| God Gets a
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God Gets a Job presents the discovery that spirituality
is in fact the very basis of the most profitable business transactions
while spirituality in business is a topic not yet explored. God
Gets a Job will elevate companies and individuals running
at low productivity and profit to a level of success achieved
by understanding the spiritual basis of everything they do in
the corporate world. Tom Zender has decades of experience in the field of corporate management and executive positions in addition to a position at the top of a spiritual organization with 3.5 million members. The lessons are simple and easy to use so anyone can start to improve their potential in the business world. That potential leads to more success within an organization, better relationships with coworkers, a sense of real achievement and a better salary. About the Author:
Articles have been written about him in publications as diverse
as the USA Today, Kansas City Star, the Globe & Mail in
Canada, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Science & Theology.
Zender has written articles for the Unity publication Daily Word
with a reader base of 1.6 million across the world, in addition
to dozens of internal publications and numerous technical manuals. |
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At a time when the economy is a top concern in the lives of most
people, many turn to spirituality to find answers, comfort and
meaning in their lives. God Gets a Job brings the
new spiritual consciousness into the workplace for the first time.
Written by Tom Zender, former President and CEO of the Unity,
the largest of the New Thought communities and corporate CEO,
has the unique background of being a leader in both the corporate
and spiritual worlds. There are many spiritual leaders and there
are hundreds of business gurus, but few have Zender's cumulative
understanding and professional credentials. God Gets a Job
explains why we need more spirituality in our contemporary economy
and a better understanding of how to use it in our daily work
and leadership situations.
Tom
Zender has traveled to more than thirty countries, speaking to
audiences in nearly a dozen of them with audiences ranging up
to 1500. His broad experience in the business world spans several
positions as interim CEO, in senior management and as vice-president
in venture start-ups as well as high-ranking positions in major
American corporations that have included Honeywell, ITT and General
Electric. Zender sat on the boards of governance Ottawa University
and currently sits on the boards of the Forum for Corporate Directors
and the Association for Global New Thought. Most importantly,
he served for six years as the President and CEO of Unity, a $35
million not-for-profit for interfaith spiritual publishing, education,
prayer, and events that serves the 3.5 million members of Unity
-a trans-denominational spiritual institution. Since 2007 he has
continued to act as President Emeritus on behalf of Unity and
has very strong ties to the leadership of the institution. Additional
experiences in spiritual leadership of his include an affiliation
with Harvard University's Abraham Path Initiative - an interfaith
dialogue and economic development initiative in the Middle East.| BAD Girls:
Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them and When to Leave Them by Carole Lieberman, M.D. |
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How can I turn my frog into a prince? When should I throw him back into the swamp? Why can't I stop loving bad boys? These classic questions are still causing women to suffer sleepless nights, shudder at the sight of their tear-stained faces in the mirror, and hide their empty cartons of Rocky Road ice cream. Indeed, the number of bad boys, and the women who love them, continues to grow by leaps and bounds since the first edition of Bad Girls was published in 1997. Why is there a global epidemic of slick, lying, cheating, abusive bad boys who insinuate themselves into our hearts, our heads and our beds? One reason is because the first experience of 'love' each child has, with the parent of the opposite sex, establishes his or her 'love map' to adult romantic relationships. Since there are more divorces, there are more dysfunctional relationships between a little girl and her dad, and a little boy and his mom. For example, a little girl whose father abandons her is unconsciously driven down the path to find the type of bad boy I call a Fixer-Upper Lover, who seems the least likely to leave her like her father did. But, once she gives him the maternal nurturing he's been looking for, he breaks her heart by trading her in for a woman who wasn't willing to love him when he needed fixing up. Another explanation for the current popularity of bad boys is the media's never-ending glamorization of them, whether in entertainment news - like Brad Pitt leaving good girl Jennifer Aniston for bad girl Angelina Jolie, politics - like John Edwards having an affair and possible love child, or in TV and movies - like Mr. Big of "Sex and the City." Yet another reason for the rash of heartbreaking hi-jinx that bad boys get away with, is that more women - and at younger ages - are letting them. So needy of a man's affection and so brainwashed by the media to believe that they have to let men treat them badly in order to have a date or a mate, women are letting men walk all over them. Yet these women yearn to pick themselves up and reclaim their self-respect and the love they deserve. Bad Girls: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them and When to Leave Them, a survival handbook for the war between the sexes, will help women do just that. This book encourages women to find their inner Princess as the first step towards finding their Prince. One of the ways I will update the book is by adding more current examples of bad boys that illustrate each type. For example, Simon Cowell is a Mr. Power Mad, Scott Peterson is a Lethal Lover, Kevin Federline is a Fixer-Upper Lover, Former President Bill Clinton is a Compulsive Flirt, Raffaello Follieri is a Self-Absorbed Seducer, and Former N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer is Misunderstood and Married. At the end of each chapter, I will add interviews with women who have dated or married such bad boys. I will also update the introductory and final chapters to reflect and explain the current epidemic of bad boy love and how it has become an addiction. It is my intention, with this new edition of Bad Boys, to bring the names of each type of heartbreaker into the lexicon of romance, with both men and women referring to Would-be Wizards, Lethal Lovers or Brooding Beasts. Another gauge of the continuing hunger for Bad Girls is Amazon, where a "collectible - like new" copy of the hardcover book is selling for as much as $214, and the least expensive paperback is selling for $87.26. About the Author:
Dr. Lieberman is the author of Bad Girls: Why We Love Them, How to Live with Them and When to Leave Them (Dutton hardcover, 1997/Signet paperback 1998). At a time when men and women are more confused, hurt, lonely and desperate for love than ever, yet hooked on heartbreak, Dr. Carole unlocks the door to healthier relationships. She reveals how women can turn their frogs into princes, and how men can crawl out of the dating swamp to find love. Dr. Carole Lieberman is regularly quoted in newspapers and magazines around the world, including: U.S.A. Today, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, the Washington Post, the Hollywood Reporter and Variety. She is considered the 'love guru' for magazines such as Us, People, and In Touch, who have her on speed dial for analyses of celebrity romance. She has written for several publications - from her "Hollywood on the Couch" column in the National Enquirer - to her psychiatric treatise in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Cosmo magazine chose her as one of the nation's "top therapists." Born and raised in New York City, Dr. Carole received her M.D. degree from Belgium 's Universite de Louvain and received her psychiatric residency training at N.Y.U.-Bellevue, where she was Chief Resident. Additionally, she studied in London at Anna Freud's Hampstead Clinic and at the Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a well-respected member of the clinical faculty at U.C.L.A.'s Neuropsychiatric Institute. Awarded an NIMH grant, for research in how to use the media for public health education, Dr. Lieberman also has a Masters Degree in Public Health. Maintaining a star-studded practice in Beverly Hills, Dr. Lieberman is well known as a psychiatric expert witness who testifies in high profile trials, and analyzes trials in the media. She is also a script consultant and has worked on countless films and TV shows, including ten years on top soaps, "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful." Dr. Carole Lieberman is listed in numerous Who's Who directories, including The World Who's Who of American Women and International Who's Who in Medicine. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America, SAG, AFTRA and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Dr. Lieberman's work has not only garnered Emmys, but also numerous other awards, including those from the Writers Guild of America, City of Los Angeles and Film Advisory Board. Here is a link to a reel Dr. Carole's sample media appearances: www.drcarole.com/tvAppearances.htm |
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Carole
Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H. is considered… "the relationship
expert to the stars!"
