Author: Joanna Fleming
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735293806
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Do you currently struggle with maintaining your natural hair? Do you want to grow healthy locs but don't know where to start?What if you were viewed as different because of the hair that naturally grows from your head? What if deep-rooted misconceptions twisted your self-perception, making it difficult to love the skin you're in? A TRUE STORY through the lens of a brown-skinned girl with tightly coiled hair addresses these often overlooked issues through an emotional natural hair and loc journey. Offering practical tips and working solutions to natural hair obstacles, Naturally Motivated Lady shares personal experiences to help you to avoid unnecessary mistakes. She also shares how to skillfully approach choosing between 8 different ways of starting and growing healthy locs. Naturally Motivated Lady provides an eye-opening perspective into relatable and timeless life lessons that most people would never imagine learning from their hair. Whether you have locs, loose natural hair, or relaxed hair, you can benefit from this unique perspective that digs into truths and biases about afro-textured hair that affect our self-perception as well as how we view others. This book provides insight on nurturing locs and natural hair, gaining confidence, and learning powerful lessons that can enhance people's lives.
Life Lessons & Locs
Author: Joanna Fleming
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735293806
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Do you currently struggle with maintaining your natural hair? Do you want to grow healthy locs but don't know where to start?What if you were viewed as different because of the hair that naturally grows from your head? What if deep-rooted misconceptions twisted your self-perception, making it difficult to love the skin you're in? A TRUE STORY through the lens of a brown-skinned girl with tightly coiled hair addresses these often overlooked issues through an emotional natural hair and loc journey. Offering practical tips and working solutions to natural hair obstacles, Naturally Motivated Lady shares personal experiences to help you to avoid unnecessary mistakes. She also shares how to skillfully approach choosing between 8 different ways of starting and growing healthy locs. Naturally Motivated Lady provides an eye-opening perspective into relatable and timeless life lessons that most people would never imagine learning from their hair. Whether you have locs, loose natural hair, or relaxed hair, you can benefit from this unique perspective that digs into truths and biases about afro-textured hair that affect our self-perception as well as how we view others. This book provides insight on nurturing locs and natural hair, gaining confidence, and learning powerful lessons that can enhance people's lives.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735293806
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Do you currently struggle with maintaining your natural hair? Do you want to grow healthy locs but don't know where to start?What if you were viewed as different because of the hair that naturally grows from your head? What if deep-rooted misconceptions twisted your self-perception, making it difficult to love the skin you're in? A TRUE STORY through the lens of a brown-skinned girl with tightly coiled hair addresses these often overlooked issues through an emotional natural hair and loc journey. Offering practical tips and working solutions to natural hair obstacles, Naturally Motivated Lady shares personal experiences to help you to avoid unnecessary mistakes. She also shares how to skillfully approach choosing between 8 different ways of starting and growing healthy locs. Naturally Motivated Lady provides an eye-opening perspective into relatable and timeless life lessons that most people would never imagine learning from their hair. Whether you have locs, loose natural hair, or relaxed hair, you can benefit from this unique perspective that digs into truths and biases about afro-textured hair that affect our self-perception as well as how we view others. This book provides insight on nurturing locs and natural hair, gaining confidence, and learning powerful lessons that can enhance people's lives.
