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Effective Communication: Guide Book for Clinicians
by Nonye Tochi AghanyaHealthcare delivery isn't just a job, it's a vocation with a mandate and dedication to improve the health of all patients. The duty of a healthcare provider begins with communication. This book provides the healthcare provider (clinician/nurse/medical student/dentist/phlebotomist/pharmacist etc), with tips for achieving a trusting environment through effective interactions with patients -
Tips for Effective Communication: A Vital Tool For Trust Development in Healthcare
by Nonye Tochi AghanyaThis helpful text is based on author's extensive review of human psychological traits and her clinical experiences in diverse healthcare settings for over 30 years. It's a guidebook that highlights several patient personalities and attitudes and its' effects on the formation and fostering of productive clinician-patient relationships. It provides both patients and clinicians with the needed tools for effective communication towards meaningful and rewarding clinician-patient relationships. Thi... more
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Bouncing Back: How Women Lose & Find Themselves in Marriage & Divorce
by Ellen HoltzmanWhen Ellen Holtzman’s marriage falls apart, she turns to a therapist for support, eventually becoming a psychotherapist herself. Years later, she treats two patients, Lisa and Meghan, whose marriages are similarly crumbling. Lisa is a timid woman who wrestles with the decision to divorce her unfaithful spouse. Meghan is torn between her traditional marriage and a growing awareness that she no longer loves her husband. Holtzman’s work with both women forces her to reflect on her own personal hist... more -
Grandpa's Circle
by Leo DeBroeckThis story was written by a child about an important life lesson his grandfather taught him. Everything in life goes in a circle, from dust to dust. I'm glad I can now share the story with you about these favorite memories. This story is about living a full complete life through making happy memories together and holding onto those memories even after death. It tells the story of a child's best memories with his Grandpa at the beach building sandcastles and watching them being taken back by the ... more -
The Trust Hotel
by Leo DeBroeckAn analogy about building trust with others and yourself. Like floors on a hotel, it shows children and teens that there are different levels of trust you can have with others. As you gain more and more trust, you go higher up into the hotel with nicer and nicer rooms. At the very top is the penthouse, where the people you trust the most live. The story is about a boy who runs a hotel called the Trust Hotel, where people do not pay for rooms but instead, they are given rooms based on how much... more -
The Gold Box: What is inside is what counts
by Leo DeBroeckAn analogy about confidence and accepting yourself.This book is about understanding how to accept yourself and build confidence. It has a fun rhyming way of telling the story for children and then a second story as a way for young teens to learn. You have a gold box inside you that holds what you really are as a person. The problem is you can’t see inside your own box, nobody can! You can only see in others’ boxes. Only other people can see in your gold box. How can you know what it is in there ... more -
I Want My Dad: Helping teens and children understand a parent's dependency to drugs or alcohol
by Leo DeBroeckThis book for teenagers and children is about understanding parents and unhealthy lifestyles during and after a parent’s drug or alcohol dependency and abuse. Children of alcoholic or addicted parents often have difficulty understanding what is happening to their parent. The story goes through the life of Alex whose father suffers from the disease of addiction and dependency on drugs or alcohol. It explores how Alex thinks, feels, and acts to his father’s dependency and how family separation may... more -
When Dad Got Scared: A child's guide to adults after trauma
by Leo DeBroeckThis book is intended for family members and counselors help young children understand trauma. The book describes the story from the perspective of a child of a parent with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This helps the child understand how the parent may behave as a result of high stress and trauma experiences. It explains how the parent may change over time and how therapy is a slow, but helpful, process that can be even more difficult to the parent and child. Trauma effects every part ... more -
I'm Fine
by Karen JayeHow many times have you felt awful and, when asked, “How are you?” you respond with, "I'M FINE" “I’m fine” is the usual answer, typically the expected answer that rolls off the tongue without thought, a habit. The question is why. Because others don’t want to hear about problems? Because it would be viewed as complaining? Or, more importantly, because others wouldn’t understand? It is true, our culture as a whole does not understand psychological distress, such an essential topic. I’m Fin... more -
Where Tenderness Lives: On Healing, Liberation, and Holding Space for Oneself
by Heather PlettWhere Tenderness Lives is a loving exploration of what it means to unravel what we’ve learned from our families, societies, religions, and cultures in order to heal and create a purposeful and joyful life. Each chapter in this heartfelt and honest book contains a revelation about how to move from shades of fear and doubt to freedom and joy. Through stories that range from what it meant to grow up Mennonite to surviving a horrific assault; from leaving a marriage that no longer worked to the poig... more -
Level Up! 50 Game-Changing Life Skills for Young Adults+
by Steve M. ScottWhat will it take to live the life you’ve always imagined?
Building the life of your dreams takes more than ambition—it requires mastering the key skills that fuel real success. Level Up! empowers you to unlock your potential, inspired by heartfelt letters the author wrote to his children while navigating the uncertainties of a war zone.
This isn’t just a book—it’s your playbook for mastering life with confidence and clarity.... more
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A Few Good Cardinals
by Vincent VanderbentHow many people cheat when they can? Between 63 and 71% it seems. Is this about the right time to find out why? "For the toxic narcissist, life is essentially war. Win or lose a battle, move on to the next. Rules and consequence don't matter. This is the first exciting meaningful explanation I have seen."
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Guidance For New Clinicians In A Chaotic World: How To Practice Your Craft While Preserving Your Traditional Values
by Steven MelmanThe book is unique because it seeks to help new clinicians find confidence and competence as they begin their careers. It offers professional experiences and scenarios that the reader will most likely encounter. My book is also tailored to appeal to the Christian and Conservative clinicians who ascribe to more traditional values. It seeks to expose the liberal direction the profession has taken and supports clinicians who are choosing not to accept this indoctrination. -
Revolutionary Optimism: 7-Steps to Living As a Love-Centered Activist
by Dr. Paul ZeitzDr. Paul Zeitz is a preventive medicine physician, epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global justice and human rights. He has been on the front lines of the call for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel / Gaza War. Dr. Zeitz joined the Rabbis for a Ceasefire at the Israel/Gaza Erez border crossing point as they attempted to bring food aid into Gaza. The U.S.-based organization included eleven U.S. rabbis, several Israeli rabbis, and many other Israeli Jews. Ordained by ... more -
DEBUNK
by Sam McColloughThe book is a reference for how to be a good critical thinker, exploring several different aspects of critical thinking. Some of these include logical fallacies, cause and effect reasoning, axioms of science and the scientific method, conspiracy theories, and debunking. The debunking chapter provides tactics and resources for spotting misinformation and disinformation, fake news, and deep fakes. This is a timely book, much needed in this era of disinformation. -
Ascending the Ladder
by Benny A. Benjamin, Ph.D.This self-help book offers the reader cutting edge insights and advice for advancing their career through an unconventional lens: The Five Books of Moses. Career insights are derived from the biblical text and are reframed to help the reader confront contemporary career challenges. Among the key topics are forging a career identity, coping with career uncertainty, and seeking career purpose and meaning. Cutting edge research is offered to substantiate the career insights along with practical tip... more