Böcker av Mike Parson

Embark on a captivating journey through the evolution of luxury markets with this insightful analysis. Delve into the historical roots of iconic brands and their enduring strategies for maintaining prestige amidst modern challenges. From the impact of social media to the rise of accessible luxury, discover how brands like Rolex and Porsche have adapted, solidifying their positions as pioneers in the ever-changing landscape of luxury. Explore the post-pandemic implications for luxury brands and gain a deeper understanding of the timeless principles that shape consumer perceptions of luxury. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the forces driving the luxury market, making it essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts alike.

Grief is a natural response to loss. It's the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away. Often, the pain of loss can feel overwhelming. You may experience all kinds of difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt, and profound sadness. The pain of grief can also disrupt your physical health, making it difficult to sleep, eat, or think straight. These are normal reactions to loss-and the more significant the loss, the more intense your grief will be.Coping with the loss of someone or something you love is one of life's biggest challenges. You may associate grieving with the death of a loved one-which is often the cause of the most intense type of grief-but any loss can cause griefAlthough the experience of grief and how one grieves may be unique to the individual, they are influenced by relational, cultural, and spiritual beliefs.Despite a universal familiarity with death and grief, the capacity to articulate the meaning of grief challenges even premier scholars in the fields of psychology, sociology, theology, and anthropology.This book has been motivated and inspired by a lifetime relationship with death and the awareness that our contemporary understanding of dying, which lacks a multivalent language, is inadequate.

A marriage usually deteriorates slowly, after months or years of simmering tension and poor communication.Divorce and parental separation have been associated with a range of adverse outcomes affecting all those involved in the process. But why is it challenging for men, as multiple studies indicate it to be? How could men and women create a support system that will help the couple overcome challenges related to the split and help children cope with their parent's separation?Marriage has been directly associated with men's health. 66% of men rely on their wives for their primary social support. Thus, divorce dramatically increases a man's sense of isolation.Divorce will mess you up in ways you never imagined and at times when you least expect it. You can have three or four days in a row where you're focused on other parts of your life like your career or your children and then…BOOM! You wake up one morning, and you're drowning in emotional quicksand.This book explores what happens to some men when a marriage ends in divorce despite the best intentions and heroic efforts on all sides.

The substantial increases in life expectancy at birth achieved over the previous century, combined with medical advances, escalating health and social care costs, and higher expectations for older age, have led to international interest in how to promote a healthier old age and how to age "successfully." Changing patterns of illness in old age, with morbidity being compressed into fewer years and effective interventions to reduce disability and health risks in later life, make the goal of aging successfully more realistic.Most health care provided in the developed world goes to those aged 65 years or above. The medical model is so dominant that few health professionals are aware of psychosocial aging. The result focuses on the burden of old age, the decline, and the body's failure. This negative perspective inevitably dominates consultations between doctors and patients. However, there is ample evidence that many elderly people regard themselves as happy and well, even in the presence of disease or disability.