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- Book Review: Living Through the Meantime : Learning to Break the Patterns of the Past and Begin the Healing Process - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: The "meantime," according to best-selling author and inspirational speaker Iyanla Vanzant, is that in-between stage of life when you're gathering up strength, evaluating past mishaps, and preparing for the next chapter. Using the metaphor of psyche as house, Vanzant believes ...
Views: 2184 - Book Review: Love - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2014 from Leo BuscagliaThis book is about love. What it is and what it isn't. It is about you--and about everybody who has ever reached out to touch the heart of another. Among many other lessons of the heart, Leo Buscaglia reminds us: Love is open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are ...
Views: 1710 - Book Review: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Remember the phrase "question authority"? Loving What Is is a workbook on questioning authority--but in this case, what is in question is the authority of our own fundamental beliefs about our relationships. Known simply as "The Work," Byron Katie's methods are clean and ...
Views: 794 - Book Review: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Remember the phrase "question authority"? Loving What Is is a workbook on questioning authority--but in this case, what is in question is the authority of our own fundamental beliefs about our relationships. Known simply as "The Work," Byron Katie's methods are clean and ...
Views: 641 - Book Review: Mars and Venus in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting Results at Work - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Effective communication is a crucial life skill, and John Gray's Mars and Venus series has helped millions peacefully sort out emotional issues in their personal relationships. Now he turns his attention to the professional side of life with Mars and Venus in the Workplace. ...
Views: 1082 - Book Review: Meditation as Medicine: Activate the Power of Your Natural Healing Force - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Long-term meditators experience 80 percent less heart disease and 50 percent less cancer than nonmediators, according to a large body of studies. Meditation has been shown to improve sleep and reduce chronic pain. Not all meditation is equally effective, however. Dharma Singh ...
Views: 898 - Book Review: Million Dollar Networking - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2007 from Mary Gormandy WhiteAre you serious about growing your business? If so, Million Dollar Networking by Andrea Nierenberg is a must-read for you. Mastering and utilizing effective business networking techniques is the key to building long-term, ongoing business relationships. This enjoyable and informative book ...
Views: 1103 - Book Review: Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Some sports--the solitary ones, in particular--are simply more prone to mysticism and mystery than others. Golf, certainly. Long-distance running, of course. Fishing. Climbing. Each has a literature that confronts the essence of its lonely pursuit and explores the way the ...
Views: 1287 - Book Review: Morrie: In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Preceding the phenomenal success of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, in which Albom discusses his weekly visits with his mentor, Morrie, as Morrie faces death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Morrie Schwartz published his own book, Letting Go: Morrie's Reflections ...
Views: 3112 - Book Review: My Secret: A PostSecret Book - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review At the beginning of 2005, Frank Warren launched a new blog called PostSecret as an experiment in community art, inviting strangers to mail him anonymous postcards that made art out of their innermost secrets and then posting a selection of the cards every week on his blog. ...
Views: 774 - Book Review: My Utmost for His Highest - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Oswald Chambers, a Scotsman who converted to Christianity in his teens under the ministry of Charles Spurgeon, has been affecting Christians with his devotional words since My Utmost for His Highest was first published in 1935. This acknowledged classic contains 365 daily ...
Views: 1173 - Book Review: Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: A sequel of sorts to Reeve's bestselling memoir, Still Me, Nothing is Impossible is a concise, meditative companion to the earlier book. Each of its nine chapters is devoted to some aspect of successful living (humor, faith, hope) or addresses a major life issue (parenting, ...
Views: 2583 - Book Review: Nothing's Impossible:: Leadership Lessons from Inside and Outside the Classroom - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: This self-described "maniac leader" has written a delightful guide to becoming boss, whether it be in business or your own life. In this case, Lorraine Monroe's line of work is public education--and she possesses some pretty impressive credentials. As founder and principal of ...
Views: 2535 - Book Review: One Degree Beyond: A Reiki Journey Into Energy Medicine: Your 21-Day Step-By-Step Guide to Relax, Open and Celebrat - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Janeanne Narrin's One Degree Beyond is an engaging introduction to Reiki, the rapidly growing art form that has proven to be an avenue for many to alleviate tension, manage stress, and expand powers of perception. Although One Degree Beyond does not claim to be a course in ...
Views: 605 - Book Review: Personal Development for Smart People - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2014 from Steve PavlinaDespite promises of "fast and easy" results from slick marketers, real personal growth is neither fast nor easy. The truth is that hard work, courage, and self-discipline are required to achieve meaningful results-results that are not attained by those who cling to the fantasy of achievement ...
Views: 881 - Book Review: Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Catherine Whitmire's book of contemporary and historic Quaker voices reads like an antidote to consumer-driven despair. We all know the spiritual downfall of compulsively acquiring material goods (or what Quakers refer to as "cumber"); how it leads to a frantic-paced ...
