Collection: Self-Development

Fresh from his triumphant and extraordinary achievement at the Olympic Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps--up from working-class, born-in-the-USA roots--shows us the secrets to his remarkable success--from training to execution.

For years the world has followed Michael Phelps's progress from teen sensation in Sydney to bona fide phenom in Athens. Now he's a living Olympic legend in Beijing with a peerless record of gold medals. In No Limits, Michael Phelps--the greatest competitor since Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods--will share the secrets to his remarkable success. Behind his tally of Olympic gold medals lies a consistent approach to competition, a determination to win, mental preparation, and a straightforward passion for his sport. One of his mottos is "Performance is Reality," and it typifies his attitude about swimming.

No Limits goes behind the scenes to explore the hard work, sacrifice, and dedication that catapulted Phelps into the international spotlight. Phelps shares remarkable anecdotes about family, his coach, his passion for the sport, and the wisdom that he has gained from unexpected challenges and obstacles. Highlighting memorable races and valuable lessons from throughout his career, Phelps offers candid insight into the mind and experiences of a world champion. Phelps's success is imbued with the perspective of overcoming obstacles and doing whatever it takes to realize a dream. As his coach, Bob Bowman, says, Phelps has made a habit out of things other people aren't willing to do. No Limits will show readers just how he does that, and will inspire anyone to follow their passion straight to the finish line.

#1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Bookclub 2016 Selection

"Riveting...a worthy investment...this book has real wisdom."
--New York Times Book Review

"Provocative....I adore her honesty, her vulnerability, and her no-nonsense wisdom, and I know you will, too."
--Oprah Winfrey

The highly anticipated memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Love Warrior tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.

Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out--three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list--her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew to hold on to what she discovered in recovery: that her deepest pain has always held within it an invitation to a richer life.

Love Warrior is the story of one marriage, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible for any of us when we refuse to settle for good enough and begin to face pain and love head-on. This astonishing memoir reveals how our ideals of masculinity and femininity can make it impossible for a man and a woman to truly know one another--and it captures the beauty that unfolds when one couple commits to unlearning everything they've been taught so that they can finally, after thirteen years of marriage, commit to living true--true to themselves and to each other.

Love Warrior is a gorgeous and inspiring account of how we are born to be warriors: strong, powerful, and brave; able to confront the pain and claim the love that exists for us all. This chronicle of a beautiful, brutal journey speaks to anyone who yearns for deeper, truer relationships and a more abundant, authentic life.

"Parents, teachers, and policymakers should all read this thought-provoking book. I loved it."--Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures

Inspired by the elegant dresses showcased in Godey's Lady's Book, Harper's Bazar, Ladies' Home Journal, and other Victorian-era magazines, these 31 ready-to-color illustrations depict the well-dressed woman of the late 1800s. Lace-edged necklines, ruffled bodices, full skirts, extravagant bustles, and more period styles will inspire fashionistas and adult colorists alike. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Victorian Gowns and other Creative Haven(R) adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin's megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you live

The average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered: Aren't we supposed to put down roots at some point? How does the place we live become the place we want to stay? This time, she had an epiphany. Rather than hold her breath and hope this new town would be her family's perfect fit, she would figure out how to fall in love with it--no matter what.
How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in This Is Where You Belong. She dives into the body of research around place attachment--the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being--then travels to towns across America to see it in action. Inspired by a growing movement of placemaking, she examines what its practitioners are doing to create likeable locales. She also speaks with frequent movers and loyal stayers around the country to learn what draws highly mobile Americans to a new city, and what makes us stay. The best ideas she imports to her adopted hometown of Blacksburg for a series of Love Where You Live experiments designed to make her feel more locally connected. Dining with her neighbors. Shopping Small Business Saturday. Marching in the town Christmas parade.
Can these efforts make a halfhearted resident happier? Will Blacksburg be the place she finally stays? What Warnick learns will inspire you to embrace your own community--and perhaps discover that the place where you live right now . . . is home.

