Books published by Balboa Press

A traumatic past does not have to define your future. It is possible to connect to your higher self to heal your wounds, become your best self, rewrite your past, and reclaim your power.In a captivating personal story that represents light, self-love and hope, Karen Schultz shows us how she relied on courage and strength to move past the obstacles and the dark parts of her history. She shares her experiences, and takes you on her journey from wounded to wonderful. She has been able to manifest the life she dreamed of for herself. Little Karen offers you a glimpse into her metaphysical encounters with an Egyptian Priestess who shows her love, teaches her to become a priestess-in-training and helps her to emerge as a spiritual and wise woman with a purpose. Find out how the Priestess guided Little Karen to the source of her true strength, and how she was able to overcome the fear that she was not worthy of a better future. She shares life lessons and tips to empower others on how to connect to the soul of the Priestess and move from the darkness to achieve a brighter, happier life. Charming, deeply transparent, and filled with practical teachings, Little Karen and the Egyptian Priestess provides encouragement for anyone who feels their past casts too deep a shadow over their present or future.

Ever feel like you missed a turn in the road?If you were given a magical handbook with your name on it, containing divinely generated guidance specifically for you, would you want to know what it contains? What if this guidebook is meant to help you live your best life?Through mystical yet true stories, practical examples, and tools, Vade Mecum will help you: Understand that you are guided at all times, sometimes in unbelievably mysterious yet magical ways. Realize that when you tap into this guidance, struggle and doubt become unnecessary. Discover how to live your life on purpose and in flow. Never miss another turn in your road again. Open Vade Mecum and start your guided journey to live as your bold, best self.

In a step-by-step guide for healing inner-child wounds and overcoming codependency, certified integrative health coach Catherine Gerdes shares practical tools, in-depth reflections, and Ayurvedic wisdom that targets mindset healing and self-care practices while addressing the whole self to help others reconnect with their inner-strength, release stored away emotions, and arrive home to themselves. Throughout her manual, Gerdes reminds others that through conscious living and loving, we all have a chance to cocreate with the Divine while allowing ourselves to be guided from within. True Heart, Solid Boundaries shares tools, reflections, and Ayurvedic wisdom to lead others on a journey inward to heal and nurture their inner child, overcome codependency, and return home to their authentic truth.

If you are looking for better ways to overcome inner conflict, renew your perception of reality, and find better ways of living, you are not alone. In Press On! author CeeCee Robinson shares a powerful memoir full of raw, intimate truth and deep reflection, interspersed with poetic twists of expression. She offers a testimony to the journey she took in overcoming her own inner conflicts, the result of traumatic life experiences. Though she believed she had escaped unscathed, life-altering events caused her to wake up one day with thirty years of suppressed emotions tugging at her heart. In her voyage of self-discovery, she learned that the key to freedom can be found while navigating toward the empowerment of soul's voice. Reshaping our perspective renews our best features-the mind, body, and soul. Only then will solutions appear to aid the healing of multidimensional brokenness. This personal narrative tells one woman's story of rebuilding her life as she decided to live in awareness, affording the ability to embrace humanity refreshed, in the best version of herself in hopes to inspire others to do the same.

How do you connect with your true self? Who are you really? What's the link between abundance and your authentic self? How do you manifest success in your life? In Your Truth, author Grace Denker helps you discover that the seed of abundance is already planted in you, and she teaches you to harvest its fruits. Using her life experiences and lessons learned as a backdrop, she offers a spiritual guide, each chapter shedding light on the power you have within to create abundance in your life. For anyone struggling with societal demands, with outside influences, and with peer pressure, Your Truth contains wisdom and thoughts that have empowered and guided Denker personally and professionally. Through these messages, she communicates you can find your core, break free from traditions no longer serving you, and learn to connect to your authentic self. Nothing is beyond your reach.

This remarkable book is written to help people move out of being run by their wounded emotional child to being run by their empowered authentic adult self. It chronicles shifting from living life fearfully to living life powerfully and lovingly. It will change your life.

These are trouble times. There is an abundance of anxiety and stress to dominate your thoughts and life. This book can open up a whole new level of reality for you and give you peace and a new understanding of what's going on; as if the consciousness of the universe is speaking directly to you.

