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Greenleaf Book Group CEO Tanya Hall discusses all things book publishing, from how to write your book and build your author brand to getting your book into bookstores and making it a bestseller. Each episode features an interview with an expert guest, including editors, designers, publicists, and brand strategists.
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A podcast where two brothers discuss books that they love and the occasional book that missed the mark. We will deep dive into our thoughts about the books along with the themes and book group discussion points that we find pertinent. All the books will be spoiled; you have been warned.
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Join the 3D Coaching team at our virtual pub where you can listen to conversations with coaching authors, thought leaders and people using a coaching approach at the grass roots. In addition, you‘ll find our virtual book group and conversations on ethics that can be used as part of the ethics requirements for ICF and other professional coaching bodies. Become a regular by signing up on Apple or Google podcasts, Spotify or Podbean. Host: Claire Pedrick MCC
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Go beyond the books. Jack Carr spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL, where he served as a Team Leader, Platoon Commander, Troop Commander, Task Unit Commander and a sniper. Now, he’s a speaker and the author behind the bestselling Terminal List series. Inspired by actual experiences serving in conflict areas around the world, the novels follow James Reece, a Navy SEAL who becomes embroiled in the world of conspiracies, international espionage and revenge. Now, on his new podcast Danger Close, an IR ...
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Here we will present to you our short book summaries in self-help, business, investing, leadership and more. We will give you the key takeaways and the most actionable steps from these great books to support you on your growth journey. We believe that books can change your life. Whatever your situation is, someone out there has gone through the same and shared the lessons in a book. We are a group of five people united by our love for reading and for sharing the gems we find with the people ...
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Hello and welcome! We are a group of book lovers - Aleta, Amanda, Juan, and myself - who are passionate about gaining wisdom from literature to enhance our lives. Our aim is to share our thoughts, ideas, and test theories we’ve learned through our reading journeys. We’re excited that you’re here to join us! So, grab your headphones, your current read, a notepad, and your elixir of choice and let’s start this adventure together. We’re eager to hear your perspectives as well!
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A bite-sized, behind the scenes show on what happens before and after your book’s publication date. Join Vanessa Campos and Dr. Jennifer Dorsey as they answer ALL your book publishing questions and deep-dives into the nitty gritty process of writing, designing, and marketing , social media marketing and marketing strategy for business owners. Learn more about us at www.broadbookgroup.com
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A weekly show all about audiobooks recorded at the RNIB Talking Book studios. We talk to your favourite authors and narrators, along with reviews and news about new audiobooks. Presented and produced by Robert Kirkwood, you'll find a new episode here every Friday at 1pm plus bonus content such as longer uncut interviews and episodes of our occasional extra show, The Book Group. Talking Books is a free service from RNIB giving access to over 40,000 fiction and non fiction books for adults and ...
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This show focuses on a group of friends from different backgrounds who have come together to explore all things comics and "nerd" culture. We look at movies, video games, manga, and more. In addition, we create fictional battles between characters and properties to add something a little different to this space. We each have specialties we bring to the table and look forward to bringing you original ideas and unique takes.
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A weekly podcast where Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones, and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite group chat, come to life.
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The Bleeders is a podcast (and support group!) about book writing and publishing. Transparent conversations with authors, agents, and people in the publishing industry about how to write and sell books. The title is a nod to the famous (potentially misattributed) Hemingway quote: “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Sign up for The Bleeders companion Substack! https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome
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Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Discover it all at www.folger.edu. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places—not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Our "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast explores the fascinating and varied connections between Shakespeare, his works, and the world around us.
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Two friends and the occasional guest take listeners on a chapter-by-chapter exploration of the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien by treating them as sacred texts worthy of close study. One is a relative newcomer and one has been calling herself a hobbit since the age of 8. Each week, we will cover a chapter through a different motif and use sacred practices to dive deep into the lore of Middle Earth.
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Join Liz Booker as she interviews authors whose books feature women in aviation from across genres, historical periods, and types of flying, and be inspired by the tenacity, adventure, and courage of our sisters in the air. * Liz not only promotes books featuring women in aviation, but also provides the tools and information for other women to tell their stories. Check out Writers' Room interviews for in-depth discussions on writing, publishing, and book promotion. * Short on time? * WAYPOIN ...
