Collection: Self-Development

Create your own 100% natural vegan candles!

Making your own candles allows you to choose ingredients that are healthy for you and for the planet. It also gives you the opportunity to play with a wealth of fragrances to create candles that are meaningful and purposeful for creating atmospheres of relaxation, warmth, concentration, energy . . . the possibilities are endless! Nearly any glass container can be made into a candle, so use your creativity and resourcefulness to combine containers, scents, and inclusions such as flower petals or coffee beans to make your own unique candles.

The candle-making process is simple. Even if it's your first time, you'll find success by following the instructions in this book. You'll learn:

• the materials and tools needed to begin, and how to choose the best natural ingredients
• the steps necessary to make both container and molded candles, as well as wax melts
• step-by-step instructions for 21 recipes with the exact scents to combine to make candles for a variety of moods

Award-winning teacher Neila A. Connors shares her secrets for creating positive classroom relationships

From the author of the best-selling If You Don't Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students, comes an innovative resource for all who work with pre-K through 12th grade students. Neila Connors presents a wealth of strategies and techniques to help teachers develop, maintain, and sustain positive student relationships. If You Don't Feed the Students offers practical, commonsense methods for improving classroom performance, served up in an engaging and entertaining manner.

• Unique, classroom tested strategies for validating all students to help them succeed in the classroom
• Proven approaches that will benefit teachers, student teachers, and school administrators alike

In this fun, must-have resource, Connors reveals how empowering students creates a climate of care and compassion and improves everyone's attitudes and achievement.

Drawing on cutting-edge science and intimate personal stories, an essential and paradigm-shifting book for readers struggling with fatigue, burnout, stress, and trauma--and for all of us who sometimes feel like we have been pushed past our breaking point.

In How We Are, the health psychologist and author Vincent Deary explored the process of habit and change in everyday life. In How We Break, a deeply compassionate and illuminating exploration of suffering, he examines what happens when we are pushed to our limit.

Deary is a practitioner health psychologist who also works in a fatigue clinic and specializes in interventions that help people cope with whatever life has thrown at them. The big traumas in life, he points out, are relatively rare. Much more common is when too many things go wrong at once, or we are exposed to a prolonged period of difficulty or precarity. When we are subjected to too much turbulence--when the world shrinks to nothing but our daily coping--we become unhappy, worried, hopeless, exhausted. In other words, we break. Breaking, he shows us, is embodied, as our physical and mental distress are linked, and happens when the same systems that enable us to navigate through life become dysregulated. But if we understand how the turbulence and overwhelm of life affects us, then we have a better chance of overcoming the challenges.

Drawing on clinical case studies, trailblazing scientific research, intimate personal stories, and illuminating references from philosophy, literature, and film, How We Break offers a consoling and deeply felt new vision of everyday human struggling, and it makes a bold case for the power of rest and recuperation.

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Two mavericks in the field of positive psychology deliver a timely message

Happiness experts have long told us to tune out our negative emotions and focus instead on mindfulness, positivity, and optimism. Researchers Todd Kashdan, Ph.D., and Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Philos., disagree. Positive emotions alone are not enough. Anger makes us creative, selfishness makes us brave, and guilt is a powerful motivator. The real key to success lies in emotional agility. Drawing upon extensive scientific research and a wide array of real-life examples, The Upside of Your Dark Side will be embraced by business leaders, parents, and everyone else who's ready to put their entire psychological tool kit to work.

No More Half-Finished Sweaters!

Achieve your knit wardrobe goals faster with super-cute and super-speedy sweaters, vests and cardigans from knitwear designer Jaime Dorfman. Wielding colorful bulky and super-bulky yarns to expert effect, Jaime's designs are modern, trendy and flattering.

These 18 size-inclusive tops feature updated silhouettes that'll fit seamlessly into your modern wardrobe, no matter your body shape and size. What's even better, these fun patterns vary in stitch techniques, yarn weights and needle sizes to excite and reignite your creative momentum.

Whip up the cropped Lily Cardigan with breezy lace detailing or lean into cable knits with the effortlessly romantic Heartstrings Vest. For the ultimate slouchy, oversized knit, the Attention Deficit Jumper features five distinct textures to keep you motivated. With these cozy, contemporary designs and speedy, stimulating knits, you'll be weaving in your ends in no time!

Use "Black Girl Fashion Fall Edition Coloring Book" to immerse yourself in the radiant beauty of these images featuring melanated women and girls with this captivating 8.5 x 11-inch coloring book. Each beautifully detailed drawing stars a different beauty in fall-inspired outfits and fashion. This book celebrates the unique beauty of black women of all shapes, sizes, hair types, and facial features.

With over 50 high quality and highly detailed illustrations, each page offers a unique opportunity to explore your artistic talents and experiment with various coloring techniques. Each illustration is printed on one side of the paper to prevent bleed-through, allowing you to use a variety of coloring tools, including markers, crayons, pastels, and pencil crayons, without worry.

