- Table View
- List View
Design is Storytelling
by Ellen LuptonA playbook for creative thinking, created for contemporary students and practitioners working across the fields of graphic design, product design, service design and user experience. Design Is Storytelling explores the psychology of visual perception from a narrative point of view. Presenting dozens of tools and concepts in a lively, visual manner, this book will help any designer amplify the narrative power of their work. Use this book to stir emotions, build empathy, articulate values and convey action; to construct narrative arcs and create paths through space; integrate form and language; evaluate a project’s storytelling power; and to write and deliver strong narratives.
Design the Life You Love
by Ayse BirselA joyful, inspirational guide to building the life you've always dreamed of, using the principles and creative process of an award-winning product designer. Life, just like a design problem, is full of constraints-time, money, age, location, and circumstances. You can't have everything, so you have to be creative to make what you want and what you need co-exist. Design the Life You Love is a joyful, inspirational guide to building the life you've always wanted, using the principles and creative process of an award-winning product designer. Through four steps that reveal hidden skills and wisdom, anyone can design a life they love!From the Trade Paperback edition.e-changing design process, empowering and inspiring readers to create a better life.
Design the Long Life You Love: A Step-by-Step Guide to Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship
by Ayse BirselDesign a long life full of love, purpose, well-being, and friendship, at any age, using the creative tools of award-winning product designer, author, and world's #1 life coach Ayse Birsel.What does it mean to craft the life you want, as you grow older? For industrial designer and author Ayse Birsel, the answer draws on key principles of design—like optimism, empathy, collaboration, open-mindedness, and holistic thinking—as well as the experiences of older people on the pioneering frontiers of long life. Longer life is a thrilling, modern opportunity, and like so many parts of life it needs to be thoughtfully designed. Thinking about a long life is very exciting indeed. It&’s also a new phenomenon. Fifty years ago, living into one&’s seventies was considered the mark of a long life. Today, seventy feels young, eighty feels normal, and ninety is within reach. Birsel believes this new horizon of life is as important and exciting as the invention of moving pictures. Or that of automobiles, or even space travel. Her point is, when a change this big happens, innovation follows.This book is for everyone who is interested in defining their long life, using design thinking tools. It&’s an interactive book with exercises that will help you think creatively by asking you to visualize your life. It is full of insights learned from wise people who have lived the longest. It is organized into the four themes of Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship, and contains insights that will help you love better, find purpose, practice well-being, and make friends. Drawing on Birsel&’s year-long codesign research with older people, Design the Long Life You Love offers readers of all ages—from those in their twenties and thirties just starting out, to those in mid-life looking for a change, to those in later life who are the experts for us all—thought-provoking questions, exercises for self-exploration, and interviews with innovative entrepreneurs and thought-leaders to guide them on their own journeys of crafting the next phase of life. Focusing on four keys areas—Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship—this book pairs life lessons from people who've lived the longest with design tools to help you plan your own long life, whether you're looking ahead to retirement, a home post-children, or starting a new project that makes you come alive.Playfulness is key to creating a long life, and readers will find that reflected in this joy-filled book. Whimsical, two-color drawings, illustrated interviews with thought-leaders, and interactive exercises will put you in the mindset of a designer as you foster creativity and explore what your own long life can look like. When it comes to our lives, we are our own innovators—so let's begin to learn how to do just that.Welcome to Design the Long Life You Love!
Designed for More: Unleashing Christ's Vision for Unity in a Deeply Divided World
by Lucas Ramirez Mike DeVitoDESIGNED FOR MORE calls every Christian to consider how, through collective movement, they can bring about Christ's daring vision for unity in the Church to impact the world like never before.Our world is divided and fragmented.Even among followers of Christ, God's great story of reconciliation has been crippled because the messengers of that story are unreconciled.But God designed us for so much more. Thankfully, He has hidden incredible lessons in nature to help solve complex human problems.DESIGNED FOR MORE draws groundbreaking implications for how to achieve unity and collective movement through new research on a jaw-dropping phenomenon of flocking starlings known as a murmuration. This marvel is one of nature's most spectacular sights: Imagine hundreds of thousands of birds in motion, caressing the sky like a brush on canvas. It is a beautiful madness that is completely ordered.Join authors Lucas Ramirez and Mike DeVito as they unveil the power of the murmuration principles in order to inspire unity in individuals and the Church as a whole.Birds first taught us to fly, and now they will teach us to unify!
