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Get the Summary of Marsha M. Linehan's Building a Life Worth Living in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this remarkable and inspiring memoir, Linehan describes how, when she was eighteen years old, she began an abrupt downward spiral from popular teenager to suicidal young woman. After several miserable years in a psychiatric institute, Linehan made a vow that if she could get out of...
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Get the Summary of Jenny Odell's Saving Time in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book offers us different ways to experience time-inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological cues, and geological timescales-that can bring within reach a more humane, responsive way of living. As planet-bound animals, we live inside shortening and lengthening...
43) La corona de las seis piedras: Seis claves para afrontar con fortaleza cualquier reto de la vida
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Naxen es hija de una gran familia y está a punto de asumir unas responsabilidades que le dan tanto miedo que la paralizan. Ella lo que querría es seguir construyéndose el mundo a su ritmo; un mundo en el que la imaginación impere sobre tradiciones ancestrales ante las cuales siente vértigo.
En una de sus escapadas de la rutina familiar, Naxen se esconde en el caparazón abandonado de una tortuga gigante, y allí encontrará un ser extraordinario...
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Get the Summary of David Brooks's How to Know a Person in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know...
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Un libro sabio que reflexiona sobre la vida con empatía, tolerancia y sensibilidad. Una visión en torno a la existencia como
un camino hacia la reconciliación. Osamu ha escrito la Teoría de la resta para que Haru, su hija, la encuentre y la lea el día que, ya anciana, vuelva a casa para saber y entender. Allí le espera un gran milagro.
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What If... You Lived 300 Years? presents a point of view, developed after exploring the outlook of centenarians, of how to live with resilience in changing times. It promotes an attitude of optimism, curiosity, and wonder. Join me as we explore a life filled with possibilities, fateful and pragmatic, along with scientific discoveries that cause us to ponder what awaits us in the 21st century.
Each chapter is beautifully illustrated in color along...
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Sometimes the answer isn't to be the rock in the river, letting the water wash over you. Sometimes the answer is to be the leaf, floating down the stream and rolling with the constant change that is life.
Won't Stop Moving is designed to help you remember the lessons that you have forgotten to remember. This book gives you the opportunity to remind yourself of what you already know, deep in your soul. You can't stop moving, and you won't stop moving,...
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Get the Summary of Anthony de Mello & SJ and J. Francis Stroud's Awareness in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Awareness" by Anthony de Mello is a profound exploration of spirituality as a journey of awakening to the beauty and splendor inherent in existence. De Mello challenges individuals to confront their resistance to change and happiness, emphasizing that true love and joy are not found in mutual sacrifices...
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Eres tu peor enemigo y aún no lo sabes', es una invitación a un viaje transformador hacia el autoconocimiento y el empoderamiento. ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez por qué, a pesar de tus mejores intenciones, pareces dar un paso atrás por cada dos pasos adelante? Este libro desentraña los misterios del autosabotaje, revelando cómo patrones ocultos de pensamiento y comportamiento pueden socavar tus esfuerzos más sinceros. Con una mezcla de ciencia...
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Get the Summary of Barry McDonagh's Dare in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: If you're tired of just managing your anxiety and want a powerful natural solution, then apply the DARE technique, as explained in Barry McDonagh's latest book.
Based on hard science and over 10 years of helping people who suffer from anxiety, Barry McDonagh shares his most effective technique in this new book....
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Feeling old instead of bold? Reinvigorate your life and recapture your groove with smart tips, clever exercises, and a big dose of humor...
Do you sometimes feel like you're just a shell of the fun-loving, vivacious person you once were? A creature of habit? An underachiever who hasn't quite lived up to her potential? This collection of tips and exercises for women who want to get their groove back can inspire you to get your career, relationships,...
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Has fear ever held you back from doing something you always wanted to do? Have you ever talked yourself out of doing something, giving yourself lots of excuses why not to do it? Have you ever wished you were more confident? More assertive?
This book provides the answers to how to free yourself. It provides the equation to confidence! If you are determined to be more confident, more assertive and learn about yourself along the way, then this book...
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Get the Summary of Ali Abdaal's Feel Good Productivity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Dr Ali Abdaal–the world's most-followed productivity expert–has uncovered an easier and happier path to success. Drawing on decades of psychological research, he has found that the secret to productivity and success isn't grind–it's feeling good. If you can make your work feel good, then productivity...
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El árbol de mi vida nos invita a adentrarnos en un viaje íntimo y reflexivo a través de las páginas de la historia personal de la autora. Sin embargo, este libro es mucho más que un simple relato autobiográfico: es un profundo recorrido por las raíces familiares y las experiencias que han dado forma a su identidad. A través de la búsqueda de su árbol genealógico, Silvana Esther Vidal desentraña memorias enterradas y secretos familiares...
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Get the Summary of Phil Stutz's Lessons for Living What Only Adversity Can Teach You in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Lessons for Living: What Only Adversity Can Teach You" by Phil Stutz explores the fallacy of a perfect, pain-free existence and the importance of embracing life's inherent challenges. The book argues that life's adversities are not obstacles but opportunities for personal growth and spiritual...
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Get the Summary of Kate Bowler's Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!" delves into the complexities of human emotions and the search for divine solace amidst life's chaos. The book explores the struggle of feeling out of control and the need for prayer and divine intervention. It addresses the challenge of self-change, the loneliness of personal battles,...
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Aimeriez-vous reprendre le contrle de votre vie et retrouver la joie de vivre tout en développant votre potentiel ?
À travers la routine et le rythme effréné que nous nous imposons à coups de «il faut que», nous nous oublions souvent et finissons par nous sentir submergés par les tâches et les responsabilités. Bien sûr, nous devons remplir nos obligations, mais jamais au prix de notre santé.
Mélanie Richard nous fait part des expériences...
58) Bachelor Tales
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This book is mainly written for men of any age who wish to avoid the pitfalls of dating while seeking a partner for life. Although this is written for men, it can be used by women who will experience similar dating problems in their search for a partner. I have tried to encompass all the problems that you may encounter in dating. But I am sure there are a number of experiences that I have missed. My sincere advice is to proceed slowly with someone...
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About the Book In the world today, many young adults struggle to become successful in the military. With Robert Eugene Van Harvey's insight and years of experience in the military, a new generation of recruits can learn the finer details of success through the ranks. Like others, he was on the fast track to success, when an injury required him to retire from the military. For high-school-age young adults, Harvey begins with what you can do now to...
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