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Simple Meditation & Relaxation (Simple Wisdom Series)
by Michelle Levey Joel LeveyClear guidance and effective techniques to tune out the distractions of the modern world—and find calm and contentment.Most of us have much more than our grandparents and great-grandparents did—more material wealth, consumer goods, advanced technology, abundant entertainment. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always make us happier and more content than they were. It can even have the opposite effect.In this simple, straightforward guide, Joel and Michelle Levey reveal their tools for leading a conscious life—a key to the kind of satisfaction that eludes us. Their technique allows readers to put aside distractions while gaining greater energy, health, and contentment.Mediating and relaxation isn’t about “losing your edge”—it’s about finding a new strength, deep within, that helps us think more clearly, act more calmly, and live more fully. This book teaches you how.Praise for Joel Levey and Michelle Levey:“A skillful blend of time-proven antidotes to the stress of modern life.” —Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of Emotional Intelligence“Evocative suggestions for making use of different ways to practice relaxation, concentration, and meditation. A real gem.” —Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., author of Wherever You Go, There You Are
Simple Pleasures of Friendship: Celebrating the Ones We Love (Simple Pleasures Ser.)
by Susannah SetonFriends are there for us. They join our life's adventures and play with us. They bring us comfort, sometimes the only small pleasure we have, in troubled times. They bring us the gift--and the pleasure--of understanding. Susannah Seton sent out a call for stories about friendship and these are the themes that emerged. They form the backbone of this newest addition to her Simple Pleasures series.Dipping into this book is like dunking cookies in milk with your best friend. You'll share stories from childhood. Take a walk together and then enjoy a peppermint footbath--recipe herein! From shopping trips to poker parties--these stories will inspire you. And make you laugh and make you cry and make you want to call an old friend just because. Or make a play date for an at-home movie night--complete with Parmesan popcorn, recipe within.Dubbed the "antidote to Martha Stewart" by Booklist, Seton delights with her uniquely heartwarming approach to simplifying and slowing down to enjoy each day. Here, she has lovingly organized a guidebook to the joys of "friending" with stories, heirloom recipes, gift ideas, and inspirational quotes. Be inspired to give a friend a handmade cookbook, with room for a growing collection of recipes shared together. Or start an Eyelash Club of your own. Create handmade gifts. Cry--and then laugh--over missing wedding dresses and a St. Joseph statue buried upside down to sell a house. Share spa recipes for scrubs, soaps, and salts.Uncomplicated and eloquent, Susannah Seton has written a touching reminder that friendships are one of the prime ingredients in a life well lived.
Simple Pleasures of the Garden: Stories, Recipes & Crafts from the Abundant Earth (Simple Pleasures Ser.)
by Susannah SetonSimple Pleasures Throughout the Year “Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life.” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and moreAn abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activitiesSimple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing! Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you.Simplify your emotional self care. Taking care of yourself doesn’t have to be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters. Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts. Inside this positive attitude book you’ll find: Ways to decorate your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self care yearTips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotionsIf you liked seasonal self care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow Your Own Medicine, or A Woman’s Garden, you’ll love Simple Pleasures of the Garden.
Simple Pleasures: Little Things That Make Life Worth Living
by VariousWhat are the little things that make life worth living? A walk in the countryside, perhaps; a log fire; a letter from a friend. In Simple Pleasures, some of the UK's best-loved writers and public figures ponder this conundrum and come up with their own answers, sharing their thoughts on, among other things, the joys of picking up litter, whittling sticks, reading aloud, and devouring a good cheese sandwich. With contributions from A. C. Grayling, Robert McCrum, Prue Leith, Sebastian Faulks and Ann Widdecombe, to name just a few, Simple Pleasures is perfect reading for anyone who appreciates - or aspires to - the finer, simpler things in life.
