Bøger af Adrienne Maciain

What are you willing to put up with in order to feel loved? What we put up with, we end up with. Which explains why so many bright, fascinating, powerful, immanently lovable humans end up in relationships that make them feel stupid, dull, powerless, and difficult-to-love. For decades, Dr. Adrienne MacIain, author of the gripping memoir-cum-domestic abuse survival guide Melting Ivory, was one of those humans. Like a sleepwalker who keeps waking up on the roof, she kept looking around her life and wondering "How did this happen again? Didn't I learn my lesson last time?" But how could she, when she was asleep every time it happened? Enough is here to wake you up from the nightmare you've been sleepwalking through and guide you back to the life you deserve: one that lights you up from the inside, feels truly free, and reminds you every day that you are ridiculously easy to love. You will learn: How to recognize psychological abuse, even at its most subtleHow to leave an abusive relationship safely and sanelyHow to break the pattern for good, within and withoutIf you are in a relationship that makes you question your own worthiness, or are watching a loved one struggle through such a relationship, then you've found this book at the perfect time. "With first-hand knowledge, real life stories and proven techniques with specific steps, this book will support you, guide you, and even save you."- Sierra Melcher, Author of Date Yourself

Halloween in Isla Vista, an un-sponsored annual street party, attracts an estimated average of 20,000 revelers into a minuscule, 1.5 square mile area each year. Yet it has been consistently dismissed by UCSB administrators, the police, and local press as a dangerous frivolity, unworthy of critical inquiry. Until now, this complex cultural performance has remained buried under three decades' worth of rumor, assumption, and enforced silence. This book breaks that silence, exploring the event's history through archival sources and oral histories, providing an in-depth reading of the event's present manifestation through various theoretical lenses, and pondering the future both of this cultural performance and of the culture of which it is a product and a reflection.

This is the book for you if...You feel like a star-shaped peg trying to stuff yourself in a square hole? You itching to redecorate this book cover? You wondering if you're allowed to draw on a book, or worried that your doodles won't be good enough to go on the front cover? Psst! Parents, teachers, and other grown-up types, down here! Pop quiz: When does our creative spark flicker out? After years of teaching adults how to relight it after decades of dormancy, I learned the answer while teaching a content creation course for middle- and high-school-aged kids. Where the pre-teens were enthusiastic, engaged, and happy to experiment, the teens were anxious, self-conscious, and too terrified of failure to take any creative risks. Somewhere between middle- and high school, the creative spark that allows us to heal, inspire, motivate, and create real value for ourselves and others through authentic self-expression, free experimentation, and innovative problem-solving is being extinguished. And that's a big problem. I know because it's my job to help people heal from the burnout, blockage, disconnection, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, apathy, drama and trauma that inevitably results. But what if there was a way to short-circuit that whole process and simply arm our kids with the tools they'll need to keep their creative spark ablaze through middle school, high school, and beyond? This is that tool. What your kid(s) will get: Relatable stories too good not to share Age-appropriate lessons and tools to maintain their authentic self-expression throughout their school years and beyond Habit-forming frameworks for lifelong learning and growth mindset Journal pages with built-in prompts Kid-tested and parent-approved, this laugh-heavy, lecture-light distillation of the core lessons in my bestselling Creative Living for All book series is the "should shield" I wish I'd had as a kid. At once a permission slip to continue creating and innovating, a guide through the challenges ahead, a user-friendly tool-kit of creativity-boosting exercises, and a journal to help them integrate and make use of those tools right away, this uniquely interactive book is the ideal gift for all the young creators and innovators in your life.

Live the life you were meant to leadIn this, her latest ground-breaking contribution to the art and science of Creative Living, Dr. Adrienne MacIain reveals the secret to sparking genius: unleashing the power of your natural creative flow so you can create authentic value prolifically and continuously, with ease and enjoyment.As game-changing as it is entertaining, Spark Genius demystifies the process of inspiration, ideation, and creation, reacquaints readers with their own natural cycles of productivity (or rather, processtivity), and lays out a clear, step-by-step path from frustration to playful innovation for all.Readers will learn:How to unleash your creative flow to heal from burnout and create authentic value for those who matter most (yourself included!)What genius really is and how to spark it in yourself and othersHow to keep your inspiration antenna aligned and attuned to the abundance networkThe simple four-part process (DOER) which allows you to create the way nature createsIf you long to shift out of "strive" and into "thrive," out of blockage and into flow, this book found you at the perfect time to help you heal from burnout, reconnect with Source, realign to your natural creative process, unleash your uniquely valuable energy, and shine as the STAR you are, across every aspect of your life!Order your copy NOW!Early Praise for Spark Genius: "If you ever wake up in the middle of the night and wonder, 'Can I ever find my way back to a life that feels true and fulfilling?' ... this book can help. I'm struck by the practicality, humor, and depth of this book and the practices that you'll find in it. Do you want to tap into your inherent inner genius that can guide you into everything that matters to you? I recommend that you start here."Jacob Nordby, author of Blessed Are the Weird - A Manifesto for Creatives and The Creative Cure - How Finding and Freeing Your Inner Artist Can Heal Your Life

What masterpieces dwell within you? Despite what your 3rd-grade teacher may have said, YOU are a "creative type," and your unique creations are desperately needed in the world. But what should be the easiest thing in the world -- being our authentic selves and using our greatest gifts to effortlessly create value for the people we care about -- is actually one of the hardest. That is, unless you have a guidebook. This is that book: a step-by-step guide through The Story Whisperer's battle-tested process to release all the authentic, value-aligned creations hiding inside--not to mention your true masterpiece: the person you've always wanted to be! ¿WARNING: if you are allergic to all things woo, this is not the book for you! Only those prepared to tap into source energy, spark genius, consort with Inspiration, and frolic in limitless possibility need apply.