Designed for Success: Better Living and Self-Improvement with Midcentury Instructional Records
by Janet Borgerson Jonathan SchroederA charmingly illustrated history of midcentury instructional records and their untold contribution to the American narrative of self-improvement, aspiration, and success.For the midcentury Americans who wished to better their golf game through hypnosis, teach their parakeet to talk, or achieve sexual harmony in their marriage, the answers lay no further than the record player. In Designed for Success, Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder shed light on these endearingly earnest albums that contributed to a powerful American vision of personal success. Rescued from charity shops, record store cast-off bins, or forgotten boxes in attics and basements, these educational records reveal the American consumers&’ rich but sometimes surprising relationship to advertising, self-help, identity construction, and even aspects of transcendentalist thought.Relegated to obscurity and novelty, instructional records such as Secrets of Successful Varmint Calling, You Be a Disc Jockey, and How to Ski (A Living-Room Guide for Beginners) offer distinct insights into midcentury media production and consumption. Tracing the history of instructional records from the inception of the recording industry to the height of their popularity, Borgerson and Schroeder offer close readings of the abundant topics covered by &“designed for success&” records. Complemented by over a hundred full-color illustrations, Designed for Success is a wonderfully nostalgic tour that showcases the essential role these vinyl records played as an unappreciated precursor to contemporary do-it-yourself culture and modern conceptions of self-improvement.
Designed to Heal: 365 Daily Inspirations for Health and Wholeness
by Ben RallThere&’s no greater healing than the one God designed you to have.After reading this book, you will have the understanding of what healing really is, who it is meant for and why you can trust that God created you to live a whole, full and healed life.God still heals—and we are divinely designed to heal. The Scriptures address healing from the beginning to the end! God created us with divine purpose and continues to provide everything we need for health and wholeness. However, the enemy desires to destroy this truth. Using fear, lies, and propaganda, Satan attempts to trick us into believe we are not designed to heal.In Designed to Heal, Dr. Ben Rall refutes these lies and provides daily inspiration, revelation, and action steps that will guide and encourage readers along their healing and wellness journey. Readers will discover:What the Bible has to say regarding wellnessAmazing and encouraging facts and statistics about healingDaily action steps and questions for deeper reflectionTestimonials from patients who have experienced health victoriesGod designed our bodies to heal. With all the confusion surrounding health, this book offers readers insight and real-world action steps to break free of fear and discouragement and improve their health today!
Designers Don't Read
by Austin Howe Fredrik AverinAustin Howe is a creative director, writer, advocate, and cheerleader for design-but not a designer. He believes "in the wonder and exuberance of someone who gets paid-by clients to do what he loves." Howe places immense value on curiosity and passion to help designers develop a point of view, a strong voice. He explores the creative process and conceptualization, and delves into what to do when inspiration is lacking. If there's a villain in these elegant, incisive, amusing, and inspiring essays, it's ad agencies and marketing directors, but even villains serve a purpose and illustrate the strength of graphic design "as a system, as a way of thinking, as almost a life style." Howe believes that advertising and design must merge, but merge with design in the leadership role. He says that designers should create for clients and not in the hope of winning awards. He believes designers should swear "a 10-year commitment to make everything we do for every client a gift." If this sounds like the designer is the client's factotum, not so. Howe also argues in favor of offering clients a single solution and being willing to defend a great design. Organized not only by topic, but also by how long it will take the average reader to complete each chapter, Designers Don't Read is intended to function like a "daily devotional" for designers and busy professionals involved in branded communications at all levels. Begun as a series of weekly essays sent every Monday morning to top graphic designers, Designers Don't Read quickly developed a passionate and widespread following. With the approximate time each chapter might take to read, Designers Don't Read's delight and provocation can be fit into the niches in the life of a time-challenged designer. Or it may be hard to resist reading the entire book in one sitting!