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Comic Geek Speak is the best podcast about comic books for fans and new readers alike. Put together by a group of life-long comic geeks, it's 4-5 hours a week of comic book history, current comic news, and a general look at the industry. In addition to all the latest in comics talk, the show also features creator interviews, listener responses, contests, and trivia, lots of trivia. So listen in and experience all the joys of a Wednesday afternoon at the comic shop, from the comfort of your o ...
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Ever wanted to talk with someone about a book you just read? You could just join a book group and talk about it, drink a little, veer off on tangents, work back around to the book again, and finally wrap it up by picking the next book. But what happens when the book you just read is about about hungry zombies or a haunted house, and your Traveling Pants?reading friends aren?t really into reading it, much less discussing its finer points? That?s what we?re here for. We Two Mikes will be your ...
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Librarian Christina Nelson from the Austin Public Library draws from her experience overseeing collections and acquisitions to share how to get your book into libraries, how to coordinate an author event at your local library, and how authors and libraries support each other. Find our show notes at greenleafbookgroup.com/episode80…
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The IS-2 is the quintessential Soviet heavy tank from World War 2. Heavily armored and boasting a fearsome 122mm gun, this tank matched the German panzers on the Eastern front by more than just its fierce appearance. In Peter Samsonov's book IS-2: Development, Design, and Production of Stalin's Warhammer (Military History Group, 2022), this tank's …
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Exegetes have long relied on the framework of the Acts of the Apostles to understand the behavior and organization of Paul’s various ekklēsiai (assemblies), or church communities, from which Christ-groups have often been conceptualized as extensions from practices of diasporic Jewish synagogues. However, Richard S. Ascough’s work has been at the fo…
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Today’s guest is Trevor Thompson. Trevor is a photographer, BASE jumper, outdoorsman, and former Navy SEAL. He served in the SEAL Teams for eight years, making three combat deployments. During his time stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Trevor discovered an interest in skydiving and BASE jumping. As a member of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Lea…
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Matt Abrahams contacted Claire via Linked In to say ‘Can we talk about my new book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot‘. It was a no brainer to say yes as we have been doing so much work on not knowing and how to speak when you don’t know what to say! There are some great insights in today’s episodes i…
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On this episode of Vibe Check, Sam, Saeed, and Zach talk about the recent slew of celebrity lawsuits that have been filed in New York, and they reflect on the past year of Elon Musk’s reign at X (Twitter). Plus, a few recommendations to help you keep your vibe right. We want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch wi…
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Kathryn and Lorienne begin our deep dive into Narnia from high above the world of the books and finally zoom into the delicate lace fabric that is the first chapter. We find refuge in these three pages that surprise us and we hope delight you. We refer again to The Trevor Project. Please read about what they do, volunteer if you are able, and ask f…
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Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like “pandemic,” a Freudian state of mind like the “Oedipus complex,” or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese theme park, ancient Greek culture shapes the contours of our lives. Ever since the first Roman imitators, we have been continually falling under the Greeks’ spell. But how di…
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The SAGE Handbook of Human-Machine Communication (Sage, 2023) has been designed to serve as the touchstone text for researchers and scholars engaging in new research in this fast-developing field. Chapters provide a comprehensive grounding of the history, methods, debates and theories that contribute to the study of human-machine communication. Fur…
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Brawlers, this week join Nemesis, Doom , Bullseye, Sinestro and welcome back Black Manta, as they talk about two massive properties in Nerdom, Star Trek v Harry Potter. They will talk about their favorites from each, what they love thats been inspired by them, their misses and where they want to see these two franchise in the future. Dooms controls…
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Happy Thanksgiving! Please join us next week for more of The Emotion Code. Are you tired of traditional financial advisors who only focus on money and neglect your emotional, mental, and spiritual health? Look no further than 3o3andyou, Our team of four non-financial advisors is on a mission to revolutionize the way we think about financial well-be…
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Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world's only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. In The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft (Bloomsbury, 2023), he introduces us to this world. The st…
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Ran Zwigenberg’s Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (U Chicago Press, 2023) explores early efforts by the American military, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social scientists to understand the effects of the atomic bombings on the minds of those who had survived. In positioning the book as “a …
