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How do you start and run a successful business, despite the odds? This unique guide to entrepreneurship teaches you practical math and management skills alongside the emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and coping skills that you need in order to overcome internal barriers to success no matter what type of business you are in. Joe Biel, author of “A People's Guide to Publishing,” draws on twenty-six years of business ownership and management experience to walk you through how to think like a business owner, plan, strategize, manage budgets, scale up, and keep your focus on what's most important. Dr. Faith Harper, author of the bestselling “Unf**k Your Brain,” provides vital skills that aren't often lauded in business books, such as overcoming imposter syndrome and other fears, communicating your boundaries, building mutually beneficial relationships, and preventing your emotional baggage from becoming your biggest business pitfall. If you've ever dreamed of starting a small business, or if you currently run a business and want to strengthen it for long term success, this practical guide cuts through the jargon and teaches you the skills you need to enjoy facing the challenges and surprises every day in business brings.

In so many facets of our lives, it can be surprisingly hard to speak up, listen well, and find mutual understanding. At some point, all of us will experience an unfortunate miscommunication with a friend or intimate partner, and sometimes there's just no escaping a difficult conversation with a family member or colleague. Rather than eating your words or running from confrontation, learn to communicate confidently and listen empathetically with the help of Dr. Faith G. Harper, bestselling author of Unfuck Your Brain and Unfuck Your Intimacy. In this no-nonsense guide, you'll find conversational templates, guidance for setting boundaries, and tips for talking effectively at home, at work, at school, in everyday encounters, and even with social services and other bureaucratic entities-all of which form a handy toolkit for successful communication. Introduction Grounding Exercise: The Reorientation Countdown What Makes Up Our Communication Types of Communication Styles of Communication - Aggressive Styles of Communication - Passive Styles of Communication - Assertive Some Questions to Reflect On Strategies for Communication Levels of Communication So How Does Our Communication Get Fucked Up? Unfuck Your Communication The Communication Commandments Using "I" Statements Communicating What We Want instead of What We Don't Handling No S.T.F.U. Communicating Support What Does Support Look Like for The Other Person? And When It's Really Bad? Communicating Consent: Boundaries How Do the People in Your Life Respond to Your Boundaries? Questions for Determining If a Boundary Is Safely Enforceable How to Communicate When We Fail to Respect Other People's Boundaries Questions to Consider When No Remains No: When Do You Need to Justify Your Boundaries? Communicating Through Uncomfortable Topics Communicating about Sex The Feedback Burrito Communicating about Religion How to Shut Down Shitty Comments Communicating about Politics How to Engage Respectfully Around Politics What if the Political Beliefs Are ... Cultlike? Communicating about Addiction Recovery and Mental Health Treatment Communicating about Food Communicating about Money When It Is a Partner Other People Fucking Up My Finances Communicating Through Conflict Resolving Conflict Is It Intentional? Who You Really Mad At, Cupcake? Humor Rather Than Snipe Beware the Horsemen Ask for What You Need and Negotiate on Preferences Conflict Communication Tool: Collaborative Communication Conflict Communication Tool: Objective Effectiveness Tools for When Negotiation Shuts Down BIFF Responses Brief Informative Friendly Firm Advice Admonishments Apologies The Pane of Glass Trick The Grey Rock Method Communicating in Systems Self-Communication: Reframing Toxic Self-Talk Compassionate Letter to Oneself Conclusion Appendix: Toxic Relational Strategies in Communication Questions to Consider As You Go Through This List "Great with life advice in general…Expounds on key interpersonal skills."

How do you raise your kids to be feminist, anti-racist, gender-inclusive, self-compassionate, and with strong respect for boundaries and consent in a society that offers mixed messages on all these things-especially when none of this was part of your own upbringing? How can you prepare the next generation to find joy and stability and also cope with economic instability, police brutality, political polarization, militant nationalism, and environmental disaster? Drawing from their own experiences raising diverse and politically active young people, parents and therapists Dr. Faith Harper and Bonnie Scott have written a parenting guide for the twenty-first century.

Untangle your emotions and expectations about money so that you can live your best financial life. Without fear and shame holding you back, it's more possible to move past all those social barriers to actualizing whatever your money aspirations are, whether that's getting a raise, getting out of debt, having honest conversations about money with your family, raising your kids to be savers, or wherever your values lead you. Dr. Faith, author of the bestselling Unf*ck Your Brain and Unf*ck Your Intimacy, tackles one of the toughest emotional topics there is with her trademark mix of neuroscience, gentle encouragement, and no-nonsense language. This book isn't about getting rich quick (or necessarily at all)-it's about figuring out your own economic values and baggage, and learning to be the person in the world you know you have it in you to be.

Stand up for yourself even if you're conflict avoidant. Boundaries are the ways we communicate our needs. They are what allow us to feel safe among strangers, in everyday interactions, and in our closest relationships. When we have healthy boundaries, we have a strong foundation in an uncertain world. And when someone crosses your boundaries, or you cross someone else's, the result range from unsettling to catastrophic. In this audiobook, Dr. Faith Harper offers a full understanding of issues of boundaries and consent, how we can communicate and listen more effectively, and how to survive and move on from situations where our boundaries are violated. Along the way, you'll learn when and how to effectively say "no", and "yes", troubleshoot conflict, and respect your own and others' boundaries like a pro. You'll be amazed at how much these skills improve your relationships with friends, strangers, coworkers, and loved ones.