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Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It by Dr. JoAnn Deak unveils exciting truths about our brains: we can stretch and shape them as long as we continue to learn. According to educational consultant and psychologist Deak, if we take advantage of 0pen "windows" in the brain, we'll keep our minds "plastic." Complete with colored illustrations and diagrams, this children's nonfiction book targets children ages 3-9, but middle schoolers and adults as well are reading it, too.

Deak's simple language coupled with Sarah Ackerley's engaging illustrations belie the complex subject matter of Your Fantastic Elastic Brain. Although the human brain is, indeed, multifaceted, Deak does not shrink from introducing high-level vocabulary to youngsters. This includes learning anatomical parts of the brain such as the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and amygdala.

Best of all, Deak alleviates kids' fear of failure by assuring them making mistakes is one of the best ways to stretch "your fantastic elastic brain."  Now, children the world over are taking courage and trying new things without giving up! And, because of Deak, they understand every interaction they have influences the adults they will become.

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Tim Harford, economist and author of Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, shares just a few of the inventions that have had far-reaching and unexpected consequences for all of us. His stories—part economics, part history, and part biography—give us fascinating facts and behind-the-scenes glimpses into inventions that have become integral and essential to our everyday work and play. Harford also cautions us about embracing all inventions as good.  History shows that, for all their benefits, inventions often carry a dark downside, too.

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Tim Harford, economist and author of Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, shares just a few of the inventions that have had far-reaching and unexpected consequences for all of us. His stories—part economics, part history, and part biography—give us fascinating facts and behind-the-scenes glimpses into inventions that have become integral and essential to our everyday work and play. Harford also cautions us about embracing all inventions as good.  History shows that, for all their benefits, inventions often carry a dark downside, too.

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Dr. Gillihan, author of "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple," shares easy-to-understand practices for dealing with mental health issues. He offers "10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry" that can be accessed on an as-needed basis. Void of psychobabble, Gillihan's book is written in layman's language for everyday issues and situations so readers can self-evaluate and help themselves find relief. 

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Dr. Gillihan, author of "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple," shares easy-to-understand practices for dealing with mental health issues. He offers "10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry" that can be accessed on an as-needed basis. Void of psychobabble, Gillihan's book is written in layman's language for everyday issues and situations so readers can self-evaluate and help themselves find relief. 

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Dr. Seth Gillihan’s podcast: “Think-Act-Be”

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Dr. Chris Winter, an international sleep expert, combines traditional medicine with more than two decades of research and practical experience to give us The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It. Packed full of proven techniques applied to the most current sleep science, the book is designed to help you rest well and sleep better than ever before.

Winter maintains that, unlike many ailments, sleep skills can be learned. And, with proper sleep, you can eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue. What’s more, a good night’s sleep can improve your overall heart and brain health.

In The Sleep Solution, Winter helps you discover which tips and tricks suit you best so you can get customize a plan for optimal sleep. Like many professional athletes and Dr. Winter’s more than 10K+ patients, you can also learn how to get all the ZZZs you need.

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Dr. Chris Winter, an international sleep expert, combines traditional medicine with more than two decades of research and practical experience to give us The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It. Packed full of proven techniques applied to the most current sleep science, the book is designed to help you rest well and sleep better than ever before.

Winter maintains that, unlike many ailments, sleep skills can be learned. And, with proper sleep, you can eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue. What’s more, a good night’s sleep can improve your overall heart and brain health.

In The Sleep Solution, Winter helps you discover which tips and tricks suit you best so you can get customize a plan for optimal sleep. Like many professional athletes and Dr. Winter’s more than 10K+ patients, you can also learn how to get all the ZZZs you need.

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Matthew Dicks, a bestselling author, shares "superhero" secrets in his latest book, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling. He reminds us that we all have stories to tell. In fact, sometimes the smallest moments in our lives make the most compelling stories. Leave it to Dicks to help us find the ones that are "storyworthy" and share them through our own storytelling powers.

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Matthew Dicks, a bestselling author, shares "superhero" secrets in his latest book, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling. He reminds us that we all have stories to tell. In fact, sometimes the smallest moments in our lives make the most compelling stories. Leave it to Dicks to help us find the ones that are "storyworthy" and share them through our own storytelling powers.

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Speak Up Storytelling

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Wish You Happy Forever chronicles Half the Sky founder Jenny Bowen's personal and professional journey to transform Chinese orphanages—and the lives of the neglected girls who live in them—from a state of quiet despair to one of vibrant promise.

After reading an article about the thousands of baby girls languishing in Chinese orphanages, Bowen and her husband adopted a little girl from China and brought her home to Los Angeles, not out of a need to build a family but rather a commitment to save one child. A year later, as she watched her new daughter play in the grass with her friends, thriving in an environment where she knew she was loved, Bowen was overcome with a desire to help the children that she could not bring home. That very day she created Half the Sky Foundation, an organization conceived to bring love into the life of every orphan in China and one that has actually managed to fulfill its promise.

In Wish You Happy Forever, Bowen relates her struggle to bring the concept of "child nurture and responsive care" to bemused Chinese bureaucrats and how she's actually succeeding. Five years after Half the Sky's first orphanage program opened, government officials began to mention child welfare and nurturing care in public speeches. And, in 2011, at China's Great Hall of the People, Half the Sky and its government partners celebrated the launch of The Rainbow Program, a groundbreaking initiative to change the face of orphan care by training every child welfare worker in the country. Thanks to Bowen's relentless perseverance through heartbreak and a dose of humor, Half the Sky's goal to bring love the lives of forgotten children comes ever closer.

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