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viii, 278 pages ; 24 cm
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"A research-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice, creativity, and innovation"--
For ideas to evolve and for societies to progress, we need rebels to challenge conventional wisdom and improve on it. Unfortunately, most of use perceive non-conformists as disloyal, reckless, destructive, or just plain weird. Kashdan shows how to make change, rebel against an unhealthy status quo -- and become better allies of our leaders...
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139 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Español
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Las palabras bien utilizadas pueden ser el origen de una nueva sociedad» «El principal error de la comunicación es la incomunicación» «Desarrollar la habilidad de comunicar en el momento oportuno es una cuestión de sensibilidad, inteligencia y empatía» ¿Has pensado que nuestra relación con los demás y con nosotros mismos está basada en cómo utilizamos la comunicación? Tomar conciencia del poder de esta herramienta, y utilizarla inteligentemente,...
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"Good parenting depends on good communication-but when we over-talk, it discourages children from sharing what is on their hearts. In this beneficial guide, communications expert Becky Harling shares the best listening practices to transform your family's relationships and set your children up for success"--
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"Isn't it time you took a stand? Many women struggle with assertiveness, but if you're prone to anxiety and avoidance, it is especially difficult. Grounded in attachment theory, this essential guide will help you identify your thoughts and feelings, balance your emotions, communicate your needs, and set healthy boundaries to improve your life. When you're assertive, you're able to communicate your needs and wishes clearly while respecting yourself...
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276 pages ; 21 cm
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"Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing more harm than good, offering meaningless approval instead of actually engaging with your child? Or that insisting "Can you say thank you?" is exactly the wrong way to go about teaching manners? Jennifer Lehr is a smart, funny, fearless writer who takes on "parentspeak" and, in the process, offers a conscious, compassionate approach to parenting"--
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272 pages ; 25 cm
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Mothers and daughters do not speak different languages--but still often misunderstand each other, as they struggle to find the balance between closeness and independence. Both mothers and daughters want to be seen for who they are, but tend to see the other as falling short of who she should be. Each overestimates the other's power and underestimates her own. Tannen explains why a remark that would be harmless coming from anyone else can cause an...
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"This unusual, thought-provoking story begins with an old woman telling a tale to a group of children in a playground. One of the boys can't understand what she is saying, so another offers to translate. The old woman's tale is inspired by the Tower of Babel story: In the days when everyone spoke the same language, the people built a tower to reach God. But God was annoyed and sent a dragon to destroy the tower, then created new languages for everyone...
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xiv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Draws on a range of disciplines to outline the concept of bio-psycho-spiritual authentic awareness and how to strengthen empathy bonds with others to promote healing and overall wellness.
"All of us have an innate capacity for compassion. We recognize when others are hurting, and we want to help, but we're not always good at it. There is another way. In The Compassionate Connection, Dr. David Rakel explains how we can strengthen our bonds with others...
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224 pages ; 23 cm
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"By shedding light on how doctors cope with the stresses and responsibilities of patients, colleagues, lawyers, and their personal lives, she explains why it is important that patients know how emotions influence the way physicians treat their patients both medically and interpersonally. Exploring the full range of human emotion--from the fear of making a fatal mistake to the pride and elation of triumphing over death, What Doctors Feel allows patients...
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311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Español
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Cómo tratar con gente complicada te brinda una serie de estrategias y herramientas emocionales y de comportamiento para mejorar tus relaciones interpersonales. Descubre las características de los diferentes psicotipos (tipos de personalidad) para llevarte bien cuando tratas con personas que tienen la misteriosa habilidad de sabotear, descarrilar e interferir con tus planes, necesidades y deseos.
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xi, 387 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children. For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, "the parenting Bible," for a respectful and practical approach to communication with children. Expanding upon this work,...
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An eerie debut collection featuring missing parents, unrequited love, and other uncomfortable moments. A man hangs from the ceiling of an art gallery. A woman spells out messages to her sister using her own hair. Children deemed "bad" are stolen from their homes. In Hardly Children, Laura Adamczyk's rich and eccentric debut collection, familiar worlds--bars, hotel rooms, cities that could very well be our own--hum with uncanny dread. The characters...
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iv, 204 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Your baby has many wants and needs. Some you can figure out. Others need a little more patience. While your baby learns to make their requests verbally, you can teach them gestures and signs that will help bridge the gap of understanding. Baby Sign Language offers the tools and techniques you need to teach sign language to your baby.
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176 pages illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
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English
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"Baby sign language is the use of American Sign Language (ASL) signs with your baby or your beginning communicator. Another way to think of baby sign language is "keyword signing." Keyword signing uses signs to represent the main or key words in a sentence at the same time as the words are spoken. This book will show you how, what and when to sign throughout your child's day. You can sign during mealtime, playtime, diaper-changing time and a host...
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335 pages ; 22 cm
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Through funny stories, Scripture, and a Speak Love Revolution challenge that could help you change the lives of every person you see, tweet, or message for the better, Annie F. Downs explores the difference you can make when you speak love to others, to God, and to yourself.
80) Weather together
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56 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
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Nimbus the pegasus wonders why she cannot be sunny all the time like everyone else, but when she introduces her friend Kelp to her cloud, she finds the unicorn is a very good listener.
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