maximum performance by laurence morehouse and peak evolution beyond peak performance and peak experience by lauren holmes

Great Book! Themes: Growth and change place us in the Unknown. And in the "Unknown" we must 'pathfind'. How do we 'pathfind'? We use our inner-guidance system; as energetic, vibrational beings we have a resonance or frequency. Lauren Holmes teaches us to use it as a guiding force. Seek work or a career at your frequency and you may find yourself in "flow state"; a state of altered consciousness where we can have 'spontaneous knowledge', 'quantum leaps' in change. I love this book! Throw out the detailed plans! Lauren Holmes suggests plans are okay, they have their place, but think about it, how many plans do go awry? Nature moves in non-linear ways; and since we are part of nature we also can access this intelligence which is within us and outside of us. Then watch out for the cluster of coincidences and synchronistic events that come your way, as we are "pulled" along by forces that support and lead us toward our highest fulfillment. An intricate exploration of "follow your bliss" (Joseph Campbell). It's a little complex at first, because it is well done. She even gives free teleclasses each week, so readers can discuss and ask questions. Great stuff! Gotta go...I am feeling a tug to do something else at this moment, and I trust it!

I was trained to use the QRI in college and have found it invaluable when assessing how well my students can read. Even though I teach middle-school math, there are times when I suspect a child is struggling because they can't read their text or what I write on the board. The special ed department is busy and sometimes it's just easier to do a quick assessment yourself. That way, if you see a problem, you have some evidence when you seek help elsewhere.

This is quick and easy to implement. A great investment.

This collection of reading samples, and a detailed guide in using them in creating running records, grade-level assessments, as well as assisting the reading teacher in gaining a basic understanding of each student's comprehension strengths and weaknesses, is an essential addition to a serious reading teacher's library. Explanation and instruction in assessing your student's prediction, think-aloud, self-correction and basic comprehension abilities is thorough, easy to understand, and laid out in a manner that lends itself to frequent usage, both planned and spontaneous. The authors have chosen literature (both narrative and expository text as well as simple poetry) that is appealing to children, thus the stereotypical "stiff and cold" testing format of the past can be avoided as the teacher and student share a literary experience while a student's abilities are examined, and a plan of action for improvement is formulated. The cost of this book is minimal when one considers the amount of usage possible, and the innumerable reading problems that can be diagnosed and treated, by professionals who buy and use this valuable diagnostic and teaching tool.

I received this as a Mother's Day gift and I love it. I walk an outdoor and indoor eleven circuit labyrinth and I also have a wooden lap labyrinth. I love them all, but I found this to be a new experience. The texture of the sand and the sound it makes as you trace the path add a new dimension to the labyrinth experience. I found I kept tracing and tracing and tracing.

The Sand Labyrinth is fun! It is also an effective tool for spiritual development and meditation. Finally, Dr. Lauren Artress, THE authority on labyrinths, has provided an inexpensive, effective finger labyrinth for general use. Although everyone does not have a walking labyrinth readily accessible, the finger labyrinth is definitely a viable alternative whose use is not dependent on location or weather. Of particular note is that you really get two labyrinths for the price of one: a seven-circuit Cretan Labyrinth and an eleven-circuit Chartres Labyrinth, each of which provides a slightly different meditation experience. The fine sand provides an interesting tactile experience and a little "resistance" for the finger as one traces the labyrinth. The accompanying book by Dr. Artress is well written and very accessible to a labyrinth novice, while the several sections of quotes provide food for contemplation for more advanced users.

For me, it was helpful that I had previously read other labyrinth material by Dr. Artress and had walked labyrinths on several occasions before using the finger labyrinth. On a slightly negative note, the width of the paths on the eleven-circuit Chartres labyrinth is too narrow for an adult male with "average" sized fingers to trace with ease. A larger size - even 12" x 12" would have been more helpful. However, this is only a slight detraction to an excellent addition to the growing number of labyrinth-related items.

Some really great poetry to be found here. A thin volume, but aren't all the best ones? It's much better to find that a book ends too early than too late. Keep a keen eye on the "Brief Observation in the Book Store" poem for some strong emotion and on the poem about the man who passes the author by on the street. Great details abound, and interesting phrasing that really gives this book--and its author--an amazing, wonderful voice.

i've never read anything like it. i recommend it to anyone who's willing to listen to someone who has chosen to be real and beautiful. i wish i could thank this woman for showing me that i'm not alone - and there's hope! i recommend this book - READ IT.

