Author: Lowell Tollefson
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: stories, seven, forty, sea, calming
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2003-07-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0595289347
ISBN-13: 9780595289349

They camped the first night on a high plateau above the clouds. Having originally settled at nightfall into their individual bedrolls, they were awakened in the middle of the night by a chilling cold. The clouds, which had been situated well below them during the day, had ascended the dark, steep mountain slopes after sundown and now enveloped them. They got up, thoroughly chilled and wet, first Melanie then Jim, and joined the three Filipinos who were squatted around a blazing fire. “Cold!” Melanie said, crouching and extending her hands toward the flames. “Brr.” “The fi

Author: Turid Rugaas
Publisher: Dogwise Publishing
Keywords: signals, calming, dogs, terms, talking
Number of Pages: 78
Published: 2005-12-14
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1929242360
ISBN-13: 9781929242368

In this book, Turid identifies what she calls calming signals: signals used by dogs to prevent things from happening, from avoiding threats from people and dogs to calming down nervousness and fear. Turid goes on to explain how dogs use calming signals, and how we, as dog owners, can use them as well with our own dogs.

Author: Judith P. Siegel
Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
Keywords: calming, emotions, strategies, effective, overreacting, stop
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2010-07
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1572247231
ISBN-13: 9781572247239

When you are criticized or rejected, do you have a tendency to lash out or withdraw entirely? Both types of knee-jerk reactions can have lasting and unintended consequences, affecting our friendships, careers, families, and romantic relationships. The truth is, overreacting hurts us as much as it hurts the people around us. You may see overreacting as an unchangeable part of your personality, but in reality, this tendency, like any other, can be unlearned. Stop Overreacting helps you identify your emotional triggers, discover a new way of processing impulsive thoughts and feelings, and unde

Authors:Alan Heath, Nicki Bainbridge,
Publisher: DK ADULT
Keywords: touch, power, calming, massage, baby
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2004-02-16
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0756602467
ISBN-13: 9780756602468

Baby Massage offers parents and caretakers safe and easy-to-learn massage techniques that reinforce bonding and all-around wellbeing. Step-by-step pictures show simple methods to soothe fretful babies, help them to get to sleep, and ease the pain of common ailments such as colic, and teething. Massage has been proven to enhance babies’ and toddlers’ brain development, encouraging brighter, happier children--and this beautifully illustrated guide makes it abundantly clear how easy it is to learn how.

Authors:Gary D. McKay, Steven A. Maybell,
Publisher: Impact Publishers
Keywords: dads, kids, moms, management, family, storm, calming
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-09
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1886230560
ISBN-13: 9781886230569

Anger and confrontation are part of our lives, like it or not. The key factor in happy families is how they handle anger. This book is all about how to deal effectively with anger in families. A practical manual of helpful aids to handling the inevitable anger that every family experiences. Helps families work on the changes that will result in less anger, more effective expression of the anger you do experience, and a happier and more harmonious family environment. Among the dozens of anger topics covered: --How anger develops, why we get angry, and the purposes anger serves in our lives

Author: Ted, Ph.D. Zeff
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Keywords: calming, senses, overstimulating, world, exercises, daily, sensitive, person, companion, highly
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2007-03
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1572244933
ISBN-13: 9781572244931

Day-to-Day Help for Highly Sensitive People About one in every five of us has a nervous system that is especially acute and finely tuned. If you’re in this group, on one hand, it’s a great gift. You’re creative, compassionate, and you deeply appreciate subtlety and beauty in the world. On the other hand, you may be more easily disturbed by noise, bright lights, strong scents, crowds, and time pressure than the less sensitive among us. In his first book, The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide, author Ted Zeff presented ways to manage your heighte

Author: F. Allan Hanson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: culture, wars, calming, computers, trouble
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-02-28
List price: $59.50
ISBN-10: 0791470172
ISBN-13: 9780791470176

How the computer revolution can ease polarization and help calm the culture wars.