| The Key of
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What if you could clearly read the "signs" that are constantly surrounding us and in the process unlock the meaning of life - present, past and future? Randy Rogers didn't think it could happen to him, but one day an overwhelming feeling started him on a journey that would shake his beliefs to the core, completely changing his life. The Key of Life is the story of Randy Rogers, an ordinary man who experiences a series of extraordinary events. On June 23rd 1995, Randy was instantly overpowered by the sensation that a childhood friend, Kathy Lynch, had passed away. Unable to shake the feeling, Randy embarked on a journey to search for Kathy, who he hadn't been in touch with for years. What follows is an astounding, yet true story of his quest to find the connections between the synchronistic events occurring in his life. During his search, Randy finds a unique link between himself, Kathy and L.W. Rogers, a mysterious metaphysical author from the past. Pieces of a large puzzle begin to emerge and Randy's increasing ability to interpret these "coincidences" uncovers a true story about past lives, present circumstances and reincarnation. With the help of acupuncture-induced regression sessions, Randy begins a metaphysical search into his past that has him, at times, questioning his own sanity. Even though his quest threatens to destroy his marriage, his career and his belief system, Randy continues to follow the signs, confident that he is traveling down his true path. The Key of Life is a true story about who we are, why
we are here and how we are all connected. This thought-provoking
book inspires the reader to interpret the synchronicities in their
own lives, and in the process unlocks a true story with a powerful
message for each of us. Through his meticulous documentation,
Randy Rogers provides proof that "ordinary" people can
experience the extraordinary when they open themselves to the
possibilities. About the Author:
The Key of Life is Randy's first book, written after a series of life-changing events challenged his perception of existence. From the first experience that started him on this journey, Randy's news background prompted him to keep detailed notes and journal entries of events - physical, emotional and transcendental - knowing that documentation was essential to retelling his story with complete honesty and accuracy. Randy currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with Michele
Kohse and their son, Kyle. Both Michele and Kyle feature prominently
in The Key of Life - as a matter of fact, the book's outcome
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The
Key of Life shatters traditional ideas of when life "begins"
and when life "ends." Through its exploration of the
known and unknown, this work inspires the reader to reach for
the spirit that flows in us, around us and beyond us.
Randy
Rogers is the president and owner of Telefilm, Inc., a Los Angeles-based
production company that handles the promotion of major Hollywood
motion pictures. Randy's career spans over four decades in the
newspaper, television and motion picture business. Randy has earned
two Emmy nominations and numerous press club awards during a television
news career that culminated at NBC News. His global travels have
given him an unparalleled view of the world through the thousands
of fascinating people he has had the opportunity to photograph
and work with along the way.
| NEW LIVES:
How Rescue Dogs Are Helping, Healing and Giving Hope by Joanne Wannan |
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A handful of lesser-known, yet incredible, organizations are working hard to change that. They believe that with proper selection and training, these "disposable" dogs can become "in disposable" to a person in need. NEW LIVES shares personal stories from disabled people who are already benefiting from a rescue-turned-service dog. The second part of this book talks about Animal-Assisted Therapy.
A growing number of professionals, including physical and occupational
therapists, teachers and social workers, use rescue dogs in their
practice in innovative ways. A social worker says the foster children
she works with relate well to her rescued 20-pound mutt, because
they share a past of abuse and neglect. An inner-city teacher
uses rescue dogs to teach children humane education, tolerance,
patience, and respect. About the Author:
Joanne studied Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She is an experienced author whose writing credits include magazine articles in Playgirl, Homemaker's Magazine, Dogs in Canada, and Canadian Living. Her first script, a mystery thriller entitled Obituary, premiered on Lifetime Television as a MOW (Movie of the Week) in July, 2006. The film, starring Josie Bissett ("Melrose Place") and Alan C. Peterson, has since aired on the W Network and Global TV. Most recently, the projects that have captured Joanne's interest are those that reflect her passionate interest in the welfare of animals and her firm belief in the beneficial relationship between humans and animals. Her article "Canine Corrections" appeared in Dogs in Canada magazine. While researching this she visited a women's prison, where she heard touching, funny, and incredible stories from inmates describing what their contact with dogs meant to them. This became the basis for To Earn a Home, a screenplay recently completed in conjunction with Telefilm Canada, and won an award for excellence from the Praxis Film Center in Canada, and is currently under consideration by a production company in the United States. NEW LIVES: How Rescue Animals are Helping, Healing and Giving
Hope started out as a simple question. How can rescue dogs
change lives? This led to extensive research and interviews with
over a hundred individuals and organizations that graciously supported
this book. Joanne was greatly touched by the stories she heard, and the
amazing ways that people and rescue animals work together to create
NEW LIVES for them both. She is deeply grateful for those
who opened their hearts, and related stories of how dogs that
were once "throw always" had changed their lives. They
generously shared their hopes and dreams, laughter and tears.
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NEW
LIVES: How Rescue Dogs are Helping, Healing and Giving Hope
recounts the heartwarming stories of rescue dogs that were saved
from certain death and are now changing lives. These canine "angels"
work with the physically and emotionally disabled, with people
in nursing homes and hospitals, and those that are incarcerated.
They teach children to read, provide comfort to trauma victims,
and become a grieving child's best friend.
Joanne
Wannan is a writer and animal advocate whose own household includes
two rescued dogs, Emma and Buddy. She knows firsthand the joy
and healing animals can provide, having long been involved in
animal-assisted activities, and visiting hospitals and nursing
homes with her "therapy dogs."
| The Angel
and the Frog: Becoming Your Own Angel by Rev. Leo Booth |
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The Angel and the Frog challenges us to connect with the Divine spark that burns in each of us. Initially published by Rev. Leo's company, Spiritual Concepts, over 20,000 copies of The Angel and the Frog have already been sold at churches and conferences and on Fr. Leo's website. Gary Zukav, best-selling author of Seat of the Soul, wrote this in the Foreword for The Angel and the Frog: Spiritual growth does not begin until you have the courage to enter into relationships. It requires more than meditations, prayers and good wishes. Relationships are the proving grounds where the effects of intentions, conscious and unconscious, become known. Lack of relationship equals stagnation from the spiritual perspective. The Angel and the Frog is about relationships - with fellow students in the earth school and with nonphysical friends. These are my terms. The characters in this book confront the same challenges that we face, with the same issues that we have: How to live lives of integrity while honoring the paths of others; how to see the roles that we play in the genesis of our own experiences; and how to recognize, incorporate and utilize our highest understandings. About the Author:
Reverend Leo is an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer, and trainer on all aspects of spirituality and recovery from depression, addictions, or compulsive behaviors, and low self-esteem. He holds a Masters degree in Theology from King's College, London, England, and is a Certified Addictions Counselor and a Certified Eating Disorders Counselor, and a Spiritual Consultant to several treatment centers. In addition to specific in-services and lectures on religious addiction and abuse, Reverend Leo presents workshops, lectures, and training on a broad spectrum of issues to a variety of organizations and institutions. He is contributing columnist to several publications. Reverend Leo has appeared on numerous television shows including Oprah. Rev. Leo speaks at different Church each Sunday with an average
attendance 500 plus. He is a Speaker for major Addiction and Wellness
Conferences, Spiritual Conferences and Educational Conferences
each year-- consistently ten Conferences/Workshops each year.
