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"In a world of nonstop complexity, even the most experienced and highly skilled leaders are hitting a wall. Traditional leadership competencies aren't enough anymore—because when pressure rises, leaders don't rise to their skills or experience.
They fall to their level of consciousness.
This book reveals the unseen force beneath every leader's behavior—the internal operating system that shapes how you think, decide, communicate, and respond under stress.
Grounded in decades of leadership research and real-world practice, The Hidden Leadership Variable exposes the blind spot holding leaders back and shows how to consciously shift into a more effective way of leading."
"Discover powerful mind-body techniques to help you overcome the pain of the past, cultivate resilience, and find peace and calm in the present.
If you've experienced trauma, you may also struggle with anxiety, panic, and fear in your day-to-day life. Unresolved trauma can result in a chronically dysregulated nervous system, making you vulnerable to stress and sleep disturbances. You may also feel like you're always on 'high alert,' anticipating the worst outcomes in any scenario. Left unchecked, your anxiety can result in major disruptions to your work, home, and social life. So, how can you heal the invisible wounds of past trauma and find calm in the here and now?
Written by a leading trauma expert, this evidence-based workbook offers a step-by-step approach to help you identify and heal the trauma at the root of your anxiety using energy psychology, nervous system regulation skills, and simple and effective tapping techniques. With this guide, you will learn to move beyond fear, panic, and worry, manage difficult emotions, and restore much-needed balance.
Discover quick and effective mind-body practices to help you: identify and heal trauma-driven anxiety; effectively manage emotions; stabilize your nervous system; and cultivate lasting resilience.
As you practice the skills outlined in this workbook, you'll start to experience genuine feelings of inner‑peace—as well as the confidence needed to move forward in your life."
"When veterinarian Rylie Sunderland moves to Lake Tahoe to try to make sense of the mess her life's become, she suddenly finds herself entangled in a murder investigation.
After the veterinary hospital where she worked burns to the ground, Rylie packs up the pieces of her life and her golden retriever and moves to Lake Tahoe. Still reeling from losing the only veterinarian job she's ever had, she takes a summer job to help out a family friend at an old Lake Tahoe estate that's been converted into a bed and breakfast.
But her vision of spending an idyllic summer at the lake is soon shattered when handsome local bakery owner Colin Matthews is found murdered. And as if having a murder occur just steps from where she's living isn't enough, Rylie's shocked to find herself in the crosshairs of the detective in charge of the case as one of the suspects in the murder investigation.
With her reputation and her future on the line, Rylie's determined to clear her name. Her search for answers takes her all over Lake Tahoe where she finds clues in unlikely locations and the list of suspects grows.
Will she be able to find the answers she needs before her dreams for the future are lost forever?"
"Secrets can be deadly. When the owner of a local bar is found dead in his home after eating at her best friend's husband's restaurant, veterinarian Rylie Sunderland is determined to uncover the truth to save her friend.
Rylie's thrilled when she gets a long-term locum veterinarian job in the beautiful Napa Valley wine country where her best friend lives, and she's looking forward to enjoying the area and spending time with Sophie and Sophie's husband, Lucien.
That is until the owner of a local bar is found dead in his home after having eaten at Lucien's restaurant. Evidence piles up against Lucien, but Rylie is certain he's innocent.
When Rylie meets Alex, the handsome son of the man who died after eating in Lucien's restaurant, they can’t deny their attraction to each other. And they're both motivated to find out who killed Alex's father. Alex believes Lucien's innocent. And he has some ideas of his own.
Rylie goes to the detective in charge of the case with each new piece of information she finds that she thinks could be relevant to the murder investigation. But the detective seems laser focused on the mounting evidence against Lucien and doesn't seem swayed by any of the information Rylie brings him.
The pressure increases as Rylie's best friend Sophie struggles to deal with the stress of the investigation involving her husband. Will the secrets of the past prevent the truth from being revealed?"
"A gritty story of a woman learning to survive in twentieth century Gangland New York
In early twentieth-century Sicily, noblewoman Mimi Inglese, a talented painter, dreams of escaping the rigid expectations of her class by gaining admission to the Palermo Art Academy. But when she contracts tuberculosis, her ambitions are shattered. With the Sicilian nobility in decline, she and her family leave for New York City in search of a fresh start.
Instead of opportunity, Mimi is pulled into the dark underbelly of city life and her father's money laundering scheme. When he is sent to prison, desperation forces her to put her artistic talent to a new use—counterfeiting $5 bills to keep her family from starvation and, perhaps, to one day reclaim her dream of painting. But as Gangland violence escalates and tragedy strikes, Mimi must summon the courage to flee before she is trapped forever in a life she never wanted."
"Leading lifespan psychologist Margie Lachman creates an inspiring new framework for midlife, based on her landmark thirty years of research and work on the MIDUS study, as the defining years of life.
We've all heard the term "midlife crisis" and the stereotypes that come with it. But what if everything you think you know about midlife is a myth?
In Primetime, Dr. Margie Lachman draws on her decades of research to debunk these myths and rebrand midlife as the optimal time for personal growth and satisfaction. A professor of psychology at Brandeis University and the director of the Lifespan Lab, Dr. Lachman has spent thirty years studying midlife from a lifespan developmental perspective. Her research reveals the myth of the midlife "crisis", and other misconceptions such as people in their middle years can't change and that it is the unhappiest time of life. In reality, only a small percentage of people report experiencing a midlife crisis; personality can change during midlife and many people have a higher sense of well-being and control. It is a time when most are still healthy, highly functioning, mentoring those younger and caring for those older combined with increased knowledge and experience and stronger emotion regulation.
