Self World

Bedeutet Dicksein automatisch Schwäche, Faulheit, weniger Leistung? Heide Fuhljahn über Körperscham, Body Positivity–und die Frage, wo gesellschaftliche Verantwortung beginnt.

The ultimate adulting guide for every teen and young adult – empower yourself with over 15 life skills today! Let’s face it, adulting is hard. While this might sound like a cliché, it does ring with truth. The moment your childhood years come to an end, you face a transitionary period of life – the teenage years – when you have to figure out where you fit. And in all this, you also need to struggle with the idea of living independently, preparing yourself for the life ahead.

Cynthia Garner is a doctor of body-mind health, a somatic psychotherapist, a single mother who survived an emotionally abusive relationship through mental illness, and a former classroom teacher turned mindfulness instructor. In this book, she shares her life experience and expertise to provide a field-tested pathway for turning poison into medicine and reclaiming a sense of agency in these troubled times.

Author Brenda Knight, part of the team who made the world a better place with Random Acts of Kindness as well as a little more thankful with The Grateful Table, writes "At the end of life, I feel sure having lots of money, fancy cars, and real estate is not nearly as important as how much love you gave to the world." This realization was the inspiration for Be a Good in the World, a book of "good days" filled with ideas for making a difference.

Success and happiness are not exclusive in terms of concrete goods, even though many view happiness on this basis only. Success and happiness are feelings of contentment, knowing that you have what you want out of life. Therefore, success and happiness can be defined in terms of both the intangible and the tangible. There are many happy people who are unknown, but they are accomplishing things. Some garbage collectors are happy; some millionaires are not. Success and happiness are not necessarily defined in terms of fame and money.

On January 21, 2017, millions of protestors took part in the Women's March, and many of them created a "sea of pink" when they wore knitted pink "pussyhats" in record numbers. The pussyhat swiftly found its place on the cover of Time and The New Yorker, and it ultimately came to symbolize resistance culture. Creator of the Pussyhat Project, Krista Suh, took an idea and built a worldwide movement and symbol in just two months. But like so many women, Krista spent years letting her fears stop her from learning to live by her own rules.

Insightful and encouraging, this book offers practical, real-world solutions to persistent problems associated with being the hands and feet of Jesus in a hurting world.

Are you ready to learn how to manage your personal energy frequency for the purpose of personal and global transformation? The Art of Conscious Creation gives you the simple yet extraordinary techniques to "consciously create" the life you yearn for and desire! This compelling book reveals the 25 universal guiding principles that lead to a happier, more fulfilling, prosperous, and struggle-free life.

Marcus uses the power of his voice to shine a light on the injustices that he cares passionately about, and now he wants to help you find the power in yours! From surrounding yourself with the right team, to showing kindness to those around you, to celebrating and championing difference, You Can Do It shows you that your voice really does matter and that you can do anything you put your mind to. You don't have to be an international footballer to make a difference—even the smallest changes can have the biggest impact.

After experiencing career humiliation in 2006, Leesa Ward embarked on a journey of growth, discovery, and personal development. She discovered that her calling is to help people move on from being humiliated and shamed by their careers. In Get Over Being Humiliated, women learn how to practice gratitude and thankfulness as a way of healing, create the best support system of people who inspire them, change their mindset from one of guilt and self-deprecation to one of empowerment, forgive themselves, and ask forgiveness from those around them.

What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want - and then invent it? Well, we can. Think of the wealth of technological resources already available to us. The computing power in that smartphone in your pocket could have guided 120 million Apollo-era spacecraft to the Moon and back. A gigabyte of memory cost $300,000 in the 1980s - today, it costs a fraction of a penny. Now, try to imagine 2050, when your computing devices will be a million times more powerful or available at one-millionth of today's prices.

Are you a teenager stepping into the maze of adulthood, feeling overwhelmed and uncertain? Embark on a transformative journey with seasoned counselor Claire Leeson as she unveils the secrets to conquering the modern world! Discover the confidence to tackle college, career, and life head-on. This guide empowers you with essential life skills, revealing the hidden strengths you already possess. Say goodbye to insecurity and embrace your independence.

Te seré sincero, yo también he tenido muchos bajones, a veces resulta difícil superarlos, todo porque no contamos con la autoestima o la autoconfianza necesaria para salir adelante, y de repente entramos en un abismo, caemos más y más, hay personas que incluso terminan con su vida. No dejemos que esto se repita, tu y yo y cualquier persona en el mundo es capaz de salir adelante.

Wie können Sie aus einem begrenzten ein außergewöhnliches Leben machen? Wie gelingt es Ihnen, nicht einfach routine-trunken vor sich hinzuleben und hinzuarbeiten, sondern Spuren in dieser Welt zu hinterlassen? Das neue Buch von Bestsellerautor und Managementvordenker Peter Kreuz ist ein leidenschaftliches, inspirierend-freches Plädoyer für den intelligenten Bruch mit einem So-macht-man-das-halt-normalerweise-Leben.

Every great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly - he lived in eight different cities before he was 16 years old. Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her “perfect” older brother Francis. And Jean-Michel Basquiat triumphed over poverty to become one of the world’s most influential artists.

Today's organizations are collaborative. With old command-and-control methods replaced by openness and transparency, networking has become an essential professional skill expected of everyone at every level. Unveiling eight indispensable competencies for the new network-oriented workforce, Strategic Connections provides practical advice for building better, more productive business relationships.

This book aims to equip you for a life of independence. From setting up personal goals to navigating through new emotions, Teen Meets World is the ultimate guide of practical life skills that every teen should have.

This audiobook contains the biggest collection of valuable quotes that you will ever find! You can use the quotes you find in this book to help you with ideas, public speaking, and essay-writing prompts.

Wild World, Joyful Heart is both a rally cry and a guidebook for attaining the physical, emotional, and mental health that you deeply desire. Will you use your mind as a bridge or a barrier? This question is the thread that you'll follow through Laurie’s extensive research, clinical experience, and unique story-telling style to create better health and more joy in your everyday life. This book is an invitation to bravely inhabit your life in a whole new way - while your joy, contentment, and wholeness reverberate out to stitch up our wounded world.

When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in time and discover the words of Miguel de Cervantes. But at Still Waters in a Storm, a teacher named Stephen and a group of kids have pushed together tables piled high with books so they can gather round to talk about and translate Cervantes’ classic, Don Quixote de La Mancha. They begin to reimagine Don Quixote as the story of a group of modern-day kids from immigrant families in Brooklyn.