Collection: Self-Development

Discover the roots of modern-day herbal remedies, plant medicine, holistic rituals, natural recipes, and more that were created by African American herbal healers throughout history.

This first-of-its-kind herbal guide takes you through the origins of herbal practices rooted in African American tradition--from Ancient Egypt and the African tropics to the Caribbean and the United States. Inside you'll find the stories of herbal healers like Emma Dupree and Henrietta Jeffries, who made modern American herbalism what it is today.

After rediscovering the forgotten legacies of these healers, African American Herbalism dives into the important contributions they made to the world of herbalism, including:

Rituals for sacred bathing and skin care Herbal tinctures, potions, and medicine Recipes for healing meals and soul food And more!

You'll also find a comprehensive herbal guide to the most commonly used herbs--such as aloe, lavender, sage, sassafras, and more--alongside gorgeous botanical illustrations. African American Herbalism is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to explore the medicinal and healing properties of herbs.

Tienes un dolor persistente y por más que vayas al médico y sigas paso a paso su tratamiento, no mejoras? Te acaban de diagnosticar una enfermedad y no puedes comprender por qué ha llegado a tu vida de esta manera y en este momento? Los malestares pueden ser físicos, pero también tienen un importante factor emocional que solo se puede entender con un enfoque integral. Los dolores y padecimientos son maneras en las que nuestro organismo nos indica que hay sentimientos, traumas y relaciones que no hemos logrado procesar y que requieren de nuestra atención.Un cuerpo sano requiere una mente sana y un alma en paz. Carolina Novoa, health coach y biosanadora emocional, te muestra cómo sanar es un proceso holístico que está en tus manos si escuchas las enseñanzas que trae cada enfermedad. Este libro te invita a explorar en lo más profundo de ti y a enfrentarte con aquello que tu mente ha querido callar pero que tu cuerpo no deja de gritar."Creo que por más especialistas que seamos en el campo del estudio de la ciencia, entre más disposición tengamos de integrar desde la razón, la conciencia, el pensamiento transversal sin estructura y disruptivo, podremos avanzar hacia otras fronteras del conocimiento. Eso es precisamente lo que nos plantea Carolina en su libro".Dr. Carlos JaramilloENGLISH DESCRIPTIONOur discomforts can be physical, but they also have an important emotional factor. Pain and suffering are ways the body tells us about the feelings, traumas and relationships that require our attention. Carolina Novoa--a health coach and biohealing expert--shows us how healing can be a holistic process if we listen to the signs of each disease. This book invites us to explore the depths of the self and to face that which our mind has wanted to silence but our body will not stop screaming.

Are there dimensions of existence beyond the material world? If so, can we connect with loved ones who have passed, and with higher levels of consciousness than our own? Messages of Hope is the page-turning story of a former skeptic who has found the answers to these questions and more through evidential communication with the unseen realms. When Commander Suzanne Giesemann, former U.S Navy commanding officer and aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walked the halls of the Pentagon and flew on Air Force One, she did everything by the book. A personal witness to the horrors of 9/11, she saw things in black and white, with little time for spiritual seeking. Never did she expect that a personal family tragedy would propel her on a mystical journey that would turn her life's path in a most unexpected direction. Follow Suzanne-now a practicing psychic-medium-as she moves from doubt and disbelief to full faith and trust in a reality beyond the physical senses. Laced with spirit-inspired poetry and compelling answers to many of life's big questions, Suzanne's remarkable story will leave readers with the comforting and credible message that this life is not all there is.

