Collection: Self-Development

A play-and-learn science adventure for curious toddlers ages 1 to 3

Dive into the amazing world of science for toddlers. This giant collection of simple activities will help kids practice core science skills the way they learn best: through play! You can choose activities based on the skills developed, how long they take, or even how messy things might get. Best of all, every activity is designed for fun, which is the best way to help your little scientist learn and grow.

This introduction to science for toddlers features:

• 100+ Educational activities--Explore activities that integrate science for toddlers, like building a rock tower, creating DIY playdough, or making things stick with static electricity.
• Labels for learning--Each experiment is labeled with the skills being taught, including observation, problem-solving, physics, biology, and more.
• Toddler teaching tips--Discover a brief overview of toddler development and milestones, as well as handy teaching advice that makes it easy to pick the right activities.

Set kids up for a lifetime of learning with these super fun science-for-toddlers activities.

Release tension, boost your mood, and heal from traumatic experiences with therapist-approved activities in this easy-to-use guide to somatic therapy.

The effects of a traumatic event are more than just mental. Trauma can manifest in the body as chronic pain, sluggishness, and even depressed mood. Somatic psychology is an alternative therapy that analyzes this mind-body connection and helps you release pent-up tension and truly heal from past trauma. The Somatic Therapy Workbook offers a primer to this life-changing approach as a means for personal growth, designed for beginners or those already using somatic techniques in their current therapeutic process. Ideal for those suffering from PTSD and other trauma-based afflictions, this safe and approachable look at somatic therapy includes:

- journal exercises
- body-centered prompts for personal inquiry
- movement exercises
- real-life experiments

Readers will come away with a new ability to process and accept their emotions and an understanding of how to live a somatically-oriented and embodied life.

Imagine if you could dye your clothes with homegrown plants...

Grow Your Own Colour shows you how to start a dye garden no matter how little space you have, whether it's a window box, balcony or garden. Experience the joy of growing flowers and indigo, and use your plants to naturally dye cloth.

Have you thought about natural dyeing but you're worried the colours might fade? Or perhaps you're put off by special equipment you need. This book demystifies the process and will help you get started in the simplest way.

If you're a plant lover, then find out how common garden flowers like marigold and cosmos can be used to dye fabric in a variety of shades and patterns. Natural dyes are alive; the hues are beautifully subtle. The art of natural dyeing encourages mindfulness and is a wonderful way to be creative.

• how to start gardening if you've never done it before
• no-dig gardening methods
• starting seeds indoors vs direct sowing in the ground
• how to grow, harvest and dye with 9 different dye plants
• these plants are covered: Japanese indigo, Hopi Black Dye sunflower, French marigold, African marigold, dyer's chamomile, coreopsis, sulphur cosmos, purple pincushion, hollyhock (and a couple of other bonus types of cosmos).
• harvesting & drying flowers
• saving seeds & cross-pollination
• dyeing projects for your homegrown flowers
• how to make patterns on cloth
• bundle dyeing, flower hammering, immersion dyeing (in a dye pot), darkening & painting with iron, modifying the pH of dye
• different recipes for silk and plant fibres
• how to test colour fastness on fabric (i.e. how long the dye lasts)
• where to buy dried flowers if you just can't wait to grow your own!
• where to buy seeds (worldwide)

Codeword puzzles are simple to play and utterly addictive. If you enjoy cracking codes, this puzzle book is for you!

• The letters of the alphabet are hidden in a unique code. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a random number, from 1 through 26. Some letters are provided. With logic and deductive reasoning, figure out the rest of the letters and fill in the puzzle grid.
• Contains 162 puzzles.
• Answers found in the back of the book.
• Spiral bound, 192 pages.

