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  • How To Find Your Passion And Purpose: Four Easy Steps to Discover A Job You Want And Live the Life You Love

    Cassandra Gaisford

    eBook (Blue Giraffe Publishing, Jan. 7, 2016)
    Focus Your Energy and Time to Achieve Outstanding Personal and Professional Results With Absolute Certainty and Excitement.What if you could increase your success, health and happiness with a few simple steps? How would your life be different if you had more energy, motivation, confidence and self-belief? What if you could hit your business, personal and financial targets easily? Imagine waking up every morning looking forward to your day, working and living with purpose, passion and profit.Amazon bestselling author of Mid-Life Career Rescue, and award-winning artist, Cassandra Gaisford provides simple but powerful and easy to implement ways to find your passion and purpose. Based on survey research, personal achievements and her professional expertise and success as a career and life coach helping people achieve outstanding results - including lawyers, teachers, back-to-work mums, accountants, school leavers and creative entrepreneurs - Gaisford answers the question: how to do find your destiny and follow your bliss. In How To Find Your Passion and Purpose: Four Easy Steps to Discover A Job You Want and Live The Life You Love, you’ll learn:Why successful people follow their passion, not their pensionHow to identify your REAL prioritiesHow working with passion can cure many modern-day ills - depression, anxiety, overwhelm and boredomHow passion and purpose reduces stressHow to be happy and successfulHow to double your productivity effortlesslyHow to boost your self-esteem and super-charge the confidence needed to make an inspired change How to change jobs and find a career you will enjoy, including self-employmentHow to discover your signature gifts and talents and confirm your work-related strengthsHow identifying your PPT will increase profit, peace and prosperityBONUS: Find Your Passion WorkbookBONUS: Living with Purpose WorkbookBONUS: Making Decisions and Choosing Your Best-Fit Career Workbook If you’re like many people who don’t know what they are passionate about or what gives your life meaning and purpose, this book will help provide the answers. If you have been told it’s not realistic to work and live with passion, this book will help change your mindset. If you’re too busy, too tired, too stressed out to read a lengthy book, this concise guide comes to your rescue.Quit just existing and start really living!Buy this book now to start achieving outstanding personal and professional results with absolute certainty and excitement.Pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page!
  • Let's Count Butterflies

    Susan R. Stoltz, Cody Hooper-Kaufmann

    Board book (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, Nov. 15, 2018)
    This beautifully illustrated book is a learning book for infants and toddlers aged newborn to 4. Teaching tools such as matching the color of the number with the word in the same color help toddlers associate words with the number. These colorful illustrations help toddlers learn to count and also include the name of each butterfly so learning happens on many levels, even for the adults reading the book. It's so much fun learning to count butterflies. Great for homeschooling as well.
  • Pug Is Happy

    Melissa Bailey

    Board book (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, March 30, 2018)
    Pugs are so expressive, and this little one helps young children identify emotions and feelings, which is a tough task at that age. The book is reassuring, and the illustrations charming. When feelings are too big for them, spend some quiet time with this book. Pug is happy, and excited and so many other emotions! Toddlers will love his engaging face and silly antics as well as learn about emotions.
  • Steve The Dung Beetle: On A Roll

    Susan R. Stoltz, Amy Betz, Melissa Bailey

    Hardcover (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, May 15, 2019)
    Steve the dung beetle......is on a mission. Roll the ball of poo home.Everyone wants to know what Steve is up to on his journey home. The elephant, giraffe, and warthog, among others, ask the same thing, "Why are you rolling that ball of poo?The lion wants to know why Steve uses his back legs to roll the poo.The baboon asks how he finds his way. It's a disgusting job, but somebody has got to do it.All along his trip home, Steve teaches the other animals about his job and how it helps them and the environment. It's a fascinating look into one of the world's most interesting insects. And you might find yourself laughing along with the spotted hyena.You and your child will love Steve's adventure, because of the brilliant illustrations and all the fantastic facts. Bonus: Dung Beetle Jokes at the end! They're delightful.
  • Seymour The Naughty Goat

    Susan R. Stoltz, Sandi K. Drewitz, Casey D. Brose

    Paperback (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, April 10, 2015)
    Seymour lives in a zoo and gets into lots of trouble each and every day. He does naughty things that make his goat friends and zoo visitors angry. But even though Seymour is naughty the goats and people still love him very much.
  • Stress Less. Love Life More.: How to Stop Worrying, Reduce Anxiety, Eliminate Negative Thinking and Find Happiness

