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Written exclusively by women for women, this practical and reassuring guide to understanding and treating an increasingly common ailment includes information on a wide variety of do-it-yourself therapies such as relaxation exercises, yoga, and self-hypnosis.

What are you really telling your children? This title shows you how to improve the hidden messages behind your words and deeds. It includes parents' stories that demonstrate how they unknowingly sent their kids negative messages through their words and actions.

Features seven lessons that follow a young dancer's development, from basic positions and postures to more advanced levels.

Presents the wisdom of basketball coach John Wooden. This book offers lessons that he learned throughout his career at UCLA, and life as a husband, father, and teacher.

Presents practical ways to help children cope and adjust both during and after your divorce. This book includes: fifty strategies for helping your children become well-adjusted despite your divorce; scientific findings made available and accessible to parents; and, advice on how to accept your children's love for their other parent.

Presents a collection of unexplained events and mysterious happenings occurring throughout the world.

Helping understand children between the volatile years of 9 and 13, this book provides parents with a commonsense, no-nonsense advice on situations ranging from simple parent/child conflicts to the essentials of communication and encouragement. It features humorous personal stories, parent questions and answers, and psychologist interviews.

Offers diabetes nutritional guidelines and meal-planning essentials. This book helps you get the facts on food safety and contains menus and recipes for simple home meals that require only four to five ingredients.

Offers couples and individuals a solution-oriented approach to restoring trust and repairing love relationships damaged by mistrust. This book contains case studies and self-diagnostic tests. It discusses issues such as: dealing with jealousy; overcoming feelings of inadequacy; and, saving the relationship after an affair.

Reincarnation teacher Gloria Chadwick opens up the world of past-life regression. With scores of fun-to-do exercises, she shows you how to probe your mannerisms, memories, preferences, and dreams for clues to your past-life experiences and how to uncover historical data that can validate your findings. Chadwick provides the essential tool for self-discovery.

Offers information on various aspects of tai chi. This book includes chapters that address topics such as: the history of traditions of tai chi chuan; how to find and evaluate schools and teachers; creating a foundation of basic techniques; mastering techniques, and, including the cultivation of chi, breath control, and the use of weapons.

Written by a Navy SEAL, this book reveals several no-frills workouts: from stretching through cooldown, including a variety of running and swimming workouts as well as tips on nutrition. It encompasses the physical training regimen required of a Naval Special Warfare Warrior.

Provides proven advice for raising strong kids. This work explains why some kids are able to overcome overwhelming obstacles while others become victims of early experiences and environments.

While many parents know how to capitalize on their wealth financially, they aren't as certain how to make sure money doesn't spoil their children. This handbook can show you how.

This book puts an end to the drudgery of merely counting laps by showing you how to create your own individual fitness program--and have fun doing it! Learn how to: Determine your own fitness level Choose an appropriate training program and build upon that program with a variety of innovative workouts Use a timing clock and interval training to increase your speed and endurance Use various training equipment, such as kick boards, hand paddles, and swimming fins to strengthen stroke technique Improve your cardiovascular fitness, muscle tone, and flexibility Included for quick reference are tips for streamlining strokes, checklists for proper stroke execution, and a helpful glossary of training terms as well as a section on the joys and challenges of open water swimming. "I am constantly looking for new approaches which will do at least one of the following, and possibly all three: give me a change from normal routine make me a faster swimmer challenge me to work harder The Fit Swimmer addresses all these in an informative and entertaining way, making this book a valuable resource for all swimmers." -- James E. Counsilman Swimming Coach Indiana University Marianne Brems is a Masters swimmer, coach of the San Mateo Master Marlins, author of Swim for Fitness and 101 Favorite Workouts, and a regular columnist for Swim Swim magazine.

Covers issues from unnecessary surgeries and prescribed drugs, to preventive medicine and home births.

Shows how to apply the basic rules to unique grammar issues. This work explains how to deal with perplexing situations such as trendy words, foreign terms, and web speak. It is useful as a reference for reporters and copyeditors.

Features 101 coaching tips in an easy-to-follow 10-part program. This title helps you gain insight into what is truly important in your life and gives you the edge to take yourself from ordinary to extraordinary.