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Your successful, positive, and more joyful life starts now.Based on Neal and Carly Samudre's debut book, Start from Joy, this seven-session workbook helps you turn principle into action—so you can start living a life of real joy and transformation. You'll dig deeper to find what's missing in your life—and make lasting changes that lead to greater satisfaction and fulfillment.Easily adapted for either individual or group work, the Start from Joy Guided Journey will help you approach change from a non-shaming, non-guilt-driven, and non-fear-based place. Because when you start with joy, you end with joy.

“Start from Joy is a proven recipe for living a life that matters.” —Beth and Jeff McCord, founders of Your Enneagram CoachBreaking old patterns doesn't have to be so hard.You've heard it before: if you want to change, you have to try harder. Keep pushing through blood, sweat, and tears. Emotions don't matter.But what if that's all a lie? What if there's a better, healthier way to get life-changing results?Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what's missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change—one where joy leads the way. This doesn't mean we choose happiness, become blindly optimistic, or force ourselves to have a positive mindset. Instead, we discover that real, lasting transformation can come free of shame, guilt, and fear. It can be fun.In Start from Joy, you'll discover:Why your bad habits are keeping you stuck—and how you can take steps toward freedom and positive changeHow the four gifts of joy can help you stick with healthy patternsHow to heal your relationships with work, money, your body, and other peopleLeave shame, guilt, and fear behind—and create the fulfilling life you were always meant to live.

In his memoir, What Are You Doing About It?, ethicist and activist David W. Gill takes readers on an exciting inside tour of the academic, cultural, religious, and political landscape in which he has lived and worked for the past several decades. From Berkeley to Bordeaux, Chicago to Boston... from the business trenches and the local church to the seminary and the graduate school of business... from marching in the streets to the writer's study... from entrepreneurial leadership to institutional challenge... Gill never wavered in his mission to promote the ethical insights and values of Jesus and Scripture in the workplace as much as the churchplace. This is a story to inspire a new generation of thoughtful activists.

“A step-by-step plan to help you reach more people, make sales, and enjoy more profit, regardless of what the ‘economy'is doing.” —Ray Edwards, bestselling author of How to Write Copy That SellsDo you have a post-Covid plan for success? The pandemic is not the first event to utterly disrupt the business world, and it's unlikely to be the last. John Meese, economist-turned-entrepreneur, CEO of Cowork.Inc, and host of the Thrive School podcast, is on a personal mission to eradicate generational poverty by helping entrepreneurs create thriving businesses that can endure through good times and bad, so that unexpected events are much less likely to pull the rug out from under you. With a conversational tone and anecdotes from dozens of successful entrepreneurs, John provides innovative marketing, sales, and finance strategies to build a profitable business that can succeed in any climate. Learn how to:Reach a broader audienceBuild a sales engine that greatly increases revenueUnlock higher profitsManage risk with healthy financial practicesand much more.“If you can focus on creating real solutions to real problems for real people, you'll have a clear advantage in the marketplace. Survive and Thrive can show you how.” —Michael Hyatt, New York Times–bestselling author of The Vision Driven Leader

This book explores how educational institutions have failed to recognize and effectively address the symptoms of trauma in students of all ages. Given the prevalence of traumatic events in our world, Gross argues that it is time for educational institutions and those who work within them to change their approaches and responses to traumatic symptoms that manifest in students in schools and colleges. These changes can alter how and what we teach, how we train teachers, how we structure our calendars and create our schedules, how we address student behavior and disciplinary issues, and how we design our physical space. Drawing on real-life examples and scenarios that will be familiar to educators, this resource provides concrete suggestions to assist institutions in becoming trauma-responsive environments, including replicable macro and micro changes.“Ideas and strategies that teachers, parents, students, and leaders of any organization can leverage to make positive transformational changes.”—Martha J. Kanter, U.S. under secretary of education (2009–2013)“A treasure trove of information on trauma, as well as thoughtful recommendations for schools from pre–K through college.”—Kathleen Ross, president emeritus, Heritage University“It is a book for the ‘Generation T'in the context of our time. Offers strategies of quieting the hyper-aroused stress response system. —Ed K.S. Wang, Massachusetts General Hospital

Workplace Discipleship 101 contains encouragement and practical advice for Christians who are serious about living out their faith in their daily work lives. This book is packed with simple, practical suggestions organized in an intuitive format with straightforward language.Answering questions such as “How can I serve Jesus while I'm at work?” and “What does it look like to follow Jesus in my field of work?”, this book provides Christians with practical insight and biblical inspiration no matter where they work.The book is split into three main sections: “Preparation” (how to get ready), “Presence” (what we do at work), and “Post Workplace” (beyond the workplace).Key points and features:Biblically and theologically based.Presents information in an easy, understandable way.Discusses the importance of work and discipleship.Offers insightful questions for application.Fills a hole in the growing “faith at work” genre of literature.“Few people I know have thought more deeply and practically about the integration of the Christian faith in the workplace than David Gill. In Workplace Discipleship 101, David Gill's keen intellect, ethical clarity, and encouraging heart frame a persuasive and practical guide for all apprentices of Jesus who long to embrace an integral faith. This book is an invaluable resource I have been waiting for. I highly recommend it!” —Tom Nelson, Lead Senior Pastor, Christ Church, Kansas City; President, Made to Flourish; Author, Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work

More than one-third of the world's population now uses social networking, which is having a huge impact on the way people think, communicate, and interact. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format—supported by facts, quotes, anecdotes, and full-color illustrations—this title examines issues related to social networking. Topics include: Does Social Networking Benefit Society? Does Social Networking Weaken People's Social Skills? Is Social Networking Harming Young Adults? Does Social Networking Facilitate Crime and Violence?