A review of some of the challenges “powerful” women encounter on a daily basis as they exert their “power” in either an entrepreneurial venture, climbing the corporate ladder or exercising authority within the course of their daily activities and provides useful tools for self-empowerment to overcome these frustrating challenges.
The landlocked mermaid is a symbol of the contemporary woman, trapped in a paradoxical dilemma of being part worldly and domesticated, part untamable and intuitive. In A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids, artist Margot Datz sees the she-nymph within, struggling to emerge, and in a swirl of whimsical and witty wisdom, lovingly offers tips for today’s world of dating, mating, and beyond.
Margot’s beautifully painted, contemporary mermaids are caught in the nets of their own comical dilemmas, circling the heart’s fishbowl of romantic longings and in the murky depths of deep emotion. Whether it’s the value of cultivating an inner water garden or coping with crow’s feet and fish tails, Margot offers advice and an enchanting way of hydrating your weary mermaid soul.
Coy, sweetly mischievous, and a pinch sagacious, this is a book that, like a good glass of wine, can be enjoyed multiple times, sipped on, or downed in one reading.
Shulman’s text introduces a model for the helping process based on an “interactional” approach, which uses several theories and skills to build on the client-helper relationship. By presenting the core processes and skills in the chapters on work with individuals, Shulman shows how common elements exist across stages of helping and across different populations. These processes and skills reappear in the discussions of group, family, and community work.
Organized around the authors’ coherent and cohesive Generalist Intervention Model, this introductory guide to generalist social work practice provides users with the knowledge and skills they will need to work with individuals and families, as well as the foundation to work with groups, communities, and organizations. It explores the links between micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice and reflects the latest EPAS standards with empowerment and strengths perspectives for partnering with clients.
Karen K. Kirst-Ashman’s introductory book enhances the reader’s ability to grasp the essence and spirit of generalist social work and the issues in social welfare that social workers address every day. Giving those contemplating a career in social work a solid introduction to the profession, Kirst-Ashman presents a balanced introductory look within a unifying theme of critical thinking that trains readers to be more evaluative of key concepts. The topics covered include practice concepts, social welfare policy concepts, history and current state of the profession, the contexts of practice and populations served, and professional development.
Defend Yourself (No Experience Necessary) is a breakthrough book in the self-defense genre. Unlike many systems that are too complicated for the average person, author Sean Ramey has assembled a series of seven steps which. if taken to heart. will have readers walking through life more confidently. The aim of Defend Yourself (No Experience Necessary) is to provide readers with a fundamental understanding of what to do when they are caught in a life-threatening situation. One does not need to be a super-athlete to put these steps into practice, as Ramey has geared his message for the average person who has neither the means. nor the desire, to step into a martial arts studio. Defend Yourself (No Experience Necessary) is for college students. business profes.sionals and stay-at-home parents alike. As Ramey writes, “Everyone -regardless of age, gender, size or athletic ability -should be able to walk safely through the world knowing they are armed with the tools to survive and thrive.”
This Second Edition celebrates 21 years of the practice of empowerment evaluation, a term first coined by David Fetterman during his presidential address for the American Evaluation Association. Since that time, this approach has altered the landscape of evaluation and has spread to a wide range of settings in more than 16 countries. In this Second Edition of Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-Assessment, Evaluation Capacity Building, and Accountability, an outstanding group of evaluators from academia, government, nonprofits, and foundations assess how empowerment evaluation has been used in practice since the publication of the landmark 1996 edition. The book includes 10 empowerment evaluation principles, a number of models and tools to help put empowerment evaluation into practice, reflections on the history and future of the approach, and illustrative case studies from a number of different projects in a variety of diverse settings. The Second Edition offers readers the most current insights into the practice of this stakeholder-involvement approach to evaluation.
