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Jim is experiencing a mid-life crisis. Divorced for five years, he recently lost his job. He understands he needs to reboot his life but is not sure how to go about doing that until he comes up with an interesting possibility. At 49, he decides that thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail might help him find a new direction for his life. After months of physical training and logistical preparation, Jim and his younger brother begin the hike from Springer Mountain, Georgia. Over the next 5 months, Jim experiences periods of doubt, fear, exhilaration, loneliness, compassion, and joy. He meets ...

In this fully revised and updated second edition of When Perfect Isn't Good Enough, you'll discover the root cause of your perfectionism, explore the impact of perfectionism on your life, and find new, proven-effective coping skills to help you overcome your anxiety about making mistakes. This guide also includes tips for dealing with other perfectionists and discussions about how perfectionism is linked to worry, depression, anger, social anxiety, and body image.

If you are shy or socially anxious, you may dread going to parties, speaking in front of crowds or people you don't know, going to job interviews, and other critical life situations. You aren't alone. In fact, studies show that millions of people suffer from a social anxiety disorder. Unfortunately, you can't hide from some social situations. But you don't have to go on suffering. The good news is there are proven-effective techniques you can start using right away to help ease your anxiety or shyness and start living the life you were meant to live.

In the first book in this series (Finding Myself on the Appalachian Trail), Jim decides to thru-hike the AT after facing a mid-like crisis. His experiences over the next 5 months prove to be both memorable and transformative. By the time he returns home, Jim is physically and emotionally stronger, as well as prepared to live a more purpose-driven life. In the second book in this series, Jim finds his journey of discovery is not yet over. There are many more lives he needs to touch.

Mountain of My Dreams is a potentially six-book memoir (the first three books have been published) that tells the story of my family's decision to leave the suburbs in the early 1980s and move to beautiful Rappahannock County, Virginia to start a wholesale nursery. It is a story about a dream, a marriage, a family and endless adventures that often took the family out of their comfort zone. Unlike many back-to-the-land stories that follow a family for a year or two, we are still living the dream nearly fifty years later. Come along on our many adventures, as well as an equal number of ...

In the first book in this series (Finding Myself on the Appalachian Trail) begins, Jim, a 49-year-old electrical engineer, is experiencing a mid-life crisis. Following his divorce many years earlier, his technical career became the central focus of his life. When his company fails to win a contract re-bid, Jim is unceremoniously laid off. Jim realizes he needs reboot his life, but has no idea how to do that. Ultimately, he decides he needs to get away, and literally decides to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. By the time he returns home, Jim is physically and emotionally stronger, as well ...

In the late 1970s, Richard convinced his wife Sandra they needed to leave their promising professional careers and comfortable suburban lifestyle and start an azalea nursery in the Blue Ridge Mountain. With no horticultural training or business experience, few mechanical skills, and absolutely no idea what they were getting themselves into, numerous misadventures followed. In the first of this multi-book series, Richard begins the couple’s colorful story, a story of triumph and despair, of high expectations and harsh reality, and of the people who touched their lives along the way. ...