Examples: US Journal, National Wellness Institute, Spirit Recovery
Conference, CAADE (California Alcohol and Drug Educators) Conference.
Rev. Leo's monthly newsletter is e-mailed over 11,000 people in
his database. Reverend Leo was born in England and raised in a home divided by religious arguments. Driven and ambitious, he became one of the youngest rectors in England. He also became an alcoholic. After a drunken car crash in 1977 that led to his treatment for alcoholism, he subsequently devoted his work to helping addicts and others who suffer from low self-esteem. From his work as both minister and an addictions counselor, he has developed a new spiritual model based on Choice, Action, Responsibility, and Empowerment.
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In this charming spiritual fable, Cedric the Frog and the residents
of Old Stable Farm meet an angel named Christine and discover
the Spiritual Principles of Insight, Wisdom and Harmony. Together
they work through challenging issues touching upon depression,
fear, prejudice, the environment and ultimate redemption. 
Dynamic,
challenging, insightful and witty, Reverend Leo Booth is a minister
cut from a very different cloth. He says you don't have to be
religious to be spiritual. He's as likely to quote from the Beatles,
The Velveteen Rabbit, or Oscar Wilde, as he is from the Bible.
His passion is to help people discover that God and spirituality
are not "out there" somewhere, but are found within
our world and ourselves.
| Cooking with
People: American Recipes & Raconteurs by Mark DeCarlo |
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Cooking with People is also a travel book. Because not everyone would fit in Mark's house at once, he visited his guests in their native habitat - places like New Orleans' French Quarter, lush Maui resorts and the Annual Road Kill Cook-Off Festival in West Virginia. Millennia from now, Gastro Archeologists will study Cooking with People for its twisted, tweaked yet remarkably accurate portrait of everything good and goofy, about America. Unless you're dining with The Jetsons, it's people that make the food. The people in this book all have interesting recipes and stories of how their favorite food came to be… and why they're still eating and cooking. Luckily, like a mommy bird, Mark has done all the flying, searching and chewing for you… all you have to do is open up and enjoy the carefully chosen, tasty morsels he regurgitates on each page of this tasty book. Cooking with People could brand into a series of sequels. For these reasons and more, the time is right for a book that targets all of the four major food groups: People, Recipes, Travel, & Funny. About the Author:
Three months after graduation, he won 11 straight episodes of NBC's Sale of the Century, making him the quiz show's All Time Champion, and providing him a cushion of "cash & prizes" to utilize while igniting his early show business career. For four seasons and counting, Taste of America with Mark DeCarlo has been a popular series on The Travel Channel. Each week he discovers a new mix of outrageous people and their regional and cultural food gems. Before Taste of America, he's hosted a variety of popular TV shows including: The X Show, Sunday Dinner and Fox's comedy dating smash hit, Studs. As an actor, he's appeared on a number of TV shows including Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, starred in theatrical films like Mobsters & Mormons, and is featured in Christopher Guest's…For Your Consideration. Anyone with children… and/or a twisted sense of humor, already knows Mark as the voice of Hugh Neutron in the Oscar Nominated Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius film, and award-winning Nickelodeon TV series. He has written essays for books by Larry King and Hugh Downs… probably because his mom forced him to take a summer school typing class before allowing him to play Little League when he was 12. For more information on Mark, visit his website at: www.MarkDeCarlo.com |
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Mark
DeCarlo has enjoyed a long and incredibly varied show business
career since graduating from UCLA with a degree in Communications.|
Fringe Dweller: Tales of an Inter-dimensional Paramedic by Monica Holy | |||
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Fringe Dweller: On the Nightshift with an Inter-dimensional
Paramedic is a recounting of my personal experience as a lucid
dream medium. It is, in effect, an insider's look at the Other
Side from the Other Side. My accounts are not channeled. They
are the first-hand experiences of someone who enters alternate
realities in ethereal form and works from that reality to guide
the souls of the traumatized dead to the light, heal the energy
bodies of those still living, and interact with beings that inhabit
spirit realms. Fringe Dweller combines cosmic adventure with down-to-earth thought in an often light-hearted personal narrative. Part art, part memoir, and part philosophy, this book is a work of the heart. It is my step into the light-a coming out of the psychic closet. I am not seeking converts. My purpose is to encourage readers to look within themselves for answers, to comfort those who have lost a loved one, and to help those who are having their own psychic experiences to feel less alone in their often strange and secretive worlds. Each of the ten main chapters is derived from, and illustrated by, a painting that I have created from my lucid dream memories. The strong and sometimes haunting paintings provide the structure for chapters that are related but independent episodes and discussions punctuated by stories of life on the Other Side. www.thefringedweller.blogspot.com About the Author:
Her purpose is to encourage readers to look within themselves for answers, to comfort those who have lost a loved one, and to help those who are having their own psychic experiences to feel less alone in their often strange and secretive worlds. Fringe Dweller speaks from the heart
to the spirit, and to the seeker of spiritual understanding in all of us. This
evocative, entertaining, thought-provoking account is filled with personal anecdote,
astral adventure and accessible explanation. Monica Holy invites you to join her
as she visits ghosts, spirit guides, energy healers, animal helpers and astral
classrooms while she navigates the strange territory of her dreamland powers.
