Collection: Self-Development

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From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Make Your Bed--a short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL.

The title "Bullfrog" is given to the Navy SEAL who has served the longest on active duty. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command. When McRaven retired in 2014, he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt, leading men and women at every level of the special operations community. In the ensuing four years, he served as Chancellor to the entire University of Texas System, with its 230,000 students and 100,000 faculty and health care workers.

During those four decades, Admiral McRaven dealt with every conceivable leadership challenge, from commanding combat operations--including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Phillips, and the raid for Osama bin Laden.

THE WISDOM OF THE BULLFROG draws on these and countless other experiences from Admiral McRaven's incredible life, including crisis situations, management debates, organizational transitions, and ethical dilemmas, to provide readers with the most important leadership lessons he has learned over the course of his forty years of service. Each chapter provides a Make Your Bed-like parable, rich with insights like those featured in his bestselling memoir, Sea Stories, about the specific leadership traits required to be at the top of your game, including:

• Who Dares, Wins
• Run to the Sound of the Guns
• No Plan Survives First Contact with the Enemy

THE WISDOM OF THE BULLFROG is Admiral McRaven's clear-eyed treatise on the leadership qualities that separate the good from the truly great.

A succinct, engaging, and practical guide forsucceeding in any creative sphere, The War ofArt is nothing less than Sun-Tzu for the soul.

What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do?

Why is there a naysayer within? How can we avoid theroadblocks of any creative endeavor-be it starting up a dreambusiness venture, writing a novel, or painting a masterpiece?

Bestselling novelist Steven Pressfield identifies the enemy thatevery one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer thisinternal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success.

The War of Art emphasizes the resolve needed to recognizeand overcome the obstacles of ambition and then effectivelyshows how to reach the highest level of creative discipline.

Think of it as tough love . . . for yourself.

Whether an artist, writer or business person, this simple, personal, and no-nonsense book will inspire you to seize thepotential of your life.

This 512-page woodworking-project bible gives you complete plans and photo-illustrated instructions for making 100 useful items for indoors and out.

Need furniture for your new home office? Looking to organize your garden things? Want to make something special for the kids or grandkids to play with? With Easy Home Furniture as your guide, enhance your yard and every room of your home--or those of your loved ones--with sturdy, elegantly simple furniture made with your own hands.

Each of the projectsincludes:

• A complete cutting list
• A lumber shopping list
• A detailed construction drawing
• Easy-to-follow directions
• Full-color photographs of the major steps and the finished project

The techniques section help you choose the right wood, hardware, and tools for your projects and offers instruction on how to use the recommended tools. Each project is designed to be built with the everyday tools and materials found at any building center.

Surround yourself with lovingly handmade:

• Entryway Projects - Kids' Coat Rack, Mission Window Seat...
• Living Room Projects - Plant Stand, Picture Frame, Two-tier Bookshelf...
• Dining Room Projects - Wine & Stemware Cart, Serving Tray...
• Home Office Projects - Writing Desk, Drafting Stool, Nesting Office...
• Bedroom Projects - Room Divider, Jewelry Box, Cedar Chest...
• Kitchen Projects - Bread Box, Recycling Center...
• Ornaments & Decorations - Freestanding Arbor, Planters, Prairie Windmill...
• Benches & Seats - Porch Swing, Fire Pit Bench, Tree Surround...
• Tables - Picnic Table for Two, Patio Table, Party Cart...
• Children's Play Projects - Timberframe Sandbox, Rolling Garden, Children's Picnic Table...
• Bird & Pet Projects - Birdhouse, Doghouse...
• Garden Accessories - Yard & Garden Cart, Compost Bin, Dock Box...
• Storage & Utility - Grill Garage, Trash Can Corral, Firewood Shelter...

With a wide range of projects, from small to large, and for every skill level, this book covers it all. So, what are you waiting for? Roll up your sleeves and pick out your first project!

Which robot is fastest, smartest, or strongest? In robot competitions, the best bots battle it out. See how robots compete to solve puzzles, win races, and crush their opponents in robot smackdowns. These robots and their teams of engineers are fighting to win!

Here is advice your father may never have given you. Advice about love, career, hope, diligence, and perspective. In a letter to his son, Manny imparted genuine life lessons about becoming an adult. There was never a more timely need for just such a message. This book is a perfect gift for anyone needing to have the path to adulthood set forth in a straightforward and loving fashion. This story will become a cherished keepsake for years to come for you and your children.

Newly repackaged for its 40th anniversary edition, this mega best-selling book features beautiful illustrations and timeless wisdom into the mind-body connection.

Since its publication in 1984, You Can Heal Your Life has transformed the lives of millions of people. This is a book that people credit with profoundly altering their awareness of the impact that the mind has on health and well-being.

