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  Guerrilla Marketing for Writers...

  Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick...

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  Because the battle begins before a book even hits the shelves, an author needs every weapon to get ahead of the competition. Guerrilla Marketing for Writers is packed with proven insights and advice, it details 100 “Classified secrets” that will help authors sell their work before and after it’s published. This life range of weapons-practical low-cost and no-cost marketing techniques-will help authors design a powerful strategy for strengthening their proposals, promoting their books, and maximizing their sales.

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  Stop Overthinking in a 24 7...

  Roger Bergersen

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  Do you ever find yourself staring at the ceiling at 3 AM, replaying conversations or agonizing over decisions? You're not alone. In our hyper-connected, 24/7 world, our brains are working overtime, often trapping us in cycles of worry and what-ifs. This isn't a personal failing; it's a modern epidemic. 'Stop Overthinking in a 24/7 World' is a compassionate and practical guide to breaking free from the mental loops that cause anxiety and drain your energy. It provides a clear system to help you achieve the mental clarity you need to thrive.
  Drawing on the latest in neuroscience and psychology, this book demystifies why your brain gets stuck in rumination and analysis paralysis. It moves beyond simple advice to 'just stop worrying' and offers a concrete, step-by-step system to rewire your thought patterns. You'll learn to identify the five core 'Overthinking Traps,' understand the hidden costs of mental clutter, and discover why 'good enough' is a superpower for effective decision making. This is your manual for operating a calmer, more focused mind in a world that constantly demands your attention. Inside, you'll find immediately applicable techniques like the 'Five-Minute Rule' to spur action before a spiral begins, strategies for curating an 'Information Diet' to reduce mental fuel for overthinking, and physical 'circuit breakers' to interrupt negative thoughts. Whether you're battling perfectionism, seeking approval, or simply overwhelmed by too many choices, this book provides the tools to quiet your mind and build unshakeable confidence in your ability to act.
  If you're ready to trade endless second-guessing for decisive action and replace chronic stress with a profound sense of inner peace, this book is your roadmap. It's time to stop being a prisoner of your own thoughts and start building a life of purpose, focus, and quiet confidence. Reclaim your mental space and discover who you can become when the noise finally quiets.

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  Tremendous Trifles - "Perhaps...

  G K Chesterton

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  A wonderful and whimsical collection of short essays on everything from sketching on brown paper and building toy theatres to the nature of Englishness and faith."Tremendous Trifles contains simply some of the best essays Chesterton ever wrote. They originally appeared in the Daily News, which Chesterton contributed to from 1901 to 1913, and which explains why people bought that paper. Which is an idea so large it spills over into another essay, “A Piece of Chalk.” Here Chesterton describes how he has set out to do some drawing with his chalks, but is distressed to find that he has forgotten his white chalk. White is essential. White is a color. It is not merely the absence of color. It is “a shining and affirmative thing…it draws stars.” As white is to art, so is virtue to religion. Virtue is a positive thing; not merely “the absence of dangers or the avoidance of moral dangers…Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.”In this book, Chesterton looks at the ordinary, common things and asks us to see how extraordinary and uncommon they are. The things in his pockets, the objects in a railway station, the people in the street. With these simple, random things he can defend Christianity, Western Civilization and Democracy. “Whatever is it that we are all looking for?” he asks at the beginning of an essay entitled “A Glimpse of My Country.” He suggests that what we are looking for lies very close; we just don’t manage to see it. It is a theme throughout the book, and throughout Chesterton’s writings that what appears to be a trifle is actually tremendous. In the title essay Chesterton crystallizes this truth in a perfect sentence that would go on to be inscribed on buildings and quoted by popes: “The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”-- Dale Ahlquist, lecture for Chesterton University

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  The Integration Journey - A...

  William B Whitney, Carissa...

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  There are numerous models, theories, and resources on integrating psychology and the Christian faith. But practicing integration in the real world is something else entirely. To move from theory to practice, we need learning informed by experiences, reflection on those experiences, and feedback from others. This integration process is a lifelong journey.
  William B. Whitney and Carissa Dwiwardani offer a fresh approach to integration as embodied, lived, and practical. These two seasoned teachers guide students through the process of theological reflection on psychology as part of their spiritual formation and vocation, requiring each person to incorporate their own stories, culture, and experiences. True integration, the authors contend, should work for justice in our churches, communities, and wider society, with particular attention to the marginalized and oppressed.
  Using guided exercises and prompts for reflection and discussion, The Integration Journey invites students to make their own contributions to constructing a culturally informed, organic model of integration that works for them. The goal of integrative reflection is ultimately to be shaped so that we can better love God and others and work toward God's kingdom here on earth.

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  Testimony Therapy - Decolonizing...

  PhD Makungu M. Akinyela

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  Centering Black culture and community for liberating, anti-racist therapeutic practice. 
   
  This innovative book lays out the journey of family therapist Makungu Akinyela in developing testimony therapy—a healing practice rooted in Black cultural traditions of testifying and storytelling. This book argues that traditional Eurocentric approaches to therapy often perpetuate colonial oppression in the lives of Black clients, and that decolonizing mental health requires centering African American cultural knowledge, history, and community. 
   
  Drawing from thinkers from the Black radical critical tradition like Frantz Fanon and W. E. B. Du Bois, Dr. Akinyela frames testimony therapy as a narrative practice grounded in Ubuntu (the African communal self) and the oral traditions of African diasporic peoples. Testimony Therapy maps out theory, practices, and supervision approaches that help therapists support clients in resisting internalized racism, reclaiming self-definition, and nurturing liberated Black identities. Ultimately, this work is a call for Black therapists and clients to engage therapy as cultural resistance—a pathway to repair our souls and build collective freedom beyond Eurocentric limitations.

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  Neurodiversity Coaching - A...

  Nancy Doyle, Almuth McDowall

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  Neurodiversity Coaching demystifies the themes and assumptions affecting neurodivergent coachee experiences at work, whilst at the same time exploring the necessary safeguards required for working with this vulnerable group. 
   
  The book supports existing coaching practitioners, managers and community leaders to understand the essentials of neurodivergence, a term which encompasses ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and Tourette Syndrome, and how these diagnoses require specific coaching approaches to support individuals to thrive at work. This book is practically focused on the "how", sharing coaching exercises and activities that have been evaluated and researched by authors with extensive experience in the field. Grounded in coaching psychology theory, those with existing knowledge will be able to transfer their skill set to the neurodiversity context and those who are considering learning more about coaching can be signposted to essential knowledge and skills. 
   
  Neurodiversity Coaching will be suitable for independent coaching practitioners and internal organizational coaches and managers seeking a coaching approach.

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