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How do we access those parts of ourselves which will free us from the torment of our past? What role does our ego play? What do we need to change? How do we change? To what do we change to? An attempt will be made in this book to answer those questions. The change that most of us are seeking is a change that will take us from chaos and conflict to harmony and balance within our lives. There are conflicting ideas about how to achieve this. Some people believe that you need to identify your objectives, pursue them at all costs then you will be happy and fulfilled. Others believe you should take a step back, follow your intuitive guidance to your divine destiny. There is no right or wrong answer for how to move yourself forward. As I like to say, "e;Many roads lead to the summit."e;In this book, I talk about just one of these roads. For myself, the road I decided to take was the spiritual path.

Maria has always wanted to be a mother. As the oldest child in a large family, she knows in her heart she will be happy when she has a family of her own. But when she becomes pregnant before she is ready to be a mother, and at a time when unwed mothers are not accepted or supported, she makes the difficult decision to allow her baby to be adopted by another family. Now she must learn to live without her baby, and through enduring love and tenacity, find ways to connect with her child over the years and ultimately, is given the chance to form a deep and lasting relationship with the baby she loved enough to let go.

Explore the Pathless Journey to Self-discovery is a ground-breaking book that integrates science, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality into a unified systematic way of describing the multi-dimensional nature of man existence. Rishi Akman provides the reader with an insightful probe into the various aspects of 'self' and the complexities of the egoic personality. He offers an unwavering invitation to investigate and contemplate the nature of the Inner self through the unique approach of self-inquiry. As well as sheds light on the evolutional process that takes within oneself. This timeless message serves as a beacon of light to all who seek the answer to life's most mysterious question- Who AM I? self-inquiry has always been the only approach to discovering the infinite space of the true self. The author reveals a priceless treasure of arcane knowledge to awaken the seeker from his dream state of false identities, that are commonly induced by cultural influences and social conditioning, to the awareness of his true essence. If the words of Rishi Akman's message resonates with you, crab a copy, and learn how to explore the pathless journey to self-discovery through self-inquiry. Do not hesitateAct Now!!! For more insightful contemplation, I strongly recommend reading "e;The Power of Creative Thinking"e; and "e;Elev~8 beyond limitation and lack."e;

My book Raw is about self-reflection and embracing the inner-self. I tell a story about my life through each poem- sharing my personal experiences when dealing with grief, love, happiness and sadness. I immediately found great comfort and healing by writing poems after the sudden death of my father on October 10, 2021. I hope that my poems will inspire others to look within themselves and share their own stories.

When a little girl finds herself in a world filled with masks and new rules, she asks her mom, "e;When will life return to normal?"e;. Through many loving responses and a little imagination, she learns to better understand and cope with the thought that "e;Someday"e; is coming.

This is a heart warming story about the adventurous journey through the first year of life told through the eyes of a loon chick named Ray. He takes on may human qualities and learns many lessons as he passes through his first year of life.

Amie is pushing forty and looking for answers. The kind of answers that don't pop up with a Google search. Her Facebook page shows a vibrant, happy woman with the perfect family. But real life tells another story. Her health is deteriorating, her marriage is falling apart. And she's sure of one thing - it's all her fault. In her search for answers, she bumps into herself along the way; the part of her that she doesn't recognize. With some help from forces she doesn't understand, she finds herself on an unexpected, painful, and often comical spiritual journey. It's a story of transformation and awakening. One that will leave you mystified and seeking your own version of normal.

Are you drawn towards spirituality and what you feel with your 5 senses does not satisfy you? Are you looking for a sanctuary to experience who you truly are?This book is a guidance for all the individuals who feel a calling to become a lightworker but do not know where to start. You will find practical tools to your journey and key elements that you need to implement to make the process easier. You will still go through the worm-cocoon-butterfly transformation but with more confidence and a brighter heart. Edit created this book to make sure you get to your destination, do not become discouraged halfway by obstacles and stay protected and healthy on the way. Bon Voyage!

In Midlife Redesigned: Women Reshaping Their Future by Leveraging the Power of Their Heart, Desiree Leigh Thompson urges women to re-examine their lives before it is too late. Thompson encourages women to deeply reflect on the life they have chosen and the one they may wish to have moving forward. Thompson outlines the many obstacles' women face in achieving their goals and how to overcome them and encourages women to slow down and take time to heal and unclutter the mind so that they can intentionally and with integrity lead the second stage of their life from the heart.

