Self Conflict

Our culture is obsessed with safety and self. We are constantly assessing risks, prioritizing tasks, and categorizing people. We seek out security, efficiency, and comfort and avoid uncertainty, wasted time, and distress. We crave the known, the quantifiable, the safe. We resent people who...

This third edition of an international best-seller - more than two million copies sold worldwide and translated into 33 languages - details how its powerful insights on motivation, conflict, and collaboration can benefit organizations as well as individuals.

Stay Afloat When They’re Rocking Your Boat Do you avoid interactions because disconnecting feels safer and easier? Do you get overwhelmed when you try to interact with certain people? Do you hide your true self in case people don’t like who you really are? Instead of closing up and closing off, use the simple steps in Personal Boundaries for Highly Sensitive People to practice the empowerment of feeling authentic and connected. When the people around you make waves with overwhelming personalities, expectations, or communication styles—personal boundaries come to the rescue. This handy...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Make Your Bed—a short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL. The title “Bullfrog” is given to the Navy SEAL who has served...

Every person is wired for love differently—with different habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. The good news is that most people's minds work in predictable ways and respond well to security, attachment, and routines, making it possible to neurologically prime the brain for greater love and connection and fewer conflicts. This go-to guide will show you how.

Turn heartbreak into hope — and create a confident, peaceful life after divorce! When your world feels shattered, starting over can seem impossible. Thrive After Divorce shows you how to rebuild step by step — emotionally, financially, and spiritually. Inside, you’ll find practical tools and compassionate guidance to help you: 💬 Handle a high-conflict ex with calm and confidence 💰 Regain financial independence and protect your future 💖 Rebuild self-esteem and rediscover your identity 🙏 Heal emotionally through faith-based reflection and renewal With warmth, wisdom, and ...

Build a Life You’re Proud Of—One Honest Decision at a Time What if your word carried undeniable weight—and your character inspired trust, admiration, and success? In a world full of shortcuts, spin, and self-interest, living with integrity isn’t just admirable—it’s transformative. Integrity shapes how you think, act, lead, and love. It defines your legacy. Choose Integrity is your guide to becoming the kind of person others trust—and you deeply respect. Whether you’re starting fresh or strengthening the values you already hold, this powerful, practical book will walk you ...

Emotion Rules Everybody knows IQ. A measure of intelligence, genius, the ability to use your brain to rationally figure out the world and find success within. But what's EQ? And why is it arguably more important than IQ? If you don't know, you can't win. And that's only the beginning... So learn the facts. Know the truth, apply the gains. EQ is vital. This guide to emotional intelligence includes: What is emotional intelligence? Who devised emotional intelligence? Why is emotional intelligence so important? How does emotional intelligence affect us? Where can emotional intelligence be ...

Transform Your Life with Ancient Hawaiian Healing: The Ho'oponopono Effect Finally, a Proven Path to Deep Healing, Inner Peace, and Life-Changing Transformation Are you exhausted from self-help methods that promise everything but deliver nothing? If you're struggling with emotional pain, broken relationships, health challenges, or feeling stuck despite trying everything—Ho'oponopono offers the breakthrough you've been searching for. The Ho'oponopono Effect reveals the sacred Hawaiian healing practice that's transforming lives across the globe. Using just four powerful phrases, this ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 048 In this collection of Sayings, arranged under subject headings, the monks and nuns of fourth-century Egypt show us that the spirituality of the desert is for everyone. Their teaching speaks to any who follow the way of Christ; it is concerned more with action and behaviour than with mystical experience, with compassion, forbearance, self-knowledge and facing inner conflict.

At home, at work, or even out shopping, we’ve all experienced a moment when we’ve gone from feeling just fine to feeling out of control. Something inside us shifts. We instantly feel hurt, angry, shut down, or frozen. In these moments, we’ve been triggered, according to therapist and bestselling author Susan Campbell. In From Triggered to Tranquil, she offers a no-blame approach to conflicts and misunderstandings, empowering us to explore triggers and trauma responses and use these as portals to growth and self-compassion. This accessible, timely, and useful book includes:

The Inner Child Recovery Work with Radical Self Compassion has everything you need to recognize the painful effects of childhood trauma so you can gain emotional intelligence and go from conflict to resolution much easier. Join Don Barlow where he shares with you the proven techniques and exercises to help you understand your unresolved trauma and how to finally break free from it.

The Intimacy Workbook for Couples A 12-Step Relationship Therapy Roadmap to Radically Change Your Emotional Connection, Rediscover Passion, and Realize Bliss in the Bedroom Feeling like roommates instead of lovers? Wondering why passion went from sizzling to sexless? Are your nights filled with more screen time than emotional and physical intimacy? If your relationship has become more about schedules and responsibilities rather than deep connection, you're not alone. Most couples experience an intimacy drought, but here's the good news—it doesn't have to stay that way! Whether you've been...

From the authors of Leadership and Self-Deception comes a new edition of this best seller that has been thoroughly revised to more effectively address the diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges that plague our communities and hinder our organizations. The Anatomy of Peace uses a fictional story to powerfully show listeners the way to transform conflict.

What If One Choice Could Bring Clarity, Confidence, and Direction to Your Life? Your life is shaped by the values you choose to live by—whether you realize it or not. Choose Core Values helps you take control of those choices, giving you a powerful foundation for making better decisions, improving your relationships, and building a life of meaning and purpose. This book isn’t just about understanding values—it’s about discovering your values and learning how to apply them in real life. Whether you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, living in chaos, or simply ready to grow, this guide ...

Hermann Hesse Explained: Spiritual Awakening, Individuation, Eastern Philosophy, Inner Conflict, Self-Discovery, and the Search for Meaning in a Fragmented World Step into the profound world of Hermann Hesse, one of the most influential literary voices of the twentieth century, whose work continues to inspire readers searching for meaning, identity, and inner peace. This book explores Hesse’s major ideas in a clear, engaging, and accessible way, revealing how his novels speak directly to modern struggles with purpose, authenticity, and self-understanding. From the spiritual journey of ...

Have you ever opened your mouth to discipline your child, and your parents' nastiest words tumble out? In an era when most parenting books focus on the child, this book supports parents in dealing more positively with themselves, as well as their toddler-to-school-age children, offering specific tools to stop policing and pleading with kids and start being the parents we want to be. Based on Dr. Bailey's more than 25 years of work with children, this book explains that how we discipline ourselves is ultimately how we discipline our children.

The Self and the Other Explained: Jean-Paul Sartre’s Philosophy of Relationships, The Look, Intersubjectivity, Love, Desire, Conflict, and the Struggle for Recognition explores one of the most powerful and unsettling dimensions of existential philosophy: what happens when one freedom encounters another. In this in depth and accessible guide, The Practical Atlas examines Sartre’s groundbreaking analysis of “the look,” objectification, shame, alienation, love, desire, domination, and mutual recognition. This book reveals how Sartre’s ideas illuminate everyday relationships, romantic...

Trust your gut, take care of yourself, and find new life on the other side with this “straightforward” (Ilene S. Cohen, PhD, award-winning author of When It’s Never About You), empowering guide to divorce for moms. We hear it all the time on the news. The divorce rates are rising. More...

A clinical psychologist and author of The Defining Decade takes us into the world of the supernormal: those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity. "Compelling and hopeful." —Kirkus Reviews "Supernormal's inspiring message and Jay's portraits of how to act on it make this a...