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Kindness Rocks Journal: An Interactive Space to Work Through Difficult Times and Create Inspiring Messages to Share with Others
by Megan Murphy#1 New Release in Rocks & Minerals — The Kindness Rocks Project, in Journal FormFans of Start with Gratitude, The Kindness Challenge and the Chicken Soup for the Soul books will love the Kindness Rocks Journal.A rock for each kindness: It all started with a single stone on a beach in Cape Cod and now spans the globe. The Kindness Rocks Project, founded by Megan Murphy, author of A Pebble for Your Thoughts, is based on the profound truth that one kind message at the right moment can change someone’s day, their outlook, and their whole life. This rock painting project has become an international grassroots movement! The messages on these positivity pebbles take many forms: gratitude, affirmations, encouragement, offers of hope—all signposts along the way for someone to find at exactly the right time.A Kindness and Gratitude Journal: Now more than ever, people are longing for kindness and connection. During these uncertain times, daily news reports focus on disturbing events of terrorism, gun violence, senseless murders, and political bickering. We are bombarded with images that evoke fear and hostility. The Kindness Rocks Journal provides a space to create a positive counteraction to all this negativity.Learn to be kinder to yourself and others: Sometimes, all it takes is just one simple positive message to change your perspective, and that is what this interactive writing journal aims to help you do.In the Kindness Rocks Journal, you will have space to:Respond to helpful journal prompts, affirmations, and quotesGrow through hard times with kindness and joyLearn how to paint an inspirational Kindness Rock and share it with others
Kindness Will Save the World: Stories of Compassion and Connection
by James CrewsWith essays, reflection prompts, and tips from award-winning poet and mindfulness teacher James Crews, learn how to integrate the life-changing practice of kindness into your own routine.Kindness Will Save the World inspires reflection on one&’s own life, how to find the positive in little moments, and how to radiate kindness to those around you. Read one of the 100 uplifting essays each morning or night and gain inspiration for the new day ahead. With journaling prompts throughout and highlighted Kindness Practices, you are provided the tools to integrate the life-changing practice of kindness into your own life. BITE-SIZE WISDOM: At one to three pages in length each, the stories are heartfelt and thought-provoking, yet brief enough to quickly read during breakfast, on the train, or before bed 100 INSIGHTFUL ESSAYS: In Kindness Will Save the World, you&’ll find dozens of inspirational stories highlighting compassion, all captured with a poet&’s grace LESSONS FOR LIFE: With writing prompts and simple practices to integrate daily, Kindness Will Save the World will inspire you to lead a kindness-centered lifestyle, enriching your own life and the lives of those around you INSPIRATIONAL GIFT: With a beautiful cover and bite-sized wisdom stories, Kindness Will Save the World is an inspirational gift for anyone in search of hope and light in the world, from new graduates to new parents AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: James Crews is an award-winning poet and writer. His work has been awarded the Prairie Schooner Prize and Cowles Prize. He has also been featured in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Ploughshares, and The Sun Magazine KINDNESS IS SELF-CARE: Kindness has been linked to improved mood, release of feel-good hormones, and better relationships
The Kindness Workbook: Creative and Compassionate Ways to Boost Your Wellbeing
by Dr Elaine Beaumont Dr Mary WelfordGrowing up is a juggling act. Our bodies and hormones change, usually at the same time as important decisions about our future need to be made. We often put extra pressure on ourselves, compare ourselves unfavourably to others and excessively worry about what other people think. Add in exams, interviews, relationships, social media, peer pressure, celebrity culture and everyday stressors, and it's no wonder our wellbeing can take a nosedive. The Kindness Workbook is a modern-day guide to help people navigate such complex times and combines amazing ideas and practices from a variety of therapies including: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Counselling and Expressive Therapy. Using creative exercises, examples and prompts, The Kindness Workbook teaches the skills of problem-solving using guided imagery, mindfulness, mind maps, vision boards, letter-writing, music, physical activity, drama and art. It has a number of icons to help signpost different sections and has eye-catching illustrations and worksheets, all of which aim to give your wellbeing a boost. A must-have book for young people and anyone working with young people to enhance wellbeing. Your kindness journey starts right here. So, it's time to become your own best friend, instead of your own worst enemy.
