Intentional Balance

This book is about becoming more aware, purposeful and intentional with ourselves and our lives. It delves into the process of making choices and decisions, overcoming adversity, becoming more aware of our emotions and creating more fulfilling relationships with ourselves and others.

Are we in control of our own development in adulthood, or are we shaped by circumstances beyond our control? By adopting the concept of intentional self-development (ISD), this text outlines an action-theoretical approach to human development that emphasizes both an individual’s ability to shape their own development throughout the lifespan, and the extent to which this potential is limited. By examining general age-related changes and critical life events, Intentional Self-Development and Positive Ageing explores the adaptive cognitive-motivational processes that generate positive development in adulthood, including developmental tasks, cognitive changes, life-stage transitions, and biological and neural processes. Leipold goes on to discuss the concept of positive ageing, highlighting the flexibility of the term and evaluating it from multiple perspectives to demonstrate its subjectivity, as well as its importance. This text also discusses the importance of resilience in positive development, contributing to the search for conditions conducive to positive life conduct across the lifespan. This book will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying lifespan development and gerontology, positive psychology, or health psychology, as well as researchers in those fields. It will also be of interest to developmental counsellors, clinicians, and other applied occupational groups who are seeking to understand the psychological basis of actions.

In a culture that prizes being busy over taking the time to rest, how are you doing with maintaining harmony and proportion? If you feel as if you're constantly on a hamster wheel, this guide will afford you the perfect excuse to stop, take a breath, make the time, and create the space necessary to reexamine your way of 'being' with the (B)(A)(L)(A)(N)(C)(E) method. But since balance doesn't just HAPPEN, you'll get the 'equilibrium overhaul' you need through the intentional use of vignettes, thought-provoking questions, activities, and techniques. With intention as your compass, your direction will become clearer as you engage in the practice of the tools offered, allow yourself a little bit more grace, and keep believing that everything always works out exactly as it should. Here's to an intentionally graceful juggle!

Do you derail yourself or do you propel yourself toward success? Your decisions lead to your destiny. You can make good decisions or bad decisions. These decisions are very often based on your mindset. Recognizing the power of your mindset is essential to reaching your destiny. Your mindset includes your goals, values, beliefs, and mode of work. It provides the framework for how you think, how you behave, and why you make decisions. Understanding your mindset puts you in control of your life. The 21st century world of work requires workers to make good and relevant decisions. This book contains thought-provoking insights into your decisions that drive your success. It speaks to anyone who would like to create and navigate a personal environment for individual success toward a desired destiny.

Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy answers three questions: what heals in counseling and therapy and how? What actions in clinical decision making ensure an optimal outcome for the client? And why are some clinicians more successful than others, apparently remaining so over time? Incorporating citations across multiple disciplines, referencing authorities in both CBT and psychodynamic models, and interwoven with composite case material and session transcripts, this book unmasks the dialectic between goals and process in clinical work.

Ideal for radiology residents and medical students, as well as anyone who reads or orders radiology imaging studies, this user-friendly reference covers the basics of how to approach, read, and interpret radiological images. Using concise, step-by-step explanations and an enjoyable writing style, expert radiologist Dr. Fred A Mettler, Jr., walks you through a sequential thought process for all common indications for radiologic studies and their interpretation. Featuring thorough updates from cover to cover, this resource covers the fundamental information you need to know, as well as recent advances in the field.

"In collaboration with the Jodo Shu Research Institute (JSRI)."

15 strategies to jumpstart student and educator health With rapid technological advancements and changes to how schools must respond to learning and mental health needs, the educational landscape looks considerably different from how it did 20 years ago. How do educators contend with this everchanging future? Jared Scherz answers this question and more by outlining the 15 critical steps to educators’ and students’ health through psychosocial emotional learning. Designed for everyone involved in the educational system—including district administrators, teachers, students, parents, and the business community—this book provides a practical plan with steps to harmonize whole-school health, including sustainable growth in student character development, improvement of organizational health, and reduction of violence and other threats to education. A blueprint of applicable resources is provided, including: • 15 easy-to-follow guidelines for successfully implementing social-emotional learning practices • A spotlight on issues such as empathy, identity formation, self-control, and conflict resolution • Dozens of real-world stories from educators • Anecdotal and data-driven results from successful implementation Educators today must navigate a newer and more dynamic terrain than previous generations. This book provides a practical framework for improving the satisfaction of educators, all through the lens of whole-school health.