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In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle show how the amygdala and cortex (both key parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison, the cortex is the center of “worry.” That is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen.

With over twenty years of experience as a successful career consultant and life coach through her practice FlexCareers Consulting, parenting three adult children, and teaching college students, author Christine Fruehwirth knows what it takes to push through life’s challenges and come out on the other side with a better understanding of yourself and your purpose in life.

Alone in the Northwoods, Norry Last settles in for another springtime lull at the remote resort she inherited from her father. She’s content with the solitude, maybe resigned. But when a blizzard hits, those little cabins by the lake start to fill up fast. First to arrive is Lizzie, an eight-year-old with resilience and wisdom beyond her years, neglected by a mother struggling with addiction. Next comes Wendell, a cantankerous old fellow whose house collapses in the storm, the same way hope collapsed inside him long before.

Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse - a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers.

Given the sometimes extraordinary politicization of culture, it is surprising that Sesame Street has gained acceptance and legitimacy in more than fifty countries. Sesame Street's global success raises two questions. First, how does a US icon like Sesame Street spread around the world, gaining...

Support clients' growth and expansion with cutting-edge, polyvagal-informed interventions. Post-traumatic growth refers to the personal transformation which sometimes occurs after trauma. With an understanding of Polyvagal Theory, a well-informed mental health clinician can support their clients...

Enjoy the Sacred Wisdom of Witchcraft Every Day Connect with your witchy self each and every day using quick, easy, and fun practices. This handy book features simple yet meaningful ways to integrate witchcraft into your daily life, inspiring you to take your magic to a new level whether you're...

A moving and penetrating memoir of a life in biography from the Pulitzer Prize winner and “gifted storyteller” (Judith Thurman, The New Yorker). Megan Marshall’s innovative books, including The Peabody Sisters and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Margaret Fuller, are treasured works of...

Becoming Beloveds is a “relationship retreat” to evolve a new understanding of love in your life. Written as a lyrical and insightful journey, begin by exploring the puzzle hidden in the word beloved and why it is such a powerful term to describe yourself and a partner. Becoming Beloveds combines the best of Joseph Campbell hero’s journey with Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in a modern evolution of love. Become more conscious, aware, untethered to the past and committed to building a beloved relationship in your life.

Let these stories lead your child into a world where every mystery is rooted in true events, every adventure connects to scientific facts, and every chapter ends with a Truth Box that explains the science behind it. This audiobook is perfect for kids who love horse mysteries, animal detective stories, inspiring true events, adventure and survival stories, engaging chapters, pony stories and wild mustangs, bedtime mysteries with real science, and unbelievable but true discoveries!

Caroline Evans, a recently widowed mother of two, thinks things have finally fallen into place when she meets the charismatic Anthony Fleming. They are quickly married, and she and her two children move into his luxury apartment in the legendary Rockwell on Central Park West. Caroline dismisses the oddities of their new neighbors as pleasant eccentricities - until things begin to change.

Reformed art forger Tilda Goodnight reluctantly joins forces with semi-reformed con man Davy Dempsey. They want to steal a dubious painting and several million embezzled dollars from a lethal widow named Clea, who has targeted a mild-mannered art collector as her next dearly departed. Complications include her sister, the female impersonator; his best friend, the reformed cat burglar; a recidivist embezzler named Rabbit; a hit man; some lousy sex; and a juke box.

At first, June appears to be the ideal California girl - blond hair, blue eyes, a production assistant at a film company, and married to a hot property about to get his doctorate - but she abandons her home and job to follow her husband to Bulgaria. Within a month of their arrival, June turns 30 and her husband leaves her for a young local girl. As difficult as it is for her to be without him and virtually friendless in a country on the verge of civil war, June doesn't run home.

With rich, pure prose Hoffman charts the progress of Gretel Samuelson from the time she is a young girl already acquainted with betrayal and grief, until she finally leaves home. Gretel's sly, funny, knowing perspective is at the heart of this collection, as she navigates through loyalty and loss with the help of an unforgettable trio of women: her best friend, Jill, her romance-addled cousin Margot, and her mother, Franny, whose spiritual journey affects them all.

Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and then get out of Temptation, Ohio. Mayor Phin Tucker wants to play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. But when Sophie and Phin meet, they both get more than they want. Gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, vehicular abuse of a corpse, and slightly perverse but excellent sex: all hell breaks loose in Temptation.

Here's the PERFECT, uplifting, beautifully-curated gift for the horse lover in your family! Do you have a child or teen who LOVES horses? Want to learn about the most famous horses in the world? Ready for some adventure on horseback? Looking for an enjoyable book the whole family will love?

Mothering Pirates is a descendant’s story born in history and wrapped in a tale of best friends. River Grey is the third great- granddaughter of the famous pirate Anne Bonny. Her best friend, Lexington O’Malley is the third great-granddaughter of The Pirate Queen of Ireland, Grace O’Malley. Both are redheads leading ordinary lives in Kinsale, Ireland, one a journalist and one an ER nurse. An invitation to do a story about the California Delta sends River on an adventure complete with life on a floating house and a band of river pirates, all descendants of pirates.

Written in engaging prose with all the intrigue and suspense of a detective tale, Alias Agnes chronicles the lives of women at the cusp of the twentieth century—the opportunities that beckoned them and the challenges that thwarted their dreams.

At the Vis Ta Vie inn, Reneé and Jean-Paul De La Rue face the daunting decision to close their beloved home for good. They’re not the only ones going through a season of change, though. Their guests include three couples in crisis: Hollywood celebs Leo and Penny are spending their silver anniversary together while on the cusp of divorce. Lucy, a practical-minded therapist, and Henry, an astronomer with his head in the stars, are struggling to find common ground.

Discover a new path to holistic freedom from anxiety and stress - even if you've struggled for years. Simple Vagus Nerve Exercises introduces a step-by-step guide to harnessing the power of the vagus nerve, offering a pathway to better mental and physical health.