Human Development

Although there has been significant exploration of the need for and importance of culturally responsive, sustaining, equitable and inclusive teaching and learning within the past several years, the focus is often on creating these environments and experiences for Black and Brown students. Open Windows, Open Minds builds from Rudine Sims Bishop's concept of Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors to provide anti-bias, anti-racist, and allyship development for teachers, then to offer strategies for moving that work into classroom instruction through literacy practices

Do you struggle to hold eye contact? Does it make you feel unconfident, uncomfortable, and self-conscious? Or do you just want to appear more charismatic and confident? Then Superhuman Eye Contact has the insightful tips and innovative exercises you need to become an eye contact expert - overnight.

This anthology of interdisciplinary writings looks at the integration of mind, body, and spirit as it plays out in the workplace—whether in birth coaching, teaching parents, assisting the terminally ill, or working in the military, the classroom, or the corporation. These essays reveal what gets in the way of our humanity in the work world and how to rediscover that humanity.

Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals that came before us—our uniquely long childhoods. Growing Up Human looks at how we have diverged from our ancestral roots to stay ‘forever young’—or at least what seems like forever—and how the evolution of childhood is a critical part of the human story.

Every week, millions of readers visit Slate for the irresistible “Dear Prudence,” an advice column that promises a healthy dose of reality and good humor alongside its indispensable suggestions and life lessons. The ever-hilarious and insightful Danny Lavery was one of “Dear Prudence”’s most beloved columnists, and he recounts his time as Prudie in this side-splitting, candid collection—complete with new commentary and exclusive stories—drawing out the broader themes of his informative, unfailingly illuminating guidance.

The Future of Humanity: Marco Polo’s Journey to Revolutionize Psychiatry, by Augusto Cury, PhD The Journey Within: Discovering the True Meaning of Life Are you ready to embark on a profound journey? In “The Future of Humanity”, Augusto Cury, PhD, a world-renowned psychiatrist and bestselling author, invites you to explore the depths of human experience and our collective future. With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, Cury's insights inspire new ways of thinking about life and self-discovery. Cury emphasizes that the most transformative journey is the one within ourselves. Through...

There are three primary steps to manipulation: analysis, manipulation, and persuasion. Methods of Manipulation: Use the Psychology of Persuasion to Analyze and Manipulate Human Behavior discusses each of these important steps in complete detail, providing you with all of the most essential and effective strategies from each one. You will not only be provided with the details on how to fulfill the steps but also be given real-life examples of sentences you can use and things you can do physically.

Emotions are the energies that fuel people's lives. Emotions are instilled in us as infants without our awareness. They reduce our rationality and cause suffering, yet successful people make decisions more rationally. Society teaches us that emotions are desirable, but they keep us repeating our patterns, a form of bondage.

Are you in charge of your love life? If you think so, you're wrong - hormones control our sex drives and direct our love lives. In The Alchemy of Love and Lust, Dr. Theresa Crenshaw, a renowned sex therapist and researcher, unmasks the hidden agendas of our hormones as we progress through different sexual stages - from adolescence through old age.

This comprehensive guide combines the wisdom of two powerful audiobooks to equip you with a holistic understanding of human behavior, nonverbal communication, and the art of influence. Unleash the full potential of your interpersonal skills and gain an unparalleled advantage in decoding, analyzing, and positively influencing the people around you—there’ll be nothing you can’t do!

Humtown has created a revolutionary and proven game plan to increase individual, team, and organizational performance. A strong interest in their innovation has already been made at some of the most recognized industrial organizations and academic institutions. MIT and Fraunhofer Institute have visited Humtown to understand the critical success factors inherent in this system.

When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, hoping to leave some of her sadness behind. There, on the island of Ischia, she meets M., an aesthetics professor from Paris with an oversized love of life. What they both assume will be a casual vacation tryst turns into a passionate, transatlantic love affair, as they rendezvous in London, Marrakech, Milan, the Aeolian Islands, and San Francisco.

If you’ve always wanted to learn more about yourself and discover how to analyze people, then pay attention. In part 1 of this audio book, you will learn about: how we connect, the art of a category, looking inward, human body's language, what humans hold inside, intelligence, how to convince the mind, the two-sided coin, and the science of quick-slicing.

Conquer the Social Work Exams: Your Guide to the LMSW and LCSW Certifications offers a clear, concise study aid for aspiring social workers preparing for their licensing exams. This book is not intended to replace comprehensive study manuals or coursework but is designed to help test takers focus on key principles, reinforce their foundational knowledge, and identify areas that may require deeper review. Each chapter explores critical content areas including human development, clinical diagnosis, assessment strategies, social work ethics, intervention techniques, cultural competence, and ...

Many individuals are struggling to make sense of their unwanted sexual behaviors. In Treating Sexual Addiction: A Compassionate Approach to Recovery, Dr. Kevin Skinner begins by defining what sex addiction is and what it is not. Then, using the recovery capital model to explain what successful people do in recovery, the author provides suggestions and solutions on how to increase your recovery capital. Learn how to overcome common barriers to recovery such as loneliness, low self-worth, and stress.

Powerful techniques to influence decisions, Learn exactly what to say and convince people to get what you want do you struggle dealing with people to trigger desired action? Do you think you lack effective communication skills to convince people? Do people ignore or reject your offer and life seems unfair to you? Do you often dream about getting a magic wand that you show to people and get what you want from them? If answer to any or all of the above answers is yes, then you are on the right place now.

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 ...

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.

If want to discover how people with dark personalities work and understand how you can protect yourself against their deceptive and dangerous strategies, then pay attention. Have you ever been subjected to the painful and damaging behaviors of people who seem to lack morals? Have you ever been the victim of negative humor designed to poke at your weaknesses and disempower you? Would you like to know how to protect yourself against these dark strategies so you can avoid being manipulated or get sucked into their false reality at the expense of your own sanity?

Offering bite-size lessons that incorporate Gigi's own special brand of no-nonsense advice to provide clarity and guidance on all things slutty, sexually normative and non-normative, and everything that falls between the cracks of these brackets, this audiobook is your how-to guide to living your sexy AF, fabulous life.