Designing Destiny: Heartfulness Practices to Find Your Purpose and Fulfill Your Potential
by Kamlesh D. PatelInternational best-selling author and spiritual guide Kamlesh D. Patel explains how to use the spiritual practices of Heartfulness--relaxation, meditation, cleaning, and prayer--to expand your consciousness, evolve your mind, find true happiness, and live your purpose.What does destiny mean in the course of our lives? What is fixed and what can we change?We create our destiny, step-by-step, through the journey of life. Every choice leads us in a certain direction--either toward or away from our life's purpose. We can learn to become purposeful architects of our fate with the practices and lifestyle changes described by Kamlesh D. Patel, founder of the Heartfulness Institute and fourth spiritual guide of this global movement. In Designing Destiny, you will discover: 1. A practical approach to the fundamental principles of destiny 2. The four core practices of Heartfulness--relaxation, meditation, cleaning, and prayer--that will expand your consciousness from mundane to divine 3. The lifestyle changes that lead to true happiness 4. How to transform your relationships and raise the vibration of our communities 5. How to progress through the levels of evolution through spiritual practiceHeartfulness offers a simple, scientific approach to expand our consciousness, realize our full human potential, and live a purposeful life. As our lifestyle evolves, our ability to design our own destiny--and that of the world--becomes natural and effortless.
Designing Experiences: Designing Leisure Experiences: 5th Edition (Columbia Business School Publishing Ser.)
by J. Robert Rossman Mathew D. DuerdenIn an increasingly experience-driven economy, companies that deliver great experiences thrive, and those that do not die. Yet many organizations face difficulties implementing a vision of delivering experiences beyond the provision of goods and services. Because experience design concepts and approaches are spread across multiple, often disconnected disciplines, there is no book that succinctly explains to students and aspiring professionals how to design them.J. Robert Rossman and Mathew D. Duerden present a comprehensive and accessible introduction to experience design. They synthesize the fundamental theories and methods from multiple disciplines and lay out a process for designing experiences from start to finish. Rossman and Duerden challenge us to reflect on what makes a great experience from the user’s perspective. They provide a framework of experience types, explaining people’s engagement with products and services and what makes experiences personal and fulfilling. The book presents interdisciplinary research underlying key concepts such as memory, intentionality, and dramatic structure in a down-to-earth style, drawing attention to both the macro and micro levels. Designing Experiences features detailed instructions and numerous real-world examples that clarify theoretical principles, making it useful for students and professionals. An invaluable overview of a growing field, the book provides readers with the tools they need to design innovative and indelible experiences and to move their organizations into the experience economy.Designing Experiences features a foreword by B. Joseph Pine II.
Designing Healthy Boundaries: A Guide to Embracing Self-Love, Building Better Boundaries, and Protecting Your Peace
by Shainna AliTake control of your relationships with this all-in-one guide to identifying, setting, and—most of all—maintaining healthy boundaries with your family, coworkers, friends, partner, and self.Well-designed boundaries are an essential component of living a happy, healthy, and balanced life. But while you may know that boundaries are important, it can often be confusing and intimidating to understand where, when, how, and with whom to build and maintain boundaries. To help, Dr. Shainna Ali, mental health counselor, educator, and best-selling author of The Self-Love Workbook offers Designing Healthy Boundaries, a comprehensive guide to incorporating self-love into building your boundaries. How you perceive, value, and respect yourself all influence the effectiveness of your boundaries. This approach will help you set limits that are more deeply aligned with your personal values, yourself, and your relationships. Through interactive activities, reflection prompts, and case examples, this workbook will help you explore what boundaries look like in your life and create more meaningful, rewarding connections through the art of boundaries.
