"GRASPED Empowered Boundaries" explores the critical moments when saying no is not only necessary but beneficial for personal well-being and growth. It delves into scenarios including resisting perfectionism, setting healthy work-life boundaries, upholding personal values, and more. This guide empowers readers to navigate life's demands with confidence, asserting boundaries that protect their time, energy, and integrity. What sets "GRASPED Empowered Boundaries" apart is its focus on the positive impact of saying no, transforming it from an act of rejection into one of self-care and respect. Unlike other self-improvement books, it provides a comprehensive approach to boundary-setting across various aspects of life, making it an invaluable tool for anyone looking to cultivate a more balanced and fulfilling life. "GRASPED Empowered Boundaries: Saying No for a Balanced Life" begins by highlighting the importance of setting boundaries for personal well-being and growth. It prepares readers to explore the power of saying no, framing it as a vital skill for maintaining balance and integrity in various aspects of life.

"GRASPED Empower Within" offers a comprehensive journey into reclaiming one's personal power through self-assertion and boundary setting. This guide provides insights on the importance of speaking up, setting healthy boundaries, prioritizing core values over external opinions, and managing criticism with resilience. It equips readers with practical strategies for breaking free from passive patterns, trusting their intuition, and embracing decision-making, aimed at fostering a life of authenticity, resilience, and empowerment. The unique selling proposition of "GRASPED Empower Within" is its holistic and actionable approach to cultivating personal power. Unlike other self-help books that may focus on individual aspects of personal development, this book integrates various elements of self-assertion, boundary setting, and resilience against external influences. It stands out by offering a clear roadmap to not just understand but actively reclaim and strengthen one's personal power in all areas of life. "GRASPED Empower Within" begins by acknowledging the common struggle with personal power and self-assertion in today's world. It sets the stage for a transformative journey, guiding readers to recognize their inherent strength and the importance of setting boundaries to live authentically and with purpose.

Strengthen relationships, build more resilient communities, and develop a stronger emotional toolbox Explaining power and privilege and the links between individual safety and community safety, Cristien Storm shows readers how to set emotional boundaries that build vibrant social movements and a better world for all. As there have been increases in violence against women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQI-identified people, there has been a corresponding demand for individual and community self-defense, boundary setting, and bystander trainings. Boundary setting can be used not just as a means for personal safety but as form of solidarity, resistance, and inspiration. From saying no to a boss who always asks you to work late, to setting a boundary with a loved one, to navigating an uncomfortable situation at the bus stop, Cristien Storm offers a new approach to verbal boundary setting that is accessible for all bodies and identities. Practical in scope, the book includes tools, tips, and strategies from Storm's decades of experience leading boundary-setting workshops. Grounded in resiliency and trauma-informed theory, Storm pays particular attention to the experiences of women, people of color, immigrants, and LQBTQI-identified people, making this necessary reading for anyone looking to create healthier relationships and build stronger communities.

"GRASPED New Directions" offers a transformative guide on leveraging life's pivotal moments for personal growth. Through nine actionable strategies, this book provides a roadmap for individuals seeking to redefine their path, embrace new opportunities, and cultivate a fulfilling life. It emphasizes the importance of letting go of past regrets, making decisive choices, setting clear goals, and taking proactive steps toward realizing one's aspirations. What sets "GRASPED New Directions" apart is its blend of practical advice and motivational insights, aimed at empowering readers to navigate life's crossroads with confidence and purpose. Unlike other self-help books that offer generic guidance, this guide provides specific, actionable steps for individuals to actively shape their future, making it an essential resource for anyone looking to transform their life's direction. "GRASPED New Directions: Embracing Change for Personal Growth" opens with an acknowledgment of the universal quest for purpose and direction in life. It sets the tone for a journey of self-discovery, offering readers a guide to navigating life's uncertainties with courage and an open heart.

"GRASPED Embracing Uniqueness" explores the liberating journey of accepting that being disliked is a part of life, offering insights into the benefits of such acceptance. It covers embracing authenticity, personal growth, setting healthy boundaries, fostering independence, and the freedom from societal conformity, aiming to empower readers to live authentically without the burden of universal approval. What sets "GRASPED Embracing Uniqueness" apart is its focus on turning the fear of disapproval into a source of strength and self-discovery. Unlike other self-help books, it provides a comprehensive approach to harnessing the power of being disliked to foster genuine self-confidence and a fulfilling life. "GRASPED Embracing Uniqueness: Finding Strength in Disapproval" opens with the premise that seeking universal approval is an unattainable goal that can hinder personal growth. It invites readers to consider the freedom and authenticity that come from accepting oneself, even in the face of disapproval, setting the tone for a journey towards self-acceptance and empowerment.

