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Embrace your courageous spirit Why do some women have the courage to develop their full potential, fight injustice, embrace faith, and choose their own path? Are they the exceptional few, or can every woman claim courage to live life on her own terms? Sandra Ford Walston, a nationally renowned international speaker and courage coach, believes that courage is part of every woman's "heart center." By returning to the original definition of courage-the Old French "corage," meaning "heart and spirit"-she shows how this ancient female virtue fits in our world today, and reveals why recognizing...

"The COURAGE Difference at Work: A Unique Success Guide for Women" awakens women to the invaluable virtue of courage. Most people will say they were raised to value virtues such as honesty; however, few people grow up hearing the word courage applied to daily life, much less knowing how to apply it in their everyday journey. Our culture and the media focus on the sensational, amazing, scandalous, tragic, heroic, glamorous and superficial, or even the bizarre. This book invites the everyday person, the "Average Jill," to assess where she is stuck at work, distinguish the obstacles that hold...

Do you have what it takes to get everything you want on the job? From life? Throughout the twenty plus years of innovative research, best-selling author and global leader, Sandra Ford Walston discovered that when faced with certain obstacles, many will allow those obstacles to become an endless series of dramas holding us back in our personal and professional lives. Unfortunately, the natural tendency is to stay stalled in a mental comfort zone ... and stagnate. Are you ready to face the obstacles and fulfill your potential? Walston's most recent book, FACE IT , has methodically researched...

This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for analyzing the social use of language and is concerned with the description of how speakers engage in conversation and other forms of social interaction involving language. Its proponents are not only linguists but sociologists and anthropologists as well. The unifying theme of these chapters is the intersection of practice and form through the construction of turns and sequences.

An Essential History of Current Reading Practices describes the key research and trends that have informed, shaped, and given direction to reading education over the last half-century. This volume - penned by some of the best-known experts in the field - can familiarize any educator, from novice to expert, with the complex nature of teaching reading. It also can provide readers a starting point for examining particular topics in depth. The contributors review landmark research from the middle of the 20th century through today, highlighting political and social pressures that have influenced...