Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Communicating Through Change by Alicia Sedgwick



Self-change, Self-empowerment, New Thinking, Communications Skills, Change Management, Conscious Living

Date Published: January 2021

Publisher: Growth Media AI, USA


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This life-changing book will show you how to communicate through major changes in your life and to best express yourself when you need to be heard. It is packed with real-life stories, practical exercises, insightful tips and uplifting affirmations. Addressing relevant challenges, which everyone meets at one time in their life, this book will give you hope, resilience and clarity about how to move forward. By sharing her vulnerability with authentic openness, the author helps you to find your inner strength and to speak up for yourself.


Change Challenges

“The one thing we can be sure of – in this life – is that there will be change.”

This is a truth I have never wanted, or liked and yet my life has been full of it. In this collection of chapters of my personal experiences, specifically related to change, I hope you will learn from my experiences to deal with your own and to be able to also share your story. As you dip in and out of the chapters, you may feel that the experience is not relevant to you right now. However, I trust when you return to the book, a certain story will be highly pertinent for you in that moment.

A dear friend reminded me recently how I had agonised about changing my job from one legal partnership to another; spending hours deliberating on the decision; and talking and talking about it! I have always found it difficult to let anyone, or anything go. But I have had to learn to deal with change in my life and to adopt a different approach, which is what I share with you in this book. I provide you with my life learnings about managing and communicating through each change and challenge that life throws at us all, so you can benefit from the best result for you, each time.

Wherever you are in your life, this book provides you with an insight into my life; sharing with you what I have learned and showing you how you can deal with your experiences of change, coming through them with strength and courage. It provides you with practical guidance and applicable exercises to enable you to take conscious actions that will help you communicate your way through a variety of different changes. While the chapters can be read in isolation, the exercises can be applied to more than one change challenge. This book will also help you to understand that you are not alone and whenever you face these challenges, there is support from the insight shared here. Plus, the opportunity to belong to Team Alicia, a supportive group of like-minded people where you are free to be yourself without inhibition, worry, anxiety or fear. Where you will not be judged; you will be nurtured and cared for and what is said and shared in Team Alicia, stays in Team Alicia!


About The Author

Alicia Sedgwick began her career as a lawyer, specialising in family law. This was her first step in helping people who were experiencing difficult changes in their lives. When she moved to the South of France, she began working in radio, as well as in event management, taking care of talent and celebrities. She also created her own internet television show, Asking Alicia, to help families dealing with impactful issues and the profound changes those challenges brought with them.

Alicia began teaching at the International University of Monaco, in Public Speaking and Presentation Skills, Leadership and Managing People. Her communications courses are based on her belief that when you can communicate effectively and with impact, you will be successful in your professional and personal relationships. Soon, her training was extended to the International School of Monaco, and for businesses, individuals, associations and corporations. She is currently helping people to be brilliant online, where communications are so focused in this Covid climate.

Alicia is also a professional MC for events, such as TEDxMonteCarlo, where she brings her individual talent of making everyone feel embraced, included and involved, with humour and empathy.

Hailed as The Communications Guru by her global followers, Alicia specialises in training and coaching for all age groups and backgrounds. She develops her international student’s communications skills and builds their confidence, as well as empowering, motivating and inspiring them. She also helps people navigate their way through the challenges that life throws at us, with the backing and support of Team Alicia, which she created for her students as a place where they can go to feel cared for and nurtured.

This book is her opportunity to share more of herself and tell her story to help more people with their lives. She knows from her life experiences that when we share our story and communicate effectively through change, we can be stronger people and make a more significant contribution in the world.


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Please contact me via my website, as below and let me know which experiences of change you have embraced and how the chapters about those challenges have helped you the most. Please share your experiences with me and how you have used the communication exercises to support you. I am always delighted to receive your feedback and comments, and to welcome more change communicators into Team Alicia.

Also, please contact me for personal coaching and training in communications, and for your company, foundation, association and organisation.


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Friday, February 12, 2021

Loving Modigliani by Linda Lappin



The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne

Paranormal Ghost and Love Story

Historical Paranormal Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy Fiction, Literary Fiction

Published: December 2020

Publisher: Serving House Books



A ghost story, love story, and a search for a missing masterpiece.

