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#1 I was super into the idea of being a mom when I was younger. Then I got older and became what some would call a tomboy because I played pickup basketball with my older brother and his friends, didn't want to wear pink, and loved watching action movies.
#2 I grew up believing that motherhood was something I was going to do. I was told that morning sickness happens,...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: You may be currently sitting in bed miserable and mourning a life you wish you'd had, but how do you really get your life together?
In “Get Your Sh*t Together” (2016), Sarah Knight creates a detailed but simple guide for getting your life back on track. To do so, you need strategy, focus, and commitment, which must be applied to every aspect of life-from writing an...
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#1 The town of Ada, Oklahoma, is a mix of small-town southerners and westerners. The people are friendly and welcoming, and the quarter-horse bidness is a source of local pride.
#2 Ada, Mississippi, was a small town with a large county surrounding it. The town was home to many nightclubs and bars, and it was here that Debbie Carter, a local girl, spent much of her time.
#3 Mike and...
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#1 We all have the ability to feel things about people, animals, and places. It's a natural sense that most of us take for granted. We can feel it because we're part of it.
#2 We interpret energy through our feelings. When we know we're in danger, we feel our shoulders round and our heads come down to protect our precious hearts. We want to curl up into a ball.
#3 We...
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#1 The pecking behavior of chicks is not an instinct, but rather a result of thousands of repetitions of the pecking action inside the egg. It is called circumstantial practice by researchers.
#2 The idea of natural talent is that you are either born with it or you aren't. However, practice is still the only way to get better at anything. If you want to get better, you...
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#1 I began to read aloud to my son from a ten-volume collection called The Photographic History of the Civil War. I learned about palindromes from the Southern Sea captain Raphael Semmes. I began to match Brady's still-deaths with the curt stutter of farm roads and rocks.
#2 I had always been a Civil War bore, but when I returned to America after nine years abroad, I...
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#1 I was sent to see the squadron gunnery leader, known as Steve, who was the oldest and toughest gunner I had seen so far. He was about forty-five and looked as hard as nails but had two of the kindest eyes imaginable.
#2 I was sitting in the anteroom after lunch writing a letter when the air-raid siren sounded. I looked out of the window and saw people running to the...
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Book Preview: #1 The Lopers were homeward bound. They had traveled nearly 15,000 miles to adopt a two-year-old girl in Kazakhstan. They had spent their life savings and dealt with bureaucrats in three different countries, but now they had Alexandria.
#2 The unseasonably warm weather in Gander was all anyone could talk about. The mayor, Claude Elliott, liked to start his morning at...
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Book Preview: #1 To start a meditation practice, you need to choose a schedule and a time that is realistic for you. Then, find a space in your home that is sacred or relaxing for you, and sit in a way that allows you to feel lifted.
#2 The commitment and devotion to a meditation schedule are more difficult if you are doing it alone, but it becomes easier with time. If you are a beginning...
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Get the Summary of Gregory Berns's How Dogs Love Us in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The powerful bond between humans and dogs is one that's uniquely cherished. Loyal, obedient, and affectionate, they are truly "man's best friend." But, do dogs love us the way we love them? Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns had spent decades using MRI imaging technology to study how the...
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#1 I took my faith very seriously, and I was taught how to wage spiritual warfare at a young age. I understood being a Christian was a grave matter.
#2 I was seven years old when I first questioned God's goodness. I was sitting in a Baptist church when the pastor told the story of how his two-year-old daughter had suffocated to death in a dry-cleaning bag. God allowed...
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#1 Jory's story is a window into what it is like to live in a world constructed for neurotypical brains when your mind is not. It is the story of what it is like to begin each day knowing that you are fundamentally different from every other person.
#2 I began to realize that my own brain is wired differently from others. I would often circle back to the same topic weeks...
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#1 I spent a long time staring out the window. I had many doubts about my ability to complete the journey, but I was determined to go. I had two full lives left, and I was not ready to end them yet.
#2 I yearned for slowness and moments of silence. I wanted to stop and admire eyes rimmed with kohl, the flash of a woman's leg, or a misty meadowland immersed in dreams....
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#1 The Anapanasati Sutra begins with the words I have heard from Ananda, Buddha's cousin and one of his closest disciples. He was tasked with explaining the Buddha's teachings after his death, and he did so by using the phrase Thus have I heard.
#2 The Buddha's instructions for breath meditation are simple. He says that the meditator should go to the forest, to the shade...
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#1 The problem is not just with Katina, but with many of the students in the class. They seem to have an I can't mentality in one or more subjects, and you worry that when it comes to state standardized tests, they will bring down the school's average.
#2 When students are actively focusing on their learning, they are beginning the process of making connections between...
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#1 In 1984, four Black teenage boys were sitting in a subway car in Manhattan, talking and laughing loudly. They were the only people in the north end of the car. The other passengers kept their distance from what was happening at the end of the car.
#2 Barry Slotnick, who was a criminal defense lawyer, took a vacation to the Caribbean with his family. He was always...
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#1 After death, our soul rises up out of its host body. If the soul is older and has experience from many past lives, it knows immediately that it has been set free and is going home. The energy of the soul is able to divide into identical parts, similar to a hologram.
#2 Orientation periods with our guides, which take place before joining our cluster group, vary between souls and...
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#1 I like being naked in public. I discovered this made me happy when I was only four years old. I'm not sure what my definition of happiness is, but I've always imagined that it would be the feeling you get before you die.
#2 I remember being in other people's houses as a young boy. I loved it. They had an easy chair that was covered in corduroy, and I would sit in...
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#1 The Bible takes a radically different view than the assumption that the most faithful people will be the most carefree and emotionally upbeat. It is full of aching, grieving saints who tear their clothes and sit in the ashes when their world gets upended.
#2 We must understand that the Bible commands joy, gratitude, contentment, peace, and the like. But that is not...
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#1 We can't control where people sit in an auditorium, but we can control how they choose their seats. We can use this information to figure out what people were doing when they chose their seats.
#2 The seating arrangement in the auditorium was a simple example of how people can be influenced by each other's behavior. If we know that people entering an auditorium have...