One thing is certain: No matter what one's personal belief about the afterlife, mediumship, or the paranormal, Fringe Dweller is sure to cause a stir. This is definitely a controversial book that will elicit a reaction one way or another. | |||
Prompted
by her spirit guides, Monica, an accomplished artist, has produced
ten powerful and vivid paintings based on memories of her experiences
in other realities. She has also opened her private journals in
order to share her intensely personal vision and the details of
her astonishing spiritual vocation. Intimate, adventurous, by
turns playful and serious, Fringe Dweller reveals
Monica's difficult and very human struggle to come to terms with
her unusual and compelling psychic life.
| A Cat's Little
Book of Self Help: Falling Off the Couch and Into Life by Dena Harris |
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About the Author:
The editors of Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul selected Dena's humor piece, "Can You See Me?" for national release as a "promo" piece for the book. Feline Follies, the author's Cats & Kittens humor column, won a 2006 excellence award from the international Cat Writers' Association (CWA). CWA presented excellence in humor awards to the author for five of the stories appearing in Lessons In Stalking and the book as a whole won a 2006 excellence award in the Gift Book division contest. Dena's proudest moment as a writer arrived in 2005 when she was a runner-up in a "Stinkiest Pet in America" essay contest-validation that a lifetime of hard work has its rewards. Dena is a former board member and regular conference presenter for CWA, an organization of professionals writing, publishing, and broadcasting about cats. She is the host of her own AM radio show and a humor judge for various writing contests across the nation. A freelance writer by day (and caped cat crusader by night), Dena's articles have appeared in over 50 national and international publications including Writer's Digest, Art Jewelry, The Toastmaster, 2007 & 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, and many more. Dena graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a degree in communications and earned her Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree at University of North Carolina-Greensboro. She resides in North Carolina with her husband and their two cats, in a home packed with expensive, never-touched cat stuff. For more information: www.denaharris.com |
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A
Cat's Little Book of Self Help: Falling Off the Couch and Into
Life is the only book that targets the self-help needs
of our nation's felines. Based on classic self-help texts, cats
learn to make the 20 minutes they're awake each day the best 20
minutes of their lives. 
Hailed
as the "Erma Bombeck of cat writers," Dena's stories
provoke laugh-out-loud reactions from readers in her short-story
humor collection, Lessons In Stalking…Adjusting to Life
with Cats (2005). A former humor columnist for Cats &
Kittens magazine, Dena's humor appears in Chicken Soup
for the Cat Lover's Soul (2007), Cup of Comfort for Cat Lovers
(2008), and Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul (2008). She
is also the author of For the Love of Cats (2006), a glossy
315-page coffee table book covering every aspect of the furry
feline. | HOW TO GROW
YOUNGER: 21 Daily Age-Reversing Steps to a More Joyful Life by Ellen Wood |
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Right now 78 million baby boomers are heading into their 50's and 60's, and they're not driving dad's Oldsmobile. Forget about grumpy old codgers! Refusing to grow old the way their parents did, this crowd wants to continue living active, sexy, creative and meaningful lives. Hardly a surprise; this is the first generation to reach maturity with the Pill, civil rights and space travel. Life is a whole new ballgame and it calls for new coaches. Enter one author/inspirational speaker heralding a new way to handle the aging process that is cost-free, pain-free, spiritually-transforming and fun. Meet Ellen Wood, a revolutionary pioneer of age-reversing consciousness, who provides both a map and a model for growing younger in body, mind and spirit. After watching her mother waste away with Alzheimer's, Ellen noticed her own mind slipping and her energy eroding. She was all too familiar with that path and chose not to accept it. That's when Ellen decided to grow younger using the Law of Attraction and other practices she had been using for decades. Having set her course, Ellen was inspired to develop the 21 age-reversing techniques and began practicing them daily. Today her mind is clearer and sharper and her body much stronger than it was before she began her program in 2004 and she has more stamina, energy, flexibility and vitality than she had even 30 years ago! HOW TO GROW YOUNGER offers a powerhouse approach to age reversal that supports you in each step of your progress. Section one provides physical techniques to reverse aging and looks into what doctors, mystics, and research scientists have to say about growing younger. Section two focuses on techniques to harness the energy of your mind, direct your thoughts, and call up reserves of spiritual energy to speed up the age-reversing process. And section three delves into the way you shape your participation in the greater life of the universe and the impact these "relationship techniques" have on your success at growing younger. Some of Ellen's techniques take just seconds and for those that take longer, the time spent is more than made up for by the extra energy you take away. HOW TO GROW YOUNGER, complete with a Daily Ritual Booklet that includes seven weeks of daily checklists, provides an easy-to-follow guide to a truly life-changing experience About the Author:
Ellen Wood's enthusiasm and radiance are helping her build a platform to spread her message and inspire others. Audiences love her energizing, interactive workshops: they laugh, they cry and they repeat with gusto, "I am magnificent! I am growing younger!" as she empowers them to make the next years the best years of their lives. The goal of her books, her website www.howtogrowyounger.com, CDs, Grow Younger Radio Tips and workshops is to spread the joy of youthfulness from mind to mind until a critical mass is reached and everyone over 40 becomes an empowered, valued member of society enjoying the advantages of youthfulness. If you've not yet heard of Ellen Wood, just stay tuned! |
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In
HOW TO GROW YOUNGER - 21 Daily Age-Reversing Steps to a More Joyful
Life, Ellen Wood, 71, takes you by the hand and, with
a unique blend of humor, wisdom, fact and personal stories, guides
you through a step-by-easy-step process of changing your life.
You learn how to look younger, feel younger, and have the energy
to get what you really want out of life. Addressing the physical,
emotional and spiritual aspects of maturing, Ellen not only provides
the how-to guide, she inspires and motivates you to develop new
habits, let go of self-defeating patterns and grow younger - just
as she has!
Ellen's
work is supported by some of the most exciting writers currently
addressing health and spiritual wellbeing, including Marianne
Williamson, Barbara DeAngelis, David Simon MD, Larry Dossey MD,
Richard Moss MD, and Mitchell Gibson MD. They each
endorsed her first book, The Secret Method for Growing Younger
- a Step-by-Step Anti-Aging Process Using the Law of Attraction
to Help You Stop Aging, Grow Younger and Enjoy Life, published
in 2007 with a foreword by C. Norman Shealy MD. The first
in her Growing Younger series, Secret Method lays the foundation
of mental and spiritual groundwork necessary for age-reversal.
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Dying for a Change by William Murtha | |||
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Dying for a Change is a riveting portrayal of what can happen close to the moment of physical death. It is written in a way that captivates and enthrals readers, helping them to fully appreciate and understand what happens at that final moment when the physical body begins to peel away. The book is thought-provoking and insightful, and it challenges not only views on mortality, birth, life and God; it also questions preconceived notions on what it truly means to be a human being. Far from being a morbid account about dying, this book inspires readers to live more fully by questioning those parts of their lives that no longer serve them. Dying for a Change, a moving, empowering and transformational story, will inspire readers to come face to face with their own deepest fears. It's a powerful and emotional story of hope with a profound message that many people in today's frantic and crisis filled world will identify with in their own lives. William used his horrendous ordeal as a catalyst for positive change. He gave up the manic, fifteen-hour workday, obsessed life that had plagued him. And he walked away from a materialistic and ego driven lifestyle that had come so very close to killing him. Instead, he turned his life around and discovered true meaning. This book is not only about the changes in one person. The story also mirrors where millions of other peoples' lives are right now. Up until that accident, William's life had been fraught with an inner restlessness and anxiety that never seemed to go away. For years, he had carried around with him a deep feeling that his life was on the wrong course. That is until his received his wake-up call. What Dying for a Change shows is the profound shift in consciousness that can occur when we come close to losing our lives. And the book clearly identifies that all personal trauma and difficulty can be used positively to become the inspiration for individual, social and global transformation. Dying for a Change is essentially an everyday, grounded and contemporary story of redemption, healing, forgiveness and new beginnings that will connect with readers of all ages and beliefs. For more information: www.williammurtha.com About the Author:
William was involved solely in construction and development management until 2005. He then sold his share in the business he had founded, and instead concentrated fully on writing and other creative projects. One of those initiatives is The Imagination Project, an innovative non-profit organization that promotes, supports and encourages young emerging leaders and writers in the sectors of change, human rights, corporate social responsibility and personal development. To fund and kick-start this innovative and exciting project, William has pulled together written 'vision statements' of hope from a wide array of globally renowned luminaries and change-makers, with the intention of publishing several books under the title, Visionaries for the 21st Century. All profits from the Visionaries branded series, and all donations from philanthropists, will go towards supporting writers on scholarships within the Imagination Project. William has been married to his wife, Alison, for nearly twenty years; they have three daughters and live in the country, close to the city of Exeter, England, UK. William is a member of several globally recognized organizations who are committed to positive change and the education of eco-literacy. He also is a coordinator and speaker for the Scientific and Medical Network, a non-profit establishment that explores the frontiers of science, consciousness and spirituality. | |||
Dying
for a Change is a gut-wrenching yet deeply inspirational true story of
one man's fight to survive hypothermia and drowning in the freezing cold waters
off the coast of Britain. It is a compelling, life-changing book about miracles
that will inspire readers from all social and religious backgrounds.