Well Designed Life
Author: Kyra Bobinet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996734578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
"I know what I should do...I just don't know why I don't do it." This phrase captures a universal human experience--we can't always get ourselves to do what we know is best for us. In Well Designed Life, you will learn that the solution to this stumbling block resides in coupling two disciplines: brain science and design thinking. Brain and behavior sciences have exploded in recent years. This catalyzes new insights into why we do what we do--and how we can change. Meanwhile, major advances in consumer technology, service industries, and public health are rapidly changing how we live. This boom of innovation has been fueled by a creative approach to solving problems called design thinking. We are living in the age of design--and designers are the new rock stars. Dr. Kyra Bobinet brings together over 25 years of successfully designing interventions, products, and experiences that change lives--to empower you as the designer of your life. Dr. Bobinet has gathered ten key concepts from psychology, behavior and neuroscience and applies each of them to changing your health, relationships, and well-being. Bobinet insists that the success or failure of changing our lives hinges on both understanding what's going on inside our head and applying the flexible mindset of a designer. She writes, "Adopting the mindset of a designer puts you in the driver's seat of making life work. Grounding yourself in the science of how we see the world and how our brain responds helps you design behaviors that work--in real life. This is about you acting on what you always wished you would do. It's about stepping out of any areas of helplessness and into creative self-direction. You have a choice: design your life or let it design you!" Infused with relatable narratives that are at once witty and gripping, professional and personal, Bobinet takes you on a journey through the origins of your self-image, motivations, decisions, and unconscious behaviors--leaving you with the keys to free yourself from your conditioning and lead a well-designed life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996734578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
"I know what I should do...I just don't know why I don't do it." This phrase captures a universal human experience--we can't always get ourselves to do what we know is best for us. In Well Designed Life, you will learn that the solution to this stumbling block resides in coupling two disciplines: brain science and design thinking. Brain and behavior sciences have exploded in recent years. This catalyzes new insights into why we do what we do--and how we can change. Meanwhile, major advances in consumer technology, service industries, and public health are rapidly changing how we live. This boom of innovation has been fueled by a creative approach to solving problems called design thinking. We are living in the age of design--and designers are the new rock stars. Dr. Kyra Bobinet brings together over 25 years of successfully designing interventions, products, and experiences that change lives--to empower you as the designer of your life. Dr. Bobinet has gathered ten key concepts from psychology, behavior and neuroscience and applies each of them to changing your health, relationships, and well-being. Bobinet insists that the success or failure of changing our lives hinges on both understanding what's going on inside our head and applying the flexible mindset of a designer. She writes, "Adopting the mindset of a designer puts you in the driver's seat of making life work. Grounding yourself in the science of how we see the world and how our brain responds helps you design behaviors that work--in real life. This is about you acting on what you always wished you would do. It's about stepping out of any areas of helplessness and into creative self-direction. You have a choice: design your life or let it design you!" Infused with relatable narratives that are at once witty and gripping, professional and personal, Bobinet takes you on a journey through the origins of your self-image, motivations, decisions, and unconscious behaviors--leaving you with the keys to free yourself from your conditioning and lead a well-designed life.
Locs for Life
Author: Kalimah Johnson, LMSW, ACSW
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452033307
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Have you ever thought about locking your African textured/type hair? Are you afraid what others will say or think about you? Do you need a guide to help you through the process? Do you already have Locs/Locks/Dreads and need style/care ideas or encouragement from other sisters who have? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then "Locs For Life: The Root to Well Being for African American Women" is the book for you! It is an easy read with a plethora of stories outlining the journey of hair locking. Topics such as colorism, racism, beauty standards and other social issues are candidily discussed by the writer. What is most unique about this book is that the writer prepares you for the emotional/spiritual aspects of hair locking. Kalimah Johnson is Masters Level Social Worker and uses those tools to discuss this topic from a sensitive and comprehensive standpoint. Her expertise and courageous efforts will provide you with all the tools, power and knowledge you will need to inspire you to wear your hair out in the world "as is".
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452033307
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Have you ever thought about locking your African textured/type hair? Are you afraid what others will say or think about you? Do you need a guide to help you through the process? Do you already have Locs/Locks/Dreads and need style/care ideas or encouragement from other sisters who have? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then "Locs For Life: The Root to Well Being for African American Women" is the book for you! It is an easy read with a plethora of stories outlining the journey of hair locking. Topics such as colorism, racism, beauty standards and other social issues are candidily discussed by the writer. What is most unique about this book is that the writer prepares you for the emotional/spiritual aspects of hair locking. Kalimah Johnson is Masters Level Social Worker and uses those tools to discuss this topic from a sensitive and comprehensive standpoint. Her expertise and courageous efforts will provide you with all the tools, power and knowledge you will need to inspire you to wear your hair out in the world "as is".