You are the most beautiful version of yourselfwhen you are unapologetically yourself,when you live as beautifully as you can,when you do your best and call it a day. You are so beautiful when you want to growthrough all life's experiences. Alina Adamut knows firsthand that we all have the power to change the way we look at and perceive our life's challenges. We have the power to change the words and thoughts that surround those circumstances. Most importantly, we have the power to change the way we respond to them. In a collection of poems and other writings, Adamut invites others to fall in love with their messy beautiful lives, over and over again, while finding gratitude for every moment. Her inspirational poems remind others there is always room to be thankful for the simple gifts of life such as wake-up calls, memorable encounters, being okay with not being okay, change, and little glimpses of heaven. Grateful is a poetic journey through one woman's messy yet beautiful life experiences as she learns to accept and be grateful for the simple gifts and beauty around her.

This book was written to help people realize the value of flowers and how they can help us in our every day lives. I've presented the flowers in a fun way, flower reading, to give people not only the meanings of flowers, but also how colors, shapes and numbers. impact our moods and decisions.

Got Lemons? Of course you do! Who doesn't have lemons? Life is hard!The key is Mindset: The way you choose to deal with your Lemons, your life's challenges, and your personal struggles. So, when life hands or throws you your 'Lemons', What Then? What are your 'Lemons' and how do you choose to deal with them? Leslie will help you, with practical wisdom and strategies, to live the life you choose, 'Lemons' and All!Leslie Jacobs is a Whole-Life Warrior, speaker, and author of The 'Lemon Principle' Guide to Becoming a Whole-Life Warrior. Leslie has developed the tried and true 'Lemon Principle' Method to help you develop your skills for making the best choices when dealing with the numerous 'Lemons' that life inevitably and regularly presents to you.In 2002, Leslie and her family made global headlines and history, becoming the first family in the world to have lifesaving medical-information microchips implanted inside their bodies, sparking controversy. This ground-breaking event was covered live on NBC "e;Today"e;; featured in Time, People, and major global media. Leslie was prepared to handle life's ups and downs with Clarity, Will, and Courage.She courageously faced her husband's recurring Cancer and still faces his progressing Neuromuscular Degeneration, plus her family's battles with fatal Pancreatic Cancer, Parkinson's, Stroke, Hip/Spine Surgeries, Autoimmune Diseases, and Dementia. But when her only child, Derek, the computer prodigy at the center of it all, tragically died at age 18, this was Leslie's ultimate test in her quest to become a true Whole-Life Warrior.Leslie shares her life-lessons, and a practical, effective, and straightforward three-step system, including the simple "e;Divide and Conquer: Dirty Laundry Strategy"e; technique to 'Let Every Lemon Make You Stronger!'Leslie's self-help guide offers a way to train yourself to conquer your inner "e;Lemons"e; and successfully face life's ordinary and extraordinary challenges. When you train yourself to be a Whole-Life Warrior you will have the ability to maintain clear-controlled-calm thinking every time you get hit with life's aggravating and frustrating interruptions, road blocks, and unwanted intrusions, be they minor detours or major obstacles."e;I AM A WHOLE-LIFE WARRIOR"e; MantraI am a Whole-Life Warrior.Today I continue my journey, yet Each day I may set a new course.I am strong, I am determined, I am confident;I see and think with Clarity, my Will is steadfast,Courage arises from my heart so that I can take control of my own life.I learn from the past, but don't live in the past. I plan for the future, but don't worry about the future.I strive to appreciate and be grateful for what I do have.I live in the present,taking full responsibility for my choices and actions.I go forward and create the life I want.Today I continue my journey.Excerpt: Whenever you are tested, as you most certainly will be, you are given a chance to learn not only how to cope, but also how to evolve. This ability can help you to deal internally and externally with whatever Lemons are awaiting you in the future. When you hone your basic skills of Clarity, Will, and Courage, you acquire a level of mental power that will allow you to, with hard work and effort, have the capacity to persevere as a Whole-Life Warrior.Let Every Lemon Make You Stronger!TheLemonPrincipleGuide.com WholeLifeWarrior.comLeslieJacobsAuthor.com