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Book Life Without Envy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camille DeAngelis
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
  • Release : 2016-09-27
  • ISBN : 1250099358
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Life Without Envy written by Camille DeAngelis and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one artist to another, a helpful guide and a meditation on the nature of the ego and its toxic effects on the creative process Life Without Envy by Camille DeAngelis is a game-changer for artists of all stripes: a practical guide for navigating the feelings of jealousy, frustration, and inadequacy we all experience to create a happy life regardless of how your career is (or isn’t) going. In these pages you'll find strategies for escaping the negative feedback loop you get stuck in whenever you compare yourself to your fellow artists. You'll begin to resolve your hunger for recognition, shifting your mindset from “proving yourself” to making a contribution and becoming part of a supportive creative community. Best of all, you'll come to understand that your worth—as an artist and a human being—has nothing to do with how your work is received in the wider world. Life Without Envy offers a blueprint for real and lasting contentment no matter what setback you’re weathering in your creative life.

Book Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings

Download or read book Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings written by Mari Ruti and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mari Ruti combines theoretical reflection, cultural critique, feminist politics, and personal experience to analyze the prevalence of bad feelings in contemporary everyday life. Proceeding from a playful engagement with Freud’s idea of penis envy, Ruti’s autotheoretical commentary fans out to a broader consideration of neoliberal pragmatism. She focuses on the emphasis on good performance, high productivity, constant self-improvement, and relentless cheerfulness that characterizes present-day Western society. Revealing the treacherousness of our fantasies of the good life, particularly the idea that our efforts will eventually be rewarded—that things will eventually get better—Ruti demystifies the false hope that often causes us to tolerate an unbearable present. Theoretically rigorous and lucidly written, Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings is a trenchant critique of contemporary gender relations. Refuting the idea that we live in a postfeminist world where gender inequalities have been transcended, Ruti describes how neoliberal heteropatriarchy has transformed itself in subtle and stealthy, and therefore all the more insidious, ways. Mobilizing Michel Foucault’s concept of biopolitics, Jacques Lacan’s account of desire, and Lauren Berlant’s notion of cruel optimism, she analyzes the rationalization of intimacy, the persistence of gender stereotypes, and the pornification of heterosexual culture. Ruti shines a spotlight on the depression, anxiety, frustration, and disenchantment that frequently lie beneath our society’s sugarcoated mythologies of self-fulfillment, romantic satisfaction, and professional success, speaking to all who are concerned about the emotional costs of the pressure-cooker ethos of our age.

Book Venus Envy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Shannon McKelden
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2008-01-02
  • ISBN : 9780765354976
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Venus Envy written by Shannon McKelden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venus: “After a few centuries of turning pumpkins into coaches and frogs into princes, I thought I was getting the hang of being a fairy godmother. Maybe soon Zeus would let me back onto Mount Olympus . . . then I met Rachel Greer. A goody-two-shoes do-gooder who ignored my advice—terrific advice, if I do say so myself—about men. And kept nagging me for spending too much time in the bathroom when everyone knows a goddess always needs to look her best. Rachel: “I had a decent job, friends, a loving family. My volunteer work, as a mentor for young women and a dog-walker at the local shelter, kept me hopping. Then this amazingly beautiful woman, who literally turns heads—men walk into walls when she passes by—announces she’s my fairy godmother, here to help me fall in love! Next thing I know, she’s moved into my apartment and kicked me out of my own bedroom. Of course I thought she was nuts . . . until the magic started to happen.”

Book Life Without Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nancy Peacock
  • Publisher : Bantam
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780553379297
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Life Without Water written by Nancy Peacock and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a ramshackle farmhouse in North Carolina, Life Without Water tells the story of a young Cedar and her mother, Sara, and as the girl's tries to repair the emotional damage done by the death of her beloved brother in Vietnam.