It is about a Princess finding out about all the magical happening in her forest kingdom and long with the Unicorn that she had been riding through the forest all this time has been her mother in hiding from a shaman in the neighboring kingdom. All the while she thinks these trips are a secret from her father only he has known all along and the Scottish Wolfhound that has been her guardian all along is her brother that he has also thought was dead all along some of the other characters are Thor a raven that is really an Dragon, Finnegan a fox that is almost a Jester in entertaining, Tucker and Owl, During the story she also encounters an Puma in which a lot of the happenings for the princess happening today in the story.

Plan & get YOUR things done! A helpful guide with 55 supportive day-planning pages to be filled in by you to support you in organizing yourself and reaching your goals step-by-step.

Living and growing with grief is not simple or easy, but this guide can help you on your journey. Stephanie Drummond shares her own experience with grief, noting that losing someone will affect every single person differently. Even her siblings reacted to the death of their mother in different ways. While the stages of grief we hear so much about can help us know what we might expect, she notes they are only a guideline and can happen in any order. She also seeks to provide insights such as: understanding that the ups and downs of loss are not linear, and the "e;stages of grief"e; do not necessarily occur in order, learning there are ways to navigate the winding path back to peace and joy and that you are not alone in experiencing any of the many emotions. how to remove guilt and stop blaming yourself after losing a loved one. Drummond also recognizes that although she's suffered a series of losses, her struggle is not over. She reveals that if you try to skip the many parts of grief, you'll only make it worse. The only way out is by going through. Learning the value of self-validation, self-forgiveness and self-compassion and most importantly, not comparing your grief to others' are some of the keys to finding laughter (without the guilt) again.

Want to enjoy every moment as it was designed to be enjoyed? Raking the Seaweed illustrates how an ongoing, loving relationship with God can inspire us to overcome an addiction. An addiction, legal or not, to anything which hindered our ability to love ourselves and God first and then spread that love to everyone in our life. This is God's will for us.

Dr. Denise Tarasuk's new release, Pocket Guide: Homeopathic First Aid for Vaccinosis, is a timely and critical response to the global dilemma of vaccinosis, especially among children. Here are the 12 foremost remedies with keynotes, clinical tips and comparative Materia Medica from the legacy of the Grand Masters. This unique guide, designed to serve as a desk-side companion for both the new and experienced practitioners, brings together Dr. Tarasuk's 20 years working alongside Dr. Sunirmal Sarkar, MD, PhD, in a village on the outskirts of Kolkata where she had the opportunity to treat tropical and rare diseases such as smallpox that are typically not encountered in the United States or Canada.

When author Karen Atkinson lost her forty-four-year-old ex-husband, Tom, to a sudden and devastating suicide, she was consumed with an all-encompassing grief. In Grieving Suicide, Atkinson shares her journey of grief and growth. She narrates her experiences, thoughts, and feelings from the time she learned of Tom's death. Atkinson tells how she parented her two grieving children and how she and her family embarked on the road to recovery. Offering personal insight into suicide from a surviving family member's perspective, Grieving Suicide chronicles Atkinson's journey about loss, love, and finding meaning again for herself and her children. Her story serves to help others move forward and connect as a community of survivors.

Camel in the Tent is a unique personal development guide certain to captivate and inspire every reader. This is the modern day Who Moved My Cheese.It teaches self-help in a uniquely memorable method, through a series of stories, brought to life by using animal parables. These are woven within the fascinating relationship between two people who turn their chance encounter into a journey of discovery. The reader is engaged from the very first page as the main character, Exley Manning, shares the wisdom amassed throughout his colourful life. His young student becomes entranced as their friendship develops and Exley shares his stories of personal growth and empowerment. This book is the story of how one man's philosophy and the unique way in which he uses analogies to teach, transforms the thinking of his young friend as he unlocked the secret to his own version of bliss. Storytelling at its finest, each animal parable will motivate and empower the reader to follow their own path of personal growth and find their version of bliss.

