Julie Slater has narrated 10 audiobooks on Listento.it by 17 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 31 ratings. The most-rated is Thus Spoke the Plant.
Thus Spoke the Plant
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An accessible and compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication and how it influenced her research and changed her life. In this "phytobiography" - a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant - research scientist Monica Gagliano reveals the dynamic role plants play in genuine firsthand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. By transcending the view of plants as the objects of scientific materialism, Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people - beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition, and hence having the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The audiobook draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it. Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own "voices" and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has reignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. This is the story of how she made those discoveries and how the plants helped her along the way.
©2018 Monica Gagliano (P)2019 Random House Audio
CBD
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The essential audiobook on CBD as medicine. This practical, accessible guide to using CBD-dominant cannabis contains a wealth of information for both first-time explorers and experienced patients who want to know more about safely treating a number of health conditions with remarkable results and low to no psychoactivity or negative side effects. CBD (cannabidiol) is a component of cannabis that can provide relief for conditions such as seizures, pain, inflammation, anxiety, depression, arthritis, and a number of other issues. This audiobook offers guidance on various forms of the medicine such as oil infusions, alcohol-based tinctures, capsules, and CO2 concentrated extracts. The information is organized by health condition and also by recommended CBD-rich strains, which do not produce the "highs" associated with THC. With dosage suggestions, potential side effects and contraindications, and the pharmacology of the plant, this is an essential guide for both doctors and patients looking for a nontoxic alternative to opiate-based pain medications and other pharmaceuticals. While cannabis has been used for medicinal and recreational purposes for thousands of years, only in the last 50 years have scientists begun to shed light on the chemistry of the plant and its interactions with the human body. Research has led to the discovery of a whole new system in the body, the endocannabinoid system, which plays a role in mediating functions such as appetite, immunity, mood, pain response, and memory. The authors present case studies, interviews with doctors who prescribe cannabidiol products, and the latest research regarding other active phytocannabinoids and terpenoids present in cannabis that are being studied for medical use. They also address the difference between CBD products derived from industrial hemp or in a lab, versus those made from medical marijuana using the whole plant. In addition to offering the most up-to-date and comprehensive information on CBD-dominant cannabis therapy for humans, this audiobook is the first to offer guidance for using the medicine for animals, with suggestions for dosage and delivery and useful forms and strains for common health issues in pets. Finally, the authors take a look at the future of cannabis medicine, charting trends in the legalization movement and suggesting how CBD might be used to fight the opioid epidemic. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2017 Leonard Leinow, Juliana Birnbaum (P)2019 Random House Audio
Stop Picking on Me
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Stop Picking on Me is the definitive guide on excoriation (skin picking) disorder (SPD). How to make peace with your critical self and how to change your lifestyle to finally heal the phenomenon of nervous, obsessive, compulsive, and habitual skin picking. This is the most comprehensive lifesaving book ever written on the topic. You will gain overwhelming understanding, answers, courage, and hope. Learn about what you do and why you do it. Then learn how to eradicate breakouts, and stop your compulsion to pick. Mary-Margaret "anand sahaja" Stratton is the founding mother healer of excoriation disorder. She is an Essene minister, certified raw food nutritionist, instructional designer, and veteran of twelve step philosophy. Long before the DSM identified the condition, anand wrote a groundbreaking book and shared it for free online, along with creating the forum StopPickingOnYou. Now, years later, she shares her approach to find radical recovery that has kept her 100 percent pick-free through holistic means: mindful techniques, behavior modification, and especially natural nutrition - a whole foods diet. She is living proof that changing your life can affect your brain chemistry and make you happier and less likely to succumb to OCD behaviors. How do you stop picking? Stop picking pimples? Stop picking cuticles? Stop picking your face? Stop peeling split ends? Stop picking at in-grown hairs? Stop picking at scabs? Do you truly want to stop but can't seem to quit? If so, this is the book for you. It contains the comprehensive knowledge, proven effective tools, tips and treatment strategies, including habit reversal and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques. Dermatillomantia can be cured. And this revised audiobook teaches you the nutrition connection that few pharmaceutical-trained doctors cover. This book covers physiological, philosophical, and psychological methods to remove unwanted anxious obsessive compulsive impulsive thoughts and actions.
©2018 m.m. stratton (P)2018 m.m. stratton
The Politics of Trauma
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An essential tool for healers, therapists, activists, and survivors of trauma who are interested in a justice-centered approach to somatic transformation. The Politics of Trauma offers somatics with a social analysis. This audiobook is for therapists and social activists who understand that trauma healing is not just for individuals - and that social change is not just for movement builders. Just as health practitioners need to consider the societal factors underlying trauma, so, too, must activists understand the physical and mental impacts of trauma on their own lives and the lives of the communities with whom they organize. Trauma healing and social change are, at their best, interdependent. Somatics has proven to be particularly effective in addressing trauma, but in practice it typically focuses solely on the individual, failing to integrate the social conditions that create trauma in the first place. Staci K. Haines, somatic innovator and cofounder of generative somatics, invites listeners to look beyond individual experiences of body and mind to examine the social, political, and economic roots of trauma - including racism, environmental degradation, sexism, and poverty. Haines helps listeners identify, understand, and address these sources of trauma to help us bridge individual healing with social transformation. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Staci Haines (P)2020 Random House Audio
Oppression and the Body
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A timely anthology that explores power, privilege, and oppression and their relationship to marginalized bodies. Asserting that the body is the main site of oppression in Western society, the contributors to this pioneering volume explore the complex issue of embodiment and how it relates to social inclusion and marginalization. In a culture where bodies of people who are brown, black, female, transgender, disabled, fat, or queer are often shamed, sexualized, ignored, and oppressed, what does it mean to live in a marginalized body? Through theory, personal narrative, and artistic expression, this anthology explores how power, privilege, oppression, and attempted disembodiment play out on the bodies of disparaged individuals and what happens when the body’s expression is stereotyped and stunted. Bringing together a range of voices, this book offers strategies and practices for embodiment and activism and considers what it means to be an embodied ally to anyone experiencing bodily oppression.
