Audiobooks narrated by Diana Blue

Carolyn Marie Wilkins (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care, Second Edition: Working with Trans and Nonbinary Clients

"Trans and nonbinary (TNB) clients have complex mental health concerns, and are more likely than ever to seek out treatment. At the same time, best practices for treating this population have evolved. This professional guide presents the latest research and recommendations to provide you with the requisite knowledge, skills, and awareness needed to improve treatment outcomes. Written by two leading TNB specialists, A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care offers interventions that are uniquely tailored to TNB clients, and that consider cultural intersections such as race, class, and religion. You'll find up‑to‑date information on language, etiquette, and appropriate communication when treating TNB clients, as well as an outline of the history, cultural context, and ethical and legal issues that can arise. You'll also find information about informed consent when providing assessment and referral for the purposes of gender‑affirming medical care, such as hormones, surgery, and other procedures. This second edition features new information on the current state of gender-affirming care, providing care across a client's lifespan, conceptualization and collaboration in transition-related care, supporting gender-expansive youth and their parents, advances in research, and more. Given the changes in transgender health care, insurance coverage, and the legislative and sociopolitical landscape, it is essential to understand trans and nonbinary clients' needs. This book provides the vital insights, practical exercises, and skills you need to help your TNB clients thrive."

Anneliese A. Singh PhD LPC, Sand C. Chang PhD (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization, 2nd Edition

"Bandwidth Recovery explores how students' cognitive resources are diminished by persistent economic insecurity, childhood trauma, and marginalization, while offering strategies and interventions to help learners regain the bandwidth they need to succeed in college. When college students feel like they don't belong, much of the mental bandwidth needed for learning is not available. When they are food insecure, financially unstable, or coping with the effects of childhood trauma, cognitive capacity is likewise diminished. Beginning with analysis of the most up-to-date research on the mental and physical impact of poverty, racism, and other forms of social marginalization, Cia Verschelden presents vetted approaches for promoting a growth mindset and self-efficacy in students. Listeners will learn to develop supports that build upon students' values and prior knowledge with the goal of creating a sense of belonging and community both in and out of the classroom. New to this edition are updated terminology and discussions of neurodiversity, childhood trauma, economic inequality, and the ongoing effects of the COVID pandemic. This book is intended for all higher education faculty, student affairs professionals, administrators, and scholars interested in creating learning environments where every student has the chance to succeed."

Cia Verschelden (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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How to Show Up and Shine in Law School with Gratitude, Grit, and Grace

"How to Show Up and Shine in Law School with Gratitude, Grit, and Grace provides tools for both academic and personal success. It's an essential guide for law students embarking on the transformative, often overwhelming journey of law school. Going beyond typical advice on how to take law school exams and law school vocabulary, this book will equip students with the fundamentals of learning the law. This law book is a compassionate guide to support students in their law school study. The guidance in this book isn't only for law students; the book also provides strategies for students' friends, family, and mentors so they can effectively support their loved ones. Reflecting on her own journey of obtaining a law degree, Cherelle recognizes the intense challenges students face and shares the law school outline she wishes she'd had. When considering what a strong law school resume looks like, Cherelle encourages students to consider experiences that matter deeply to them, not just activities chosen because they seem prestigious or beneficial on paper. The book also provides end-of-chapter reflection questions. Targeted not only at law students but also at mental health professionals, DEI advocates, and academic advisors, this book is designed to foster a positive mindset and create a healthier legal profession."

Cherelle Iman Glimp (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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Waves Take Your Bones

"The dead rise and the sea is calling. Tallis and Finn, simple farmers, find their quiet village overrun by shriekers, a horde of undead revenants. After a devastating attack and heartbreaking losses, they must flee the only land they've known for the capital of the kingdom of Okaesa. Along the way, Tallis and Finn are separated from the other refugees, with their only escape across the Nightmare Bridge, a thing of horrific legends, which leaves them both scarred from the experience. In the capital, there is still no safety, for Tallis and Finn are drafted into the navy aboard separate ships, under dueling commanders. Amid struggling with the loss of their home they might find themselves crossing blades with those dearest to them who have fallen to the mysterious undead disease. The capital, an island fortress seems to be the last refuge of the kingdom, until Tallis discovers the undead have learned to sail . . ."

