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    • JANET
      • At Home on the Kazakh Steppe
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    • WOODY
      • MOLP
      • Kmedjzik
      • The Woonboot
      • Cargo
  • LEARN MORE
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anger and aggression

2 May 2025

Alzheimer’s Many A Words

I’ve come up with FIVE gerunds that describe how I’m dealing with this journey. (owning my emotions in the moment, surrounding myself in support, educating myself to this insidious and still somewhat mysterious disease, identifying the challenges I face, and … Read More

agitation, Alzheimer's A Words, ambivalence, anger and aggression, Anosognosia, anxiety, apathy, appetite, Janet Givens, Janet Givens author

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Books

LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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