Résultats Éditeur "Phoenix Books" dans Développement personnel

Whether on the job or at home, we've all yearned for a way to simplify our lives and become more organized. In A Simpler Way, authors Margaret J. Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers use the latest scientific research to develop new structures to help us become more cooperative, creative, and free. By simplifying our individual worlds, Wheatley and Kellner-Rogers explain that we will inevitably increase our self-assurance, resulting in a continuous cycle of creativity, accomplishment, and learning.

If anyone ever calls you a "towhead," don't be insulted. It only means you have really blond hair and that perhaps you need to expand your vocabulary. Word Power will help you do just that. You'll listen to the definitions and sample uses of 101 challenging words that may have been unfamiliar or confusing to you. Based on the popular series by Peter Funk, this edition is just the first Word Power in a series.

Everyone faces illness. Whether it's a personal health crisis or the sickness a loved one is experiencing, none of us is immune to illness or death. While we can try to ignore the reality, Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen suggests we do the exact opposite: face it. Dr. Bolen shares how illness gives us purpose, guiding us towards finding the truth. By practicing self-compassion, empathy, listening, and learning, we set ourselves on a path to finding hope.

Four women, each diagnosed with breast cancer, were dismayed to learn that the conventional vocabulary for healing is a language characterized by a terminology of warfare and survivorship, and one which is fraught with winners and losers. Speak the Language of Healing is the product of their collective endeavor to develop a new framework for the emotional stages of illness and a new means for its discusson. Their experiences reflect their four different spiritual backgrounds Christian, Jewish, Sufi, and Twelve Step, with each rewriting the combative language of illness.

The country is in a sexual funk. What are we to do about it? Discover the all natural alternative that can improve your sexual health safely at any age. Authors Stuart W. Fine, M.D., and Brenda D. Adderley, M.H.A. examine the causes of decreased sexual desire in men and women and offer a simple 4-step plan for recapturing vigor and improving the sexual health of you and your mate.

What if, all of a sudden, everyone started performing good deeds every day? This inspiring collection presents many true stories of people who've committed, received, and observed voluntary acts of kindness. Hearing their stories reveals how these simple, small acts of goodness can have a profound positive effect in the world. As explained in the text, "every hand we extend, every act of kindness we commit, sends a ripple out into the world that is magnified by every life it encounters."

Bon vivant Ed Victor, premier literary agent to some of the world’s most popular authors (Jack Higgins, Anne Robinson, Nigella Lawson…to name but a few), gained 30 pounds after a little too much of the good life at banquets, parties, and fine restaurants. Knowing that the only way he could diet was to devise his own regimen and with tips from friends, he lost the weight he gained and then some. Here he reveals hints, advice and recipes for weight loss that will inspire you with a whole new look at dieting.

As a star safety for the Los Angeles Rams, Johnnie Johnson's personal approach to the game of football helped him to excel for 10 years. Today, Johnson uses that same personal approach to get ahead in the business world, where he owns 2 companies - a personal development firm and a highly successful real estate agency. Find out the secrets of Johnson's method in this powerful, engaging account, which shows how to take immediate control of your life.

The "web" has become our most powerful ecological image of the interconnectedness of all creatures, yet this image predates science, it is present in every culture's anthology. Chief Seattle said "Whatever man does to the web, he does to himself." Award-winning journalist Richard Louv explores the fragile network that connects people and the strands that make it up: nature, childhood, adulthood, spirit, purpose, and community.

Although it sometimes seems as if we're merely walking the same path as thousands of people before us, everyone walks it their own unique way. Every person we meet, thing we touch, and situation we encounter bears the mark of our distinctive individual selves. This life-affirming guide is for people who are struggling with their direction in the face of constant changes in the family, society, and workplace. The author offers provocative insights and practical advice to help seekers evaluate who they are, what they're doing, and where they'd like to go.

In this powerful program, two of America's top communications experts provide you with the practical techniques and strategies you need to conduct a winning conversation in any business or social situation. Using realistic dialogues, they demonstrate how to employ the art of conversation to enhance your job performance...be at ease and enjoy yourself at social events...persuade and motivate others...and build your communications skills and confidence.

Submitted by readers of Catholic Digest, here are dozens of original accounts of true incidents that illustrate an uplifting portrait of the compassion and kindness for which we all are capable.

There is no higher praise we can give people than to say they have good character. But what really, does this mean? What makes this quality so essential to achieving personal success and fulfillment? More important, how can we build our own character and live more satisfying lives? Reflecting society's diversity, the contributing authors in this unique collection of essays speak from various cultural and professional backgrounds to share their observations on living with integrity, honesty, and compassion.

How do we look to each other as we grow older? This uplifting collection asks men and women to answer this provocative question. The answers, in the form of evocative poetry and prose, reveal the pleasures of growing older and teach us how to remain active and proud, living out our older years to the fullest potential. You'll delight in learning how the changes that we experience in later life can provide wonderful benefits and newfound happiness.

Intuition is that flash of insight that comes out of nowhere when we least expect it. This language of the soul arises from beyond the world of cause and effect as we understand it, and speaks to us directly from our innermost selves. In Living Intuitively, author Bruce Way, an inspirational speaker, writer, consultant, and practicing clairvoyant, shows the listener how to use intuition to enable growth and release creativity. His program includes a series of guided workshops, practical exercises, and meditations.

Are you so accustomed to feeling just "okay" that you've forgotten what it's like to feel really great? Would you like to feel your very best, each and every day, now and for the rest of your life? If the answer is yes you are a candidate for the Medical Makeover. Developed by Dr. Robert M. Giller and presented by Olympic Gold Medalist Bob Seagren, the Medical Makeover is a revolutionary approach to health care.

With generous spirit and a profound sense of hope, Pope John Paul II always spoke to the people of the world in their own language and in a very personal way. In this special recording of his celebration of the Roman Catholic Holy Eucharist and various other liturgical selections, John Paul gives access to a spiritual and theological tradition that is centuries old.

In Sex and the Married Girl, Mandi Norwood speaks to a new generation of married women who crave independence and adventure just as much as they crave commitment. Like a great girls' night out, this smart, sexy, candid guide reveals married girls' most intimate confessions.

CBS news reporter Charles Osgood offers practical and humorous advice that can save the day when one's called upon to speak in public.

The sexual revolution is well behind us - yet many women still don't understand how to get the most from their marriages. In this New York Times best seller, relationship expert Dr. Joyce Brothers tells women how to bridge the Husband Gap and survive the predictable rough passages. Whether you're just about to tie the knot or celebrating your tenth anniversary, this guide offers constructive advice on getting marriage to meet your needs.