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Do you feel manipulated and deceived? Do you trust people too easily and allow yourself to be blinded by them? Do you have the feeling that you always end up with the wrong people and end up being surprised by their cold-heartedness? Or have you caught a manipulator and want to understand their behavior? Then you have made the right decision by buying this guide. A dark side lurks in many people. They use psychological tricks to manipulate the people around them and play them off against each other. They use people cold-heartedly to achieve their own goals and rarely feel remorse or regret.

Stress and a hectic pace are the order of the day for many of us. Not only we adults, but also our children are increasingly stressed. This book contains 13 dream journeys for children to alleviate this stress, recharge their batteries and prevent the daily grind from taking them to sleep at night. The focus is on the honey bears that your child gets to know in the first story. With their help, the traveler is guided through various themes and worlds in the subsequent stories. Reading these richly illustrated stories to your child stimulates their imagination and creativity.

Food and emotions - you may be wondering what the connection is. It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but for many people, emotions are closely linked to their eating behavior. Whether consciously or unconsciously, regular emotional eating often leads to a high level of suffering for those affected. Emotional eating usually manifests itself in the form of frustration or stress eating - in other words, eating is a way of compensating for a negative feeling. This can result in severe weight gain and eating disorders, which is why emotional eating should not be underestimated.

From a European-Western perspective, much of what is related to the state of Japan, including its history and culture and the people who live there, seems not only foreign, but also in some ways inaccessible and incomprehensible. Those who do not deal with it explicitly often have no connection to Japan at all. This, of course, is also true of Japanese mythology. In contrast to Greco-Roman or Nordic-Germanic mythology, the level of knowledge about it in the West is rather low.

Are you also tired of going to work every day just to try to make the time pass quickly? Putting all your strength and energy into your job every day, just hoping to go home soon? That's how it is for a large number of people, even those who have actually focused their job selection on finding something that matches their interests. Of course, this can make life very difficult; after all, working is an activity we spend almost our entire lives doing, as it ensures our financial survival. If you find yourself in this suffering that seems hopeless, you have chosen the right book.

Almost everyone is familiar with names like Thor and Loki from movies, comics and other corners of the media world today, but where do they come from? That's exactly what this book looks at. You'll dive for a while into the origins of these familiar names of Norse mythology. You'll not only get an overview of the scientific sources if you desire to further investigate more specifically than what is presented here, you'll also get a short but concise introduction to the mythological world created in a pre-Christian time.

Have you ever had the experience of being manipulated by a person to such an extent that you felt something was wrong with your perception? That you finally started to doubt your perceptive faculty, even your mental health? You are not alone in this: this common phenomenon is called gaslighting, and it is a subtle yet serious form of psychological violence that can have lasting effects on the victim's self-esteem. In this guidebook, you'll learn not only what exactly gaslighting actually is and how this mechanism works, but also how you can free yourself from the manipulation trap.

"Man is a creature of habit." You have certainly heard this proverb somewhere before. Well, the meaning of the proverb is that man likes to repeat exactly what proves to be good for him. Knowing about the consequences of nicotine consumption and the health benefits you can expect once you quit smoking, you will become an expert in this field. However, the most important part is practical tips and exercises that will help you become the conqueror of your addiction and move your habits in a different direction.

Combat stress, hectic and health problems with delicious recipes and relaxing massages and call it medicine - a wishful thinking? Quite the opposite! No matter what is bothering you: Whether they are sick, simply feel unwell or can no longer cope with all the challenges of the modern world, even if you just want to lose a few kilograms or simply feel good again: Ayurveda helps you to do so. Because this ancient healing art not only combats your aches and pains in a wonderfully individual way, but also brings your body and mind into balance and maintains your health in the long term.

Starting from the two iconic dates of 753 BC (according to legend, the founding of Rome) and 476 AD (the deposition of the last Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus), the history of the Roman Empire spans more than 1200 years. This was not only a long period of time, but also an eventful one - after all, the inhabitants of the city on the Tiber River conquered an empire that, at its greatest expansion in 116 AD, encompassed most of Europe as well as parts of North Africa and Asia Minor.