• Perfect for the fall season, and Halloween
• Great for Relaxation and Meditation, and Exploring Creativity
• Single-Sided Printed Pages
• Diverse Autumnal Beauties
• Celebrate the beauties of Black women and girls

Whether you're seeking a unique autumn gift or a captivating coloring experience, "Black Girl Fashion Fall Edition Coloring Book" is the perfect choice.

Add this gorgeous, one-of-a-kind, coloring book to your collection today and embark on a journey of creativity and relaxation that will captivate your imagination.

"The most comprehensive book on grief I've read. Well done!" - Dr. Craig Borchardt, President / CEO Hospice Brazos Valley

"Help! How do I do this?"

Loss strikes. Your heart is stunned. Your world is shaken. Someone special is missing.

Life will never be the same. You will never be the same.

Questions surface in your mind and heart. You try to make sense of it all. You struggle with overwhelming emotions and troubling thoughts. You tussle with what to do and when.

You need answers. You need compassionate, practical direction. You need a guide for this journey - a companion to walk with you through all the questions, wonderings, fears, and obstacles.

Welcome to The Grief Guidebook.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe is a trusted voice in grief recovery who has been helping wounded, grieving hearts find hope and healing for more than three decades. Written with heartfelt compassion, this warm, easy-to-read, and practical book reads like a conversation with a close friend.

Gary says, "Over the past three decades, I've had the honor of walking with thousands of grieving hearts through the valley of loss. Along the way, I've been asked a multitude of questions about grief and grieving.

In this book, I've compiled and addressed more than 70 of the most common questions I've been asked. Each chapter contains a question, a heartfelt response, and some suggestions for how to handle that issue.

The beauty of The Grief Guidebook is that you can read straight through or simply go to the question that's currently on your mind and heart. Consider this a reference manual for your grief process.

I hope you find The Grief Guidebook helpful, comforting, and healing. Please let me know what you think. Feel free to contact me anytime. I'm here to help, if I can."

You have questions. The Grief Guidebook has answers. Grab your copy today.

This insightful and accessible book will answer all your questions about excessive daytime sleepiness and provide essential information on the symptoms of Narcolepsy, its diagnosis, treatment options, resources available, and accommodations that may be necessary for you to succeed in your home, in the workplace, and within school environments. Debra J. Stultz, MD, is a nationally known speaker and author on topics such as treatment-resistant depression, Narcolepsy, insomnia, diagnosing sleep disorders, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). In this practical guide, Dr. Stultz shares her expertise on Narcolepsy to help you create your formalized plan for living successfully with this condition, teaching you how to educate your family and those around you about this disorder so they can provide you with the support you need. Describing issues for Narcolepsy in both the pediatric/adolescent and adult populations, Dr. Stultz suggests practical interventions that may be helpful behaviorally and pharmacologically. She reveals insight into how to cope with situations covering topics such as sexual disruptions due to the disorder, driving when you have Narcolepsy, dealing with the "brain fog," and the associated depression and anxiety that may be present, including a wealth of resources that will help you navigate your own unique Narcolepsy journey.

This fun book is a playful way for young children to develop their counting, observation and pen control skills. Spot the differences between Otta and Orla the octopuses, join the dots to create a submarine, count starfish on the seabed and lots more. Durable, wipe-clean pages mean children can revisit their favorite activities again and again.

For arty kids and unicorn lovers everywhere!

Inspire a love of art! Learn to draw magical unicorns through over 50 drawing activities with the two special wipe-clean pens and reusable wipe-clean scenes.

There are over 30 different unicorns and other cute pictures to learn to draw using the easy step-by-step guides. Use the two wipe-clean pens included with the book to practise drawing your unicorns on the reusable wipe-clean pages, where you can bring 24 different scenes to life by drawing as many unicorns as you wish and create magical unicorn works of art!

The wipe-clean pens and scenes make learning to draw super-easy. On the wipe-clean scenes you can draw and create unicorns any way you wish, then use the sponge eraser attached to each pen to wipe the wipe-clean scenes clean and then you can draw a new picture again and again!

With over 50 drawing activities in just one book, this creative art book will keep unicorn lovers and arty kids drawing for hours!

Featuring contributed chapters written by experts in the field, Telemental Health: What Every Student Needs to Know equips future counselors with the tools, skillsets, and knowledge required to effectively serve clients across different modalities.

Opening chapters address the history of telemental health, opportunities and challenges associated with practice, ethical decision-making, and technical and practical considerations with emphasis on creating a telemental health space that is professional and confidential. Readers learn about the importance of integrating assessment within the telemental health setting. They are provided with strategies for initial screenings for appropriate fit for telemental health, biopsychosocial assessments, and crisis and suicide assessments with a focus on how to navigate these digitally.

Additional chapters explore clinical skills, relationship-building, documentation, billing, and recordkeeping. Readers learn about working with specialized populations, including young children, adolescent and older adult populations, couples, families, groups, LGBTQ+ populations, individuals in recovery, and individuals with intellectual disabilities and chronic pain. The closing chapter discusses the importance of self-care for telemental health practitioners.