Designing Momentum: A Big Goal Blueprint for Transforming Everyday Moments into Massive Success
by Brant MenswarMaster life's pivotal moments to create a legacy of unstoppable momentum Discover how Brant Menswar's Designing Momentum can transform your life by teaching you to capture and harness the power of everyday moments. In a world where uncertainty reigns, this motivational guide provides the mindsets and strategies you need for lasting personal and professional growth. Designing Momentum is your practical guide to recognizing and leveraging life's transformational moments for maximum impact. Through engaging stories and actionable advice, Menswar shows you how to use Moment Momentum to propel yourself toward your goals, creating a legacy worth remembering. Inside the book: Adopt the WITWAW Mindset: Cultivate a “What If There Was A Way” approach to turn probabilities into possibilities. Harness the BUMP Framework: Build momentum through belonging, understanding, meaning, and purpose. Leverage the power of OGREs: Unleash moments filled with an Overwhelming Gut Reaction of Emotion for tremendous impact. Designing Momentum is perfect for anyone seeking to elevate their life from ordinary to extraordinary. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a corporate leader, or simply someone who desires personal growth and greater fulfillment, this book will guide you toward realizing your potential one moment at a time.
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
by Dave Evans Bill BurnettAt last, a book that shows you how to build--design--a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home--at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.From the Hardcover edition.
Designing Your New Work Life
by Dave Evans Bill BurnettFrom the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Designing Your Life—a timely, urgently needed book that shows us how to transform our new uncharted work life into a meaningful dream job or company. With updated tools, tips, and design ideas that show us how to navigate disruption (global, regional, or personal) and create new possibilities for our post-COVID work world and beyond.Bill Burnett and Dave Evans successfully taught graduate and undergraduate students at Stanford University and readers of their best-selling book, Designing Your Life ("The prototype for a happy life." —Brian Lehrer, NPR), that designers don't analyze, worry, think, complain their way forward; they build their way forward. And now more than ever, we all need creative and adaptable tools to cope with the chaos caused by COVID-19. In Designing Your New Work Life, Burnett and Evans show us how design thinking can transform our present job, and how it can improve our experience of work in times of disruption. All disruption is personal, write Burnett and Evans, as with the life-altering global pandemic we are living through now. Designing Your New Work Life makes clear that disruption is the new normal, that it is here to stay and that it is accelerating. And in the book's new chapters, Burnett and Evans show us step by step, how to design our way through disruption and how to stay ahead of it—and thrive. Burnett and Evans's Disruption Design offers us a radical new concept that makes use of the designer mindsets: Curiosity, Reframing, Radical collaboration, Awareness, Bias to action, Storytelling, to find our way through these unchartered times. Burnett and Evans show us, with tools, tips, and design ideas, how we can make new possibilities available even when our lives have been disrupted (be it globally, regionally, or personally), giving us the tools to enjoy the present moment and allowing us to begin to prototype our possible future.
Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work
by Dave Evans Bill BurnettFrom the authors of the #1 New York Times best seller Designing Your Life ("Life has questions. They have answers" --The NYT)--a job-changing, outlook-changing, life-changing book that shows us how to transform our work lives and create a dream job that is meaningful without necessarily changing the job we have.Dysfunctional Belief: I'm stuck in a lousy situation (and there's nothing I can do about it). Reframe: I'm stuck in a lousy situation (and I'm finding the problems and the solutions). Bill Burnett and Dave Evans successfully taught graduate and undergraduate students at Stanford University and readers of their best-selling book, Designing Your Life ("The prototype for a happy life." --Brian Lehrer, NPR), that designers don't analyze, worry, think, complain their way forward; they build their way forward. In Designing Your Work Life, Burnett and Evans show us how design thinking can transform our present job and our experience of work in general by utilizing the designer mindsets: Curiosity. Reframing. Radical collaboration. Awareness. Bias to action. Storytelling. Dysfunctional Belief: Good enough isn't good enough. Reframe: Good enough is GREAT--for now. Burnett and Evans show us how, with tools, tips, and ideas, to enjoy what we have and to live in a state of "good enough, for now," one of the strongest, most effective reframes there is, and how this idea, once understood and accepted, can make new possibilities available, giving us the energy to enjoy the present moment and allowing us to begin to prototype possible futures. And if we want to quit? Burnett and Evans show us how to use the job we have to get the job we want (in another company), and show us as well, the art and science of quitting (leave the campsite better than we found it), using the power of the quit design to reframe how we finish our current job and get a better one. They write, as well, about how the work world is changing as the automation of work increases (hello Alexa, artificial intelligence, drones, and robots); how thinking like a designer can make us flexible, and ready to adapt to change . . .
