Personal Crisis

The Power of Suffering is psychologist David Roland’s personal investigation into the nature of human suffering. When our world is turned upside down, what does it do to us, how do we survive it, and, most importantly, how can we grow as a result? David takes the lived experience of eleven incredible people and follows them along each step of their journey from crisis through to acceptance and triumph. Within each story, David draws on his own experience of life-altering trauma and clinical research to offer insights we all can gain from.

Before you can lead change, you must first learn to communicate effectively.Sync or Swim will help you: break through apathy and cynicism to inspire teamwork; empower and energize frustrated colleagues; and create an engaging work environment.

With over two decades’ experience both observing and interpreting how people channel disaster into opportunity in the most extreme circumstances and environments on Earth, Ben Ramalingam has a unique vantage point from which to identify the key principles that can enable anyone to use stress as an opportunity for change. In Upshift, Ramalingam distils this expertise into an insightful, powerful, and engaging book that will show you how to reframe your set responses to stress and pressure and instead use them to harness the potential they hold.

A major investor is on line one, CNN is on line two, and social media is exploding in anger. When you're a "leader under fire", the next few moments can be an incredible opportunity...or they can destroy your career. In the past, companies prepared for crisis with expensive, static crisis communications plans. The pace was slower. You had time to process and plan a response with your senior team and lawyers. But those old-school plans don't work anymore.

This audiobook will show you how to turn a midlife crisis into a time period of self-discovery, a chance to gather your strengths and to rise up to become the woman you were always meant to be.

This book is a sharp-witted, deeply personal journey penned by Jason Donnelly into the heart of a modern mid-life crisis. This book is not just another clichéd self-help guide but a rollicking tale of transformation through unexpected methods, primarily, the shockingly cold world of ice bathing.

For decades, Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn have championed simplicity as a competitive advantage and a consumer right. Consulting with businesses and organizations around the world to streamline products, services, processes and communications, they have achieved dramatic results.

In 2006, Matthew Specktor moved into a crumbling Los Angeles apartment opposite the one in which F. Scott Fitzgerald spent the last moments of his life. Fitz had been Specktor's first literary idol, someone whose own passage through Hollywood had, allegedly, broken him. Freshly divorced, professionally flailing, and reeling from his mother's cancer diagnosis, Specktor was feeling unmoored. But rather than giving in or "cracking up", he embarked on an obsessive journey to make sense of the mythologies of "success" and "failure" that haunt the artist's life and the American imagination.

"Was soll denn so schlimm daran sein, 60 zu werden? Habe ich ein Problem damit? Ganz ehrlich: NEIN. Lasst uns unser Alter feiern!" Katja Burkard

Die bevölkerungsstärksten Generationen in Deutschland gehen stramm auf die 60 zu. In den Köpfen vieler Frauen ist die "6" vor dem eigenen Alter immer noch das große Schreckgespenst: Jetzt bin ich alt, jetzt geht nichts mehr. "Was für ein Quatsch!", sagt Katja Burkard.

In The Comfort Crisis (2021), Michal Easter explains why it’s so important to shut down the outside world and reconnect with nature, for all the benefits it provides for our relationships and our physical and mental health. The world we live in today is embedded in comfort, routine, and fake pleasures. It tries to shift our priorities and alter them, by keeping us focused on the hustle of our daily lives.

Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis focuses on three things leaders need to do when change and adversity strike: take care of their people, take care of themselves, and prepare for the future. And they must do it all with a sense of grace—calmly, collectedly, and compassionately. This book provides a roadmap for leaders seeking to create community as they meet the coming challenges with dignity and grace.

Are you one of millions of people losing regular income? Do you need to start earning money from home and spending it wisely? Do you want to know why most of the 57 million US freelancers do not want to return to nine-to-five jobs? Have you ever dreamed to become a successful entrepreneur? Online livelihoods are a growing industry (15 percent in 2019), and in this audiobook, I’ll show you how you can create a sustainable income by working online and save thousands a year.

If you’re going through a rough time and feel at a loss, this book is for you! Finding Your Way presents Drake Taylor’s unique perspective on life, encompassing lessons he learned over years of experience. Out of his “darkest days” came a wealth of tools for navigating through stormy waters and difficult times. Here you will find encouragement as well as tips for improving your life and relationships. Designed to pick people up, this book lays out principles for changing your thinking, setting goals, and planning for ultimate success.

Raus aus der Komfortzone! Die Komfort-Krise zeigt, wie unser moderner Lebensstil uns schadet. Erfahren Sie, warum Komfort die Gesundheit bedroht! Michael Easter zeigt Ihnen in diesem fesselnden Hörbuch, wie Sie Ihre Gesundheit und Ihr Glück durch das gezielte Erleben von Unbehagen dramatisch verbessern können. Durch eine Fülle von wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen, Erfahrungsberichten und Interviews mit führenden Experten aus verschiedenen Bereichen bietet Easter fundierte Einsichten und praktische Wege, um aus der Komfortzone auszubrechen und das Leben in seiner ganzen Vielfalt zu erfahren.

Vivimos tiempos llenos de incertidumbre, inquietudes y muchas dudas. El coronavirus llegó como amenaza mundial para nublar los corazones y robarnos la calma, nos lleva a quedarnos en casa para cuidar nuestra salud y proteger a nuestros seres más queridos. ¿Qué hacer ante esta amenaza invisible? ¿Cómo cuidarnos sin perder la tranquilidad? ¿Saldremos adelante de esta situación de miedo, tensión, angustia?

Through candid reflections and thorough research, brings to light the silent struggles many men face as they navigate the tumultuous waters of middle age. From the personal account of his own crisis sparked by the death of a close friend, to his contemplation on the state of his marriage and the existential dread of aging, Finley’s narrative is both relatable and profound.

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The American mental health system is in crisis, and those affected by its shortcomings are drowning without the tools and resources they deserve and need to thrive. In Born into Crisis, author Kenneth Nixon shares his story of growing up with a mother with severe mental illness and a family stuck in an enduring cycle of trauma. He knows firsthand the impact trauma can have on a person's life. Kenneth not only takes you on a powerful journey through his stories, he provides cogent and practical strategies for creating lasting change in our mental health system.

Más allá del miedo, las emociones que se mueven en una crisis como esta abarcan un espectro más amplio. ¿Cuáles son las demás emociones que nos invaden y qué papel están desempeñando? ¿Cómo podemos gestionar esta crisis y las que vendrán a nivel emocional, a nivel de recursos sanitarios y de salud mental, a nivel de cuidados comunitarios y comunitaristas? El impacto mundial de esta pandemia es tan nuevo y tan inesperado que no sabemos por dónde irán los acontecimientos.

Everybody messes up. In relationships. In business. In life. It's a fact of human nature that we're flawed. People aren't inherently bad, but humans tend to do a lot of bad things. Everyone has engaged in behavior they're not proud of. We all have secrets, and we're all prone to traits and impulses we wish we didn't have. History, literature, and music for centuries have given us examples of falls from grace, tragedies, and fatal flaws.