Two drunk Irish American brothers attempt to navigate a rudderless boat down a meandering stream of dumb decisions, blackouts, and bad choices. While Terry chases money selling magazine, Steve joins the Marines and fights in Vietnam. With both brother rushing down a river of regret and resentments, it becomes apparent that the only way out is to get sober. As devastation and despair set in, Terry quits drinking in 1968 at age 27, and with the help of 12-step groups and sponsors, he starts his journey of sobriety. Steve keeps drinking in a desperate attempt to outrun the nightmares of war. Then, In 1973, at age 29, he quits alcohol and attends inpatient treatment. Dealing with the wreckage of their past, these brothers chart a new course that leads to over 100 years of sobriety together-leading by forgiveness, courage, compassion and serving others. Terry McGeeney - When he stopped drinking in 1968, Terry dedicated his life to counseling those suffering substance abuse and needing pastoral care. He earned a bachelor of science degree and a masters degree in Human Resource Management from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. As a recovering alcoholic over decades of continued sobriety, he helped many alcoholics find their way to sobriety. Steve McGeeney - When he stopped drinking 1973, Steve dedicated his life to assisting people with substance abuse and other addictions learn to lead productive lives free of their addictions. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech education from Wichita State University. He has written and presented over 50 mini workshops to help others personally empower themselves to overcome obstacles.

A highly accessible introduction to a therapeutic approach that brings our inner "parts" into harmony and allows our core Self to lead

We're all familiar with self-talk, self-doubt, self-judgment--yet most of us still view ourselves as if we have one uniform mind. Dr. Richard Schwartz's breakthrough was recognizing that we each contain an "internal family" of distinct parts--and that treating these parts with curiosity, respect, and empathy vastly expands our capacity to heal.

Over the past two decades, Internal Family Systems (IFS) has transformed the practice of psychotherapy. With Introduction to Internal Family Systems, the creator of IFS presents the ideal layperson's guide for understanding this empowering, effective, and non-pathologizing approach to self-discovery and healing. Here, Dr. Schwartz shares evidence, case studies, and self-care tools to help you:

- Shift from the limiting "mono-mind" paradigm into an appreciation of your marvelous, multidimensional nature
- Unburden your wounded parts from extreme beliefs, emotions, and addictions
- Demystify the most commonly misunderstood parts--the Exiles, Managers, and Firefighters
- Transform your most challenging parts from inner obstacles to invaluable allies
- Embrace the existence of innate human goodness--in yourself and others
- Connect with the true Self that is greater than the sum of your parts

"The most wonderful discovery I have made is that as you do this work, you release, or liberate, what I call your Self or your True Self--the calm, compassionate essence of who you are," says Dr. Schwartz. "When the Self becomes the leading intelligence in our lives, we create more harmony--both within ourselves and in our external lives." For therapists, their clients, and anyone interested in understanding and healing themselves, here is an essential guide to a revolutionary approach to self-realization, mental wellness, and transformation.

Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition, is a larger-format edition of Creative Homeowner's award-winning best seller on landscaping southeast-style. Readers will find inspiring ideas for making the home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 plants that thrive in the southeast. Detailed instructions for projects such as paths, patios, ponds, and arbors are also included. Over 450 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions. The southeast will be in full bloom with Southeast Home Landscaping, third edition. States: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN

A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits

- Explains that people with ADHD are not disordered or dysfunctional, but simply "hunters in a farmer's world"--possessing a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society

- Offers concrete non-drug methods and practices to help hunters--and their parents, teachers, and managers--embrace their differences, nurture creativity, and find success in school, at work, and at home

- Reveals how some of the world's most successful people can be labeled as ADHD hunters, including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie

With 10 percent of the Western world's children suspected of having Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADHD, and a growing number of adults self-diagnosing after decades of struggle, the question must be raised: How could Nature make such a "mistake"?

In this updated edition of his groundbreaking classic, Thom Hartmann explains that people with ADHD are not abnormal, disordered, or dysfunctional, but simply "hunters in a farmer's world." Often highly creative and single-minded in pursuit of a self-chosen goal, those with ADHD symptoms possess a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society. As hunters, they would have been constantly scanning their environment, looking for food or threats (distractibility); they'd have to act without hesitation (impulsivity); and they'd have to love the high-stimulation and risk-filled environment of the hunting field. With our structured public schools, office workplaces, and factories those who inherit a surplus of "hunter skills" are often left frustrated in a world that doesn't understand or support them.

As Hartmann shows, by reframing our view of ADHD, we can begin to see it not as a disorder, but as simply a difference and, in some ways, an advantage. He reveals how some of the world's most successful people can be labeled as ADHD hunters and offers concrete non-drug methods and practices to help hunters--and their parents, teachers, and managers--embrace their differences, nurture creativity, and find success in school, at work, and at home. Providing a supportive "survival" guide to help fine tune your natural skill set, rather than suppress it, Hartmann shows that each mind--whether hunter, farmer, or somewhere in between--has value and great potential waiting to be tapped.

