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    Coming soon!  Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance  by Salyer and Leaver. Watch for it! Book Description: Unlock the Mind. Empower the Learner. Transform Language Education. Why do capable students fail to thrive in language classrooms? Why do smart learners sabotage their own progress with unproductive thoughts and emotions?  Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance  offers educators and learners alike a groundbreaking framework for identifying and dismantling the hidden psychological barriers that block language acquisition. Drawing on decades of fieldwork and research, this unique collaboration between educator Dr. Betty Lou Leaver and psychologist Dr. Shannon Salyer explores how distorted thinking and unresolved emotional tension quietly derail learning success. With insights shaped by extensive experience at premier institutions like the Foreign Service Institute and the Defense Language Insti...

  Coming soon!  Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance  by Salyer and Leaver. Watch for it! Book Description: also coming soon For more "coming soon" announcements, click  HERE . For more posts on language learning, click  HERE . For more posts on cognition, click  HERE . For more posts on affect, click  HERE . For more posts on emotional developmental, click  H.ERE To purchase copies of any MSI Press book at 25% discount, use code FF25 at  MSI Press webstore . Want to read an MSI Press book and not have to buy for it? (1) Ask your local library to purchase and shelve it. (2) Ask us for a review copy; we love to have our books reviewed. VISIT OUR  WEBSITE  TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL OUR AUTHORS AND TITLES. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date) Check out  recent issues .   ...

  Coming soon!  Managing Cognitive Distortions and Mitigating Affective Dissonance  by Salyer and Leaver. Watch for it! Book Description: also coming soon For more "coming soon" announcements, click  HERE . For more posts on language learning, click  HERE . For more posts on cognition, click  HERE . For more posts on affect, click  HERE . For more posts on emotional developmental, click  H.ERE To purchase copies of any MSI Press book at 25% discount, use code FF25 at  MSI Press webstore . Want to read an MSI Press book and not have to buy for it? (1) Ask your local library to purchase and shelve it. (2) Ask us for a review copy; we love to have our books reviewed. VISIT OUR  WEBSITE  TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL OUR AUTHORS AND TITLES. Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date) Check out  recent issues .   ...

  from treatment and recovery systems Many of the decisions that that Carl made in the last few months of his cancer-riddled life were completely irrational. In some cases, I did not know enough about the situations to know that they were irrational; they did not seem right, but the contractors went along with Carl. After all, he was paying, so it was his decision even if irrational.  Examples?  He had the sump pump behind the house removed and the area filled with concrete. During the first tremendous rains -- California's 2023 crazy storm season -- we ended up with a backyard swimming pool. The plumber reinstalled the sump pump.  He set up three generators (one probably would have done) powered by a wind turbine (we do have a lot of wind here) to maintain electricity if the power went out for a long period of time. Yes, we are on top of an earthquake fault, but we had not lost power for more than a couple of hours -- ever. And have not lost it at all since. To powe...