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Seeing The Wider Picture
by Charlotte ParnellMeditation is often seen by those who do not practise it as something mysterious, something foreign, even something 'hippy', yet many of us have experienced a meditative state without even realising it.There is an ever-increasing body of opinion, let alone evidence, that meditation is good for you and particularly helps in dealing with stress.This book helps to break down the mystery, by making the practice more accessible, and by giving you a series of simple-to-follow exercises: a step-by-step, how-to guide to meditation. Even experienced meditators should find something to enjoy in the exercises within.This book helps you to start to access a different dimension and a new perspective on what is going on in your life and beyond it. It will start a process in you of looking afresh.It will help you to open your eyes - by closing them - so you can begin to see the Wider Picture.
Self-Hypnosis: Easy Ways to Hypnotize Your Problems Away
by Bruce GoldbergHere is a revolutionary approach to coping with habits| Phobias' chronic pain, and other issues using easy-to-use techniques of self-hypnosis. The effect of techniques presented within, like making self-hypnosis tapes to reprogram the subconscious, is to put the "self" back in self-help and eliminate the many dependencies and co-dependencies that complicate and take the joy out of life. Both theory and scripts are presented in this book to help you reach your goals and give you viable solutions for: Increasing self-confidence. Weight reduction. Quitting smoking. Relieving chronic pain. Dealing with phobias and fears. Improving concentration and memory. Slowing down and even reversing the aging process. Enhancing creativity. Sexual dysfunction. By devoting a mere 20 minutes each day to this approach, you can literally take charge of your life. Hypnotic suggestions are effective because they bypass the conscious mind's natural resistance to change and to reprogram the "computer" we call the subconscious to permanently effect these changes. Self-Hypnosis is a compelling book that will change the way you view your life. This is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring self-awareness and taking control of his or her destiny.
Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out
by Phillip C. McgrawA guide to self exploration and greater personal growth
Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out
by Phillip C. McGrawIn Self Matters, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw helps you to demystify your self-concept, and learn how to reclaim your authentic self.What if there is a You that has never seen the light of day, has never got to say, "Hey, what about me?"What if there is a You that you have never even met and certainly never permitted to just be, without fear of judgment or condemnation?What if you live your life on the sidelines in constant fear of failing to please those who forever seem to stand in judgment of you and your life?What if you discovered that you had settled for what life has served up instead of what you really wanted and needed?What if you really think and feel things you have never allowed to come out, and certainly never acted on?What if your marriage is not at all what you really emotionally want and need, but you silently stay the course anyway, selling out your hope to be happy?What if you are allowing days to turn into weeks and weeks to turn into months and months to turn into years, all adding up to a lifetime of being what some nameless, faceless world has assigned you to be? If any of these "What ifs" are true, then it's time to step back and reevaluate your life. There's some good news and bad news. The bad news is you are making the choices that have put you in this life circumstance; the good news is you are making the choices that have put you in this life circumstance. Now is the time to make the biggest choice of your life. Through Self Matters, Dr. Phil will help you do just that.
Self-Promotion for the Creative Person: Get the Word Out About Who You are and What You Do
by Lee SilberAre you a creative person who desperately wants to tell the world about your talents and your art but lacks the time, money, and know-how?Self-Promotion for the Creative Personis full of clever and creative ideas you can use to successfully get the word out about who you are and what you do quickly, easily, and cheaply. Everything you need to know about marketing yourself is included in this book. Self-Promotion for the Creative Personis packed with proven techniques that will work for you whether you are an author, actor, artist, or accordion player who wants fresh, off-beat, and cost-effective ways to build a business or develop a successful and fulfilling career. Full of winning strategies, innovative ideas, and proven sales and marketing techniques, Lee Silber will show you how to go from starving artist to superstar status with smart advice, including: * How to market without money * How to create marketing materials that will sell you even when you're not around * How to build a buzz using word of mouth * How to use the Internet in ways you never thought of to promote yourself * How to get the leaders in your field to endorse and help you Self-promotion is one of the most difficult things a creative person must do. It is also the most critical. Open this book to any page and chances are you will find something that can help you overcome this hurdle and get the attention and recognition you and your talents deserve.
Sent by Earth: A Message from the Grandmother Spirit
by Alice WalkerNow more timely than ever, Alice Walker's Sent By Earth reflects on the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and addresses the anger many Americans felt at the presumed perpetrator of the attack: Osama bin Laden. In powerfully reflective, nuanced, and above all heartfelt prose, Walker explores the seeds of hatred and resentment around the globe, and advances a surprisingly controversial theory: that hatred can never be defeated by hatred, but only by love.
