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  Belonging Matters -...

  Julie Ryan McGue

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  Belonging Matters is meant to support the adoption community while creating a conversation with those not directly touched by adoption. The collection addresses the questions: 
  —If you are part of the adoption universe, how do you find identity, family, and community 
  —If someone you know is adopted, how do you understand and support them in their search for identity, family, and belonging 
  —How do we improve the adoption experience to invoke social change that benefits the individual, the family unit, and the communities in which they live? 
   
  This collection is about examining all that makes us unique, and it is about finding meaning and healing from the difficulties we encounter in life. 
   
  Author: Julie Ryan McGue is an American writer. She is a domestic adoptee and an identical twin. Her award-winning memoir, Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging, was released in May 2021. It is about her five-year search to locate birth relatives, family medical history and personal background. In Julie’s weekly blog and monthly column (The Beacher Newspapers), she writes about finding out who you are and where you belong and making sense of it. Her work has appeared in the Story Circle Network Journal, Brevity Nonfiction Blog, Imprint News, Adoption.com, Lifetime Adoption Adoptive Families Blog, Adoption & Beyond, and Severance Magazine. Her personal essays have appeared in several anthologies: Real Women Write: Seeing Through Her Eyes (Story Circle Network), and Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis (She Writes Press, 2022). Julie holds a BA in psychology from Indiana University and an MM in marketing and finance from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University. She splits her time between northwest Indiana and Sarasota, Florida.

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  Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy...

  Yogani

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  The premise of Yoga is simple. There is an outer reality and an inner one, and our nervous system is the doorway between them. Effective Yoga practices stimulate and open that doorway. The result? Peace, creativity, happiness, and a steady rise of ecstatic bliss radiating from within us... 
  Advanced Yoga Practices (AYP) brings together the most effective methods of Yoga in a flexible integrated system that anyone can use. Instructions are given in plain English for deep meditation, spinal breathing pranayama, bodily manipulations (asanas, mudras and bandhas), tantric sexual practices, and other methods that are systematically applied to swing open the door of our nervous system to permanent higher experience. This is a non-sectarian approach that is compatible with any belief system or religious background. 
  There are over 240 easy-to-follow lessons here, including many hands-on questions and answers between Yoga practitioners and the author. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran in Yoga, the AYP lessons can serve as a useful resource as you travel along your chosen path. 
  Extensive reader feedback is provided in the book.

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  Lockerbie - A Father’s Search...

  Peter Biddulph, Jim Swire

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  Now a Major Sky TV Series starring Colin Firth 
  The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until his death in 2012. 
  Among the passengers was Flora, beloved daughter of Dr Jim Swire. Jim accepted American claims that Libya was responsible, but during the Lockerbie Trial he began to distrust key witnesses and supposed firm evidence. Since then it has been revealed that the USA paid millions of dollars to two central identification witnesses, and the only forensic evidence central to the prosecution has been discredited. 
  The book takes us along Dr. Swire’s journey as his initial grief and loss becomes a campaign to uncover the truth behind not only a personal tragedy but one of the modern world’s most shocking events. 
  'A shattering tale of grief and love' – Daily Mail

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  Getting to the ROOT of the Cause...

  Dr. Christine Rahm

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  Dr. Christina Rahm provides a comprehensive guide to uncovering the true causes of underlying health issues including detailed explanations of the root causes of various diseases and syndromes. 
  This book will help readers identify the source of their ailments with targeted solutions. It also offers practical advice on lifestyle changes and lifestyle adjustments that can help improve overall health and wellness. Dr. Rahm's holistic approach analyzes the body as a whole and seeks to understand the root causes of illness. With her guidance, readers can finally heal their health issues and take the necessary steps to achieve better health and wellbeing.

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  The Joy of Advent - Family...

  Rebecca Grabill, Stephen Graybill

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  "One thing I know for sure: This will be a book that gets passed down through the generations."—Catholic Mom
  The Joy of Advent is an easy, guided celebration of Advent and Christmas for any family that hopes to bring richness and meaning into the holiday season.
  
  From Advent through Epiphany, activities for all ages including daily Bible readings, reflections, songs, and prayers, provide a guided celebration that will infuse depth and delight throughout the Advent and Christmastide season. The Joy of Advent gives families the opportunity to come together and focus their hearts on the scarlet thread of Christmas—the story of God's love through the history of salvation—to create poignant memories and beloved traditions.
  
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  - Create meaningful traditions and activities that family members will enjoy year after year.
  - Experience companionship through accessible readings and thoughtful reflections.
  - Appreciate the amazing story of God's redemptive work in the world.
  - Have every day moments transformed into lasting memories of rich spiritual significance.
  - Extend the celebration of Christmas through the full Twelve Days of Christmas. 
  Features of The Joy of Advent:
  
  • PERFECT GIFT for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany celebrations, and St. Nicolas exchange.
  
  • TIMELESSLY CLASSIC PACKAGING: With a beautifully ageless, full-color, holiday design, this family activity book is perfect for decorating a coffee table or bookshelf, and the sturdy hardcover package ensures durability.
  
  • DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS: This book includes family devotions and reflection questions for different age levels, and activities the whole family can enjoy together.
  For FREE RESOURCES and Additional Activities visit: joyofadvent.com 

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  Beat Stress at Work - How to...

  Mark Simmonds

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  For some, there is a high price to pay for ambition and success. The toll it can take on our mental health can be significant, particularly if we are born with the 'Worry' gene. 
   
  In Beat Stress at Work, management trainer Mark Simmonds helps you understand the effects stress and anxiety can have on your mental health and provides tools and advice to find your way through work-induced struggles. 
   
  Through sharing his own brutally honest journey and using his corporate experience, Mark sheds light on the difficulty of discussing mental health with colleagues and employers and identifies the best ways for navigating your way through a mental health crisis. The book: 
  • Encourages you to maintain positive mental health by better understanding yourself and finding a career that suits your most authentic self. 
  • Shows you how to return safely to the workplace after a period of mental ill health and communicate effectively with your peers and managers. 
  • Demonstrates how your resilience 'muscle' can help you fulfil your ambitions in the professional arena, while being mindful of your mental health. 
  • Pinpoints some of the key lessons from COVID-19 about stress management and the working environment. 
   
  Through the advice in this book, you will learn that your mental health issues may not be the barriers you view them as but may hold value in the workplace. Mark shows you that it is possible to be ambitious and successful at work because of, not in spite of, the mental health challenges you may face. 
   
  'This powerful book will help you tackle stress and learn more about yourself in the process' Sir Clive Woodward OBE

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