Remembering Well

Author : Sarah York
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780787958657

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Remembering Well offers family members, clergy, funeral professionals, and hospice workers ways to plan services and rituals that honor the spirit of the deceased and are faithful to that person's values and beliefs, while also respecting the needs and wishes of those who will attAnd the services. It is an essential resource for anyone who yearns to put death in a spiritual context but is unsure how to do so-including both those who have broken with tradition and those who wish to give new meaning to the time-honored rituals of their faith. The real-life stories, examples, and practical guidelines in this book address a wide array of important issues, including the difficult decisions that survivors must make quickly when a death occurs-and the sensitive topic of family alienation, where possibilities for healing, forgiveness, and hope are explored. The invaluable insights offered here will help those who grieve to prepare mind and spirit for life's final rites of passage.

Author : Delys Sargeant,Anne Unkenstein
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1865085839

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Remembering Well by Delys Sargeant,Anne Unkenstein Pdf

How does memory change as we grow older, and what can we do about it? This is question is at the heart of Remembering Well. Drawing on many people's experiences, the book: explains how memory works and what factors affect it - like hearing and stress; explores what is part of normal memory change over the years and what is not; and presents strategies for managing these changes well.

Author : Scott A. Small
Publisher : Crown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593136195

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Forgetting by Scott A. Small Pdf

“Fascinating and useful . . . The distinguished memory researcher Scott A. Small explains why forgetfulness is not only normal but also beneficial.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of The Code Breaker and Leonardo da Vinci Who wouldn’t want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience every day, appears in sharp relief. Until recently, most everyone—memory scientists included—believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. Forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It’s not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us—and, alongside memory, it is a required function for our minds to work best. Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As frustrating as a typical lapse can be, it’s precisely what opens up our minds to making better decisions, experiencing joy and relationships, and flourishing artistically. From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned decision-making expert Daniel Kahneman, Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings into illuminating context while also revealing groundbreaking developments about Alzheimer’s disease. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good.

Author : James W. Heisig
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0824836693

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Remembering the Kanji 2 by James W. Heisig Pdf

Following the first volume of Remembering the Kanji, the present work provides students with helpful tools for learning the pronunciation of the kanji. Behind the notorious inconsistencies in the way the Japanese language has come to pronounce the characters it received from China lie several coherent patterns. Identifying these patterns and arranging them in logical order can reduce dramatically the amount of time spent in the brute memorization of sounds unrelated to written forms. Many of the “primitive elements,” or building blocks, used in the drawing of the characters also serve to indicate the “Chinese reading” that particular kanji use, chiefly in compound terms. By learning one of the kanji that uses such a “signal primitive,” one can learn the entire group at the same time. In this way, Remembering the Kanji 2 lays out the varieties of phonetic pattern and offers helpful hints for learning readings, that might otherwise appear completely random, in an efficient and rational way. Individual frames cross-reference the kanji to alternate readings and to the frame in volume 1 in which the meaning and writing of the kanji was first introduced. A parallel system of pronouncing the kanji, their “Japanese readings,” uses native Japanese words assigned to particular Chinese characters. Although these are more easily learned because of the association of the meaning to a single word, the author creates a kind of phonetic alphabet of single syllable words, each connected to a simple Japanese word, and shows how they can be combined to help memorize particularly troublesome vocabulary. The 4th edition has been updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the government in 2010 as “general-use” kanji.

Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401395513

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Pdf

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic. "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull over the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave—"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"—wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have . . . and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

Author : Simon Knell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000198041

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The Museum’s Borders by Simon Knell Pdf

The Museum’s Borders demonstrates that museum practices are deeply entangled in border making, patrol, mitigation and erasure, and that the border lens offers a new tool for deconstructing and reconfiguring such practices. Arguing that the museum is a critical institution for the operation of knowledge-based democracies, Knell investigates how they have been used by scientists, art historians and historians to construct our bordered world. Examining the role of museums in the Windrush scandal in Britain, the exclusion of Black artists in America, ideological and propaganda discourses in Europe and China, and the remembering of contested pasts in the Balkans, Knell argues for the importance of museums in countering unethical, nationalistic, post-fact political discourse. Using the principles of Knell’s ‘Contemporary Museology’, The Museum’s Borders considers the significance of the museum for societies that wish to know and remember in ways that empower citizens and build cohesive societies. The book will be of great interest to students and academics engaged in the study of museums and heritage, art history, science studies, cultural studies, anthropology, memory studies and history. It is required reading for museum professionals seeking to adopt non-discriminatory practices.

Author : Richard Peck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:61226335

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Remembering the Good Times by Richard Peck Pdf

Author : Pam Schweitzer,Errollyn Bruce
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1846428041

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Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today by Pam Schweitzer,Errollyn Bruce Pdf

Reminiscence is a vital way to stimulate communication and promote confidence and self-worth in people with dementia. This practical guide is designed to give those who care for people with dementia a clear sense of how reminiscence can be used to greatly improve their quality of life. The book explores how reminiscence can contribute to person-centred dementia care and contains detailed descriptions of activities that can be used in a group setting, for one-to-one reminiscence at home or in a variety of care settings. Based on ideas developed and tested internationally over a period of ten years, the book offers imaginative approaches to reminiscence and a wealth of resources for use in a wide range of situations. The book includes advice on organising a reminiscence project and provides a useful planning tool for group sessions. Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today highlights the value of reminiscence for those with dementia and is an essential guide to good practice for family and professional carers.