William
Murtha is a writer, philanthropist and global activist for issues related
to personal, social and global change, the environment and social responsibility.
Dying for a Change, the first of a three-book series, is the true
story of his near-death and how it completely altered his life. Several years
after that life-changing incident, he left behind everything that he'd ever worked
hard to achieve. Selling his business, and turning away from a successful career
in sales management, he finally answered the calling to get his incredible story
out there in the open. | 2012 Made
Easy by Patrice Karst | |||
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Luckily along comes Patrice Karst who made God nice and easy with her best-selling book God Made Easy. Karst reassures us that all is well. In fact, it may even be time for a grand celebration. Simple to digest, funny and yet deeply profound, 2012 Made Easy is a little book that gives us all a reason to pause and contemplate the meaning of everything as we ride the waves of change crashing all around us, and just what 2012 means to us each personally. Short, to the point and written in her usual comforting, irreverent, and 'tell it like it is" voice, Patrice holds our collective hand as she explores the various possibilities and how to "prepare." Most importantly, it looks at what the experience, on the deepest level, is really guiding us all towards in the first place! About the Author:
For more information: http://www.patricekarst.com | |||
2012
Made Easy does just that! It takes a comforting look at
the plethora 
Born
in London, England, Patrice Karst is a best-selling author of
both adult and children's books, teacher, guide, mother and popular
speaker whose books have been translated worldwide. One of today's
most well loved inspirational voices, she offers simple guidance
about strengthening our relationship with Spirit/God by combining
her study of global spiritual practices with a powerful, forthright
and down-to-earth style. Using her entertaining unique blend of
humor, honest and audience interaction she shares her message
of hope, love and comfort to appreciative audiences everywhere.
The messages found in all of her work motivate people of all faiths
and walks of life to connect with God (that which is called by
many different names) and find their own sense of spiritual strength.
Her work touches children and adults alike. Love and the needs
of the heart are something Karst understands well. She has made
a literary career out of addressing in warm and humorous prose
the issues that tickle or trouble our souls, both spiritually
and practically. Her audiences, readers, and worldwide fans delight
in the truth of her promise and ability to "always keep it
real." |
Sacred Sipping: Crossing the Bridge from the Head to the Heart One Sip at a Time
by Dharlene Fahl-Brittian | |||
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Within the pages of this book the reader is taken on many journeys: non-fictional journeys around the globe to places where tea has been well-steeped into the cultures of each country, along with fictional journeys that involve all the senses and ultimately lead to the heart. Sacred Sipping is a book for the novice tea drinker - the one who makes the conscious decision to try this beverage that has received so much media coverage in the last few years - the person who knows they want to make healthier choices for their body. The author's mission is to merely open the door into the world of tea and hold it open for the reader. The journey from the head to the heart is the greatest, and for some, the longest journey they will take. What does it take to get us out of the ego mind and into the sacred space of the heart? How about something simple and easy for a change? And let's make it good for the body at the same time. What could be soothing, satisfying, and savory, offering serenity, and, in addition, be sacred to sip? Well, tea, of course! Yes, that is correct, tea - the number one beverage in the world, next to water. Every sacred sip of tea can become a spiritual event - it's all in the intent. For thousands of years this beverage has been associated with tranquility and spirituality. For when one settles the mind and opens the heart, an unseen presence makes itself known. It arrives in a whisper, a shiver, a sensation, a thought, calmness, and always as a form of oneness - a connection to an invisible source or force. It has the effect of tapping into a well - one from an internal and eternal source offering a fresh sip of serenity and unity. Sacred Sipping was also written for the neophyte spiritual seeker - the one who is just starting to wake up and ask the big questions of life, such as: Who am I? What is my purpose? When do I start living my real life? Why do I feel there is something nudging me? Where can I make a difference? How can I just be happier? In the silent and sacred moments spent sipping tea, the whispers of the inner voice provide the answers to these questions. For each and every one the answers are different. Sacred Sipping is about praying and meditating and surrendering all while sipping tea - taking a physical activity and turning it into a spiritual journey. The reader is taken across 13 different bridges into 13 fictional heart-opening journeys and given 60 healing prayers - prayers to release the things that are no longer Self-serving, prayers to attract the things and people desired and longed for - and prayers of gratitude where unity and abundance is recognized and appreciated. How about meditating with tea? Meditation doesn't have to be mysterious or difficult; Dharlene has developed an easy-to-do, sure-fire method of meditation that even the novice meditator can quickly master. Experienced meditators will appreciate learning this method, as well. For the knowledgeable tea connoisseur, Sacred Sipping is an introduction into the spiritual realms. For the advanced spiritual seeker Sacred Sipping is about enhancing an already established spiritual practice with tea - tea is the perfect mind, body, soul and heart-opening unifier. Please take the journeys within Sacred Sipping - they can only lead you someplace wonderful - they lead you to yourself. About the Author:
She is a member of the Tea Association of the U.S.A. and the Canadian Tea Association and has been certified by the Specialty Tea Institute of America, where she has been a member since its standards of education program began. Dharlene is a member of Mark Victor Hansen's Mega Inner Circle and has trained and traveled to Turkey and Greece with Mark and Dr. Jean Houston and has been influenced and inspired by both of these teachers. Throughout most of the 1990s Dharlene owned an angel gift shop and eventually expanded it to include a spiritual healing center as a gathering place for all the seekers asking questions. Currently, she teaches and does tea demonstrations and introduces people to the world of tea. She combines that introduction with her very spiritual message of getting quiet, surrendering all that is going on, trusting a greater source and trusting your own inner wisdom. She assures everyone that the answers they seek will come from within. She says it's simple - it's self-empowerment with a cup of tea! Dharlene takes her teas and her tailored messages into the workplace, to spiritual groups, to women's groups, to women's expos, to schools, to hospitals, to Red Hat groups, and to any organization that wants to do something a little out-of-the-ordinary for their employees, and, or, their customers. She offers book signings that are totally different also - everyone gets to sample tea! |
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Sacred
Sipping is about forming a bridge from the head to the heart. It is not a
bridge built brick by brick. It is a bridge built sip by sip - a bridge by which
to make the journey from the physical to the spiritual: an inner voyage that leaves
behind the concerns of the busy lower mind to take the plunge into the still,
cool, refreshing waters of the depths within. 
