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Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps
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This guide will help you to navigate the stormy Sea of Adulthood so that you may find safe harbor in Not Running Out of Toilet Paper Bay, and along the way you will learn: What to check for when renting a new apartment--not just the nearby bars, but the faucets and stove, among other things. When a busy person can find time to learn more about the world (It involves the intersection of NPR and hair-straightening.) How to avoid hooking up with anyone in your office--imagine your coworkers having plastic, featureless doll crotches. It helps. The secret to finding a mechanic you love--or, more realistically, one that will not rob you blind.
How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties
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In How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties, you won't find platitudes or promises of love, happiness, and a fabulous life. What you will find are 40 strategies to help you cultivate a life of abject misery. On the other hand, if you want to take control of your destiny, find meaning and a sense of purpose, or just be a damn grownup, feel free to do the opposite of what this book says. You may yet join the ranks of happy people everywhere!
10 Minutes to Better Mental Health
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What can you really do in 10 minutes? You can make a cup of tea or coffee, walk about 0.6 miles and now, with this book, you can improve your mental health. No matter how busy or stressful your day, with 10-minute steps and quick exercises, you can better understand your experiences and learn how to survive setbacks. The book covers everything from dealing with worry and anxiety and building your confidence, to creating healthy life habits and positive relationships. It includes sections to read, questions to reflect on, video clips to watch and things to try out in your everyday life. Using evidence-based approaches like CBT and mindfulness, it will help you to get the best out of life and become the person you want to be.
I'm Not Okay and That's Okay: Mental Health Microskills to Deal with Life's Inevitable Struggles
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For those days when you feel like you just can't take it anymore...Everybody struggles. We've ALL been there. The struggle is REAL. And it's okay to NOT feel okay sometimes. Fortunately, there are simple ways to help you identify and improve your negative thoughts, calm the chaos of emotional overwhelm, and feel better quickly. This book offers in-the-moment micro skills--little strategies for big change--based in proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and real-life experience. You'll learn to recognize unhelpful thinking patterns; cope with feelings of sadness, anger, worry, fear, and frustration; and improve your relationships. Most importantly, you'll uncover the root cause of why you feel the way you do, what's making you feel worse, and how you can deal with these intense feelings in healthier ways. You've got this. And this fun, heartfelt guide has your back.
101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties: (And Let's Be Honest, Your Thirties Too)
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Adulting got you down? To find important life answers in your 20s, you need to start with good questions. Paul Angone captures the hilarious, freakishly-accurate assessment of life as a modern-day twentysomething (and thirtysomething) facing real Millennial problems, but now he's digging even deeper. If you're drowning your anxieties in Netflix and ice cream, are afraid you're failing, going crazy, or both, or are just longing for a little guidance to get past "just getting by," grab this book and start thriving in the most "defining decade" of your life.
You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible
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A trained chef teaches you how to keep yourself fed-and maybe even enjoy it!-in the face of stress, burnout, and exhaustion. Delivery is expensive. Eating a spoonful of peanut butter is depressing. You can't imagine having the energy to chop an onion. But somehow, you gotta eat. How does anyone feed themselves under these conditions? Enter You Gotta Eat, a friendly, accessible resource for getting something on your plate when you have too much on your plate. Part cookbook, part pep talk, and part action plan, You Gotta Eat offers tips and tactics-plus ten "do exactly this" recipes-for making effortless food that's nourishing, tasty, and even a little fun. Choose your current energy level and learn important kitchen hacks such as the following. If you can open a package- Turn instant ramen into a feast If you can assemble a plate- Make a cheese board fit for a king If you can press a button- Whip up perfect eggs in the microwave If you can wield a knife- Turn any leftovers into a hearty casserole Plus dozens more ideas for living deliciously without impossible effort! Whether you're burned-out, depressed, overscheduled, a new parent, living away from home for the first time, or some combination of the above, let food editor, classically trained chef, and nacho enthusiast Margaret Eby show you how to make your eating experience easier-and better-in every way.
Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks and Messy Kitchens
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From last-minute inspiration to delicious meals for one, easy one-pot dinners to no-chop recipes for when life keeps your hands full, Ruby brings us 100 delicious, affordable and achievable recipes, including salted malted magic ice cream, one-tin smashed potatoes with lemony sardines and pesto and an easy dinner of plantain, black beans and eden rice.
This is a new kind of cookbook for our times: an accessible, inclusive and inspirational addition to any and every kitchen. You don't have to be an aspiring chef for your food to be delectable or for cooking to be a delight. Cook as you are.