Candy Madonna is a bold young woman who views life with strength, courage, enlightenment, and love. Yet surprisingly, she once believed otherwise about herself and her path forward. Candy felt unworthy, unloved, uncool, and underappreciated. So how did she positively transform her life, and then become a light in the darkness for those struggling to find their purpose and happiness?In a self-help guide, Candy shares real-life stories that disclose the challenging situations she faced and how she overcame them, followed by short exercises that help others fall in love with themselves again. Her stories not only detail the overwhelming losses of those dear to her that included her mother at a young age and Candy's first-born son, her battles with crippling emotions such as anxiety, fear, and depression, and her seemingly never-ending search for her purpose, but also how she eventually shifted her thoughts and habits from negative to positive, identified complex issues that had been holding her back, and found the silver linings that led to a happier, healthier life. Gotta Be Shifting Me is a guide that intertwines stories with exercises that will lead anyone struggling in life on an empowering journey of self-discovery to realize their full potential.

The spine is complex and essential. Millions of people suffer from back pain. In this book we are focusing primarily on the functions and dysfunctions of the lumbar and sacral regions of the spine (lower back). Our hope for this book is for it to be a guide in understanding basic anatomy of the lower back, and to provide you with a roadmap to help you realize whole-body integration. By incorporating breathing, meditation, and therapeutic techniques, you can restore strength and mobility to live a comfortable, healthy life. So let the following pages help educate and assist you as you rebuild a healthy spine, a healthy lifestyle -- an overall healthy YOU! And never forget, be kind to yourself and your body.

Always wondering why you have been cheated on, maybe scared to be cheated on?How do we ensure my partner will never cheat on me?What type of relationship am I on? Will this person be worthy of my forgiveness?

Human beings have five senses. It's how we function in the world. But some people are born with six senses, an ability to perceive information, sensations, or emotions that don't come from the usual five senses. These people are called empaths, and they receive signals or information they don't see, hear, taste, smell, or touch.In Empath is Not a Four-Letter Word, author Sandy Westerman explores some of the sixth senses, or the alternate ways people may experience things. In her self-help book for empaths and other sensitive individuals, she shares personal stories of her awakening and lessons learned. She tells about her experience as a sensitive teen, psychiatric nurse, and self trained medium.As a graduate of the Silva Method and as a certified Eden Energy Medicine practitioner and teacher, she offers easy, practical, meditative and energy coping techniques. Westerman helps empaths learn how to manage their unique abilities, giving specific advice and strategies to transform their special gifts into unique superpowers.

This book is a labor of love which was written as a legacy to my family and the world. It has been said that one could ponder upon a question or concern, open the pages fortuitously and receive the inspiration and the wisdom they are seeking. I would love to connect with you at KingdomInsights.org.

Ok, I admit it. I am trying to trick you with my choice of title. I want to get your attention. The parallel with the fifty shades of grey production is absolutely intended. Of course you only understand what the heck I'm talking about if you've read the books or seen the movies. Anyhow, if I tell you right away that there is not much suspense or sexual content in this book, you may put it back down and I don't want that. So let's see if I can manage to get you excited about what excites me. Sexual energy is energy after all, and energy put towards any goal tends to yield results. My dream may already be your dream, maybe not yet, but it's about making our common world a little better, a little greener. Any shade is good, because let's be honest, we don't all have the same level of motivation or opportunities; but a little greener is always possible. And a little greener over time means we are going in the direction of living more sustainably on this planet, in better balance with the natural world.

This book is dedicated to the greatest NFL quarterback who has ever lived on this planet-the one and only Patriot who's won nine AFC Championship titles, six Super Bowl rings, and four Super Bowl MVP awards. There are no other quarterbacks in history who have achieved these accomplishments. However, I apologize for the unique, divine, and blessed Super Bowl jersey that was stolen in February of 2017 after your miraculous comeback in Super Bowl 51 against the Atlanta Falcons. I watched every second of that game and was honored to say, "e;Don't ever count Brady out!"e; We patiently waited to see the day you'd achieve six rings and become a legend like the great Michael Jordan, although in many eyes you're already a legend. That number 12 Super Bowl jersey you wore as you achieved your fifth ring had to be precious to you. You made history wearing that jersey. What other NFL quarterback has four Super Bowl MVP awards? None! What quarterback has forced the Super Bowl to go into overtime? What other NFL quarterback has six Super Bowl victories? Your number 12 Patriot jersey is unique, blessed, and mystical. So I wrote this story to show the world and to keep your jersey alive forever!

