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Book SynopsisThis warm hug of a book takes you through the day with insight, kindness and encouragement. With a host a furry friends to guide you, discover how to tackle everyday problems from Monday morning blues to low self-esteem, burnout to workplace tensions. Combining humour, warmth and wisdom, this book provides practical tips to help establish a better work-life balance and to navigate the challenges and demands of modern life. Whether you need some words of comfort to set you up for the working week, tips on cultivating healthy habits, or a reminder of the importance of self-compassion, you will find your answer in these pages. Finnish psychotherapy professional Antti Ervasti is on a mission to make mental health visible, shining a light on everyday challenges, big and small, through the charming, imperfect and utterly relatable animal figures of Matti Pikkujamsa's illustrations. ---'We hope that our illustrations are easily approachable, offer our readers solace, encouragement and understanding, and offer a platform for a more visible mindscape.' Antti and Matti'Warmth and humour are often the best antidotes when trying to silence the inner critic.'Helena Aatsinki, Psychotherapist---

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Book Synopsis'It's a breeze to read and you won't feel so alone at the end of it' Marie Claire It's never too late to grow the f*ck up. And New York Times bestselling author Sarah Knight is here to help! With her no-bullsh*t bible for the modern adult, you'll become more self-aware, self-sufficient and resourceful - and turn grown-up responsibilities into exciting opportunities for making your life easier and more fun. You'll learn:- How to anticipate consequences and orchestrate outcomes- Four keys to effective communication- Strategies for slaying self-care- The perks of being independent and dependableAnd much more!Packed with practical advice and pro-dult tips for everything from balancing your budget to impressing your in-laws, Grow the F*ck Up is the perfect guide for anyone - at any age - who wants to be an adult and get treated like one.SARAH KNIGHT's No F*cks Given Guides have sold over 3 million copies and her TEDx talk has been viewed 10 million times.Trade ReviewJudgement-free and filled with all the advice you wish you'd gotten (or had listened to) from your parents, this is an expectedly irreverent guide to adulting that will help you get your grown-up life firing on all cylinders * Irish Examiner *Busy, breezy and sensible * Westmeath Examiner *Knight has the hard-earned wisdom to get you from total helplessness to reliable resourcefulness * Shemazing *Packed with practical advice tips for life, from balancing your budget to communicating better -- Women’s Running

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Book Synopsis"'Time belongs not to us but to God,' contends Michel. Lambasting time management strategies that prioritize productivity, Michel argues that readers must instead accept that 'there is always enough time to do what God has planned.' Michel succeeds in putting earthly concerns in cosmic perspective. These insightful musings are worth a look."--Publishers Weekly *** Whether we're trying to find time, save it, manage it, or make the most of it, one word defines our relationship with the clock: anxiety. Yet is productivity really the only grid for the good life? Have you ever imagined a life without hurry, relentless work, multitasking, or scarcity? A life that is characterized instead by presence, attention, rest, rootedness, fruitfulness, and generosity? This is the kind of life we are meant for, says Jen Pollock Michel. But if we want to experience freedom from time anxiety, we have to reimagine our relationship with time itself. In the pages of In Good Time, she invites you to disentangle your priorities from our modern assumptions and instead ground them in God's time. Then she shows you how to establish 8 life-giving habits that will release you from the false religion of productivity so you can develop a grounded, healthy, life-giving relationship with the clock.

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Book SynopsisEmbrace the gift of faith, the vision of your greatest dreams, and the courage to step into the unknown with Joel Osteen's essential book about the incredible power of belief.One of the greatest abilities God has given each of us is our ability to believe. When you believe, you ignite the promises of God and the surpassing greatness of His power is released. When you believe, supernatural doors will open, you'll defeat giants, you'll accomplish dreams much bigger than you thought. When you believe, no disappointment, no setback, no injustice, no illness, and no person can stop Him from taking you where He wants you to go.This compact digest by #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen helps readers stay anchored to hope when they don't see any sign of what they're believing for, to dare to be bold and step into the unknown, to pray big, and to experience the incredible power of believing.

