WOLFELT, ALAN D.
Summary: Guide to facilitating support groups offers bereavement caregivers practical strategies for creating and maintaining a productive environment for mourners. Logistical considerations such as setting up and publicizing a new group; as is the importance of screening new members. Tips for a set of guidelines are also provided.
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Publisher / Publication Date: COMPANION PR 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self H GriefWolfeltWarren, Richard
Summary: God designed our bodies to be healthy, providing everything we need to thrive and live abundantly. And with assistance from medical and fitness experts, Pastor Rick Warren and thousands of people from his congregation at Saddleback Church started a journey to transform their lives. The result: 15,000 people lost over 260,000 pounds in the first year. But the changes in people's lives went...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 WARMarsh, Sarah
Summary: "Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MARHarrison, Christy
Summary: ""It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
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Summary: "Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers' rebukes of such instrumental purposes. As literary authors positioned themselves in opposition to people like Samuel Smiles and Dale Carnegie, readers turned to self-help for the promises of mobility, agency, and use that serious literature was reluctant to supply....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2019
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Summary: "Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, this all-new graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnell's positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvel's blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MCDMedina, Juana
Summary: Remind yourself every day how amazing you are with this joyful celebration of ... YOU! The words and pictures in this book are here to remind the reader how wonderful they are! Focusing on helping to build emotional literacy, self-esteem, and self-worth as well as improving communication skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEDAstor, Peter
Summary: "To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970's wearing a tee shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of arch nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering into pre-punk UK. Pete Astor, an archly nihilistic teenager himself at the time, was most impressed. The fact that it emerged (after many years) that Hell...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.33 ASTSimon, Rachel
Summary: Beth is a spirited woman with mental retardation, who spends nearly every day riding the buses in Philadelphia. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers are her community. When Beth asks her sister Rachel to accompany her on the buses for one year, they take a transcendent journey together that changes Rachel's life in incredible ways and leads her to accept her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SIMKasl, Charlotte Sophia
Summary: Studies the impact of recovery programs on individual lives and explains how to adapt the principles of the Twelve-Step process to personal needs
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 KASSalerno, Steve.
Summary: Presents a critique of the self-help movement, explaining how the notion of victimization has blurred the concept of personal responsibility and how the idea of empowerment emphasizes belief over the need to develop personal skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 SALWilliams, Omkari L.
Summary: "In Micro Activism, former political consultant turned activism coach Omkari Williams shares her expertise to help each of us, no matter our temperament, find our most satisfying and effective activist role. Williams encourages starting small, working collaboratively, and beginning locally. Advice on self-care practices, burn-out prevention, and profiles of activists engaged in a range of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 WILRodsky, Eve
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and "the Marie Kondo of relationships" comes an inspirational guide for setting new personal goals, rediscovering your interests, cultivating creativity, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 RODAikman, Becky.
Summary: Describes the author's experiences as a young widow and the pivotal relationships she forged with five other widows, recounting the stories of their losses and bravery as exchanged throughout a year of monthly Saturday night meetings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 AIKLake, Nell
Summary: "From a gifted writer who spent two years in a support group for people caring for elderly and ill spouses, parents, and friends, The Caregivers chronicles the daily experiences--heart-breaking, poignant, and redemptive--of ordinary Americans as they face their final life passages"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 610.73 LAKDePino, Catherine.
Summary: "Covers 101 topics helpful to women about to retire or in the midst of retirement such as financial planning, second careers, hobbies, health issues, emotional and physical challenges, nourishing friendships, and living a meaningful life"--Provided by publisher".
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paragon House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 DEPLombardo, Elizabeth.
Summary: "Perfectionists exist in every walk of life. While outwardly they appear to be very accomplished, they are often unhappy and unfulfilled. Perfectionists strive toward unattainable goals, and their behaviors can wreak havoc on both their physical health and their psychological well-being. Timely and transformative, Better than Perfect by Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo offers step-by-step instructions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2014
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Summary: Being a teen in today’s world isn’t easy. Maybe you’ve been bullied. Maybe you feel like your family or friends just don’t get you. Or maybe you feel like you don’t have control of your life, or you’re just tired of trying to be perfect all the time. You aren’t alone. Many teens struggle with difficult feelings and thoughts—and sometimes, when these thoughts feel overwhelming, you just want to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Publications, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 302 BieGunn, Tim.
Summary: "A timeless book of lessons on mentorship, teaching, and learning from New York Times bestselling author Tim Gunn, host of the Emmy Award-nominated Project Runway and the reality show Under the Gunn. Tim Gunn, America's favorite reality TV cohost, is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Having begun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.1 GUNJamieson, Alexandra
Summary: "A holistic health counselor and co-star of award-winning documentary Super Size Me explores women's cravings--for food, sleep, sex, movement, companionship, inspiration--and teaches them to listen to their bodies for a healthier, fuller life. Transformational health expert Alexandra Jamieson is a woman on a mission. Having overcome her own food addictions and the weight and health problems...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 JAMSpiegel, Amy Rose
Summary: "With whip-smart prose, reminiscent of Roxane Gay and Meghan Daum, ACTION interweaves Spiegel's own sexual autobiography with loving advice on one-night stands, relationships, and everything in between. ACTION is a book about sex that people won't feel embarrassed about owning. There are absolutely zero provocatively shaped fruit on the cover, for one. In ACTION, Amy Rose Spiegel exhorts you to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 SPIOrsi, Tea
Summary: When Fawn befriends a huge and mysterious creature known as the NeverBeast, she, Tinker Bell, and their friends must rally the fairies and save the NeverBeast from capture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ORSBell, Cece
Summary: Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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Summary: "You are in the Underworld-the land of the dead from Norse mythology. Ruled by the goddess Hel, it's not a place Viking warriors would choose to go to when they die. The Underworld isn't an easy place to leave. The gods themselves can rarely escape this cold, dark land. Can you find a way out of this dangerous place before it's too late? Will you bargain with the gods to let you leave? YOU...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022