Limbo
Author: Alfred Lubrano
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118039726
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn between the world they were raised in and the life they aspire too, they hover between worlds, not quite accepted in either. Himself the son of a Brooklyn bricklayer, Lubrano informs his account with personal experience and interviews with other professionals living in limbo. For millions of Americans, these stories will serve as familiar reminders of the struggles of achieving the American Dream.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118039726
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
In Limbo, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano identifies and describes an overlooked cultural phenomenon: the internal conflict within individuals raised in blue-collar homes, now living white-collar lives. These people often find that the values of the working class are not sufficient guidance to navigate the white-collar world, where unspoken rules reflect primarily upper-class values. Torn between the world they were raised in and the life they aspire too, they hover between worlds, not quite accepted in either. Himself the son of a Brooklyn bricklayer, Lubrano informs his account with personal experience and interviews with other professionals living in limbo. For millions of Americans, these stories will serve as familiar reminders of the struggles of achieving the American Dream.
Our Auntie Rosa
Author: Sheila McCauley Keys
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698190092
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Our Auntie Rosa is the most intimate portrait yet of the great American hero—"the lady who refused to sit in the back of the bus." The family of Rosa Parks share their remembrances of the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. After the deaths of Rosa Parks's husband and brother, her nieces and nephews became her only family and the closest that she would ever experience to having biological sons and daughters. In this book, they share with readers what she shared with them about her experiences growing up in a racist South, her deep dedication to truth and justice, and the personal values she held closest to her heart.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698190092
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Our Auntie Rosa is the most intimate portrait yet of the great American hero—"the lady who refused to sit in the back of the bus." The family of Rosa Parks share their remembrances of the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother figure to them as well. Her brave act on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955, was just one moment in a life lived with great humility and decency. After the deaths of Rosa Parks's husband and brother, her nieces and nephews became her only family and the closest that she would ever experience to having biological sons and daughters. In this book, they share with readers what she shared with them about her experiences growing up in a racist South, her deep dedication to truth and justice, and the personal values she held closest to her heart.
It Is Not a Dream to Change Your Past
Author: Dr. Shirli Regev
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543482384
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
If you only had three wishes that you think can change your current life dramatically, what would they be? Will you then be happy and satisfied, knowing that you can go back into your past and change your present life or even make your dreams come true? We are growing in a world that provides us with the resources and knowledge of how to make it all better. We strive to be and feel happy and fulfilled, searching outwardly for answers, not knowing that all the answers and our sought-after treasures lie and are already available to us within us. The book It Is Not a Dream to Change Your Past is an eye-opener and an exploration for all you spiritual seekers who wish to know and explore past life regression, as well as dreams and their interpretations, therapies, and benefits. This book is intended for you to give you a direction, a new point of view, tools, and a road map that will be useful for your own private life. We are going to learn together how to empower yourself to be able to change your lifethat is, with grace, harmony, and peace of mind to know how to be able to navigate our own ship to quiet waters and embrace lifes challenges with inner quietude and knowledge that, yes, you can. Join us for a great journey.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543482384
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
If you only had three wishes that you think can change your current life dramatically, what would they be? Will you then be happy and satisfied, knowing that you can go back into your past and change your present life or even make your dreams come true? We are growing in a world that provides us with the resources and knowledge of how to make it all better. We strive to be and feel happy and fulfilled, searching outwardly for answers, not knowing that all the answers and our sought-after treasures lie and are already available to us within us. The book It Is Not a Dream to Change Your Past is an eye-opener and an exploration for all you spiritual seekers who wish to know and explore past life regression, as well as dreams and their interpretations, therapies, and benefits. This book is intended for you to give you a direction, a new point of view, tools, and a road map that will be useful for your own private life. We are going to learn together how to empower yourself to be able to change your lifethat is, with grace, harmony, and peace of mind to know how to be able to navigate our own ship to quiet waters and embrace lifes challenges with inner quietude and knowledge that, yes, you can. Join us for a great journey.
