Are you new to BDSM? Are you struggling to find your place in the lifestyle? The BDSM lifetyle is a world where people speak in their own formal and informal languages, a world where totally different rules and social norms exist all built upon many different traditions, some of which are hundreds of years old. Whether you desire to experience a sense of personal freedom, to explore another self-expression, explore another level of intimacy with your partner, or simply to gain clarity as to your hidden desires, Welcome to the Darkside will get you started. This book will teach you: + The vocabulary, roles, and rituals of BDSM + Common misconceptions of BDSM + The reasons you may want to participate in this lifestyle + How to align yourself with your true place in this lifestyle + Consequences and actions of BDSM relationships + Ways and places to get started + How to spot fakes or predators After reading Welcome to the Darkside, you will be better equipped to both understand, and navigate within this lifestyle.

Are you new to BDSM? Are you struggling to find your place in the lifestyle?The BDSM lifetyle is a world where people speak in their own formal and informal languages, a world where totally different rules and social norms exist all built upon many different traditions, some of which are hundreds of years old.Whether you desire to experience a sense of personal freedom, to explore another self-expression, explore another level of intimacy with your partner, or simply to gain clarity as to your hidden desires, Welcome to the Darkside will get you started. This book will teach you:+ The vocabulary, roles, and rituals of BDSM+ Common misconceptions of BDSM+ The reasons you may want to participate in this lifestyle+ How to align yourself with your true place in this lifestyle+ Consequences and actions of BDSM relationships+ Ways and places to get started+ How to spot fakes or predatorsAfter reading Welcome to the Darkside, you will be better equipped to both understand, and navigate within this lifestyle.

In 7 Steps to an Unbreakable Mindset, reality TV star, professional athlete, and life coach Mike Diamond leads his readers on a journey to understand whats holding them back in life and how to break past barriers in order to succeed. In this book, he shares relevant, poignant personal stories from his own struggles with addiction, life-threatening health problems, battling dyslexia, and being diagnosed with a chronic illness. All this adversity was the key to helping him break his fear and unlock the path to massive success. He shares the stories of several world-renowned people, whose success was dependent on willpower rather than talent, and gives you the secret on how to replicate their success in your own life.

This is the first ever introduction to Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Framework written specifically for undergraduate students. The author provides a carefully structured, guided introduction to Bronfenbrenner’s concepts, their interpretation, and their potential applications. Bronfenbrenner’s scientific analysis of the role the environment plays in human development earned him a premier place alongside Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, and Erik Erikson as a contributor to our understanding of developmental processes. His ideas are essential for analysing how development happens, how it goes astray, how to right it when it does, and how to create environments that will promote healthy development. The Bronfenbrenner Primer walks students through each component of the framework in a logical order, helping students build a solid, systematic understanding. It describes the background and context that led Bronfenbrenner to develop his framework, illustrates a wide array of potential applications, and provides activities students can do to practice applying the framework to their own experience. Honed over 25 years of teaching Bronfenbrenner’s ideas, this text will be essential reading for students across the behavioral and social sciences.

"A practical guide to practicing polyamory and open relationships in ways that are ethically and emotionally sustainable"--Provided by publisher.

Why does S/M turn us on? How can we get better at it? How can we get our own needs for sex and support met? The Topping Book' answers these questions with anecdote-laden wisdom and with Fish's hot, funny portraits of lovably nasty tops. Illustrated.'

Over the years, I have found a lot of helpless and sometimes clueless submissives that were mentally and emotionally abused by dominants. They each felt like they deserved anything they got and never even questioned the dominants about their behavior. One of the hardest things to learn as a new submissive in the world of BDSM is how to navigate and deal with the whirlwind of mental and emotional stress that can come from being in a D/s or M/s relationship. Many people believe they are not allowed to feel any bad feelings, think bad or wrong thoughts, and always have to be a happy submissive. As humans, we all have to deal with negative feelings and thoughts from time to time, even though we may be submissives. This guide is a tool that will help you understand, analyze, and deal with different types of emotions and mental stresses associated with being a submissive.

Two decades ago, this book (and its companion volume, The New Bottoming Book) began teaching tens of thousands of people the joyous arts of BDSM topping and bottoming - not just "how-to," but "why-to"... the insider details of emotional support and ethical interaction during kinky play. Since then, the growing popularity of BDSM, and the blossoming of the Internet as a source of information and connection, have created a whole new universe of possibilities for players. Now, the completely updated revised New Topping Book gives even more insights and ideas, updated for a new millennium, about how to be a successful, popular player! "Easton and Hardy tackle the Top... and bring that elusive critter down neatly and with a certain flair. This is good stuff, important stuff... an excellent guide to topping, both for the rank novice and for the player who just wants words to put to all the thoughts and feelings that have resisted categorization." - Laura Antoniou, Sandmutopian Guardian

Join over 1 million other readers worldwide on a journey into self-awareness, compassion for others, and love for God. With wit, wisdom, and storytelling, Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile introduce the ancient personality typing system, the Enneagram, and explore its insights into spirituality, relationships, and self-knowledge.