Life Crisis

Skiing With Demons III, the third book in this best-selling series, sees our ageing ski-bum continue to battle his demons in the Alps, the Lake District and the less mountainous regions around the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield. After a serious skiing accident, our hapless hero sets himself new goals. He needs to take back control of his right foot then learn to walk, to drive his beloved Land Rover Defender and then to ski again. His ultimate goal is to prove to the Ski Club of Great Britain that he can still ski well enough to be one of its leaders. Along the way, our word-gatherer, a ...

The Year of the Metal Rat, 2020. A time of plague, panic, and planetary upheaval. While some masked up and locked down to protect the vulnerable, others weaponized denial, stormed public spaces, and called basic science tyranny. Around the world, truth fractured into echo chambers, and dystopia crept in on viral feet. From inside China's Zero COVID bubble, Jorah Kai chronicles an unforgettable year—one where he swaps classrooms for quarantines and nightly news for neighborhood resilience. As the world burns, he reaches out to friends and frontline voices across the globe, weaving a chorus...

Featured on YouVersion Bible App Devotional Reading Plan. Feeling abandoned, lost or tossed about? Maybe you even felt like God has hung you out to dry in the desert! Favored Not Forgotten shows you the light about dark seasons in your life. Even the most promising opportunities begin with a "wilderness season." God has never been closer to you than now. Learn how to embrace these seasons of preparation for promotion. Learn how to Embrace the Season, Thrive in Obscurity, and Activate your Purpose in this exciting promise from God, and always remember that you are Favored, Not Forgotten.

The Modern Midlife Manifesto: How to Reinvent Your Life, Career, and Purpose at 40, 50, and Beyond Midlife isn’t a crisis. It’s your greatest opportunity. Forget everything you’ve heard about "over the hill." Today, your 40s, 50s, and 60s can be the most powerful, fulfilling decades of your life — if you know how to navigate them with intention, clarity, and courage. The Modern Midlife Manifesto is your roadmap to personal reinvention, helping you design a second act filled with purpose, passion, and possibility. Drawing on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, longevity,...

This audiobook explains based on science and facts how you can be the solution to the big crises we will face to cover our basic needs (food, water, health). It’s just a question of time before the next economic crisis. In the coming years, we will all directly suffer from climate change in one way or another including our kids and grandkids. The rich get richer, banks steal from us, while so many don’t even have decent food or health care.... There is an alternative system in which you can lead toward a solution to these crises.

Mid-career crises are on the rise. It’s no wonder: working lives are getting longer, 'jobs for life' are a thing of the past, and there’s more opportunity than ever before to change role, companies or careers. As a result, more people are questioning whether their work is truly serving them – in emotional, spiritual, and practical terms. Yet mid-career crises can also become the springboard to finding greater meaningfulness at work, resulting in huge psychological and performance benefits.

She moved to a fifty-five and older community intending to enjoy an early retirement – instead she found love! Julie My kids think I’m crazy moving to the Silver Falls Active Living Community after my job offers me a buyout to retire early. They don’t understand my need to downsize and enjoy a simple, uncomplicated life. After a lifetime of working fulltime and taking care of my kids as a single mom, I’m ready for some “me time”. I soon learn that Silver Falls is nicknamed “Silver Fox Falls” due to the abundance of handsome older bachelors. But I’m not interested in ...

In an era where transformation is the only constant, Generation X stands at the forefront of a unique midlife transition. Born into a world on the cusp of technological revolutions, we've navigated the shift from rotary phones to smartphones, from libraries to the limitless expanse of the internet. But “Generation X: The Art of Midlife Mastery with Machiavelli’s The Prince” is not just another tome in the self-help genre. It’s a deep dive into the essence of navigating midlife with a guide who has transcended centuries—Niccolò Machiavelli. This book speaks to the Gen Xer who ...

