It's Hard Not to Hate You

It's Hard Not to Hate You

Author: Valerie Frankel

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1429987987

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From the author of THIN IS THE NEW HAPPY comes a hilarious new memoir about embracing your Inner Hater. In the midst of a health and career crisis, Valerie uncorks years of pent up rage, and discovers you don't have to be happy to be happy. You don't have to love everyone else to like yourself. And that your Bitchy Twin might just be your funniest, most valuable and honest ally. "The hate in you has got to come out." After being advised to reduce stress by her doctor, humorist Valerie Frankel realized the biggest source of pressure in her life was maintaining an unflappable easing-going persona. After years of glossing over the negative, Frankel goes on a mission of emotional honesty, vowing to let herself feel and express all the toxic emotions she'd long suppressed or denied: jealousy, rage, greed, envy, impatience, regret. Frankel reveals her personal History of Hate, from mean girls in junior high, selfish boyfriends in her twenties and old professional rivals. Hate stomps through her current life, too, with snobby neighbors, rude cell phone talkers, scary doctors and helicopter moms. Regarding her husband, she asks, "How Do I Hate You? Let Me Count the Ways." (FYI: There are three.) By the end of her authentic emotional experience, Frankel concludes that toxic emotions are actually good for you. The positive thinkers, aka, The Secret crowd, have it backwards. Trying to ward off negativity was what'd been causing Frankel's career stagnation, as well as her health and personal problems. With the guidance of celebrity friends like Joan Rivers and psychic Mary T. Browne, Frankel now uses anger, jealousy and impatience as tools to be a better, balanced and deeper person. IT'S HARD NOT TO HATE YOU sends the message that there are no wrong emotions, only wrong ways of dealing with them.


Why Is My Child in Charge?

Why Is My Child in Charge?

Author: Claire Lerner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-09-02

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 153814901X

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Solve toddler challenges with eight key mindshifts that will help you parent with clarity, calmness, and self-control. In Why is My Child in Charge?, Claire Lerner shows how making critical mindshifts—seeing children’s behaviors through a new lens —empowers parents to solve their most vexing childrearing challenges. Using real life stories, Lerner unpacks the individualized process she guides parents through to settle common challenges, such as throwing tantrums in public, delaying bedtime for hours, refusing to participate in family mealtimes, and resisting potty training. Lerner then provides readers with a roadmap for how to recognize the root cause of their child’s behavior and how to create and implement an action plan tailored to the unique needs of each child and family. Why is My Child in Charge? is like having a child development specialist in your home. It shows how parents can develop proven, practical strategies that translate into adaptable, happy kids and calm, connected, in-control parents.


The AI Does Not Hate You

The AI Does Not Hate You

Author: Tom Chivers

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781474608770

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A deep-dive into the weird and wonderful world of Artificial Intelligence. 'The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made of atoms which it can use for something else'. This is a book about AI and AI risk. But it's also more importantly about a community of people who are trying to think rationally about intelligence, and the places that these thoughts are taking them, and what insight they can and can't give us about the future of the human race over the next few years. It explains why these people are worried, why they might be right, and why they might be wrong. It is a book about the cutting edge of our thinking on intelligence and rationality right now by the people who stay up all night worrying about it. Along the way, we discover why we probably don't need to worry about a future AI resurrecting a perfect copy of our minds and torturing us for not inventing it sooner, but we perhaps should be concerned about paperclips destroying life as we know it; how Mickey Mouse can teach us an important lesson about how to program AI; and how a more rational approach to life could be what saves us all. --


Thin Is the New Happy

Thin Is the New Happy

Author: Valerie Frankel

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-09-02

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780312373924

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Frankel, like most women, has endured years of dieting, starvation, and total preoccupation with her weight. Not wanting to pass this legacy onto her own daughters, she set out to cleanse herself of these painful and damaging cycles, which she chronicles in this hilarious, unflinching memoir.


Intentional Dissonance

Intentional Dissonance

Author: Iain S. Thomas

Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing

Published: 2012-12-07

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1926760859

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It’s been 10 years since the world officially ended. In the last city on Earth, Jon Salt is addicted to Sadness, a drug that invokes its name, and obsessed with his lover, Michelle; both of which threaten to drive him insane. Strange creatures and new technologies appeared in the last days of humanity and the widespread adoption of teleportation technology sundered the fabric of time and space, leaving a smattering of looping ghosts. It is a sad, monotone world, but the remaining populace is happy, thanks to the anti-depressants in the water supply. The last government on Earth has taken a special interest in a gift that Jon possesses: the ability to make his thoughts real. Jon must rely on that gift and the help of a few unlikely friends to stay one step ahead of those who desperately want to use him for something far more sinister than even he could dream…


The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

Author: Angie Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 9781406387933

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Read the book that inspired the movie! Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping novel about one girl's struggle for justice.