The Kindness Workbook: Creative and Compassionate Ways to Boost Your Wellbeing
by Elaine Beaumont Mary WelfordGrowing up is a juggling act. Our bodies and hormones change, usually at the same time as important decisions about our future need to be made. We often put extra pressure on ourselves, compare ourselves unfavourably to others and excessively worry about what other people think. Add in exams, interviews, relationships, social media, peer pressure, celebrity culture and everyday stressors, and it's no wonder our wellbeing can take a nosedive. The Kindness Workbook is a modern-day guide to help people navigate such complex times and combines amazing ideas and practices from a variety of therapies including: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Counselling and Expressive Therapy. Using creative exercises, examples and prompts, TheKindnessWorkbook teaches the skills of problem-solving using guided imagery, mindfulness, mind maps, vision boards, letter-writing, music, physical activity, drama and art. It has a number of icons to help signpost different sections and has eye-catching illustrations and worksheets, all of which aim to give your wellbeing a boost. A must-have book for young people and anyone working with young people to enhance wellbeing. Your kindness journey starts right here. So, it's time to become your own best friend, instead of your own worst enemy.
Kindred Faith: How God Works in the Lives of His People
by Lindsay Schuling CooperThis volume shares the stories of 120 people whose lives were changed thanks to their personal relationship with Jesus Christ.In 2014, Lindsay Schuling Cooper made a New Year’s resolution to read the Bible from beginning to end. Her eagerness to read daily turned into pure joy. In February she began praying to God, “Lord, use me to do your works.” Then Lindsay received her assignment.In June of 2015, Lindsay began interviewing people, asking two questions: “What can you say about God?” and “How has He changed your life or worked in it?”. She planned on interviewing fifty people. Within three months, that number grew to 120. Lindsay started out in her comfort zone, but God led her elsewhere. She met with people in churches, shelters, and even jails. Kindred Faith shares the stories of the people she met—stories of God’s people, whose faith in Him impacted their lives.
The Kinfolk Entrepreneur: Ideas for Meaningful Work (Kinfolk Ser.)
by Nathan WilliamsIn The Kinfolk Entrepreneur, author Nathan Williams introduces readers to 40 creative business owners around the globe, offering an inspiring, in-depth look behind the scenes of their lives and their companies. <P><P>Pairing insightful interviews with striking images of these men and women and their workspaces, The Kinfolk Entrepreneur makes business personal. The book profiles both budding and experienced entrepreneurs across a broad range of industries (from fashion designers to hoteliers) in cities across the globe (from Copenhagen to Dubai). <P>Readers will learn how today’s industry leaders handle both their successes and failures, achieve work-life balance, find motivation in the face of adversity, and so much more.
King Jesus and the Beauty of Obedience-Based Discipleship
by David YoungWhat does it mean to be a disciple? The call of discipleship is more than programs and Bible study. In King Jesus and the Beauty of Obedience-Based Discipleship, David Young presents a bold call for obedience-based discipleship and argues that it alone is the proper response to the kingship of Jesus. Many have wrongly associated obedience with bad theology, believing that Jesus' demand for obedience is a form of works righteousness or legalism. Others simply don't like obedience and resist the demands Jesus makes in calling us to follow him.But if we surrender to the kingship of Jesus, we will find the life we were designed to live. We are accustomed to calling Jesus "Savior." And we should. But until recently, many in the Western church have not learned to call Jesus "King."The kingship of Jesus has implications for how we live. We can either rebel against him, raising puppet kings and constructing our own kingdoms, or we can submit to him in obedience-based discipleship. Could it be that you are still sitting on the throne of your life, treating King Jesus as a mere advisor? What would change in your life if you started treating Jesus as nothing short of your King?Young unpacks five principles for those who wish to follow Jesus as King.Surrender to the authority of King JesusEmbrace the mission of King JesusLive immersed in King JesusObey the teachings of King JesusBehold the presence of King JesusFollowing these five steps awakens us to a life truly worth living, a life of power, peace, beauty, and love. This is eternal life, that we would know and follow Jesus as King of the Universe, and king over our lives. After all, you don&’t merely believe in kings. You obey them.