Canadian-born
Dharlene Fahl-Brittian is an advanced level three certified tea specialist
and self-proclaimed spiritual seeker living in San Diego. Years of asking deep
and profound life questions and years of delving into several religious and spiritual
concepts led her to the tranquil world of tea. She has walked the tea fields in
China, the birthplace of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and picked tea with
the female tea pickers and followed the leaves into the drying and processing
plants and then sipped it in some of the largest and finest tea shops in China.
Understanding tea has proved as huge an undertaking as understanding the Self.| What "They"
Think of You is None of Your Business by Terry Cole-Whittaker | |||
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Next year, 2009, marks the thirty-year anniversary of the publication, What You Think of Me is None of My Business. That book was written as I was beginning my ascent up the ladder to global recognition and fame as a televangelist teaching metaphysical principles of prosperity and positive thinking. I was called the High Priestess of Yuppidom. The yuppies have become the boomers who are ready for a cultural and spiritual revolution of enormous proportion, an awakening. The title What You Think of Me is None of My Business, has woven its way into the fabric of the conversation of Middle America. It is now a common phrase used in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and quoted by motivational and inspirational leaders the world over. After thirty years, it continues to sell in the USA and Japan and give me decent royalties. The title always gets a positive response from people and it is common for me to hear, "This book saved my life. I use this phrase all the time. It is my favorite book of all time." The time is right; the time is now for the sequel. I have traveled far and gained profound knowledge and lessons since those early days. I am enthused about the opportunity to share with my audience and students the world over about this most wonderful, liberating knowledge that I did not have when I wrote the first book. What "They" Think of You is None of Your Business looks at our tendency to conform, to be abused, and also herded like cattle, by anyone who uses fear to control and usurp our soul power to do their bidding, and is the cause of all our problems and miseries. The only thing we need is a change of heart and mind, to shift our minds from fear of lack and loss, to the spiritual realm of unlimited opulence, beauty, and bliss. "Be ye as gods," we are told in the Holy Bible. Happy thoughts are the sustenance of our being. Many people are emotionally starved and dying of broken hearts from contemplating sad and terrifying thoughts. Living in hell in their own minds, naturally by the laws of manifestation, these hellish thoughts turn into hellish conditions and relationships. All gods have free will, meaning we can suffer as long as we want. My work is timely for never before have so many people been dumbed down, repressed, and suppressed, afraid to follow their bliss and dreams, or trust their inner guidance. Mentally separated from their Source, they cannot even hear or recognize their inner guidance, so they take the advice of others who also do not know where they are going, or how life works. Faith in misdirected family members, educators, scientists, government, political, religious, and corporate leaders, is ruining people's lives and cheating them out of the blessings that God is flowing to them all the time. Contrary to what we are being told, we really can run our own lives. Covered by a dense fog of ignorance, people wander as sheep blindly believing and doing what they are told. This is causing untold disasters on a global level. Lives are falling into ruins, the earth is dying, wars and diseases are increasing and people are bewildered and lost. By awakening ourselves from the deep sleep of unconsciousness and directing the mind as it was designed by God to be used, life, in an instant, becomes wonderful and miraculous. It is all about mind control. Unless we control our minds and thoughts, others will. About the Author:
Terry Cole-Whittaker is considered by many to be one of the premier motivational and inspirational speakers and teachers in the world. Global authority, Dr. Cole-Whittaker is shaping the international concept of what is possible to achieve in one's personal life and career through love and enlightenment. Dr. Cole-Whittaker backs up her unique business and success strategies with a track record that's been called amazing. She was the CEO of her own corporation of forty employees, 600 volunteers and seven teaching centers throughout California. Her Emmy-winning weekly television ministry program was syndicated in over 400 markets in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Guam and reached millions. Starting as a single mother of two daughters, she became one of the most influential spiritual trailblazers of her time by learning and applying the sacred knowledge she shares with her readers and audiences. Those who have been touched and inspired by Dr. Terry's lectures, seminars, television and radio programs, recorded programs, and books read like a Who's Who of Global Leaders in business, psychology, motivation, politics, inspiration, education, arts, literature, and theater, including Anthony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen, Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, and Neale Donald Walsch. 10 Women of Power, a best-selling book by Laurel King, lists
Dr. Cole-Whittaker as Her five best-selling books highlight the body of her work. What You Think of Me is None of My Business, a classic pioneering book on personal power and motivation is still in print after thirty years; Number One on the New York Times Best seller list How To Have More in a Have Not World; The Inner Path From Where You are To Where You Want To Be; Love and Power in a World Without Limits, a Woman's Guide to the Goddess Within; and Dare to Be Great (Every Saint has a Past, Every Sinner a Future). She has appeared on over 800 television and radio programs including Oprah, Larry King, Good Morning America and has been featured on the cover of the Wall Street Journal, and in Time, Newsweek, Family Circle, and many other magazines and newspapers. She spent many years studying from the Mystic Masters of India and the Himalayas and incorporates this amazing teaching in her books and seminars along with her practical how-to knowledge of how to succeed and prosper by doing what a person loves. Terry travels extensively giving seminars, retreats, and key note addresses to both spiritual and entrepreneurial groups. www.TerryColeWhittaker.com |
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Best-Selling
Author * Emmy-Winning Television Producer * Motivational and Inspirational
Speaker * Counselor to the "Stars" * Business Executive
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One Woman's Journey to Healing by Hillary Raimo and Lisa Wysocky |
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From Hillary's first past life regression and out-of-body experience led by her own grandfather when she was just five, to her near death experience while in her thirties, Insight Out is a compelling story of healing, and an inspiring and motivating read. Topics Include: The Foreword The Format Accompanying the text are numerous photos of Hillary as a child, throughout her teen and college years, with groups at sacred sites around the world, and with some of today's best-known healers and Shamans. Strong Platform About the Author:
Credentials Awards The Path promotional documentary trailer won first place in a recent YouTube people's choice contest. For more information: www.hillaryraimo.com Co-Author
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Insight
Out: One Woman's Journey to Healing is a beginner's guide
to alternative ways of healing. A first person, prescriptive and
inspirational nonfiction book, it uses incidents from the compelling
life story of Rev. Hillary Raimo to teach life-changing ideas
on healing.
