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Exposure to electric light at night is ubiquitous in modern society. This book describes how our 24-hour circadian clock regulates our physiology and behavior and why light at the "wrong" time of day can impact our health.

How can we, despite everything, still find happiness and hope today? Researcher Leo Bormans asked this question to 100 top experts from 50 countries. Here are their answers.

Discover the WELLNESS tools and practices that work for you in this FEEL-GOOD GUIDE, which explores the different ways you can honour your BODY, MIND and SPIRIT to cultivate a KINDER relationship with YOURSELF.

EASY and FUN activities to do with your child (aged 3-11) to encourage MINDFULNESS. Mindfulness helps children FOCUS, become more RESILIENT, CALM their emotions and experience greater JOY.

Take inspiration from the HAPPIEST countries in the world and live a more BALANCED, HEALTHY and PEACEFUL life.The Nordic approach to life has captured our imaginations and it's easy to see why - from the Danish embrace of cosy living (hygge) to the Swedish emphasis on balance and simplicity (lagom). In this beautifully illustrated guide, Elisabeth Carlsson, a Swede who has lived in the UK for many years, shares the key elements and philosophies of the Nordic lifestyle.Explore the core values that shape Nordic well-being, from creating harmony between work and home life to adopting sustainable habits that benefit both you and the environment. Delve into wellness practices, like sauna rituals, and find inspiration in Nordic cuisine, focusing on simple, seasonal ingredients and preparing meals as an act of self-care. Embracing nature is another vital aspect of the Nordic way of life: learn how connecting with your surroundings can bring peace and balance, even during long, dark winters.Filled with practical ideas and thoughtful insights, Nordic Wisdom offers a clear path to a healthier, happier way of living.

Instead of surviving, you can be thriving with Elizabeth Leiba’s all-new manifesto that is full of practical and empowering advice.

After a loved one dies, each day can be a struggle. But each day, God's comfort and promises remain new. Faith, Hope, and Love in a Time of Loss: A 90-Day Devotional Through Grief by Katrina Larson offers brief, one-day-at-a-time doses of guidance and healing. Each entry is grounded in faith, hope, and love to shed the light of God on your losses and laments.

Lost Gifts: Miscarriage, Grief, and the God of All Comfort laments the grief of miscarriage, discovers God's gifts in spite of loss, and remembers our Good Shepherd, who weeps with those who weep. When we suffer, we are invited into deeper communion with Jesus. In the pain of miscarriage, we learn to treasure our suffering Savior who holds us.

From journalist and professor at University of Texas-Austin, SLIP presents a revelatory new framework to understand the experience of eating disorder recovery by weaving together moving personal narrative, immersive reporting, and emerging science.

“A beautiful story about an extraordinary mother’s gift of love and hope.” —Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle From “a writer who’s absolutely going places” (Roxane Gay), a remarkable, inventive debut memoir about a mother-daughter relationship across cycles of poverty, separation, and illness, exploring how we forge identity in the face of imminent loss.When Erika Simpson was growing up, her mother loomed large, almost biblical in her life. A daughter of sharecroppers, middle child of ten, her origin story served as a Genesis. Her departure from home and a cheating husband, pursuing higher education along the way a kind of Exodus. Her rules for survival, often repeated like the Ten Commandments, guided Erika’s own journey into adulthood. And the most important rule? Throughout her life, Sallie Carol preached the power of a testimony—which often proved useful in talking her way out of a bind with bill collectors. But where does a mother’s story end and a daughter’s begin? In this brave, illuminating memoir, Erika offers a joint recollection of their lives as they navigate the realities of destitution often left undiscussed. Her mother’s uncanny ability to endure Job-like trials and manifest New Testament–style miracles made her seem invincible. But while our parents may start out as gods in our lives, through her mother’s final months and fifth battle with cancer, Erika captures the moment you realize they are just people. This gorgeously rendered story of a mother’s life through her daughter’s eyes weaves together a dual timeline, pulling inspiration from both scripture and pop culture as Erika moves through grief to a place of clarity where she can see who she is without her mom—and because of her.

In thoughtful, candid, and often funny vignettes, Hilaria Baldwin reveals the highs, the lows, and the outrageous outtakes from her different and not-so-different life.

Silicon Valley is not the glossy utopia our promising youth has been sold; it's a modern-day Colosseum where overclocked misfits battle for their shot at unicorn status and glory. Forget the embroidered zip hoodies and free kombucha fantasies--in Let Go, two renegade insiders cut through the buzzwords and bullsh*t. They show that your dreams of changing the world are possible, but success has a high price and the person you were before may not like the person you become. This book dishes out hard-earned strategies to help you not just survive but thrive in a world that chews people up and spits them out in the name of "innovation."Inside these pages, you'll meet brilliant oddballs racing to launch the next big product, engineers treating the next line of code as their personal Everest, and leaders juggling corporate politics while one breath away from the company's last gasp. Along the way, the authors deliver sharp, painfully relatable anecdotes and practical strategies that show you how to: Tame your ego to navigate corporate politics like a proEmbrace the misfits and survive toxic colleaguesMoneyball the market to build products people wantGet money or get outPacked with insights, humor, and hard-won hope, this essential guide is for anyone daring to dream big in the tech world--and still wanting a life left to enjoy.