The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
by Linda Himelstein“A operatic tour-de-force.” —Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Widow Clicquot“An impressive feat of research, told swiftly and enthusiastically.” —San Francisco ChronicleFrom Vanderbilt and Rockefeller to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, America’s captains of industry are paragons of entrepreneurial success, and books about business history, from The First Tycoon to The Big Short, show exemplars of capitalistic cunning and tenacity…but just as American cocktail connoisseurs can mistake Absolut, Skyy, Grey Goose, or Ketel One for the quintessential clear spirit, so too has America’s vision of business history remained naïve to a truth long recognized in Eastern Europe: since the time of Tsar Nicholas, both vodka and commercial success have been synonymous in Russia with one name—Smirnoff. Linda Himelstein’s critically acclaimed biography of Russian vodka scion Pyotr Smirnov—a finalist for the James Beard Award, winner of the IACP and Saroyan Awards, and a BusinessWeek Best Business Book of 2009—is the sweeping story of entrepreneurship, empire, and epicurean triumph unlike anything the world has ever seen before.
A Kingdom Called Desire: Confronted by the Love of a Risen King
by Rick MckinleyIncluding practical theology of why living out of a place of authentic desire is central to living in the Kingdom of God, Rick McKinley will help you understand how your innermost desires shape your experience of following Jesus. A Kingdom Called Desire will help you: • Uncover your core desires • Discover the freedom of living honestly before God • Allow God’s desires to shape your life • See how your own unique personality, gifts, and experiences can be used by Jesus in his Kingdom The results of McKinley’s life-changing message can be seen in people from his own community at Imago Dei. While A Kingdom Called Desire will inspire you to see the practical display of Kingdom theology, it will also be deeply formational, allowing you to engage in your own personal journey and find healing and redemption in your unmet desires. A Kingdom Called Desire will unleash you from stale religious duty, as well as cynical social activism, bringing you into a dynamic love relationship with Jesus, motivated by the fulfillment of authentic desire.
Kingdom Come: Finding Holy in the Here and Now
by Melissa ZaldivarDiscover how God's Divine Presence gives your purpose and fulfillment regardless of life's season as you learn to discern the temporary from the eternal and live with conviction.Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, "Is this it?" After a childhood of being promised the future is bright, it's difficult to see meaning and purpose as you trudge through your everyday adulthood obligations. Expectations are unmet, hope fades, and disappointment in relationships and careers leaves you longing for better while living broken. But some things are temporary and others eternal, and you must learn to tell the difference.The Kingdom and Presence of God are still present, right here and right now. And experiencing them changes everything. Glimpses of God's divine Kingdom can be found in your workplace, classroom, and around the dinner table with friends. His nearness can be felt in celebratory moments and in empty apartments and when the phone rings with devastating news. Even when the world around you appears to be falling apart, God and His Kingdom remain steadfast.As you experience the inevitable pain of finding your way, this book will help you realize you aren't alone and encourage you through the narrative of Scripture. Many have gone before us and shown us the way. God's Kingdom has come (and is still coming) and His presence is real. Eternal things can be seen if we learn to look through the lens of His unchanging Truth.