Hillary
Raimo is an intuitive healer, sensitive, inspirational speaker
and radio host. She has taught groups at Ghost Ranch in Albuquerque,
New Mexico; the Institute of Metaphysics in Southern California;
and led groups to the Yucatan, to Egypt and to other powerful
sites around the world. Hillary is an ordained non-denominational
minister and currently teaches classes on Energetic Medicine,
Reiki, Shamanic Dreaming, and Manifestation. She also works one-on-one
with a number of clients, travels and lectures nationwide, teaches
a variety of seminars, and is a columnist for Healing Springs
Journal, sasksworld.com, and onespirit.com
Co-author Lisa Wysocky is the author of the critically acclaimed
book, The Power of Horses: True Stories from Country Music
Stars (Fura Books, 2002), which features true horse stories
from eighteen of country music's top artists; and the co-author,
with Brad Cohen, of the uplifting and motivational Front of
the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
(VanderWyk and Burnham, September 2005). Front of the Class won
the 2006 IPPY Award as the best Education/Academic/Training book
for 2005, and the 2006 Foreword book award for Best Education
Book. Front of the Class and Lisa's co-author, Brad Cohen,
were seen on Oprah on May 19, 2006. St. Martins Griffin
will release the trade paperback version of Front of the Class
in time for the December 7, 2008 airing of the Hallmark Hall of
Fame movie presentation of the Front of the Class telefilm
on CBS. Lisa is also the editor of the IPPY award winning memoir
Cary Grant: The Wizard of Beverly Grove by Bill Royce;
and the author of Success Within: How to Create the Greatest
Moments of Your Life; My Horse, My Partner: Teamwork on the Ground;
and Horse Country: A Celebration of Country Music and the Love
of Horses. She has also ghostwritten a number of books.
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Eat it Up: The Complete Mind/Body Guide to a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery
by Connie Stapleton, Ph.D. | |||
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The number of overweight and obese persons in this country continues to increase at a staggering rate. In their search to be thin and happy, obese people opt more and more frequently for bariatric surgery to assist them in losing unwanted, happiness-preventing pounds. The number of surgical procedures for weight loss is skyrocketing. In the past decade, nearly a million people have had bariatric surgery. These people believe that as their extra weight melts away following surgery, they will finally be happy with themselves and with life because they will "be thin." Many post-surgical, thin-for-the-first-time-in-their-lives people are shocked and devastated upon realizing that inner peace and life happiness are not automatic byproducts of significant weight loss. Sadly, a large percentage of people who lose tremendous amounts of weight regain much of it in the months and years following bariatric surgery. This is a devastating reality - one that can be prevented. Eat it Up will be the first weight loss book focused on the prevention of regaining weight following bariatric surgery. Eat it Up also will be the first book to incorporate the whole person, mind/body approach to life after bariatric surgery. Obesity is a disease of isolation that negatively affects every aspect of a person's life: spiritual, cognitive, emotional, physical, social and professional. Consequently, recovering from obesity, accepting oneself and the realities of life requires healing for the whole person. Preventing weight regain requires dealing with life's ups and downs directly without using food or finding a substitute substance or behavior to numb oneself from feelings. Written with humor, compassion and a "firm and fair" approach, Eat it Up will be a must-have for all persons whose lives are affected by obesity. Readers of Eat It Up learn the underlying causes of obesity and how being overweight leads to imbalance in every area of life. They learn healthy ways to deal directly with threats to their recovery from obesity. Readers are given tools to help them triumph as they recreate a healthier self in mind and body. These tools assist readers in handling difficult social situations where food is the guest of honor, when they are alone and hear their favorite goodies calling to them from the refrigerator, when needing to defeat "head hunger," and in dealing with would-be saboteurs of their weight loss success. Readers learn skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary for sustained weight loss as part of a complete, healthy, balanced life. People deserve the riches of inner peace and happiness in life. "Being thin," by itself, does not guarantee these treasures. Living a healthy, balanced life does lead to the attainment of such abundance. Eat It Up is the complete mind/body guide to a full life after bariatric surgery. Eat It Up is a must-read for patients, their families and friends, and health care workers who deal with the overweight and obese in this country. Healthier and happier individuals make for a healthier and happier America. About the Author: Connie
Stapleton, Ph.D., takes a compassionate, humorous | |||
"When
I'm thin I'll be happy." This is the common refrain of those struggling to
obtain an American obsession: "being thin". Inherently, "being
thin" supposedly guarantees inner peace and happiness. Two-thirds of adults
in the United States are overweight or obese. Are two- thirds of the American
adult population unhappy? 
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and reality-based approach to dealing with patients and their issues. Dr. Stapleton's
mission is to inspire people to live full, balanced lives. She is an expert in
recovery from addictions of all sorts. Her passion is the mental, physical and
spiritual health of parents and families. Dr. Stapleton is a licensed psychologist
and owner of Mind/Body Health Services in Augusta, GA. She serves on the Mental
Health Advisory Board for ObesityHelp.com and maintains certification as an Addiction
Counselor. She has worked for 18 years in the field of addiction and speaks publicly
on the topic. She works with professional students at the Medical College of Georgia
and is assisting in the implementation of alcohol and drug assistance for impaired
professionals. Dr. Stapleton has been a featured expert for articles in New
Physician and Pregnancy magazines. Her 17-year professional history
includes teaching at the university level and conducting lectures and workshops.
Future titles include additional mind/body books related to weight loss, alcohol
and drug addiction, parenting and the family. In her public speaking career she
inspires others to implement the tools that lead to a full happy life. She is
married to her husband and business partner of 25 years. They have three grown
children who are their greatest joy.