Designing a Woman's Life
by Judith CouchmanFor women who want to discover how to move beyond mere existence to lives overflowing with meaning and purpose. Sensitively explores timeless longings and the issue of personal significance.
Designing a Woman's Life: A Bible Study and Workbook
by Judith CouchmanSkillfully crafted to help women discover and pursue their unique, God-given purpose and passion, Designing a Woman's Life Bible Study and Workbook explores the desire for personal fulfillment like no other study on the market. No matter their age or life circumstances, women desire to live purposefully. Now this remarkable study sensitively addresses that desire, addressing such crucial issues as understanding our significance to God, developing integrity and vision, keeping focused, influencing others, and more. Through excerpts from critically-acclaimed ???Designing a Woman's Life, inspirational quotes, and an in-depth Bible study that includes Scripture memorization, activities, prayer, and personal reflection and application, women will discover practical tools to help them live a life they truly love with Designing a Woman's Life Bible Study and Workbook.
Desilusión con Dios
by Philip Yancey¿ES DIOS INJUSTO? ¿ESTÁ CALLADO? ¿SE ESCONDE DE NOSOTROS? Las respuestas a estas tres preguntas que muchas veces se hacen los cristianos, aunque no se atrevan a decirlas en voz alta, aparecen en este libro. Las preguntas hechas por la gente que sufre y se angustia, son respondidas con claridad y certeza bíblica. Desilusión con Dios ha dejado una huella muy profunda en la vida de muchas personas.
Desintoxícate de ti, y vuelve a elegirte / Your Inner-self Deto x: 21 Days to a new you
by Miriam NenningerEste libro consta de diferentes técnicas que la persona puede realizar para que ella pueda sanar sus heridas tanto las de la infancia como las que pudo haber sufrido luego de una situación traumática, al mismo tiempo que le permitirá reprogramar su cerebro para que, al considerar nuevas creencias y pensamientos positivos sobre su vida, pueda encarar una manera diferente de ver la vida y de transitarla. Este Detox está separado en 21 días. Al mismo tiempo, este consta de un desarrollo central, el cual abarca tanto el problema que el individuo acarrea como las posibles soluciones que puede tener sus circunstancias. Cada capítulo está compuesto por 4 secciones: 1. Declaración: Esta sección tiene como objetivo hablar sobre tu cerebro; 2. Ejercicios: El objetivo de esta sección es que generes consciencia y te ayude a sanar tu alma. 3. Programo mi mente: Esta sección tiene como objetivo reprogramar el cerebro. Mediante la repetición, crearemos nuevas conexiones neuronales donde se instalarán nuevos programas que ayudarán a la persona a transformar de manera saludable sus vínculos, además de ayudarla a cumplir sus objetivos. 4. Meditación: Esta sección es poderosa porque invita a generar congruencia, a que se pongan de acuerdo el espíritu con el alma y con el cuerpo. El libro está basado en un sistema de Programación Neurolingüística, que ayudará al individuo a entender cómo reprogramar su cerebro. Serán procesos emocionales que realizará día a día mientras va logrando la sanidad emocional de los diferentes traumas o situaciones particulares que ha vivido. El Detox de 21 días no sustituye el consejo profesional, sino que es un programa de crecimiento personal y ayudará a la persona a limpiar su interior, a través de sanar, reprogramar y de reintegrar conceptos y hábitos nuevos a su diario vivir, para poder colocarse así en un lugar de paz y de estima que le permita poder volver a elegirse.
