Richard Schwartz is the pseudonym of a German author renowned for his fantasy novel cycles. His works frequently focus on intricate worlds and epic narratives that have garnered acclaim within the fantasy genre. The author emphasizes detailed thematic exploration and the construction of complex plots, thereby crafting an immersive reading experience. His writing is characterized by its ability to draw readers into adventure and mystery.
Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities, and Trends
676 pages
24 hours of reading
In this skillfully curated collection, best-selling author and general editor Jenna Riemersma, invites 30 leading IFS professionals to apply the transformative insights of the IFS model to a wide range of clients, communities, and modalities. Altogether Us features a glimpse into the future of the IFS model from founder Dr. Richard Schwartz, as well as a never-before published IFS shorthand tool. Each chapter integrates the IFS model with a separate, specific topic.Altogether Us aims to expand access to IFS while affirming the vision of Dr. Schwartz to celebrate diverse and inclusive expressions of Self-leadership in the world.
This book has garnered high praise from notable figures, including Esther Perel, highlighting its compelling insights and engaging narrative. It delves into themes of relationships, emotional dynamics, and personal growth, making it a significant contribution to contemporary discussions on human connections. The author's unique perspective and thought-provoking analysis encourage readers to reflect on their own experiences and relationships, making it a transformative read.
The book introduces Internal Family Systems (IFS), a therapeutic model by Dr. Richard Schwartz that posits our minds consist of distinct parts, creating an 'internal family.' It aims to help readers understand their mental processes by identifying roles such as Protectors and Exiles. Through practical guidance, it emphasizes the importance of the 8 Cs of 'Self'—confidence, calmness, creativity, clarity, courage, curiosity, compassion, and connectedness—encouraging readers to achieve mental wholeness and self-compassion.
"Judaism and Global Survival discusses the challenges facing humanity and the Jewish teachings related to these challenges, in order to galvanize Jews to help repair the world (tikkun olam), as required by Jewish law. It argues that we don't need to discover new values and approaches to address current global threats. What is needed is a rediscovery and application of basic Jewish teachings and mandates, such as to pursue peace and justice, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to act as co-workers with God in protecting and preserving the world. Judaism and Global Survival is meant to be a wake-up call, the strongest that one can make, on the urgency of addressing climate threats and other environmental threats, and the importance of Jews applying Jewish values in addressing these threats. Among the issues discussed in the book are the following: Jews are to guardians of the earth, partners and co-workers with God in working toward tikkun olam, the healing repair and proper transforming of the world; climate change is an existential threat to the world and the only hope to avert a climate catastrophe is through a major shift to plant-based diets, as that would enable reforestation of the vast areas now used for animal agriculture, reducing atmospheric CO2 to a much safer level; vegetarianism, and even mores veganism, is the diet most consistent with Jewish teachings on preserving our health, treating animals with compassion, protecting the environment, conserving natural resources, and hoping hungry people"-- Provided by publisher
"For over four decades, Richard Schwartz has engaged with two ethically rich ways of living that, as he charts in this book, he came to appreciate in middle age: Judaism and veganism. Having been born into a secular Jewish family, it was his marriage and an increasing commitment to social justice that propelled him to study and rediscover the essence of his Jewish faith. That sense of social justice further raised his awareness of the environmental movement, and, ultimately, to animal rights and veganism. In Vegan Revolution: Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism, Schwartz shows how, now perhaps more than ever, veganism offers a pathway for all of us of whatever faith (or no faith) to reduce hunger, conserve the environment, save water, reinstitute justice, and care for animals and the Earth. It is no coincidence, as Schwartz demonstrates, that many of these ideas are mandates in Jewish scripture, and that reincorporating a care for the world (tikkun olam) can itself reinvigorate the spirit of a faith and galvanize its practitioners to act"--
Outer billiards provides a toy model for planetary motion and exhibits intricate and mysterious behavior even for seemingly simple examples. It is a dynamical system in which a particle in the plane moves around the outside of a convex shape according to a scheme that is reminiscent of ordinary billiards. The Plaid Model , which is a self-contained sequel to Richard Schwartz’s Outer Billiards on Kites , provides a combinatorial model for orbits of outer billiards on kites.Schwartz relates these orbits to such topics as polytope exchange transformations, renormalization, continued fractions, corner percolation, and the Truchet tile system. The combinatorial model, called “the plaid model,” has a self-similar structure that blends geometry and elementary number theory. The results were discovered through computer experimentation and it seems that the conclusions would be extremely difficult to reach through traditional mathematics.The book includes an extensive computer program that allows readers to explore the materials interactively and each theorem is accompanied by a computer demonstration.
Postwar Higher Education in America: Just Yesterday explores the apogee of
American Higher Education and its devolution into its current state. It offers
concrete recommendations for capitalizing on its lost strengths and restoring
the standards and expectations that our current students have been denied.
Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) offers an innovative approach to treating various mental health issues, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders. By focusing on the internal dynamics of the mind, IFS helps individuals understand and integrate their different emotional parts, leading to healing and personal growth. This therapy emphasizes self-compassion and the importance of nurturing one's inner self, making it a transformative option for those seeking to overcome psychological challenges.
Set against the backdrop of America's Red Scare, this narrative explores the intricate relationships among playwright Arthur Miller, director Elia Kazan, and actress Marilyn Monroe. Their collaboration begins with Miller's screenplay work alongside Kazan, who introduces him to Monroe, igniting a passionate affair despite Miller's marriage. The tension escalates after Kazan testifies against former Communists, leading to a rift with Miller, who responds by writing "THE CRUCIBLE" to critique informing. This story delves into the personal and artistic conflicts that shaped 1950s American culture.
This book is a unique teaching tool that takes math lovers on a journey designed to motivate kids (and kids at heart) to learn the fun of factoring and prime numbers. This volume visually explores the concepts of factoring and the role of prime and composite numbers. The playful and colorful monsters are designed to give children (and even older audiences) an intuitive understanding of the building blocks of numbers and the basics of multiplication. The introduction and appendices can also help adult readers answer questions about factoring from their young audience. The artwork is crisp and creative and the colors are bright and engaging, making this volume a welcome deviation from standard math texts. Any person, regardless of age, can profit from reading this book. Readers will find themselves returning to its pages for a very long time, continually learning from and getting to know the monsters as their knowledge expands. You Can Count on Monsters is a magnificent addition for any math education program and is enthusiastically recommended to every teacher, parent and grandparent, student, child, or other individual interested in exploring the visually fascinating world of the numbers 1 through 100.