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How important is work to your wellbeing? Before you answer think about this: if you work an 8-hour day, travel an hour, have an hour for lunch (usually at or near work) and sleep 8 hours you've only 6 hours for everything else! Suddenly it becomes very clear why having a fulfilling and satisfying career is so important! Yet with the massively changing world of work there is widespread dissatisfaction and fear surrounding our ability to find work, keep and enjoy it. For many people the unspoken issues of fear and lack of confidence have a devastating impact on their careers and lives. These are the issues addressed in From Fear to Courage. Through the diary notes of career coach Dr Susie Linder-Pelz we meet people of differing ages, backgrounds and occupations, each experiencing a real-life career crisis. For example, a chirpy marketing professional reaching 40 and feeling trapped, a regretful teacher, a fear-filled generation-X training consultant, and a midlife manager made redundant.
In the tenth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series, lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau take on the very prairie subject of grasses. Was ever there a prairie-er subject than grass? Important providers of habitat and food for numerous wildlife species, grasses also serve an integral role in erosion control. For the gardener they can open up a bounty of landscaping options, from the lawn to the pond. In the tenth installment of their popular gardening guide series, lifelong gardeners Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau give you the skinny on everything from sod to sedges and raking to rushes. Following a primer on what exactly defines a grass, Sheryl and Janet t...
"The Prairie Gardener guides offer tips on planning, planting and growing gardens, and troubleshooting pests and diseases." —Calgary Herald Your guide to trouble-shooting weeds, pests, diseases, moulds, critters, and other common prairie gardener’s problems in this second title in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series. Whether you’re an experienced prairie gardener or have just a few weeks under your belt, chances are you’ve come to know at least a couple of pesky insects, moulds, or much larger lurkers on a first-name basis. But what to do about these interlopers who can seem hell-bent on ruining your hard work? Lifelong gardeners Janet and Sheryl are here to help. In this seco...
Here is an invaluable book that provides you with a comprehensive introduction and exploration of the present and future issues of computer use in occupational therapy. This practical book will serve as a resource--to the novice, the experienced, and the student--regarding the often overwhelming world of microcomputer use in your profession. Computer Applications in Occupational Therapy will serve as your source of answers to the questions you may have regarding the often overwhelming world of microcomputer usage in your field. Occupational therapy professionals explore such topics as the impact of this new technology on rehabilitation, robotics and the disabled, and the computer as an administrative tool and as an educational tool. With this practical guide, you can learn how to best use the computer for your specific needs and avoid the pitfalls that many encounter when first using the computer.
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Soils have important roles to play in criminal and environmental forensic science. Since the initial concept of using soil in forensic investigations was mooted by Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes stories prior to real-world applications, this branch of forensic science has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. New techniques in chemical, physical, biological, ecological and spatial analysis, coupled with informatics, are being applied to reducing areas of search by investigators, site identification, site comparison and measurement for the eventual use as evidence in court. Soils can provide intelligence, in assisting the determination of the provenance of samples from artifacts, v...