An essential guide for women on how to set strong, workable boundaries to safeguard their health, happiness, and wellbeing. No matter how educated they are or how far they have climbed up the ladder, women are taught one thing over and over at every stage of their lives: when someone asks you for help, you say yes. Women are supposed to agree to take on whatever is asked of them, regardless of how busy they are. No matter how much a woman deeply desires to say no, the societal expectation is that women are helpers—taught to fix problems, show up at all times, and not let people down. They are instructed to never say no to tasks or duties asked of them, even when they are drowning in work and barely hanging on by a thread. Rather than say no, they often become avoiders and lose opportunities for personal growth. This leads to feelings of immense failure, inauthenticity, and burnout. Dr. Sasha Shillcutt has known this feeling, too, but now she understands and shows women there is another way. Having coached thousands of professional women and business leaders in her classes and conferences, she knows that setting boundaries is the essential lesson that they need to learn in order to avoid burnout and a loss of themselves in their incessant drive to please and say yes. In her special down-to-earth way, Sasha will show readers how to erect fences that protect their physical and mental health while providing opportunities for joy and growth. Readers will learn that boundaries are kind, not restrictive, and being a person with boundaries is the most empowering and peaceful way to live. They will learn to say no to others and say yes to themselves.

How dare you manage? These words are often on the tip of Nick Forrest's tongue as he consults for CEOs and other senior managers. Why? Because rare is the CEO who has been taught to manage large groups of employees -indeed, to be accountable for everything, for the entire organization. Now, in this new book, Forrest explores the seven CEO management principles by which CEOs can energize all of their employees to achieve high levels of productivity and outstanding results. The principles are: Create your strategy Choose your organization's functional structure Level the organization Define the work Manage your lateral relationships Build the required talent Make it all happen with effective management practices How Dare You Manage? dares you to do your best with the opportunity you always wanted by making waves, making decisions, and making sense. CARMINE MARCELLO, President and CEO, Hydro One Networks Inc. this book brings simplicity and clarity to the complex issues behind this challenge. RONALD D. CHARLES, Special Advisor, The Caldwell Partners International A must read for new and older CEOs alike RICK HOWES, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dundee Precious Metals Inc.

Many people in the United States are poor, lead marginal lives, and need jobs as well as basic services such as education, medical care, and housing. Multitudes in other parts of the world, in addition to being poor, are jailed, tortured, and killed for being members of the wrong ethnic group or expressing political opinions. Those who argue for empowerment claim it is a magic bullet. It can liberate the oppressed, largely through self-organization, self-motivation, self-invention, and even self-clarity. William M. Epstein sees contemporary empowerment practice in the United States as a civic church of national values, one better in performing its ceremonial role than god-based houses of worship. By itself, empowerment is not worth the effort of commentary, since it achieves none of its goals and has not even generated a respectable critical literature. But Epstein argues that empowerment practice and American social welfare both embody prescriptive cultural preferences. Like art and music, empowerment opens windows into deeper social meaning. The social sciences have carved out roles for themselves by looking for simple remedies, ones that are inexpensive and compatible with contemporary social arrangements. Epstein shows that those in social work practices have not only deluded themselves into thinking that these services have real instrumental value, but really operate at cross-purposes. This accessible work will attract critical attention among these professional groups. It bases its carefully-documented insights upon informed sociological and anthropological theory.

Healing is really not about overcoming all your challenges to lead a happy life; it is really to be happy with the life you are leading with all its complications. This is an important distinction. I used to strive to be better, stronger, happier, then I realised that I already had all the answers within me. Traumas had long since past, however the residue lingered. It wasn’t until my 43rd year that I realised the only fight going on was within myself. I was not at war with the world, just with me. I found a way to step out of the darkness and live freely for the first time and it took all of my 43 and a half years to do so, infact it took a little while to put it all into practice. I am now 48: I am strong; I am empowered and living an awesome life; but it doesn’t need to take that long. I am sharing my story, my trials and tribulations so that others don’t need to take so long to find their voice, their place in the world and their validity.

In Empowering the Lonely Crowd, John Raymaker simplifies and extends arguments made in his previous book, A Buddhist-Christian Logic of the Heart, in particular the notion of a spiritual genome. Raymaker explores and compares John Paul II and Lonergan's thought in relation to (Japanese) Buddhism, concluding that while all life has a coded genome, all humans have a free, uncoded spiritual genome that is a viable alternative to postmodern scepticism.