©2018 Christine Caldwell and Lucia Bennett Leighton (P)2019 North Atlantic Books
Hiring for the Innovation Economy
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The digital economy demands that high-performing and highly adaptive teams work creatively and collaboratively to identify and seize new opportunities quickly. Although most managers understand this, they still end up hiring 40 percent low-performers. That's problematic for large legacy businesses, where each team member has limited impact, but catastrophic for small innovation teams, where the weakest link can cause exponentially more damage. Managers who are serious about innovation have to abandon old and broken hiring practices in order to identify and hire the right people to build the future. This book will help team leaders understand why they often fail to hire dynamic and agile team members who can challenge the status quo and scale with a fast-paced and high-growth business, while enriching the team's culture and perspective. It will walk managers through three steps for improving their hiring process: Defining success factors they are looking for in a new hire Designing interview questions Evaluating candidates fairly, based on well-defined success factors
©2018 Nicole Rufuku (P)2018 Nicole Rufuku
How to Retire: A Practical Guide as You Countdown to Retirement
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If you feel like you've waited too long to start planning your retirement strategy, or are overwhelmed by where to start, then keep reading... Preparing for retirement can feel overwhelming, particularly when it comes to investment strategies. Olivia Greenwell's latest book tackles those difficult issues that often intimidate people the most, outlining clear steps to take for a smooth and successful retirement journey. This book is packed with tips and strategies to simplify the path to financial security. Help is at hand for determining if you can afford to retire, for learning about investments, and understanding how to get the maximum benefits from Social Security. This practical guide includes: Checklists to take stock of your current situation Questionnaires to help you decide when is the right time for you to retire An action plan for your countdown to retirement A useful resources section full of suggestions to help you plan for retirement Even if the thought of planning for retirement hasn't even crossed your mind yet, this book has you covered. It's time to take control of your retirement destiny by creating your Retirement Action Plan - all you need to do is click Buy. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2017 Olivia Greenwell (P)2019 Olivia Greenwell
Retirement: Two Book Bundle
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If you're looking to retire wealthy one day, and you'd like "that day" to be sooner than later but don't know how to get there, then check this out.... Here's the deal. Retirement has always seemed so far in the future you've felt you don't need to worry about planning for it yet. Or, you have started to think about it, but you simply don't know where to begin with all the different pension and saving options. How much do you even need for retirement anyway? You may have already put aside some money, possibly even helped by your employer, but you're not sure whether you're on track. The expected retirement age is slowly creeping closer and now you're thinking, "Will I be ready?", "Will I have enough?", "What do I need to do now to be ready to retire?" Sound familiar? If it does, then this audiobook is your answer. You will find all the expert tips and advice you'll need to make sure that your retirement runs smoothly. You will discover: Your number-one reason to retire Why you shouldn't panic, even if you haven't started saving yet The magic formula for when you can afford to retire The secrets to investing for retirement How to decipher the Social Security system Early retirement, in as little as 10 years How to easily transition into the retired life you always dreamed of PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Olivia Greenwell (P)2019 Olivia Greenwell
SPOM Workbook
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The SPOM Workbook provides step-by-step action plans and exercises based on the revolutionary SPOM! recovery system for excoriation (skin picking) disorder (SPD). This highly interactive accelerated learning workbook takes the guesswork out of trying to figure what your triggers are and encourages you to be proactive in making huge strides in your personal recovery. This is the official companion guide to the revolutionary self-help main textbook Stop Picking on Me. It includes: Essay assignments Nutrition diary Stress assessments Feeling faces Personality profiles Habit charts Consequence recording Coloring book assignments Reward and lifestyle worksheets Competing habit therapy Problem solving and puzzles Guided meditations Self-talk outlines Planning and goals Plus support team agreements and frame-worthy affirmation printouts and recovery completion certificates! The SPOM Workbook is fun and challenging, and it will help you stay motivated, positive, and totally inspired to stay pick-free!
©2018 m.m. stratton (P)2019 m.m. stratton
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy
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Applying somatic principles to the Internal Family Systems model Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy introduces a new therapeutic modality that blends principles of somatic therapy - like movement, touch, and breathwork - with the traditional tools of the Internal Family Systems framework. Broadening the benefits and applications of the IFS model, author Susan McConnell introduces five core practices that mental health professionals can apply to their practice: somatic awareness, conscious breathing, radical resonance, mindful movement, and attuned touch. Clinical applications include the treatment of depression, trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, chronic illness, and attachment disorders. Within the IFS framework, clients will learn to identify their "inner worlds" - the discrete subpersonalities within each of us that hold emotions, perceptions, and belief systems, and that affect our behavior and emotional wellness. Body-based somatic tools are incorporated into therapy as patients learn to recognize different facets of their internal family and reconcile the needs of subpersonalities - like their inner child or internal manager - to bring more harmony to their physical and emotional well-being. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Susan McConnell (P)2021 North Atlantic Books