    Cassandra Gaisford

    Paperback (Blue Giraffe Publishing, Oct. 14, 2017)
    There’s no doubt modern life has become more and more stressful. Many people agree that the effect of stress is becoming harder for most people to handle. The pressures of work, relationships, families, the fast pace of life and increasing demands on your time can leave you in a state of turmoil. However, there is a cure—reclaiming joy by building greater resilience.In Stress Less. Love Life More best-selling author and holistic therapist Cassandra Gaisford (BCA, Dip Psych) reveals dozens of insights based on positive psychology research, and professional achievements gained by successfully helping burned-out corporate executives, teenagers, extraordinary artists, authors, frazzled employees and creative entrepreneurs and people from all walks of life, destress and succeed more. This book explores the effects of stress on the body and mind and offers practical solutions to achieving the right balance in our life. It explores ways to master effective stress management, as well as providing quick-fix stress relievers and ongoing therapies such as yoga, massage, nutrition, and meditation.In Stress Less. Live More you'll discover:Why following your bliss is an antidote for stressHow to tune into your body barometerHow to anticipate potential stressful things before they occurPractical methods for managing common and extraordinary stressorsHow to build life-affirming coping strategiesHow to get your mojo back and empower your business and personal lifeHow to rediscover joy and love life againGaisford provides a fresh approach to living, from contemporary quick-fixes for those combating the pressures of modern life, to soothing rituals and long-term solutions for a better life. This quintessential lifestyle guide reassures you that joy is within your reach, and shows you how to reclaim your, happiness, health, close relationships, career—and sanity. If you feel despondent or discouraged…If your relationships are suffering If you constantly feel exhausted…If you lack confidence or self-esteem…If you find the challenges of life overwhelming…If you’d love to stress less and live more……then Stress Less. Love Life More is exactly the right book for you—because it will show you that these challenges are a critical part of your success. The secret is knowing how to use them to your advantage, to turn your world around and achieve your goals.Expanding upon the ground-breaking work in Gaisford's previous bestsellers The Art of Success, Mid-Life Career Rescue, and How to Find Your Passion and Purpose Gaisford explores the tension every person faces in an effort to blend an inspired life with a practical path to success. Being stressed isn’t a disadvantage; rather, it is a powerful tool to be harnessed to transform your life and elevate your success.If you’re short on time but high on motivation Stress Less. Love Life More will cheerlead, support, encourage and inspire you to move toward health, happiness fulfillment and success. Living a meaningful life, and enjoying life’s journey is your birthright. Lay claim to it now. Click the BUY NOW button at the top of this page to get your copy today.
  • A Flamboyance, A Crash, and A Dazzle

    Susan R. Stoltz, Sandi Drewitz, Melissa Bailey

    Hardcover (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, Feb. 28, 2019)
    A delightful book about the words describing groups of animals. From a Mess of iguanas to a Flamboyance of flamingos this rhyming book will delight all audiences. Endorsed by several award winning authors, actors, and news anchors A Flamboyance, A Crash, and A Dazzle is entertaining, enchanting, and informative for children and adults alike.
  • Mid-Life Career Rescue