THE HERBAL MEDICINE-MAKER'¬?S HANDBOOK is an entertaining compilation of natural home remedies written by one of the great herbalists, James Green, author of the best-selling THE MALE HERBAL. Writing in a delightfully personal and down-home style, Green emphasizes the point that herbal medicine-making is fundamental to every culture on the planet and is accessible to everyone. So, first head into the garden and learn to harvest your own herbs, and then head into your kitchen and whip up a batch of raspberry cough syrup, or perhaps a soothing elixir to erase the daily stresses of modern life.

Get people's attention and get to the point. Learn the simplest way to improve your business communication skills. There is no fluff and no vague advice, just practical step-by-step methods you can start using today.

This multi-award-winning book teaches specific methods for professional business conversations, emails, meetings, interviews, and more. Check out the reviews to hear from the real people this book has helped.

Communication should be clear and concise, and we should get to the point quickly. The problem is we don't always know how to do this. What does it mean to be concise? How can a complex topic be summarized in just a few lines?

This award-winning book is a step-by-step guide for clear, concise communication in everyday work conversations.

Being concise is not about trying to condense all the information into sixty seconds. It is about having clear intent, talking about one topic at a time, and focusing on solutions instead of dwelling on problems.

Throughout this book you'll discover how to:

- Have shorter, better work conversations and meetings

- Get to the point faster without rambling or going off on tangents

- Lead your audience toward the solution you need

- Apply one technique to almost every discussion, email, presentation and interview with great results

This book is a result of more than 20,000 conversations in both business and technical jobs. Chris Fenning has trained individuals and teams around the world in these techniques. He has worked with organizations from start-ups to Fortune 50 and FTSE 100 companies. These methods work for them all.

Having clearer communication is easier than you might expect, and it all starts with the first minute.

The definitive--and by far the most popular--guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness

Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit disorder, but studies have shown that spending mindful, intentional time around trees--what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing--can promote health and happiness.

In this beautiful book--featuring more than 100 color photographs from forests around the world, including the forest therapy trails that criss-cross Japan--Dr. Qing Li, the world's foremost expert in forest medicine, shows how forest bathing can reduce your stress levels and blood pressure, strengthen your immune and cardiovascular systems, boost your energy, mood, creativity, and concentration, and even help you lose weight and live longer.

Once you've discovered the healing power of trees, you can lose yourself in the beauty of your surroundings, leave everyday stress behind, and reach a place of greater calm and wellness.

Improve your people skills with these simple habits.

Do you feel awkward when you are around people?You don't really know what to say or how to start a conversation on a Networking event?Having problems with your boss or employees and don't know how to convince them to follow your lead?Do you want to improve your relationships with your spouse, confidants, or friends?

In his book How to Become a People Magnet international bestselling author Marc Reklau reveals the secrets and psychology behind successful relationships with other people. Your success and happiness in life - at home and in business -, to a great extent, depend on how you get along with other people. Are you able to influence and persuade them? Although success can mean something different for each person, there is one common denominator: other people.

The most successful people, quite often, aren't the ones with superior intelligence or the best skills, and the happiest people most times aren't smarter than we are, yet they are the ones who have the greatest people skills.

In this practical and straightforward guide, you will learn specific principles that will help you to build more powerful relationships, stronger connections, and leave a positive, lasting impression on everyone you get in touch with. Most of them are common sense, but it's always good to have a reminder, because as they say, "Common sense is the least common of all senses."

You will learn:

• What the most important subject of any conversation is
• How to make a great first impression and achieve that people like you immediately
• How to really connect with people on a deeper level
• How to convince people and get them to say yes to you
• How to communicate effectively
• How to avoid committing the deadly sin in human relations
• How to make the human ego the ally in any of your endeavors
• How to handle complaints and critics smoothly
• How to listen effectively and be the most intelligent person in the room
• How to use body language to build immediate trust and make stronger connections

...and much more...