Simple Pleasures: Soothing Suggestions & Small Comforts for Living Well Year Round (Simple Pleasures Ser.)
by Susannah SetonThe Art of Positive Thinking All Year Round“Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life.” —Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women#1 New Release in Soups & Stews, Container Gardening, and FlowersAn abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and activities, Simple Pleasures shows you how to appreciate the simple things that make up your daily life.Learn new secrets to happiness. Rediscover the pleasures our grandparents knew when life was quieter and slower. A time when pleasures were made, not bought, and enjoyed all the more because of it. Organized seasonally and full of touching stories, practical tips, and dozens of satisfying crafts, Simple Pleasures is both a guide to and a celebration of the art of living well.Make your self-care easy. Sometimes positive thinking can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you. Inside Simple Pleasures, find motivational tips and learn how to:Make your own perfume and body lotionCreate old fashioned sachetsBake the world’s best cookiesIf you enjoyed other books in the Simple Pleasures series by Susannah Seton such as Simple Pleasures of the Home or Simple Pleasures for the Holidays —or books like A Year Of Positive Thinking, Declutter Your Mind, or 365 Days of Positive Affirmations —you’ll love Simple Pleasures.
Simple Pleasures: Soothing Suggestions & Small Comforts for Living Well Year Round (Simple Pleasures Series)
by Robert Taylor David Greer Susannah SetonThe Art of Living Well Year-RoundAn abundant sourcebook of ideas, inspirational quotes, recipes, and activities, Simple Pleasures shows you how to appreciate the simple things that make up your daily life.Secrets to happiness. Happiness in today’s frantic world is to learn how to enjoy less than we can afford. Rediscover the pleasures our grandparents knew when life was quieter and slower. When children without TVs knew how to amuse themselves. When pleasures were made not bought and enjoyed all the more because of it. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you.Self-care made easy. Organized seasonally and full of touching stories, practical tips, and dozens of satisfying crafts, Simple Pleasures is both a guide to and a celebration of the art of living well. Inside, find self-care tips and learn how to:Make your own perfume and body lotionCreate old fashioned sachetsBake the world’s best cookiesIf you enjoyed other books in the Simple Pleasures series by Susannah Seton such as 365 Simple Pleasures, Simple Pleasures of the Home, and Simple Pleasures for the Holidays or books like The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care, The Self Care Prescription, or The Spirit Almanac, you’ll love 365 Simple Pleasures.
Simple Pleasures: Tune Into Now!
by Beverly A. Potter Sir John LubbockThe Simple Pleasures of Life: How to Tune Into the Moment to Enjoy NOWwas derived from Sir John Lubbock's endearing classic, The Pleasures of Life completely rewritten and abridged by Beverly Potter, PhD.<P><P>Principles of living in the moment are woven into Lubbock's appealing descriptions of simple pleasures and around us-if only we looked when we, too often, overlook. Lubbock's robust but sensitive descriptions of nature, money, friends, home help readers get out of their minds to experience moments of NOW and living more fully in the present-the secret of a happy life.The Simple Pleasures of Life: How to Tune Into the Moment to Enjoy NOW guides readers to be more conscious of how their thoughts and emotions get in the way of living in genuine peace and happiness. Have more joy right now-just stop and smell the flowers, a simple pleasure.Frantic enlightenment seekers with lives packed schedules and busyness with especially love this friendly, loving little book.
Simple Prayer: Learning to Speak to God with Ease
by Charlie DawesSometimes our walk with God seems so difficult. We struggle to find the time to pray, the words to say, and the way to pray them. Are we making prayer more complicated than it needs to be? Charlie Dawes is a pastor and professor who understands both the desires and the challenges of deepening our prayer lives. He has identified simple, biblical prayers that will help you unlock the mystery of conversing with God by paring our words down to their most elemental level. By focusing our prayers, we can open up a new way of relating with God that we have never before experienced. Simple prayer is far from simplistic. Instead, it will help you connect with God at a heart level that cannot be mastered with words alone.
Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World
by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Donald SullHOW SIMPLICITY TRUMPS COMPLEXITY IN NATURE, BUSINESS, AND LIFE Complexity surrounds us. We have too much email, juggle multiple remotes, and hack through thickets of regulations from phone contracts to health plans. But complexity isn't destiny. Sull and Eisenhardt argue there's a better way. By developing a few simple yet effective rules, people can best even the most complex problems. In Simple Rules, Sull and Eisenhardt masterfully challenge how we think about complexity and offer a new lens on how to cope. They take us on a surprising tour of what simple rules are, where they come from, and why they work. The authors illustrate the six kinds o f rules that really matter - for helping artists find creativity and the Federal Reserve set interest rates, for keeping birds on track and Zipcar members organized, and for how insomniacs can sleep and mountain climbers stay safe. Drawing on rigorous research and riveting stories, the authors ingeniously find insights in unexpected places, from the way Tina Fey codified her experience at Saturday Night Live into rules for producing 30 Rock (rule five: never tell a crazy person he's crazy) to burglars' rules for robbery ("avoid houses with a car parked outside") to Japanese engineers mimicking the rules of slime molds to optimize Tokyo's rail system. The authors offer fresh information and practical tips on fixing old rules and learning new ones. Whether you're struggling with information overload, pursuing opportunities with limited resources, or just trying to change your bad habits, Simple Rules provides powerful insight into how and why simplicity tames complexity.
Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World
by Donald Sull Kathleen EisenhardtLife gets more complicated every day. Whether you're struggling with information overload, attempting to act effectively with limited resources or trying to change bad habits - all you need is Simple Rules. Donald Sull and Kathleen Eisenhardt have spent the last decade working with businesses around the world, and have developed a set of highly effective, tried-and-tested rules to help tackle complex problems, whatever they are. In Simple Rules they share them with you.So, how do we make the best decisions when deluged with data? How do we solve problems across global networks? And how do we pinpoint what exactly it is that is holding us back from success? Sull and Eisenhardt have distilled two careers-worth of research, experience and work into a much needed guide to achieving our most pressing personal and professional objectives, from overcoming insomnia to becoming a better manager or a smarter investor. Full of tips, illuminating case studies and clear advice, Simple Rules provides the tools you need.
Simple Secrets for Keeping Your Brain Young: How to remember more the older you get
by Harry LorayneCompletely practical and easy to use, the book advises in 24 chapters on how to recall names and faces; remember appointments; find keys, glasses, valuables; give speeches without notes; learn foreign words and phrases; memorise lists of items, quotations, facts and figures; and regain (or maintain!) the confidence that comes with having a sharp, active mind.
Simple Secrets of a Great Marriage
by Henry CloudThe marriage of your dreams is just twenty-one secrets away.In today's mad-dash world, it's easy to lose perspective about what matters most, even when it comes to the most important people in our lives. Award-winning authors and psychologists Henry Cloud and John Townsend have teamed up to pack their best relationship principles into an easy-to-read twenty-one-secret program designed for today's busy people. Each secret reveals life-tested wisdom, biblical principles, and do-it-today action steps on key topics like building trust, cultivating healthy sexual intimacy, establishing realistic expectations, handling conflict, and much more.
Simple Self Care: Reset and Restore
by Anastasia CharisiouSelf-care isn't selfish. Just the opposite; we are at our best when we embrace selfcompassion, self-forgiveness and self-love. Our mental, physical, spiritual and emotional wellbeing all hinge on a well-rounded self-care practice. Simple Self-care is a practical guide to reclaim the parts of yourself you've neglected or judged unkindly; to accept and heal pain from the past; and to step into your power as you look to the future. With powerful words and hard-won life lessons, Anastasia Charisiou is your companion along the life-changing, sometimes uncomfortable but infinitely rewarding journey to self-care. If you're reading this, you're taking the first step towards a life of authenticity, purpose and connection - and you deserve no less.
