These inventive and agonizing poems look, in heartbreaking paradox, to language to explore its efforts and inadequacies, as they grapple with disintegrating love and surging terror in modern society. Urgently, Kimberly Grey explores the need for empathy and consolation--our desire (and responsibility) as beings in the world to express the inexpressible, comprehend the incomprehensible, bear the unbearable. Communing throughout with literary forebearers--Anne Carson, Jack Gilbert, Sina Queyras Gertrude Stein--Grey looks to build "language systems" in order to help us create relevant expressions for expressing awe, confusion, bewilderment, nostalgia, horror, and joy.
According to the findings of this study, college women do not typically use drugs simply for the sake of taking drugs. Drug use was viewed as a part of relationships, and for some of these women, a very important part. Within their relationships, these women socially constructed drugs in traditional (i.e., using discourses of morality, legality, and health/personal safety) ways. They also tended to arrange drugs hierarchically—they created what the author labels an individualized drug acceptability ranking that helped them determine their drug using limits.This study suggests that the decisions to use drugs are more complicated than previous literature has suggested. Studies attempting to find correlations between college student drug use, personality traits of drug abusers, gender differences, racial differences, parental influences and educational influences continue to dominate the literature on college student drug use. This book provides a starting point and an invitation to listen to more voices to determine other factors that influence one's drug using decisions.
Nearly all studies of drug use and abuse approach the questions quantitatively without listening to the experiences of individuals living in cultures where drug use is notoriously problematic. This study offers new insight into the drug problem on college campuses by hearing directly from the women who experience it. The notion of the individualized drug acceptability ranking is a new concept that has not been previously developed. According to the findings of this study, college women do not typically use drugs simply for the sake of taking drugs. Drug use was viewed as a part of relationships, and for some of these women, a very important part. Within their relationships, these women socially constructed drugs in traditional (i.e., using discourses of morality, legality, and health/personal safety) ways. They also tended to arrange drugs hierarchically—they created what the author labels an individualized drug acceptability ranking that helped them determine their drug using limits. This study suggests that the decisions to use drugs are more complicated than previous literature has suggested. Studies attempting to find correlations between college student drug use, personality traits of drug abusers, gender differences, racial differences, parental influences and educational influences continue to dominate the literature on college student drug use. This book provides a starting point and an invitation to listen to more voices to determine other factors that influence one's drug using decisions.
An inspirational, hands-on how-to guide for making and praying with beads, for people of all faiths and traditions.In stories and pictures, this book shows how people of all faith traditions use prayer beads as a spiritual tool and a means of expressing their creativity. Every major world religion has a tradition of praying with beads and all are explored here, including the history and use of beads and specific prayers. Describes in detail and with diagrams how to make sets of prayer beads for personal use.
Have you ever wanted to change your life but were unsure how? Get out of your head and start challenging your beliefs. Freedom To Change is a self-help book aimed at helping you become your best self through personal development. Many coaching books focus on helping others, this book introduces the concept of self-coaching, and encourages you to learn how to make decisions based on what your "higher self" would do-change your thoughts, change your life. Searching for the best self help books can be difficult to navigate when you are trying to create meaningful change. If you are wondering how to transform your life, a crucial step in the process is understanding that you have the power to choose your story and change your life Freedom To Change is the new rational therapy and offers you a guide to rational living. Personal development is important. If you are ready to make a positive change in your life, then this book is for you. Freedom To Change and its supportive materials will provide you with important concepts that will help you become your own life coach, create a path in life, and discover your True Self Freedom To Change presents profound truths about human nature and how we make choices. We have three drives deeply embedded in us-the will to survive, to reproduce, and to make our lives easier and more pleasurable. These drives help form our beliefs, control our habits, and lead to our destiny as individuals. We have a desire to organize things so that we can better control the chaotic world around us. Our beliefs are one way we organize and interpret the world. Technology has seeped into every area of our lives making things easier and easier leaving us with more free time to ponder the meaning of our existence. What is life all about? Is there an underlying meaning and purpose to life? Here you will find practical answers to these important questions. We make choices in every waking moment, but how free are we? Have our beliefs and feelings about ourselves and the world blinded us from the True Truth of existence? Research has shown that we tend to make decisions about 7 seconds before we know we have made them, leaving us with the illusion that we made a choice. How does this happen? We are genetically programmed to take the path of least resistance, leading us to think we are making conscious choices when the reality is that we often just take the easiest and most pleasurable path at any given moment. How do these powerful unconscious forces control our choices and behavior to such an extent that we are not aware of it? These natural tendencies can be changed if you have the courage to examine how you lead your life. If you are seeking more from life or feel that something is missing, Freedom To Change and its three accompanying workbooks offer a way to see reality more clearly. You have the freedom to change almost anything in your life if you understand and accept a few fundamental facts and truths. You can change the world, one person at a time-starting with you. You can become your own Life Coach and your own mentor.
The Experience is the first in a series of three personal development workbooks based on concepts covered in the self-help book "Freedom To Change." This therapy workbook is designed to help you find your True Path in life and discover your True or Higher Self. It also introduces Self-Coaching, a concept where you are encouraged to become your own mentor and evaluate your behaviors, goals, and aspirations. This rebt workbook focuses on teaching how to get into the present moment, in a way that allows you to gain an understanding of your true path in life and to practice making conscious choices about situations you face in life. You are here, at this place and moment in your life, and maybe you aren't sure how or why you got here. Maybe you think the road that brought you here was a series of random coincidences that led you to more randomly presented possibilities. In addition, you are perhaps uncertain or fearful of where your present path is going to lead you. We want you to understand that your path in life is up to you. This self help program is a starting point, but the truth is that every moment in life can be seen as a starting point. The Experience contains 30 exercises with space provided between exercises for journaling. The workbook is structured to help guide you, day by day, toward a better and more meaningful life.
