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Overcoming Overwhelm: Dismantle Your Stress From the Inside Out

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

With Overcoming Overwhelm: Dismantle Your Stress From the Inside Out (Sounds True), a practical, supportive guide, you'll target and address the causes of overwhelm in your life – some obvious, and many that will surprise you. Pioneering naturopathic physician Dr. Samantha Brody shows you the way, with four simple steps to better health, greater resilience, and peace of mind. For decades, Dr. Brody has helped people to transform their lives with her innovative approach. Do more. Be more. Try harder. It's the battle cry of our culture, and it's making millions of us sick, tired, and frustrated. Why? Because we simply can’t solve stress and overwhelm by doing more and more of what we've been doing. Using her proven and practical techniques that have already…

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Less of More: Pursuing Spiritual Abundance in a World of Never Enough

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

The Constitution guarantees the right to the pursuit of happiness. But for most Americans, what this means is the pursuit of more – more money, more prestige, more stuff. Far from offering happiness and satisfaction, this relentless pursuit has only left us exhausted, isolated, miserable, and wondering if there is a better way. Pastor Chris Nye’s Less of More (Baker) exposes the American pursuit of more for what it truly is: an attempt to satisfy our souls with the temporary instead of the eternal.

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