Kingdom Living: The Essentials of Spiritual Growth
by Tony EvansTired of religion? Longing for relationship?You're not alone. Most Christians yearn to grow spiritually, but many don't know how to begin. Some seek maturity through deeds or doctrine.But Tony Evans reminds us that flourishing faith comes from a vibrant walk with Christ."If you are pursuing a relationship with Jesus Christ and are passionately committed to bringing Him glory, your spiritual life will grow at a speed you never imagined possible," says Evans.In Kingdom Living: The Essentials for Spiritual Growth, Tony Evans helps us to understand God's plan for our maturity, addressing topics like conversion, the Holy Spirit, power, and Scripture.You'll discover how:Knowing God better is a passion more than a process.Experiencing God deeper is a matter of the heart first, then the mind.Loving God more is what we do when we follow the God who first loved us.
The Kingdom of God: A Guide for Old Testament Study
by Francis BreischIn The Kingdom of God, which was first published in 1959, author Francis D. Breisch Jr. himself perfectly summarizes the message of the Old Testament: “It exhibits the unity which exists in the Old Testament. It shows the historical development of God’s work of redemption. It emphasizes the fact that the entire Old Testament prepares for the coming of Christ, the eternal King. To trace the growth of the Kingdom of God is to keep one’s finger on the pulse of God’s redemptive program. Throughout the guide I have attempted to point out the various ways in which the Kingdom of God comes to expression in the Old Testament.”In his own words, Francis D. Breisch Jr.’s book is geared towards the high school student—“reflected in both form and content”—but readers of all ages will find this volume extremely informative in its expression of the way in which God’s kingdom developed over the centuries.
The King's Daughter Becoming The Woman God Created You To Be
by Diana HageeMordecai's challenge to Esther, "Were you not born for such a time as this?" is repeated for all women throughout the ages, says Diana Hagee. Every woman has a divine destiny. But women cannot fulfill that goal unless they understand His biblical guidelines. In this interactive workbook, Diana leads women through a self-examination of their lives and their goals from God's perspective, not the secular society's. They look at Scripture that shows how valuable they are to God and how they can have an intimate relationship with Him. And then they evaluate the standards that make them a daughter of the King: God's blueprint for their unique personality, for their sexuality, and for their relationships in the home and in the workplace. Ideal for individual use as well as for a woman's Bible study or for a larger discipleship/mentoring group, the book includes instructor's notes and an appendix of suggestions on how to conduct this twelve-week course.
A King's Journey: A Handbook for Fulfiling the Call of God on Your Life
by Steve RichardA King’s Journey is unlike any book you have ever read before, with up-to-date high-tech analogies that explain biblical truths for our high-tech generation. Spiritual truths will come to life when you view the more than twenty detailed pictures that visually depict how the Kingdom of God’s Operating System (KOGOS) works. For those who desire to live a life of meaning and purpose, fulfilling the very things the Lord has planned for you--this book is for you. Do you want to follow the plan of God for your life but you’re not sure how? Do you desire to be in the center of the will of God, but when it’s time to make decisions you’re not sure what God would have you do? A King’s Journey will walk you through step-by-step so you can know for sure the plan of God and how to make the right decisions every time.
Kinks to Curls: The Natural Way of Creating Your Desired Curly Look
by Alexis Perkins Tyshawna WitherspoonHave you ever washed and conditioned your hair and thought to yourself, “Wow, this texture looks so pretty! I wish my hair would stay like this.” Then your hair quickly dries into a coarse and kinky poof that you’re now trying to work through and style in some manner. Are you tired of doing twist-outs night after night? Are you tired of feeling like your hair is “not good”? Well, "Kinks to Curls" is the book for you. You’ll be able to make your curl pattern pop and hold over several days. Yes, ladies, no more twist-outs, and no more fighting through the kinks. "Kinks to Curls" will give you the step-by-step details on how to turn your kinks into curls, as well as how to maintain your style with a few quick and easy bedtime and morning steps. Once you discover its convenience and cost-effectiveness, you’ll be able to confidently wear your natural hair and also inspire others to do the same. To get more tips and tricks or to send additional questions for your specific hair situation, please visit Alexis & Tyshawna at www.kinkstocurls.com.