Author : Llyn Roberts
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780990842

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The Good Remembering by Llyn Roberts Pdf

Through the ages spiritual teachers, healers and shamans of all traditions have been telling us that there is another world behind this one. One of powerful, loving energies, and beings of light. Their voices speak to us, and it we are prepared to listen, they will change our lives, and our planet's future. The Good Remembering is an inspired rendering of the collective wisdom of these voices, drawing on native wisdom from around the world.

Author : Michelle L. Meade,Celia B. Harris,Penny Van Bergen,John Sutton,Amanda J. Barnier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191057786

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Collaborative Remembering by Michelle L. Meade,Celia B. Harris,Penny Van Bergen,John Sutton,Amanda J. Barnier Pdf

We remember in social contexts. We reminisce about the past together, collaborate to remember shared experiences, and, even when we are alone, we remember in the context of our communities and cultures. Taking an interdisciplinary approach throughout, this text comprehensively covers collaborative remembering across the fields of developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, discourse processing, philosophy, neuropsychology, design, and media studies. It highlights points of overlap and contrast across the many disciplinary perspectives and, with its sections on 'Approaches of Collaborative Remembering' and 'Applications of Collaborative Remembering', also connects basic and applied research. Written with late-stage undergraduates and early-stage graduates in mind, the book is also a valuable tool for memory specialists and academics in the fields of psychology, cognitive science and philosophy who are interested in collaborative memory research.

Author : A Coal Miner's Son
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462873975

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Remembering by A Coal Miner's Son Pdf

I want to thank my Mother and Father for engraining in me the values I have always tried to live by. Honesty, Truth, and to help others when they need help. My brothers and sister for all of the memories I have of growing up in what I think were the best of times. The many friends I had at that time and the adventure we embarked on each day. The teachers who instilled in me the virtues I lived by later in life. The soldiers who fought and died to insure that this country remain strong for generations to come. I also want to thank God for the many blessings I receive each day. I feel I am the luckiest man in the world to have grown up in the time period that I did. With that I will leave you and pray that all of you have enjoyed life as much as I have. A coal miners son.

Author : Carol Tuttle
Publisher : Elton-Wolf Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Change (Psychology)
ISBN : 1587830299

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Remembering Wholeness by Carol Tuttle Pdf

We are hard-wired for joy, happiness, good-health, wealth, and loving relationships -- God designed us for this outcome. If you are not experiencing this in your life and you want to, it is time. Carol Tuttle has arrived just in time. In an explosion of how-to books and cure-all programs, Carol's voice is one of clarity. Her approach is simple and profound. Carol's message is a gift that will open you to a new level of understanding and she offers her light with gratitude and a pure heart. Book jacket.

Author : Lawrence Wright
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307790675

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Remembering Satan by Lawrence Wright Pdf

In 1988 Ericka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What captured national attention in this case is that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department. Remembering Satan is a lucid, measured, yet absolutely riveting inquest into a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and captivated an America obsessed by rumors of a satanic underground. As it follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental health professionals. Remembering Satan gives us what is at once a psychological detective story and a domestic tragedy about what happens when modern science is subsumed by our most archaic fears.

Author : Jen Carter
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1492137774

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Remembering Summer by Jen Carter Pdf

Livy Green always thought going away to college in Los Angeles was what she wanted. Finally, she'd be able to get away from Stratford with its ridiculous Shakespeare festival and small-town quirks. Unfortunately, moving away came at a price: saying goodbye to her best friend Hunter-in more ways than one. Now, two weeks before college graduation, Livy is ready to continue on with her life in Los Angeles as an independent young adult. But when she's called back to Stratford to see a gravely-ill friend, she suddenly finds herself having to face Hunter and the reasons she left home in the first place. Remembering her summers growing up in Stratford might be the only way to figure out what she really wants for life after college-that is, if she's ready to face the truth. (Young Adult Contemporary Fiction)

Author : Daniel Barrett,Joe Vitale
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401941604

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The Remembering Process by Daniel Barrett,Joe Vitale Pdf

Personal problems? World problems? Healing issues? Creativity challenges? They can all be resolved with an amazing new method called "remembering." The Remembering Process reveals a breakthrough technique that anyone can use to easily create, produce, innovate, solve, resolve . . . and more! Beyond any New Age or self-help teaching, this process proves that it’s not only possible to tap into the future, but that it’s also accessible to us in every moment. This leading-edge book is a mind-stretching exploration in manifesting your goals and desires by "remembering" how they exist in the future. Join award-winning musician and music producer Daniel Barrett and best-selling author and The Secret standout star Joe Vitale as they teach you this empowering, practical technique; and start creating the life you desire today!