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"Songwriter Carly Simon recalls an emotionally intense high school episode when her boyfriend referred to her stammer as "charming." Simon regards that moment as a turning point for her self-esteem, and so her future. Other celebrities share similar, seemingly minor moments with truly life-changing effects. "All cases illustrate a Spontaneous Influence Event, or SIE. In this book, psychologist Michael Rousell, who has studied such events across decades,...

A teenager with a drinking and drug addiction problem is confronted by his friends, brother, and girlfriend who stage an intervention for him with the help of a guidance counselor.

Families in Crisis - A Deadly Secret: P.O.W.E.R: The Eddie Matos Story tells of the true story of a young man who enters the drug dealing business in New Jersey, with fatal consequences.

Family Video Diaries - Someone Had To Be Benny tells the true story of Benny Agrelo, a thirteen-year-old liver transplant recipient, who is fighting to live his remaining days without the painful side effects of his medication.

Explores the often concealed negative physical, psychological, and emotional aspects of motherhood, from changes in metabolism and diminished sexual energy to lingering physical problems, including backaches and incontinence.

A Chinese-American retiree's sudden disappearance inspires life-changing perspectives in each of his three daughters.

Throughout our lives, we are influenced by the sensation of loss. Whether implicit or obvious, the impact of this sense of loss affects our daily thinking and behavior. This new text provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of loss via exploration into three major types of loss: loss of important relationships (divorce or perhaps the dissolution of important relationships and friendships); losses that damage who we are, our self-esteem (loss...

The book reveals the common patterns adults experience in their careers, relationships, and development. The authors show how, by gaining an understanding of these patterns in their own lives, adults can find new meaning in their existence, work through problems, and explore opportunities for growth.

(Producer) Aging is a series of transitions, some gradual and some abrupt. How do people come to terms with these changes? This program examines the aging process from beginning to end, defining age from the viewpoints of biology, psychology, society, functionality, and the law. The impact of current behaviors and attitudes on one's future self is also discussed, as well as dying-itself a part of life-and the stages of grieving. In addition, the program...

""On a stage, there's seemingly nothing that Tracy Letts can't do."--The Daily Beast Known for his complex portrayals of the human psyche, Tracy Letts' new play expands what at first appears to be an intimate snapshot of one woman's seemingly ordinary life into a grand and elaborate manifest, complete with different versions of the same woman at various stages of her life. In a series of elegant, nonlinear scenes spanning the years from 1946 all the...