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Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential

7 reviews
Gordon T. Smith

InterVarsity Press, 1999

Insightful and intelligent
This is the first of Gordon T. Smith's books I have read and now I intend to read others. He writes with unusual insight. I confess I have found many mainstream Christian living books written for too wide an audience, with a basic-level vocabulary, but Smith writes with intelligence, precision, and wisdom. This book aided my understanding a great deal as I struggled with a vocational loss of ...

The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife

69 reviews
Marianne Williamson

Hay House, 2008

Good!
Fairly good Delivery - Book arrived Excellent Condition. Thank You, Diane Cogswell Mill Valley, CA

My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved ...

14 reviews
Dennis Mccullough

Harper, 2008

Reassuring
If you are dealing with an elderly parent with dementia (or other debilitating illness) this is a god-send. Just reading this reduced my stress level greatly and helped me be more patient and tolerant of my 93 yo parent who has mild dementia. Thank you for writing this. I have asked my daughter to read this so she can have these insights when I become old, feeble, etc.

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

63 reviews
John W. Dower

W. W. Norton & Company, 2000

How Do You Transform A War Torn Nation?
EMBRACING DEFEAT is the historical saga of the United States occupation of war torn and defeated Japan following World War II. Japan had sent nearly 3 million men to battle the Allies throughout the Pacific but with the American usage of the atomic bomb, the Japanese quickly moved to surrender. Never before had this happen. In nearly 2,000 years the Japanese had never lost a war. Now not only ...

The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them

17 reviews
David Richo

Shambhala, 2006

One of the Best
This book, The Five Things We Cannot Change, is one of the best I have ever read: insightful, thought-provoking, capable of changing one's paradigms. Highly recommended.

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

35 reviews
Tara Brach

Bantam, 2004

Exactly what I needed.
Going through a divorce after having been dumped by a husband of 17 years, I was really critical of myself. As if having endured the ex's scorn wasn't enough, I had to add o--and add on--and add on to the attacks on every aspect of my personality. I was stupid. I was unattractive. I was not "woman enough." I didn't deserve love. This book was recommended by my therapist and it was just what I ...

The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments

16 reviews
William Bridges

Da Capo Press, 2001

Astonishing and wonderful
This is a engrossing book about what happens when a person who has made a career out of understanding "transitions" (and helping other people and organizations through times of transition) comes face to face with a gigantic transition. As Bridges dealt with the death of his wife and the concomitant end of a lengthy marriage, he found himself wondering if he really understood transitions at all. ...

Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying

31 reviews
Ram Dass

Riverhead Trade, 2001

Still Here
Have you ever read a book and wished that it would never end? That is what this book was like for me. I got so much from it that I am purchasing another to give away to a friend.

Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity

2 reviews
Janell L. Carroll

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Textbook: Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity
This textbook would be very helpful for any student in gender based or sexuality classes. The case studies and pictures make it an easy read.

Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle

25 reviews
Victoria Colligan, Beth Schoenfeldt, ...

St. Martin's Press, 2007

I wish Ladies who launch was around when I started my business 6 years ago
Not only am I a LWL member in Los Angeles and am very grateful for Amy Swift and leader Jen Sincero. I bought the book and recommend it to all of my girlfriends that are frustrated in their overpaid corporate jobs. Hard to believe that the almighty dollar does not make for a women's happiness. Ladies Who Launch gives you the courage to launch from within, plan your exit stategy and first and ...

Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos (emersion: Emergent Village ...

7 reviews
Tim Keel

Baker Books, 2007

What we have been waiting for
If you have been going around in the Postmodern conversation for any amount of time, or are at all curious about the "Emergent Church", or are feeling like you keep stubbing the big toe of your faith, here is some real help. And do not let the title keep any one from reading. This is not just one more dry book on leadership. It is for you. Tim Keel brilliantly (please accept the praise Mr. Keel) ...

Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life

13 reviews
Irwin Kula, Linda Loewenthal

Hyperion, 2007

A Wise Guide to Life's Pilgrimage that Starts with Actually Celebrating the Mess!
I enjoyed this book myself, then one of our guest writers at our online magazine, [...], Gail Katz, wrote her own recommendation of Rabbi Kula's book. Gail points out that, as a Jewish woman, this book touched her -- but I can also recommend this to a broader audience, as well. The entire concept of the book is fresh and appealing because -- let's be honest -- most of us do not lead ...

Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting

8 reviews
Marva J. Dawn

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989

A good "how-to" book
Finally a Sabbath book that doesn't seek to convince one of which day should be kept as the Sabbath, but focusses instead on HOW to keep the Sabbath. The book is broken into four major parts - ceasing, resting, embracing, and feasting. Each of those chapter breaks its subject down into seven areas. For example, the section on resting covers physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and ...

Embracing Encaustic: Learning to Paint with Beeswax

5 reviews
Linda Womack

Hive Publishing, 2008

Excellent book!
This book is really well done, especially for someone like me who needs detailed instruction! The book provides both step-by-step instructions and photos that show you exactly what to do. I have limited experience with the encaustic medium and found this book provided me with the directions to do a project on my own -- super helpful.

From Bondage to Bonding: Escaping Codependency, Embracing Biblical Love

8 reviews
Nancy Groom

NavPress Publishing Group, 1991

Absolutely essential reading for recovering codependents
I have struggled with codependency for many years and am currently recovering from a broken marriage that was destroyed by mutual codependency. This is the book that taught me the most and helped me the most, without question! I have read Melody Beattie's work, and some of Pia Mellody's; they are both great as well. But Nancy Groom herself has walked down the terribly painful path of codepency ...

Embracing the Fear: Learning To Manage Anxiety & Panic Attacks

18 reviews
Judith Bemis, AMR Barrada

Hazelden, 1994

Get this book. It will Change and Save your life!!!!!!!!
My mind was filled with so much worry, so much doubt. I begun avoiding people and certain situations. I had lost touch with reality and really didn't care for living anymore because I felt hopeless. But the techniques in this book saved my life and gave me hope. It took a little while but I eventually started feeling better which made me want to read and practice the techniques even more. If you ...

Embracing Your Inner Critic: Turning Self-Criticism into a Creative Asset

5 reviews
Hal Stone, Sidra Stone

HarperOne, 1993

The most EFFECTIVE self-help book I've read in years
I had just finshed Martin Seligman's Learned Optimism and was finally having some success dealing with my depression and anxiety when my wife gave me a copy of Embracing Your Inner Critic. She'd picked the book up a year or two earlier and lost track of it in the "to read" piles. This book really grabbed me. I've never really been comfortable with the various "inner child" labels I come across in ...

Writing and Being: Embracing Your Life Through Creative Journaling

2 reviews
G. Lynn Nelson

New World Library, 2004

The best writing exercises ever!
This is a gem of a book. I've read through the entire book, and have worked my way through about half of the exercises, and the author has the most tremendous, deep writing experiences that I've ever seen. But not for the faint of heart, because the journal writing prompts he gives are truly deep. They may take you to interior places that you haven't visited in a while. A superb book. The best ...

Embracing Ourselves: The Voice Dialogue Manual

14 reviews
Hal Stone, Sidra Stone

New World Library, Nataraj, 1998

Brilliant, Enlightening, A must for all inner seekers
These two authors are revolutionary in their scope, breath, and personal integration of thier information. As you read this book you know that they truly understand their work and are genuinely on the path they show. These authors are to be admired and appreciated for the transformational work they bring to the field of psychology.

Study Guide for Carroll's Sexuality Now: Embracing Diversity, 2nd
Janell L. Carroll

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

This study guide is written by Shirley Ogletree of Texas State University, San Marcos, and contains the following for every chapter: chapter summary, learning objectives, detailed chapter outline, personal assessments & activities, one paper assignment per chapter, 15 fill-in-the blank questions per main sub-head, five short answer per main sub-head, labeling of anatomy art in appropriate chapters, and a post-test consisting of 10 true/false, 30 ...

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