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How many times have you caught yourself lying in bed, watching TV, scrolling your phone, or just chilling and doing nothing? Trust me. I know how it feels like. Often, it looks like you want to do something, but your body just doesn’t respond, and at the end of the day, you start your mental self-destruction process because you haven’t done anything productive - and that is the first stage of super-laziness most people have to overcome.

The human fight-or-flight response is designed to protect us, but when the intense emotions they trigger take hold, it can be difficult to function productively - or even just happily. By cultivating stronger self-discipline and mental resilience, you can learn to channel these energies into more positive avenues, leaving you free to pursue success!

Imagine your home, your living room, and in the center of your living room, you put all the materials you have from all the rooms in the house. Now, you have to do your best and find a place for every single thing inside the living room, and you can not put them in any other room. How would you do that? How would it look like? That is exactly how your mind operates when you give it all kinds of different tasks and materials.

A cross-section of five frontline leaders in the controversial emerging church movement shed informative light on their beliefs and basic message to help us understand whether it’s all about new methods or a new message or both.

Letting Go of Anger explores simple, actionable strategies that will help listeners diffuse their negative reactions and become more mindful and emotionally literate adults. The behavioral science and developmental psychology behind our most primitive emotions will empower listeners to take back control from a reactionary experience that often makes us (wrongly) feel powerless.

Is uncontrolled anger destroying your relationships? Do you find it difficult to keep your cool in stressful situations? Anger is a natural and healthy emotion to experience, but when it isn’t processed or expressed properly, it can become a destructive force with devastating consequences. Letting Go of Anger explores simple, actionable strategies that will help listeners diffuse their negative reactions and become more mindful and emotionally literate adults.

Have you ever wondered what could be the most important skill that automatically gives you an edge in nearly any profession? What is the “secret sauce” that makes or brakes the most successful people in career and business? I think you can already guess - it’s communication. And if you don’t know how to talk, most “big doors“ are closed for you!

No one likes to be lazy. Laziness is self-defeating and progress-hindering. It’s a complete success killer. But people choose to lose every day when they give in to laziness rather than fight it. Laziness is destructive and can often lead to depression and self-loathing. In order to achieve greatness, we must learn how to circumvent laziness and live a motivated life. Greatness calls for inclination for being proactive, inspiration, determination, and a perpetual zest for life.

Slow down, it starts with hygge! The world is unhappy and depressing. If you could be happy, and make others happier, would you do it? Whether you are trying to step away from the madness of city life, or want a better relationship with your friends and family, you need to slow down to get it right. There is a simple solution - The Art of Hygge. John Ward explains in detail how to use the simple things in life to transform your person, health, relationship, and life. It is a lifestyle change that catapults you into another realm of warmth and coziness.

Relationships are integral to our work and personal lives, yet so many of us struggle with the development and sustenance of positive connections with others. Now, based on behavioral science and developmental psychology, these two comprehensive publications explore an often-overlooked societal skill: social and emotional intelligence. 

While literacy is taken for granted in modern society, there’s another essential aspect of communication that is often overlooked: social intelligence. Without it, our personal and professional relationships suffer shallowness and often fizzle out. Networking, romance, and friendships are all incredibly challenging without a healthy level of social awareness. Unlike learning to read, however, many of us don’t become socially “literate” until far later in life; and even then, the journey towards true social intelligence is usually characterized by trial and error.

I think that for most people, home is one of the most, if not the most valuable asset. It's a place of comfort, relaxation, coziness, and peace - at least it should feel like this. And if it doesn’t, there must be some changes to be made there. Inside this book, I will teach you can make those changes the following the minimalist approach.

The amazing lifestyle most Western people never had a chance to experience! Have you ever heard about minimalism? If you did, you probably know that it can help you to figure what stuff you really need as well as the materials that are truly useless in your everyday life. So, that is the common side of minimalism, but do you really understand the real reason why some people decide to change their way of living so drastically and step away from an abundant surplus lifestyle?

Does anxiety hold you back from everyday tasks? Does your mind feel “cluttered” by a constant inner dialogue? Take control of your emotional well-being and learn to thrive! Learn to combat anxiety and overthinking with this comprehensive book bundle. If an overwhelmed, exhausted mind has been holding you back from the life you deserve, Stop Overthinking and Overcoming Anxiety, Concern and Apprehension are the ultimate self-help combination that will guide you toward mental health success!

Do you feel like you keep missing opportunities to do better? Are you stuck in a sluggish routine that dampens your productivity? Emotional intelligence is the key to many of life’s most important doors: personal motivation and success, improved self-discipline, effortless charisma, and even improved presentation and memory skills!

Tommy’s 13th birthday is coming up. Much to his dismay, his parents are taking him on a trip from Kansas City to Mt. Hope, Kansas to spend his big day with his grandparents. Having spent a lot of time in Mt. Hope growing up, Tommy didn’t want to spend his most important birthday in a small town in the middle of nowhere. Something felt very different about this trip, however. Frightening experiences and strange sightings cause Tommy to wonder if there were monsters now roaming in this once sleepy small town. He would soon find out the nightmarish answer to his question.

Christmas is the most magical time of the year. Between the decorations, the movies, and the fun family traditions, you can truly feel the Christmas spirit. While visiting a local Christmas store, things seem to take a terrifying turn when Kelsey notices the store owner, Madame Trudeau, performing a strange ritual over the trio of elf dolls her younger brother Colby picked out.

A light look at growing up in the 60's and 70's, TV, music, family life, politics, drugs are just a few of the topics we cover. Whether you're a Boomer or not there was no other time like the Strangest Generation.

What has been missing from the daring tales of fairy tale heroes is quite simply some heft. In Burly Tales, Lambda Literary Award-winning editor Steve Berman has gathered a dozen stories of whimsy and romance that feature gay men with plenty of curves and fur. Run away with us to enchanted woods, where the cubs and bears are not going to eat you (not without informed, enthusiastic consent), where no one will judge if you take up residence in a house with seven bearded men and only one bed.

Reveal the secrets of less learning and more action. Would you like to do more in less time? Do you know how powerful your brain really is and how much information it can handle? What about a guide that would teach you how to empower your brain for maximum productivity and outstanding results? This audiobook will help you to reveal your brain’s true potential for maximum benefits in any life situation.