Audiobooks by Sam Kelly

Notice and Do: Raise Capable Kids, End Motherhood Burnout, and Lighten Your Mental Load

"Lighten your mental load and end mom burnout for good with a new kind of parenting book that teaches your kids to notice what needs to be done at home-and do it-without waiting to be asked. You're sick of the constant push-and-pull to get your kids to clean (which, let's be real, often ends up with you doing it yourself). With Notice and Do, there's a new way. Through accessible but revolutionary techniques, parenting coach Sam Kelly will teach you how to empower your entire family to share the mental load and proactively contribute at home with eight black and white illustrations and 14 photos. This proven, research-backed method breaks the cycle of burnout and inequitable partnerships, liberating moms from the burden of being the engine that keeps everything running, and sets your kids up to be self-motivated, resilient adults. With Notice and Do, you will learn: - the easy and effective way to teach kids cleaning skills so they can confidently get stuff done on their own - how to teach kids to notice what needs to be done, for themselves, as the first step to taking initiative - age-specific scripts to get buy-in and action from toddlers-teens (even the resistant ones!) - how to show your daughters that shouldering the mental load is not their default setting - how to show your sons that they are just as capable of being an aware, proactive team player at home - ways to work with kids with ADHD and teenagers without yelling, bribes, or constant micromanaging - getting your partner on board so everyone in the family is participating in the invisible labor of managing the home Say goodbye to the one-mom-show and exhausting chore chart battles and hello to a life-changing whole family team who shares the mental load together and works with you, instead of one that works because of you. The audiobook offers a dynamic listening experience with an author-read narration and a multicast recording."

Sam Kelly (Author), Chas Kelly, Diana Bustelo, Lauren Ezzo, Mieko Gavia, Nathan Rosborough, Sam Kelly (Narrator)

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Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence

"Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk, William Shakespeare was a stoner, and George Washington drank a spoonful of opium every night to staunch the pain from his fake teeth? Or how about the fact that China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, ingested liquid mercury in an (ironic) attempt to live forever, or that Alexander Shulgin, inventor of no fewer than 230 new psychedelic drugs, was an employee of the DEA? In Human History on Drugs, historian Sam Kelly introduces us to the history we weren't taught in school, offering up irreverent and hysterical commentary as he sheds light on some truly shocking aspects of the historical characters we only thought we knew. With chapters spanning from Ancient Greece ('The Oracle of Delphi Was Huffing Fumes') and the Victorian Era ('Vincent van Gogh Ate Yellow Paint') to Hollywood's Golden Age ('Judy Garland Was Drugged by Grown-Ups') and modern times ('Carl Sagan Got Astronomically High'), Kelly's research spans all manner of eras, places, and, of course, drugs. History is rife with drug use and drug users, and Human History on Drugs takes us through those highs (pun intended) and lows on a wittily entertaining ride that uncovers their seriously unexpected impact on our past."

Sam Kelly (Author), Danny Mahoney (Narrator)

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