Smith, Julie
Summary: Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 362.2 SMIWhyte, David
Summary: With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with Alone and closing with Work, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Many Rivers Press 2015
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Summary: "Setting boundaries can be tough-you don't want to disappoint other people, but you also don't want to be stuck in a situation that makes you uncomfortable or unhappy. The good news is that setting healthy boundaries is really a good thing that can make you happier and strengthen those relationships you were so worried about. So how do you get started? Setting boundaries is an important skill,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023
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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 BieBisher, Patrick
Summary: Patrick Bisher’s career as a Navy SEAL should have ended after a parachuting accident nearly crippled him. But overcoming adversity, even an injury as serious as a broken hip, was nothing new for him. He’d spent a portion of his childhood in leg braces. Doctors told him he’d never walk again thanks to a degenerative hip condition. He wasn’t about to give up then, any more than he was in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 BISSatterfield, Jason M.
Summary: "Explore the methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and learn why it is successful and how it can be of value in your life." -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 COGSummary: Armed with the titular manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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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: "It's time for a new type of self-care. No bubble baths. No yoga. Just some truly wild-truly effective-ideas and activities that are good for you and your overall wellness. It's time to get feral! Feral Self-Care is loaded with self-care ideas that will actually help nourish your soul and make you feel good. Each entry covers an activity that reconnects you with your authentic self, helping you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023
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Summary: This seven-lesson stress relief meditation program will make your car a stress-free sanctuary. Use it as you drive to work, run errands or undergo a long drive to visit relatives. If you're a stressed driver, or could just use a break from your daily worries.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 629.2 HIGSheen, Barbara
Summary: "Graduating from high school marks a crossroad in a person's life. It's a time to celebrate personal achievement, as well as being a time when young people transition from the restraints of childhood to adulthood. Indeed, life after high school is a time for decision making. High school graduates are expected to make big decisions about their future that have a major impact on their lives" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 158.1 SHEVan Dijk, Sheri
Summary: If you self-harm, you should know that you aren't alone. There are lots of reasons people turn to self-harming behaviors; whether you do control in your life, or just feel something -- anything -- other than numb, there are safer and healthier ways to find emotional relief. This workbook can help. With this powerful and compassionate workbook as your guide, you'll learn how to work through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.85 VANSummary: "Recovery Dharma is a peer-led movement and community that is unified by the potential in each of us to recover and find freedom from the suffering of addiction. This book uses the Buddhist practices of medication, self-inquiry, wisdom, compassion, and community as tools for recovery and healing. We welcome anyone who is looking to find freedom from suffering, whether it's caused by substance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recovery Dharma 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 RECRuddy, Erin Zammett.
Summary: "We all have areas of our lives that make us feel disorganized, unprepared, and stressed out. Wouldn't it be great to have one book that told you how to solve all of those problems in one place? Whether you need advice on how to end an argument, iron a shirt, decide on dinner, or keep your weekend plans straight, Erin Zammett Ruddy has spoken to experts like Rachael Ray, Dr. Oz, Ariana...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 RUDSiegel, Ronald D.
Contents: Disc 1: Why mindfulness matters -- Our troublesome brains -- Informal, formal, and intensive practices -- Who am I? The perils of self -- Mindfulness or psychotherapy? -- Attention and empathy in relationships-- Disc 2: The science of compassion and self-compassion-- Tailoring practices to fit changing needs -- Modifying our brain function and structure-- Solitude--An antidote to loneliness--...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "Have you tried to quit smoking, only to find yourself reaching for a cigarette again and again? Tired of feeling bad about your health and making promises to the ones that love you? Set a "learning" mindset and reframe these past quit attempts as trial runs. It's not your fault that you are a smoker. Nicotine is incredibly addictive, but you can beat it! Your amazing life as a non-smoker lies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avasta Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.86 HARShulman, Terrence Daryl.
Summary: There's something troubling in our midst, somehow lost among the myriad of problems and challenges we face individually and collectively. Stealing, spending and hoarding behaviors have slowly then rapidly exploded in front of our eyes,or, perhaps more accurately, silently and secretively. The lines between governmental or corporate overspending and greed vs. plain theft and fraud have blurred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Infinity Publishing 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8522 SHUKnight, Sarah
Summary: Presents an irreverent guide to letting go of the weight of others' expectations and doubling down on one's dreams to find real, lasting happiness. --Publisher
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 KNICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 KNIGreitens, Eric
Summary: "A masterpiece of warrior wisdom that shows how to overcome obstacles with positive action. The best-selling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other. Two years ago, Eric Greitens unexpectedly heard froma former SEAL comrade, a brother-in-arms he hadn't seen in a decade. Drew Sheets had been one of the toughest of the tough. But ever since he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 GREDu Bois, Steff
Summary: "For those days when you feel like you just can't take it anymore...Everybody struggles. Whether you're breaking down in tears at the grocery store, on the verge of cussing out your toxic family member or coworker, screaming at cars in traffic, or feeling completely alone and friendless on a Saturday night--we've ALL been there. The struggle is REAL. And it's okay to NOT feel okay sometimes....
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 DU BSummary: This film gives insight into Louise's personal story and shows how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed. It also reveals how she applies these concepts to her own emotional, spiritual, and professional life. Includes firsthand accounts from people who have been positively affected by Louise's work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HAYSincero, Jen
Summary: Offers a blunt and irreverent guide to achieving the money, relationships, career, and happiness that one desires through recognizing and doing away with self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 SINSincero, Jen
Summary: Jen Sincero serves up twenty-seven bite-sized chapters full of inspiring stories, sage advice, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word, helping you to identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviours that stop you from getting what you want, create a life you totally love, and make the kind of money you've never made before.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 SINT, Shaun
Summary: The fitness celebrity discusses his life and the struggles he endured, emphasizing the need to overcome mental obstacles to achieve wellness, and detailing seven principles that can guide success.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2017