<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Self-actualization (Psychology)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Self-actualization (Psychology)"]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/bellingham/rss/search?query=%22Self-actualization%20%28Psychology%29%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:18:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Let Them Theory]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words--Let Them--will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands--and this book will show you exactly how to do it. [Robbins] teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life. Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that's made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions andhow you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C722825</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C722825</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robbins, Mel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/722825150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781401971366/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strangers]]></title><description><![CDATA["It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn't. In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha's Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together--building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whisky sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume. In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was--someone nicknamed 'Belle the Good'--gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice. With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent." -- book jacket.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C768648</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C768648</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Burden, Belle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/768648150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir of Marriage</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593733318/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Old, So Young]]></title><description><![CDATA["Six Friends. Five Parties. Twenty Years... How did we get So Old, So Young? From Grant Ginder, the bestselling author of The People We Hate at the Wedding, comes a novel of impending millennial middleage that is part love story, part tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of two decades bring six college friends together, exploring the ways we can run from and cling to our friends in love, life,and death. For Marco and Mia, Sasha and Theo, Richie and Adam, theone constant in life after college together has been change. New jobs. New cities. New spouses. New children. Through it all, one thingthey thought would always stay the same is their friendship. But time has a way of breaking even the strongest bonds and testing what we thought we knew. From East Village apartment parties and disastrous destination weddings to fortieth birthdays and suburban backyard barbecues, Grant Ginder's resonant, funny, and deeply moving novel isa story about the growing pains of the millennial generation, and acelebration of how love can shift, stumble, and grow into somethingbigger than we ever could have imagined"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C762882</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C762882</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ginder, Grant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/762882150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668051771/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read your Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA["Drawing on over thirty years of experience captivating audiences and accruing psychological insights, Oz Pearlman reveals the techniques and habits that have propelled his extraordinary career and shares the ingenious secrets behind his craft to teach you how to unlock your full potential. You'll build confidence, sharpen your memory, connect more authentically with others, and eliminate your fears--all through simple, easy-to-master strategies that can be learned in minutes and applied for a lifetime. Read Your Mind helps you turn your focus inward, teaching you how to identify and overcome the mental blocks that hold you back, building habits that stick. Through compelling stories and practical tips, you'll learn how to: Master the art of influence to read people, win trust, and shape outcomes; Sharpen your mental edge; Overcome rejection, procrastination, and self-doubt; Unlock the psychology of connection. You don't need to be a mentalist to create real, lasting change--you just need to think like one"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C757907</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C757907</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pearlman, Oz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757907150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Proven Habits for Success From the World&apos;s Greatest Mentalist</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217059041/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pick A Color]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ning is a retired boxer, but to the customers who visit her nailsalon, she is just another worker named Susan. On this summer's day, much like any other, the Susans buff and clip and polish and tweeze. They listen and smile and nod. But beneath this superficial veneer, Ning is a woman of rigorous intellect and profound complexity. Awoman enthralled by the intricacy and rhythms of her work, but alsohaunted by memories of paths not taken and opportunities lost. A woman navigating the complex power dynamics among her fellow Susans, whose greatest fears and desires lie just behind the gossip they exchange. As the day's work grinds on, the friction between Ning's two identities--as anonymous manicurist and brilliant observer of her owncircumstances--will gather electric and crackling force, and at last demand a reckoning with the way the world of privilege looks at a woman like Ning.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C741952</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C741952</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thammavongsa, Souvankham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/741952150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316422147/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mailman]]></title><description><![CDATA["Steve Grant was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty and had cancer, so he needed health insurance, fast. Which is how he found himself a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown [of Blacksburg, Virginia]. Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Rings replica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in the mountains and forded a creek with a refrigerator on his back. But while he carried the mail, he also carried a whole lot more than just the mail, including a family legacy of rage and the anxiety of having lost his identity along with his corporate job. And yet, slowly, surrounded by a ragtag but devoted band of letter carriers, working this different kind of job, Grant found himself becoming a different kind of person. He became a lifeline for lonely people, providing fleeting moments of human contact and the assurance that our government still cares"-- Provided bypublisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C747842</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C747842</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant, Stephen Starring]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/747842150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668018040/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Gathering]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together--at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C279984</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C279984</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Parker, Priya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/279984150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How We Meet and Why It Matters</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594634932/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Different]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok. Told in verse.