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Writing has been medicine for Nancy Slonim Aronie. At nine months old, her son Dan was diagnosed with diabetes. Then, at twenty-two, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. During the years she and her husband took care of Dan, and when he died at age thirty-eight, Aronie could not find the book she needed. So she wrote her memoir. Over decades of writing and teaching, Aronie has created a set of prompts, directions, and examples that she shares in Memoir as Medicine. Listeners will learn how to write through where they have been and into understanding, healing, and even joy.

Are you struggling to motivate yourself to start the day, work on a project, or maintain a healthy habit? Do you think that happiness is hard-earned and reserved only for the ”chosen ones”? This book will show you that happiness is close by and available to everyone. It will show you how to not take life too seriously and still be excellent in all you want or have to do. Listen to the audiobook and learn how to motivate yourself by practicing self-gamification - a unique self-help approach to implementing game design elements into your life.

As writers, we all know what an incredible tool dictation software can be. It enables us to write faster and avoid the dangers of RSI and a sedentary lifestyle. But many of us give up on dictating when we find we can't get the accuracy we need. This book changes all of that. With almost two decades of using Dragon software under his belt, Scott will reveal how to supercharge your writing and achieve sky-high recognition accuracy from the moment you start using the software.

For more than 30 years, groundbreaking teachers at Naropa University such as Ginsberg and his colleagues Anne Waldman, William S. Burroughs, and Diane di Prima have inspired emerging poets and prose writers to express themselves with unfettered honesty and immediacy. Now, with First Thought, Best Thought, the first landmark release from Naropa University's treasured audio archives, you are invited to meet and learn with these literary mentors face-to-face as they share the secrets of their craft.

Learn how to develop your habits by stacking small, mini habits, and transform your life into greatness! Nothing beats your habits, you are your habits. Make sure they are the right ones and let this audiobook get you started and get you on the right track.

Creativity Engineered reframes creativity as the master key for adaptation and renewal. Grounded in up-to-date insights from neuroscience, psychology, design, and ethics, it shows that creativity isn’t an accident of genius—it’s a disciplined, trainable system anyone can build and apply. This book pairs clear, research-literate explanation with actionable frameworks for working with (not against) uncertainty—and for collaborating wisely with AI.

A happy, passionate marriage is well on its way — You just have to make these insightful, creative, and essential conversations first!

Boundless is more than a book - it's a transformative adventure. Through whimsical rhymes and insightful reflections, the book offers an enlightening roadmap for navigating life's ups and downs with courage and clarity. During a time of global uncertainty, Kathy's wisdom and the Noisy Spirits' boundless energy inspire you to shift your perspective, rediscover purpose, and embrace challenges with an open heart.

BE CREATIVE is one of a series of card and communication games that are designed to be both entertaining and stimulate discussion about these topics. They can be played just for fun at a party or to have a serious discussion.

You know there’s more to your stressed reality than meets the eye. Ancient lineages—from Taoist Qigong masters to Yogis—believed the universe is alive with energy, consciousness, and possibility. Today, cutting-edge neuroscience and quantum theory reveal that these traditions were never mere myths, but rather precise maps to the frontier of human existence. In this book, you’ll learn how the world of modern stressors is a myth instead.

The user guide to turn your most embarrassing characteristics into your greatest secrets for successWhen you’re born into this world, you aren’t born knowing you are different, till someone points it out. And makes a bigger deal of it than he or she needs to. Uma Rudd Chia was different for...

What if a book didn’t tell you how to live louder—but reminded you that you already know how? Volume On is not a self-help manual. It’s not a workbook. It’s not a guide filled with steps or rules. It’s something different. It’s a mixtape for your soul—built not from instruction, but from ignition. This bold, genre-defying audiobook by A.J. Salara is a curated collection of short, fictional snapshots—called “tracks”—each one a vivid moment of motion and meaning. Some unfold in boardrooms, others in art studios, coffee shops, gyms, rooftops, or quiet soul-lit rooms.

The iconic drummer of The Doors investigates his own relationship with creativity and explores the meaning of artistry with other artists and performers in this compelling and spellbinding memoir. Whether it's the curiosity that blossoms after we listen to our favorite band's newest record, or...

Most of us have always wanted to make something, but for any number of reasons haven't. Maybe you used to make things as a child, but stopped some time into adulthood. What is that something for you? Writing a book? Creating a blog? Learning photography? Starting a podcast? Launching a business? This book exists for only one reason, to help you create that something. We are all creative. There is a creator in you. But there is also a force called hate, which will work against your creativity.

The world feels chaotic. We deal with this feeling by investing greater and greater energy into controlling what happens next. However, the broader and inescapable forces of entropy mount. Eventually, that energy will be released. Will we be ready? Algorithmic systems promise even greater stability and predictability but, in the process, drive out other ideas and beliefs in favour of the single-minded pursuit of growth and efficiency. What is lost in the process? What if rather than fearing disorder, we embraced it?

Author and former literary agent Nathan Bransford shares his secrets for creating killer plots, fleshing out your first ideas, crafting compelling characters, and staying sane in the process. Hear the guide that New York Times best-selling author Ransom Riggs called "the best how-to-write-a-novel book I've read."

Are you struggling to grow your business? No matter what your definition of success is, each one of us out there has the dream of being successful. Maybe you want to be an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, or writer. Maybe you just have the dream of making good, passive income. Book Launch reveals the proven approach that all the top experts and millionaires are using to become successful: writing your own best-selling book.

If you've listened to his books The War of Art and Turning Pro, you know that for 30 years Steven Pressfield (Gates of Fire, The Afghan Campaign etc.) wrote spec novel after spec novel before any publisher took him seriously. How did he finally break through? Ignoring just about every rule of commercial book publishing, Pressfield's "first" novel not only became a major best seller (over 250,000 copies sold), it was adapted into a feature film directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron.

Shira Erlichman is an expert at finding inspiration in the world and turning it into beautiful art.

I have coached thousands of writers. Six- and seven-figure authors, major award winners, midlisters, and new authors alike. And there are patterns to what writers think and feel about our careers and our books. Those patterns are why I’m here writing to you. If you are overwhelmed, tired, frustrated with your career or your sales...if you’re stuck or stalled...come and join me here, and we’ll talk about why. Why is key.