Personal Myth

In “You Just Need to Lose Weight,” Aubrey Gordon equips listeners with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Bringing her dozen years of community organizing and training to bear, Gordon shares the rhetorical approaches she and other organizers employ to not only counter these pernicious myths, but to dismantle the anti-fat bias that so often underpin them.

"All of us have Seven Slices in our lives: our Family Slice, our Professional Slice, our Personal Slice, our Physical Slice, our Intellectual Slice, our Emotional Slice, and our Spiritual Slice. These all need to be served in some fashion - and in serving them, they, in turn, serve us." This concept is at the heart of the method executive coach David McNeff has used to transform the lives and careers of his clients. It begins with two important facts: 1) Stress happens - you can't avoid it; and 2) Your existence is composed of far more than "work" and "life".

What if you have been lied to about money and investing? How soon would you want to find out? A sacred cow is an unquestioned belief that holds people captive and prevents them from having wealth, freedom, or their best life. Most financial books want you to believe building wealth is a game of endurance. They claim that if you just start early enough, cut back and delay long enough, or stay in it for the long haul, then one day, someday, you can have the life you have always wanted… when you retire.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us haunted by feelings of anxiety, despair, and even anger. In this audiobook, pioneering therapist Pauline Boss identifies these vague feelings of distress as caused by ambiguous loss, losses that remain unclear and hard to pin down, and thus have no closure. Collectively the world is grieving as the pandemic continues to change our everyday lives.

In The Homework Myth, nationally known educator and parenting expert Alfie Kohn systematically examines the usual defenses of homework - that it promotes higher achievement, "reinforces" learning, and teaches study skills and responsibility. None of these assumptions, he shows, actually passes the test of research, logic, or experience.

An expanded edition of the classic on creativity by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes guides you through the dark labryinths of the psyche in search of la chispa - the ember that is the elemental source of all creative work. Dr. Estes teaches about the hidden aspects of creativity, including the negative complexes that prey upon creative energy.

The causes of affairs illuminate the path of recovery and prevention. Affairs don’t happen in a vacuum. The decision to cheat is not a simple impulse. Most of the time, the decision represents the cumulative effects of many factors that have been either hidden or ignored. Our lack of knowledge about the causes of affairs is the leading cause of our failure to recover from them. This book offers the listener an in-depth understating of the individual, relationship, and environmental causes of infidelity.

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, tracing the fateful decisions that created this crisis—and outlines new rules of investing for the forward-thinking.

The Complete Handbook on Braids and Wigs Care: Cleaning, Hydration, and Debunking Myths by Diane Shawe a comprehensive guide designed to empower individuals wearing wigs, toppers, frontals, or braids with the knowledge and tools needed to care for their hair effectively. In today’s fast-paced world, the demand for versatile hairstyles has surged, leading many to embrace protective styles like braids or opt for wigs and hairpieces for convenience and style versatility. However, with the multitude of options available, navigating the world of haircare for braids and wigs can be overwhelming...

Learn insider strategies that Robert Pagliarini, Ph.D, CFP has used for almost three decades to help thousands of clients grow their wealth and live their best lives in retirement.

La ley de atracción establece que todo atrae su igual. Nosotros atraemos hacia nuestra vida aquello en lo que enfocamos nuestro pensamiento de manera constante. Nuestro mundo exterior es un reflejo de nuestro mundo interno, ya que nosotros mismos nos hemos encargado de crear nuestras circunstancias externas, condiciones, nivel de éxito, negocios y destino en virtud de los pensamientos que guardamos en nuestra mente.

The inequity of domestic life is one of the most profound and perplexing conundrums of our time. In an era of seemingly unprecedented feminist activism, enlightenment, and change, data shows that one area of gender inequality stubbornly remains: the unequal amount of parental work that falls on women, no matter their class or professional status.

Far too many investors fail to get the results they want, because they make some pretty common mistakes. The problem is, the errors don't seem like mistakes—they seem like smart, intuitive, and/or widely recognized investing "wisdom". But much of what's accepted as investing "wisdom" is, instead, bunk.

In this practical guidebook filled with straight talk, psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Les Parrott shares six secrets that can enhance a couples sexual intimacy. Parrott offers crucial facts and practical insights to help men and their wives experience the best sex they've ever had.

Learn the secret to never worrying again about how people see you...and become the life of the party in 10 easy steps.

Narcissism is an overwhelming and confusing topic. By nature, it's designed to keep you trapped in shame-based vertigo. It doesn’t just go away because you know it exists. Narcissism creates a set of beliefs, behaviors, and paradigms in its target which must be changed from the inside. Using an inside-out approach, How to Kill a Narcissist presents seven practices for recovery and healing, each designed to instill you with independence, strength, emotional resilience, and awareness, while allowing you to cultivate balanced, loving relationships and pursue a life of passion.

Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at one child is an answer to reconciling motherhood and modernity, she learned a lot about herself - and a lot about our culture's assumptions. In this heartfelt work, Sandler legitimizes a discussion about the larger societal costs of having more than one.

Somehow, deeply conservative assumptions about how children behave and how parents raise them have become the conventional wisdom in our society. It's widely assumed that parents are both permissive and overprotective, unable to set limits and afraid to let their kids fail. We're told that young people receive trophies, praise, and A's too easily, and suffer from inflated self-esteem and insufficient self-discipline. However, complaints about pushover parents and entitled kids are actually decades old and driven, it turns out, by ideology more than evidence.

With its practical advice and compassionate tone, The Myth of Laziness shows parents how to nurture their child's strengths and improve their classroom productivity. Most important, it shows how correcting these problems in childhood will help children live a fulfilling and productive adult life.

Does dating feel like you’re chasing a “happily ever after” that always seems out of reach? You’re not alone: many modern daters are stuck following old rules, hung up on ideas like instant chemistry and “the One.” In F the Fairy Tale, love expert Damona Hoffman helps listeners break free of those dating myths—and write their own love stories. Drawing on nearly twenty years of experience as a dating coach, Hoffman reveals the four pillars of strong relationships: goals, values, communication, and trust.