"This is perhaps the best book on negotiating ever written. Roger's powerful, practical principles will save or make you a fortune in the months and years ahead." --Brian Tracy, author, Eat That Frog! and Million Dollar Habits

"This is the one negotiating book that really opened my eyes and gave me practical tools I could use immediately." --Timothy Ferriss, bestselling author of The 4-Hour Work Week

"A fast, entertaining read that should be required reading for anyone who deals with people. Highly recommended." --Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager

"I can't believe it! Here's a book that is packed with wisdom that will help anyone improve their life and yet it is easy and fun to read! Amazing!" --Og Mandino, author of The Greatest Salesman in the World

Roger Dawson changed the way business thinks about negotiating.

Secrets of Power Negotiating covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice, from beginning steps to critical final moves: how to recognize unethical tactics, key principles of the Power Negotiating strategy, why money is not as important as everyone thinks, negotiating pressure points, understanding the other party and gaining the upper hand, and analyses of different negotiating styles.
Discover all of Roger's best tactics, including:

• 20 surefire negotiating gambits
• Listening to hidden meanings in conversation
• What "powers" you have, such as situational, expertise, information, or charismatic
• How to handle the different personalities you'll encounter in negotiating

Harness the power of magical manifestation to live the life you desire

Manifestation is about directing energy to achieve specific outcomes-and pairing it with magic lends you additional power to fuel your intentions. Learn how to combine magic and manifestation to get what you want from your life, with The Witch's Guide to Manifestation. It's full of insight, instructions, and spells that help you tap into self-awareness and self-love to achieve your deepest desires, no matter how big or small.

• Demystify manifestation-Explore what manifestation is, how to accomplish it, and how to use it alongside witchcraft to transform your life.
• Focus on self-discovery-Dive deep into your own internal world, find your most magical self, and manifest the changes you want to see.
• Learn practical spells-Discover how to construct an Elemental Power Charm, cast a Lady of the Lake Leadership Spell, and concoct a Witch's Magic Manifestation Brew-as well as how to customize spells and create your own.

Take a magical approach to manifestation with this practical choice in witchcraft books.

Unlock joy and cultivate growth--guided journaling with practical self care strategies

Self care isn't about escaping life's problems--it can actually help you solve them. The Self Care Check-in is a guided journal packed with research-based techniques to help you manage stress, nurture your values and goals, and take steps toward concrete change. Equipped with these tools, you can open the door to a healthier, more fulfilling lifestyle.

Actionable journal prompts and inspiring quotes guide you through thoughtful reflection, goal-setting, decision-making, and active planning. Identify unhelpful behavioral patterns along with positive creative impulses and discover how to make constructive adjustments in your life. Commit to happiness by committing to self care!

The Self Care Check-in journal includes:

• 3 steps to self care--Each exercise begins with observation and awareness, focuses your intentions, and then guides you toward practical change.
• Creative space--Work your way from thoughts to action plans with a colorful, easy-to-use format that includes room to write.
• Everyday exercises--Every short one- or two-page exercise stands on its own, so you can flip through and find the perfect self care strategy for your needs in the moment.

Discover how even small, simple choices can cultivate greater joy and wellness with the Self Care Check-in journal.

This book examines the mental health and emotional well-being of elite American athletes generally and in the context of sports propaganda, the legal system, politics, and the Covid pandemic. The book covers mental health conditions all athletes may encounter, as well as the special challenges of female, queer, transgender, and intersex athletes.

"The decisions you make when you sign up for Medicare can impact your costs -- and your quality of care -- for the rest of your life. No one gives better advice about Medicare than Diane Omdahl. " -- Terry Savage, Author of The Savage Truth on Money and Nationally Syndicated Financial Columnist

Get the most out of Medicare. Get your maximum earned benefits for yourself and your family.

Every day, over 10,000 Americans will become eligible for Medicare, but most of us don't even know the basics. When do I enroll? What does it cover? Do I need Part B? You could watch the commercials or reply to direct mail. You could ask your best friend. Or you can take charge of these very important decisions and READ THIS BOOK!

Medicare expert Diane J. Omdahl will take you through all the steps to making the right decisions at the right time. Avoid costly mistakes and scams and ensure that Medicare works for you.