My only question is, why is it "out of print"? I have found this book VERY helpful and gives you a ray of hope that other people go through the same things you do. It has done wonders keeping my blood pressure down!

Lauren Hartman has created a tome that should be part of every woman's library. From legal advice on sexual harassment, to advice about grieving, this book had it all. It's also aimed at the family, not just the matriarch...so buy it!

In the Annotated Bibliography of "Learning A Living' A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia, I wrote;

"Success stories of people that range from age 12-62. Some are famous including Pat Buckly Moss, an artist whose work is known worldwide, and Paul Orfalea, who is founder and Chairperson of Kinko's. Others are less famous, but also have lessons to teach. Most of the stories involve academic issues, but some workplace incidents are included."

I would like to add a few things to this initial review. The book has great, easy-to-read print. It is inspiring. I loved each story. It is very worth reading.

After 35 years of teaching children with all kinds of abilities, I found this book truly emphasized the theory of working through strengths. Success can only be evaluated by the individual and his relationship to the world. It is easy for a professional or any person for that matter, to find one's faults. The skill of the professional is to discover one's strengths. This takes patience and a sincere determination to work with an individual and help him identify his potential. These strengths can be very simple however simplicity can lead to success. Jill Lauren has clearly illustrated this concept in her book and has made it an inspiration for both children, adults and most importantly educators. It is a pleasure to know that a person like Jill Lauren knows her strengths and she is obviously succeeding in her field.

I am so happy I found this book. If you are in an intercultural relationship, these are a wonderful compilation of stories from others who are going through or have gone through similar situations. I was laughing out loud at situations so similar to my own. It is a wide range of people and situations and just a joy to read. There defiantely aren't a lot of books on the subject, and this is a great addition to my library!

If you are in a cross cultural relationship, or are attracted to people who are different than you are, this is a must read book. For your effort you will have the pleasure of reading delightful and fresh accounts of a variety of relationship experiences across cultures. As someone who has read more analysis in one life time than anyone should read in a hundred, its a real treat to be shown by example what the experience is like.

Relationships require frequent communication and connection - when there are language gaps, gaps in expectations, gaps in experience, gaps in communication styles - the challenge of sustaining a fulfilling interaction is real. Go in with your eyes open, learn from the honest stories these women share.

TOO DARN HOT reads like a latter twentieth century time capsule of American sexual culture, packed with tales, poems, essays, criticism, and ravings by everyone from Alice Walker and Dorothy Allison to Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Outrageously candid, deliciously witty, and often devastating, this smattering of carnal attitudes, insights, politics, and nostalgia travels down almost every avenue of sexuality. The oppressed, celibate, abused, confused, angry, holy, ecstatic, ambiguous, and salacious all have a voice here. Perhaps the only opinions left out -- though not missed -- are those of online cyborgasm junkies.

WhatÕs most striking about this collection is how stories that would make for eyebrow-raising evening news headlines are transformed into beautiful testimonials of the inexplicable yearnings lurking within each of us. In Philip ApplemanÕs ÒA Priest Forever,Ó a priest trying to explain to the parish board his fondling of 68 Òangelic,Ó very underage boys evokes images of sweet, wistful desire, rather than repugnant abuse. And when a mother caught masturbating caves in to her inquisitive daughterÕs repeated requests that she share the riches of her humming vibrator -- ÒBuzz my cunny, Mommy!Ó -- we can hardly fault her for embracing the experience as a ÒJust this once, HoneyÓ rite of passage between mother and daughter.

The editors of this anthology had the right idea in beginning each of its four sections -- Desire, Society, Body, and Ritual -- with a clip dating back to KinseyÕs era. Opening pieces such as a book review of The Kinsey Report and Hugh HefnerÕs ridiculous editorial from the first issue of Playboy (Ò...we arenÕt a Ôfamily magazineÕ. If youÕre somebodyÕs sister, wife, or mother-in-law and picked us up by mistake, please pass us along to the man in your life and get back to your Ladies Home Companion.Ó) jar us right back to that pre-Elvis mentality. Often the juxtaposition of the more current piece that immediately follows is precious. You canÕt help but snicker ! as pre-war marriage counseling pioneers Drs. Hannah and Abraham Stone preach their Leave It to Beaverisms of marital success, only to be succeeded by the detailed Joy of Sex snippet on how to lick, stroke, and straddle a male partner like a pro.