Sandy shares her journey of growing up in an alcoholic family and struggling with anxiety and co-dependency, which kept her a prisoner from living her own life, to learning how to embrace self-care and bring more energy, peace and joy into her life. She educates on the many health issues that stress can manifest and shares easy steps to manage daily stressors, so you too can experience more energy and learn how to embrace self-care and bring more peace and joy into your life. Sandy also includes affirmations, an energy check list, and a few of her favorite easy recipes. Sandy wanted this book to be a simple "e;go-to"e; guide as she knows from personal experience that when you are feeling overwhelmed, you crave simplicity. You will discover that taking small, healthy steps will have a huge impact on how you feel and your overall wellbeing.

This manual is a practical guide for Principals. Its contents are designed to save school administrators time and energy. The guide is based on a proven set of strategies focused on a year-long communication plan and includes key documents that can be readily adapted for your school.

Pilgrim is a thought-provoking and inspirational true story of transformation as the author awakens to the realisation that Life begins at the end of your comfort zone - and that nothing is impossible when we dare to dream big and take that leap of faith.

Review"e;Katie Malachuk writes with great style and humor. She is accessible and personal, yet she is also a scholar and practitioner with a thorough background in her subject. Quite a rarity.Disrupt Yourselfdisplays all of these qualities in abundance. It is exactly what is needed to stand strong in the current tidal wave of misinformation about mindfulness practice based in Buddhism."e;-Sarah Harding,Niguma, Lady of IllusionandMachik's Complete Explanation:Clarifying the Meaning of ChdProduct DescriptionWe have had enough. We are depleted from overconsumption-technological, material, environmental, social, physical, sexual. We feel defeated by climate change, political antagonism, social injustice, the pressure to be perfect and the anxiety of being alive. We try spiritual this and that, but shopping for practices and performative spirituality drain us further. We are tired of the way we think, talk and live. We have had enough. We have had enough of ourselves.EnterDisrupt Yourself-a book that is both a salve and a dare for our time. Using Buddhist teachings and lay precepts, it cuts through our confusion via the oft-forgotten foundational practice of ethics. Disrupt Yourself presents an everyday path that puts us in right relationship with ourselves, each other and our world through relevant renunciation around intoxicants, consumption, identity, communication and intimacy. Through narrative, instruction and experiments, readers will uncover their inherent wisdom and its active expression of compassion. This transforms how we think, speak, listen, act, work, create, partner, parent, eat, shop, vote, govern, perform, protest, play, love, make love-all of it. We disrupt ourselves and this disrupts our world. And the big reveal is how joyful and freeing this feels.About the Author:Katie MalachukHarvard BA, Stanford MBA, Naropa MDivis a Buddhist chaplain, mind and life coach, yoga and meditation teacher, and college instructor. She is also the author of You're Accepted and Earn It, which use yoga philosophy and life coaching to transform the college and MBA admissions processes into journeys of self-discovery. www.katiemalachuk.com

Julia is stuck in a place of desperation, instigated by mistakes that have hurt the people she loves most in the world. Even though her husband and their children have seemingly forgiven her, she cannot forgive herself. As she sits on a stone wall eighty feet above a concrete walking trail on a cold winter day, Julia is prepared to jump-until fate steps in and changes everything. J. P. is a marathon runner who is suffering catastrophic injuries from a car accident. After he is told he cannot run again, he must rely on Julia, his physical therapist, to not only guide him through his physical challenges, but also his emotional obstacles. When she hands J. P. an inspiring note at the end of his therapy, will it change how he views himself and his life? Through struggles of illness, abandonment, poverty, loss, and failure, the lives of Julia, J. P., and five others intersect as each are shown a glimmer of light in their darkest days and then use that light to ignite the flame in others. I Am the Maple is the inspiring tale of friendship, love, and the strength of the human spirit as destiny leads seven people to cross paths and help rescue each other from the darkness.

The question is, what are the vulnerabilities? It starts with a simple recognition that we need to share our best practices with the rest of the world to help every country, especially the poorer states with the greatest vulnerabilities, create the necessary infrastructure for early detection, prevention, and management of future pandemics.

This book attempts to boost self-confidence in young children through the story of Percy the Peacock. Percy is a peacock who is the best dancer at his school. As his performance at the talent show approaches Percy begins to worry about what others would think about him and his performance. The anxiety is so intense that he freezes on stage and considers turning away without performing his routine. He eventually hears the whispered advice of the kid who was everywhere all at once. This awakens his confidence and a new wisdom in him to believe in himself. He then goes on to perform his routine with joy and to a standing ovation.