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Book SynopsisRelease the negative thoughts and feelings that are weighing you down with #1 New York Times bestselling author and Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen.It's easy to go through life holding on to things that are weighing you down. Guilt. Resentment. Doubt. Worry. The problem is when you allow these things in, they're taking up space for the good things that should be there. Imagine your life is like a container. You were created to be filled with joy, peace, confidence, creativity. But if you allow worry, shame, and other negativity in, it pushes out good thoughts. Life is too short to go through it with negative things holding you down.The Scripture says, "Give no place to the enemy." Give no place to worry. Give no place to bitterness. You control what's in your container. You control what you think about, what you choose to allow in. Every morning when you wake up, you need to empty out anything negative from the day before. Empty Out the Negative will help you disregard the ridiculing voices in your head and instead hear God and his grace. Empty out the negative, and God will fill you with good.

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Book SynopsisFormer professional ballerina Valorie Kondos Field--or Miss Val, as she's affectionately known--has never tumbled, flipped, or even played any type of organized sports, and yet she has been able to craft a legendary coaching career through curiosity, creativity, attention to detail, and unwavering care for the overall well-being of her athletes. For Miss Val, it's not about winning and losing, it's about choreographing your life and owning the choices you make.Miss Val has shaped her UCLA Gymnastics program as a life skills class and now she's sharing those lessons with you, whether you're an athlete, business leader, or simply someone who wants to own their destiny. Miss Val's philosophies are timeless. Her coaching style is unorthodox. Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is a thought-provoking, fun journey through the anecdotes of the 35-year career of a dancer/choreographer turned athletic coach. The book includes unforgettable stories of the Olympians and athletes with whom she's worked-including the inspirational journey of Katelyn Ohashi, whose joyful transformation under the tutelage of Miss Val was evident to the world when her perfect 10 floor routine went viral -- reaching over 100 million viewers. Other triumphs include Olympian Jamie Dantzscher, who found her confidence at UCLA and learned the tools to combat her previous abuse; and sensation Christine Peng Peng Lee, who helped the Bruins clinch the 2018 NCAA championship with back-to-back 10's. Miss Val also shares her favorite memories of her mentor, legendary basketball coach John Wooden, as well as her thoughts on Larry Nassar and the gymnastics sexual abuse scandal.Miss Val reveals how her coaching journey had a rocky start before she found her own best approach. In time she realized that her dance background wasn't a detriment, it was a gift. When she embraced this, Miss Val led the Bruins to victory. Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is packed with great advice for anyone on a quest for success, delivered in Miss Val's reassuring and inspirational tone. She took the same approach to her breast cancer diagnosis, explaining how she made that struggle into one of the best years of her life. For Miss Val, it's all about attitude. Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance is a powerful book that shows you how to make the leap of faith in choosing your own path to greatness.

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Book SynopsisWondering how to make the Law of Attraction work in your life? With the publication of The Secret, the Law of Attraction has become a worldwide phenomenon. Yet, many people are still not getting the results they want and have been left disappointed and confused. Now motivational coach, Bob Doyle, one of the teachers featured in the film version of The Secret, dispels the misconceptions and myths about the Law of Attraction and offers a practical, easy-to-use programme for creating abundance and happiness. Doyle addresses, head-on, the objections, questions and comments that many still have about creating abundance to get the things they want in life.FOLLOW YOUR PASSION, FIND YOUR POWER is a down-to-earth, no-hype, motivational approach to take control of your life and get the things you want. Doyle makes it clear that the Law is not a personal development tool you can use the right way or the wrong way; it''s a profound statement of how energy works in the universe. It has to do with p

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Book SynopsisLearn breakthrough self-activation techniques to: ·Become more engaged with your life ·Enjoy daily activities ·Feel able to face challenges ·Stop avoiding social situations ·Feel strong and competent again ·Conquer the obstacles that keep depression going ·Stop making decisions based on your moods ·Get back on track with your life goals ·Recognize the habits and patterns that fuel your depressionAchieve medication-free recoveryBehavioral activation therapy offers effective, fast relief from depression. This powerful and progressive therapy steers away from the idea that depression symptoms represent an illness or weakness. Instead, depression is merely a signpost pointing directly at the things that need to change in one's life. Its engaging exercises make it easy for you to focus on activities that will inspire you with feelings of pleasure, mastery, and engagement. Learn to develop a list of enjoyable activities, or activities you need to engage in as a part of a normal and satisfying life. Begin with the easiest (or sometimes, the most indispensable) activities on your the list, and learn how to tackle them one by one. This simple, profound process will connect you with naturally occurring rewards, which are powerful antidotes to feelings of depression. With this foundation, go on to change how you approach your day-to-day life-your daily activities, the choices you make, and the way you cope with life's ups and downs. You'll find this proven-effective approach to coping with depression easy to master.

