What do a Cuban refugee, an ex-con and a girl with a negative body-image possibly have in common? They each 'find fitness' as a way to survive and live their lives to the fullest, while giving back to those facing similar hardships. 'Soul Trainer' is an explosive collection of inspirational stories, deeply personal struggles and uphill battles against unbelievable odds, where fitness is the only way out. Book Passages: Sometimes it takes fictional characters with real life hardships and challenges, to be able to look deep inside ourselves and relate to what they're going through. Although your own way of life may be very different than the lives portrayed by the three main characters you're about to meet, surprisingly, you'll find yourself embracing the struggles they go through and personal battles they overcome, to dig deep within yourself to make the physical changes you know you need to in your own life.Most people try to change from the 'inside out'. But what about starting from the 'outside in'? What about changing your physical outlook on life? The way your body moves, functions, feels and thinks.While fitness is a choice, it's one of the most impactful and life changing activities you can turn to when you feel as though you have no choices left.So much of who a person is comes down to where they put their passions and what breathes life into their soul.

This book has more ideas on how to add involvement in learning than any one trainer could ever use. Your students and workshop participants will increase their understanding and retention when you design training activities using 'The Winning Trainer'. This updated and expanded edition is richer than ever before. It provides: * more than 100 ready-made handouts, learning instruments, and worksheets... all you do is photocopy * numerous examples, model dialogues, and sample answers * hundreds of exercises, games, puzzles, role plays, icebreakers, and other group-in-action techniques * samples of each technique and ways to effectively use them * advice on subjects such as unwilling participants, use of the outdoors, breaks, program endings, and storytelling Significant new additions to the book include materials on the following topics: * new, easier to accomplish approaches to evaluation - ROE (Return on Expectations) and Customer Satisfaction as a business indicator * a methodology to secure group feedback at the end of the program, concerning the trainer/facilitator's role and participation in the course * an instrument for the early screening of likely obstacles when transferring training * added techniques to ensure that training transfers to the job * a demonstration of how to conduct a quick assessment of needs when under pressure to do so * keys to successful training in other cultures * several new instruments including how to assess one's prowess as a facilitator, how to assess trust in a team, and how to measure one's CQ (creativity quotient) Two new chapters have been added to treat new material on intelligence and learning, principles of adult learning and distance learning. In addition, numerous new group-in-action techniques and conceptual materials have been added to the existing chapters. This is the one-stop source book every trainer needs.

Be Your Soul is a guide to living the life of your soul. Each chapter brings to you a gift of awareness on your journey back to remembering who in truth, you really are. Knowing who you are in truth can truly change your whole life. This spiritual text can help reintroduce you to your Soul, help you get to know your Soul and live the life that your Soul will guide you to live. Learn to identify the voice of your Soul and how to listen to its powerful guidance. Be Your Soul touches on how to navigate suffering, how to bring about healing, and how to live in the peace awaits us. These writings will give you are clear sense of how to be in tune with your Soul, which is in union with the Universe. May this book bring you closer to being your Soul, and living moment to moment in the joy and happiness of love.

The first book to explore the idea and effect of moral injury on veterans, their families, and their communities Although veterans make up only 7 percent of the U.S. population, they account for an alarming 20 percent of all suicides. And though treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder has undoubtedly alleviated suffering and allowed many service members returning from combat to transition to civilian life, the suicide rate for veterans under thirty has been increasing. Research by Veterans Administration health professionals and veterans’ own experiences now suggest an ancient but unaddressed wound of war may be a factor: moral injury. This deep-seated sense of transgression includes feelings of shame, grief, meaninglessness, and remorse from having violated core moral beliefs. Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini, who both grew up in families deeply affected by war, have been working closely with vets on what moral injury looks like, how vets cope with it, and what can be done to heal the damage inflicted on soldiers’ consciences. In Soul Repair, the authors tell the stories of four veterans of wars from Vietnam to our current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—Camillo “Mac” Bica, Herman Keizer Jr., Pamela Lightsey, and Camilo Mejía—who reveal their experiences of moral injury from war and how they have learned to live with it. Brock and Lettini also explore its effect on families and communities, and the community processes that have gradually helped soldiers with their moral injuries. Soul Repair will help veterans, their families, members of their communities, and clergy understand the impact of war on the consciences of healthy people, support the recovery of moral conscience in society, and restore veterans to civilian life. When a society sends people off to war, it must accept responsibility for returning them home to peace.

Nov. issue includes Proceedings of the annual meeting.

Can Soul Fitness unlock the secret to immortality? Health is the new wealth. This book provides powerful techniques that bring health to your innermost being, the soul. Embrace the proven principles presented here, and unlock the door to an enduring joy. Embark on a transformative journey and discover innovative secrets to cracking the immortality code. This book explores the intriguing question: Can incorporating Soul Fitness into our daily lives unravel the secret to immortality? To provide answers, the book skillfully presents timeless insights and proven exercises that empower readers to apply this revolutionary knowledge firsthand. The time is now! This book is a portal, a gateway between your old self and a new transcendent you. Seize this moment because the present is all there is. Walk through the portal. Pick up this book and benefit from its contents. The choice is yours, choose wisely and open up amazing possibilities for yourself and the world.