An analysis of the messages about history, culture, and politics that Latin American nations have encoded in the design and text of their postage stamps.

Anxiety is natural. Calm is learned. If you didn’t learn yesterday, you can learn today. It’s not easy, of course. Once your natural alarm system is triggered, it’s hard to find the off switch. Indeed, you don’t have an off switch until you build one. Tame Your Anxiety shows you how. Readers learn about the brain chemicals that make us feel threatened and the chemicals that make us feel safe. You’ll see how your brain turns on these chemicals with neural pathways built from past experience, and, most important, you discover your power to build new pathways, to enjoy more happy chemicals, and reduce threat chemicals. This book does not tell you to imagine yourself on a tropical beach. That’s the last thing you want when you feel like a lion is chasing you. Instead, you will learn to ask your inner mammal what it wants and how you can get it. Each time you step toward meeting a survival need, you build the neural pathways that expect your needs to be met. You don’t have to wait for a perfect world to feel good. You can feel good right now. The exercises in this book help you build a self-soothing circuit in steps so small that anyone can do it. Once you learn how it’s done, and how it can help ease your anxiety, you will learn how to handle situations in which you feel threatened or anxious. Understanding the underlying mechanisms will help you stop them before they get ahead of you.

Amanda was nicknamed "The Hunter Princess" years ago, but she's so much more than a pretty blonde on horseback. Desperate to prove herself and find something more in life, she makes a rash decision, joining an equestrian riding challenge bound for TVs across America. While she's finding out that you can't believe everything you see on TV, her decision ripples across the network of horsewomen she's connected with over the years. At Seabreeze Equestrian Center, Grace begrudgingly welcomes the cameras and production crew for the new show, while taking some time out from teaching to consider her next chapter. At Cotswold Farm, Alex is watching the dismal stats of Thoroughbred horse racing and wondering if she can continue to call this sport her own. And at Briar Hill Farm, Jules is...well, she's Jules, pure and simple. But she might have to loosen up her competitive nature before this adventure is over! Join the Briar Hill Farm family for one more ride in this final volume of a multi-voice trilogy exploring the triumphs and challenges of creating a life with horses.

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Christina "Tiny" Hardcastle, the wife of a politician with aspirations to national office, struggles to keep up her perfect life despite the unwelcome arrival of her unpredictable sister, Pepper, and an incriminating photograph.

The magazine that helps career moms balance their personal and professional lives.