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Throughout this workbook, we will use compassion as a lens to look at your recovery process.
Why Compassion?
After years of working in the field of addiction and recovery, the most significant contributor to continued drug and alcohol use or relapse that I've seen has been shame, guilt, regret, anger, or harshness towards self. Rarely do these painful emotions alone lead to long-term recovery. What I believe leads to long-term sobriety and...
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If you had another chance at life, which one would you choose? In the English seaside town of Thornsea, Ruth Barrett runs a chain of sports bars with her husband Mike. After 24 years of marriage she's happy, thinking this is the only life she'll ever know. Then she's convinced she's about to die. Compassion-on-Sea is about friendship, community, relationships, mental health, new beginnings and what happens when we find compassion.
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Imagine how great you'll feel when you become a more compassionate, heart-connected person. It's good to realize this is possible for you, isn't it? One of the things you are going to love about this program is how it connects you to your heart and increases your empathy. As you consider the benefits of becoming more compassionate, you might like to think of how your life will improve once you become a more heart-connected, compassionate person.
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Driving while impaired lights a match and threatens to set your life on fire. The legal, financial, and physical consequences of a DWI leave many people struggling to put out that fire.
In Consequences and Compassion: Lessons from the Frontlines of Drunk, Drugged, and Distracted Driving, LaDonna Claude shares real stories about people with DWIs.
The consequences of a DWI have legal and emotional impacts that most people neglect to understand. As...
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What is compassion?
Something alive perhaps, that can only be understood in practice. So often confused with pity or the self-sacrificing impulse to take on another's burden, to make things better, to fix. It takes strength and delicacy and it doesn't mean giving away your life savings.
Self compassion is sometimes the place between pushing through and giving up, the moment we can recognize our true needs, not our desires even if they're for further...
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A unique sanctuary for healing horses, humans, and others in need. Erin Christiansen lost her husband to cancer. After time with her sister in Montana, she volunteers at Wyoming's Compassion Ranch to find additional healing. She connects with many of the rescued animals who also need healing. Erin is especially taken with two cats and a black and white paint horse – and the ranch manager, whom she knew 35 years ago. Mike Jacobs knows loss, both...
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Do you know what the terms "sympathy," "empathy," and "compassion" mean?
Many people believe that these terms are synonymous with each other. But this is far from the truth. Although sympathy, empathy, and compassion are related to one another, they are all distinctly different. But the one thing they have in common is that they can potentially change lives for the better-even yours!
If you have been searching for ways to help other people out in...
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Sociologist-economist Sowell, a noted conservative, draws this collection of essays from his Scripps-Howard syndicated column and his contributions to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Sowell offers opinions on social and foreign policy, law, education, and race, criticizing the trend of American politics since Reagan and reserving his sharpest criticism for special-interest groups such as homosexual lobbies, welfare...
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"Living compassionately is rarely convenient and often downright challenging," writes Joyce Rupp, bestselling and award-winning author and retreat leader. The definitive Christian guide to compassion, Boundless Compassion is the culmination of Rupp's research and work as codirector of the Servite Center of Compassionate Presence. Through this six-week personal transformation process for developing and deepening compassion, Rupp nudges, encourages,...
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With dramatic, vivid detail, the poetic masterpiece of Nahum shows that God refuses to abandon his rebellious people when they stray into destructive paths, instead responding to spiritual adultery with love and power. The application to our own lives may hit close to home, but there is also abundant gospel hope: Jesus' severe compassion leads him to relentlessly pursue his people for their salvation. As he explores the prophet's message, Gregory...
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This stirring, evocative, one-of-a-kind new audiobook from historian and author Geoffrey Giuliano chronicles the legendary scholar, social reformer, activist and author, the charismatic, Dr. Cornel West, in a loving tribute to his great work and exemplary life. Here is the lauded university professor and folksy intellectual up close and personal exposing his sage ideals in own inimitable, stylish, endearing way. Who else in this weary world can confound...
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Everyone is trying to change the world. Bono, Brad Pitt, Al Gore, Oprah, Bill Gates. Whether it's bringing justice to Darfur, fighting global warming, building schools, or rebuilding cities, people are flocking to causes bigger than themselves like never before. They are dissatisfied with the status quo and are sacrificing their time and money to change it. God's people should be at the forefront of this movement. But we're not. Vince Antonucci challenges...
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Yoga sages speak of the three modes of material nature, goodness, passion, and ignorance, and the foods which define each. Those in the modes of passion and ignorance dull themselves with lifeless, processed fare which overwhelms the senses-like meat, fish, eggs, strong spices, and alcohol. Those who seek entry into the mode of goodness, however, understand the value of. consuming organic vegetables, fresh fruits, whole grains, nuts, and, pure, whole...
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This thoughtful and heartfelt book develops two main themes: the healing power of a compassionate understanding towards ourselves and others, and the ways boundaries are set within and around various areas of our lives.
It examines how we live these boundaries, how they impact us, and what it takes to live these with deeper satisfaction. This book also addresses shame and rage; the impact of trauma; the power of parental messages, spoken and unspoken;...
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A string of bestsellers have alerted us to the importance of grit-an ability to persevere and control one's impulses that is closely associated with greatness. But no book yet has charted the most accessible and powerful path to grit: our prosocial emotions. These feelings-gratitude, compassion, and pride-are easier to generate than the willpower and self-denial that underpin traditional approaches to grit. And, while willpower is quickly depleted,...
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Most of us believe when we're depressed that our situation is hopeless. That's a mistake, Dr. Elisha Goldstein reassures us in Uncovering Happiness. The secret to overcoming depression and uncovering happiness is in harnessing our brain's own natural antidepressant power and ultimately creating a more resilient antidepressant brain. Uncovering Happiness is grounded in two key foundations, mindfulness and self-compassion, and backed by recent scientific...
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John Pavlovitz has inspired millions to keep boldly loving both neighbors and strangers throughout the years of Trump's hate-mongering campaign and presidency and continues to be a voice of sanity and urgency when so much is still at stake.
It's a scary time for America, with rights for women and transgender people being rolled back, the truth about Black history and experience being silenced, and unrestricted gun violence on the rise. People who...
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"I yelled at the kids again-and feel so ashamed." "I barely have time to shower, let alone exercise; no wonder I'm so out of shape." "I'm just not the dad I hoped I would be." Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathetic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same kindness and caring you strive to offer your kids. Simple...
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Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue strongly for action and change. Christians find themselves torn between the desire to uphold laws and the call to minister to the vulnerable. In this book World Relief immigration experts Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. They put a human face on the issue and tell stories of immigrants' experiences...
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The manner in which corporations are run globally is over. The author examines how corporations worldwide have failed when it comes to inclusion and gender equality and provides ideas on how businesses can address these issues. This book will discuss the following:
- Identify behaviors to avoid, including dangerous activities pre-Covid-19 corporate America was already presenting to employees' well-being and productivity. Lack of inclusion, gender...
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