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Book SynopsisHighly sensitive people (HSPs), who make up some 20 per cent of the population , are individuals who both enjoy and suffer from a finely tuned neurological system. This condition can be a gift, but until HSPs master their sensitive nervous systems, they operate in a constant state of over stimulation.

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Book SynopsisA memorial of Alice Potter's powerful motivaitonal secrets. Tells how the power of positive thinking promotes personal success; techniques to replace negative thoughts and actions with positive ones; how to overcome fears and anxiety, and how to transform dreams into reality.Shows how to put optimism to practical use. How to take command of your life and leave behind your fears through simple and sound steps. Shares ten simple rules that can change your life, helpful guidelines for creating personal affirmations, along with inspirational quotations, motivational stories and anecdotes demonstrating use of the commandments.Includes strategies to create and achieve personal goals, along with stories of success, words of wisdom, and inspirational exercises to gain confidence and overcome procrastination.

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Book SynopsisFrom Black Lives Matter to the ongoingWomen's Marches, we have had some powerful moments over the last decade that have galvanized and created new, but brief, feelings of community. Many of us, however, haven't figured out how to spark that feeling on our own, or how to build off or sustain those moments. Many of us are longing for a kind of sugar-borrowing and stoop-sitting closeness we imagine existed in the 50s. Maybe we even grew up in that environment, but we moved away from home for love, work, or adventure and we don't know how to recreate it in a new place. What so many of us are missing is the closeness that connects us and make us feel like we belong to a community.In How We Show Up, community visionary Mia Birdsong delivers a modern, timely understanding of what true, authentic family and community can look like--outside of the 2-parent, 2.5 kids norm we all have in our heads. Today we have more single parents, couples who raise children outside of marriage, and more people growing older alone. Tackling topics like creating safe spaces, creativity in community, raising children in community, and more, How We Show Up is the antidote to the social fractures we face in our nation today. By sharing stories and actionable advice, and taking cues from marginalized communities--people of color, women, LGBTQ--Mia Birdsong offers us the blueprint we need to build true community wherever we are.

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2024 SILVER READERS'' FAVORITE AWARD IN NONFICTION: RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY Bestselling author, hypnotherapist, and dream expert Kelly Sullivan Walden shares her four-step OGLE process in a humorous self-help memoir. Kelly teaches us how to shift our perspectives on tragedy and helps us look for the magic that can shine within some of our darkness moments.Recoveries from heartbreaks and misfortune can be debilitating. In A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Kelly Sullivan Walden (aka the Dream Doctor) shares her own history of healing with therapy, shamans, gurus, 12-step programs, and her twenty-five years of working with clients as a dream therapist and encourages us to alchemize these challenges into a philosophy of strength, forgiveness, and personal transformation. From a hot-air balloon crash in a wildlife refuge to a near-death experience on her fortieth birthday, Walden divulges both her own larger-than-life misadventures and debilitating losses alongside eye-opening stories from her clients and friends. Complete with healthy helpings of wisdom and humor, she flips the script with her four-step OGLE method and transforms the tragic into magic, a method designed to cut years off the recovery process and help turn suffering into optimism. With this book in hand, you?ll find your way back to your inner heaven, even when all hell is breaking loose. Guided by Kelly?s wisdom and wit, you, too, can transform your life?s unexpected tragedies and mishaps into magical journeys of self-exploration, love, and badassery.

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Book SynopsisA unique, and powerful perspective on the challenges of parenting, and a guide to finding a rewarding path forward.