Desired by God: Discover a Strong, Soul-Satisfying Relationship with God by Understanding Who He Is and How Much He Loves You
by Susy Flory Van MoodyPopular pastor and acclaimed author Van Moody reveals the secret to a fulfilling, life-sustaining relationship with God: a deep understanding of just how much he loves us.We were made to be in relationship with God, wired to love and be loved by him. We feel truly whole and complete only when we have a vital and passionate relationship with him. In Desired by God, pastor, author, and speaker Van Moody reveals the secret to a strong, grounded, lasting relationship with God: a deep understanding of who he is and how much he loves us.As the story of the Bible makes clear, God’s pure and earnest love for people is continually given and rejected, before it is finally accepted. To understand how he can keep pursuing us like this, we need a fresh and accurate picture of him, full of ardent desire and relentlessly in pursuit of his people. Desired by God gives us a refreshing, eye-opening picture of God, who wants with all his heart for us to know him. And when we see him clearly and fall in love with him, we will find ourselves more grounded, satisfied, and cared for than we ever dreamed possible.
Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God (The Spiritual Journey)
by David G. BennerMost people think of God's will as something to be found or as the receiving of guidance from God when making decisions. Too often, however, the problem is not that we don't know what God desires for our lives, but rather that we just don't want to do what we already know he wants. How might our wills be changed so that we become both willing and able to do what God asks of us? In Desiring God's Will psychologist and spiritual director David G. Benner explores the transformation of the will in Christian spirituality. He examines why our desires are disordered and how our human volition can be brought into alignment with God's intentions so that we willingly choose that which God wants for us. In so doing, Benner shows us that cultivating discernment and being attuned to God's desires is the path to true life, spiritual health and freedom. God wants to change our choosing, not just our choices. By aligning our hearts with God's, we will find liberation from the kingdom of self and instead experience the joy of the kingdom of God. This expanded edition, one of three titles in The Spiritual Journey trilogy, includes a new epilogue and an experiential guide with questions for individual reflection or group discussion.
Desmistificando As Listas De Tarefas
by Mayara Leal S. J. ScottAPRENDA: Por que a maioria das pessoas não conseguem realizar coisas Você cria listas de tarefas que nunca saem do papel? É fácil começar cada dia de trabalho com uma longa lista de tarefas. Mas então, algo inesperado surge. Sem você perceber, o dia já está quase no fim. Você trabalha arduamente em um ritmo frenético, mas acaba se sentindo frustrado, porque não há tempo suficiente para fazer tudo. Todos nós escrevemos listas com a esperança de que elas nos transformem em máquinas de produtividade. Infelizmente, listas de tarefas muitas vezes produzem o efeito oposto. O tipo errado de lista pode ser desmotivador, causando o seu relaxamento e a procrastinação. DESCUBRA: Como criar listas de tarefas eficazes e factíveis A verdade é que qualquer um pode escrever uma lista. A parte mais difícil é a criação de uma lista que seja factível e que também se encaixe em sua vida agitada. Na maioria das vezes, as pessoas enchem suas listas com uma mistura desorganizada de tarefas, desejos, necessidades e ideias aleatórias. Então, elas se perguntam por que não estão obtendo resultados significativos em suas vidas. Qual é a solução? Reconsidere a maneira como você gerencia a sua vida diária. Especificamente, você deve usar várias listas que cubram diferentes tipos de tarefa. Esse é o conceito básico que você vai aprender neste livro. BAIXE: Desmistificando as Listas de Tarefas O livro fornece um plano em etapas para escrever listas eficazes e executáveis. Você vai aprender: 7 erros comuns nas listas de tarefas (e como corrigi-los) A ferramenta #1 para capturar ideias Como usar uma lista de projeto para identificar tarefas críticas Quando trabalhar em atividades de rotina Por que a revisão semanal o ajuda a realizar coisas O aplicativo para gerenciar listas de tarefas Como concluir as suas
Desperate Hunger Gets God's Attention
by Debbie RichIgnite Your Spiritual Hunger and Carry the Fire of God's PresenceIn "Desperate Hunger Gets God's Attention," Dr. Debbie Rich guides readers into a profound encounter with God, revealing how a deep, spiritual hunger can unlock the fullness of His presence. Drawing from the promise in Matthew 5:6, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled," Dr. Rich offers a roadmap for those seeking a closer and more intimate relationship with God.Through powerful testimonies of miraculous healings and divine encounters, Dr. Rich showcases the transformative power of desperate spiritual hunger. By sharing her personal journey and the stories of others who have experienced life-altering changes through their passionate pursuit of God, she ignites an intense spiritual thirst in readers, challenging them to seek God with relentless determination.Dr. Rich provides practical steps to deepen your spiritual hunger, including immersing yourself in Scripture and committing to prayer. She emphasizes the need to approach your spiritual journey with the same urgency as one who is physically starving, demonstrating that true spiritual hunger leads to divine fulfillment, anointing, and the ability to carry the fire of God's presence wherever you go.This book will awaken a fervent spiritual hunger within you, equipping you to chase after God with all your heart, no matter the cost.About Debbie RichKnown as a fiery preacher who flows in the Holy Spirit while ministering the Word of God, Dr. Debbie Rich is an international teacher, evangelist, and revivalist who has carried the fire of revival to over fifty nations.She received her Ph.D. in Theology from Life Christian University following her graduation from Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She also attended Open Bible College in Des Moines, Iowa.Dr. Debbie pioneered Faith Life Church and Word & Spirit Institute Northwest in the state of Washington. She teaches in Bible schools around the world.Currently, she ministers out of Revival Ministries International in Tampa, Florida, with Pastors Rodney and Adonica Howard-Browne.
Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments
by Rachel WojoDo your prayers resemble last-minute cries more than first-response chats? You&’re not alone in calling out to God in life&’s pitch-black moments and wondering if He&’s listening. Enter the powerful secrets of the Bible's eleventh-hour pleas of fifteen men and women. This engaging book invites you into the prayer stories of struggling Bible characters like Hagar, Hannah, and David. Each chapter's simple three-word prayer focus will deepen your trust and affirm your heart that it&’s best to be you before God. The ideal desperate pray-er to shine light on your prayer dilemmas, Rachel Wojo vulnerably shares her heartbreaking experiences of loss while pointing you to your Father. Her prayer journey and promising principles will guide you from frenzied desperation to dependent faith. When you finish Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments, you&’ll know that praying in a panic creates a powerful pathway to peace.
Desperate Woman Seeks Friends: Real Talk About Connection, Rejection, and Trying Again for the Friendships You Need
by Kristen StrongIf you've ever been tempted to put a sign in your front yard advertising for new friends, scream or sob in frustration over a "friend's" hot and cold behavior, or cringe at the memory of awkward friendship encounters, you can trust Kristen Strong's decades of experience at regularly relocating and remaking friends to provide both solid hope and practical direction to try again to find the friends you need.In Desperate Woman Seeks Friends, Kristen Strong offers her two decades of experience as a regularly relocating military spouse and one decade as a settled civilian to address head on the crisis facing women today in startling numbers: an acute loneliness and isolation due to a lack of friends and community.Often, social media will give a band-aid for loneliness, but looking to social media to be your only source of friendship is like relying on breadcrumbs as a steady diet for dinner: it won't nourish or satisfy. Unless some of those online connections turn into real-life ones, they're no substitute for in-person friendships.Research shows friends are as important for our overall welfare as healthy eating habits and a good night's sleep, and Kristen gives you a game plan for getting your friendship groove back. Chapters include:Boundaries are our friends and our friends' friendsWhat you can expect will kill friendshipsI love my friend to pieces, but I don't love her views on ____________When a friendship ends without your say-soRejection sucks, but don't let it suck you downYour top-notch tool for building your friendshipsMaking friends by opening upYour Friend who never fails in friendships It's not just you. Making friends is hard! But it's not impossible. Through tell-it-like-it-is talk and vulnerable stories, Kristen wants to help you be a good friend to others and to yourself through principles and practices that give life to your friendships. And she wants to show you that while friends may fail you, your Friend Jesus never will. You're meant to have lasting friendships that feed your heart and soul—you are not the exception.
Desperately Seeking Self
by Viola FodorThis little book is a powerful reminder that your true nature is the most precious resource that you have to help yourself. Presented in the unique form of a dialogue between a therapist and a client, it encourages self-reflection and the daily practice of inner silence as powerful ways to nurture this true self and your full healing capacity. Tenets of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality are subtly woven into easily-understood messages of hope and change.