In The Biology Coloring Book, learn about the basic processes of life and the interactions of living things within their environment. Whether studying biology on your own or enrolled in a course in high school or college, you will find this book indispensable.

More than 50% of your brain is devoted to vision and movement. Use the unique and highly effective Coloring Concepts method to experience for yourself how the action of coloring allows for more complete understanding than passive reading.

Allow yourself to be tutored step-by-step through the fundamental concepts of biology and the evidence and reasoning processes which lead to them, while the colors and your movements form strong mental associations which greatly improve comprehension and memory.

Students will learn:

• About the basic chemistry of life
• How organisms fit into their environments
• Classification and organization of animals
• Introductory genetics and the genetic code
• Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA
• The Scientific Method; Observations and Hypotheses

Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and the perfect gift or activity for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create your own hilariously funny stories all about Seattle.

When the rain finally stops for a day, all of Seattle goes VERB ENDING IN ING to celebrate! With 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories about the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, gloomy weather, and Starbucks, I Love Seattle Mad Libs is perfect for anyone interested in the Emerald City! Play alone, in a group, or at the Seattle Gum Wall! Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 to NUMBER.

I Love Seattle Mad Libs includes:

- Silly stories 21 "fill-in-the-blank" stories all about Seattle!
- Language arts practice Mad Libs are a great way to build reading comprehension and grammar skills.
- Fun With Friends each story is a chance for friends to work together to create unique stories!

Enjoy the meditative art of watercolor with simple supplies, forty colorful illustrated lessons, and easy step-by-step instructions!
For a soothing boost of creativity and whimsy, try your hand at watercolor. With a few simple steps, anyone can discover their artistic side and achieve moments of peace and tranquility. Forty straightforward lessons promise fun and colorful results -- no pressure and no skill required. This simple painting medium produces colorful, modern paintings to adorn invitations, gifts, and walls.
The forty lessons cover useful topics like:

• Painting on vacation
• Painting your pets
• Layering colors
• Mixing colors
• Painting flowers and plants

The supplies are simple: a basic palette of watercolors, a selection of brushes, and nice thick paper will do the job. Your bright, whimsical art is guaranteed to bring color to any gray day. It's never too late to pick up a new hobby -- start painting your own beautiful cards and artwork today!

Bestselling author Jon Gordon returns with his most inspiring book yet--filled with powerful lessons and the greatest success strategies of all.

Michael wakes up in the hospital with a bandage on his head and fear in his heart. The stress of building a growing business, with his wife Sarah, caused him to collapse while on a morning jog. When Michael finds out the man who saved his life is a Carpenter he visits him and quickly learns that he is more than just a Carpenter; he is also a builder of lives, careers, people, and teams.

As the Carpenter shares his wisdom, Michael attempts to save his business in the face of adversity, rejection, fear, and failure. Along the way he learns that there's no such thing as an overnight success but there are timeless principles to help you stand out, excel, and make an impact on people and the world.

Drawing upon his work with countless leaders, sales people, professional and college sports teams, non-profit organizations and schools, Jon Gordon shares an entertaining and enlightening story that will inspire you to build a better life, career, and team with the greatest success strategies of all.

If you are ready to create your masterpiece, read The Carpenter and begin the building process today.

A simple framework for what money is and how to use it wisely.

This is a kids book about money. Money is one of those things EVERYONE has to deal with in their life, but few of us have learned much about it. There may not be a more important topic for grownups to teach kids about than money.

This book is a suitable way to introduce the topic to kids aged 5-9. It covers what money is, how to earn it, and how to use it wisely. Develop your child's financial skills in managing money including saving, budgeting and spending.

A Kids Book About Money features:

- A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages.
- A friendly, approachable, yet empowering, kid-appropriate tone throughout.
- An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic.

Tackling important discourse together!

The A Kids Book About series are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic.

A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way. With a growing series of books, podcasts and blogs, made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

One thing is guaranteed: You will struggle and face suffering at some point in your life. When you face that struggle, what will you do?

