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Explores the biochemical relationship between mind and body to reconnect women to the intuition that is encoded in their DNA
A blend of information and stories to help you uncover the unlived truths in your life and find what your heart can tell you about your soul’s purpose. From our heartfelt attraction to another and our heartfelt acceptance of ourselves, our hearts contain a storehouse of information, data, and memories. Much of our lives’ essence and meaning is experienced on a “heart level.” Heart Sense is a compelling combination of research and strange but true stories illustrating that most people need to get out of their heads and back into their hearts. Psychologist Paula Reeves tells how, time after time, successful heart transplant patients have undergone personality and style shifts as well a...
Editor Nancy Chase defines parentified children as parents to their parents—those are the children who are compelled to fulfill the role of parent at the expense of their own developmentally appropriate needs and pursuits. With uncanny sensibilities, these children are attuned to their parents′ moods, wishes, vulnerabilities, and nuances. This volume is a comprehensive study of parentification in the family, covering both theoretical as well as clinical topics. Contributors have written chapters that are grouped into two sections: theory and research, and clinical and broader contextual perspectives. Part One of this book covers research related to parentification and gender, work addict...
Heart Sense is a compelling combination of research and "stranger than fiction" true stories illustrating that most people need to get out of their heads and back into their hearts. Paula Reeves tells how, time after time, successful heart transplant patients have undergone personality and style shifts as well as memory transfers, proving that the heart is not just a muscle. The real beauty of Heart Sense is that Reeves explains the heart's intelligence and teaches us simple exercises that help us tap into that intelligence and improve our lives. With this groundbreaking work, learn to listen to your seventh sense -- the wisdom of the heart. Book jacket.
In Guided by Dreams, author Rachel Norment takes us on a rare journey through her own breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. With wisdom and clarity, she reveals how knowledge gained through dream interpretation guided many of her decisions during treatment and recovery, and discusses over fifty of her personal dreams. Seven drawings and paintings drawn by the author and included here in full color add a unique, visual dimension to her story and express her complex feelings and reactions to this life-transforming experience. Join Rachel as she shares how this life-threatening illness ultimately inspired her own spiritual and personal awakening.
A vow of faithfulness is a sacred assertion, a positive declaration expressing a woman's intention to remain loyal to herself, to preserve allegiance to herself even when challenged or opposed. And such a vow, according to Reilly, is the necessary first step to achieving balanced, rich, and reciprocal relationships with others. Women of all ages, from all walks of life, are vowing loyalty to their own lives. And the results of these woman-affirming ceremonies and rites of passage are life altering: they unleash positive life energy and uncover unexplored gifts and talents. Drawing on stories of many women and their personalized vows, I Promise Myself features a write-your-own vow section and provides step-by-step guidelines for composing your own vow of faithfulness--a process that invites you to reassert your commitment to yourself and begin an adventure of self-discovery and self-celebration.
37 short stories/articles dealing with human faith, strength, courage, and fortitude as revealed through actual personal experiences." Filled with poignancy and uncommon honesty, these stories bring to light what is often hidden: regular people really do commit acts of bravery."
Caregiving can be enormously challenging, terrifically rewarding, and potentially draining. Caregivers often wonder how they will navigate the tumultuous waters of caregiving and not lose themselves completely. The Mindful Caregiver highlights two major approaches to help transform the journey: adopting a practice of mindfulness, which helps caregivers become more self-aware and fully present with the person with whom they are caring, and honoring “the spirit-side” of caregiving which offers new ways of connecting to one another. These approaches take into account not just the needs of the care recipient, but also the needs of the caregiver and other people in his/her life. Remembering t...