PARIS 1920 Dying just 48 hours after her husband, Jeanne Hebuterne--wife and muse of the celebrated painter Amedeo Modigliani and an artist in her own right -- haunts their shared studio, watching as her legacy is erased. Decades later, a young art history student travels across Europe to rescue Jeanne's work from obscurity. A ghost story, a love story, and a search for a missing masterpiece.

Loving Modigliani is a genre-bending novel, blending elements of fantasy, historical fiction, gothic, mystery, and suspense.


Praise for Loving Modigliani:

"LOVING MODIGLIANI is a haunting, genre-bending novel that kept me turning pages late into the night" --Gigi Pandian, author of The Alchemist's Illusion

"Part ghost story, part murder mystery, part treasure hunt, Linda Lappin's Loving Modigliani is a haunting, genre-bending novel that kept me turning the pages long into the night." - Best-selling mystery novelist Gigi Pandian



About The Author


Prize-winning novelist Linda Lappin is the author of four novels: The Etruscan (Wynkin de Worde, 2004), Katherine’s Wish (Wordcraft , 2008), Signatures in Stone: A Bomarzo Mystery (Pleasureboat Studio, 2013), and The Soul of Place (Travelers Tales, 2015). Signatures in Stone won the Daphne DuMaurier Award for best mystery of 2013. The Soul of Place won the gold medal in the Nautilus Awards in the Creativity category.


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Friday, February 5, 2021

Haunted by Aleisha Maree

 

REAPERS REIGN MC SERIES

BOOK FOUR


MC Romance
Date Published: January 20th, 2021


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💀 𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑖𝑛-𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝒉𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐𝒉 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒.

𝐴 𝒉𝑦𝑝𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐𝒉 𝑜𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤. 𝑊𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒.

𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒. 𝐴𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜, 𝑎 𝒉𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑜 𝒉𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.

𝑆𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝒉𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛. 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛. 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛.

𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝒉𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐𝒉 𝑜𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑟.

𝐺𝒉𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑟.

𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠.

𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠.

𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠.

𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝒉𝑎𝑟𝑑. 

𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝒉𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝.







About the Author

I'm a Wife and a mum to 6 wonderful children. I'm from New Zealand and live in a cute little village called Wharepapa South in the North Island but I was born and bred in Nelson in another cute village called Wakefield in the South Island of New Zealand.

I love coffee and cake way too much. I'm addicted to sour Skittles and writing some pretty badass books if I do say so myself.

My writing varies between genres - such as the Mafia and MC worlds but I also write 'real life' stories filled with angst and pleasure.


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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Sins in the Sunlight by Rachel Hailey



Of Courts and Desire, Book 2

Dark Paranormal Romance

Date Published: January 18, 2021

Publisher: FyreSyde Publishing



The Sunfire Queen, Sierra, has waited for her chance to rule, thinking life would be better with her mother dead. She was wrong. The Court of Light is in Shambles. Her people are terrified and despise her. She has no friends, no love, and no hope. When a new war hovers on the horizon, Sierra must find the lost beastkyn Mikhail or her court will perish, and she'll lose her shot at redemption.

Quick to grin and quicker to kill, Mikhail has made his share of mistakes–being imprisoned has given him time to ponder each poor decision. But when Sierra frees him, he earns the opportunity to make some more. She's gorgeous and despite her fiery nature, as cold as the snow-capped mountains of Russia. He can't wait to see how fast he can make her melt.



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Rachel Hailey was born and raised in the South. She's all about that nerd life and in between writing she's dedicated herself to raising the next generation of nerds.If she's not online or staring at a book she can usually be found at the local game store rolling dice, shuffling cards, or planning her next cosplay.

Her childhood was most prominently shaped by the works of R.L. Stine, Stephen King, Anne Rice and the Brothers Grimm.


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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Friday Nightmares by Corey Edward

 

YA Urban Fantasy

Date Published: January 19, 2021

Publisher: FyreSyde Publishing



For generations, the wizards of Candle Paranormal Investigations have helped the people of Boston with everything from garden-variety poltergeists to Eldritch abominations. Sixteen-year-old Henry Candle, however, has no interest in taking over the family business and would much rather spend time hanging out in cafes with his human friends. But when his father is brutally murdered while working on a case, Candle Paranormal Investigations magically falls into Henry’s possession — and so does a warning: “BEWARE, HENRY. HE’LL COME FOR YOU, TOO.”

