Biegel, Gina M.
Summary: This accessible, user-friendly toolbox for teens introduces them to mindfulness practice and shows them how it can ease their fears and anxieties, reduce their impulsivity, help them develop a more measured response to the stressors around them, and build strong relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 155 BIEGriffith, Evan
Summary: "Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRICopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction GriffithColagiovanni, Marc
Summary: Talking to their reflection in the mirror, a young child explores and affirms all the things that make them unique and, in fact, perfectly perfect.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The goal of the Emotional Awareness Module is to help kids identify, understand, and manage their emotions to promote a positive outlook. Topics in this module include self-awareness, emotional regulation, self-esteem, and coping skills. Life Skills Academy is designed to help kids gain the knowledge and mindset to promote both personal and academic development. By working through each module...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD EMOSummary: "The goal of the Emotional Awareness Module is to help kids identify, understand, and manage their emotions to promote a positive outlook. Topics in this module include self-awareness, emotional regulation, self-esteem, and coping skills. Life Skills Academy is designed to help kids gain the knowledge and mindset to promote both personal and academic development. By working through each module...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD EMOFreeman, Sara
Summary: "An intoxicating, compact debut novel, Tides is the story of a lost woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town by the winner of the Henfield Prize, Sara Freeman. After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy beach town with a dead cellphone and barely any money. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FREScott, Jordan
Summary: "A girl grows up visiting Snæfellsjökull, the glacier near her home, but when preteen life throws her off-center she must reconnect with her icy old friend"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCOSuzuki, Nobuo
Summary: This insightful book by a leading expert on the subject explores the ways in which luck-encouraging and misfortune-repelling rituals - long woven into the fabric of Japanese life--are used in tandem with diligence and a positive attitude to engender a healthy optimism that helps people survive all of life's many twists, turns and bad patches. It explores how customs and beliefs play a vital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2023
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Summary: If your life goals require sharing creating or decision making with another person you need to increase your power as a negotiator. These actions require give and take the jockeying of power and influence. Most business people spend the majority of their time allocating resourcesboth human and financial. When you find this equilibrium you achieve clair-buoyanceTM. When operating from the place...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acanthus Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 WALHolmes, Tom (Thomas R.)
Summary: This book represents [the author's] own variant of the IFS [Internal Family Systems] model as [he has] used it for nearly twenty years in clinical practice, in the classroom with graduate students at Western Michigan University, and in workshops and trainings throughout the United States and Europe. [Here, he shares his] understanding of why we think, feel and act as we do and how we can move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Winged Heart Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 HOLSolomon, Alexandra H.
Summary: "Love has the power to wound us...and the power to heal us. And modern love is complicated. Which is why the ability to cultivate healthy relationships is the key to joy, peace, and a meaningful life. In Love Every Day, relationship expert and best-selling author Dr. Alexandra Solomon offers 365 daily practices to cultivate a curious and compassionate approach to your relationships with others,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PESI Publishing, Inc. 2023
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Summary: "An unprecedented history of the personality test that has achieved cult-like devotion, devised a century ago by a pair of homemakers and found today in boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language--of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 EMRMaxwell, John C.
Summary: A leadership expert describes principles that help increase personal development and growth, explaining how to see existing value while still adding more and how to eliminate the tension between one's present state and goals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: She's confident, she's bubbly, and she loves fashion. But Amy-Lee also dreams of fighting crime in the courtroom, advocating for victims while pulling down a barrister's salary. In this program a career specialist and a life coach guide Amy-Lee through the process of choosing a priority: does she want a career that engages her academic side or one that lets her indulge her fashion hobby? The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: She's a self-confessed grammar geek who wants language to be a part of her working life, but Kathryn isn't sure she can base a livelihood on a love of words. In this program a career specialist and a life coach give Kathryn an inside look at journalism and teaching English, two professions the teen has considered. She discovers an instinct for news reporting when set up at a local paper for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Young people seeking employment usually do not have a great deal of job experience, yet they have probably already built up an impressive array of transferable skills without realizing it. This program helps students understand that skills they have acquired at school and in their personal lives may help them land their first job. Planning outings with friends, raising money for charity, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: I can't even make my own dinner, let alone food for hundreds of people! In this program a career specialist and a life coach have Kirstie, a free-spirited musician, work in a fast-food restaurant for a day so she can see what may lie ahead if she doesn’t get serious about her future: physically demanding, highly structured work that won't feed her artistic nature. It also gives them a chance...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Horowitz, Alexandra.
Summary: On looking : Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes is structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes with experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, a well-known artist, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. She also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, and how they see it, reveals the startling power of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 153 HORSummary: He's super-smart, he's student body president, and he's expected to follow family tradition by applying to medical school upon graduation. But though Chetan isn't opposed to being a doctor, he's also interested in designing cars. In this program a career specialist and a life coach help Chetan sort out which, if either, of his interests are realistic. He presents some sketches for a new...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: I get bored easily, Danielle admits. If something's hard, I just don't do it. Torn between a career in interior design or one as a police officer, Danielle must first work on her lack of motivation and identifying her skills and interests is a start. In this program a career specialist and a life coach help the teen find what draws her to two such different professions, what each actually...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Using a reality TV show format, this program pits three job seekers against a tough host, his assistant, and each other, to demonstrate the role that preparation, research, applications, cover letters, resumes, and interviews have in determining the best candidate for an open position. The competition is intense as the three are put through a number of challenges-the kind faced by any job...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: I want a luxurious lifestyle, Liam says. And if you look at the top businesspeople, a lot of them didn't go to college. Liam knows he wants to be a self-made millionaire, but he has no idea what sort of business he'd like to start, let alone how to start it. In this program a career specialist and a life coach help Liam define just how to accomplish his goal. After visiting with successful...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The old saying, “People don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan,” rings especially true when it comes to creating a company. This video helps aspiring business owners plan to succeed, with advice from veteran entrepreneurs on clarifying goals, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a potential enterprise, and establishing a realistic pathway to prosperity. Challenging the viewer to take a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Noor wants to change the world, but can his idealism pay the bills? Or does this self-described street kid harbor a secret desire to be a successful businessman? In this program a career specialist and a life coach arrange for Noor to work as both insurance underwriter and refugee center volunteer to determine which suits him better. The teen quickly opts to aid people in need, perhaps through...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007