Dread Locks #1
Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110100701X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Dread Locks is the first entry in the Dark Fusion series from master storyteller Neal Shusterman. He cleverly weaves together familiar parts of fairy tales and Greek mythology to tell the story of fourteen-year-old Parker Bear, rich and utterly bored with life—until a new girl arrives in town. Tara's eyes are always hidden behind designer sunglasses, and her hair, blond with glimmering spirals, seems almost alive. Parker watches, fascinated, as one by one Tara chooses high school students to befriend; he even helps her by making the necessary introductions. Over time, her “friends” develop strange quirks, such as drinking gallons of milk, eating dirt, and becoming lethargic. By the time Parker realizes what Tara is doing, he is too embroiled to stop her. In fact, she has endowed him with certain cravings of his own. . . .To say more would spoil the spooky fun of this wild thriller—let the twist speak for itself and leave you still as a statue.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110100701X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Dread Locks is the first entry in the Dark Fusion series from master storyteller Neal Shusterman. He cleverly weaves together familiar parts of fairy tales and Greek mythology to tell the story of fourteen-year-old Parker Bear, rich and utterly bored with life—until a new girl arrives in town. Tara's eyes are always hidden behind designer sunglasses, and her hair, blond with glimmering spirals, seems almost alive. Parker watches, fascinated, as one by one Tara chooses high school students to befriend; he even helps her by making the necessary introductions. Over time, her “friends” develop strange quirks, such as drinking gallons of milk, eating dirt, and becoming lethargic. By the time Parker realizes what Tara is doing, he is too embroiled to stop her. In fact, she has endowed him with certain cravings of his own. . . .To say more would spoil the spooky fun of this wild thriller—let the twist speak for itself and leave you still as a statue.
Pick Three
Author: Randi Zuckerberg
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062842846
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller! In this motivational handbook—both a business how-to and self-help guide—the New York Times bestselling author of Dot Complicated takes on the fallacy of the "well-balanced" life, arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided. Work. Sleep. Fitness. Family. Friends. Pick Three. In an increasingly demanding world, we’ve been told that we can do everything—maintain friendships, devote ourselves to work, spend time with family, stay fit, and get enough sleep. We just need to learn to balance it all. Randi Zuckerberg doesn’t believe in being well-balanced. We can’t do it all every day, she contends, and trying to do so only leaves us frustrated and feeling inadequate. But we can succeed if we Pick Three. Randi first introduced the concept of Pick Three in a tweet—"The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma"—that went viral. Now, in this book, she expands on her philosophy and inspires others to follow her lead. From entrepreneurs to professionals, busy parents to students, Randi can help everyone learn to reject the unrealistic burden of balance and enjoy success in their own lives—by picking the most important areas to focus on in any given day. This practical handbook includes stories from Randi’s career learning that there’s no such thing as a perfect balance—as well as insights and examples from other professionals at the top of the biggest businesses in Silicon Valley, new moms searching for permission to focus on family, and recent graduates convinced they should have it all under control, including Arianna Huffington, Reshma Saujani, Laurie Hernandez, and Brad Takei. We can’t have it all every day, and that’s okay, Randi reminds us. Pick Three is her much-needed guide to learning to embrace the well-lopsided life.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062842846
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller! In this motivational handbook—both a business how-to and self-help guide—the New York Times bestselling author of Dot Complicated takes on the fallacy of the "well-balanced" life, arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided. Work. Sleep. Fitness. Family. Friends. Pick Three. In an increasingly demanding world, we’ve been told that we can do everything—maintain friendships, devote ourselves to work, spend time with family, stay fit, and get enough sleep. We just need to learn to balance it all. Randi Zuckerberg doesn’t believe in being well-balanced. We can’t do it all every day, she contends, and trying to do so only leaves us frustrated and feeling inadequate. But we can succeed if we Pick Three. Randi first introduced the concept of Pick Three in a tweet—"The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma"—that went viral. Now, in this book, she expands on her philosophy and inspires others to follow her lead. From entrepreneurs to professionals, busy parents to students, Randi can help everyone learn to reject the unrealistic burden of balance and enjoy success in their own lives—by picking the most important areas to focus on in any given day. This practical handbook includes stories from Randi’s career learning that there’s no such thing as a perfect balance—as well as insights and examples from other professionals at the top of the biggest businesses in Silicon Valley, new moms searching for permission to focus on family, and recent graduates convinced they should have it all under control, including Arianna Huffington, Reshma Saujani, Laurie Hernandez, and Brad Takei. We can’t have it all every day, and that’s okay, Randi reminds us. Pick Three is her much-needed guide to learning to embrace the well-lopsided life.