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C633363</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C633363</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kuyatt, Meg Eden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/633363150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781338816105/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Artist's Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Presents a twelve-week program intended to increase creativity by capturing the creative energy of the universe.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C268205</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C268205</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron, Julia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/268205150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780143129257/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Gathering]]></title><description><![CDATA["A bold new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together--at work, at home, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C290414</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C290414</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Parker, Priya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/290414150</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>How We Meet and Why It Matters</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780698410879/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Artist's Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Presents a twelve-week program intended to increase creativity by capturing the creative energy of the universe.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C26997</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C26997</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron, Julia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/26997150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781585421466/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Artist's Way]]></title><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C129304</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C129304</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron, Julia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/129304150</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101173053/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Elsewhere Express]]></title><description><![CDATA["You can't buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, it's a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. Raya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead. One day on the subway, as her thoughts wander, she's swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q, an intriguing artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world. Together they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car that's also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds. Over the course of their long, strange night on the train, they also discover that it harbors secrets -- and danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. But in investigating the stowaway's identity, Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life's true purpose -- and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C757226</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C757226</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sotto, Samantha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/757226150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593725023/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shibui]]></title><description><![CDATA["Discover "shibui" -- the Japanese philosophy of finding the simple, subtle beauty that emerges with time. Through watercolor illustrations, personal stories, and mindfulness reflections, this book offers Eastern wisdom to help readers embrace healthy aging with joy and grace. SHIBUI introduces readers to a transformative Japanese approach to aging that celebrates the subtle beauty, wisdom, and joy that emerge with time. Through engaging personal essays, watercolor illustrations, and practical activities, Japanese-American author Sanae Ishida presents a refreshing alternative to Western anti-aging messages. Each chapter explores a different dimension of aging beautifully: beauty (bi), health (kenkou), purpose (mokuteki), wealth (tomi), connection (tsunagari), and approaching life's end (owari)."-- description from https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/785920/shibui-by-sanae-ishida/, accessed 20251119.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C766781</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C766781</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ishida, Sanae]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/766781150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Japanese Art of Finding Beauty in Aging</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781632175755/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Artist's Way]]></title><description><![CDATA["Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery. The program begins with Cameron's most vital tools for creative recovery - The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a "Creative Cluster" of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors. A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life" --Amazon's description.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C775930</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C775930</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron, Julia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/775930150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780143129257/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditations for Mortals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, Meditations for Mortals offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls “imperfectionism.” It helps us tackle challenges as they crop up in our daily lives: our finite time, the lure of distraction, the impossibility of doing anything perfectly.  How can we embrace our nonnegotiable limitations? Or make good decisions when there’s always too much to do? How do we shed the illusion that life will really begin as soon as we can “get on top of everything”? Reflecting on quotations drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores a combination of practical tools and daily shifts in perspective. The result is a life-enhancing and surprising challenge to much familiar advice―and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully. ]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C708756</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C708756</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Burkeman, Oliver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/708756150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Four Weeks to Embrace your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780374611996/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Little Frog's Guide to Self-care]]></title><description><![CDATA["Globally loved, the little frog is the creation of Maybell Eequay and appears in this charming book of uplifting affirmations and empowering life lessons"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C772896</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C772896</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eequay, Maybell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/772896150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781837991013/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Way of Excellence]]></title><description><![CDATA["The definitive book on excellence: a practical guide to creating, contributing, and actualizing your potential amid the craziness of modern life."