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Book SynopsisShakti is the Divine life force that ceaselessly manifests, creates, and activates. Igniting this living power within is the key for both men and women to transform themselves and attain union, harmony, and peace. The fluid intelligence of Shakti enflames, empowers, and awakens, igniting life force, joy, and organic wisdom within. Uniting the forms of Tantra Yoga found in Indian, Tibetan, and Aramaic sacred traditions, Padma Aon Prakasha reveals how to activate the power of Shakti by opening the 18 energetic pathways of the Shakti Circuit. The Circuit begins with galactic energy entering the body at the Alta Major chakra, located at the back of the head. Traveling down the pillar of the spine through the root chakra, the Circuit passes through the Seven Gates of the Womb-Grail to link the sacred sexual center and the heart center. From the heart, the energy completes the Circuit by traveling to the third eye and back to the Alta Major starting point to reveal the All-seeing eye. Centered on the womb in women and the hara in men, the Shakti Circuit links the soul, body-mind, emotions, and chakras to the power and loving wisdom of the Galactic Center. The Power of Shaktiincludes the insights and experiences of both men and women as they activate the power of Shakti and shows that clearing all 18 pathways of the Shakti Circuit enables us to activate our sacred sexual self and find our soul mission.Trade Review“A new generation of evolutionary guides is emerging. I recommend Padma Prakasha as a genuine spiritual coach who can help to transmute what stands in the way of your awakening. His work holds the light and power of change and deep transformation, a sort of ‘cosmic’ readjustment that speeds up a person’s evolutionary process.” * Margot Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy *“An excellent sourcebook for both women and men, every page of The Power of Shakti provides new insight into the rich, vibrant energy of the Divine Feminine. It offers a profound pathway to understanding the power and potency of this essential feminine current as it flows through the sacred temple of the physical body, linking us to the Galactic Center. In these shifting times of planetary transformation, this book assists us in rediscovering our intimate connection to nature, the earth, and the cosmos.” * Sharron Rose, author of The Path of the Priestess and film producer of 2012 The Odyssey and Timewave *“The Power of Shakti is revolutionary and is bound to open the gates that have kept us from our true power as both men and women. It taps in to the heart of the ancient mysteries and articulates their modernday message to we humans. Reading this material or attending Padma Prakasha’s seminars will rock your world.” * Linda Star Wolf, author of Shamanic Breathwork and coauthor of Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt: Awakenin *“The Power of Shakti will revitalize your life by revealing the patterns of energy that flow between the physical body and the galactic universe. Equally esoteric and practical, it offers illuminating insight into holistic health through scholarly understanding of the body’s dynamic light field. The author’s profound integrity, knowledge, and experience enrich every page. This is not an ordinary book; it is unique, provocative, and fresh.” * Isha Lerner, author of The Triple Goddess Tarot and Inner Child Cards *" . . . it's women who will find this most powerful, and new age collections that will benefit from its wisdom and spiritual teachings." * The Midwest Book Review, Oct 2009 *Table of Contents A Note to the Reader on the Writing of This Book Preface Introduction Part One Pathways to the Womb The Shakti Circuit Opening to the Essence of Shakti The Eighteen Pathways Feeling Shakti The Deeper Meanings of Shakti Shakti Power The Essence of Shakti Activating the Pathways Alta Major The Mouth of the Goddess Life and Death Shakti as Destroyer Agni Shakti: The First Flame of Creation The Atlas: The Physical Aspect of the Alta Major The Amygdala Heart Chakra of the Brain Transforming Anger into Bliss The Clarity of the Kidneys The Kidneys - Kidney Breathing Holy Touch Grounding the Self The Base of the Spine - A Five-Minute Meditation for Grounding The Big Release - Anus Breathing Centering Heaven and Earth - Central Channel Breathing The Seven Gates to the Grail Womb Timeless Pathway to Feminine Truth The Two Rivers Beginning the Journey The First Three Gates Lips of Love, the Gratitude Spot, and the Blooming Red Rose of the Clitoris The First Gate: The Lips of Love - Prostrating to the Divine Within - Yoni Gazing The Second Gate: The Gratitude Spot The Third Gate: The Blooming Red Rose of the Clitoris The Fourth Gate Entering the Grail Womb - Traveling through the Fourth Gate The Dweller on the Threshold The Voice of the Womb Man and the Grail Womb Deep Healing for the Wounded Warrior A Collective Wound Innocence Shakti in the Masculine Side of Us The Fifth Gate Union of Sex and Soul Yab-yum The Jewels of Your Soul’s Purpose The Sixth Gate Surrender to the Power of Shakti The Open Conduit Surrender as Service Namah: The Sound of Surrender Aloneness Fluid Joy The Seventh Gate The Infinite Well and the Grail The Voice of the Seventh Gate - Seven Gates Meditation Part Two Power in the Womb The Power of the Womb Love and Power in the Compassionate Womb The Dragon and the Womb Activating the Pulse of Power The Womb as Transmuter The Compassionate Womb The Womb and DNA Conscious Birthing The Moon and the Womb Silver Pathway to the Divine The Qualities of the Moon Breathing with the Moon Weaving Shakti Deeper The Shakti Weave, Shakti Breathing, and Ovary Breathing The Shakti Weave Shakti Breathing The Ovaries - Ovary Breathing Umbilical Cords of Connection Our First Connection, Our First Separation Gaia’s Cord Reconnecting the Cord The Galactic Center Returning to the Womb in 2012 The Womb, the Placenta, and the Galactic Center The Indian View The Science of the Galactic Center The Web of Life Intuitive Matrix of Creation - Connecting to the Web of Life The Womb Mandala - Womb Mandala Practice Part three Shakti Awakened Shakti and the Source of Love Aligning with Your Soul’s Purpose The Daimon Embrace and Allowing - Conscious Embrace Ruthless Compassion: Wielding the Sword The Pyramid of the Mind The Witness Self-inquiry - A Self-inquiry Practice The All-Seeing Eye The Circuit Completes Shakti and the Witness The Black Light of the Universal Womb Embodiment Living at Your Highest Potential The Music of the Dance The Two Primal Sounds of Shakti Before and After the Shakti Circuit Resources Shakti Circuit Healings and Retreats Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisEveryone has felt the pain and anguish of heartbreak, and most have searched in vain for resolution. If It?s Heartbreak, It Can Be Healed is an interactive journey filled with signposts and roadmaps to show you the way through your suffering. Relationship expert Dr. Chuck Spezzano offers practical, inspiring insights and lessons for anyone who has been through disappointments and setbacks that come from a broken heart. For example, did you know?Emotional pain shows that you are making a mistake? And you can correct this mistake.You can only be upset if someone breaks your rules? Your rules are defenses against old pain, and they beg to be broken. Every heartbreak is part of a power struggle?A heartbreak pattern in relationships is also a defeat pattern in your career?Organized into four accessible sections ? Recipes for Disaster: Things that Lead to Heartbreak, The Lessons of Heartbreak, Healing Chronic Heartbreak: The Unconscious Patterns, and The Tools for Healing Heartbreak ? If It?s Heartbreak, It Can Be Healed will increase your emotional intelligence and make you ready for the next, better stage in your life.

