Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis #REVISEYOURLIFE is a comprehensive self-help book that outlines a six-step coaching program for transforming one’s life by unleashing inner power. The book is structured around six key steps: Reflection, Envision, Validation, Implementation, Sustainability, and Establishing New Routines. Each step is meticulously designed to guide readers through self-discovery, personal growth, and lasting change. Step 1: Reflection The journey begins with reflection, where readers are encouraged to look inward and assess their current life situations. This involves evaluating personal accomplishments, identifying challenges, and recognizing strengths and weaknesses. This step aims to foster self-awareness and understanding, creating a foundation for the transformative process. Step 2: Envision In this step, readers are guided to create a clear and compelling vision of their ideal life. They are encouraged to align their goals with their core values and set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals. This vision serves as the blueprint for their transformation journey. Step 3: Validation Validation focuses on assessing the authenticity of one’s goals and overcoming limiting beliefs that may hinder progress. It involves introspection to distinguish between goals that are truly self-driven and those influenced by external pressures. The step also includes strategies for challenging and reframing negative self-talk, cultivating a growth mindset, and surrounding oneself with a supportive network. Step 4: Implementation This step is about translating goals into actionable steps. Readers are taught to create concrete plans, take consistent action, and embrace failure as a teacher. The emphasis is on taking small, manageable steps toward achieving one’s goals while maintaining flexibility and resilience. Step 5: Sustainability In the sustainability phase, the focus is on maintaining the progress made. Readers are encouraged to establish new routines and habits that support their ongoing transformation. This step underscores the importance of self-care, self-compassion, and regular reassessment of goals to adapt to life’s changes. Step 6: Establishing New Routines The final step involves embedding the changes into daily life by creating new, supportive routines. Readers are reminded that transformation is an ongoing process that requires dedication, patience, and a commitment to continuous growth. #REVISEYOURLIFE is not just a guide for personal transformation; it is a call to action for readers to take charge of their lives, overcome obstacles, and create a fulfilling, purpose-driven existence. The book provides practical tools, strategies, and encouragement to help readers navigate their journey toward becoming the best version of themselves.

"Included in the book are a selection of Stafford's poetry on the subject of writing, and an essay on the origins and influences of his art."--Page 4 of cover.

Kitchen (English, SUNY-Brockport) views Stafford's works chronologically, identifying themes and techniques, considering his prose writings and career as a teacher, and offering a comprehensive reassessment of Stafford as a major and distinctive poet of the second half of the century. 5x7 Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contemporary writers and critics trace the achievement of William Stafford and his influence on contemporary poetry.

Essays, interviews, and poetry by revered poet and teacher William Stafford

The New York Times Bestseller Fear. Grief. Loss. Betrayal. Rachel Hollis has felt all those things, and she knows you have too. Now, she takes you to the other side. With her signature humor, heartfelt honesty, and intimate true-life stories, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hollis shows readers how to seize difficult moments for the learning experiences they are and the value and growth they provide. Rachel Hollis sees you. As the millions who read her #1 New York Times bestsellers Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing, attend her RISE conferences and follow her on social media know, she also wants to see you transform. When it comes to the “hard seasons” of life—the death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job—transformation seems impossible when grief and uncertainty dominate your days. Especially when, as Didn’t See that Coming reveals, no one asks to have their future completely rearranged for them. But, as Rachel writes, it is up to you how you come through your pain—you can come through changed for the better, having learned and grown, or stuck in place where your identity becomes rooted in what hurt you. To Rachel, a life well-lived is one of purpose, focused only on the essentials. This is a small book about big feelings: inspirational, aspirational, and an anchor that shows that darkness can co-exist with the beautiful.

Readings, resources, lesson plans, and reproducible student handouts aimed at teaching students to question the traditional ideas and images that interfere with social justice and community building.

Jakarta, 1997, and the city is on the verge of a revolution. Even the Jordan children — Petra, Isaak and Paul — can feel it coming, shaking the edges of their privileged, protected expat world, where nothing is quite as it seems.Years later, Diana, an Australian development worker, moves to Jakarta and becomes entwined in the powerful Jordans' adult lives. As the monsoon descends, and the Jordans begin to fall apart, Diana sinks into the half-light of their past, where rumour and religion define the contours of the real, and the rules of the game change according to who is playing.Set in a global city of poverty, beauty, corruption and extreme wealth, Running Dogs is a novel about power and responsibility; about the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive, and the damage they can do.