Book Bones   All

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camille DeAngelis
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2015-03-10
  • ISBN : 1466846771
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Bones All written by Camille DeAngelis and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture from Luca Guadagnino starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet and Mark Rylance, screenplay by David Kajganich! Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. She wants to be someone people admire and respect. She wants to be loved. But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She hates herself for the bad thing she does, for what it's done to her family and her sense of identity, for how it dictates her place in the world and how people see her--how they judge her. She didn't choose to be this way. Because Maren Yearly doesn't just break hearts, she devours them. Ever since her mother found Penny Wilson's eardrum in her mouth when Maren was just two years old, she knew life would never be normal for either of them. Love may come in many shapes and sizes, but for Maren, it always ends the same--with her hiding the evidence and her mother packing up the car. But when her mother abandons her the day after her sixteenth birthday, Maren goes looking for the father she has never known, and finds much more than she bargained for along the way. Faced with a world of fellow eaters, potential enemies, and the prospect of love, Maren realizes she isn't only looking for her father, she's looking for herself.

Book The Artist s Way

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  • Author : Julia Cameron
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2002-03-04
  • ISBN : 1101156880
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book The Artist s Way written by Julia Cameron and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With its gentle affirmations, inspirational quotes, fill-in-the-blank lists and tasks — write yourself a thank-you letter, describe yourself at 80, for example — The Artist’s Way proposes an egalitarian view of creativity: Everyone’s got it."—The New York Times "Morning Pages have become a household name, a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"—Vogue Over four million copies sold! 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.

Book Hanging Out in Ireland

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camille DeAngelis
  • Publisher : *Frommers
  • Release : 2001-05-29
  • ISBN : 9780764563515
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Hanging Out in Ireland written by Camille DeAngelis and published by *Frommers. This book was released on 2001-05-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written specifically for students and 20-somethings, Hanging Out guides target cheap eats, lodgings and cool clubs." —Publisher's Weekly Written specifically for students and adventuresome twenty-something travelers, these unique guides zero in on the things young people are looking for: cheap eats and lodging plus the coolest clubs, the best local scenes, and the hottest places to hook up. Each book showcases the hippest bars, clubs, and live music venues, the best outdoor activities and advice on which restaurants and lodgings you should splurge on. Anyone who wants an out-of-the-ordinary vacation experience will find this guide indispensable, with coverage ranging from Cong, a village devoted to The Quiet Man, the John Wayne flick filmed there in the '50's, to Maggie's, in Kilkenny where the best trad (traditional Irish music) is played.

Book Real Life  Real Love

Download or read book Real Life Real Love written by DJ Envy and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice on how to have healthy, dynamic relationships from RaaShaun (DJ Envy) and Gia Casey, revealing their secrets to navigating marriage, family, and faith—now in paperback! USA Today National Bestseller Publisher’s Weekly National Bestseller Gia and RaaShaun Casey met when they were two teenagers living around the corner from each other in Queens. They have been together for an astounding 25 years and have remained together through RaaShaun’s growing fame, a devastating (and very public) cheating scandal, and the births of five children. Now, a quarter of a century into their relationship, they are stronger and more committed to each other than they’ve ever been, and their fans are clamoring to know how they did it. In Real Life, Real Love, Gia and RaaShaun explore the entire chronology of their love story with remarkable vulnerability, searing honesty, and a lot of humor. It’s a riveting narrative about how to grow together, an aspirational guidebook for people who seek the same unconditional love in their relationships, and an in-depth look at how to remain equals after being thrust into the public eye.

Book Spiritual Envy

Download or read book Spiritual Envy written by Michael Krasny and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2012 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krasny brings his wide-ranging knowledge and perceptive intelligence to a thoughtful and thought-provoking exploration of belief--and lack of belief. He helps believers and nonbelievers alike understand their own questions about faith and religion. Personal and universal, timely and timeless, this is a deeply wise yet warmly welcoming conversation, an invitation to ask one's own questions--no matter how inconclusive the answers.

Book Envy  and Other Works

    Book Details:
  • Author : Юрий Карлович Олеша
  • Publisher : W. W. Norton
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Envy and Other Works written by Юрий Карлович Олеша and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1981 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Holy Envy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
  • Publisher : Canterbury Press
  • Release : 2019-03-30
  • ISBN : 1786220792
  • Pages : 157 pages

Download or read book Holy Envy written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned Christian preacher and New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching world religions to undergraduates in Baptist-saturated rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations. Christians are taught that God is everywhere--a tenet that is central to Barbara Brown Taylor's life and faith. In Holy Envy, she continues her spiritual journey, contemplating the myriad ways she encountered God while exploring other faiths with her students in the classroom, and on field trips to diverse places of worship. Both she and her students ponder how the knowledge and insights they have gained raise important questions about belief, and explore how different practices relate to their own faith. Inspired by this intellectual and spiritual quest, Barbara turns once again to the Bible for guidance, to see what secrets lay buried there. Throughout Holy Envy, Barbara weaves together stories from her classroom with reflections on how her own spiritual journey has been challenged and renewed by connecting with people of other traditions--and by meeting God in them. At the heart of her odyssey is her trust that it is God who pushes her beyond her comfortable boundaries and calls us to "disown" our privatised versions of the divine--a change that ultimately deepens her relationship with both the world and with God, and ours.