The Kinslow System: Your Path To Proven Success In Health, Love, And Life
by Frank J. KinslowAre you only living half of your life? What if you were told that by becoming aware of something you already have, you could enrich your abilities and talents immeasurably and start living 100 percent of your life today? Would you be interested?The book you’re holding in your hands will show you how to do exactly that. Dr. Frank Kinslow – the discoverer and developer of Quantum Entrainment® (QE™), a groundbreaking technique that has become a vital part of the lives of healing professionals and laypeople the world over – will introduce you to a proven scientific method based on easily applied principles that have shown thousands of people how to create more happiness and harmony. You will find QE to be more like a friend than a technique. It comes not from the outside but from within, beyond the furthest reaches of mind where peace and well-being abide. QE, its applications in daily life, and the Universal Principles form the three pillars of The Kinslow System™. You will learn powerful exercises and techniques that are simple to do and immediately effective, helping you quiet emotional upsets in seconds, remove physical pain in yourself and others in minutes, lay the foundation for a perfect relationship, remove the anxiety and frustration of financial difficulties, and much, much more.The Kinslow System offers the basic tools and instruction booklet to not only lift us above the calamity and conflict of life but to also reveal how to pass on this newfound joy to others. Humanity is not done evolving. In the quiet moments when we see the suffering that flickers and flares in the souls of this world, we know there is more to us. Quantum Entrainment and The Kinslow System stand at the promontory between darkness and beauty, waiting for our eager embrace. First we must delve within to appreciate our own inner divinity; then we only have to reach out and touch the light. It is just that simple.
Kintsugi: Embrace your imperfections and find happiness - the Japanese way
by Tomás NavarroDiscover how to embrace the imperfect with Kintsugi. Apply this ancient principle to your life and you will learn how to repair yourself, rebuild your life and love your flaws. <P><P>Japanese Kintsugi masters delicately patch up broken ceramics with gold adhesive, leaving the restoration clearly visible to others. Psychologist Tomás Navarro believes that we should approach our lives with the same philosophy. Everyone faces suffering, but it is the way in which we overcome our troubles, and heal our emotional wounds, that is key. We shouldn't conceal our repairs, they are proof of our strength. <P><P>Navarro presents real solutions to genuine problems that he has seen in his professional practice. His anecdotes demonstrate that it is possible to transform adversity or setbacks into a strength. His psychological understanding and perspective will leave you feeling courageous and prepared, should you experience misfortune, be it heartbreak, a job loss or bereavement. <P><P>Often practised alongside Ikigai (or the art of finding one's life purpose), Kintsugi shows you how happiness can be found again, often against all odds. A painful experience can in fact make you a more determined individual, ready to face the world with optimism. <P><P>'Kintsugi, which translates as "golden joinery", is the latest lifestyle trend promising to transform our lives.' - The Telegraph
Kintsugi: Embrace your imperfections and find happiness - the Japanese way
by Tomás NavarroDiscover how to embrace the imperfect with Kintsugi. Apply this ancient principle to your life and you will learn how to repair yourself, rebuild your life and love your flaws.Japanese Kintsugi masters delicately patch up broken ceramics with gold adhesive, leaving the restoration clearly visible to others. Psychologist Tomás Navarro believes that we should approach our lives with the same philosophy. Everyone faces suffering, but it is the way in which we overcome our troubles, and heal our emotional wounds, that is key. We shouldn't conceal our repairs, they are proof of our strength.Navarro presents real solutions to genuine problems that he has seen in his professional practice. His anecdotes demonstrate that it is possible to transform adversity or setbacks into a strength. His psychological understanding and perspective will leave you feeling courageous and prepared, should you experience misfortune, be it heartbreak, a job loss or bereavement.Often practised alongside Ikigai (or the art of finding one's life purpose), Kintsugi shows you how happiness can be found again, often against all odds. A painful experience can in fact make you a more determined individual, ready to face the world with optimism.'Kintsugi, which translates as "golden joinery", is the latest lifestyle trend promising to transform our lives.' - The Telegraph