Nutritional Treatments to Improve Mental Health Disorders
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Dr. Procyk presents a biology-based approach to think more holistically about assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues. Correct the vitamin and mineral deficiencies that contribute to mental health symptoms How to feed your brain the right food to optimize focus and performance Strategies to improve sleep Identify common hormonal imbalances misdiagnosed as mental illness Case studies Handouts to empower clients.
Intuitive Eating for Life: How Mindfulness Can Deepen and Sustain Your Intuitive Eating Practice
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For anyone who struggles with food, eating, and body image, this book presents easy and effective mindfulness skills to enhance, sustain, and deepen your intuitive eating practice! Intuitive eating is a great way to get off the diet roller coaster, stay healthy, build confidence in your body, and take the guesswork out of mealtime. But if you're like many people, you may have trouble staying on track. Enter mindfulness! In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn to practice intuitive eating using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a classic Buddhist framework. Using these simple and easy-to-remember foundations, you'll discover that you can easily stay on track with your intuitive eating path, and actually improve it for better health and overall well-being. So, what are you waiting for?
Savor Every Bite: Mindful Ways to Eat, Love Your Body, and Live with Joy
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Savor your food, soothe difficult emotions, and enjoy every moment with powerful mindfulness practices! This book offers powerful mindfulness and compassion practices for soothing difficult emotions and cultivating positive coping strategies. This book provides daily tips and tools for whole-body healing--including how to eat mindfully, move your body in ways that feel delicious, and live with greater ease and joy. With this guide, you'll learn mindfulness skills to help you navigate the difficulties of daily life and cultivate a lasting sense of calm, clarity, and profound happiness. It's time to start savoring your life!
Smart Foods for ADHD and Brain Health: How Nutrition Influences Cognitive Function, Behaviour and Mood
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Changing one's diet not only improves physical health, but benefits mood, behavior and cognitive function at a fundamental level. Combining the latest research with the inspirational stories of a range of professionals and individuals whose lives have been touched by the issues raised, this book also includes accessible tips throughout and a chapter of recipes to promote brain health. This is an essential guide to understanding the interplay of brain health and nutrition, and supporting families to build a diet that optimizes brain function and health.
Thrive at Any Weight: Eating to Nourish Body, Soul, and Self-Esteem
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Many people feel at war with their bodies rather than at home, in large part because of weight stigma and the unrelenting pursuit of thinness in America. This book offers a detailed approach for change, with a particular focus on "the message we give ourselves" when we eat, exercise, and interact with other people. This process incorporates operating from an internal locus of control as a way to improve self-esteem. The better we listen to and fulfill our body's needs, the better our self-esteem and health becomes, and the more we believe we are "worth it" and are able to meet our objectives.
Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances
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An illustrated, practical guide to navigating your financial life, no matter your financial situation. Examine your beliefs and experiences around money--blending extremely practical exercises with mindfulness, and including more than 50 illustrations and diagrams to make the concepts accessible (and even fun). This book is for anyone who feels unseen, ignored, or bored to death by the way personal finances are approached and taught, and is ready to go on a journey of self-discovery and step into their financial power.
Finance Is Personal: Making Your Money Work for You in College and Beyond
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This groundbreaking personal finance resource shows you how to manage thinking, feelings, and behavior so that you can handle your money to get what you want--not what someone else thinks you ought to have to be happy. Financial planning and money management are hot topics, but most books don't help you figure out what you truly want your money to provide for you. Exploring links between money and happiness, this guide is based on sound theory and on the latest research in psychology, behavioral economics, happiness, and neuroscience.
Pathfinders: Extraordinary Stories of People Like You on the Quest for Financial Independence—And How to Join Them
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Pathfinders brings together scores of amazing and insightful real-life stories from real people on the journey to financial independence--providing practical encouragement and inspiration for anyone who wants to join them. Pathfinders is the ultimate companion for your own journey to financial freedom--and the true and lasting wealth that lies at the end.
The Student's Guide to Financial Literacy
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Presenting a broad array of financial knowledge, this interesting, easily understandable book will aid students and young adults in achieving their desired levels of wealth, success, and overall financial and personal fulfillment. This book is designed to convey financial wisdom in terms that are easy to understand with suggestions that are easy to apply. Readers will learn about the importance of budgeting and saving, the compounding of money, and how to create a diversified portfolio of investments.
Personal Finance 101: From Saving and Investing to Taxes and Loans, an Essential Primer on Personal Finance
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Get your financial life in order with this comprehensive, accessible guide to everything you need to know about finance. Full of must-have advice and organized in an easy-to-read format, this book provides a wealth of knowledge on personal finance basics. Use this guide and make the most of the money you have, plan for future purchases like a house or a vacation, save for retirement, or simply become more financially responsible. Perfect for finance beginners or those looking to refresh their knowledge, Personal Finance 101 is the one-stop shop for all of your personal finance questions!
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