In this special gift edition, illustrated by Kelly Rae Roberts, you'll find profound insight into the relationship between the mind and the body. Full of positive affirmations, this practical book will change the way you think forever!

Are you ready to step into the courage and confidence required to live true to yourself as an LGBTQ+ person?

Or are you ready to live even more loudly and proudly?

Or, are you the parent of an LGBTQ+ person who is looking for guidance on how to support them?

Perhaps you're an ally or advocate who's seeking ways to bolster the queer community and ensure their freedoms?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then this book is for you.

Joyously Free! Stories & Tips for Living Your Truth as LGBTQ+ People, Parents and Allies by Elizabeth Ann Atkins and Joanie Lindenmeyer celebrates personal fulfillment, joy, and the exhilarating adventure of blazing a passionate trail into self-discovery.

The authors and dozens of contributors from across America share personal stories and tips in chapters that explore being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, as well as being the parents and allies/advocates of LGBTQ+ people. These stories appear in chapters that explore same-sex marriage, self-love and affirmation, tips for finding the courage to come out and create a joyous life, and guidance for finding peace and love with spirituality and religion-a topic that has deeply wounded many LGBTQ+ people.

Joyously Free! touches on the emotional turmoil and lack of fulfillment experienced by those restricted by fear, secrecy, and societal judgment.

The authors hope that this book can serve as a beacon of hope and empowerment that helps people everywhere live Joyously Free!

Excerpt:

Joyously Free!

These two powerhouse words are splashed in big, bold letters amidst exploding rainbow clouds on the cover of this book for a reason:

Liberating your mind, body, and spirit as an LGBTQ+ person to live and love as you truly desire opens the gateway to experience pure joy on every level.

You can also do this as a parent, ally, and/or advocate while helping others achieve peace and sovereignty over their lives.

Yes, it can be scary, difficult, and seemingly impossible.

And if it were easy, you and they would already be Joyously Free!

As with any goal, it helps to have a guide, and here we are. We want you to have fun... be creative... and never stop believing until you're living your dream in vibrant, 3-D reality.

So, when you open this book, you're looking into a portal of infinite possibilities to unleash your wildest imagination and script your LGBTQ+ dream life and love, starring the most powerful, peaceful YOU!

Treatment for anxiety all too often includes medication-but at what cost to the patient? After struggling with a lifetime of clinical anxiety, author and artist Lenny Gallo was confronted with the decision to try medication to help manage his symptoms. The medication did not work as expected and caused a misunderstood and often misdiagnosed movement disorder. This book reflects his journey to find the answers that redirected the course of his life.

Lenny's artwork is intertwined throughout the story. His unique paintings chronicled his distress and provided insight into his world of suffering from a rare disorder with no answers available. This cautionary tale explores the author's anxiety-ridden early life; the relationship between patients and doctors; mental health medications and their side effects; and examines the mental health profession from the perspective of both patient and practitioner.

Dramatically and beautifully told through witty and heartbreaking narrative, Unstill explores what it meant for the author to face his demons.

Treatment for anxiety all too often includes medication-but at what cost to the patient? After struggling with a lifetime of clinical anxiety, author and artist Lenny Gallo was confronted with the decision to try medication to help manage his symptoms. The medication did not work as expected and caused a misunderstood and often misdiagnosed movement disorder. This book reflects his journey to find the answers that redirected the course of his life.

Lenny's artwork is intertwined throughout the story. His unique paintings chronicled his distress and provided insight into his world of suffering from a rare disorder with no answers available. This cautionary tale explores the author's anxiety-ridden early life; the relationship between patients and doctors; mental health medications and their side effects; and examines the mental health profession from the perspective of both patient and practitioner.

Dramatically and beautifully told through witty and heartbreaking narrative, Unstill explores what it meant for the author to face his demons.

Introducing the first self-help workbook for moral injury, featuring a powerful approach grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you heal in the midst of moral pain and connect with a deeper sense of meaning and purpose.

If you've experienced, witnessed, or failed to prevent an act that violates your own deeply held values--such as harming someone in an automobile accident, or failing to save someone from a dangerous situation--you may suffer from moral injury, an enduring psychological and spiritual pain that is often accompanied by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, substance abuse, and other mental health conditions. In order to begin healing, you need to (re)connect with your values and what really matters to you as a human being. Written by a renowned team of PTSD and trauma professionals, this workbook can help.

The Moral Injury Workbook is the first workbook of its kind to offer a powerful step-by-step program to help you move beyond moral pain. With this guide, you'll learn to work through difficult thoughts, emotions, and spiritual troubles; (re)connect with your deeply held sense of self, values, or spiritual beliefs; and gain the psychological flexibility you need to begin healing and live a full and meaningful life. Links to downloadable worksheets for veterans and clinicians are also included.

