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4) Just Grace
Author
Series
Just Grace volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"According to Michele Borba, the woman Dr. Drew calls "the most trusted parenting expert in America," there's an empthy crisis among today's youth, who she dubs the "selfie generation." But the good news is that empathy is a skill that can -- and must -- be taught, and in UNSELFIE (her first book for a general trade audience) Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood"--
"Bestselling...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
To forgive someone can be simple. But this simple act can have powerful consequences – and may lead to a personal and spiritual transformation. Recently, the study of forgiveness has come into its own. Researchers are examining the psychological and physical effects of forgiveness under an amazingly wide variety of conditions, ranging from petty insults to sexual assault to 9/11. Clinicians now help guide people to forgive transgressions and get...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Through an exploration of the ethical nature of nursing, Caring Matters Most asserts that the act of nursing itself embodies goodness. Nurses can develop this moral character in themselves by cultivating five habits: trustworthiness, imagination, beauty, space, and presence. Practicing these habits will sustain nurses as they meet the challenges of the workplace, the threat of automation, and the incivilities that arise within the nursing community....
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
For highly sensitive people, there are days when life's challenges seem to pile up and become completely unmanageable. This is especially true in an era as stressful and fast paced as ours. Few people know this as well as Dr. Judith Orloff, who has devoted her life to providing empaths and all sensitive people with the tools they need to avoid overwhelm and burnout, and also to thrive in every aspect of their lives. This in-depth, full-length audio...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When we think of family, we most often think of our sisters and brothers, our cousins and grandparents, rather than our world family or even our community connections. We still identify with our differences more than our similarities, unless it's convenient to do otherwise. Here, two seasoned authors tackle the question of family and what it means to us now and how it might change to help us address the problems that affect us all. Using specific...
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"As classrooms become more diverse, it is increasingly important that students learn how to empathize with others who may come from very different backgrounds. Teaching Empathy guides teachers as they seek to create and maintain classrooms in which students are sensitive to the needs of others. Using relevant research and ideas for classroom activities, each chapter shows teachers how to create an environment of empathy and understanding for 21st-century...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Program highlights Nine rules for getting the best deal. How espionage and empathy get you prepared. How to gain credibility and the most common way to lose it. As a former federal mediator, Pat Cleary has been involved with just about every kind of negotiation. In this entertaining presentation, he shares gems of wisdom from his nearly 20 years of hands-on dispute resolution. Pat describes common negotiation mistakes that unnecessarily complicate...
15) Mockingbird
Author
Language
English
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Description
THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERS
Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way...
Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way...
Author
Series
Harley Merlin volume 8
Publisher
[Nightlight Press]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Time is running out. For the final ritual, Katherine will sacrifice twelve magicals with rare abilities. Harley has already lost so much, and she can't bear to sacrifice anything more. She will protect her friends at all costs--even if that means flying solo against the greatest evil the world has ever known.
Author
Publisher
Policy Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the US, political developments in the 21st century have shown that deep racial divides remain. The persistence of inequality indicates the stubborn resilience of the institutions that maintain white supremacy. Givens calls for 'radical empathy' : moving beyond an understanding of others' lives and pain to understand the origins of our biases, including internalized oppression. She offers practical steps to call out racism and bring about radical...
20) Starlight's edge
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Following her time traveling boyfriend David into the future to New Earth, Zee struggles to find her place and continue her career as an empath, but when David vanishes during a mission to Pompei on the eve of the Vesuvius eruption, Zee must try to save him.
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