You've probably already realized that storytelling is ubiquitous today and that it's hard to imagine marketing without it. In this guide, you will first get an overview of what storytelling actually is and why it is an important part of a successful marketing strategy. In addition, you will learn in the theory section how a classic story is structured, to what extent this structure can be integrated into business practice and what alternatives there are.

You work 40 hours a week and hardly have time for sports activities or other experiences in nature? You are constantly under pressure and can actually only really switch off and do something on trips? But you want to change this and finally break out of your comfort zone? Then this guide is the ideal way to put your plan into practice. Most people these days are far too comfortable to go outside and experience something and are always inventing excuses instead of really daring to do something for once.

In this book I would like to introduce you to the wonderful topic of dream journeys for children. In a world full of stress and hectic, we are all grateful for a little distraction and a little relaxation for in between. It's not just us adults who feel this way, our children also need some time out from the stresses of everyday life every now and then. Because of their openness to fantasy and creativity, children are particularly good at immersing themselves in a fantasy world. As parents, you can take advantage of this ability and create a dream trip together as a special family time.

Do you feel drained in your job? Do your students make your life hell? Do you find it hard to get up in the morning because you dread the school day? Then this book can help you. The job of a teacher is not easy. Disruptions and provocative students can significantly complicate your school day and rob you of any fun in teaching. Especially in this professional field, the danger of burnout should not be underestimated. You may already be at a point where you are thinking about throwing in the towel. But it doesn't have to be that way. Embark on a journey that will bring you effective change.

Do you need to give a talk or presentation for your work, school or studies? Whether it is a short presentation or a longer lecture in the context of a seminar - the conditions are the same. You are not one of those people who can speak without any fear in front of other people and deliver your presentation eloquently and confidently? On the contrary, are you nervous and have the feeling that you won't be able to get a word in edgewise? The good news is that speaking in front of other people can be learned! This guidebook deals with the basics of interpersonal communication.

This book is intended for readers who are looking for an introduction to the confusing diversity of German literature. The chronological order chosen is best suited for this purpose because, in contrast to topic- or genre-oriented ordering procedures, it shows a genesis and traces the genealogy of German literature. The fact that Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre would most likely have looked completely different without Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus can be shown most easily and effectively in the context of a chronologically presented journey through time.

In this book you will learn about relaxation and its counterpart, tension - or stress. These terms are on everyone's lips today, but often we don't even know what we are really talking about or complaining about - and what can get us out of our, often unconsciously and self-created, stressful situations and help us in the long run to a relaxed and easy-going everyday life.

There are people who have a precise plan of how they will consistently achieve their goals and leave no doubt whatsoever that they will actually do it. They don't let anything stop them, neither unforeseen setbacks nor other obstacles. They find a solution to every problem and grow from the challenges they face. Other people, on the other hand, have none of these qualities and therefore quickly feel overwhelmed or unable to rise to a situation in the first place. Now we come to the question, what is the crucial difference between them? The answer is mental strength.

You read the word "self-healing" and you are skeptical and a bit curious? Your mind says "No," but your gut is saying "Yes, you are!" It's a little inner struggle to find the primal trust that we all lost a little and more and more somewhere in our childhood in the system we grew up in. In this book you can expect an attempt at regression, remembrance, reminding of our, your primordial self-trust: one of the foundations for self-healing to work. I offer you methods, techniques, mind games and you use them how and when you want. I give a framework, you paint it. Just as you like.

Great leaders are constantly moving, making and learning from mistakes, and growing. Greatness involves constant and painful self-awareness, discovery, and improvement. Of course, each one is cut from a different cloth. But ALL of them share a few things in common. The growing body of literature that offers effective leadership strategies has given others the keys to adopt these themselves, one way or another. In “Modern Leadership Lessons From the World’s Greatest”, you will discover timeless qualities of 8 extraordinary leaders and how to develop these game-changing skills in yourself.