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Book SynopsisAn interactive journal that serves as a 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!

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Book SynopsisWhether it’s a critical comment from the boss or a full-blown catastrophe, life continually dishes out challenges. Resilience is the learned capacity to cope with any level of adversity, from the small annoyances of daily life to the struggles and sorrows that break our hearts. Resilience is essential for surviving and thriving in a world full of troubles and tragedies, and it is completely trainable and recoverable — when we know how. In Resilience, Linda Graham offers clear guidance to help you develop somatic, emotional, relational, and reflective intelligence — the skills you need to confidently and effectively cope with life’s inevitable challenges and crises.

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Book SynopsisAnxiety doesn't only affect the person who has it, but everyone who interacts with him or her-and in a relationship, its effects can be even more damaging and profound, No matter how supportive the partner.Anxious in Love is a relationship guide for partners who have an anxiety disorder that offers readers proven skills for calming their anxieties and communicating with their partners. First, readers learn to self-soothe when their anxiety is triggered so that they can calm and centre themselves when faced with their worries and fears. Second, readers learn to understand their anxiety from their partner's perspective and develop new skills for handling anxiety-related conflicts that may arise; especially helpful for readers whose anxiety is triggered by disagreements. Lastly, readers practice self-sufficiency and work on not relying on their partners; in order to maintain a healthy relationship.

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Book SynopsisBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mood disorder marked by extreme, fluctuating emotions, black-and-white thinking, problems with interpersonal relationships, and in extreme cases, self-harm. If you have recently been diagnosed with BPD, you likely have many questions. What treatment options are available? How do you tell your friends and loved ones? And what are the common side-effects of medication?A diagnosis of BPD can definitely change your life, but it can also be a catalyst for personal transformation and growth. In Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, two renowned experts on BPD present an easy-to-read introduction to BPD for those who have recently been diagnosed. Readers will learn the most common complications of the illness, the most effective treatments available, and practical strategies for staying on the path to recovery.This book is a part of The New Harbinger Guides for the Newly Diagnosed series. The series was created to help people who have recently been diagnosed with a mental health condition. Our goal is to offer user-friendly resources that provide answers to common questions readers may have after receiving a diagnosis, as well as evidence-based strategies to help them cope with and manage their condition, so that they can get back to living a more balanced life.