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The War for England's Shores: S-Boats and the Fight Against British Coastal Convoys (US Naval Institute Press, 2023) by Dr. G. H. Bennett examines the Kriegsmarine's S-Boat offensive along the English Channel and the North Sea from 1940 to 1945, together with British and, later, Allied responses to nullify that threat. Very fast, and armed with tor…
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Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener book recommendation requests. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range …
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Infrastructure is essential to defining how the public functions, yet there is little public knowledge regarding why and how it became today's strongest global force over government and individual lives. Who should build and maintain infrastructures? How are they to be protected? And why are they all in such bad shape? In Lifelines of our Society: …
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How do we currently preserve and access texts, and will our current methods be sustainable in the future? In From Handwriting to Footprinting: Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis (Open Book Publishers, 2023), Anne Baillot seeks to answer this question by offering a detailed analysis of the methods that enable access to textual materials,…
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Varsha, Mike M., Dan, Carl D. Albert and I continue our group read of the Second Apocalypse series with our discussion of Part IV of The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker. We will be discussing a part of the book every two weeks. If you'd like to join or participate in our forum discussions they can be found here: https://www.pagechewin…
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Shortlisted for the 2023 Lumen Prize, Kat Mustatea's Voidopolis (MIT Press, 2023) is a hybrid digital artistic and literary project in the form of an augmented reality book, which retells Dante's Inferno as if it were set in pandemic-ravaged New York City. Voidopolis is a digital performance about loss and memory presented as an augmented reality (…
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In this interview with Astronaut Pilot Eileen Collins, she talks about her path, from her childhood in Elmira, New York, through community college and ROTC, to Air Force Flight Training, Instructing, a combat mission in Grenada, Stanford, and Test Pilot School, to becoming the first female, and mother, NASA Space Shuttle pilot and mission commander…
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Today’s guest is counterterrorism and intelligence expert, Matthew Levitt. Matthew is a Fromer-Wexler Fellow at The Washington Institute and the director of its Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. He previously worked as deputy assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasu…
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This week, Brooke, Melissa, Stacy, Georgina, Shannon, and Meka are discussing some of their most anticipated December releases. Titles mentioned include:Katherine Faulkner, The Other MothersTara Laskowski, The Weekend RetreatRebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #2)Kate Robb, This Spells LoveDenise Williams, Technically YoursSeressia …
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This week we discussed characters, because one episode wasn't enough. Why do we love characters on page 1, POV's, second read realizations, whether fantasy readers are character readers, villains, fandoms, why Batman should kill and much more! Susana Imaginario: http://susanaimaginario.com/index.html Jose's Amazing Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/@…
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In today's show we listen to some previous winners of the Booker, the youngest ever winner Eleanor Catton on The Luminaries, Marlon James on his winning book, A Brief History of Seven Killings plus last year's winner Shehan Karunatilaka with The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Plus we listen to some brand new books available in the RNIB Library.…
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Magic is ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. Yet if witchcraft is acknowledged as a persistent presence in the medieval and early modern eras, practical magic by contrast – performed to a useful end for payment, and actually more common than malign spellcasting – has been overlooked. In Love Spells and Lost Treasure: Service Magic i…
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Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks This story originally aired in Escape Pod 622 (April 2018) Some cursing. Suggestions of violence and death. Anna and Marisol in Time and Space by Tim Pratt The big day came, and Anna was tempted to tie […] Source…
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Susana, Robyn, Layla, Chris and I discuss all things Tiamat's Wrath. SPOILERS abound! Watch on YouTube Susana Imaginario: http://susanaimaginario.com/index.html Find Layla Find Robyn Find Chris PageChewing.com PAGECHEWING: Comics & Manga Podcast Film Chewing Podcast Linktree Join Riverside.fmBy Steve
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Greg Bailey discusses his new translation of the Gaṇeśa Khaṇḍa of the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, one of the few texts dedicated solely to the popular elephant-headed Indian god Gaṇeśa. About the book: The first two khaas of the Brahmavaivarta Puraa (BvP) deal with Brahma and Prakti respectively. Both introducing the theology that enables Ka to be treat…
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The world renowned performance coach Steve Magness has found through extensive research that tougher individuals are able to perceive stressful situations as challenges instead of threats. In his book “Do Hard Things” he explores the myths around the popular conception of toughness. The book shows how traditional markers of toughness, like putting …