Athena Giles (Author), Daniel Henning, Diana Blue (Narrator)

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The Beauty of Being: Strive Less and Live More with God as Your Guide

"If you are tired of the daily grind, author Karolyne Roberts is here to encourage you that life doesn't have to be that way. The Beauty of Being: Strive Less and Live More with God as Your Guide empowers women to overcome the pressures of performance, comparison, and self-centered success by embracing their identity as daughters of God. With biblical wisdom and personal reflections, Karolyne invites listeners to redefine success from a Christ-centered perspective and live fulfilled lives rooted in rest, not strife. The Beauty of Being offers practical tools for navigating life's complexities while encouraging women to find true freedom and joy in the unconditional love of their heavenly Father. You will discover how to be: ● Content with your current stage in life, despite the pressure to look back or ahead ● Yourself, despite living in an age of extreme competition and comparison ● In the moment, embracing life's experiences and simply living ● The beautiful, wonderful miracle that God made you to be"

Karolyne Roberts (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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We See Things They’ll Never See: Love, Hope, and Neurodiversity

"Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially, mental health have been organized around rigid ideas of the 'ideal' and the 'normal' citizen—ideas that always exclude neurodiversity. In this pathbreaking book, Chantelle Jessica Lewis and Jason Arday argue that the neurodiversity movement offers ways to mobilize against not only ableism but also other 'isms' including racism and capitalism. By focusing on the prevalence of neurotypical dominance and power—or 'neurotypical hegemony'—Lewis and Arday show the ways that neurotypical dominance has often been used to justify and normalize some of our more harmful cultures around productivity and value. Throughout the book, Lewis and Arday use theories of Blackness, feminism, class, and neurodivergence to offer a vision of solidarities across differences. They show that race, class, ethnicity, gender, and nation are just some of the social structures for which the politics of neurodiversity can produce an emancipatory analysis. This is a book about applying social theory in practice, taking seriously how academic research and theory can be used outside of academic spaces. With We See Things They’ll Never See, Lewis and Arday issue a call to action—and a call for understanding, acceptance, and humility."

Chantelle Jessica Lewis, Jason Arday (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum: A Harriet Stone Mystery

"At the darkly glamorous height of the Roaring 20s, an independent Black intellectual and her bi–racial foster child are immersed in the vibrant world of the Harlem Renaissance—and a shocking murder on Striver’s Row—in this thrilling Jazz Age mystery for readers of Nekesia Afia, Jacqueline Winspear, and Avery Cunningham’s The Mayor of Maxwell Street. 1926: Harriet Stone, a liberated, educated Black woman, and Lovey, the orphaned, biracial, 12–year–old she is bound to protect are Harlem–bound, embarking on a new, hopefully less traumatic, chapter in their lives. They have been invited to move from Connecticut by Harriet’s cousin, Junetta Plum, who runs a boarding house for independent–minded single women. It’s a bold move since Harriet has never met Junetta, but the fatalities of the Spanish flu and other tragedies have already forced her and Lovey to face their worst fears. Alone except for each other, they have little left to lose—or so it seems as they arrive at sophisticated Junetta’s impressive brownstone. Her cousin has a sharp edge that makes Harriett slightly uncomfortable. Still, after retiring to her room for the night, she finally falls asleep—only to awaken to Junetta arguing with someone downstairs. In the morning, she makes a shocking discovery at the foot of the stairs. What ensues will lead Harriet to question Junetta’s very identity—and to wonder if she and Lovey are in danger as well. It will also tie Harriet to five strangers. Among them, Harriet is sure someone knows something. What she doesn’t yet know is that one will play a crucial role in helping her investigate her cousin’s murder . . . that she will be tied to the others in ways she could never imagine . . . and that her life will take off in a startling new direction . . ."

