Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-defense

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Prentice Hall, 1990 - Health & Fitness - 273 pages
In this book, the author shows you how her revolutionary system of language behavior can guide you to better health and help you overcome stress-building hostility and develop strong social support networks; defuse tension, minimize conflict, and increase peace of mind; replace harmful negative thinking with healthful positive thinking; perceive yourself as someone in control rather than as a victim. In addition, you'll discover several simple techniques to help you feel in control over painful symptoms. You'll also see why your body's natural painkillers are more effective than any pain pill could be.

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Contents

WE
1
Technique 1Applying Millers Law
7
DEEP IN THE HEART OF YOU
15
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Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-defense
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About the author (1990)

Suzette Haden Elgin was born Patricia Anne Wilkins on November 18, 1936 in Missouri. She received a PhD in linguistics from the University of California at San Diego in 1973. She taught there from 1972 to 1980, when she retired to focus on her writing full time. Her books include The Communipaths, Furthest, At the Seventh Level, Yonder Comes the Other End of Time, Twelve Fair Kingdoms, The Grand Jubilee, A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan, Peacetalk 101, and Native Tongue Trilogy. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1978. The organization's Elgin Award, for best poetry book and chapbook of the year, is named in her honor. She wrote The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook. She was also widely published as a linguist. Her works include the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series. She died on January 27, 2015 at the age of 78.

Bibliographic information

TitleStaying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-defense
AuthorSuzette Haden Elgin
PublisherPrentice Hall, 1990
Original fromPennsylvania State University
DigitizedJun 29, 2009
ISBN0138451249, 9780138451240
Length273 pages
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Health & Fitness / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech & Pronunciation
  
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