This book reveals midlife as a critical time in the life cycle with high generativity and peak responsibility, as well as when we make choices that can impact our later years. With a focus on debunking myths, navigating changes, and planning for the future, she guides readers through making sense of the past and imagining future possibilities. She also covers the physical, psychological, cognitive, and social changes that accompany the middle years and illuminates the potential to harness a sense of control in the face of the challenges, constraints, and transitions."
"Chicago, 1898. In the midst of the Progressive Era, twenty-one-year-old junior detective Harriet Morrow is determined to prove she's more than a lucky hire as the Prescott Agency's first woman operative. But her latest challenge—a murder case steeped in scandal—could become a deadly setback . . .
As the Windy City thaws from a harsh winter, Harriet Morrow finds herself doubting her investigative skills when she's assigned to solve a high-stakes murder case well above her pay grade. And there's also a catch. Harriet must somehow blend in as an 'unremarkable' young woman—one who feels confident in skirts, not men's clothing—on a quest to infiltrate the immigrant community at the center of the grisly crime . . .
The mystery has more twists and turns than her morning bike commute, with a muckraker found murdered in a southside tenement building after obtaining evidence of a powerful politician's corruption. While Harriet gains the trust of the tenement's women residents to gather clues, the undercover mission reveals an innocent mother might have been framed for the crime—and exposes ties to another violent death. Harriet will need to survive rising threats to assert her place in a world that's quick to dismiss her—and out a killer who's always one step ahead . . ."
"Stranded in the middle of Antarctica, Concordia Station is so far from any point of civilization that it was dubbed 'White Mars.'
But the freezing temperatures and the prolonged isolation aren't the only problems that the crew has to face. When the research team returns with a new specimen discovered deep inside the frozen underground lake, things take a foul turn for the station members.
They don't realize how intelligent this lifeform is. They don't realize how long it lay dormant, waiting to be discovered; waiting for its opportunity to leave the ice and infect the world.
The choice that the remaining survivors on the station have is simple: stay quarantined with the parasite, or leave and doom humanity."
"The bullet missed. The nightmare didn’t.
Psychologist Maureen “Mo” Yamaguchi just wanted a quiet day of fly fishing. Instead, she got a bullet—and a blood–soaked chase through the trees. With nothing but instinct to guide her, Mo is forced to survive the night in a forest that seems determined to finish her off.
Miles away, Kate Callahan receives a garbled, desperate call from Mo. With law enforcement dragging their boots and the sun sinking fast, Kate follows her gut and brings along her grandson Gus, a teen with demons of his own and a deep bond to the woods.
With every step, Kate and Gus draw closer to uncovering what really happened to Mo—and what’s stalking them all.
A psychological crime thriller packed with emotional weight and rural grit, Forest Creek is part of the Calaveras Crime Series—an unflinching collection of standalone thrillers where the land is wild, and the past never stays buried."
"Karen Cappelletti, a gritty, battle-tested, battle-scarred, middle-aged detective in a small town outside of Philadelphia, finds herself immersed in another dysfunctional relationship. While she has an issue persevering in unhealthy relationships, bigger problems loom. She learns the man she arrested for a brutal felony assault, imprisoned ten years ago, is scheduled to be released on parole the next day. To make matters worse, the ex-con's daughter, Tam, is publicly expressing her attraction to Karen.
When the ex-con's daughter reports a dead body on her driveway, a week after her father's release, things take a bizarre turn. As the lonely detective professionally dives into an investigation with few clues, she struggles to understand the unexpected twists and emotional turns in her empty personal life.
With the town's safety and her love life on the brink of disaster, Karen finds herself entangled in both a personal betrayal and the cunning brilliance of a sociopath. She must sift through a tangled web of lies to save her town from a heartless killer and save herself from becoming the next victim."
"They call her the Blue Mountain Butcher. Jess calls her Nana.
It’s been the year from hell for Jessica Williams. Her cheating husband not only bankrupted them—he’s been indicted. Now the rat bastard has disappeared. Thank God for Nana. Jess couldn’t survive without the old woman’s wisdom and brutal honesty. But when her beloved Nana is arrested and held responsible for the largest mass murder in Calaveras County history, Jess suspects her husband may be one of Nana’s latest victims. Nana, the jail’s oldest inmate, is also its only suspected serial killer. With Nana's life hanging by a thread, she’s granted deathbed visitation—and Jess demands the truth.
As Nana’s shocking confessions unfold, Jess is thrust into a relentless pursuit for justice. Armed with fragments of a sinister past, Jess uncovers secrets so dark and twisted, they just might destroy her.
Set against the hauntingly beautiful hills of Calaveras County, Blue Mountain is a gripping psychological crime thriller laced with razor-sharp twists, raw emotion, and an unforgettable heroine. In this chilling first installment of the Calaveras series, justice is messy, blood runs thick, and some truths refuse to stay buried."
"A mother’s love. A buried lie. She’ll tear down the whole town to protect her own.
Rancher Kate Dunnigan has always believed in hard justice. But when her pregnant daughter, Emma Lee, is accused of killing her husband and disappears, Kate's world implodes. Emma Lee is desperate, traumatized, and on the run. And the more Kate digs into her son–in–law’s death, the more dirt she uncovers: betrayal, festering grudges, and a brutal history someone will kill to keep buried.
Hunted by local law and shadowed by a past that won’t stay quiet, Kate will do anything to protect her daughter—even if that means laying her own life on the line. But in Calaveras, justice has sharp teeth, and not everyone wants the truth to rise.
Calaveras is a psychological crime thriller set in the ruthless hills of Calaveras County. In this second installment of the Calaveras series, family secrets fester, justice bites back, and one mother’s fight could tear everything apart."
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