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A seven-step approach to handling difficult conversations with confidence and skill. "Crucial" conversations are interpersonal exchanges at work or at home that we dread having but know we cannot avoid. How do you say what needs to be said while avoiding an argument with a boss, child, or relationship partner? This book offers readers a proven seven-point strategy for achieving their goals in all those emotionally, psychologically, or legally charged...
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"In Dilemmas of Trust Trudy Govier explores the profound effect trust and distrust have, not only on relationships, but also on our sense of self. By encouraging reflection on our own attitudes of trust and distrust, she points the way to a deeper understanding of our relationships and ourselves."--Jacket
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What's holding you back? Your hard work is paying off, you are doing well--but there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. Perhaps one small flaw--a behavior you barely even recognize--is the only thing that's keeping you from where you want to be. Here, executive coach Goldsmith discusses not only the key beliefs of successful leaders, but also the behaviors that hold them back. He addresses the fundamental problems...
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Diversity specialist and folklorist Norine Dresser explores how culture affects movement in order to teach actors how to portray characters from different cultures. She outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S. cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers such topics as greetings, shaking hands, physical contact between the sexes, eye contact, smiling, embracing, and kissing; it emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among...
7) Intimacies
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Two gifted and highly prolific intellectuals, Leo Bersani and Adam Phillips, here engage in a fascinating dialogue about the problems and possibilities of human intimacy. Their conversation takes as its point of departure psychoanalysis and its central importance to the modern imagination - though equally important is their shared sense that by misleading us about the importance of self-knowledge and the danger of narcissism, psychoanalysis has failed...
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Holding pattern examines the chronically single--the midlife adult who has failed to find the intimacy he or she seeks. Karen Buzzard illuminates how human communication styles influence our capacity for intimacy, tracing the roots of adult miscommunications to three critical stages of development that are crucial in shaping our ability to communicate intimately. Buzzard offers a new and strong theoretical paradigm for intimacy, which does not assume,...
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Understanding personal relationships throughout the life course is one of the most crucial issues in the behavioral and social sciences. This book brings together perspectives from different disciplines on individual development and personal relationships across the life span. The book addresses two pertinent dimensions of personal relationships: 1) structures of relationship networks (e.g. kin vs. non-kin, peripheral vs. intimate, short-term vs....
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"This book outlines the basic issues and key concepts of group process and shows how group leaders can apply these concepts in working with a variety of groups. In many ways this is a 'how-to' book, but it is also a book about the 'why' of group leadership ... For the ninth edition, each chapter has been carefully reviewed and updated to present the current thinking and trends in practice."
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"These essays represent an important and exciting new development in Buber's philosophy of dialogue; they stand as the culmination and crown of his epistemology, his philosophical anthropology, and his ontology. If we must characterize Buber at all, we can best call him a philosophical anthropologist. In doing so, we do not limit the significance of Buber's philosophy to the human, but we recognize that man's access to being, according to Buber, is...
17) Stages of Labor
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Every woman's labor is different, even from one pregnancy to the next. Labor may be prolonged or relatively short. Nevertheless, understanding the three stages of labor and what to expect in each can help you be prepared.
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Pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks and is grouped into three trimesters starting from the first day of your last period. Your body goes through many changes as your baby grows and your bodies are both prepared for your due date of delivery. This program will share some of the normal changes you may experience during each trimester and why it's healthiest for most moms and babies to go the full 40 weeks.
19) Soothe Your Baby
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Nothing rattles a new parent more than a baby that just won't stop crying. The good news is that new parents quickly pick up on their child's cues and what their cries are signaling most of the time. Watch these top tips for calming a crying baby to learn more.
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