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Adulting is hard—until you have the right skills. No one hands you a manual on how to navigate life after high school. Suddenly, you're expected to manage money, build relationships, stay productive, and handle stress—all without losing your sanity. If you've ever felt unprepared or overwhelmed, Modern Life Skills for Young Adults 2.0 is the guide you need.

In this new novel, beloved best-selling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames - recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her - is beginning to depend far too much on her 27-year-old daughter, Tessa, and is meddling in her life, offering unsolicited and unwelcome advice. Helen’s problems are compounded by her shocking discovery that her mild-mannered and loyal husband was apparently leading a double life.

In a world where the relentless pace of modern life often leaves us feeling disconnected and adrift, ancient wisdom offers an anchor. 31 Proverbs: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times is a journey into the heart of timeless truths that hold the power to transform your life in profound ways.

As a child, Courtney Keiser remembers spirits coming through the mirrored wall in her childhood bedroom trying to calling to her for help. But years of toxic relationships and disconnect separated her from Spirit, and herself, until she finally woke up in her mid-twenties. Dipping a toe back into the realm of emotional and spiritual life, she earned a degree in trauma-informed therapy and began to work with clients.

Modern Loss is all about eradicating the stigma and awkwardness around grief while also focusing on our capacity for resilience and finding meaning. In this interactive guide, Modern Loss cofounder Rebecca Soffer offers candid, practical, and witty advice for confronting a future without your person, honoring their memory, dealing with trigger days, managing your professional life, and navigating new and existing relationships.

Are you tired of being stuck in the same negative habits, but don't know how to change? Do you feel like old fears and unnecessary limitations and are holding you back from getting extraordinary results in your life, but you don't know how to break free? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Neuro Linguistic Programming may be just what you need to create drastic positive change in your life.

Over the years, there’s been so much emphasis placed on the role IQ plays in professional success, that EQ has been relatively ignored. But, now people are starting to take notice, simply because emotional intelligence has such a powerful impact in the business world. Not only can it aid happiness, but it allows relationships to form, reduces conflict, and increases productivity. This bundle will teach you about emotional intelligence and how understanding and mastering your emotions can make significant positive changes that will help you achieve more with your life.

Tao and the Four Pillars of Influence stands apart as a business book. It speaks ancient wisdom to the modern-day leader, while providing practical and tangible actions that lead to high levels of sustainable influence. The book is an easy-to-follow roadmap to creating lasting change in your workplace, community and family, while navigating chaotic and demanding environments.

In a world that prizes success and celebrates achievement, From Setback to Springboard: Failing Forward in a Modern World reveals the hidden power behind failure. This transformative book by Ryan S Sinek shows listeners that failure is not something to fear, but an essential part of the journey toward growth, success, and fulfillment.

"Everyone has secrets, and everyone is living a double life to some degree. The world is held up by lies; if everyone's secrets were to all be revealed tomorrow morning, civilization might collapse." To ascend the social hierarchies and achieve great power, you need to optimize and strategize rather than slog and "work hard" for every day of your life. This is counterproductive since it does not guarantee any beneficial results in the end.

"Everyone has secrets, and everyone is living a double life to some degree. The world is held up by lies; if everyone's secrets were to all be revealed tomorrow morning, civilization might collapse." To ascend the social hierarchies and achieve great power, you need to optimize and strategize rather than slog and "work hard" for every day of your life. This is counterproductive since it does not guarantee any beneficial results in the end.

We are slaves of our mind and actions. Decide to change it, initiate yourself in stoic thinking. Do you wonder how those people with so many misfortunes and obstacles keep smiling? Do you want to be able to master your emotions? Do you want to be really strong? Stoicism gives you the tools to lead an invincible life, to be undefeated in any situation and to get closer to perfection. And get closer to perfection and mastery of yourself in the face of criticism, deception, infidelity, rejection, death...in everything you will remain impassive.

Part of being an executive is leading companies to success. As such, when an executive is experiencing extreme and prolonged stress, anxiety, isolation, and depression - what I’m calling “executive loneliness” - they often do nothing to address it for fear of appearing unsuccessful. Not addressing it exacerbates the negative and difficult feelings to the point where it becomes more and more difficult for them to function. It takes a toll on their whole life.

There's no wrong way to be a woman. There are countless wrong ways to be a man. James Breakwell should know. He's tried just about all of them. Journalism. Pig ownership. Felony lawn gnome theft. Whatever masculinity is supposed to be, this can't be it. But can you really fail at something no one can quite define? Apparently. Now, in a series of funny, sharply observed, and occasionally poignant essays, everyone's favorite internet-famous father of four daughters lays down a lifetime of lessons in what it means to be a man.

What if your biggest fear was actually your greatest opportunity? Most people dread public speaking—but what if you could step on stage, into a boardroom, or in front of a camera with unshakable confidence? From Stage Fright to Standing Ovation is not just another public speaking book—it’s the ultimate blueprint to mastering persuasive communication, audience control, and personal presence. Overcome fear & anxiety—without tricks, gimmicks, or fake confidence. Command attention—so people lean in, listen, and respect your voice.

Are you overwhelmed by the pressures of modern life? Do you find it difficult to remain calm and focused amidst the chaos? Are you searching for wisdom that can help you tackle life's challenges and find inner peace? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you're not alone. Introducing The Stoic Way: Timeless Principles for Modern Life, your comprehensive guide to embracing the stoic mindset and navigating contemporary challenges with confidence and grace.

At a time of astonishing confusion about what it means to be a man, Brad Miner has recovered the oldest and best ideal of manhood: the gentleman. Reviving a thousand-year tradition of chivalry, honor, and heroism, The Compleat Gentleman provides the essential model for 21st-century masculinity.

Learn how to quickly be able to handle any situation, always know what to say, be assertive and charismatic, and build the life you have always wanted. By addressing every conceivable situation in which you may lack confidence, these books will start to create the building blocks of lasting assertiveness and self-assurance throughout the various areas of your life. As women, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the women of the future to take back our power, own our space in the world, and start building our self-confidence.

Wrestling with fear doesn't have to be a negative experience. This book offers an approach to life that unlocks a new way of thinking and being in the world, one that leads directly through the center of the anxieties we seek to avoid. Written in the style of an owner's manual, a guide to being human, Burkett focuses on areas of pain and anxiety as they tend to manifest for modern people: feelings of unworthiness, and issues surrounding sex, money, failure, and even death.

Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved two hours away to Egypt's capitol city of Cairo to live with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven days a week. When she was ten, her captors moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled Shyima with them. Two years later, an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima's servitude - but her journey to true freedom was far from over.