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The challenge ahead for Ryan Jordan is to rise above the tragic memories that still haunt him. He sets out on a long uphill climb of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro with a group camping their way through East Africa. It will be three days and nights up into ever-thinning air and cold, forcing himself to go slow to acclimate and ensure success.

Are you tired of walking away from the roulette table empty-handed—wondering where your chips went and why your “lucky numbers” never seem to hit? You’re not alone. Most players lose not because roulette is unbeatable, but because they walk in with no plan, no bankroll strategy, and no idea how to read the table. It’s time to change that.

This 7-day series provides a comprehensive toolkit for undoing anxiety by mastering the connection between the mind and body. Over the course of a week, you will progress from foundational breathing techniques and full-body scans to advanced progressive muscle relaxation and empowering affirmations. Each session is designed to ground you in the present moment, utilizing deep relaxation and creative visualization to release the past and build a future of lasting peace.

For the final session, you will synchronize gentle physical movement with your breath to foster a sense of relaxed confidence and control over your emotions. You will then engage in a global visualization of a world in perfect harmony, using your imagination as a powerful tool to maintain your own internal paradise.

For Day 5, you will focus on the natural rhythm of your breath to rejuvenate your system and let go of resentment or attachments to the past. Through a series of empowering affirmations, you will train your subconscious mind to embrace change and remain happily at peace in the present moment.

For Day 6 of this series, you will deepen your mastery of progressive muscle relaxation with extended holds to ensure every lingering bit of tension melts away. By the end of this practice, you will cultivate a profound sense of gratitude for your body’s health and the abundance in your life.

In this third session, you will utilize a comprehensive body scan technique to systematically release tension from your feet up to the crown of your head. By grounding your awareness in physical sensations, you can alleviate anxious thoughts and reconnect with your inner peace and creative potential.

For this second session, you will engage in a powerful deep-breathing exercise designed to charge the nervous system and clear toxins from the body. This practice shifts your focus toward gratitude and visualization, helping you create a future reality free from lingering stress and strain.

In this groundbreaking work, Roger Marcus dissects the subtle yet powerful forces that influence how men and women perceive one another in a world dominated by unrealistic fantasies and digital overstimulation.

In this short opening session of a week of Undoing Anxiety and Stress, you will learn a simple breathing technique that combines focused inhales and exhales with the opening and closing of your eyes to diminish anxiety.

Michael Keresman invites you to step back from society’s expectations and discover your own path to fulfillment. With refreshing honesty and encouragement, he shows that you don’t need to live loudly or fit into a prescribed mold to live meaningfully. This book helps you recognize the strengths, values, and dreams already within you, and learn to live them out with confidence and clarity. Keresman’s reflections and stories open the door to seeing life not as a competition, but as an opportunity to create a life that feels authentic, joyful, and spectacular in its own way.

After eating too much lettuce, the sleepy Flopsy Bunnies are captured by the grumpy Mr. McGregor! Now, Benjamin Bunny and a clever mouse must save them by playing a funny trick using a sack of rotten vegetables.

Join Peter Rabbit and his bold cousin Benjamin as they sneak back into Mr. McGregor’s garden to retrieve Peter’s lost clothes. Discover what happens when a prowling cat traps them under a basket, leaving their fate in the hands of a very stern papa bunny.

Gently navigate through feelings of despair and find deep relaxation with this guided session featuring a soothing body scan. By harnessing the power of positive affirmations, you will retrain your mind to break free from negativity and embrace a renewed sense of joy.

Release the habit of overthinking and the need for control with this soothing guided session designed to ground you in the present moment. Through deep breathing and empowering affirmations, you will discover a renewed sense of inner strength and lasting tranquility.

This classic Beatrix Potter tale is about a very poor tailor in Gloucester who needs a miracle to finish the Mayor's magnificent coat by Christmas morning. When the tailor falls ill, the fate of the garment rests between his selfish, twist-hiding cat and a whole host of helpful little brown mice!

This story is about a little girl who loves Christmas so much she gets a fairy to grant her wish for it to be Christmas every single day. She quickly discovers that having endless turkey, presents, and candy isn't quite the paradise she imagined, as the non-stop celebration starts to cause some serious problems!

In this concise book, Dr. Carroll has addressed the primary challenges that athletes face—on and off the field. The tools necessary to be your best and improve your performance are here. Go ahead and dive in, practice your new skills, use the tools and be your best!

Nador, son of the demon king, has ended up somewhere he never thought he’d be: the human world. Bound in a contract to serve a human, all he wants is to go home. A human soul seems a small consolation for a human lifetime spent obeying Paul, the human who holds his contract. Paul doesn’t want to be in a contract, either. All he wants is to live a quiet life with his wife, Melody, but born into a notorious criminal syndicate, he is unlikely to get his wish. The contract he has with Nador is his only hope to protect his wife and unborn child from his own family’s cold machinations.

I look back at my nine-to-five existence now with a sympathetic smile. I remember sitting behind a desk of uninspiring paperwork, always lifting the telephone receiver with trepidation—both at the office and at home. The commute to and from work happily swallowed at least an hour of my day.