--Publisher annotation.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C768652</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C768652</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stulberg, Brad]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/768652150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in A Chaotic World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063385948/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eight Million Ways to Happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA["A Japanese cultural historian shares a path to joyful living drawn from her nation's unique approach to spirituality and nature, offering a blend of memoir, cultural reporting, and practical guidance for anyone struggling to find balance in our turbulent modern world. Everyone's in the pursuit of happiness, but few know how to attain it. Millions around the world have turned to Japan for advice on finding their Ikigai, or summoning The Courage to Be Disliked. Japan's spiritual traditions hide in plain sight, forming the basis of so much of what we love about the country's culture. Without Japan's spiritual sustenance, Jiro wouldn't dream of sushi; Hayao Miyazaki's films wouldn't spirit us away; and Marie Kondo wouldn't spark joy. In her book Eight Million Ways to Happiness, Hiroko Yoda offers the culmination of her decade-long odyssey into the spiritual heart of her homeland. Readers follow Hiroko as she trains as a Shinto shrine-dancer, partakes in Buddhist funeral rituals, ascends holy mountains with Shugendo ascetics, and meets one of Japan's last living itako, a traditional mystic. Her stories-personal, cultural, and historical-offer life lessons for readers of any background. Hiroko awakens readers to the idea of a traditional spiritual flexibility that seamlessly coexists with the modern secular world, fortifying us through life's inevitable ups and downs. We are all subject to forces beyond our control, but we are also part of a bigger natural system that can strengthen us-if we learn how to reconnect with it"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C765095</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C765095</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yoda, Hiroko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/765095150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing From the Heart of Japan</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593474433/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[I See You've Called in Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA["Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a 'far more interesting' man. Yes, he goes on a particularly awful blind date with a woman who brings her ex. And yes, he has too many glasses of Scotch one night and proceeds to pen and publish his own obituary. The newspaper wants to fire him. But now the company's system has him listed as dead. And the company can't fire a dead person. The ensuing fallout forces him to realize that life may be actually worth living. As Bud awaits his fate at work, his life hangs in the balance. Given another shot by his boss and encouraged by his best friend Tim, a worldly and wise former art dealer, Bud starts to attend the wakes and funerals of strangersto learn how to live"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C735218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C735218</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kenney, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/735218150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798989923014/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply More]]></title><description><![CDATA["Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing those same lyrics would change her life. Now she has performed those songs on the world stage, showing us there is always time to keep discovering ourselves - and to illustrate that it's often the parts of ourselves we are told to bury that make us shine. In a series of powerful, personal vignettes, Cynthia reflects on the ways she has grown as an actor and human and the practices she's learned over years of performing and reminds us all we are capable of so much more than we think" -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C755794</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C755794</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Erivo, Cynthia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/755794150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They&apos;re Too Much</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250428325/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Satisfaction Café]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joan Liang's life is a series of surprising developments: She never thought she would leave Taiwan for California nor did she expect her first marriage to implode--especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with and marry an older, wealthy American and have children with him. Through all this she wrestles with one persistent question: Will she ever feel truly satisfied? As Joan and her children grow older and their circumstances evolve, she makes a drastic change by opening the Satisfaction Caf̌, a place where people can visit for a bit of conversation and to be heard and understood. Through this radical yet pragmatic business, Joan constructs a lasting legacy.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C740305</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C740305</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wang, Kathy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/740305150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668068922/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Are A Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who are you exactly? What makes you, you? You are a living thing, a friend, a mystery, a miracle. You can be whatever you chose: it's your life to write, because you are a story! ]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C628272</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C628272</guid><category><![CDATA[PICTURE_BOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raczka, Bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/628272150</comments><format>PICTURE_BOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780823449149/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Laws of Human Nature]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C289661</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C289661</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greene, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/289661150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525428145/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Little Book of Japanese Contentments]]></title><description><![CDATA["With the longest healthy life spans in the world, Japanese people understand the art of living well. This beautiful book distills traditional Japanese philosophies intrinsic to wellbeing, providing easy-to-follow exercises to inspire those who want to live a happier, more balanced life. With sections on kokoro (heart and mind) and karada (body), plus a guide on how to form and nurture good habits, the book includes entries on ikigai (living with purpose), wabi-sabi (the beauty of imperfection and impermanence), shinrinyoku (forest bathing), ikebana (the art of flower arranging), and much more"--Publisher's description]]></description><link>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C592460</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S150C592460</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Longhurst, Erin Niimi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://bellingham.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/592460150</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi, and More</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781452174136/MC.GIF&amp;client=wclsiii&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>