    Cassandra Gaisford

    eBook (Blue Giraffe Publishing, Nov. 4, 2015)
    Practical, inspiring and empowering tips and strategies every job hunter and career changer needs to know Are you showing signs of job dissatisfaction? Did you wake up this morning excited to face the day ahead? Or did the thought of getting up and going to work make you wish you could stay in bed? If Monday mornings are a low point in your week, it may be a sign that it’s time for a new career.Often you know what you want subconsciously before you know it consciously. While you may still be debating whether or not to stay in your job, your subconscious mind may have already decided it’s time for you to move on. The trouble is, you may not know what to do. You may be like so many career changers who say, “I could do anything if only I knew what it was.” Perhaps your job is making you sick. Common signs of neglecting your happiness and feeling trapped in a job that you don’t enjoy can include:• Headaches• Insomnia• Tiredness• Depression• Low self-esteem• Lack of confidence• Irritability and other warning signs.It’s not surprising you may be struggling to get the energy or confidence needed to successfully find a new job or make a career change. Mid-Life Career Rescue will help take the stress out of making a change, confirm your best-fit career and give you the confidence to move toward your preferred future.Whether you’re wanting to make a mid-life career change, proactively looking for new and more fulfilling ways of working and earning a living, job-hunting after job loss, or hoping to fall back in love with a job that you’ve come to hate, this book comes to the rescue. Career counseling expert, holistic therapist, and best-selling author of Stress Less and How to Find Your Passion and Purpose, Cassandra Gaisford (BCA, Dip Psych) shares inspiring and practical career-change and job-hunting tips and strategies, she's used successfully herself and with clients. Mid-Life Career Rescue will help you:* Discover a job you love, and find your passion and purpose* Boost confidence, courage, and self-esteem* Flame the embers of inspiration and enthusiasm* Identify and find your skills, talents, strengths and point of brilliance* Reduce stress, insecurity, anxiety, depression, and self-doubt* Boost confidence, and improve low self-esteem, insecurity, anxiety, depression and self-doubt* Break free of a job you hate and be happy* Increase your health and well-being* Successfully make a career change after 50Whether you love the idea of the 4-hour workweek, want to find a job that reflects who you are and what's important to you, or thinking about starting a business, changing careers and finding a new job can be yours. As Richard N Bolles, author of 'What Colour Is Your Parachute', once said to the author, “sometimes all it takes is one book, one sentence to transform your life.”Quit feeling trapped. Reclaim your power! Find a job you love and finally live the life you want. Scroll up and click "Buy Now” before it’s too late.The strategies in this book will also help job-hunters in their 20s, 30s or 40s successfully change careers. REVISED AND UPDATED WITH BONUS CHAPTER, "OVERCOMING OBSTACLES"
  • Steve the Dung Beetle: On A Roll

    Susan Stoltz, Melissa Bailey

    language (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, May 17, 2019)
    Hey, Steve! Why are you rolling that ball of poo? Steve the dung beetle is on a mission: to roll his dung ball home. Along the way, he meets curious animals who ask him what he is doing. Steve's answers, by turns gross, funny, and fascinating, show how a little bug can make a BIG impact on the environment. It's a disgusting job, but somebody's got to do it!
  • Steve The Dung Beetle: On A Roll

    Susan R. Stoltz, Melissa Bailey

    Hardcover (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, Dec. 1, 2019)
    2019 Silver Medal Winner of the International Moonbeam Children's Book Awards! Of course! It's second place! #2! What else for Steve??Steve the dung beetle......is on a mission. Roll the ball of poo home.Everyone wants to know what Steve is up to on his journey home. The elephant, giraffe, and warthog, among others, ask the same thing, "Why are you rolling that ball of poo?The lion wants to know why Steve uses his back legs to roll the poo.The baboon asks how he finds his way. It's a disgusting job, but somebody has got to do it.All along his trip home, Steve teaches the other animals about his job and how it helps them and the environment. It's a fascinating look into one of the world's most interesting insects. And you might find yourself laughing along with the spotted hyena.You and your child will love Steve's adventure, because of the brilliant illustrations and all the fantastic facts. Bonus: Dung Beetle Jokes at the end and on the back of the new dust jacket! They're delightful.
  • Steve the Dung Beetle: On A Roll

    Susan R Stoltz, Melissa Bailey

    Paperback (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, Feb. 28, 2019)
    Hey, Steve! Why are you rolling that ball of poo? Steve the dung beetle is on a mission: to roll his dung ball home. Along the way, he meets curious animals who ask him what he is doing. Steve's answers, by turns gross, funny, and fascinating, show how a little bug can make a BIG impact on the environment. It's a disgusting job, but somebody's got to do it!
  • Edie Goes The Wrong Way

    Susan R. Stoltz, Sandi Drewitz, Melissa Bailey

    Hardcover (Pygmy Giraffe Publishing, Feb. 15, 2019)
    Edie has much to learn... ...as she swims her way. The other rays don't like it, though... ...when she goes astray. As a parent, we want our children to celebrate their uniqueness. This wonderful children's book explores all the advantages of being yourself. Edie may be going the wrong way, according to others, but she's learning and exploring. That makes her happy. It's a big world out there in the vast oceans. She makes lots of friends. And even finds pirate treasure. With brilliant illustrations of sharks, rays, crabs, fish, and other aquatic life, the story told in verse will make story time your child's favorite part of the day. Tuck them in... ...turn on the light. Read about Edie... ...and have a good night. You and your child will love this story about being who you are no matter what other fishes say. Get it now.