Sentences, Paragraphs, and Beyond: A Worktext with Readings
by Kelly Brandon Lee BrandonFrom the book: The text's three parts and the appendixes cover the full array of topics needed for developmental writing. Part One: Writing Sentences includes parts of sentence structure, phrases and clauses, kinds of sentences, sentence combining, sentence problems, pronoun use, modifiers, punctuation, and spelling. Part Two: Writing Paragraphs and Beyond covers the writing process with instructions, examples, demonstrations, and exercises in freewriting, brainstorming, clustering, topic sentence writing, outlining, revising, and editing. Part Three: Connecting Reading and Writing provides guidance in reading critically and writing summaries; practicing reading-related responses; and recognizing patterns such as process, cause and effect, and exemplification. Reading selections by students and professional writers are dually grouped by pattern and theme. Appendixes cover parts of speech, taking tests, writing a letter of application and a resume, and a guide for ESL students.
The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale and Improve Bottom-line Performance
by James A. AutryServant leadership is leadership the right way--a better way of being a manager and part of organizational life. Servant leadership will produce fulfilling emotional, psychological, and spiritual rewards for everyone involved. It will enhance productivity, encourage creativity, and benefit the bottom line. In The Servant Leader,top-selling author, former Fortune 500 executive, and business consultant James A. Autry shows you how to remain true to the servant leadership model when handling day-to-day and long-term management situations. You'll learn how to manage with respect and honesty and how to empower employees to achieve new levels of satisfaction. Plus, you'll learn why servant leadership can be the guiding light to becoming the kind of leader and person you want to be. You'll discover how to: Maintain your spiritual focus while dealing with such challenging issues as firing, harassment, substance abuse, and performance problems; Provide guidance during conflict and crisis; Assure your continued growth and progress as a leader; Train managers in the principles of servant leadership; Transform a company with morale problems into a great place to work; And more. Real leadership begins on the inside with your own commitment to inspire the best in others. But it's one thing to make the commitment; it's quite another to develop the skills to make that happen. If you are an executive, a manager, or someone who aspires to be in a leadership role, you will find the servant leadership philosophy to be a valuable, refreshing, and rewarding approach to leading others and to business life. "This is an awesome book. James Autry's gift is that he brings lofty ideals down to earth with general illustrations that make them easy to understand and apply. I highly recommend it!" --Jack Canfield, coauthor,Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work. "The Servant Leader illuminates a clear path to personal, spiritual, and material actualization, which, in return,creates an infinite circle of prosperity." --Tom Gould, retired chairman and CEO, Younkers, Inc. "Quite simply, this is an extraordinary book. It is a classic already and the first truly great leadership book of the new century." --John Noble, director, Greenleaf Center, UK. "The Servant Leader is really the best field guide I've seen for helping managers transform themselves into true leaders." --Doug Greene,CEO, New Hope Group. "Servant leadership is key to surviving and thriving in the twenty-first century. Let both Jim Autry and his book, The Servant Leader, be your guide." --Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager.
Sexo sabio: Cómo mantener el interés sexual en la pareja estable
by Antoni BolinchesUn valioso manual para reavivar el erotismo en la pareja, para hacer de la relación sexual un constante camino de descubrimiento. La convivencia en pareja implica muchas dificultades, ya que en cuanto el vínculo amoroso se consolida empiezan a actuar los tres enemigos del amor: los celos, la rutina y la infidelidad. El problema que subyace a todos ellos es la pérdida del interés sexual. Esta obra ofrece las claves para mantener la atracción por el objeto amoroso, para reavivar el erotismo en la pareja y para evitar que el deseo se convierta en una obligación y la sexualidad en el débito conyugal. Pretende establecer las pautas del sexo sabio, es decir, un sexo hecho para perdurar y seguir siendo gratificante, un sexo para quienes deseen convivir en amor sin consumir la pasión y para hacer de la relación sexual un camino de descubrimiento constante.
The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress: Secrets of the Female Taoist Masters
by Hsi Lai• Reveals how the sexual practices of the White Tigress can preserve and restore a woman's physical youthfulness and mental energy.• The first modern guide to White Tigress techniques, the only sexual teachings exclusively for women.• Reveals for the first time in English the hidden teachings of immortaless Hsi Wang Mu, a White Tigress from 3,000 years ago.• Provides Western medical correlations to substantiate White Tigress practices.White Tigress women undertake disciplined sexual and spiritual practices to maintain their beauty and youthfulness, realize their full feminine potential, and achieve immortality. Revealed here for the first time in English are the secrets of the White Tigress that have all but disappeared from the world. Under the guidance of Madame Lin, the matriarch of a distinguished White Tigress lineage still in existence in Taiwan, Hsi Lai was given the privilege to study these practices and record them from a modern perspective so they will be forever preserved. The vast majority of Taoist texts on alchemy, meditation, and sexuality are directed at male practitioners. The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress presents traditions that focus on women, traditions that stem from a long line of courtesans and female Taoists. Translations of the ancient teachings from a rare White Tigress manual dating back 3,000 years explain the sexual and spiritual refinement of ching (sexual energy), chi (vital energy), and shen (consciousness)--the Three Treasures of Taoism--the secret to unlocking eternal youthfulness and immortality.
Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
by Stephanie Capparell Margot MorrellSir Ernest Shackleton was one of the greatest explorers and leaders of men in the 20th Century. From 1914 to 1916 following the wreck of his ship 'Endurance' and despite finding himself stranded 1200 miles from any form of communication and with no hope of rescue, he led all 27 of his men to safety. After spending several months on the pack-ice living on seals, dogs and penguins, they embarked on an heroic 800 mile trip across the frigid South Atlantic - in little more than a rowing boat. The authors of 'Shackleton's Way' have come together to present the explorer's timeless leadership skills - skills that can be learned by anyone of any generation.
The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God
by Ronald RolheiserRolheiser gently guides us into spiritual contemplation, and awakening.
A Short Story Writer's Companion
by Tom BaileyIdeal for anyone interested in writing short stories or for introductory courses in fiction writing, A Short Story Writer's Companion is a highly accessible guide to the craft of creating short fiction. Written in an engaging style, this book enables beginning writers to recognize what works in writing short stories, what doesn't, and why. Part One of A Short Story Writer's Companion discusses fictional truth and significant detail, helping students of the form to make good sense of the often taught creative writing maxim, "Show, don't tell!" Part Two delves into the elements of fiction: character, point of view, plot, setting and time, metaphor, and voice. The author uses specific examples from a variety of widely anthologized short stories to demonstrate how each component functions as a part of the whole and offers advice on the techniques of using each of the elements successfully. Part Three closely examines the fiction-writing process and helps guide writers who may never have written a short story before through drafting, revising, and polishing short stories of their own.
The Signs of God
by Llewellyn Vaughan-LeeThe Signs of God explores the importance of mystical consciousness at this time of global transition. In the depths of the heart is hidden the secret purpose of creation, which is the key to our present time of transformation. The work of the mystic is to make this key accessible to humanity, and so open the doors of revelation. The possibilities of the future are present but veiled, the joy of life is waiting to return. The mystic can help us to awaken to the oneness that is essential to life, and to recognize the signs of God that will guide us and reveal our true purpose.
Simple Things (Hay House Lifestyles Ser.)
by Jim BrickmanSimple Things is a helpful, humorous, poignant step-by-step guide on ways to get out of the fast lane and savor life's true pleasures-from a vacation in your own neighborhood to holding a newborn baby for the first time. It's mostly about opening your eyes. To life. To love. To friendship. And to ordinary miracles that make each day so sweet.
Simplify Your Work Life: Ways to Change the Way You Work so You Have More Time to Live
by Elaine St. JamesWith more than two million copies of the Simplify series books in print--now there are two million and one reasons to simplify, simplify, simplify. Elaine St. James' Simplify series has taught the world how to start doing less and enjoying it more. Now Elaine teaches us to balance one of life's most difficult areas: the work world. Filled with tremendously helpful advice, and easy yet profoundly smart suggestions, her new book shows us big and small ways to scale down and simplify life on the job, such as: Breaking the habit of bringing work home from the office Estimating the time it will take to complete a project, then double the estimate Cutting back on the amount of time you spend working Learning how to make the right decisions quickly Written in the same upbeat, relaxed, and matter-of-fact tone that won millions of readers to the simplicity movement, Simplify Your Work Life is certain to attract even more followers. Elaine's syndicated weekly column Simplify Your Life is carried in 50 newspapers nationwide and is read by more than 2 million fans each week.
Snap, Crackle, or Stop: Change Your Career and Create Your Own Destiny
by Barbara QuinnWhether you've snapped or are crackling with discontent, this book will help you evaluate your current career state and guide you to make the necessary career change. Filled with examples of real people who have transformed their lives, <i>Snap, Crackle, or Stop</i> will inspire you to do the same. Momentum books are for people who want to make things happen in their career and their life, who want to work at something they enjoy and that's worthy of their talent and their time. Momentum people have values and principles. They question who they are and what they do. Wherever they work, they want to feel that what they do has meaning.
Socrates and the Enlightenment Path
by William BodriThis enlightening exploration of Buddhism and Socratic philosophy reveals the deep connections between these two profound traditions of thought.The basis of Western thought and, indeed, our educational system can be attributed to the truth-seeking methods of Socrates. One of the Greek philosopher’s most enduring concepts, the importance of self-knowing, has been echoed throughout Western literature and has many reverberations within Eastern thought.William Bodri shows that Socrates had attained a spiritual stage called samadhi, satisfying the requirements specified in Buddhist systems of one who had attained enlightenment. Bodri points to the comparisons and contrasts between East and West, illuminating both Buddhist and Socratic thought. Using Socrates as an example, Bodri calls for the broadening of our Western ideas of learning to encompass spiritual knowing.