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Book SynopsisIt only takes a few magical words to solve a big problem, reorient your focus, or change the trajectory of your life.Have a few words of wisdom changed everything for you? Has a piece of advice from a friend, a relative, or even a stranger opened your eyes? We’ve been reading these stories for years—stories about how one little piece of advice can make a life-changing difference. So we asked the public to send us stories about the one piece of advice that reoriented them, solved a problem, or changed the trajectory of their lives. Now we present an amazing new collection—101 stories that have the power to change your life, too. You’ll read great advice in these pages about how to live your life to the fullest, achieve success in your career or vocation, keep your marriage fresh, raise happy, healthy children, face your fears, and be confident. We also have plenty of stories containing great advice for counting your blessings, pursuing your passion, moving forward after loss, making your best effort, and taking care of yourself. We even have a chapter full of stories that will help you pick your battles. What a great gift of hope and inspiration, with something that will resonate for everyone! Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

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Book SynopsisA case for friendship as a radical practice of love, courage, and trust, and seven strategies that pave the way for profound social change. Grounded in the Buddha’s teachings on spiritual friendship, Radical Friendship shares seven strategies to help us embody our deepest values in all of our relationships. Drawing on her experiences as a leading meditation teacher, as well as personal stories of growing up multiracial in a racist world, Kate Johnson brings a fresh take on time-honored wisdom to help us connect more authentically with ourselves, with our friends and family, and within our communities.  The divides we experience within us and between us are not only a threat to our physical and emotional health—they are also the weapons and the outcomes of structural oppression. But through wise relationships, it is possible to transform the barriers created by societal injustice. Johnson leads us on a journey to becoming better friends by offering ways to show up for our own and each other’s liberation at every stage of a relationship. Each chapter ends with a meditation or reflection practice to help readers cultivate vibrant, harmonious, revolutionary friendships. Radical Friendship offers a path of depth and hope and shows us the importance of working toward collective wellbeing, one relationship at a time.

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Book SynopsisA guidebook on how to embody compassionate awareness in all of our relationships—with self, one another, and our planet—in an age of global uncertainty. We all struggle at times with how to bring meditation off the cushion and into the beautiful, dynamic, and messy realm of relationship. At a time when humanity seems to have forgotten our inherent interrelatedness, this book offers an inspiring set of principles and practices for deepening intimacy and remembering the interconnection that is our birthright. Eden Tull interweaves heartfelt personal stories, sharing her journey from seven years as a monastic in a silent Zen Monastery to living and teaching in the megatropolis of Los Angeles and beyond, with teachings and mindful inquiry to help the reader connect personally with the principles of Relational Mindfulness. In a voice that is transparent, vulnerable, and brave, Tull shares possibilities for integrating mindfulness In gentle yet powerful tone, she covers topics ranging from balance and personal sustainability to sexuality to conscious consumerism. Relational Mindfulness is based on the simple understanding that the most subtle form of love is attention. While a revolution usually means to evolve and change, this shift is actually a return to a simple and sacred understanding we seem to have forgotten—one we can only remember when we are present.

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Book SynopsisA pocket-sized guide to the practices of the bestselling classic How to Be Sick, which has sold 33,655 copies over two editions.You’re not alone when you have this volume of transformative practices, drawn from a beloved bestseller. In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner’s bewilderment, stayed that way. As they faced the confusion, frustration, and despair of a life with sudden limitations—a life that was vastly different from the one they’d thought they’d have together—Toni had to learn how to be sick. In this book, Toni shares the practices she outlined to the reader in her bestselling classic How to Be Sick. Organized by specific challenge so that the reader can easily find a helpful, workable practice to address their situation and packaged in an easy-to-carry and easy-to-digest format, this is the experiential wisdom that has helped Toni live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy, despite her many physical and energetic restrictions (and, sometimes, because of them). You’ll find help, solace, and inspiration for any challenge or situation on the pages of this loyal companion.

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Book SynopsisTrain your mind for tranquility and focus with this fresh, secular guide to mindfulness using the Buddha's original teachings.Eric Harrison is not a Buddhist - nor is he even religious. But his lifelong mindfulness practice is rooted in the Satipatthana Sutta - the Buddha's original text on how to meditate. Harrison realized that the clearly defined steps in the sutta, even without their spiritual context, amount to a brain-training program anyone can follow. As the Buddha puts it: "The systematic four-stage training of attention is the only way to Enlightenment."Now - informed by a lifetime spent teaching tens of thousands to meditate - Harrison offers an updated, modern English translation of the sutta and lucid guidance on how to apply it. This accessible work is for anyone interested in their mind, body, and life overall - no background in Buddhism required.

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Book SynopsisProtect yourself and sustain your relationships.

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