Whether you've experienced moral injury yourself, work in the field of mental health, or are a pastoral advisor seeking new ways to help facilitate moral healing, this workbook is an effective and much-needed resource.

A gentle, wise guide for everyone deconstructing their beliefs and struggling with the role of faith in their life

As a "good Christian," Karla Kamstra attended church every Sunday, listened to the pastor, and committed to functions and activities. But no amount of participation could shake her growing sense of spiritual unrest. As time went on, she realized that she was doing Christianity on autopilot--going through the motions, but spiritually checked out.

She finally understood that the rules of the church were keeping God inside a too-small box, and it was time to let "Him" out. And so Karla embarked upon her sacred journey of deconstruction: healing her religious trauma and reclaiming her spirituality.

Now, Rev Karla shares her journey in this wise, gentle guide to help anyone struggling with the role of faith in their lives. Readers are called to demolish the oppressive, patriarchal structure upon which their faith has been built, repair what experiences with dysfunctional and destructive religion may have done to them, and restore their hearts and souls. DECONSTRUCTING will lead readers from silent obedience to sacred empowerment, from religious dogma to spiritual freedom, from toxic theology to authentic faith. For anyone chafing against the confines of church doctrine--it's time to release God from the rules.

The world is confusing enough, but when we can find ways to make it less complicated, it can make life more enjoyable. Tea, Tips and Tricks 2 is a book that gives information on how to make it through a complicated world. Oftentimes, things seem to be upfront, and we feel we should know them, but these tidbits are things you might not know. These are things I've done myself or that I have learnt to use to navigate through adulthood to save time, save money and save energy. I hope this easy and down to earth book can make life easier, giving more time for you to enjoy your life!

Many people long to be physically fit, happy, and successful, but so many factors get in the way - competing priorities, family, illness, the demands of work, the negativity of others. What truly holds us back, however, is a weak vibrational foundation within us. In Be Yourself: How an ancient pathway can guide you back to love, passion, attraction, security, confidence, courage, fearlessness & peace, author Wayne Christopher unearths age-old principles hidden in sacred geometry to help readers strengthen their foundation, stand firm in the face of challenges, and find self-love through dance fitness.

Throughout history, dating back to ancient Egypt, various cultures have reversed the effects of aging by understanding, controlling, and manipulating their vibrational energy. Our forebearers knew that fitness wasn't only about exercise - it was about how me moved and existed in every facet of our lives. That's the idea at the core of Be Yourself. Instead of exhaustive workout routines and restrictive diets, this book ignites your mental and energetic transformation by helping you find the self, reimagine fitness in a new, spiritual light, and amplify your vibrations. The result will be achieving your desired physique, but getting there will require a holistic journey that emphasizes every part of you - not just your body.

As a vibrational being of light, you are more in control of your destiny and your results than you know. Be Yourself is the missing link to help unlock your potential. If you've ever felt frustrated by stalled progress, trapped by unwanted circumstances, voiceless against external forces, or unable to live life as your authentic self, this book is for you. Throughout the text, Wayne simplifies scientific, philosophical, and spiritual concepts and shares his inspirational evolution to help you build a strong vibrational foundation and change the course of your life. Be Yourself is the resource that will not only unleash the new You, but help you finally live the life you've always envisioned.

Through extensive scientific and philosophical research, and learnings from his own spiritual fitness journey, His ultimate purpose is to spread love through his branded message BU and help individuals see health, wellness, and fitness in an exciting, new way and permanently remove the barriers to achieving happiness and personal fulfillment.

Jaylin wants to be who she is but isn't sure with people telling her who to be, From the creative mind of Jessi Hersey comes an adventure in finding oneself in a place where voices of others can take what your heart truly telling you. This is meant for children 3 years of age and up and is perfect for those questions as your learning who you are. We are all constantly learning about ourselves came on a journey in this story of Jaylin.

Unlock a connection to a more illuminated you, through Mindkeeping, a meditative technology and framework that can help you evolve past the hurts and pains of the physical world and emerge with a new generation of consciousness.

Mindkeeping is a practical and accessible path to reaching a profound spiritual destination that's been within you all along. It's not about fixing what's wrong; it's about embracing what's right and discovering the next generation of consciousness-Lumen beingness.

McCann unravels the mystery and benefits of Mindkeeping by explaining:

1) a 4-step framework called SOAR

2) the differences between human mind and Lumen mind

3) how to tap into the lumen mind by using the higher senses

4) the five parts of the mind system and how they work with our emotions

The Art of Mindkeeping imbues daily life with healing, purpose, wisdom, and compassion. Using the SOAR paradigm, McCann helps you develop a personal compass so that you can identify and follow your true north star.

Illuminate your life and embark on the path that is meant for you.