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1) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
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Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brené Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.
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English
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"End resentment, burnout, and anxiety—and reclaim your time, energy, health, and relationships. As the co-founder of the Whole30, Melissa Urban helped millions of people transform their relationship with food. Now, in this powerful and practical guide to setting boundaries, she shows you how to prioritize your needs and revolutionize your relationships. “Melissa Urban shows the way forward with clarity, vulnerability, and humor.”٬٢٠١٤؛Gretchen...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When a fight breaks out among the members of the Baby-sitters Club, timid Mary Anne finds herself becoming more assertive as a babysitter and in her relationships with her father and friends.
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Impact Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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"All new material on social intelligence, personal boundaries, brain research, handling criticism, assertiveness in email and social networks, expressing anger, overcoming social anxiety, being persistent, what to do when assertiveness doesn't work."--Cover.
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Everyone has a hard time saying no, but doing so can vastly improve our lives and relationships. Enter the art of empowered refusal: the skill of strategically saying no from a place of personal power that gives voice to your principles, values, and priorities while protecting your relationships and reputations. In Power of Saying No, Professor and researcher Vanessa Patrick explains that empowered refusal is a much-needed framework that can be mastered...
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Voracious, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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No is an acceptable answer, and it's time to start using it. Whether you're a People-Pleaser, Overachiever, Pushover, or have serious FOMO, bestselling "anti-guru" Sarah Knight helps you say what you really mean without being really mean--or burning out for fear of missing out.Life is so much better when you say no with confidence--and without guilt, fear, or regret. F*ck No! delivers practical strategies that give you the power to decline, and concrete...
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Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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The professional motivational speaker and "Pitbull of Personal Development" offers a kick in the pants towards achieving your goals and describes how to become more assertive, take responsibility for your life and your actions, and see results.
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Whether we realise it or not, we all take risks large and small every day. Even the most cautious among us cannot opt out - the question is always which risks to take, not whether to take them at all. What most of us don't know is how to measure those risks and maximise the chances of getting what we want out of life. In An Economist Walks into a Brothel, Allison Schrager equips readers with five principles for dealing with risk, principles used by...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"A powerful manifesto on how speaking your truth and owning your differences can transform your life. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. Championing “misfits” everywhere, this timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in."--
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Hay House Incorporated
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The ultimate guide to stop people-pleasing and reclaim your personal space by setting clear boundaries. Do you feel like you're a 'pushover'? Does self-care feel selfish to you? And do you find yourself feeling resentful toward others because they don't seem to take your needs into consideration? In this book, master coach, speaker and author Nancy Levin will help you establish clear and healthy boundaries. This book includes exercises and practical...
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Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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¡Aprenda a ser asertivo, mejore su confianza y transmita sus mensajes con consideración, potencia y claridad! La asertividad es la aptitud para hablar y actuar de cierta manera con el objetivo de conseguir siempre una respuesta positiva. Éste es el elemento básico que forma el núcleo de Las 5 habilidades esenciales para tratar con las personas. La asertividad es también un antídoto ante el miedo, la timidez, la pasividad e incluso la ira. Es...
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Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Using simple words and real-life examples, this book shows kids how to be assertive with other kids--and with adults. Kids will learn to feel better about themselves, stronger and more secure inside, and more in charge of their lives. They'll read about effective ways to deal with intense feelings and to build self-esteem and self-confidence. In addition, they'll learn strategies for building inner security to cope with powerlessness and uncertainty...
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Felix and Fiona volume 1
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Felix has a new best friend! With take-charge Fiona, anything seems possible, and before Felix knows it, she sweeps him into singing and dancing with her as pixies in the Guinea Pig Jubilee talent show. But right after Felix's first-prize triumph, trouble waits in the wings. "Twinkletoes!" someone taunts, and Felix crumbles. Can he pull himself together and face down the bullies? With a little help from Fiona, can Felix find a magic key that unlocks...
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Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Are you still playing a role you learned in childhood to please others, such as the Good Girl/Boy, the Overachiever, or the Helper? Though these kinds of roles may have gained us attention and affection, they prohibited us from becoming our true selves.People-pleasing--putting others ahead of ourselves to avoid something negative or to get something we want or need--runs rampant in our society. Saying yes when we should say no leaves us stuck in...
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Tyrannosaurus Rex enthusiast Sal transforms herself into an uncontrollable T. Rex, partly because her brother said it would be impossible, but soon discovers the downsides of always being fierce.
20) Sleepaway girls
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2009
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When the exceptionally people-pleasing Sam spends a summer as a counselor-in-training, she learns how to say no, to stand up for herself, and what it feels like to have a crush on a great guy.
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