Book Writing Past Dark

Download or read book Writing Past Dark written by Bonnie Friedman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Past Dark charts the emotional side of the writer's life. It is a writing companion to reach for when you feel lost and want to regain access to the memories, images, and the ideas inside you that are the fuel of strong writing. Combining personal narrative and other writers' experiences, Friedman explores a whole array of emotions and dilemmas writers face—envy, distraction, guilt, and writer's block—and shares the clues that can set you free. Supportive, intimate, and reflective, Writing Past Dark is a comfort and resource for all writers.

Book Petty Magic

    Book Details:
  • Author : Camille DeAngelis
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2014-09-30
  • ISBN : 1497680794
  • Pages : 259 pages

Download or read book Petty Magic written by Camille DeAngelis and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evelyn Harbinger is a heck of a lot older than she looks. At 149 years of age, Eve can still iron out the wrinkles on a Saturday night, turning heads and taking more than phone numbers as the foxy, dark-haired girl she used to be. She and her sisters have spent the better part of their lives using their powers for only the highest good—Eve herself spied for the Allies in Paris and Berlin—but in their golden years, the beldames are free to enjoy themselves however they please. When Eve meets Justin at her favorite curiosity shop, though, her games are over. Justin looks and acts uncannily like Jonah, her partner on the most dangerous mission of her career—and the great love of her life. Experts in espionage, Eve and Jonah gave up their one chance at happiness to advance the Allied cause, and no man has measured up ever since. Justin is unsuspecting but equally smitten, and Eve is much too headstrong to listen to the common-sense warnings of her coven. Meanwhile, another beldame has accused Eve’s sister Helena of killing her own husband sixty years before, and Eve, disguised as her younger self, spends more and more time with Justin to take her mind off the growing pile of evidence that suggests her sister isn't the pure-hearted matriarch she appears to be. Eve knows her family has every reason to disapprove and that falling in love with an ordinary man can only end in despair, but she can’t give up the boy who might be Jonah—because this time, she just might be able to keep him. A delightfully romantic adventure set between a supernatural version of present-day New York City and the epic backdrop of World War II, Petty Magic proves that the real fun starts when beldames and mortal men dare to fall in love.

Book United States Constitution and Socialism

Download or read book United States Constitution and Socialism written by Silas Hood and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Philosophy of Envy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sara Protasi
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2021-07-15
  • ISBN : 1316519171
  • Pages : 265 pages

Download or read book The Philosophy of Envy written by Sara Protasi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envy is almost universally condemned. But is its reputation warranted? Sara Protasi argues envy is multifaceted and sometimes even virtuous.

Book Life After Death and the Future of the Kingdom of God

Download or read book Life After Death and the Future of the Kingdom of God written by Lars Nilsen Dahle and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Envy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregg Olsen
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2015-06-08
  • ISBN : 9781514286067
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Envy written by Gregg Olsen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling adult true crime author Gregg Olsen makes his YA debut with Empty Coffin, a gripping new fiction series for teens based on ripped-from-the-headlines stories...with a paranormal touch. Crime lives--and dies--in the deceptively picture-perfect town of Port Gamble (aka "Empty Coffin"), Washington. Evil lurks and strange things happen--and 15-year-olds Hayley and Taylor Ryan secretly use their wits and their telepathic "twin-sense" to uncover the truth about the town's victims and culprits. Envy, the series debut, involves the mysterious death of the twins' old friend, Katelyn. Was it murder? Suicide? An accident? Hayley and Taylor are determined to find out--and as they investigate, they stumble upon a dark truth that is far more disturbing than they ever could have imagined. Based on the shocking true crime about cyber-bullying, Envy will take you to the edge--and push you right over.