Special Features
NOTE: In the following list the first several items of resources, entertainment, and other pieces are located only in the Special Features section. The latter ones are located within other sections but are so good we don't want you to miss them.
 SPECIAL FEATURES
Introduction
THE Q AND A CLUB
Introduction
What happens when people don't ask questions?
 Expanding Your Horizons
No end to animal facts you can learn
Paying attention to what you see
Understanding Yourself
True beauty always shines through
The stories we tell
Strengthing Relationships
Reconciliation close to home
Assumptions are the termites of peace
Exploring Social and Political Issues
The nitty-gritty of progress
Relationship between democracy and personal responsibility
Deepening Faith and Spirituality
Addicted to the adrenaline of doing too much
Examining why you believe what you believe — Part One
Examining why you believe what you believe — Part Two
EXPLAINING A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
Text version
Three-minute presentation illustrates the most important thing about a spiritual or peak experience
AFFIRMATIONS FOR EVERYONE
Four-minute presentation of how affirmations appropriate to each period of growth is the best way to navigate developmental cycles
THE NATURE CONNECTION
Article
Walk in the Woods: A self-directed slide show
I STILL REMEMBER THEM
Poem "I Still Remember Them" Introduction and Text
WHEN I AM GONE
Poem "When I am Gone" Introduction and Text
STEPPING INTO A PICTURE
Introduction and Picture Gallery
BOOK EXCERPTS AND REVIEWS
Introduction
Coping
Learning to tackle anxiety, fear and shame — Book Review: Fear and Other Uninvited Guests
Creating Change
A new look at women's strengths —Book Review: The Female Power Within
Common-sense lessons beautifully told — Book Review: Kitchen Table Wisdom
Relationships
When friendship outside a relationship is a threat — Book Review: NOT "Just Friends"
A different look at the men in our lives — Book Review: There is No Prince and Other Truths Your Mother Never Told You
Raising Children
Discover the successful student in every child — Book Review: The Essential 55
Spirituality
Practices to develop spirituality — Book Review: Essential Spirituality
Voices from many faiths, cultures and traditions — Book Review: Women Pray
The Workplace
Keys to success and satisfaction as a lifestyle entrepreneur — Book Review: Big Vision, Small business
Managing energy skillfully on and off the job — Book Review: The Power of Full Engagement
A new technique for learning leadership — Book Review: Leadership Presence
Profit from life's losses — Book Excerpt and Review: The Daily Six
Twentysomethings, Make No Excuse — Book Excerpt Review: My Reality Check Bounced!
Be your own press secretary — Book Excerpt and Review: What Got you Here Won't Get You There
EMPOWERING WOMEN
Introduction
Reflections from a Woman Alone
Did Pandora bring trouble or transformation for women?
What is the Pandora myth all about?
Body image: Deciding what is a perfect body
Women, stress, and friendship
The heart of a woman
Eleven tips on getting more efficiency out of women employees
A new look at women's strengths
— — Review of The Female Power Within
A different look at the men in our lives
— — Review of There is No Prince and Other Truths Your Mother Never Told You
TAKE-A-BREAK STRESS BUSTERS
Introduction
Quick Take-a-Breaks: Stress Busters of Less Than Five Minutes
A hand dexterity exercise
Float your worries away
A balancing act
Relief for tired feet
Surrounded by color
Don't forget to breathe
Capturing moments for memories
Buckling a belt to pull yourself together
Moderate Take-a-Breaks: Stress Busters of Less Than Five Minutes
A consultation of doctors?
A guessing game
Thinking of someone
Memories through the years
Playing with colors
Thanks to special friends
Song titles and words
Holding a champion's trophy
Counting animals that fly
Highway alphabet game
Renewing old dreams
Don't forget to breathe deeply
Preparing dinner can actually be enjoyable with this approach
Framing adjectives and adverbs
Play your own version of Groucho Marx's secret word game
Longer Take-a-Breaks: Stress Busters of Less Than Five Minutes
The marvelous gift of resting
Conscious listening
Doing something completely pointless
Having the last laugh
Committing random acts of silliness
A story short and simple
Planning a totem
Comparing old and new radio and TV shows
Deli dance: being thankful while eating cheek by jowl
COMPUTER DIVERSIONS
Introduction
Bembo's zoo
A great paper-scissors-rock game — plus more
The best computer puzzles
The great guinea pig race game
What would you wish?
Jotting down the time
Technology for country folk
Ten things men know about women
Guinea pig theater
CREATE YOUR OWN POEM FOR CHANGE
Fill in the blanks for a tanka (an easy poem format)
WHY I BELIEVE I AM CONNECTED TO GOD AND SPIRIT
Text version
Self-directed slide show
QUESTIONS TO BEGIN OR EXPAND YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
Text only
Picture Set One
For slower connections
For faster connections
Picture Set Two
For slower connections
For faster connections
Picture Set Three
For slower connections
For faster connections
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