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Discover how to turn ADHD labels into superpowers and give your productivity and well-being a boost! Do you have trouble organizing your days for success? Is getting started the only thing taking more time and effort than completing a task? Do you often lack energy and feel your work or relationships suffer as a direct result? In a world hardly tailored to suit adults with ADHD, you might find it difficult to thrive. The struggle of experimenting with changes makes it all the more exhausting to adjust your approach to everyday life.

Uma das maiores referências sobre Cuidados Paliativos no Brasil, Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes aborda o tema da finitude sob um ângulo surpreendente. Segundo ela, o que deveria nos assustar não é a morte em si, mas a possibilidade de chegarmos ao fim da vida sem aproveitá-la, de não usarmos nosso tempo da maneira que gostaríamos. Invertendo a perspectiva do senso comum, somos levados a repensar nossa própria existência e a oferecer às pessoas ao re dor a oportunidade de viverem bem até o dia de sua partida.

When Anna Flores' adored older sister goes missing as a teenager, Anna copes by disappearing too and eventually building a life for herself abroad. Thirty years later, the death of her mother finally forces Anna to return home. Tasked with sorting through her mother's possessions, she begins to confront not just her mother's death but also the huge hole Gabriella's disappearance left in her life - and finds herself asking a question she's not allowed herself to ask for years: what really happened to her sister?

Colombia’s Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this constant struggle, nothing is taken for granted. Damaris lives with her fisherman husband in a shack on a bluff overlooking the sea. Childless and at that age 'when women dry up', as her uncle puts it, she is eager to adopt an orphaned puppy. But this act may bring more than just affection into her home.

Hay pocas historias en México que han cambiado la vida empresarial y social del país como la del arquitecto Miguel Quintana Pali, fundador y director general de Grupo Xcaret. El pionero del turismo sostenible sintetiza sus casi cinco décadas de experiencia como emprendedor-empresario - primero como tendero, luego como parquero y, ahora, hotelero - en una serie de consejos para quienes buscan iniciar un negocio y los musts para tener éxito.

Los abismos es un relato estremecedor en el que una hija asume las revelaciones de su madre y los silencios de su padre para empezar a construir su propio mundo. Tras el éxito de La perra, con esta novela, Pilar Quintana consolida el importante lugar que ha conquistado en las letras hispanoamericanas.

Damaris, una mujer del Pacífico entrada en la madurez y con muchas decepciones a cuestas, adopta a una perra y la llama Chirli, como hubiera querido llamar a la hija que nunca tuvo. Nace, así, una relación intensa y entrañable, en la que Damaris pone todo de sí para enderezar un destino que ya creía del todo torcido. En el 2018 Pilar Quintana ganó el Premio de Narrativa Colombiana por esta novela.

Médica geriatra com vasta experiência em Cuidados Paliativos, Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes nos convida a um novo olhar sobre esse momento. A perspectiva da finitude pode trazer clareza para as escolhas, reavivar lembranças, restaurar afetos. Pode abrir caminho para um processo de luto amoroso e íntegro, ainda que haja dor. Este audiolivro nos conduz pelas etapas do adoecimento com gentileza e sabedoria. Aprendemos a levar conforto para o corpo enfraquecido.

Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery. Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants. Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth.

The crazy girls, they called them – or at least, Elizabeth liked to think they did. As a teenager in the late 1970s, she was clever, overweight and a perfect victim for the bullies. Then Rachel and her family arrived in town and, for Elizabeth, it was as if a light had been switched on. She was drawn to the bright and beautiful Rachel like a moth to a flame. Rachel had her own reasons for wanting Elizabeth as a friend and, although their relationship was far from equal, Elizabeth would do anything for Rachel. Then the first body was discovered.

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Cuentos de Pilar Quintana que no dejarán a nadie indiferente.

Ramón Montez always achieves his goals. Whether that means collecting Ivy League degrees or growing his father’s fast-food empire, nothing sets Ramón off course. So when the sexy señorita who kissed him on the Day of the Dead runs off into the night with his heart, he determines to do whatever it takes to find her again.

Com momentos tocantes, tensos e também divertidos, Histórias lindas de morrer nos relembra a importância das relações humanas e do respeito ao outro. Como médica paliativa, Ana Claudia Quintana Arantes cuida de pacientes terminais há mais de vinte anos, em contato íntimo com os momentos de maior vulnerabilidade do ser humano. Uma das principais vozes na tentativa de quebrar o tabu sobre a morte no Brasil, ela nos traz uma coleção de emocionantes histórias reais colhidas em sua prática diária, em que a proximidade do fim nos revela em toda a nossa profundidade.

"If this is one of those robocalls, please delete my number,” orders Reinalda Paraíso, a painter whose work lies at the heart of C. Quintana’s new play, The 126-Year-Old Artist. On the other end of the line is Yésica Ortega, a young, queer, Latine curator who “discovers” Reinalda's work at a flea market and becomes obsessively determined to make a name for them both.

Are you struggling to move on after an abusive relationship? Did a narcissist break your heart (and almost your spirit), and you’re still lost in heartbreak? Are you afraid of getting involved with the same type of man and hurting all over again? Recovering and healing after an abusive relationship is a difficult journey. You may no longer recognize the woman in the mirror staring back at you. If you're tired of hurting at the hands of your ex and ready to leave the darkness behind, listen o this audiobook, catch the life preserver, and let Suzanna help pull you to shore.

Dan Quintana is a scientist trying to better understand how our physiology influences behaviour. On this show you'll find a mix of episodes on research that's catching Dan's eye in biological psychology, interviews with other scientists, and Dan sharing his daily research process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Copernican view of the universe is mistaken. The Earth continues to be the center of the universe, because here there is life, and plenty of it. From the very limited exploration of our solar system, we have learned that there is no complex meaningful life. For humanity to survive in this century, we need to change the paradigm back to the Earth is the center of the universe. The nearest star system, Proxima Centuri, is at least 4.2 light years, (over 20 trillion miles) and unreachable. It would take approximately 70,000 years with present technology to get there.

Agora, junta-se aos leitores como caminhante na trilha da vida e do envelhecimento, oferecendo dicas práticas, conselhos e belas histórias neste guia de bem-viver. O que é preciso fazer para tornar nosso corpo habitável, nossa mente sã e nosso espírito elevado enquanto não chega essa hora? Como podemos envelhecer bem? Algumas orientações já conhecemos: sabemos da importância da boa alimentação e da atividade física, mas Ana Claudia traz novas motivações para cuidarmos da saúde do corpo.

Todo está preparado para el gran baile que va a celebrarse en el jardín más enigmático de la ciudad de Madrid. Ana recibe su invitación sin ninguna expectativa: su alma rebelde rechaza la ostentación. Nada puede hacerle sospechar que aquel no será un baile más. Está a punto de encontrarse con alguien que le abrirá las puertas de un mundo desconocido y fascinante: son muchos los misterios que el jardín encierra en su interior. Las normas nunca han supuesto una limitación para ella, sin embargo, para adentrarse en ese mundo necesitará más coraje y valentía que nunca.