Simple Soulful Sacred: A Woman’s Guide to Clarity, Comfort and Coming Home to Herself
by Megan Dalla-CaminaSimple Soulful Sacred is a guidebook for the modern woman who seeks clarity and guidance on how to live the life of her dreams, on her own terms. It's for the women of our time-the mothers, teachers, healers, light workers, dreamers, creators, leaders-who are ready to find their voice, speak their truth and own their power, whilst living life with less hustle and more flow. For modern women wanting more for their lives, it's the now age definition of having it all.Women are rising; ready to step out of the cloak of masculine traits that keep them striving for a version of success that is not their own. Ready to stop hiding their light and playing the comparison game. And ready to fully embody their feminine power. Because whilst the feminine may have been disowned and devalued for centuries, we are so done with that story now.But it's still a paradox. Because within this very rising, women are longing to step out of the noise and chaos, to live more simply. They want time and space for what's most important to them; and the comfort, consciousness and connection that often gets lost in the busyness and distractions of daily life. This book is the bridge women have been seeking. Written with the time-poor reader in mind, this book includes 200 short-form chapters, the perfect length for dipping into while commuting; during a lunch break or at the end of the day. The perfect gift, or self-gift, for women of all ages.
Simple Steps to Positive Living: Teach Yourself
by Jenny HareOpening with how to unleash positive energy and thinking, ""Simple Steps to Positive Living"" shows how you can harness this to like yourself better, build on your natural and learned abilities, become more confident and successful, and develop a more natural and rewarding connection with those around you. Driven by the theme of positive energy, this vibrant and joyful book will show you how positivity can transform every aspect of your life, whether you want to feel more physically well, more emotionally centred or even more professionally successful. Much more than a book about how to be happy, this is an exuberant guide to recharging your life and finding a steady flow of energy in all that you do.
Simple Steps to Positive Living: Teach Yourself
by Jenny HareOpening with how to unleash positive energy and thinking, ""Simple Steps to Positive Living"" shows how you can harness this to like yourself better, build on your natural and learned abilities, become more confident and successful, and develop a more natural and rewarding connection with those around you. Driven by the theme of positive energy, this vibrant and joyful book will show you how positivity can transform every aspect of your life, whether you want to feel more physically well, more emotionally centred or even more professionally successful. Much more than a book about how to be happy, this is an exuberant guide to recharging your life and finding a steady flow of energy in all that you do.
Simple Steps: 10 Weeks to Getting Control of Your Life
by Lisa Lelas Linda Mcclintock Beverly ZingarellaThe bills are piling up. . . The kids need a ride to practice. . . And you're eating on the run. Thankfully, there are Simple Steps to make a woman feel calm again. Many women crave a sense of order and control, but have no idea how to attain it-and find themselves overwhelmed with a thousand daily details. Now, the women who established the popular Simple Steps program show readers how to calm and simplify their life in just ten weeks. Each week, women will learn a new Simple Step for addressing key areas in their lives: weight, health, home, and spirit. And before they know it, they'll be breathing easier. . . and living better than ever before. .
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.
Simple Thinking: How to remove complexity from life and work
by Richard GerverSimple behaviours that unclutter your mind and help you realise your true potential Awaken your passion and tap into your inner greatness as you remove the metaphorical clutter from your life with Simple Thinking. You'll learn how to expand your mind and understand your true potential through the power of thinking simply, while stripping back the jargon and digging to the core of any obstacle in your way. Let's be honest, life is full of unnecessary complexity and it's left most of us confused, angry and disenfranchised. This book will help you to remove the baggage, cut through the clutter and begin your smooth path to success. Learn how to: Live and act with resiliency, authenticity and passion Learn to trust your instincts again and see the world through new eyes Recalibrate your thoughts, behaviours and actions Declutter your mind, streamline your day and be successful at life Simple wisdom, simply shared, is personal development unplugged - and when you begin peeling back the layers to expose the heart of the problem, you become well-equipped to devise a simpler, yet more effective solution. Simple Thinking will help you in achieving this state of clarity and confidence.
Simple Truths
by Kent NerburnSeldom does a book come along that speaks to the core issues of life with such clarity and wisdom. This profound book is deeply informed by the spiritual traditions of the West, the Far East, and the Native Americans, with whom the author has worked. It is a small treasure of wisdom about life's deepest issues. From the Book: Life is but a dream we renew each day. It is up to us to infuse this dream with light, and to cultivate, as best we are able, the ways and habits of love.
