Resilience is a crucial ingredient--perhaps the crucial ingredient--to a happy, healthy life. More than anything else, it's what determines how high we rise above what threatens to wear us down, from battling an illness, to bolstering a marriage, to carrying on after a national crisis. Everyone needs ... more »

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... from the basics to the finer points of writing and delivering a speech with persuasion, style, and humor. Topics include: *Assessing your audience * Researching your subject--and deciding what to leave out *Keeping it simple * Using imagery, quotations, repetition, and humor * Special-occasion speeches ... more »

In this wise and inspiring book, Nancy O'Hara will help you discover what you really want from life and find the courage to pursue your dreams.  Adapting Zen principles and practices to modern day life, O'Hara takes you step-by-step through an entire process of meditation and simple exercises ... more »

As elegant as his bestselling How to Know God and as practical as his phenomenal The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, this groundbreaking new book from Deepak Chopra contains a dramatic premise: Not only are everyday coincidences meaningful, they actually provide us with glimpses of the field of infinite ... more »

Finally --an approach to meditation especially for women! The benefits of meditations are manifold -- but so few practices are tailored to the special needs and interests of women. Now, with Meditation Secrets for Women, you can discover how to love your body and find a time and place to tune into yourself ... more »

A comprehensive collection of powerful phrases to help you face a variety of life's challenges. Travelers to foreign countries often carry handy phrase books to help them navigate uncharted territory. Now there's a guide for getting through tough times in plain English-an essential selection of well ... more »

Life Strategies for Teens tackles the challenges of adolescence like no other. It is the first guide to teenage life that won't tell you what to do, or who to be, but rather how to live life best. Life Strategies for Teens is an enlightening guide to help teenagers not only stay afloat, but to thrive ... more »

Extra 1 - Quotes on family and marriage. The reason so many Americans feel lost and unhappy, explains Dr. Schlessinger, is that we have abandoned the high road and indulged in the feel-good pop psychology of the last decade. Mistaking fun for happiness, we have set ourselves up for short-term thrills ... more »

Are you plagued by fears, phobias, or panic attacks? Do you toss and turn at night with a knot in your stomach, worrying about your job, your family, work, your health, or relationships? Do you suffer from crippling shyness, obsessive doubts, or feelings of insecurity? What you may not realize is that ... more »

Getting older can be brutalwomen gain weight, lose their sex drive, experience hot flashes, suffer memory loss, become short-tempered, find it difficult to sleep, and on and on. Its not so easy for men, eitherthey start to lose energy and stamina as they age, too (and they have to live with women going ... more »

Long hours. Juggling family and work. Deadlines. High stress levels. Today's professionals are feeling more overworked and overwhelmed than ever before. Yet you CAN get more done than you ever thought possible--and still get home to your real life sooner. Laura Stack, "The Productivity Pro," ... more »