You can give up and give in OR you can persevere forward with HOPE!

Hope is not passive-it's learned and earned. Hope relies on self-agency, goals, and a framework to achieve. Where can you get a framework that:

• Encompasses the current issues in our healthcare system
• Debunks out-of-date and junk science related to your health
• Provides a framework, using modern neuroscience and a fresh perspective, for you to fully heal

ALL of this and more is in Hope Not Nope!

"But wait, I'm not an athlete...is this book for me?"

Everyone has the opportunity to be a lifelong athlete - YOU are a lifelong athlete - the competitive event is quality of life!

A lifelong athlete is defined as someone who is willing to sacrifice, put the work in, and remain disciplined. These values become harder or flat-out lost when healing doesn't occur or people are given out-of-date labels. For example:

"...bone-on-bone in the living human system does not exist.42Teryama et al. showed that in a cadaver's knee, when they applied a static load equivalent to twice the body weight, the joint surfaces remained between .2-.6mm apart...How can our reasoning suggest that your discomfort is due to something that doesn't happen?" p 47 Hope Not Nope

If you've lost your purpose due to suffering or are feeling beat up due to life's obstacles, know there is more to your health than what you've been delivered. If you're ready to reclaim purpose, joy, and discover the best version of yourself - Hope Not Nope has the solution-based framework waiting for you!

Reviews:

"It is rare to hold such a comprehensive, onpoint, and powerful compilation of all that is positive in my hands. I have to go back to The Power Of Positive Thinking, written by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in 1952, to find its equal." Tim Green, NY Times Best Selling Author, Former Atlanta Falcons Star Defensive End

"Who wants to live a life of unhappiness and suffering? If you answered "not me", then Hope Not Nope is a book for you! Dillon explains complex physiology simply, making the book accessible to people from all walks of life. You will find yourself nodding, laughing, and challenging your own dogma, often within a single chapter. If you are stuck in a rut or have the desire to make each day better than the last, then you will thoroughly enjoy Hope Not Nope!" Dr. Tim Gabbett, Ph.D. Top 25 Most Impactful Sports Scientists of All Time

"Dillon masterfully explains how to channel and direct your suffering experiences into a position of hope." Dr. Craig Lindell, PT, DPT, CSCS. Co-founder of The [P]rehab Guys

"So many former athletes surrender to an identity of being 'broken' or washed up, and their health and self-worth suffer in the process. In this important book, Dillon lays out a clear and actionable path to lead us through some necessary suffering in order to reclaim our physical and mental health." Adam Rogers, Coach of the World's Top CrossFit Athletes at Training Think Tank

"More than ever people need to feel encouraged and empowered in the modern healthcare world. Dr. Caswell highlights the problem in a way that can allow anyone to recognize how the system is failing and then supports the reader with tools and frameworks to enhance their health outcomes and reclaim their birthright of a healthy and athletic body." Marcus Filly, Founder & Owner of Functional Bodybuilding

Are you looking to add more peace and love to you life, and maybe even the world?

To replace self-judgment and worry with freedom, love, joy and ease?

In How to Love Yourself in Less Than a Week and Also for the Rest of Your Life, beloved psychotherapist and success coach Rachel Madorsky, LCSW, teaches with a light-hearted touch how to do just that! Rachel gives you the tools - and the permission - to love yourself fully, which means more love for you, and more love for others.

And that's how you change the world!

"So Pure & Powerful! Brilliant!"

-SARA CONNELL, bestselling author, master coach, founder of Thought Leader Academy

"WOW. Absolute WOW. My heart was singing the entire time, and then I got to chapter 15! This book is revolutionary and the right words to uplift us."

-ANABEL QUINTANILLA, CNCW, board certified holistic health practitioner, founder of Health and Vida

"This is the love letter hour heart needs now."

