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  Emotional Self-Care for Black Women

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  If you’re a black woman trying to cultivate the motivation, confidence, and self-love you’ve always wanted, then keep reading!Are you a black woman who's struggling to find motivation and meaning in your life?Have you felt like your efforts are futile because nothing you do feels like it's making an impact?Do you wish you could just become the confident, self-assured woman you've always dreamed yourself to be?You're not alone in this struggle.Many black women like us are struggling with the same feelings of helplessness when it comes to our personal and professional lives.This lack of motivation often causes us to struggle with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, self-doubt, and other mental and emotional issues.When we stop believing in our own power to make positive changes in our life, it's easy for negative thought patterns to take over.We may become apathetic toward everything around us. It's like we've forgotten how to feel.Black women are expected to keep their heads down and not cause a fuss, yet they’re also expected to go above and beyond for everyone in our lives.This is the double bind that black women face every single day. But you don't have to make yourself suffer any longer.Becoming motivated, confident, and self-aware is a journey that starts with small steps.In "Emotional Self-Care for Black Women", you can boost your confidence and improve your mental health using a powerful program in just 90 days!So, if you want to learn to love yourself, increase your motivation, overcome obstacles, and honor the strong woman inside you, then this book is for you!In this game-changing guide, you will:Effectively deal with negative, self-defeating emotions that hold you backAllow yourself to feel while holding yourself accountable for your futureCultivate a positive life filled with happiness, abundance, and strong support systems

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  Writing Your Dissertation in...

  EdD Joan Bolker

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  Expert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe bestseller, The Writer's Home Companion 
   
   
   
  Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their struggles aren't unique. Joan Bolker, midwife to more than one hundred dissertations and cofounder of the Harvard Writing Center, offers invaluable suggestions for the graduate-student writer. Using positive reinforcement, she begins by reminding thesis writers that being able to devote themselves to a project that truly interests them can be a pleasurable adventure. She encourages them to pay close attention to their writing method in order to discover their individual work strategies that promote productivity; to stop feeling fearful that they may disappoint their advisors or family members; and to tailor their theses to their own writing style and personality needs. Using field-tested strategies she assists the student through the entire thesis-writing process, offering advice on choosing a topic and an advisor, on disciplining one's self to work at least fifteen minutes each day; setting short-term deadlines, on revising and defing the thesis, and on life and publication after the dissertation. Bolker makes writing the dissertation an enjoyable challenge.

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  The Making of Modern New Zealand...

  Lillian Brooks

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  Before the arrival of Europeans, New Zealand, or Aotearoa, was inhabited solely by the Māori people, who had arrived from Polynesia over a thousand years earlier. Their ancestors navigated vast distances across the Pacific Ocean, using their advanced knowledge of stars, winds, and ocean currents. They eventually settled in Aotearoa, forming distinct tribal communities known as iwi, each with its own territory, social structures, and traditions. 
  The Māori society was organized around iwi (tribes), hapū (sub-tribes), and whānau (families). Each iwi had a paramount chief, or rangatira, who was responsible for making decisions that affected the entire tribe. The rangatira was supported by a council of elders, or kaumatua, who provided guidance based on wisdom and experience. The hapū, made up of extended families, was the primary unit of Māori society, with a strong emphasis on kinship and collective responsibility. 
  Māori were deeply connected to the land, or whenua, and believed that their ancestors, the atua, or gods, imbued the earth, sea, and sky with sacred energy. This connection formed the foundation of Māori spiritual beliefs, which revolved around whakapapa (genealogy), mana (spiritual power or authority), and tapu (sacredness). Their spiritual worldview tied their identity to the land and natural resources, and they saw themselves as stewards, responsible for the care and preservation of the environment.

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  A Pity Party Is Still a Party -...

  Chelsea Harvey Garner

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  Most of us try to avoid feeling sad, but in this candid, comical, and deeply-felt book, therapist Chelsea Harvey Garner doesn’t just argue that the future will be brighter if we learn to enjoy the unenjoyable and support each other when the vibes aren’t so good, she also shows us how. 
  What if all the advice we’ve received about “looking on the bright side” is wrong? What if sadness is actually the key to happiness, and can even be . . . fun? Garner is here to make that case. In this feel-good guide to feeling bad, she claims it’s not enough for us to tolerate hard feelings. We need to embrace them. We need to let them show by crying with others. Often. In public. 
  Playful, at times irreverent, but always sincere, Garner is the grown-up Miss Frizzle for the therapy generation. She believes that if we want to build a world where mental health is the norm, we have to lean into connection and count on each other, even—and perhaps especially—at our worst. 
  Through anecdotes about her own hardships and insights gained in her clinical practice, Garner illuminates the power (and embarrassment) of opening up. Featuring solo exercises, group activities, and journal prompts alongside personal essays, she invites us to see emotions in a new light and engage with them in a healthier way. A Pity Party is Still a Party helps us find the silver lining, but only after we’ve played in the rain. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  The Reluctant Creative - 5...

  Dr. Caroline Brookfield

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  Creativity is the #1 rising skill you need in the workplace. If you have left your creativity behind in the grind to success, thinking that hard work and analytical thinking was all you need? This book is your starting line. The world has changed, grasshopper. 
  The good news about creativity? You snooze, you don't lose. You still have the creative thinking ingredients rattling around in your brain. To access them, you just need to reconnect with the habits you used as a child to explore and learn about the world, and imagine new possibilities. That's where this book will help. 
  "This practical and funny book can help anyone find their creative spark. Equally important, it will make you smile" - Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WHEN, TO SELL IS HUMAN, and DRIVE. 
  You might not be an artist, but everyday creativity is in you. In a good way, like a deliciously warm meal, not an alien-took-over-your-body way. When you make a presentation plant a garden, braid your unicorn's mane, or sneak vegetables into smoothies - youre practicing creativity and building resilience. Every step into creativity forces you to face failure, judgment, and confront uncertainty with a positive attitude.Use the five effortless habits to leap over the obstacle of judgment, to solve more problems, take small risks for huge leaps, and feel more confident and challenged in life and work. Not only will you reap the benefits, but you will give others permission to do the same. If you exercise your creativity every day you can change your brain, change your life.

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  On Privacy - Twenty Lessons to...

  Lawrence Cappello

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  This short, powerful book provides practical advice on how to protect yourself in the information age. Living today means most of us must contend with things like workplace surveillance, cyberstalking, ransomware attacks, and facial recognition. But it's not too late to protect our privacy. Written in blunt, jargon-free prose, On Privacy defines today’s privacy landscape while also reminding readers of the joys of keeping things to ourselves—that privacy creates space for intimacy, is essential to mental health, and is a fundamental right in a free society.  Explored among the book's lessons are concepts like: .The Nothing-to-Hide Trap .How we become prisoners of our recorded past .The ways small data points about us can paint revealing pictures .How Big Brother is in fact real .Why we should insist on privacy by design .How to make ensuring privacy something that is profitable.  Each lesson ends with advice on how to talk about a given aspect of privacy and how to take actionable steps to safeguard yourself. On Privacy is small book with a big message about why privacy matters, who profits by invading it, and how best to defend yours in easy, everyday ways.

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