Social Conflict

Unlock the secrets to powerful communication with "How to Communicate Like a Therapist" by Kevin Berger. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll discover the proven techniques that therapists use to navigate complex conversations, build trust, and foster meaningful connections.

Depuis sa première édition, le Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens est devenu plus qu'un ouvrage de référence. Avec beaucoup d'humour, Olivier Prémel et Marcha Van Boven donne vie à ce best‑seller en psychologie sociale, en management et en sciences humaines. Sans doute vous arrive‑t‑il fréquemment de vouloir obtenir quelque chose d'autrui.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get all the good things life offers while others stand on the sidelines and wonder why me? Some people will tell you it's ambition, IQ, and position that determines life's outcomes. What if I told you there was something within each of us that promises greater happiness and success? It's called Emotional Intelligence, and it is available to you by simply listening to this book and following the six steps it presents.

Embrace the Path of Thriving Relationships and Transform Your Life Today! So you’ve finally found The One. But to your surprise, the “happily ever after” that you expected is not as easy and simple as you thought. Whether you’ve just started your relationship or have been together for a long time, you’re looking for the key to enduring love, deeper connections, and lasting happiness in your relationship.

Life happens one conversation at a time, and almost everything you want is on the other side of a tough conversation. The problem? Communication is hard. You were born with a voice box, but it didn’t come with instructions on how best to use it. That changes now. Communications expert AmyK Hutchens shares how to confidently and competently navigate your toughest conversations without saying something you regret, giving your power away, or damaging your relationships.

Religious Appeals in Power Politics examines how states use, or attempt to use, confessional appeals to religious belief and conscience to advance political strategies and objectives. Through case studies of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, Peter S. Henne demonstrates that religion, although not as high profile or well-funded a tool as economic sanctions or threats of military force, remains a potent weapon in international relations.

Blamestorming outlines the reasons why our daily conversations go wrong, explains how to respond when they do, and provides tips on how to stop them from going wrong in the first place. Based on his experience as a highly respected communications coach for international companies and business professionals, Rob Kendall provides a practical guide to achieving more rewarding and effective interactions with everyone in your life - from your boss to your partner.

Throughout his presidency, Ronald Reagan sought "peace through strength" during an era of historic change. In the decades since, pundits and scholars have argued over the president's legacy: some consider Reagan a charismatic and consummate leader, who renewed American strength and defeated communism. To others he was an ambitious and dangerous warmonger, whose presidency was plagued with mismanagement, misconduct, and foreign policy failures.

What if the conflicts in our lives—from personal disagreements to workplace tensions to global divisions—all stem from the same root cause? The Anatomy of Peace shows how our biases and behaviors perpetuate cycles of conflict and, more importantly, how we can break free from these patterns to create lasting peace and meaningful change.

Flight, Flight, Mimic is the first systematic study of deceptive mimicry in the context of wars. Deceptive mimicry—the manipulation of individual or group identity—includes passing off as a different individual, as a member of a group to which one does not belong, or, for a group, to "sign" its action as another group.

Jennifer Kahnweiler offers a five-step process that will enable introverts and extroverts to work together harmoniously and achieve more than they ever could on their own. The process can be precarious. The key, Kahnweiler says, is to remember that these relationships are most successful when opposites stop emphasizing their differences and use approaches that focus them both on moving toward results.

When life gives you lemons, burn the whole tree down! Samara Yancy has tried her best not to start another Great War. To defeat her enemy, she’ll need more defensive Combat Mages to fight by her side. But they’re scattered, some behind city/state dampening fields, others miles away on The Mainland. Meanwhile, her Psi ability continues to develop in strange ways. When it gives her cryptic clues about the source of all the unrest plaguing her world, she needs to learn more about her kind. Oddities who were both admired and feared. But the universe keeps messing up her plans. After another...

Conflict is everywhere—in our homes, at work, on our social media feeds. But conflict isn't inherently bad. in fact, it's a normal and healthy part of human relationships, but many of us aren't good at managing conflict in our everyday lives. In The Secret to Getting Along (And Why it's Easier Than You Think!), attorney Gabrielle Hartley brings more than two decades of divorce mediation experience to helping you learn how to resolve conflict in ways that strengthen your relationships, reflect your values, and lead to positive outcomes for everyone involved.

Fun fact: Blondes do not have more fun! The Mainland is Samara Yancy’s new home. Away from the authorities on The Rock, who view her as a felon. But life here is no picnic. It turns out, no amount of blood money or minions can bring you happiness. But, if she doesn’t return voluntarily, her family will suffer in her stead. So, it’s time to rally her allies and craft a strategy to get her people out; regardless of the consequences. But as usual, nothing goes according to plan. As each layer of deception unfolds, she discovers the depth of rot within her once beloved city/state ...

We are living in a new social era: The Powder Keg Era. These days almost every subject leads straight to politics, and the conversation goes straight to hell. Every day the tensions among us seem to be rising; the ever-widening ideological chasm is hurting our ability to communicate. So, how can we learn how to converse with people who are on the “other side” - without anyone getting hurt? With an insightful and down-to-earth sensibility, best-selling author Jeanne Martinet offers a practical and encouraging guide to navigating conversations in our current social climate.

For a century the United States steadily accumulated a string of military triumphs. But since 1945, the onslaught of failures and stalemates in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan has exposed the country's inability to change course after battlefield setbacks - with grave consequences for thousands of American soldiers and our allies.

¿Recuerdas cuando podías imaginar cualquier cosa? Tan vívido. Así como lo hace ahora tu hijo que es aún pequeño. Tantos sueños infantiles en adultos desconectados de ellos mismos. Quizá estés viviendo tu sueño, quizá estés viviendo tu propósito de vida, quizá no. ¿Dónde dio inicio todo? En tu infancia. Ahí fue cuando tus padres alentaron tus talentos o frustraron tus habilidades. Enrique Martínez, en este libro a través de anécdotas maravillosas, te hará volver a vivir tu infancia. Volverás a sentir cómo siente un niño.

By the time you are done listening to this audiobook, desire for an active relationship with the teenager in your life can stretch beyond the one hug a year you get from your teen at Christmas time after they receive their presents. With Nicole Rice’s book Does Your Teen Talk? No, but They Text, Snap, & Tik Tok, she wants to help you achieve what to say and what not to say so your teen will talk more; what to do so you spend more and more good times with your teen; and how to talk less and listen more so you are a major difference in your teen’s life.

Do countries fight wars for oil? Given the resource's exceptional military and economic importance, most people assume that states will do anything to obtain it. Challenging this conventional wisdom, The Oil Wars Myth reveals that countries do not launch major conflicts to acquire petroleum resources. Emily Meierding argues that the costs of foreign invasion, territorial occupation, international retaliation, and damage to oil company relations deter even the most powerful countries from initiating "classic oil wars".

Are you tired of putting everyone else’s priorities ahead of your own? Have you tried saying no to people but didn’t want to seem harsh? Have you agreed to something just to avoid conflict? Have you thought about whether or not the reason you're stuck is you, or at least something about you? Are you confused about what the true reason might be? Do you feel like your people-pleasing has let others down, somehow, or worse, failed your younger self, wasted potential, or squandered opportunities?