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  It's Not Your Fault

  Sally Cook

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  It's Not Your Fault delves into what can only be described as communication nightmares as a patient of the medical system. This true accounts show how fragile the trust between medical practitioner and patient can be and how it can be psychologically compromised bringing about negative effects. For example the author was already half way through her first pregnancy when a well known and respected obstetrician/gynaecologist began treating her for infertility and the possibility of a dangerously big tumour,  That large lump turned out to be a baby,

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  Cuba's Baseball Defectors - The...

  Peter Costa Bjarkman

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  “Takes an inside look into the wave of player departures that has rocked the game both in Cuba and the U.S., while providing historical perspective.” —USA Today   The stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers has become part of Major League Baseball history. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, AL rookie-of-the-year José Abreu, home run derby champion Yoenis Céspedes, radar-gun busting Cincinnati fast-baller Aroldis Chapman, and a handful of others have been further enhanced by feel-good tales of desperate Cuban superstars risking their lives to escape Fidel Castro’s communist realm and chase an American Dream of financial and athletic success. But a truly ugly underbelly to this story has also slowly emerged—one that involves human smuggling operations financed by Miami crime syndicates, operated by Mexican drug cartels, and conveniently ignored by ball clubs endlessly searching for fresh waves of international talent.   Given rare access to Cuba and its ballplayers, Peter C. Bjarkman has spent over twenty years traveling to all corners of the island getting to know the top Cuban stars and witnessing their struggles and triumphs. In this book, Bjarkman places events in the context of Cuban baseball history and tradition before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. He reveals their personal histories, explains the events that led them to defect from their homeland, and details their harrowing journeys to US shores. Players whose big-league dreams failed are also discussed, as are Cuba’s efforts to stem the defection tide through working agreements with the Japanese and Mexican leagues. Cuba’s Baseball Defectors will fascinate baseball fans, those interested in the history of US-Cuba relations, and those wanting to learn more about the unsavory story of human trafficking in the name of baseball glory.   “A revelation . . . an original social history for sports enthusiasts and readers interested in past and future Cuba–U.S. ties.” —Library Journal Includes photos

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  What Happened to Make You...

  LCSW Jaime Castillo

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  Let's face it: anxiety can interfere with every single aspect of your life, from work and family to relationships and finances. Left unchecked, the cycle of anxiety reinforces and perpetuates itself over time, and can leave you feeling paralyzed with fear. 
   
   
   
  In What Happened to Make You Anxious?, anxiety expert Jaime Castillo offers a whole new approach; one that focuses less on avoiding or extinguishing anxiety, and more toward understanding and working with it to create a fulfilling, meaningful life. You'll learn how your anxiety is connected to what Castillo refers to as "little 't' traumas"—seemingly small, unhealed traumas from your past that drive your fear and worry, so you can get to the root of your anxiety and start healing. 
   
   
   
  Your anxiety works overtime communicating perceived threats; this book will show you how to listen to anxiety, discern which threats are real, which don't fit the actual facts of the situation, and which are triggered by past events. 
   
   
   
  You've tried managing it on your own. You may have even received treatment. If you're at your wit's end when it comes to your anxiety, this book will show you a new path toward lasting relief.

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  Neurosculpting for New Habits -...

  Lisa Wimberger

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  Tools for Harnessing Your Brain’s Innate Power to Learn New Habits   What is the number one factor for determining career success and personal fulfillment? The answer isn’t genius, willpower, or passion—it’s habit. “The human brain is a champion for forming habits,” teaches Lisa Wimberger. “Yet that essential quality can also get us stuck in self-sabotaging patterns.” With Neurosculpting for New Habits, this dynamic teacher brings you two sessions of scientific insights and highly effective practices for rewiring your brain to promote healthy, self-empowering behaviors, including:   • How the brain forms habits—and why it retains unhealthy ones • The crucial role of managing stress when creating healthy habits • Intention, focus, action, and repetition—four steps for mastering habits, with mindfulness-based meditations for each step   Advances in neuroscience have transformed our understanding of the way our brain acquires and reinforces habits. Lisa Wimberger’s Neurosculpting® uses proven techniques to consciously direct your brain’s natural processes for learning and changing. Join her to learn this powerful approach for breaking unwanted behaviors—and instilling the habits that serve you in creating the life you choose.  

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  Financial Intimacy - The...

  Chloe Henderson

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  Money is one of the biggest sources of tension in relationships — yet few couples ever learn how to talk about it. Arguments about spending, saving, or debt can leave you feeling misunderstood, anxious, and disconnected from the person you love most. 
  In Financial Intimacy, relationship expert Dr. Evelyn Reed shows you how to stop fighting about money and start building a financial partnership based on trust, teamwork, and shared goals. This isn’t another budgeting manual — it’s a practical, science-backed guide to transforming financial conflict into connection. 
  You’ll learn how to:Master calm, productive money conversations with the 4-Step Non-Confrontational Dialogue.Understand your “money personality” and the hidden beliefs driving your financial behavior.Use the “Yours, Mine, Ours” system to balance independence and teamwork.Create a Couple’s Money Mission Statement to align your finances with your values.Conquer debt together and invest wisely using simple, proven strategies.Rebuild trust and transparency after financial secrets or mistakes. 
  Whether you’re newly together or decades into your relationship, Financial Intimacy gives you the tools to replace financial stress with confidence, clarity, and deeper connection. 
  Stop letting money come between you — and start building the secure, thriving future you both deserve.

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  Eighteen Months in the War Zone:...

  Kate John Finzi

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  But it is not for those who heard the call in the later months so much as in memory of those early heroes of Mons, who knew the bitterness of a valiant retreat, the horror of forced marches along parched roads, with only the prod of the next man's bayonet to keep him awake, and only a flap cut from the tail of his shirt between the pitiless sun and the dreaded delirium that would leave him a prey to the Huns' barbarities; in memory of these it is that I take up the pen to run the gauntlet of a thousand critical eyes on a way fraught with difficulties. ~ Kate John Finzi

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