TOO DARN HOT is at its best when treating sex as the life-affirming, hilarious, raucous blast (no pun) it was intended to be. ChrystosÕ poem ÒI Bought a New RedÓ giddily recounts a feverish date between two women hell-bent on upstaging everyone from the restaurantÕs onlooking Òblazer dykes,Ó doomed to a humdrum night of Ògirl scout sex,Ó to the roommate who labels them disgusting for doing it on the stairs while guffawing and shredding their clothing to bits. Even more priceless is Philip RothÕs diatribe of an adolescent whacking off compulsively and ever-so-inventively -- into a milk bottle he keeps hidden in the basement, into a cored apple at a family picnic, onto a piece of liver he bought at a butcher shop onto his way to bar mitzvah class.

In their introduction, the editors stress that this book, with its carefully culled cross-section of sexual behavior, is more meant to illuminate, rather than titillate. And for every irresistible piece on the joys of a really good romp, there are two on the psychological pain of sex gone awry. The excerpt from Eve EnslerÕs play ÒThe Vagina MonologuesÓ beautifully depicts the repressive shame a woman harbors about her genitalia for more than 40 years, ever since a high school lover was so disgusted by her lusty flood of an ejaculation. When asked what her vagina would wear if it could dress itself, she answers, ÒIt would wear a big sign -- CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.Ó

Most anthologies of erotica require a willing suspension of disbelief. They're filled with silly soft- or hard-porn works, fantastic scenarios, happy endings. This anthology is for the thinking reader and it shows how difficult it is to write about sex -- and how well some of our greatest writers have managed to describe the emotions and situations that have moved and affected us all -- physically as well as psychically. There is humor, longing, contemplations of the meanings of pornography, and blow-by-blow descriptions that will get you, yes, Too Darn Hot.

The storyline in this one is as follows: Rockett gets invited to join two different election parties, the popular group as Vice President or the CSG group as Secretary. The problem? If Rockett goes for the popular group she will be in with them, but she doesn't stand for what they believe in! If she goes with the CSG group, who she wants to be friends with and believes in what they stand for, she'll be in for some tough competition and if they win, she won't have as good as a position. And on top of it all Rocketts being framed for something a "popular one" is doing. Find out what happens when you read this excellent Rockett's world book!

Rockett is still the new girl, and soon learnig there are ways for people to stop calling her the new girl. This is an excellent book, and I highly reccomend it! Plus there is a mega secret told in the book! :o)

Clarice Bean, the irrepressible little charmer created by Lauren Child, is seeing green. Green as in ecology, that is.

School is getting interesting for Clarice as she's learning about our planet Earth. Gravity is an amazing force to her, as is the fact that the sea doesn't spill over at its edges. Nonetheless, her class is assigned a project called The Environment. She's pleased because to her that is simply nature, and she knows a lot about that as there is plenty of it in her backyard.

Being paired with Robert Granger, the pest who lives next door, is enough but when Clarice learns a tree on her street is about to be cut down, well, things get really rugged. Brother Kurt decides to try to save the tree by camping in it, and others sport "Free the tree" signs.

Just imagine what Clarice comes up with in order to save the tree. Once again, Lauren Child comes up with a fun way to make an important point.

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Poor Clarice Bean, just a bit late to school, and now her teacher, Mrs Wilberton, has paired her with that awful Robert Granger for a project on the environment. Boring Robert wants to see who can walk faster, a snail or a worm. Could things get any worse? Obviously, yes they can, as her teenage brother Kurt informs the family. The city's going to cut down a tree right on their street. An old hundred year old tree. Kurt is upset and too depressed to even eat, and decides to camp out under the tree to save it. Pretty soon, the whole extended family gets involved, making signs that say "Free The Tree", and spaghetti marinara dinner to eat while sitting in the tree, and becoming ecowarriors. When the local newpaper sends a photographer to take a picture of this ragtag protest, Clarice and Robert (of course Robert Granger got himself in the picture) find they have an even better environmental project in the works..... Nobody captures the irrepressible and feisty grade schooler like Lauren Child, and Clarice Bean's latest eco-adventure is sure to have readers laughing out loud. Her fast-paced, text is entertaining and engaging, true to life, and full of witty asides and observations. But it's Ms Child's marvelously creative and innovative illustrations that make this book stand out. Her busy and clever collage artwork, mixing colorful pen and ink drawings and photographs, with imaginative fonts of all shapes and sizes, traveling up, down, and all around, will have youngsters entranced and poring over the pages, finding something new and interesting every time they open the book. Perfect for readers 7-10, or younger for reading aloud, What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? is a charming and hilarious, manic romp you don't want to miss and the third installment of a terrific and delightful series.