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It's All about Me! by Jacqui James | |||
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Who is the 4.0 student and which girl is currently struggling? Who lives in the mansion and who is in foster-care? It doesn't really matter but you or your daughter might identify with a sentiment expressed by one of the girls or relate to a body-shape and its changes. The 12 subjects are deliberately very normal. No one is an exceptional athlete or gifted scholar, but neither are they destined to fail (notwithstanding some tricky circumstances). Their words are candid and funny. They teach us a lot. The images show how swiftly the inevitable physical changes can happen (or not); there are chubby phases and trimmer phases; happy moments and some very sad moments but the best part is that it's normal! The girls remain anonymous, eliminating the temptation to pigeonhole by race or socio-economic elements and psychologists and school counselors have already expressed interest in using it to engage teens and initiate dialogue during family counseling sessions. Parents and care-givers are also interviewed-year one revealing their hopes and fears for the soon to appear adolescent years and then again at year five, to reflect back and share what they would and wouldn't do again. The project It's ALL about ME! came into existence as a reaction to the author's 9 year-old daughter's approaching adolescence. Jacqui reached for books on the subject but was dismayed at the lack of positive imagery or advice relating to puberty so she starting working out her own feeling as a mother through her photography. She documented her daughter's last threads of girlhood and witnessed her burgeoning physical and mental maturity. Images alone seemed incomplete, as Jacqui wanted to know what her daughter was thinking. So she drew up a list of 35 questions ranging from the banal "What is your favorite food?" to the more intimate "Have you ever kissed a boy?" And then Jacqui involved a few of her daughter's friends . . . . Before the author knew it, a project had blossomed. In short, this book is a celebration of the beautiful and extraordinary transition from little girl to woman, without judgment. In 2006, the author was awarded a grant due to her work on the It's ALL about ME! project and became officially a 'Seattle CityArtist' and first exhibited the project at the International Children's Festival in May 2007. It's not just ANOTHER parenting book ……………... About the Author:
She has had the privilege of photographing a myriad of culturally dynamic figures including opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, Italy's beloved comedian Piero Chiambretti, world renowned car designer Giorgietto Giugiaro for Maserati, Lamborgini & Alfa Romeo, exiled Burmese Princess Yadana Nat Mè, Portuguese Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, the family of Benazir Bhutto, and Baron von Thyssen-Bornemisza in his sumptuous castle. Upon re-entering an English speaking culture, Ms. James found her voice and began combining her photography with writing. She is a regular contributor of articles to her local paper, often taking on meaty social topics. | |||
Imagine celebrating puberty--the moodiness, the body changes, the wild fluctuations
of being both a little girl and a fully-grown woman instead of apologizing for
it! Twelve fabulous pre-pubescent girls (and their parents) consented to participate
in a five year documentation of their physical and emotional changes through photography
and interviews. They come from vastly different backgrounds reflecting a broad
cross-section of society. The result is honest, funny and non-judgmental and the
portraits combined with the girls' own words provide an intimate view into the
changing minds of 10 to 15 year olds. Year four is complete, and expected completion
date is Fall, 2008. 
Australian
born Jacqui James is a professional photographer currently living and working
in Seattle, Washington. Ms. James spent 20 years of her adult life in a variety
of non-English speaking countries relying on her eyes, her intuition and ability
to listen.
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WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT "BAD" FEELINGS? by Judith Morton Fraser, MFT | |||
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Special
Features: The four steps of this life enhancing process will help the reader discover and release negative feelings. Whether dealing with fatigue, stress, depression, physical illness, or just a sense of unease, this book will help to create a relationship with yourself that can lead to serenity, joy, greater creativity, intuition, and inner balance. It is a truly remarkable life expanding tool. For more information: www.judithmortonfraser.com About the Author:
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The
physical and emotional pain the author experienced from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
led to an accidental discovery of an inner process that provided profound insight
into how to get relief from internal stress in an unusual, yet simple way. Instead
of making uncomfortable feelings wrong, Fraser learned to understand that they
are powerful messengers. When she listened to them, instead of pushing them away,
they led to a release of blocked energy as well as an amazing insight into how
to expand awareness in an ongoing simple way. The author has been teaching individuals,
couples and groups for the past 21 years how to use this healing process. What's
So Good About "Bad" Feelings? will guide the reader through
the four steps of a process called The Goldmine Cycle -- a way to tap into the
unconscious messages hidden in depression, anxiety, anger, envy, sadness, fears
and other so called "bad" stressful emotions. In addition to the author's
personal story, the book will include stories of individuals with various physical
and emotional problems learning to access the powerful intelligence that lives
in the body and reveals itself through feelings. All of the journeys will be followed
by a brief explanation of The Landmine Cycle -- undermining thoughts and their
consequences -- and the corresponding unconscious hidden beliefs and fears. Each
process will conclude with the personal treasures each individual discovered in
their inner journey and how these treasures enhance their lives and encourage
them towards more authentic behavior. Questions following the stories will encourage
the reader to follow through on their own four steps. An in-depth list of the
steps (Intend, Attend, Descend, Amend) of the process are included.
Judith
Morton Fraser, a Marriage, Family Therapist has worked with clients whose
problems included, but were not limited to, alcoholism, codependency, eating disorders,
anxiety, depression, relationship miscommunication, sexual addiction, anger, bereavement,
fibromyalgia, persistent headaches, cancer and panic disorder. She has created
and presented one-day workshops and weekend retreats at various schools and spiritual
centers for the past sixteen years focusing on the material in this book as well
as other creative, experiential processes. She has a bachelor's degree in theater
from the University of California in Los Angeles and a masters degree in Ed. Psych
from CSUN. She has expertise in Psychosynthesis and Neurolinguistic Training.
Fraser is licensed by the Board of Education in California to create workshops
and provide continuing education units for Social Workers, Marriage Family Therapists
and interns. Her published short stories and articles include THE STRESS OF CHRONIC
FATIGUE, Chicken Soup anthology; ALONE IN THE WOODS BEARLY, Los Angeles Times
& L.A. Times Syndicate; GRAMMAS DON'T DIE, Everywoman's Village; TO KNOW YOU,
Hallmark; THANKFUL, L.A. Times; A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, MY BRIDGE, IT'S OUR MOON
and YOU CAN'T GO BACK appear within CHOCOLATE FOR A WOMAN'S series with Simon
& Schuster.| Enter at Your
Own Risk: What Every Parent Needs to Know Before Going to Family Court
by Susan Nordmeyer | |||
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Enter at Your Own Risk offers an alternative for
parents. It presents ways to write their own stories that end,
not in a court order, but rather in creating custody and time-sharing
plans that will work best for their family. It offers guidelines
that take into account every child's individuality and differences
as well as a strategy that allows for fluidity and adaptability
- fundamental and crucial elements that the courts are ill-equipped
to address. Filled with insight and information about how the
courts decide family conflicts, the book empowers and engages
parents in the process of what they want for themselves and their
children. The author of Enter at your Own Risk: What Every
Parent Needs to Know Before Going to Family Court spent twenty
years inside family law. Susan Nordmeyer has mediated thousands
of cases between mothers and fathers who are in conflict over
their children. She testified as an expert witness in hundreds
of child custody cases advocating for the best interests of children.
What this book offers to parents is the voice of an insider, one
who knows not only the mechanics of the legal system but provides
a rare insight into how those who work within the walls of the
courts make decisions regarding custody and visitation. Simply,
this book provides parents with another option, a closer look,
a second opinion and a way to make their own decisions for their
families' future. Surely, our children deserve nothing less. About the Author:
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Enter
at Your Own Risk: What Every Parent Needs to Know Before Going
to Family Court is written for parents who are either
divorced or separated or considering the possibility of either
life-changing decision. It is written for grandparents and family
members and for those who know first-hand the impact of the court
experience on families, including teachers, day-care providers,
Sunday school teachers and clergy. The book goes inside family
court and recounts compelling scenarios from actual cases. These
stories, and the judge's decision that follows, give the reader
an insight into both the power and limitations of the law when
asked to resolve complex and sensitive issues such as how mothers
and fathers divide weekends, holidays and birthdays. When parents
bring their conflicts and problems before the judge, the judge
will, because he must, give them an answer. Along with that answer
comes the power of the court to enforce it.
Susan
Nordmeyer's path to the family court system began after she received
her graduate degree from the