Henry does some digging and discovers that two other wizards have been killed in the past month, both of their bodies found with the same symbol scrawled into their chest as his father. He decides to reopen the case so he can discover who (or what) is murdering Boston’s wizards before he's next. Aided by his pug familiar, a witch and a group of human friends, Henry must stop a supernatural serial killer and find an evil spell book that could end the world.



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Corey Edward is a lifelong lover of books, learning, and coffee. Although he is easily spooked, he lives for a good scary story, so perhaps it is fitting that he finally decided to start writing them. He lives in Ohio, where he works as a ninth grade English teacher.

He received his BA in Integrated Language Arts from Youngstown State University and went on to later receive his MA in English.


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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Virtual Leadership by Bart Banfield

 

Business, Leadership & motivational

Date Published: Nov 3, 2020

Publisher: Lucid Books Publishing


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How do you lead employees well when you don't physically work with them?

 

In Virtual Leadership, Bart Banfield simplifies the complexities of working and leading in a twenty-first-century remote work environment. Through these pages, you will learn:


- How to influence those you lead in a virtual work environment

- Why change within the workplace is inevitable

- The benefits of health and wellness in the virtual work environment

- How to create a culture of coaching within your organization

- Why self-awareness matters and makes you a better virtual leader

 

The world's workforce is changing rapidly, and businesses must evolve or risk getting passed by. Virtual Leadership will show you concrete principles of effective leadership for the twenty-first century.

 


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Bart Banfield is the superintendent of EPIC Charter Schools, the largest public school in the state of Oklahoma, and one of the largest virtual schools in the United States. Since becoming Oklahoma’s youngest public school superintendent at the age of twenty-seven, Bart has been a pioneer, innovator, and leader in the virtual learning-work environment. Bart has been a public school educator for over twenty years and holds a Master’s Degree in Education Administration from East Central University. Bart has been happily married to his wife Jennifer for twenty-four years and they share three children (Bo, Jake, & Bryn) together.

 

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Monday, February 1, 2021

Book of Bastards by Ransom Stephens



Fantasy

Date Published: January 14, 2021

Publisher: The Intoxicating Page



Welcome to The Gold Piece Inn, where you can drink, gamble, and play!

Or hide.

Cursed on the day the king is assassinated, Dewey Nawton is compelled to protect the widowed queen, but protection means different things to different people (and different curses).

Kings have dictated every role Queen Dafina has ever played. Now, a halfling innkeeper assigns her the role of serving lass. But is The Gold Piece Inn just another tavern? Could it be an orphanage? … surely, it’s not a brothel.

Oh yes, she’s fallen from grace, but will that stop her from leading a handful of pirates and a dozen bastards to avenge her king and rescue Glandaeff’s faeries, elfs, and mermaids (and merbutlers!) from a brutal tyrant?


Dewey has a secret. Dafina has a secret. The Bastards have two secrets.

Is there even a sip of moral justice in all this bawdiness?



Early Reviews

The Book of Bastards combines a riveting, intense plot of righteous vengeance with tongue-in-cheek banter that will keep you turning the page with eager anticipation. With settings that make you wish they were real, characters you can't help but cheer for, and twists that keep you guessing, Ransom Stephens has crafted an engaging tale that makes every minute of reading, time well spent. I don't often reread a book, but I think I'll make an exception. Loads of fun. Highly recommended. – Brian D Anderson, million-selling author of The Bard and the Blade

“A delightful, detailed tale about morality, being honest with yourself, and self-reflection, even when you don’t like what the glass has to show. A perfect treat for lovers of rich fantasy worldbuilding, gory battles, and the kind of thoughtful, character-driven stories that make your brain whirl, your imagination dance, and your heart surge.” -J.M. Frey, bestselling author of The Accidental Turn Series


About the Author

Ransom Stephens has searched for the Holy Grail in Cornwall and Wales but settled for a cracked coffee mug. He’s won several awards, but they’ve all been named after people he’d never heard of which made for awkward acceptance speeches. The author of four previous novels on simple, non-controversial topics like science vs religion in The God Patent, technology vs environmentalism in The Sensory Deception, oligarchy vs anarchy in The 99% Solution, and love vs money in Too Rich to Die, in his latest, The Book of Bastards, he offers readers what they really want, a story of bawdiness washed down with a sip of moral justice.

I’m a fairly accomplished scientist and technologist, all the details at https://contact.ransomstephens.com


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