A comprehensive collection of powerful phrases to help you face a variety of life's challenges.
Travelers to foreign countries often carry handy phrase books to help them navigate uncharted territory. Now there's a guide for getting through tough times in plain English-an essential selection of well-honed phrases to help you soothe and smooth your way through any prickly situation.
Divided into three sections-Magic Words to say to yourself, to others, and for universal situations-this invaluable guide contains the verbal keys to the kingdom. Protect yourself in the midst of a...

In December 2008, my worst nightmare came true . . . How do you pick yourself up after the one thing you most feared happens to you? Alexandra Penney's revealing, spirited, and ultimately redemptive true story shows us how. Throughout her life, Alexandra Penney's worst fear was of becoming a bag lady. Even as she worked several jobs while raising a son as a single mother, wrote a bestselling advice book, and became editor in chief of Self magazine, she was haunted by the image of herself alone, bankrupt, and living on the street. She even went to therapy in an attempt to alleviate the worry...