Kintsugi: Embrace your imperfections and find happiness - the Japanese way
by Tomás NavarroAn inspiring guide that teaches us how adversity can be an opportunity to make us into stronger, better people.Discover how to rebuild your life after it is broken, repair the cracks, heal emotional wounds, and embrace imperfection. Written by a psychologist, Tomas Navarro, this book explores the Japanese notion of Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, leaving visible the repair as a symbol of fragility, strength and beauty. Using this method as a metaphor, we will learn how to rebuild our lives after they have been broken, build resilience and heal emotional wounds. Tomas will help us to understand the role played by adversity in our lives, how we can react in the face of it and the simple steps we can take to confront and overcome life's troubles. Kintsugi proves that happiness can be found again, often against all the odds, and that a traumatic or painful experience does not have to be the undoing of you.(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Kintsugi: Finding Strength in Imperfection
by Céline SantiniAn award-winning self help guide to healing emotional wounds and building resiliency, inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi—includes photos.Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with powdered gold. Day after day, week after week, stage by stage, the object is cleaned, groomed, treated, healed, and finally enhanced. Nowadays it has also become a well-known therapy metaphor for how to build resilience. Winner of the 2019 Golden Nautilus Book Award, Kintsugi offers practical advice to help you overcome rough times, heal your deepest wounds, and become whole again through the numerous stages, writing exercises, and testimonies.
The Kintsugi Moms: Transformative Insights from a Healer#s Diary
by Dr. Haseena ChokkiyilThe Kintsugi Moms is an anthology of stories of transformation from an eminent physician&’s case file. The book takes us through the challenges and struggles of single mothers and the ways they metamorphosed into the highest and truest expression of themselves. Through her lucid and relatable storytelling skills, Dr Haseena Chokkiyil takes us on an enlightening odyssey and puts forth tools for self-healing and attainment of fruition in life. The way she has presented the concepts of health, disease, and metaphysics through the experiences of real-life protagonists is sure to appeal to laymen as well as medical professionals alike. The life-changing tools and techniques discussed in the book are profoundly effective and can be easily implemented to extricate oneself from any health challenge, be it psychological, physical, or psychosomatic. The message at the heart of The Kintsugi Moms is clear—that with a little nudge and guidance in the right direction, no circumstance in life is insurmountable. All in all, the book is a compendium of invaluable knowledge and insights for anyone in need of healing at any level of existence.
Kismat Ki Khoj Me: किस्मत की खोज में