Speak More Effectively
by Dale CarnegieThis is an excellent guide for gaining the ability to persuade an audience to your concepts or to promote interest for a cause. Wonderful guidelines for speaking effectively regardless of the circumstances.
Spiritual Divorce
by Debbie FordCould the end of your marriage be the first step toward reclaiming your personal power and joyfully living the life of your dreams? If the answer is yes, this book is for you.Divorce rocks the very foundation of our beings, leaving us feeling lonely, flawed, enraged, undesirable, hopeless, and empty. In Spiritual Divorce, New York Times bestselling author Debbie Ford reveals how this devastation can be transformed into a profoundly enlightening experience. This empowering guide shows how the collapse of a marriage is, at root, a spiritual wake-up call, an opportunity to liberate ourselves and reclaim our lives. The end of a relationship--no matter who ends it--is a damaging moment. Ford offers a clear program for turning ruin into renewal.
Spiritual Divorce
by Debbie FordCould the end of your marriage be the first step toward reclaiming your personal power and joyfully living the life of your dreams? If the answer is yes, this book is for you. Divorce rocks the very foundation of our beings, leaving us feeling lonely, flawed, enraged, undesirable, hopeless, and empty. In Spiritual Divorce, New York Times bestselling author Debbie Ford reveals how this devastation can be transformed into a profoundly enlightening experience. This empowering guide shows how the collapse of a marriage is, at root, a spiritual wake-up call, an opportunity to liberate ourselves and reclaim our lives. The end of a relationship-no matter who ends it-is a damaging moment. Ford offers a clear program for turning ruin into renewal.
Standing on the Promises: A Woman’s Guide for Surviving the Storms of Life
by Susan Wales Holly HalversonWhen trying seasons come -- as they often do -- women seek firm ground on which to stand. Author Susan Wales shares wisely from a lifetime of personal experience and communication with other women who have coped with the sometimes-piercing hurts within marriage, motherhood, infertility, divorce, financial loss, career, family, friendships, illness, aging, and the death of a loved one. "We all suffer disappointments in our lives," says Wales. Her true-life "survival stories," selected Scripture promises, and contemporary woman's counsel for difficult times will reach readers where they hurt and guide them gently on from fear to faith to freedom from emotional pain. The essential female reference -- for you or a hurting friend!From the Trade Paperback edition.
Starring in Your Own Life
by Lena NozizweAll too often we cast ourselves as spectators, afraid to put ourselves forward and follow our dreams. But you can break free from the boredom and monotony of a lackluster life. This empowering book will show you, step by step, how to infuse more joy, radiance, and vitality into your everyday life, whether you live in Hollywood or Hoboken. Lena Nozizwe, who went from being born in a tiny African village to becoming an award-winning television personality broadcasting to millions, mixes her personal experiences with observations about Hollywood's brightest celebrities to reveal how you, too, can reach deep down for that inner radiance and go for the gusto. Reconnect with your true motivation Plot a script for the life you want Create happy endings, no matter what plot twists you may encounter Understand how your co-stars, supporting players, and villains affect who you are
A Still, Small Voice
by Echo BodineIn A Still, Small Voice, famed psychic Echo Bodine turns to a subject she knows deeply and is passionate about: intuition. Using humorous anecdotes and a positive, readable style, this sequel to Echoes of the Soul explores what intuition is, where it's located, what it sounds like, and how to cultivate it. The author, who comes from a family of psychics, exposes the various internalized voices that can mask one's intuition. These include the voices of parents, grandparents, peers, therapists, significant others, religious figures, and society, along with emotions such as anger, fear, guilt, and despair. The book challenges the cliche that psychic abilities and intuition are the same, or that they are evil. One chapter is devoted to the many practical benefits that come from listening to intuition; another looks at the "faith-building times" in life and how to cope with others' negative reactions to setting off on the spiritual path.
Stirring the Waters
by Janell MoonWhether you're a seasoned writer or just write an occasional journal entry, Stirring the Waters will enrich your life. With a poet's insight and deft touch, author Janell Moon leads you along a path that helps you to know yourself and thrive spiritually. She provides nine weeks of exercises that will guide you to answer the essential but sometimes impenetrable questions, "Who am I, and what am I doing here?"Moon's innovative methods will encourage you to develop a new perspective. "Streaming," one of the many exercises included in Stirring the Waters, involves brainstorming, even doodling, across the page. Another exercise, "clustering," shows you how to discover the hidden ideas related to a theme. Moon also introduces other unique thought-provoking techniques such as "gazing into the waters" and "dialoguing" to help you develop a wise new spirit.As you read and write you way through the exercises of Stirring the Waters, you will discover a clarified vision of yourself, and find the way to the you you you were meant to be.