In the bible, Jesus said that others would know that we are His disciples by our love. In this 4-week bible study for women, you will learn how God showed His love and faithfulness in the lives of four women: Leah (Jacob's wife), Mary (the mother of Jesus), and two unnamed women - the woman caught in adultery, and the woman who lost almost everything dealing with a severe health problem. Within each week's lesson, you will find focus scriptures to memorize related to the current topic; Lesson Insight that discusses the week's story in depth; Speak the WORD affirmations that confirm your identity in Christ; and Aim for Change that provides questions for further reflection and discussion. This women of the bible study will inspire you to fall in love with your bible. You will discover that there is no sin too great, no rejection too severe, or emotional problem too deep that God's abiding love can't redeem and heal.
Courage is needed to bring about change. In this 4-week study, you will learn life-changing principles from the bible, specifically about how four women demonstrated courage in tough situations: Abigail, Deborah, Rahab, and Esther. Within each week's lesson, you will find focus scriptures to memorize related to the current topic; Lesson Insight that discusses the week's story in depth; Speak the WORD affirmations that confirm your identity in Christ; and Aim for Change that provides questions for further reflection and discussion. You will discover that you were not put on the Earth just to get by; you were put on Earth to make a difference. You do all things through Christ who strengthens you
Scripture says that the joy of the Lord is our strength. In this 4-week study, you will learn how four women expressed joy for specific reasons: Miriam, Sarah, Elizabeth, and The Shulamite. From these examples, you will learn how you can cultivate joy in your own life. Within each week's lesson, you will find focus scriptures to memorize related to the current topic; Lesson Insight that discusses the week's story in depth; Speak the WORD affirmations that confirm your identity in Christ; and Aim for Change that provides questions for further reflection and discussion. This women of the bible study will give you practical ways to ensure that your inner joy in salvation will radiant outwardly.
Discover what Real Love Is What better way to learn what real love is than by consulting the author of it? While genuine love is becoming rarer by the day, it still exists. 1 Corinthians 13 is called "The Love Chapter" in the bible and in this 15-week study, you'll learn what true love is (and is not) according to God's word. You will review the qualities of a loving person so that you can develop them to form deeper relationships. Learn How to Fulfill the Greatest Commandment Find out how to love another person as God loves you and experience how good that can be. In the Bible, we are commanded to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Through this book, you will learn how to make this commandment a reality in your life and in doing so, claim the abundant life that God has for you. You Must Receive God's Love First In order to love others, you must first receive God's love for you. Unfortunately, many of us have emotional blocks in this area due to painful childhood experiences, negative influences, or guilt over past sins. But healing is possible once you realize that God doesn't love you because you are good, but because He is good When you can receive God's love fully, then you can love yourself and love others out of the overflow. Within each week's bible study lesson, you will find focus scriptures to memorize related to the current topic; Lesson Insight that discusses the week's story in depth; Speak the WORD affirmations that confirm your identity in Christ; and Aim for Change that provides questions for further reflection and discussion. Once you review the criteria for love in this bible study, you will never again settle for a counterfeit. John 13:35: "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Words of Encouragement to Eliminate Negative Self Talk Did you know that the bible was the world's first positive self talk manual? Joshua 1:8 says, "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." While it is wonderful to read and meditate on the bible quietly, do you ever take time to read the scriptures out loud - put them in your mouth? Notice God said that His words of wisdom shall not depart from your mouth This guide leads you through 30 days of positive self talk through learning how the bible says you should use your mouth. God's words of encouragement also helps you banish negative self talk, eliminate doubt, and feeds your faith. Beautiful pictures also show you uplifting bible verses in a whole new way. Expect to see God do great things in your life as you start encouraging yourself in His word. Get ready to discover opportunities to practice what you speak - and change your life
This handy reference guide contains an semi-exhaustive list of Easton Press books. It contains more than 3,000 entries of Easton Press titles, both in-print and out-of-print. The Collector's Guide to Easton Press Books provides numerous lists of Easton Press collections and is broken down by sets and series. It also includes many stand-alone titles as well as signed, first, and limited editions.In this well-organized reference guide, Easton Press collectors will discover numerous out-of-print titles they've likely never heard of but surely will want to add to their libraries to complete their collections.The following are just a few of the series found in the Collector's Guide to Easton Press Books: 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (well-over 100 titles, actually); Baseball Hall of Fame; Books That Changed the World; Collector's Library of Famous Editions; Deluxe Limited Editions; First Edition Library; Glorious Art; Great Books of the 20th Century; Greatest Adventure Books of All Time; Horror Classics; Library of American History; Library of the Civil War; Library of Fly Fishing Classics; Library of Great Lives; Library of Military History; Library of the Presidents; Masterpieces of Science Fiction; Nautical Library; Readers' Choice; Science Classics; Signed First Editions; Signed First Editions of Science Fiction; Signed Modern Classics & Miscellaneous Signed Editions; Stand Alone Editions & Small Sets; More.
Have you ever read your horoscope and it seemed so true, it had to be written for you? In Horoscopes: Reality or Trickery? you'll learn about the development and history of astrology and hear the arguments both for and against its validity. You'll also read about fascinating scientific studies on astrology and their findings. Then you can do seven fun activities and experiments to sleuth for answers to get to the bottom of whether astrology is valid or just a form of pseudoscience (fake science).