by Robin Sharmaसंन्यासी जिसने अपनी संपत्ति बेच दी नामक श्रृंखला को सारे संसार में प्रसारित करने वाली अन्य बेस्टसेलिंग पुस्तकों की भांति, किस्मत की खोज में... भी एक समृद्ध तथा अद्भुत कल्पित कथा के रूप में लिखी गई है। पाठकों का परिचय डार सैंडरसन से होता है, जो एक ऐसा उच्च महत्वाकांक्षी एक्ज़ीक्यूटिव है जिसके पास किसी भौतिक सुख-सुविधा का अभाव नहीं, परंतु फिर भी वह प्रसन्नता, सार्थकता व आंतरिक शांति के लिए तरस रहा है। डार की भेंट अनपेक्षित रूप से, जूलियन मेंटल से होती है, वे एक ऐसे संन्यासी के रूप से लोकप्रिय हैं, जिन्होंने अनंत सफलता के रहस्यों को पा लिया है। वे डार को एक ऐसी असाधारण यात्रा पर रवाना कर देते हैं, जहां वह अपने प्रामाणिक अस्तित्व को तलाशते हुए, अपने सपनों से सजे जीवन को पाने का दावा कर सकता है। इसी दौरान, डार सात महत्वपूर्ण पाठ सीखता है, जो किसी के लिए भी उसके बृहत्तर जीवन तक जाने तथा संसार में चमकने के लिए अनिवार्य हैं। इस अविस्मरणीय कथा में, आप पाएंगे: नियंत्रण की प्रवृत्ति को त्याग कर अपनी अनंत संभावनाओं पर विश्वास कैसे करें, आत्म-विश्वासघात के अपराध से बचते हुए, महानता से भरा जीवन कैसे जीएं, किस प्रकार अभ्यासी मन के साथ आत्म-प्रवीणता के उच्चतम स्तरों तक जाएं, भय को सौभाग्य में कैसे बदलें, अपनी पुकार तथा जीवन के उद्देश्य को कैसे तलाशें, अपने लिए पीड़ादायी प्रसंगों को फलदायी प्रसंगों में कैसे बदलें, अपनी संपूर्णतम क्षमताओं को कैसे जागृत करें।
The Kiss: A Memoir
by Jane Smiley Kathryn HarrisonIn this extraordinary memoir, one of the best young writers in America today transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that began when Kathryn Harrison, twenty years old, was reunited with a parent whose absence had haunted her youth.Exquisitely and hypnotically written, like a bold and terrifying dream, The Kiss is breathtaking in its honesty and in the power and beauty of its creation. A story both of taboo and of family complicity in breaking taboo, The Kiss is also about love -- about the most primal of love triangles, the one that ensnares a child between mother and father.From the Hardcover edition.
Kiss and Run
by Elina FurmanYou May Be Commitment-Phobic If: You have a mile-long list of requirements for your ideal mate You go from one short-lived relationship to the next You have a habit of dating "unavailable" men You think many of your married friends have settled for less You are constantly blowing "hot" and "cold" in your relationships For years, it was the men who had the monopoly on commitment-phobia. Today, single women are the fastest-growing segment of the population, with over forty-seven million single women in this country and twenty-two million of them between the ages of twenty-five and forty-four. Whatever the reasons -- fear of divorce, increased financial independence, delayed motherhood -- more women than ever no longer feel the urgency, or the ability, to settle down. Lucky for this growing group of women, author and former commitment-phobe Elina Furman has written Kiss and Run, the first-ever book about female commitment anxiety. Filled with fun quizzes, first-person testimonials, and step-by-step action plans, Kiss and Run includes the top-five panic buttons, advice for curbing overanalysis, and tips for fixing negative commitment scripts. You'll also find the seven types of commitment-phobes, including the Nitpicker, the Serial Dater, and the Long-Distance Runner. Based on the stories of more than one hundred women, this straight-talking guide helps single women conquer commitment anxiety and say yes to love.
Kiss Me, I'm Single
by Amanda FordNote: This is NOT a book for single women on how to find a man; it is a guide for women who want to find their truest selves and celebrate them. As the author of the daily meditation book for teenage girls, Be True to Yourself, Amanda Ford's message of fierce individuality and even stronger identity has grown up with her audience. In her new book Kiss Me, I'm Single, Ford exhorts single women not to get lost in the pressure to be in a relationship (single women's mantra: Any relationship will do!) and not to lose themselves in a relationship. The bottom line is that the most important relationship they can have is with themselves.True love is an inside job and begins with you. It is a basic fact of life that in order to be truly happy and fulfilled with another person, you must be truly happy and fulfilled on your own first. A good relationship can enhance life for sure, but it cannot take what is just "okay" and turn in into perfect. In Kiss Me, I'm Single, Amanda Ford urges readers: "Get off your derrieres and get to work on yourself. Go inward and be relentless in your search. Discover what is in you that you must do in order to bring joy into your own life."Refreshingly honest, ruefully witty and wise, Ford has also dug deep down and done the work she recommends. From her soul-searching sojourn, Amanda Ford brings back news that will empower all young women: "Love has nothing to do with another person; it is a condition of your own heart."