The Exiled Aslignhain
Author: M J Bird
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491884967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
Centuries on the mainland, 1,500 years in exile, and now living in Northberry for the past ten years. For over a thousand years spent in exile, he wandered alone. Battled through the ages to an unknown end. Now a derelict to those around him, a stranger to his son, a ghost to his partner, a terror to his people, a nightmare not easily forgotten. Now the Exiled One returns, the one of the yellow eyes, to reclaim his shrouded identity. The long-lost Immortal Warrior. Not all rejoice in discovering that he is still alive; after all, they executed him. His reappearance comes at the time that the races of the Oblengartes are on the brink of an all-out war with one another, and the return of Prince Drakan only marks the beginning of their end.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491884967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
Centuries on the mainland, 1,500 years in exile, and now living in Northberry for the past ten years. For over a thousand years spent in exile, he wandered alone. Battled through the ages to an unknown end. Now a derelict to those around him, a stranger to his son, a ghost to his partner, a terror to his people, a nightmare not easily forgotten. Now the Exiled One returns, the one of the yellow eyes, to reclaim his shrouded identity. The long-lost Immortal Warrior. Not all rejoice in discovering that he is still alive; after all, they executed him. His reappearance comes at the time that the races of the Oblengartes are on the brink of an all-out war with one another, and the return of Prince Drakan only marks the beginning of their end.
More Than a Hair Journey
Author: Keisha Charmaine Felix
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540380814
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Keisha takes you along her natural hair journey, which became her self-love journey, through teachable memoirs. Offering her perspective on a black woman's experience with family, friendships, relationships and most importantly self-love, Keisha bares it all. The role hair plays in a black woman's life is major; it impacts her confidence, sense of beauty and self-esteem. Read how transitioning from chemically straightened hair to natural locs (commonly referred to as dreadlocks or dreads) can open a black woman's eyes to her true self. Get some of Keisha's tips on nurturing your self-love and learn all about cultivating and maintaining locs. You will find Keisha Charmaine's hair tutorials on www.youtube.com/KeishaCharmaine Follow Keisha Charmaine on Instagram and twitter, @killadoesthat
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540380814
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Keisha takes you along her natural hair journey, which became her self-love journey, through teachable memoirs. Offering her perspective on a black woman's experience with family, friendships, relationships and most importantly self-love, Keisha bares it all. The role hair plays in a black woman's life is major; it impacts her confidence, sense of beauty and self-esteem. Read how transitioning from chemically straightened hair to natural locs (commonly referred to as dreadlocks or dreads) can open a black woman's eyes to her true self. Get some of Keisha's tips on nurturing your self-love and learn all about cultivating and maintaining locs. You will find Keisha Charmaine's hair tutorials on www.youtube.com/KeishaCharmaine Follow Keisha Charmaine on Instagram and twitter, @killadoesthat