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Explores the effect that capitalist ambition has on our psyches and societies, and what a world without ambition might look like.Against Ambition examines the psychological and societal impact of capitalist ambition and imagines a world liberated from its pressures.Critical Exploration of Ambition: Analyses how ambition became the dominant force shaping our lives since the 1980s, pushing us to view success as solely our responsibility—and failure as our fault.The Cult of Capitalist Success: Bill Peel critiques how capitalism turned ambition into an endless cycle of "rise and grind," passive income pursuits, and corporate competition, pushing us into self-sacrificing, goal-oriented lives.A Call to Reimagine Life Beyond Ambition: Argues that relentless ambition undermines collective action and turns individuals into isolated social climbers, hindering efforts to create a more equitable world.Radical Freedom in Letting Go: Advocates for a life freed from constant self-improvement, valuing the right to "waste time" as a radical act against neoliberal values.For readers interested in social criticism, capitalism’s influence on personal identity, or alternative views on productivity and success, Against Ambition offers a powerful challenge to the “cult of ambition.”

Change your perspective about aging. Here is an uplifting view of how life's energies are redirected towards new purpose and happiness, if we accept and claim age as a new release into life. >> >>Whatever your own life's season, whether you're still in the Spring or deep into life's Winter, here are fresh insights into the human spirit. Readers may nod or smile with recognition or see more clearly what it ahead on their life's journey. Time's Bounty will change the way you think about age.

This book illustrates how research guided by the emancipatory epistemology of critical participatory inquiry (CPI) can support social change in transnational contexts, which are inherently laden with unequal power dynamics and colonial structures.

Autisticcounsellors and psychotherapists write about neurodivergence, negotiating dailylife in an allistic world, and how they work most effectively andhelpfully with autistic clients. The book tackles common stereotypes aboutautism and how therapy can be made more accessible to autistic people.

Are you living the life you truly want? In Ariise, Zoe Marshall invites you to learn the powerful tools and techniques of manifestation to help you cultivate the life you deserve. This isn't just another self-help book – this is a blueprint for unlocking your true potential and bring abundance into your life. With insights from psychology and neuroscience, Ariise offers practical strategies to identify your limiting beliefs, teaching you how to take aligned action to attract your deepest desires. Whether you're striving for personal growth, career success, or deeper connections, this is your complete guide to manifestation, or ‘co-creation’, as Zoe likes to call it. Zoe’s own story is one of resilience and transformation. After losing her mother and surviving an abusive relationship, she was at rock bottom. But with the techniques you’ll learn in Ariise, she created a life full of meaning, purpose, and success. Now, as a wife, mother and thriving entrepreneur, Zoe is living proof of what’s possible when we harness the power of our minds, and she is dedicated to sharing everything she’s learned about healing, self-empowerment, and the art of manifestation.

This book explores emotions and affect in language learning during total lockdown during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book's findings presented here will contribute to a better understanding of learning and teaching during challenging circumstances for students and academics of applied linguistics.

Since 1950, there has been a steady increase in mental ill-health across the population. At the same time, there has been a similar steady decline in IQ. There is strong evidence of 'dumbing down' right across society. If this is allowed to continue, it will be the greatest threat to the sustainability of the human race, even greater than the more visible threat of climate change. The Global Mental Health Crisis is a direct result of the fact that, over time, the actual size of our brains is getting smaller. This is a historical fact but is entirely reversible with better brain nutrition. This has now reached crisis proportions.In 2023, The European Brain Council recognised that "Brain Health conditions have become a global health emergency". Back in 1972, Graham Rose wrote in the Sunday Times, "Unless action is taken to care for the nutrition of the brain 'We will become a race of morons!' Authors Michael A Crawford and David E Marsh have both devoted their lives to this vital area of research. This book is their legacy. In painstaking detail, they make the case for reversing the Global Mental Health Crisis. With greater awareness of the problem, its cause, and the solution required to make a change, their message could not be clearer. By reading this book, you will not be able to say, "We didn't realise."This book may contain complex research and the results of detailed research, but the message is simple-and so is the action we all need to take.We also explain the role of the environment in the evolution of the brain, leading to early Homo sapiens with a brain capacity of over 1,600cc, and explain why it is now only 1,366 cc and mental ill-health is escalating. The concepts in this book have been fifty-one years in the making. They can't wait any longer. There is no more time.Presented with these incontrovertible facts, it does not need a rocket scientist to work out what will happen if these dumbing-down trends continue! Fortunately, solutions are available which will lead to brighter and healthier children of the future.