Simple Truths of Leadership Playbook: A 52-Week Game Plan for Becoming a Trusted Servant Leader
by Ken Blanchard Renee Broadwell Randy ConleyLeadership legend and bestselling author Ken Blanchard returns with trust expert and thought leader Randy Conley to present a structured playbook based on the bestselling Simple Truths of Leadership.The companion playbook to Simple Truths of Leadership expands on the book's 52 essential principles of servant leadership and trust building. This structured playbook provides weekly prompts and exercises to help you track your progress toward your leadership goals. It focuses on one Simple Truth per week and includes: A summary of each Simple Truth A game plan for using each truth in your workplace, including thought-provoking questions and exercises to challenge your thinking and cause you to consider new ideas about leadership A Call to Action to Try It This Week With so much of today's workforce feeling disengaged from the work they do, it's critical for leaders to move away from self-serving methods and embrace servant leadership to put their followers' needs before their own. And by journaling alongside servant leadership principles, you will be able to turn the common sense behind these simple truths into common practice for you and your organization.
Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust
by Ken Blanchard Randy ConleyFifty-two essential principles that are easy to implement and practice: &“The ultimate guide to servant leadership.&” —Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times–bestselling author of Mojo Effective leadership is an influence process in which leaders implement everyday common-sense approaches that help people and organizations thrive. Yet somehow, many of these fundamental principles are still missing from most workplaces. In this book, legendary servant leadership expert and #1 New York Times–bestselling author Ken Blanchard and his colleague Randy Conley, a thought leader known for his expertise in the field of trust, share fifty-two Simple Truths that will help leaders everywhere make common-sense leadership common practice. Discover profound, memorable—and in some cases counterintuitive—wisdom such as: • Who should make the first move to extend trust • What role a successful apology plays in building trust • When to use different strokes (leadership styles) for different folks—and for the same folks • Where the most important part of leadership happens • How to create autonomy through boundaries • Why the key to developing people is catching them doing something right A fun, easy read that will make a positive difference in leadership and organizational success, Simple Truths of Leadershipshows how to incorporate simple but essential practices into your leadership style, build trust through servant leadership, and enhance your own life and the lives of everyone around you.
Simple Truths: Clear & Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life
by Kent NerburnSeldom does a book come along that speaks to the core issues of life with such clarity and wisdom. This profound book is deeply informed by the spiritual traditions of the West, the Far East, and the Native Americans, with whom the author has worked. It is a small treasure of wisdom about life&’s deepest issues. From the Book . . . ON EDUCATION & LEARNING The true measure of your education is not what you know, but how you share what you know with others. ON MONEY People who measure their money against their desires will never be happy, because there will always be another desire waiting to lure them. People who measure their money against their needs can gain control over their lives by gaining control over their needs. ON LOVE Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons for coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. If it chooses to leave your heart or the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and nothing you should do. Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life. If you keep your heart open, it will surely come again.
Simple Ways to Wellness
by Louise TaylorThis workbook teaches how to use affirmation, visualization, acupressure, and color therapy - easy non-invasive methods of self-healing for everyday complaints. It is organized alphabetically by ailment, from allergies and elbow problems to sciatica and wrist pain, with descriptions and illustrations of the specific acupressure points, affirmations, visualization themes, and effective color therapies for each.Simple Ways to Wellness offers you the tools to take responsibility for your own well-being and will become a reference book to turn to again and again.
Simple Yoga: A Simple Wisdom Book (Simple Wisdom Ser.)
by Cybéle TomlinsonAn easy-to-absorb, practical guide to getting started, and finding the style of yoga that&’s right for you. From co-director of the Berkeley Yoga Center and Yoga Journal contributor Cybele Tomlinson, Simple Yoga explains what yoga is, how it evolved in ancient India, and how it can benefit the typically harried Western lifestyle. It gives practical information on: the various yoga styles available in the West, with suggestions on choosing a style and finding an appropriate teachera basic routine to try on your owna modified routine for the office Also featuring a special chapter on women and yoga, Simple Yoga is designed for those who want to give yoga a try—and want a clear, concise guide that can help them begin practicing today.