The Trouble with Hating You

The Trouble with Hating You

Author: Sajni Patel

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2020-05-12

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1538733358

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A fiercely independent engineer walks out on the man her parents have set her up with -- only to start working side-by-side with him at her job in this laugh-out-loud debut with "delicious banter, deep wounds, heartwarming friendships, and a path to love that often feels impossibly hard, and [a payoff] satisfying enough to give you a book hangover the size of Texas" (Sonali Dev, USA Today bestselling author of Recipe for Persuasion). Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Imagine her surprise when the same guy shows up at her office a week later -- the new lawyer hired to save her struggling company. What's not surprising: he's not too thrilled to see her either after that humiliating fiasco. Jay Shah looks good on paper...and off. Especially if you like that whole gorgeous, charming lawyer-in-a-good-suit thing. He's also infuriating. As their witty office banter turns into late-night chats, Liya starts to think he might be the one man who truly accepts her. But falling for each other means exposing their painful pasts. Will Liya keep running, or will she finally give love a real chance?


Dear Adventurous Heart

Dear Adventurous Heart

Author: Brandi Marie

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2022-11-10

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1039140327

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Told in six parts, this beautifully crafted book of poetry explores the cycle of love and heartbreak and the importance of always coming back to yourself. Written from personal experiences, each page offers a familiar taste in the reader’s mouth. It will bring you back to a memory you haven’t re-visited in a long time, show you some wild paths that are still open to explore, or provide a new perspective on where you are in this moment right now. If you have ever succumbed to your heart’s emotions—or if you long to—this collection is sure to speak to you. Through loving, fighting, hurting, healing, and thriving, it offers reassurance that there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel, no matter how dark and long it may seem. And that love, at the end of the day, is always worth the journey your heart takes you on.


I Hate Everyone

I Hate Everyone

Author: Naomi Danis

Publisher: POW! Kids Books

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781576878743

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In spare, poignant, direct prose, I Hate Everyone paints a nuanced and honest portrait of the complex emotional lives of children. "I hate everyone." In your worst mood, it's a phrase you might want to shout out loud, even if, deep down, you don't really mean it. Set at a birthday party, this disgruntled, first-person story portrays the confusing feelings that sometimes make it impossible to be nice, even-or especially-when everyone else is in a partying mode. A gorgeous, poetic contemplation, sure to elicit a reaction from readers. A worthy successor toAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.


The Soul Fast Workbook: A 40 Day Fast to Eliminate Toxic Thoughts & Emotions That Eat Away at Your Happiness & Undermine Your Success

The Soul Fast Workbook: A 40 Day Fast to Eliminate Toxic Thoughts & Emotions That Eat Away at Your Happiness & Undermine Your Success

Author: Cassandra Mack

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2017-08-11

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781521012376

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Have you ever noticed that when you're bogged down with negative thoughts and intensely overwhelming emotions that it's difficult to enjoy your life and focus on the things that matter most to you? Everything that we take in mentally, emotionally and spiritually has a profound effect on our happiness and success. From the things that we see on television and social media, to the conversations we entertain, the pain that we've been through, the resentment that we hold on to, as well as the thoughts that run rampant in our minds throughout the course of the day. You may not realize it, but when your mind is overwrought with negative thoughts and counterproductive self-talk or you're weighed down in your spirit with toxic emotional baggage, it's difficult to feel successful and fully enjoy your life. This is why, it is extremely vital that every now and then, that you do a Master Cleanse for your heart and mind. When our hearts and minds are congested with psychological toxins and spiritual debris; it impacts our ability to enjoy the fullness of life. From self-limiting beliefs, to toxic relationships to dysfunctional mindsets rooted in childhood wounds to choosing choices that undermine your success, when your soul is saturated with self-doubt, self-defeatist thinking, resentment and depression you don't experience life to the fullest because you are not operating from your God given spirit of power, love and soundness of mind (2 Timothy 1:7). And whenever we operate from the realm of heaviness, brokenness and overwhelm, rather than our authenticity and inner power, we cannot show up for life as our best and brightest selves. This is why it's vital, to not just detox our bodies, but more importantly to detox our hearts and our minds. And this is the point of a Soul Fast. The Soul Fast Workbook, is a 40-day personal journey into the care and well-being of your soul. This workbook, will equip you with powerful tools that will empower you to renew your mind, take good care of your soul and replenish your spirit. Grounded in Bible-based principles, The Soul Fast Workbook will show you exactly how to detox from toxic mindsets, beliefs, emotions and decision-making processes that: undermine your happiness, eat away at your peace, chip away at your self-esteem and sabotage your success. The hard, cold truth about negativity is this: the more we allow our hearts and minds to become saturated with counterproductive beliefs, mindsets, attitude and emotions, be it our own self-defeatist inner dialogue or the drama and dysfunction that other people try to bring into our world; the more we become weighed down by emotional baggage that is too heavy to carry and that adversely affects how we show up for life. And believe it or not, we carry this toxic energy or spirit of heaviness wherever we go; because whatever we're carrying on the inside is eventually birthed out through our conversations, interactions and choices. But the good news is, you don't have to be weighed down with thoughts and emotions that do not serve you well. You can heal the broken places in your soul like: broken self-esteem, a broken self-concept, broken courage, broken focus, broken faith, broken goals and dreams and even a broken heart. Do you want a soul that is healthy and whole? Then let, The Soul Fast Workbook guide you through a proven process that will help you begin to build a resilient thought life and restore the broken places in your soul. The Soul Fast Workbook paperback version, comes with Bonus Pages of Inspirational Writings and Suggested Steps To Start Your Own Soul Fast Group