“One of the greatest evaluation innovations of the past two decades has been the development of a professional and systematic approach to self-evaluation called empowerment evaluation. This book offers you the latest, cutting-edge understanding of this powerful innovation and evaluation approach. May you be inspired and empowered as you adventure through the chapters in this outstanding volume!” —Stewart I. Donaldson, President-elect, American Evaluation Association, Claremont Graduate University
“This twenty year follow-up to the original provides even better and richer stories about the versatility and utility of empowerment work in most social contexts. It expands our understanding of how empowerment evaluation is foundational to any effort to improve and measure growth in any community/social environment.” —Robert Schumer, University of Minnesota
“This text brings empowerment evaluation to life, and in doing so it offers all evaluators a large body of relevant concepts and tools for designing, implementing, and assessing evaluation efforts that engage, democratize, and strengthen stakeholder’s self-determination.” —Gary J. Skolits, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
A groundbreaking self-defense and fitness book for women by a ballerina-turned-self-defense expert. Learn how to become your own weapon of self-defense and fitness so that you can create and target your best life.
After ballerina Avital Zeisler was savagely attacked as a young woman, she lived in fear—until she took action to train with experts in self-defense from around the world. Seeking a method specific to women and using Krav Maga as a base, she created her own self-defense program: the Soteria Method. It was an immediate sensation, and is now in demand by everyone from corporate executives to Hollywood stars—such as Amanda Seyfried, Megan Boone, Keri Russell, and Matthew Rhys, to name a few—who seek her classes both for the self-defense and for the intense, body-sculpting workout.
Unique and empowering, Weapons of Fitness will help get you into incredible shape—and just might save your life.
This is the 4th edition of the best-selling natural self-help book for any inflammatory bowel disorder. It teaches the principles of self-healing based in true health science. This complete wholistic wellness guide is the culmination of Dr. Klein s 27 years of health experience since healing himself after 8 years of severe ulcerative colitis in 1984, plus his experience with thousands of clients, 99% of whom successfully healed since 1993 via his Colitis & Crohn’s Health Recovery Center. Rooted in the Natural Hygiene self-healthcare system, this guide book contains the clear, step-by-step, medically-endorsed diet & wholistic lifestyle program which has conclusively proved to be the definitive natural way to heal IBD & IBS. Disease only occurs if we cause it. IBD & IBS are completely reversible when we remove the causes & live healthfully. This book served as the author’s thesis for his Hygienic Doctor degree. It answers virtually every question which has arisen in over 15,000 consultations. Deep, clearly-written chapters explain the purpose of disease, & how to heal & maintain a lifetime of vibrant health. It accurately explains the many factors and primary cause of inflammatory bowel disease and ulcers: toxic, acidifying, undigestible diets. It presents a naturally liberating dietary healing plan based upon true health science, grounded in physiology. The book explains that inflammation and ulcerations are heightened self-purification / self-healing actions conducted by the body in response to an overload of dietary toxins in the bloodstream, tissues & bowel. It addresses the many factors that may contribute to bowel inflammation & ulcers, & shows how IBD, IBS and any digestive disorder can be permanently overcome via proven dietary and health-promoting lifestyle practices in line with our natural biological mandates. The 100% effective Vegan Diet Healing Plan teaches step-by-step how to eat for rapid healing & long lasting health. It is described in great detail with clear guidelines. It removes the toxic dietary factors which have been proven to cause all forms of IBD, and implements our natural, biologically-correct, most nutritious, purifying, easy-to-digest & healthful diet with a healing & health-promoting program of rest, extra sleep, detoxification, internal cleanliness, emotional release, positive thinking, exercise & other natural lifestyle practices for the restoration & preservation of health. It provides an extensive list of the toxic, indigestible, inflammation-causing foods & other pitfalls to avoid. Countless people have thrived on this Natural Hygiene program for decades. After thousands of clinical cases, the author & several other Medical & Hygienic Doctors have concluded that this natural Hygienic approach is the only true way to heal and keep healthy because it is based on an accurate understanding of human physiology & our biological requisites for health. It involves no medicines, treatments or products; the body is a self-healing organism and it does its healing work perfectly when he provide the conditions for healing. This information saved the author’s colon and life in 1984 after suffering with advance ulcerative colitis for 8 years & a colostomy was recommended. Thousands have permanently overcome inflammatory bowel illness by following this plan. The author, a Hygienic Doctor, has personally guided over 2,500 clients to disease-free health. The book was endorsed by 4 medical doctors including 1 gastroenterologist who works with Dr. Klein. This is not a plan for managing IBD and IBS, a quick-fix gimmick that works for only some people, or a program that the author invented based upon unproven theories. Instead, it is based upon factual principles of health science teaching us how to remove the causes of IBD and IBS, fully unleash our self-healing powers & promote lasting wellness.
