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We have freedom of speech but we're afraid to speak. Our lives have become subjected to PC tyranny, a constant fear of "offending" someone. We think that we are independent and that it is the other guy who is influenced, brain washed, duped, persuaded. We feel like we think for ourselves. How can we feel" otherwise? There's no way to know because countless influences and interactions have molded us. We're members of various groups--circles of friends,...
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We live in a world in which we are invited to change-to become our best selves through politics, or fitness, or diet, or therapy. We change all the time-growing older and older-and how we think about change changes over time too.
We want to think of our lives as progress myths-as narratives of positive personal growth-at the same time as we inevitably age and suffer setbacks.
Adam Phillips's sparkling book On Wanting to Change explores the stories...
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Survivism reveals itself primarily within attempts to solve an unsolicited problem and other accompanying encounters thereof. Secondarily, a movement arises, resulting from intelligences deemed necessary to process a vast array of complexities engulfing this otherwise ancient yet modern symbolic Parthenon structure representation, hence dynamically riddled with existential change infiltrated throughout a range of time and space. What manifests deeply...
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This book is about reconciliation. It is about winning forgiveness and healing for self and others at a price. That price in this book is foot washing. The research, based on descriptions and stories told, shed light on the depth of foot washing as a powerful alternative tool that can break the cycle of conflict and facilitate dialogue. Stories tell that foot washing generated emotions of tears and joy eliciting trust, forgiveness, reconciliation,...
45) Moral Education
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18 lectures by an influential theorist who discusses school as an appropriate setting for moral education. A pioneer of sociology, Durkheim explains the first element in fostering morality as the development of a sense of discipline, followed by a willingness to behave in accordance with collective interest, and a sense of autonomy.
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Ne parle pas qui veut ni qui peut, mais souvent celui qui est désigné par l'institution pour le faire. Dans le contexte de la protection de l'enfance, la parole des enfants et des parents est rarement entendue, et les marges d'action qui en découlent sont souvent réduites. Rendre audibles ces voix oubliées, tel est l'objectif central de cet ouvrage. Ce sont en effet sur celles-ci que se sont appuyés les auteurs pour repérer les enjeux de la...
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The most long-lasting and enduring relationship an individual can develop is with a sibling. Considering their closeness in age and early association, siblings can bond for a lifetime. Psychologists are beginning to appreciate the sibling link and its dynamic role in a child's social development. Beyond the mother-child dyad, sibling associations are now seen to determine cognitive faculties, emotional balance, self-sufficiency, and peer interaction....
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Este libro de investigación, auspiciado por la línea estratégica Infancia y Juventud de la Universidad del Norte, explora la forma en que los niños víctimas de violencia estructural asociada a migraciones afrontan los conflictos. Se estudian en particular los casos de la niñez en Francia, Chile y Colombia con el propósito de evidenciar cómo los distintos agentes de socialización facilitan una forma de concebir el mundo que justifica la utilización...
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Patricia King and Pat Lairson, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked with families and at risk youth for over 12 years, expose the bully. Bullies can strike in seconds at school or work, in cyberspace, or even at home, but you will never feel powerless again. You do not have to submit meekly to abuse; you can remove the targets from your back and learn to: Deal with bullies in the same way David toppled Goliath; Disarm bullies by...
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Influence ...in 30 minutes is your guide to quickly understanding the important lessons on influencing human behavior covered in the best seller, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. In Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Dr. Robert B. Cialdini uses decades of research and experiments to offer insight into the psychology of human decision-making, and the world of influence and persuasion. In Influence, Cialdini reveals invaluable tools for...
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To talk about getting better-about wanting to change in ways that we might choose and prefer-is to talk about pursuing the life we want, in the full knowledge that our pictures of the life we want, of our version of a good life, come from what we have already experienced. (We write the sentences we write because of the sentences we have read.)
How can we talk differently about how we might want to change, knowing that all change precipitates us into...
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What if there was an easy way to know when someone is trying to deceive you, would you be interested? Would you like to be a better communicator and protect you and your family from shady characters? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then this book is for you!
Frank Runles, veteran FBI Special Agent, reveals everything he has learned over a 20-year career spotting liars and exposing cheats using Deceptive Language Analysis.
If you...
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The ebook, without misogyny and misandry, is an analysis that puts under the spotlights the postulates related to the free-will that women have in society in the management of their image and the consequent power that derived from these prerogatives linked at unexpected social influences... Lucretia Serthra, exteriorizes and extricates the social conventions with detailed descriptions and examples concerning equal rights and opportunities between...
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Ce livre s'adresse aux victimes directes ou indirectes de violences. Pour la victime, ce sera un outil d'aide indispensable. Si vous êtes en position d'agresseur, il pourra vous aider à mettre fin à cette spirale infernale. La violence est partout et ne fait aucune discrimination chez l'être humain. Elle commence de manière insidieuse en provoquant un déséquilibre sur les plans émotif, psychologique, psychique, spirituel et sexuel.
Le stress...
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In Chapter I, The book explores two fields one can focus in order to cultivate Mindful Connection:
• Empathy Filed involves any action that one takes toward creating empathy and focusing on what is emotionally going on for him/herself or another person. The basic purpose of the Empathy Field is to identify met and unmet needs by attuning to all the feelings (both joyous and non-joyous).
• Resolution Field is about any action that takes a person...
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Get the Summary of Chip Heath and Dan Heath's Made to Stick in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath explores why some ideas thrive while others die. The book introduces the concept of Commander's Intent (CI) used by the U.S. Army to empower soldiers to adapt to changing circumstances while still achieving the overarching objective. This principle of simplicity is central to...
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Learn the secrets of self-esteem with 365 tips from the UK's number one confidence expert Gael Lindenfield. Dip into this comprehensive self-help handbook as and when you need it or use it as a personal development plan. Includes advice on social life, work issues, relationships and much more.
Poor self-esteem can sabotage relationships and careers, cause self-destructive behavior and hold us back from achieving our true potential.
In this comprehensive...
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¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué las personas actúan de manera tan diferente en grupos grandes? ¿O cómo ciertos líderes, marcas o movimientos capturan la mente colectiva y son capaces de mover a las multitudes en la dirección que quieren? Vivimos en una era donde la información fluye más rápidamente que nunca, y donde las masas, ya sea en redes sociales, manifestaciones o incluso en la cultura popular, tienen un poder sin precedentes...
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Pour la majorité des gens, parler d'hommes battus est incroyable. Pourtant, la triste réalité est qu'il existe des hommes battus. Sauf que ceux-ci n'en parlent pas et qu'ils ne peuvent, contrairement aux femmes, compter sur des ressources communautaires pour les aider à sortir du cycle infernal de la violence conjugale.
Pour la première fois, une femme, Sophie Torrent, fait de l'homme battu par sa conjointe le sujet d'un livre. En se basant...
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At last! The secret is out about romantic relationships. 'Emotional Learning' is what we know but lack words to express. Early learning, as an infant or child, reveals 'how we are wired' for intimacy. This book gives practical tips for discovering the script of your unique Emotional Learning, the way it impacts everything important to you and how it might be changed through memory reconsolidation – an important discovery from the neurosciences....
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