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What's more festive than gathering round a table with turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy, stuffing and pumpkin pie? Previews, of course! Murd, Chris and Ian gorge themselves on Image Catalog Issue 4, DC Connect issue 42, Marvel Previews Vol 6 issue 26, and Diamond Previews issue 422, with books mostly scheduled for release in January 2024. Highlights i…
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We are thrilled to welcome back to the show comic creator John Horsley!!! John had previously appeared on our show to discuss his horror themed Eynes Anthology a few years back and this time he is here to discuss his Kickstarter campaign for a very different type of book! Jonly Nonly began life as a comedic webcomic back in 2008 that John created b…
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Today’s guest is Julian Rademeyer. Julian is an award-winning author, investigative journalist, and one of the key figures in the global fight against organized crime’s illegal wildlife trade. Julian previously served as chief reporter for Media24 Investigations, the Southern Africa editor of AfricaCheck.org, and was a project leader at TRAFFIC, th…
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Why is cows' milk, which few nonwhite people can digest, promoted as a science-backed dietary necessity in countries where the majority of the population is lactose-intolerant? Why are gigantic new dairy farms permitted to deplete the sparse water resources of desert ecosystems? Why do thousands of U.S. dairy farmers every year give up after strugg…
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The mantra known as Gāyatrī or Sāvitrī (Ṛgveda III 62.10) is one of the most frequently recited texts of mankind. Over the course of time it has not only been personified as the mother of the Vedas – the oldest religious literature of South Asia –, but has even come to be venerated as a goddess. Today many consider it the most important, most effic…
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In Living in Houses: A Personal History of English Domestic Architecture (Lund Humphries, 2022), Dr. Ruth Dalton presents a rich and rewarding history of houses in England through the stories of nine houses, dating from the 1600s to the 1980s, which have been inhabited by the author, an architect and academic. Chronologically ordered, the book cove…
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If you missed the live launch of The Human Behind The Coach at The Coaching Inn last week, here’s your chance to catch up. This week’s host is Alan Gyle - the voice of The Coaching Inn credits! Karen Foy interviews Claire and Lucia about the book. This episode is also available in full on our YouTube channel Check out www.thehumanbehindthecoach.com…
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On this special book club episode of Vibe Check, Saeed, Sam, and Zach talk to author Matthew Desmond about his book, “Poverty, by America”. Plus, Matthew answers a few listener questions. We want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch with us on Instagram at @samsanders, @theferocity, and @zachstaff.…
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It's another trip to the movies for the Comic Book Bears on this new audio episode as Bill Z, Caleb and Steve discuss The Marvels! The film is the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. The Marvels was directed by Nia DaCosta and stars Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, Iman Vellani as Ms. …
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Isabelle Schuler’s debut novel Queen Hereafter attempts to fill in a backstory for Lady Macbeth. The book takes place in 11th century Scotland, where a king’s reign tended to be short and brutal. For her version of Lady M, Schuler didn’t rely on Shakespeare or his source material, Holinshed’s Chronicles. Instead, she looked to the annals and sagas …
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Molly talks with author BettyJoyce Nash about her book, "Everybody Here Is Kin". About "Everybody Here Is Kin" On Boneyard Island, Georgia, where everyone's weirdly kin, 13-year-old Lucille is marooned when her mother goes AWOL with an old flame, leaving Lucille with only her father's ashes, two half-siblings, and Will, the misanthropic manager of …
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Sanskrit narrative is the lifeblood of Indian culture, encapsulating and perpetuating insights and values central to Indian thought and practice. Raj Balkaran and McComas Taylor's edited volume Visions and Revisions in Sanskrit Narrative: Studies in the Sanskrit Epics and Purāṇas (ANU Press, 2023) brings together eighteen of the foremost scholars a…
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The Hero's Journey ends with a return to status quo and a call to the next adventure. Kathryn and Lorienne discuss various ways that is shown in this final chapter of the Lord of the Rings. Who do you think is the hero of the Lord of the Rings? Kathryn mentioned The Trevor Project. And we honor our transgender siblings.…
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Join the Comic Book Bears boys as fall is fully in gear! Steve, Bill and Caleb are all back on the mic and kick off this latest audio episode with a post-Halloween-mostly-about-horror-movies opening tangent salvo and follow that up with some comic book (and a tiny bit of non-comic book) related news. The CBBers then movie over to that funnybook rou…
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Brawlers, join Nemesis, Bullseye, Doom and Sinestro as they talk all things Pokemon! They talk what got them into Pokemon in the first place, their favorite aspects of it, what they want to see in the future from Pokemon and what kind of gyms they would have. Plus don't miss this weeks Brawl of the Week, Ghost Rider vs Silver Surfer, Doom once agai…
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We are starting a new book, The Emotion Code by Dr. Bradley Nelson. Chapter 1 is slow starting and a basic introduction to emotions and how they affect all aspects of our life. Are you tired of traditional financial advisors who only focus on money and neglect your emotional, mental, and spiritual health? Look no further than 3o3andyou, Our team of…
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