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You can feel it the moment you walk in.The air is tight. The stakes are high. The room is reading you before you speak. And somewhere along the way, you learned to survive by being “professional,” which often means quieter, smaller, and easier to manage.The Flame Game is for the leader who is done playing small to keep the peace.Paula Fontana delivers a clear framework for mastering high-stakes environments without burning out, losing your voice, or negotiating your identity. This book teaches you how to transform pressure into fuel, lead with composure, and build a legacy that outlasts your title.Inside,...

This expanded edition of Beck's classic The Garden-Ville Method includes even more practical and inspirational philosophy and techniques on soil building, planting and growing, pest control and more. Told in a modest and often humorous style, Lessons in Nature combines empirical observation with a healthy dose of common sense. Through his observations and experience, Malcolm Beck will help readers discover nature while growing delicious food, all without damaging the environment. This book can provide the beginner with all the information needed to get started using organic methods, and to experience the rewards of an organic lifestyle.

Who am I to be a coach?If you've ever asked yourself that question at 2 a.m. — after the certification, after the training, after doing everything "right" — this book was written for you.Kassandra Vaughn didn't come to this work with a perfect life or a tidy origin story. She grew up the oldest child of a single mother working three jobs, learning early that her worth depended on how little she needed and how much she gave. Decades later, in her 40s, she finally had a name for the pattern that had quietly run her whole life: tolerant codependence...

With the recent republication of Dr. Maynard Murray's Sea Energy Agriculture, readers rediscovered the forgotten legacy of an eco-ag pioneer. Murray's idea -- that ocean water contains a concentrated, perfect balance of trace minerals in bioavailable form -- seems almost as revolutionary today as when he introduced it three decades ago. In this fascinating book, Charles Walters examines Murray's career and the amazing successes that growers have experienced with his methods, as well as further developments in this technology by creative experimenters. Using hard data obtained in the field, Walters demonstrates that sea-solids fertilizers produce stress-resistant plants and food with...

Want to win the deer war? Love your garden plants but live in an area with hungry deer that are notorious for munching your favorite garden plants? Preventing Deer Damage offers successful defensive strategies using natural homemade products, fences and barriers, mechanical noise makers, scent repellents, and other least-toxic products. Now you can enjoy the garden of your dreams and also cohabit with deer. The more you understand deer habits, the easier it is to choose the best methods to prevent the destruction of your landscape. Often, a single solution is not the answer, but several deterrents will be effective...

Life can break you. Betray you. Humble you.But it does not have to define you.In this deeply personal and emotionally powerful memoir, educator, mentor, and visionary leader Priscilla L. Dingle shares the story behind the woman who built PHASE Academy — a school and community movement dedicated to helping young people discover hope, healing, and self-worth.From childhood dreams and family loss to toxic relationships, betrayal, grief, spiritual growth, and personal reinvention, It’s Just a Phase is a transparent journey through life’s hardest seasons and the lessons discovered on the other side.Through candid storytelling, faith-filled reflection, and moments of hard-earned wisdom,...

A boy discovers his father's oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home. An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog. A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man's memories of its horrors. A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them. The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him. A wealthy young woman receives a surgical...

Weeds — Control Without Poisons demonstrates the necessity in agriculture today for a more holistic, eco-centered perspective. The author explains what 50 years of deadly chemicals have already done to our soil and our bodies, demonstrating that this process does not work in any long-term commonsense agricultural system and offering alternatives to chemicals. Charles Walters explores the workings of soil ecosystems and provides specifics on a host of weeds — why they grow, what soil conditions spur them on or stop them, what they say about your soil, and how to control them without the obscene presence of poisons.

Dung beetles have always been nature's greatest recyclers - in a way, they were the first organic farmers. They were also the first casualties of industrial farming. As farmers rediscover the many benefits of grass-based livestock production, dung beetles are given a solid shot at reestablishing their rightful place on the farm and ranch. Charles Walters digs deep into modern science and ancient history, traditional folklore and the best practical advice to resurrect the lowly dung beetle, exposing farmers and ranchers - and anyone with a desire to work more closely with nature - to this amazing creature. Meet the...

Holistic practitioners have been using contact reflex diagnosis, muscle testing, and dowsing to improve human health for centuries. For lifelong alternative medicine practitioner Carrie Eastman, applying these methods to her goat herd was just common sense. All living things are made up of electrical energy. Learn how to harness this energy to work with your goats in a way that is convenient, inexpensive, and safe for your herd.The Energetic Goat provides step-by-step instruction on the basic techniques, including common variations, as well as guidance on how to adapt other techniques to suit your personal preferences. Newcomers to alternative veterinary medicine...