Valerie Wilson Wesley (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World

"'One of the penalties of an ecological education,' wrote Aldo Leopold, 'is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.' As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice. The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as 'the homesickness we feel while still at home.' It’s the pain and longing we feel as we realize the world immediately around us is changing, with our love for that world serving as a catalyst for action on its behalf. This powerful anthology brings together thirty-four writers—educators, journalists, poets, and scientists—to share their emotions in the face of environmental crisis. They share their solastalgia, their beloved places, their vulnerability, their stories, their vision of what we can create."

Paul Bogard (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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Reducing Retirement Inequality: Building Wealth and Old-Age Resilience

"Many older Americans today are poorly prepared to finance their retirement years, and such under-preparedness is especially acute for members of disadvantaged racial and ethnic minority groups. Black and Hispanic families, for example, have only a quarter of the amount of net private wealth (assets minus liabilities) compared to White families. Moreover, racial wealth gaps have not diminished much in the past four decades, in part because Whites tend to save more in and withdraw less from employer-sponsored retirement plans than do their Black and Hispanic counterparts. The studies herein provide a range of perspectives on the causes and consequences of retirement wealth inequality, along with suggested opportunities to close the gaps. The contributors explore new datasets, analyze historical trends in income and wealth disparities, and evaluate alternative wealth and inequality measures. They also evaluate the roles of differential access to financial, housing, and human capital, and the role of the social security program. While the latter is a great equalizer, narrowing racial gaps considerably, the program faces insolvency and, without reform, it will be unable to pay full scheduled benefits within a decade."

TBD (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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The Big Lie About Race in America's Schools

"Royel M. Johnson and Shaun R. Harper's book, The Big Lie About Race in America's Schools, delivers a collective response to the challenge of racially charged misinformation, disinformation, and censorship that increasingly permeates and weakens not only US education but also our democracy. Royel Johnson and Shaun Harper bring together leading education scholars and educators to confront the weaponized distortions that are undermining both public education and racial justice. The experts gathered in this work offer strategies to counter these dangerous trends. The contributors examine efforts both broad and specific, from restrictive education legislation, to book bans, to twisting terminology like Critical Race Theory (CRT) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), that are obscuring truth in public education. They demonstrate how this narrowing of ideas does a disservice to all students and especially to those who are underrepresented in curricula. Ultimately, the book offers clear, actionable insights for educators, policymakers, and advocates who seek solutions that will counter recent trends and transform educational contexts within K–12 and higher education. This volume advocates strengthening educational alliances through shared leadership, organized collaboration, and parental involvement. It also presents innovative countermeasures to help defend public education."

Royel M. Johnson, Shaun R. Harper (Author), Diana Blue (Narrator)

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Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential

"As a leader, you likely find yourself frustrated at times, wondering why employees don't meet expectations, peers are slow to act, or pressure from your boss falls unfairly on your shoulders. It's easy to point a finger at others and double down on getting results. But have you ever considered that the problem may not be them—it may be you? Through countless hours coaching executives, Muriel M. Wilkins has pinpointed the biggest reason behind these common leadership challenges: hidden blockers. These unconscious beliefs can block progress if leaders aren't aware of their existence, preventing leaders from seeing a situation clearly, solving problems effectively, and advancing their careers. Leadership Unblocked reveals seven beliefs that hold leaders back, from 'I know I'm right' to 'I need to be involved' to 'I don't belong here.' Combining powerful coaching conversations and research from the fields of neuroscience, leadership, and adult development theory, Wilkins offers a road map for identifying, unpacking, and breaking through these barriers. By using the tools in this book, you can finally cultivate the mindset to achieve your goals and become the leader you want to be."

Muriel M. Wilkins (Author), Diana Blue, Muriel M. Wilkins (Narrator)

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