Stepmothers often battle with a range of negative myths and stereotypes, with Cinderella's wicked stepmother being the most infamous. Drawing on 20 in-depth interviews with British stepmothers, this book reimagines the expectations, practices and position of stepmothers through a feminist sociological lens. Combining firsthand accounts, including the author's own experiences, the book reveals the complexities of stepfamily dynamics and how stepmothers navigate them. By examining the interplay between personal experiences and broader gendered, historical and social structures, the author offers a fresh perspective on contemporary stepmothers and stepfamilies.

This comprehensive resource equips emerging and experienced sexuality educators with contemporary frameworks for trauma-informed, equitable, and anti-oppressive education.

This comprehensive resource equips emerging and experienced sexuality educators with contemporary frameworks for trauma-informed, equitable, and anti-oppressive education.

This stylish, full-color bande dessinée is a beautiful coming-of-age story focusing on themes of family, friendship, self-confidence and personal growth through the lens of music and dance.     Emma and Violette are sisters who share the same dream of attending Paris's most prestigious dance school. Violette passes the first audition with flying colors, but Emma doesn't, and their world comes crashing down. But there may be more than one way to dance through life...

"pub: 2017-09-25"--Publisher's web site.

From the noted business and foundation leader, a bold new argument for harnessing brain science to make sure all children thrive At nine, a boy named Sixto Cancel was adopted by a woman who kept a lock on her refrigerator and was verbally abusive. Meanwhile, extended and loving family members lived just an hour away--and would have taken him in if a public system had made an effort to find them. Sixto moved in and out of broken households for years, one of the hundreds of thousands of young Americans who lack the relationships essential to succeeding in adulthood. A major new book for parents and policymakers alike, Thrive argues that how we understand the unequal experiences of adolescence holds the key to ensuring that all children have an equal chance of becoming successful adults. Drawing on her deep engagement with public systems and youth at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, author Lisa M. Lawson condenses a broad range of brain science, exploring the personal and institutional structures every child needs, as well as the shocking gaps in our systems for disadvantaged children. Arguing that we all have a shared stake in helping young people navigate the road to adulthood, Lawson lays out the ways that families, government, nonprofits, and business can draw lessons from science--and take steps to help all young people thrive.

Take comfort in the perfect Fatherhood of God in this forty-day devotional While our relationships with our earthly fathers were designed to reflect our relationship with our heavenly Father, the reality of sin in our world means that many of us have relationships with our fathers fraught with pain, disappointment or absence. This devotional was written as a reminder that God is the wonderful Father that each of us desperately needs. Even for those who have good relationships with their fathers, many memories can be filled with joy and laughter and hold warm feelings of love, some others are expressed with sadness, tears, and feelings of betrayal. Rosann Coulon has found herself on the spectrum of all these emotions. This devotional consists of ten sections, demonstrating something our fathers should be, and showing how God perfectly displays fatherhood. A Loving Father An Encouraging Father A Faithful Father A Guiding Father A Trustworthy Father A Providing Father A Protecting Father A Comforting Father A Healing Father A Merciful Father Each section contains four daily readings. While starting at section one and reading through section ten is a great way to read this book, another option is to pick the section that resonates with your current life situation and start there. Take time to read the Scriptures listed in the Pause section each day; meditate on the questions in the Ponder section; and use the Pray section to help you speak to your Heavenly Father. If your relationship with your father is marked by heartache, or if you need a rich reminder of the goodness of the Lord, 40 Days to God, My Father will be a balm to your heart.

A Man's World tells the tragic story of the Martins, a family destroyed by domestic abuse and its shattering consequences. This vivid portrayal of domestic turmoil illustrates how dysfunction can rob even the most innocent of fulfilling lives, asking where the bystanders were who could have made a difference.It opens as teenagers Janet and Craig find young love before Craig shows his dark side at the senior prom. Their toxic relationship spirals into a marriage as cruel and domineering as Janet's own parents. The story bears witness to the terror in which Janet, Craig, and their three children live under Craig's dictatorship. They could have been a family who played ballgames and went on picnics; instead, they endured Craig's insatiable thirst for control until it ultimately killed him.Emerging from the wreckage is a very different Katie than the carefree little girl she once was. Tormented by her father and neglected by her mother, Craig's behavior molded Katie into a resentful woman obsessed with revenge against domineering men. To prevent others from suffering her mother's fate, Katie will go to any length necessary... even kill.