Designed to support the modern counselor, Telemental Health is ideal for graduate-level students in counseling and related fields, as well as any helping professional who is new to providing telemental health services.

Bring Your Lacemaking Skills to a New Level

Heralded as "a priceless book for the beginner" by the editors of Australian Lace, Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking is now back in print. Boasting worldwide sales of over 10,000 copies, this seminal guide revitalizes the age-old craft of lacemaking and offers a contemporary introduction to this textile art from the 16th century.

Created for modern hobbyists, craft enthusiasts, and educators, artist and lace historian Rosemary Shepherd has expanded the course she wrote for the Australian lace guild. After describing the necessary equipment and materials, her detailed explanation of every bobbin lace process is accompanied by more than 200 diagrams and photographs.

Most importantly, in Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking each new exercise builds on the skills of the previous one. This includes a full description of the way each pattern is drawn on the graph paper; by the end of the book new lacemakers have the skills to design their own work as well as make it because they will understand how all the elements of the lace fit together. With this fundamental comprehension they can then enjoy exploring all the different traditional laces as well as the exciting creative possibilities of their new-found art.

A founding member of the Australian Lace Guild, Rosemary Shepherd has worked as an educator and lace historian for over 40 years. She developed the Lace Study Center at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, was awarded the Order of Australia medal for service to the arts and curated the 1998 and 2001 International Lace for Fashion Awards. She was also a selector and judge for the Powerhouse Museum's "Love Lace" exhibition in 2011.

This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1648373879).

Give kids 8 to 12 a way to record their bird-watching adventures

Bird-watching is a great way for kids to get outside and explore! This birding journal--just like the journals that scientists use--helps kids learn how to be skillful bird-watchers and create a record of every bird they meet. They'll practice noticing how birds are different colors and sizes, the various places they live, how they behave, and more!

This bird book for kids helps young explorers:

• Get started--Help aspiring birders brush up on birding basics with fun facts and helpful tips about bird anatomy, outdoor safety, and more.
• Track what they learn--Each journal page includes suggestions for what to record, along with room for additional notes and sketches so kids can make it their own.
• Practice new skills--Kids will learn how to record scientific information, notice details, and become keen observers.

Inspire kids to sharpen their science skills and explore nature with the Bird Watching Book for Kids.

Make winter crafting fun with 20 unique paper-pieced woodland blocks

Explore a new world of paper-piecing possibilities! Paper piecing is the perfect way to add creativity and whimsy to quilting projects. Mary Hertel, the author of Sew Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, provides a step-by-step paper-piecing guide for beginner quilters and a new selection of fun winter-themed woodland patterns for those familiar with the craft. Enjoy creating 20 paper-pieced woodland blocks, including a polar bear, penguin, rabbit, squirrel, and more, all with a wintery twist! Use your newfound skills to make holiday home decor and gift projects, including a tree skirt, table runner, stockings, and more, to share Christmas cheer.

• Learn paper piecing basics and play with twenty delightful animal blocks with a wintery twist
• Mix and match these quilt blocks with bones from any of Mary's other books
• Make your space merry and bright this holiday season with nine easy-to-follow holiday-themed projects

Make every hike an exciting adventure with these outdoor activities for kids ages 6 to 9

Hiking is an amazing way for kids to explore the great outdoors and learn new things about the world around them. This book is filled with 35 hands-on hiking projects that encourage kids to get outside, gain important skills, and discover all the awesome lessons nature can teach them.

What sets this activity book about hiking for kids apart:

• Perfect for any hike--It doesn't matter where in the country you live; these activities are perfect for any hiking trail, walking path, or sidewalk in the U.S.
• All sorts of activities--From identifying animal tracks to designing a nature maze, kids will explore a variety of games and exercises that make it even more fun to spend time outdoors.
• Room to record adventures--Kids will find plenty of space to log details about their favorite trips and sketch what they saw during their hikes.

Inspire kids to hit the trails with this engaging collection of hiking activities that combine learning and play.

A comprehensive and compassionate guide to navigating loss.

When social worker Lisa Keefauver became a widow in 2011, she was alarmed to discover that even though 100 percent of us experience loss, we're living in a grief illiterate world. In her work as a therapist, and in her search for help in the wake of her own loss, Keefauver began to see how the misguided stories we consume about grief lead to unnecessary suffering. Responding to the problematic narratives that grief is something to move on from after completing the five stages like some sort of to-do list, Keefauver became a grief activist. Through this book and her hit podcast of the same title, she creates a safe place to be inside the messiness of it all, to discover the full spectrum of grief, and to find the tools that help grievers move forward, not on. Grief is a Sneaky Bitch is a comprehensive guide--serving as both a manual full of insights and skills and more importantly, as a thoughtful companion that helps readers feel seen and held.

Keefauver shares her personal and professional wisdom alongside the lessons she's learned from clinicians, authors, poets, and friends. In place of rigid instructions and must-do checklists, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch invites reflection, encourages self-compassion, and explores the therapeutic power of humor with, yes, a bit of profanity.