Views: 1214 - Book Review: Power Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performanc - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Where you start reading this book will probably say a lot about your current station in life. New parents will probably skip right to chapter 12 and the section subtitled "Tips for Exhausted Parents of Newborns, Infants, and Children." Drowsy office workers might go for ...
Views: 1157 - Book Review: Power vs. Force - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2014 from David HawkinsDavid R. Hawkins details how anyone may resolve the most crucial of all human dilemmas: how to instantly determine the truth or falsehood of any statement or supposed fact. Dr. Hawkins, who worked as a "healing psychiatrist" during his long and distinguished career, uses theoretical concepts ...
Views: 1933 - Book Review: Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review This manual-style book instantly dives into Eckhart Tolle's principles of "living in the moment," which could be a jarring experience for readers who haven't read his preceding book, The Power of Now. For the initiated, though, this makes an excellent companion guide--rich in ...
Views: 1133 - Book Review: Psycho-Cybernetics - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2014 from Maxwell MaltzPut more living in your life! Psycho‑Cybernetics is renowned doctor and professor Maxwell Maltz’s simple, scientific, and revolutionary program for health and success. Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed—and Psycho‑Cybernetics shows ...
Views: 1542 - Book Review: Reach for the Summit - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Pat Summitt has been called a living legend. As head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, Summitt has taken her NCAA Division 1 women's basketball team to back-to-back national championships in 1996 and 1997, and five titles in a 10-year span. In Reach for the ...
Views: 3643 - Book Review: Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior--Anytime, Anyplace - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review It's true that politicians blink much more frequently when they're lying, but what other behavior clues do people inadvertently give off? If you want to know if you're being boondoggled, how to tell if your date is interested in a serious relationship, or if you should take ...
Views: 1932 - Book Review: Reclaiming the Fire: How Successful People Overcome Burnout - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Why do so many seemingly successful professionals hit the wall in middle age, and decide to either radically scale back their careers or set off in an entirely new direction? Clinical psychologist Steven Berglas, a specialist in success-induced burnout, believes it stems from ...
Views: 1304 - Book Review: Relationship Rescue Workbook, The: Exercises and Self-Tests to Help You Reconnect with Your Partner - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Most Oprah viewers are well aware of Dr. Phil's book Relationship Rescue, which presents a seven-step program for salvaging troubled relationships. McGraw would be the first to tell you that watching Oprah or reading about his program are all fine and good, but if you really ...
Views: 2379 - Book Review: Run With The Bulls Without Getting Trampled - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2007 from Mary Gormandy WhiteI have long believed that success in business and in life is a function of perspective and mindset. Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled by Tim Irwin, Ph.D. illustrates this more clearly than any other publication I have ever read. This book is a must-read for individuals who are ...
Views: 1217 - Book Review: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2008 from Stephen Martile“Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect.” ~ T Harv Eker from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind This is a review of the book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker. I ...
Views: 1213 - Book Review: Self-Nurture: Learning to Care for Yourself As Effectively As You Care for Everyone Else - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review One of the greatest challenges women face is learning how to nurture themselves. The tendency, of course, is for women to put themselves last on the list--taking care of everyone and everything else before they tend to their own emotional, physical, or spiritual needs, ...
Views: 1590 - Book Review: Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2014 from Deepak ChopraIn The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into seven simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life. Based on natural laws that govern all of creation, this book shatters the myth that ...
Views: 2420 - Book Review: Simple Words: Thinking About What Really Matters in Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: "Simple words are by no means simple," states Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz in his introduction to Simple Words. This is certainly true of the words he has teased out from contemporary spirituality to expound upon here. Each chapter is dedicated to so-called simple words such as ...
Views: 1030 - Book Review: Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How To Create A More Peaceful, Simpler Life From the Inside Out - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review This is the book for you if you've ever had the urge to tell off your boss, quit your job, hurl your Palm Pilot into the trash, and move to a farm. Written by bestselling stress consultant and psychotherapist Dr. Richard Carlson Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, it advocates the ...
Views: 745 - Book Review: Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How To Create A More Peaceful, Simpler Life From the Inside Out - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review This is the book for you if you've ever had the urge to tell off your boss, quit your job, hurl your Palm Pilot into the trash, and move to a farm. Written by bestselling stress consultant and psychotherapist Dr. Richard Carlson Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, it advocates the ...
Views: 2290 - Book Review: Soul Stories - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Gary ZukavAmazon.com Review: One of Gary Zukav's many gifts as a speaker and bestselling writer is his ability to present complicated metaphysical and spiritual themes in a way that is simultaneously down-to-earth and spine-tingling. How does he do it? Through story--the oldest and most powerful form ...
Views: 1193 - Book Review: Spirit of the Horse ~ The New Myths of Equus - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Carol UptonSpirit of the Horse The New Myths of Equus Carole Devereux Windhorse Press Soft Cover, 2010, $24.00 U.S. ISBN: 978-1-884422-24-9 Available at Amazon Reviewed by Carol M. Upton Animals have the capacity and the power to expand their minds into extraordinary states of ...
