to understand complicated text, how many continents there are, and so much more.

As a tween growing up, there are so many new things going on in your life right now. There are so many changes happening and so many new things to learn.

But, there are some practical things in life that you can't learn in school.

This workbook is here to help!

Develop, practice, and work on practical life skills that will aid you in your journey of growing older.

This workbook will delve into the physical, mental, and emotional challenges that every tween faces and will hand you the solution - from learning how to cook a hearty meal, to managing your money wisely, to knowing what to do in case of an emergency.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg! You'll also discover:

• 25+ Essential Skills to make life easier: Enjoy the growing-up experience, and enjoy becoming a capable and reliable teen. These skills will also make navigating adulthood way, way easier!
• How to become the best version of yourself: Set attainable goals and build up your self-esteem with this workbook! You'll learn how to solve problems and be accountable for your actions, even from a young age.
• The steps to becoming a responsible and happy adult: Get on top of your game and ensure that you avoid common pitfalls that most tweens fall into after becoming teens. You'll avoid even more pitfalls when going from teen to adult, too.
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So, what are you waiting for? Get Your Copy Now!

"Give yourself over day by day, thought by thought, moment by moment to this reliable and profound form of nurturance and healing." --Jon Kabat-Zinn, from the Preface

"The MBAR programme draws on a wide range of the Buddha's practical, yet deeply profound, teachings. Over the eight steps you are given a priceless gift the possibility to gain mastery over your mind and heart and find freedom." --Vidyamala Burch, founder and co-director of Breathworks and author of Mindfulness for Health

"Blending MBAR with traditional Buddhist teachings and personal stories, the authors give us a wise and compassionate approach to recovery from the range of addictions. This comprehensive approach will be a valuable tool for addicts and addiction professionals alike." --Kevin Griffin, author of One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

Winner of the 2014 USA Best Book Award and the 2015 International Book Award in the Self-Help: Motivational category.

This new edition includes a foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn, advice on how to run an Eight Step Recovery meeting, and insight on how to teach a Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery (MBAR) program, including teacher's notes and handouts.

"The Buddha was in recovery." Taking this bold statement as a starting point, this wonderful book shows how we are all addicted to aspects of life and can all benefit from training our minds and hearts to be free of the tyranny of compulsion.

Valerie Mason-John is the author of seven books. She works as a consultant in Conflict Transformation. She was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2005.

Dr. Paramabandhu Groves is a consultant psychiatrist for the National Health Service in the UK, specializing in addiction. He is ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order.

Keep in touch with your past, present, and future selves with this unique book of letters. Enjoy this new and inspiring look for the bestselling Letters to . . . series with artwork by Sophie Douala.

The ultimate self-care gift!

Nourishing your relationship with yourself is vitally important at every stage of life, and now you can do so in style with this modern and brightly illustrated redesigned package.

Write letters to yourself--just like entries in a diary or journal--then postdate and seal them up with the included stickers. Assign a date for future opening and don't peek until the time arrives. In the years to come, break open your letters like a time capsule to appreciate the past and all that you've become. Included are 12 letters that have the same classic prompts from the original Letters to My Future Self, such as:

• These are my roots ...
• Where I want to go ...
• I never want to forget this ...
• A pep talk for the future me ...

An outstanding self-purchase or thoughtful graduation, holiday, or birthday gift for women or men of any age, this specialty set is perfect to write now, read later, and treasure forever.

A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD FAVORITE: Created by Lea Redmond, author of the bestselling Letters to . . . book series that has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, this fresh twist on the classic format from artist Sophie Douala adds a bit of colorful texture to a timeless keepsake.

PERFECT SELF-CARE PURCHASE: Inspired Letters to My Future Self helps you embark on a journey of letter-writing that will eventually turn into a priceless memento. Future you will thank you.

LETTERS TO OPEN WHEN: The finished set of special notes makes a great self-gift for graduation, a milestone birthday, or any other day that marks a special occasion in your life.

Perfect for:

• Anyone with an interest in journaling or time-capsule projects
• A fresh twist on a guided journal or memory book to honor your accomplishments and milestone moments
• Fans and users of other bestsellers in the Letters to . . . series looking for a new aesthetic approach

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

In this enlightening legend shared by Lakota Elder Kevin Locke, Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka (The Great Spirit) created the entire world in seven days; leaving the most precious creation for last.

In order to protect this precious creation, Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka needed to hide it where it would always be safe and turned to our animal relatives for help.

Together, they found the perfect place. Do you know where they chose?

The Seventh Direction: A Legend of Creation is not just a book; it's an immersive experience that invites children to explore a world of cultural richness, creativity, and the interconnectedness of all things.

Author Kevin Locke is Lakota (from the Hunkpapa Band of Lakota Sioux) and Anishinabe. His Lakota name is Tȟokéya Ináziŋ, meaning "First to Arise." Kevin has been a cultural ambassador for the United States, and he has performed for millions of people across the globe in more than 90 countries as a Hoop Dancer, Indigenous Northern Plains Flutist, and traditional storyteller.

Medicine Wheel Publishing is committed to sharing diverse voices and perspectives, creating a platform for stories that celebrate Indigenous cultures and inspire understanding and respect among readers of all ages.

Equal parts scientific, philosophical, and practical. Become your best self by first defining it.

The Art of Self-Awareness takes you on a journey - not to an exotic destination, but inwards. It's perilous, scary, and uncomfortable, but the end rewards will be fantastic. Self-awareness is not simply knowing your name; it's knowing what makes you happy, what makes you sad, and the underlying beliefs and values that create those emotions.

Most people look externally for answers to their problems, but that's like putting a band-aid on top of a pothole. Everything that makes your life good or bad comes from within and it's time to finally learn what lies beneath.

The toughest skill of all: metacognition, which is thinking about your thinking.

• Learn the keys to self-introspection and how a simple set of questions can answer your deepest problems.
• The three levels of adult self-awareness and development.
• Values, goals, beliefs, and how to orient yourself.
• Why self-awareness is actually social awareness, and how it can help you socially
• Empathy and social intelligence

The keys to avoiding self-delusion and self-sabotage.

Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real-life experience.

Self awareness is social awareness. Know thyself and your relationships will benefit tenfold.

Self-awareness is not just a journey about yourself, it involves the people around you. Understanding how your own emotions, values, and beliefs work will finally allow you to truly empathize with your friends, family, and significant other.

To get to Point B, you must know what Point A is. Read this book to find your starting point, your end goal, and what must happen in between!

Dreams do come true, and this story proves it!

This is the testimony of a girl who never believed she could achieve great goals, for she always felt she was less than a man. A teenage mother and a victim of domestic violence, who, after years of many adversities, managed to reinvent herself and become the woman she is today-someone who has achieved everything she thought was impossible.

If you like success stories then you will love this book!

In 2019, Erica's graduation picture went viral and made headlines around the world. She was dressed in a graduation cap and gown, standing in a field with her farm worker mother and father. To honor her parents sacrifices, she took her master's degree pictures in the field where they had worked long hours to provide her with an education.

Buy Harvesting Dreams now and learn how to overcome all the odds!

"You can use your adversities as an excuse to stop or as a reason to keep moving forward."
Erica Alfaro