The dead are rising! This blasphemous tome gives players and GMs everything they need to bring the shambling menace of the undead to their Pathfinder adventures. This book includes tools for fighting against the undead horde, but also options for the players themselves to control or even become undead creatures. GMs will find new tools and haunts, as well as information about the undead-plagued lands of the Lost Omens campaign setting. A massive bestiary section full of undead creatures brings more threats for GMs to use and summonable creatures for players, including more versions of classic undead like vampires, skeletons, and zombies. This 224-page hardcover rulebook also includes a full adventure themed around fighting the undead! This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

The pocket edition presents the same contents in a smaller sized softcover for a lower price and better portability.

Everyone thrives on love, comfort, and the safety of family, friends, and community. But if you are denied these basic comforts early in life, whether through a lack of physical affection or emotional bonding, you may develop intense fears of abandonment that can last well into adulthood--fears so powerful that they can actually cause you to push people away. If you suffer from fears of abandonment, you may have underlying feelings of anger, shame, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief. These emotions are intense and painful, and when they surface they can lead to a number of negative behaviors, such as jealousy, clinging, and emotional blackmail. In Love Me, Don't Leave Me, therapist Michelle Skeen combines acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), schema therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to help you identify the root of your fears. In this book you'll learn how schema coping behaviors--deeply entrenched and automatic behaviors rooted in childhood experiences and fears--can take over and cause you to inadvertently sabotage your relationships. By recognizing these coping behaviors and understanding their cause, you will not only gain powerful insights into your own mind, but also into the minds of those around you. If you are ready to break the self-fulfilling cycle of mistrust, clinginess, and heartbreak and start building lasting, trusting relationships, this book will be your guide.

Color your way to a peaceful mind, body, and soul with this uplifting coloring book that gives off all the good vibes.

Acclaimed comic and artist Yumi Sakugawa expands her repertoire with this unique and uplifting collection, Yumiverse Mindful Coloring Book. Peaceful figures engaged in mindful meditation, reposing rituals and peaceful poses inspire her fans to do the same. With positive reminders like "Rest is important" and "Taking a break because I love myself" strewn across every page, it's easy to get lost in the whimsical yet comforting world Sakugawa creates.

Take Control of Your Life

Chances are, you've already had run-ins with your Outer Child -- the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans.

Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child's destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies -- action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain -- calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.

Dr. Tamara Greenberg offers hope and practical advice to those impacted by a loved one's chronic illness. Providing easy-to-understand explanations for complicated feelings and behaviors, this book will help you not just cope, but thrive in your day-to-day life. Learn the important tools you need to help lighten the burden we all feel when someone we love is ill.

Add personality, sentiment, and coziness to your kitchen with Easy Knit Dishcloths. Don't underestimate the effect knitting your own dishcloths can have on a space!

There's a difference between a house and a home, and there's definitely a difference between a kitchen and a cozy kitchen! Make your kitchen more than a room for cooking; knit a cozy kitchen -- knit your own dishcloths!

Easy Knit Dishclothsoffers 13 designs that are a great way to practice knitting, try a new yarn, or use some of your stash, and create a beautiful supply of colorful, environmentally friendly, reusable cloths for cleaning, display, and gifting. Even if you've never knit before, our beginning projects are the perfect introduction to this craft.

To help beginners get started and to refresh more experienced knitters, the "Knitting School" teaches the featured stitches step-by-step. With designs ranging from very simple to more challenging, knitters at all skill levels will find designs they'll love to make.

"Beautiful, poignant, pitch perfect and accessible . . . a road-map for clinicians, patients, family members, and caregivers"--BJ Miller, MD, author of A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

This groundbreaking book encourages us to face our fears and engage in an open, honest dialog about death. Here, longtime "death doula" Henry Fersko-Weiss helps the dying discover meaning in their lives, express that meaning in powerful and beautiful legacies, and plan for their final days with dignity.

The doula approach to death emphasizes thoughtful planning for how the last days should look, sound, and feel, and encourages the use of touch, guided imagery, and ritual during the dying process. It also calls for around-the-clock vigil care, which provides emotional and spiritual support for both the dying person and their loved ones.