Good skills with people many times make the difference between losing your job or getting a promotion; between making the sale or losing it; between excellent customer service and being expandable as a supplier; between being THE ONE or just a friend; between a smile and an angry look.

Once again, it's small changes that will cause big results. Becoming a people magnet is easier than you thought. Apply the advice of this book, and your life will never be the same. The benefits are countless, and the results will show anywhere people are involved.

Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant. LeBron James. Stephen Curry. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Kevin Durant. These are some of the most high profile names in one of the world's most popular sports--basketball.

But what steps did they take to elevate themselves to superstardom?

What principles did they follow in order to become the best of the best?

More importantly, how can you use their example to attain success in all of your endeavors?

Shoot Your Shot identifies the key principles that the world's most elite basketball players have applied to their lives and explains in detail how you can use those same exact principles to help you navigate through life, accomplish your goals, and realize your dreams.

Divided into Quarters and making you feel like you are in an actual basketball game, Shoot Your Shot provides an entertaining and unique reading experience while equipping you with proven tools for success. More than just a book about sports, Shoot Your Shot is suitable for everyone--regardless of age, gender, background, or standing in life.

Your Step-by-Step Guide for Bold, Brilliant Mosaic Crochet Masterpieces

Capture the art of mosaic crochet and craft gothic colorwork creations with ease! From Alexis Sixel, the creator of Sixel Design, comes the ultimate all-in-one resource for the addictive technique of overlay mosaic crochet. Under Alexis's expert guidance, you'll effortlessly master all the essential skills in no time. Learn to read mosaic charts, crochet border stitches and create the unique special stitches that Alexis has personally spent years developing and perfecting--all before moving on to the edgy, eye-catching works of crochet art on every page.

From quick, exciting projects like the Heartbreaker Zipper Pouch to wearable designs like the Poison Skull Cap to dramatic home décor like the damask-style Victorian Pillow, you'll never run out of vibrant creations to crochet. Perfect for beginners, each of these dazzling designs is quick to come together and is paired with clear step-by-step images and encouraging instructions to guarantee your stitching success. So, grab your hooks and get started! Your dark and dramatic side has never looked so good.

The ultimate color-by-color flower reference guide - from New York's pre-eminent floral designers, Putnam and Putnam

Planning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of having them, more often than not your creative process begins with thinking about the color of the flowers that you want. To help you find what you are looking for, Flower Color Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by color, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative color schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to color, Flower Color Guide is to flowers.

Showcasing 400 flowers at their peak, with stunning photography taken by Putnam & Putnam in their Brooklyn studio, this guide includes an appendix featuring perforated pages, with tips on flower care, notes on how to prepare vessels and a list of suggested color schemes. A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers.

Taylor Putnam and Michael Putnam have built a reputation for romantic, dramatic floral arrangements and installations using color as their guiding principle - here, they share their knowledge with readers worldwide: "This is the book we wished we had when we started doing flowers."

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with Roger Priddy's Bright Baby Touch & Feel: Merry Christmas picture book.

With exciting textures to touch and feel, this interactive first book is the perfect Christmas gift for your baby to meet Santa, his elves and reindeer, see starry snowflakes, wonder what presents will be placed beneath the tree, and discover much more holiday fun.

With clear photography, bright colors, and simple text labels, Bright Baby board books help babies and toddlers to develop and build early vocabulary through the introduction of first words and pictures.

Power up kids' second-grade skills! With pages of fun puzzle-based activities including Highlights Hidden Pictures, this workbook offers age-appropriate fundamentals in language arts, math and science, plus reading, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, cursive, addition and subtraction, fractions, time, social studies, map skills, science and more!

Every exercise will boost their confidence and supplement what they're learning in school. This 256-page workbook also features simple tips for parents to extend learning, a Certificate of Achievement to celebrate their hard work, plus links to online activities.

Developed with educational experts, teacher-approved, and aligned with state standards, the Second Grade Big Fun Workbook will engage students and get them excited about learning. It's a Family Choice Award Winner, PAL (Play Advances Language) Award Winner, a Parents' Choice Recommended Book and a PAL Top Ten Pick.