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Modern adult life is complex, especially for those whose working lives dominate their mental and emotional space. Many of us spend more time at work than at any other activity; it’s there we’re often forced to deal with our own and others’ emotional issues. These issues often lead to major problems in organizations, erode individual well-being, create toxic and even dangerous environments—and impact rates of retention and productivity.

Mickey Bloom: five-foot tall, dyslexic, and bullied at school. With a mostly absent and hostile father, Mickey feels she's no good at anything. Until she discovers running. Mickey's newfound talent makes her realize she's everything she thought she wasn't—powerful, strong, and special. But her success comes at a cost, and the relentless training and pressure to win leaves Mickey broken; her dream in tatters. Years later, when Mickey is working in a dead-end job, her mother becomes ill. While nursing her, Mickey realizes the only way she can overcome her grief—and find herself—is to run again.

Abandoned by their beloved King and left in the hands of a brutal tyrant—lies, fear, and starvation cause the people of Welexia to splinter and turn on each other. It is every person for themselves. Thirteen is too young to shoulder heavy responsibilities, but this is Princess Alaria of Welexia's fate. Brave decisions must be made or her family members will continue to die slow, agonizing deaths.

What is 'woman' if not 'mother'? Anything she wants to be. Foregoing motherhood has traditionally marked a woman as 'other.' With no official place setting for her in our society, she has hovered on the sidelines: the quirky girl, the neurotic career obsessive, the 'eccentric' aunt. Instead of continuing to paint women without kids as sad, self-obsessed, or somehow dysfunctional, what if we saw them as boldly forging a new vision for a fully autonomous womankind? Or as journalist and thought leader Ruby Warrington asks, what if being a woman without kids were in fact its own kind of legacy?

Set in 1995 against the backdrop of Auckland's burgeoning party scene, Golden Days is the story of an intense late-teens friendship between bookish Becky and star-dusted Zoe Golden, and what happened when one terrifying night changed their lives and destroyed their friendship forever. After finding out that her husband has been cheating on her, Becky is mourning the end of her picture-perfect marriage at the bottom of a bottle. She thought she'd left that summer far behind, but the trauma of her present day brings back memories of the horrific night her brother died.

Brought to you by Penguin. Dear Reader, Checking into a mental clinic wasn't exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn't either. But here we are. I spent a lifetime trying to create a 'front' to give everyone the illusion that all is well. It wasn't, and it isn't. Now I look back and I...

Address anger, anxiety, and violence in the classroom with strategies and best practices that work in classrooms. Under-resourced students, wealthy students, and students in all demographics can benefit from calming and healing techniques Ruby Payne, author of A Framework for Understanding Poverty, shares in this book.

Has teaching ever felt more stressful? External pressures, environmental factors, previous experiences, fear, anger—all these and more create stress and tension in the classroom. Emotional distress interrupts and can harm—even destroy—effective teaching, learning, and emotional wellness in teachers and students.

1906. A high-spirited, unconventional girl who can turn her hand to anything, Molly Sparkes is on the verge of a big adventure. At just eighteen, she is leaving her convent school in the heart of rural Kent to accompany the formidable Mrs Alexa Nagel on a tour of Australia, acting as her companion and nursemaid to Alexa's motherless granddaughter, Fay.

It's August 1930 and storm clouds are brewing across Europe, heralding the rise of fascism and the upheavals of the Great Depression. Even so, these frightening realities can't stop 24-year-old Betty Harbert from making the most of her tour of the continent. Sailing from Montreal with her wealthy Aunt Barbie and cousin Win, Betty attends a Parisian finishing school, tours Europe twice, and spreads joie de vivre wherever she goes.

Are you ready to become a leader at the top of your game? Start by unlocking the secrets which will bring you unyielding success! Women Who Lead is an easy-to-digest guide offering tips to achieve your dreams. Learn from successful female mentors who will show you the process step by step! These women are influential leaders in their niches, earning the respect and income they deserve. Some of them have been featured on Forbes, TED, international speaking engagements, and high-profile publications.

"Pleasingly subversive."--New York Times Book Review “A perfect mix of slow-burn romance, geopolitical maneuvering and sisterly antics.”—The Washington Post One of Library Journal's Best Romances of 2023! A BookList Editor's Pick of 2023! A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a...

Essential oils have been part of alternative methods for healing and treating various ailments for thousands of years. Nonetheless, some of the health benefits that are related to these essential oils are part of controversies. This audiobook will be sharing with you the essential oils and their uses for treating different ailments so you can decide better in regards to essential oils and their health effects. Essential oils are most of the time part of aromatherapy, working with the aid of extracts via different categories of plants to deliver us health and well-being.

Dakota: Everyone wants me to change. Be a better employee, work harder in my college classes, give my parents the respect they deserve. They think I can’t hear them, but I do. That’s how I wind up in the Black Pine Woods facing down tall, muscular, tattooed Gunnar Issacs. Gunnar: She might only be 20, but Dakota is the woman of my dreams. I know she came here for a specific purpose, but it’s going to be hard to give her what she wants without giving her what I want. Dakota needs someone to teach her right from wrong—it’s my turn to take a crack at her behind.

An ad on the web leads parents of errant daughters, as well as grown women seeking discipline, to the farm of Mark and Lorraine Lanning. "Uncle Mark" and "Aunt Lorraine" provide disciplinary correction to the young women in the form of old-fashioned, country- and family-style punishments. Spankings, strappings, and old-fashioned "switchin's" address and correct the women's misbehavior, leaving them with very sore behinds but clean slates, the pain and fire on their behinds signaling forgiveness of their transgressions.

Fred works at a family restaurant, and all is good with his life until he has a run-in with the law. He ends up being told by the authorities that he's actually a woman, which he has a hard time believing. He then gets taken taken to Queen Tara's house, where he must wear makeup and a maid's outfit, and perform an array of daily household duties. He loves it at Queen Tara's house, but then he makes a big mistake that completely changes his life.

In this bestselling tour de force of a culinary manifesto, Great British Bake Off alum and former Guardian columnist Ruby Tandoh will help you fall back in love with food—from a great selection of recipes to straight-talking, sympathetic advice on mental health and body image “I read it...

Becca was about to graduate college. As an only child, she had always been the object of her mother's overbearing and critical remarks regarding her weight. She'd even sent her to fat farms as a child. Becca had finally had her fill of it. When Becca's mother called her at school to announce she was getting remarried to a very wealthy old man, she was totally caught off guard. Her mom wanted her to meet her new stepdaddy, Buck, and mend fences. How could Becca refuse the olive branch her mother extended? But little did she know what awaited her at the other end of that olive branch.

Everyone has a story. You just have to read between the lines… ‘Will make you smile, make you cry, fill you with joy and warm your heart.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ***Shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Contemporary Romantic Novel Award!*** When Elodie applies...

Kelley Vanders-Froggett’s life is finally in order again: She’s on break from a great job, she has a supportive family, and she has Anthony Salamandras, her hot alien fiancé who’s making it all too hard to wait for the altar. Then Anthony’s brother shows up declaring Kelley unworthy to marry into his family—unless she passes ancient trials. Never mind that these trials haven’t been used in generations. Either Kelley proves herself worthy, or she’ll be separated from Anthony forever.