Higher education has a long history of transferring knowledge--facts and theories--into students' minds. However, it has less of a history of providing students with direct experiences, such as internships, that lead to felt knowledge of the field and relevant skills. It is this combination of academic and felt knowledge that fosters the growth students need, which we refer to as "professional wisdom."This growth state is supported by basic neuroscience. Humans possess a crowning achievement of evolution in the neocortex, allowing us to perform amazing feats of cognitive symbolic logic, such as language and planning. Beneath the neocortex lies an older part of the brain that regulates emotional computation--the limbic system. This system provides a perspective of value, helping us determine whether a plan or activity is beneficial. Interestingly, neuroscience shows that the limbic system reacts most strongly to actual experiences, and it requires reflection to process these experiences into the higher cognitive regions of the brain.When applied to higher education, this insight suggests that combining academic study with hands-on experiences--such as cooperative learning and internships--can lead to a lifelong career where students remain passionate and engaged. A major paired with an enjoyable, real-world experience in college helps students connect knowledge with purpose, fostering long-term satisfaction and success.While some individuals, especially in academic administration, refer to this as "educating the whole student," we describe it as cognitive-emotional integration, the foundation of professional wisdom. In this book, we explore the current experiences in higher education that foster this development, from cooperative learning to internships and beyond. We also offer two neuroscientists' perspectives on how cognitive-emotional integration aligns with the brain's natural processes.With this understanding, we believe colleges and universities have an obligation to their students: to cultivate environments that challenge them both inside and outside the classroom. Without this, we risk graduating learners unprepared for the demands of the modern workforce.

GOOD VISION IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!During the last few decades, an elite group of eye doctors known as behavioral optometrists have developed simple techniques known as vision therapy eye exercises, which make the eyes healthier and reduce or eliminate the need for corrective lenses. The Power Vision Program gives you the best of these techniques.The Power Vision Program gives your eyes a good basic workout. In contrast to physical exercises, however, eye exercises are not strenuous. They work by increasing the range and accuracy of the focusing system. Some of the exercises stimulate the flow of nutrients inside the eyes, making them healthier. Other exercises increase natural focusing power and reduce eyestrain from reading or working at a computer. It's important to understand that the vast majority of people are born with normal eyes. Almost all young children have good vision. Almost all cases of poor vision begin with nothing more serious than a minor focusing problem. Perhaps distant objects become slightly blurred, or you have difficulty reading a menu. Nobody goes to bed with normal vision and wakes up with deformed eyeballs! Nearsightedness (myopia) is caused by watching TV too close, too much reading, or working at a computer. This increases the pressure inside the eyeball and makes it go out of shape. The aging process also causes poor vision (presbyopia) because the eye's inner lens loses its flexibility and can't focus properly.Fortunately, all common visual problems can be improved with the techniques you are about to learn. If your vision is not too bad, you can probably avoid or stop wearing glasses. If your vision is bad, you will probably still need them but you will be able to reduce your dependency on them.Follow these instructions and you should see the first signs of improvement within a week or so: STEP ONE: Skim through the entire Power Vision Program on your tablet or computer. Don't spend more than a few minutes. All you need is a general overview of the material.STEP TWO: Print the entire Power Vision Program and put it in a binder. Read it a couple of times. Don't be fazed by new words or worried that it's too complicated. Just follow the instructions step-by-step and it will soon fall into place. STEP THREE: Read the instructions for Rolling, Blinking, and Detailing, and start doing them. These are your New Visual Habits. The goal is to do them during your daily activities. Develop the habit of periodically rolling your eyes, frequently blinking, and looking at small details. STEP FOUR: Print extra copies of the Biofeedback Charts and Reminder Cards. Put them in prominent locations in your home, office, and car.STEP FIVE: Set up a special place to do the exercises. You will need an area of blank wall with good lighting, and a table to put things on. STEP SIX: Do the Power Exercise Module. This will take about 15 minutes. Your goal is to do the Power Exercise Module at least once a day, preferably twice a day.STEP SEVEN: If you wear glasses and have a weaker pair, start wearing them immediately. Develop the habit of taking your glasses off whenever you don't really need them, provided it's safe to do so.The Power Vision Program will give you really fast results. Don't wait or make excuses!

From psychotherapist and social media star Meg Josephson, a groundbreaking exploration of people-pleasing as an under-recognized but common trauma response, that also offers a compassionate and actionable path for healing. Are you... - Constantly worried about what people think of you, if they like you, if they're mad at you?- Anxious, a perfectionist, or an overachiever?- Always overextending yourself (and then resentful)?- Someone who avoids conflict at all costs?- Fearful of getting into trouble or being seen as "bad"?- Silencing your needs for the comfort and happiness of everyone else?- Prone to overexplain or over apologize?- Eternally obsessing over why someone texted with a period instead of an exclamation point?In Are You Mad at Me?, psychotherapist Meg Josephson explodes the idea that people-pleasing is a personality trait. Instead, she illuminates how it's actually a common trauma response (also known as "fawning"): an instinct often learned in childhood to become more appealing to a perceived threat in order to feel safe. Yet many people are stuck in this way of being for their whole lives. Meg weaves her own moving story, fascinating patient case studies, and thought-provoking exercises to show readers how to:- Identify all the roles you might play from peacekeeper to performer to caretaker to perfectionist to lone wolf to chameleon that keep you far from yourself. - Stop fearing your thoughts and emotions, even if they're unpleasant. - Rethink conflict and boundaries as an opening for deeper connection. - Practice "leaning back" in relationships.

As they reach middle age, most men begin looking forward to "what's next." They gear up to experience renewed productivity and purpose and are more conscious of their health. This book provides a guide to healthy aging from a man's perspective.

Managing Your Depression will bring depression management strategies to people who do not have access to mental health programs or who want to learn new skills.

The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.

Offering a new perspective on intimate partner abuse and homicide, this book recognises the families of victims as legitimate agents of knowledge in terms of the harm experienced by their family members, and considers how this harm is extended to the families themselves.