Human Development

In Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say, Dr. Warren Farrell teaches us how to handle personal criticism without becoming defensive. He explains how being defensive evolved biologically when criticism was the sign of an enemy--and “putting up our defenses” was necessary for physical survival. However, Farrell says, “Defensiveness is the Achilles’ Heel of love.”

What are We Forgetting? Remarks presented as a closing address about the need to keep in mind spiritual values in successful international community development projects, offered to the Expert Consultation of the CORE Group, Kellogg Center, Gallaudet University Washington DC, June 21-24,1998; revised 2011. Alonzo Wind was then Child Survivor Coordinator, Medical Care Development Inc., Washington, D.C. and member of the Planning Committee for the Expert Consultation. He has worked since 1980 in international development programs in Latin America, Africa and Asia. He is currently a Foreign ...

Las culturas más antiguas del mundo siempre han dominado el arte de criar niños felices y bien adaptados. ¿Qué podemos aprender de ellos?

The Transformational Coaching handbook is a welcome and much-needed addition to the literature of the field. Francine Campone, Ed.D., MCC This unique handbook, edited by Kymberly O. Akouris and Astrid E. Emond, studies the intersection of human and organizational development for coaches, highlighting transformative opportunities that can lead to positive changes in outlook and behavior. The authors put the discipline of coaching in the context of the range of challenges that individuals and organizations are facing in a time of rapid and unsettling change. Thoughtful coaches understand that...

People act in ways that do not reflect their underlying traits or motives, and this can easily lead you astray. Applied topics can help you achieve wellness and far greater relationships across the board. If you have ever wondered how to accomplish this, then this is the book for you. This book holds ample information on fundamental psychology. Here are relevant aspects that introduce you to a framework and overview of major concepts and techniques that are relevant to the individual. This can help you attain good performance in personal satisfaction.

This is the ultimate guide for women to know how their boyfriends or husbands want to be treated. Yes, that’s right, as you listen to this book, you will be dancing around inside the minds of most men, learning what men want from women. You’ll be driving your man wild when you start applying these ideas to your relationship. Yep, you’ll have him hooked for good.

This complete collection is your ultimate guide to understanding human behavior. Dive deep into powerful techniques like NLP, persuasion, body language, and hypnosis, equipping you with skills to analyze, interpret, and influence anyone you encounter. Whether for personal growth or professional advantage, these tools offer a transformative way to master interactions and relationships.

Science fiction reflects on the paths that bring us to the present while shining a light on opportunities and dangers ahead. It's through the power of the imagination that humanity stretches into unknown worlds yet peers into the depths of the human experience. In these stories from OldEarth and Newearth worlds, every character's life speaks to a mysterious whole that we'd miss without them.

At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content to be single. She was fulfilled by her work on the neuroscience of romantic love—how finding and growing with a partner literally reshapes our brains. That was, until she met the foremost neuroscientist of loneliness. A whirlwind romance led to marriage, to sharing an office at the University of Chicago. After seven years of being inseparable at work and home, she lost her beloved husband following a devastating battle with cancer.

Recent studies have found that as many as one in five Americans have experimented with some form of sexual non-monogamy, and approximately one in fifteen knows someone who was or is polyamorous. The mainstream media has increasingly covered polyamorous lifestyles and the committed relationships of throuples, and dating apps have added polyamory as a status option.

“Life is lived in stages, seasons and times. The strength, depth, and reach of a life is dependent on the ability to maximize each season to its fullest capacity. Often, many live for the season of harvest, the time of fruits, progress, and results yet very few are willing to fully give themselves to the season of painful tilling, sowing, watering, nursing to yield a healthy bumper harvest. Many entrepreneurs, celebrities, ministers experience short term success not given themselves to the training that will propel their longevity in their arena of operation, they sprout out of a short ...

Love - in both the abstract and the up-close-and-personal - has always provided limitless inspiration for artists, writers, and musicians, but scientists are just as fascinated by these affairs of the heart, though they seldom sing about it. In Love, Sex, and Science, our editors take a step back, analyzing romance using tools like fMRI studies instead of a paint brush or guitar. The writers examine a variety of topics, starting with the perceived sex differences between men and women discussed in Section 1 - are we really as different as Mars and Venus?

Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this audio study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers human development and behavior--one of the core content areas for the ASWB master's level social work licensing exam--and includes 80 practice questions with detailed answer explanations.

The only thing standing between most people and more money is knowledge. If you don’t have money, it’s because you don’t understand money. If you don’t understand money, then learn how to understand it. Simple Wealth is about not just making money but saving money and putting that money to work for you. "Money is a great servant but a bad master." Francis Bacon “If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” Warren Buffett Business is all about creating something that people want and then selling it to them at scale. This process involves ...

What is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? Could it help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health? As acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows, thinking about thinking is something we rarely do, yet it is something science questions all the time. He has spent decades studying what we could all learn from the mindsets of scientists, and Four Ways of Thinking is the result.

Delve deep within a person, and learn exactly what makes them unique through the use of analysis, cold reading, and other unusual tricks you’ll learn listening to this book. Convince others you can read minds by learning how every psychic has achieved their success with the power of cold reading. You’ll understand the psychology of advertisement and how you can use the science of manipulation psychology from a simple scene, photograph, or spoken word.

How can a couple be saved when they have declared war on one another? By helping them realize that desire originates not in the self, but in the other. There are strategies that can help, which Dr. Oughourlian has prescribed successfully to his patients. This work, alternating between case studies and more theoretical statements, convincingly defends the possibility that breakups need not be permanent.

Does watching your child lose their temper feel like looking into a mirror? Your children look to you for everything; from lunch money and homework help, to impulse control and emotional regulation. You are the model by which they set their standards. So, when it comes to anger management, are you demonstrating model behavior? If the answer is "no", you’re not alone. Even parents need help learning how to control our emotional responses, especially when it comes to feeling frustrated with our offspring.

From Abby Ellin's first date with the commander, she was caught up in a whirlwind. Within six months, he'd proposed and they'd moved in together. But soon, his exotic stories of international espionage began to unravel. Finally, it all became clear: He was lying about who he was. After leaving him and sharing her story, she was floored to find out that her experience was far from unique. People everywhere, many of them otherwise sharp-witted and self-aware, are being deceived by their loved ones every day.

This is a combo of two audiobooks, which cover the following topics: Book one: All people lie a little, some intentionally, others not. Book two: For all you gullible people out there: Yes, there are lots and lots and lots of scams. This audiobook to enlighten you with techniques you can use in your everyday life to spot liars, call them out, or not fall for their charades. In this audiobook, the sad, bad side of society will be highlighted. The obscure will be exposed.