-JILL BERNARD, author of Small Cute Book of Improv

A far-ranging examination of how the effects of addiction and trauma in the family can reverberate for generations

Trauma and addictive disorders are often a result of psychological injuries experienced as a child. These injuries typically produce long-term and harmful generational consequences on loved ones and other family members. Claudia Black presents a searing portrait of a broken family system, exploring how addiction and trauma develop and how their damaging repetition uproots and frequently destroys one's family tree. Filled with vignettes highlighting the various causes of trauma, Dr. Black helps readers understand its physiology and psychology and gives them healing, proactive steps to build healthier relationships.

Claudia Black, PhD, is internationally recognized for her pioneering and cutting-edge work with family systems and addictive disorders. Her work with children affected by drug and alcohol addiction in the late 1970s fueled the advancement of the codependency and developmental trauma fields. Dr. Black's passion to help young adults overcome obstacles and strengthen families built the foundation of the Claudia Black Young Adult Center at The Meadows. Not only is Dr. Black the clinical architect of this innovative treatment program, she is also actively involved with the treatment team, patients, and their families.

LARGE PRINT AND EASY TO READ. EACH PUZZLE COVERS A FULL 8.5 X 11 INCH PAGE. TOTAL OF 60 WORD SEARCH PUZZLES. EACH PUZZLE HAS LOVED 60S TV SHOWS. SPEND HOURS OF FUN REMEMBERING CLASSIC TV AT ITS BEST. MAKES A GREAT BIRTHDAY OR HOLIDAY GIFT FOR TEENS, ADULTS AND SENIORS. EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD PUZZLE AND THESE ARE THE BEST FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV, THE SWINGIN 60S. PAGE COUNT 120.

Four Against Darkness is a solitaire dungeon-delving game that may also be played cooperatively. No miniatures are needed. All you need is this book, a pencil, two dice, and grid paper. Choose four characters from a list of classic types (warrior, wizard, rogue, halfling, dwarf, barbarian, cleric, elf), equip them, and venture into dungeons created by dice rolls and your own choices. You will fight monsters, manage resources, grab treasure, dodge traps, find clues, and even accept quests from the monsters themselves. Your characters will level up, becoming more powerful with each game... IF THEY SURVIVE.

Life as a teenager can feel like getting on a wild roller-coaster ride, not knowing when the next unexpected twist or turn will come. But there's only so much uncertainty one can take before becoming... sick.

Teens need support now more than ever before to manage the transitions that come with adolescence, but not the kind of support where mom and dad are constantly in their ear!

They are in search of helpful resources that they can pursue on their own, which can provide the appropriate psychological skills to cope with everyday life stressors.

The DBT Workbook for Teens is the perfect resource to help your child, aged 13-19, learn effective stress management techniques at their own pace.

Borrowing from the work of the founder of dialectical behavioral therapy, Dr. Marsha Linehan, the workbook presents four core DBT skills: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Each skill promises to teach your child valuable coping strategies: Mindfulness seeks to identify and let go of unwanted thoughts and emotions, emotional regulation teaches how to describe and observe strong emotions without being taken by them, distress tolerance strengthens emotional resilience in the face of challenges, and interpersonal effectiveness promotes self-respect and setting healthy boundaries.

Some of the critical lessons your child will learn include:

• How to break free from cycles of overthinking, and mindfully shift their focus onto the present moment.
• How to self-soothe and de-escalate stressful situations at school or at home through exercises like deep breathing and meditation.
• Steps to recognize, manage, and accept overpowering emotions, and take the opposite action with skills like "ABC PLEASE."
• How to nurture relationships with effective communication and resolve conflict with skills like "DEAR MAN."

The aim of this workbook is to teach young people different ways to cope with stress, whether it be through calming their minds, regulating their emotions, or learning how to express their thoughts and feelings effectively. After going through these DBT skills and exercises, teens will walk away feeling more equipped to handle the pressures of school, home life, and friendships.

The benefits of stress management with DBT are endless. Set your teen up for success by purchasing a copy of the workbook today!