Will I ever feel like "me" again? Am I on the right track? How will I reach my dreams and find happiness? Based on her comprehensive qualitative research, Suzy Ross identifies 13 phases of personal transformation - processes that form an upright figure eight - to guide you along your path toward wholeness. Listeners will learn the map by entering into the stories of two ordinary individuals who face life-changing experiences that bring them into and through the depths of crisis to emerge transformed and whole.

Working in A&E is a challenging job, but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The stress on the NHS was huge and for the first time in her life, the job was going to take a toll on Louise herself.

Mike's marriage is on the rocks, and he’s willing to do anything to save it—even attend sex addiction meetings. But when he meets Ida, a mysterious woman with a magnetic pull, his world spirals into chaos. Drawn into her intoxicating lifestyle, Mike begins to lose sight of the man he once was. Ida offers a life of excitement and liberation, but it comes at a price. His family or this new, thrilling life—how can he choose? Will Mike sacrifice everything for a woman he barely knows?

He’s just the demon to bring out her magic powers… Raised as a “normal”, it was easy for Jane to forget that she came from a long line of witches. Her mother always told her that the magic skipped their branch of the family tree but lately Jane’s starting to wonder if that’s really true. Her fortieth birthday is coming up on Halloween, and a lot of really weird things have been happening. A black cat starts following her around. She pictures her ex-boyfriend as a toad and suddenly he’s croaking and eating flies. Oh, and there’s the pesky little problem of accidentally ...

When we experience trauma, our suffering can feel as though it will endure forever. We lose faith and become detached from our hopes of a life filled with joy and possibilities. Our feelings lead us into destructive habits that aggravate our emotional wounds and cause the formation of mental scars. In this book, Flaviana shares practical, straightforward advice for tending to our emotional wounds, by showing us how to diagnose the root cause, treat and tend to our wounds, and practice aftercare to prevent any further inflammation. You’ll discover that you’re stronger than you know.

What do you do when life knocks you off balance? Sara, a senior at Michigan State University, is looking forward to graduation and starting her life with her fiancé when he breaks off the engagement. Joy, a ballet instructor, is happily married and expecting her third child when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Esther is planning on continuing at her current place of employment until retirement when she finds herself unemployed with few job skills. Each needs to find a “new normal” and regain their balance on this high wire we call life. Dancing on a High Wire will show you how ...

Charmain Bynoe, a council housing officer for the London borough of Southwark, inspired the nation when she appeared on the TV series Council House Britain. Now, in The Estate, she shines a light on the challenges faced by so many of our citizens and provides heartwarming and inspirational stories of how they have been helped to help themselves.

Emily Atack was flung to fame at just 17, as the girl-next-door character in The Inbetweeners. Almost 10 years later, she won over the nation on I'm a Celebrity Get Me out of Here with her cracking impersonations, epic bravery in the Bushtucker trials and general positivity. Now, in her first book, Emily digs deep and reveals the hilarious highs and the heartbreaking lows that rocked the years between.

As a doctor running the intensive care unit at one of London's top hospitals, Jim Down has spent his life working as healthcare's last resort, where the unexpected is always around the corner and life and death decisions are an everyday occurrence. But nothing had prepared Jim and his team for the events of spring 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic descended.

Overcome by "the pall", Henry seeks escape in a quest for love and purpose occasioned by a crisis in his company's fortunes. Dodging an Iago-like rival, he finds love with a colleague in his department, endangers his bond with his family, and finally confronts the single urgent question of his life.

Esta breve guía le permitirá aplicar lo imposible en el momento de la verdad, solo porque muchas personas en el mundo, jóvenes y mayores, se encuentran con el mismo torbellino en la vida y en lugar de hacer lo que se supone que deben hacer, luchan, se ponen nerviosos, ansiosos, deprimidos, comienzan a tener enojos y con eso complican más el torbellino.

A new wave of financial reformers has infiltrated our public institutions at both the state and national levels. A growing army of self-proclaimed activists, philanthropists, and politicians has infiltrated not only the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the FDIC, the Treasury, and other regulatory agencies. This explosive new book from New York Times best-selling author Jay W. Richards reveals the shocking truth. This startling account walks you through America's government and financial industry from the inside out.