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How can I rewire my brain from anxiety? How can I rewire my brain to be positive? Scientists once thought that the brain was locked in place after puberty. But new technology shows that our brain continues to rewire itself and never stops changing as we age. We're gradually understanding that the adult brain is capable of physical change and rewiring in response to stimuli. But if you conceive of the brain as a colossally complex series of wires and computer connections, we're still basically babies with a Fisher-Paykel chisel, banging at the circuit board.

Mary's Choices summarizes the 12 Life Choices that Mother Mary made during her lifetime and captures some profound concepts and understandings that support us in mastering the human experience. The book is a series of 15 Questions and Answers that meaningfully capture the relevance of each of Mary's 12 Life Choices in a simple and beautiful way. Via Mary's example, we have a practical roadmap to reach ascended levels of living beyond our usual day-to-day understandings.

Want to make a living from your creative work? The "hows" are changing faster than ever, but the essential habits you need remain timeless. Inspiring role models can be a powerful factor helping you build a successful career. Inside The Wealthy Creative, you'll find example after example of real authors, artists, designers, and more (all enlivened by the engaging voice of narrator Elizabeth Austin). These creatives share the timeless habits that helped them forge their own successful and fulfilling careers in the digital age. Each chapter of The Wealthy Creative presents one of the essential practices or concepts that crystallized out of the author's analysis of dozens of interviews conducted with real creatives working in both the digital economy and in more traditional spheres.

This is not your grandmother’s public speaking book (nothing against Grammy). Match the magic of storytelling with the science of cognition to conquer your public speaking obstacles, once and for all. With this 13-day, step-by-step guide, go from fearful to fearless, cautious to confident, uncertain to unlimited, all through the power of story. Become an undaunted, dynamic, and persuasive public speaker in just 13 days.

Writer, poet, and teacher Natalie Goldberg shows you how to unleash your "wild mind" - the true source of your creative power. In this crisp mix of memoir, teaching guide, nonfiction and poetry, Goldberg strips creativity to the essential mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive, and hungry." Natalie is compassionate, practical, and humorous. "Even if it's just a leg hanging out the window, she says, "write it down." Highlights include: provocative "try this" exercises to compel you into action, advice on how to find time to write, how to discover your personal style, how to make sentences come alive, and how to overcome procrastination and writer's block. She'll also explore the larger vision of the writer's task: knowing when to take risks as a writer and a person, learning self-acceptance in life and art.

Part autobiography and part personal guide to healing, The Reluctant Healer takes listeners on a journey through the reluctant beginnings of healer and author David Elliott’s life and work. Interspersed throughout the book are exercises and examples that encourage listeners to examine their own life and story, creating the opportunity for those who go on the journey with David to connect the dots around their own potential as a healer.

For your life's journey, here are 10 life changing quotes. 10 personal stories showing how impactful words can be. 10 thought provoking original poems. 10 unique illustrations to add a different dimension to each quote. All this can be listened to in 10 days for a life times' worth of value. This is a light listen with a deep impact. For anyone and everyone who is serious about their development and growth.

In The Ultimate Guide to Journaling, you'll find the tips, inspiration, and prompts you need to start and maintain a journaling practice for DIY self-discovery. Using this clear and concise guide, you can discover everything you need to know to deepen your relationship with yourself using this powerful personal development tool.

Sell books the smart way. Five years ago releasing a book as an indie author meant uploading it, then begging everyone you knew to buy it. That method simply doesn't work anymore. Fortunately, there's a better way. Amazon has spent billions of dollars over the last decade building the world's best sales engine. They use machine learning to sell massive piles of books, and that engine is just waiting for you to tap into it. This is the book that will teach you how.

Published in 1916, this story is over a hundred years old, yet its message is just as relevant today as it was in 1916. Perhaps even more so. Why? Because never have we had greater access to information yet at the same time we’ve never been more deficient in common sense. Advertising legend David Ogilvy believed this book changed his life and was so passionate about its message that he had his employees read it every year. This is less a book about advertising, or even about Adams himself, as much as it’s a book about the power of mindset.

We are about to enter a new age of creativity that will require a new set of superheroes to help the world thrive. This audiobook will make you one of those creative superheroes by unleashing new creative superpowers to help you solve your biggest business problems. This is the modern skillset for creative problem solving.

La clave del elemento reside en hacer especialmente bien aquello que nos apasiona.El mundo cambia a una velocidad vertiginosa. Es imposible adivinar cómo viviremos en el futuro: lo único que sabemos es que hará falta mucha imaginación y creatividad para transformarnos y afrontar los nuevos retos. Descubrir el Elemento es recuperar capacidades sorprendentes en nuestro interior, y desarrollarlo dará un giro radical no solo a tu entorno laboral, sino también a tus relaciones y, en definitiva, a tu vida.

Are you a parent who can't seem to stop thinking or worrying about your child's future, and are looking for ways to teach/train them to be the best, so that they can have a bright and successful future? If you've answered yes, let this book hold you by the hand as you train your child to bring out the best in them, and stand out from the crowd!

Maybe you have thought about removing some things from your life to keep it simple, and you have heard about the concept of minimalism, and want to know a little bit more. Or, maybe you are just looking to broaden your knowledge, and learn about how other people find more joy in their lives! Negative habits don’t develop overnight...they have a way of sneaking up on us and taking hold before we know it. One minute we’re all set to take on the world, and the next it feels like we are trapped in an endless cycle of procrastination, and overwhelming disorganization.

You're letting life happen to you. That's why it's feeling predictable and uninspiring. No wonder the restlessness, the boredom, and the feelings of being trapped. But there is another way. This audiobook will show you how to break through that self-imposed ceiling. It will challenge you to take command of your life by awakening you to your beliefs and stories, disrupting your patterns and behaviors, and designing a future you can't wait to live.

Unleash your storytelling potential with "The Popcorn Principles: Triple Feature Box Set," a comprehensive guide for novel writers inspired by the magic of movies. This box set includes three indispensable books designed to elevate your fiction writing using principles gleaned from the world of filmmaking.

Would you have the patience and drive to change your mind state, music production techniques, and health habits to sustain this highly demanding way of life? This step-by-step guide to music composer lifestyle design teaches how J.T. went from a six-figure job in a Fortune 500 company to composing music full-time, almost doubling his revenues within the first two years; how to compose, sound, and live like the pros; how to monetize every second spent in front of your equipment, making sounds and songs; and more.

I'm Simon Haynes, and I've been writing and publishing novels and short fiction for almost 20 years. This guide contains everything I've learned about writing a novel, both as an indie and as a trade-published author. Maybe you want to write a novel which has been on your mind for years. You don't care how long it takes, you just want to see it through to the end. Or maybe you see yourself as a career novelist - there's a real challenge - and you want to write books quickly and efficiently. I've done both, and I cover both approaches in How to Write a Novel.

Everyone has a story, and helping people tell their stories has been Nancy Slonim Aronie’s life mission. Building on her acclaimed Memoir as Medicine, this new guide tackles the short personal essay. With warmth and humor, Nancy provides prompts, inspiration, and hard-won wisdom to empower you to write an unforgettable narrative. You’ll learn to begin with an irresistible hook (“kill ’em with the first line”) and employ compelling direct quotes, drama, vulnerability, universal themes, and self-reflection to get readers into your corner.

Have you ever bought a self-help book, listened to it, only to find that nothing changed for you? How many hours have you wasted this way, expecting to improve your life by simply being inspired by something you listened to? The hard truth is that it’s easy to listen to self-help, but difficult to implement it in real life. First you need to figure out what exactly to listen to, and then you need to know what exactly to do with the advice you find inside.