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Canada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased understanding of the legacy and the impacts still being felt by Survivors and their families. Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn...
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Ten years ago, when radical Islamist terrorists used three U.S. airplanes to kill nearly three thousand of our countrymen, America was angry. It was a focused and justified anger-one that generated clear objectives and a willingness to meet them. But that resolve has deteriorated so much that many of our nation's top political and military leaders will scarcely utter the word that brought us here, "terrorism," let alone the ideology that fuels it,...
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"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
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Manifestos are public declarations that aim to both inform and inspire. They are written as if to say: This is who I am. Care to join me? Six years ago, in the midst of some pretty serious heartache, I filled a journal a story of personal redemption. My book, Wildflowers Don't Grow in Rows, was born from that journal and I am now carving out a life for myself based on its principles, outlined here in the Wildflower Manifesto. This is who I am. Care...
6) Finding Me
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Finding Me is a compelling true story about a young girl living through sexual and physical abuse how it affected her life and relationships into adulthood and how she eventually found her way out of the darkness and into the light. Finding Me, although confrontational and dark at times, is about finding your way out of the darkness and no longer being afraid to step into the light. It is about love and forgiveness, not only for others, but for yourself...
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All of life is comprised of moments that fill us with happiness or sadness, fear or confidence, pain or joy. These moments collectively form the foundation-the stories-that shape our lives.
At the heart of our life's stories, we all have moments in which there is a silencing, of who we are or what we believe, or perhaps what transpired in our past. We may do this as a result of, societal pressure to conform or in an effort to hide some aspect of...
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Nothing is easy in a blended family, and now more than ever, the world needs our blended families to succeed.
The modern blended family is rapidly evolving. While more and more families are being created from the ashes of first marriages, they are often regulated to the shadows, regarded as second rate or "less than." But blended families are a critical component to the overall health and well-being of future generations.
Blended families by virtue...
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Poignant words from award-winning Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith about all the hopes adults have for the young people in their lives.
The hopes we have for the children in our lives are endless. We want our young people to thrive and experience all that life has to offer, but we also feel protective of them. Using simple but powerful statements, Monique Gray Smith delivers a touching message about loving, nurturing and wishing the best for...
10) Chakra Healing Meditation Part 2: Guided Meditation To Learn The Throat & Heart Chakras, Learn To
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Do you know what your heart truly wants? And if you did, would you know how to communicate it and be heard?
Psychological surveys have found that 95% of people think they're self-aware... but only 15% really are.
We live in a high-energy world, but every new technological advancement takes us further from ourselves. We have learned how to cut ourselves off from our true selves.
But there's a solution, and your body already knows it.
When our Heart...
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Today, the silent epidemic of thyroid disease is not only a universal phenomenon but also a reflection of how people have lost their collective voice. Silence and powerlessness go hand in hand. When we suppress our ability to speak our truth, we manifest it in the physical. Women are ten times more likely than, men to be diagnosed with thyroid disease, of which 80 percent is autoimmune. Yet, most of us have no idea about the thyroid, its needs, or...
12) Chakra Healing Meditation, Part 2: Guided Meditation to Learn the Throat & Heart Chakras, Learn to L
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Do you know what your heart truly wants? And if you did, would you know how to communicate it and be heard?Psychological surveys have found that 95% of people think they're self-aware… but only 15% really are. We live in a high-energy world, but every new technological advancement takes us further from ourselves. We have learned how to cut ourselves off from our true selves.But there's a solution, and your body already knows it. When our Heart and...
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De la renombrada coach de vida Rache Luna, Permiso para ofender es una guía de empoderamiento que enseña a los lectores a establecer límites sin arrepentirse y a dejar de intentar complacer a otros. ¿Qué haces cuando la vida parece estar contra ti? Rachel Luna se ha hecho esta pregunta desde que era joven: perdió a sus padres a causa del sida, pasó una década intensa en el Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos, luchó contra un cáncer...
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De la renombrada coach de vida Rache Luna, Permiso para ofender es una guía de empoderamiento que enseña a los lectores a establecer límites sin arrepentirse y a dejar de intentar complacer a otros.
¿Qué haces cuando la vida parece estar contra ti? Rachel Luna se ha hecho esta pregunta desde que era joven: perdió a sus padres a causa del sida, pasó una década intensa en el Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos, luchó contra un cáncer...
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A dual-language book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy. In English and Spanish. Un libro en cartoné que celebra la alegría, invitando a los niños a pensar en las pequeñas cosas de la vida que les hacen sentir alegres. ¿Qué llena tu corazón de alegría?
★ "A quiet loveliness, sense of gratitude, and-yes-happiness emanate from this tender celebration of simple pleasures."...
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"From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a...
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Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives -- experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. Now Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe...
20) The whispers
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"The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling...
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