Views: 1433 - Book Review: Stages of Meditation - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Stages of Meditation is a commentary by the Dalai Lama on a rare text by ninth-century Indian Buddhist scholar Kamalashila, written in Tibet to correct some Chinese misinterpretations of Buddhism that were influential at the time. Kamalashila's short work is not widely known ...
Views: 807 - Book Review: Stop Screaming at the Microwave: How to Connect Your Disconnected Life - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review While many self-help books focus on how to organize, prioritize, and manage your time in order to operate at top efficiency, Stop Screaming at the Microwave takes a refreshingly different tack--slow down, start connecting with people, and learn how to feel good. This short ...
Views: 776 - Book Review: Stop Whining, Start Living - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Dr. Laura Schlessinger agrees that there are things worth whining about! A certain amount of whining allows for some venting of reasonable pain, disappointment, fear, frustration, or frank rage. However, staying stuck in whining mode can become a life-long problem. This is ...
Views: 1464 - Book Review: Stress for Success: Jim Loehr's Program for Transforming Stress into Energy at Work - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Stress for Success: Jim Loehr's Program for Transforming Stress into Positive Energy at Work, by James E. Loehr, expands upon the author's 20 years of experience in preparing high-level executives and world-class athletes for the "stress of competition." It is built upon his ...
Views: 1752 - Book Review: Tao Te Ching - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Scholars say that the original Tao Te Ching is a poem. Like a poem, this version of the Tao Te Ching is not meant to be read in one breath from front to back, but is to be at intervals internalized and contemplated. Jane English's haunting black-and-white photos that undulate ...
Views: 935 - Book Review: Teachings on Love - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review For venerated Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, love is more than an emotion. Drawing on millennia of Buddhist wisdom and his own therapeutic methods, Teachings on Love further develops his practical notion of interbeing in terms of love. If all things are interrelated, ...
Views: 748 - Book Review: Teenagers Tips for Success - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2014 from James MalinchakCreate a Future, Achieve Your Dreams and Become VERY Successful! This book provides teenagers with a road map to success! It teaches teens about goal setting, overcoming obstacles, communicating with others, making contacts, choosing a career, managing money, making good choices, and much ...
Views: 962 - Book Review: Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Everything will be okay ... once you admit that Dr. Laura's always right. This companion volume to the radio advice factory's 1994 bestseller (which tackled the stupid things women do) serves up plenty of the no-nonsense, old-fashioned morality that her legions of listeners ...
Views: 1289 - Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review "What is 'effectiveness' in a family?" asks author Steven R. Covey. He promptly answers with four words: "a beautiful family culture." Building this culture is the primary theme of Covey's parenting guide, a manual based on concepts introduced in his blockbuster, The 7 ...
Views: 1219 - Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Anyone who thinks the audiocassette adaptation of Stephen Covey's bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is a shortcut to reading the book has another thing coming. As a preview, the cassette is worth every one of its 90 minutes; as a substitute for the ...
Views: 659 - Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2014 from Stephen CoveyThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is recognized as one of the most influential audiobooks ever recorded. In this seminal work, Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed ...
Views: 1874 - Book Review: The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Based on his father's bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Sean Covey applies the same principles to teens, using a vivacious, entertaining style. To keep it fun, Covey writes, he "stuffed it full of cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories ...
Views: 2467 - Book Review: The Art of Doing Nothing: Simple Ways to Make Time for Yourself - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Much more than merely a book about nothing, this is a concentrated guide to cultivating a sense of serenity. Simple living expert Sarah Ban Breathnach calls it a "charming prescription for harried hearts and overwrought minds" that's "filled with persuasive reminders that we ...
Views: 687 - Book Review: The Attractor Factor - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2014 from Joe VitaleDo you work hard, do everything right, and yet rarely achieve the results you had hoped for? As you struggle to make ends meet, do you sometimes wish you could be one of those lucky people who seem to smile their way through life and have success handed to them? Actually, you can. In The ...
Views: 1994 - Book Review: The Comfort Queen's Guide to Life: Create All That You Need with Just What You've Got - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Forget the life of perfect balance--according to the fairy godmother of self-nurturing, Jennifer Louden, it only exists in magazine articles. Instead of emphasizing balance in The Comfort Queen's Guide to Life, Louden shows readers how to get a life of meaning. In a flight of ...
Views: 672 - Book Review: The Comfort Trap or, What If You're Riding a Dead Horse? - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Don't get too comfortable, warns psychologist Judith Sills, who invites readers to jump over "the electric fence of anxiety" to find deeper satisfaction in their lives. Sills, the best-selling author of Excess Baggage, compares our rigid routines, bad habits, stale ...
Views: 1984 - Book Review: The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Any Change (and Loving Your Life More) - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Has a change happened in your life that you are having trouble accepting? Is there a change you would like to make to help you love life more? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this is the book for you. This year alone, many of us will fall in love, get in ...
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