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Be a Mensch
Unleash Your Power to Be Kind and Help Others
Elisa Udaskin
2021 Silver Medal
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Be A Mensch: Unleash Your Power To Be Kind And Help Others by Elisa Udaskin is an uplifting and thought-provoking book that speaks about relationships, how we interact with people, and how we 'show' up. This applies to people close to us and also to strangers. The book is for everyone who has an open mindset, wants to grow, strengthen their relationships, and has a good sense of humor. The word 'mensch' is of Yiddish origin and means a genuinely good person. The concept of a mensch is to reach out and be kind and the tools and techniques in the book will help everyone access their inner mensch. The book has a collection of stories with the mensch concept of kindness running through them and is a good way to help us understand how to incorporate kindness into our daily lives and help others.
The approach to the topic of being kind and helping others by being a mensch has been tackled well by the author - kindness can help make our relationships better and inspires more kindness. The physical benefits of being kind are shared by the author through one of the stories, showing how much better we will feel emotionally, psychologically, and physically when we share kindness with others. Elisa Udaskin's inspirational journey will make us fall in love with her family members too. Be A Mensch is a well-expressed book and the author's neat and elegant style and humorous way of handling the topic make it easy for all readers to connect with her words. There are some interesting Yiddish words and expressions for readers that sound interesting.
Be A Mensch: Unleash Your Power To Be Kind And Help Others by Elisa Udaskin is an uplifting and thought-provoking book that speaks about relationships, how we interact with people, and how we 'show' up. This applies to people close to us and also to strangers. The book is for everyone who has an open mindset, wants to grow, strengthen their relationships, and has a good sense of humor. The word 'mensch' is of Yiddish origin and means a genuinely good person. The concept of a mensch is to reach out and be kind and the tools and techniques in the book will help everyone access their inner mensch. The book has a collection of stories with the mensch concept of kindness running through them and is a good way to help us understand how to incorporate kindness into our daily lives and help others.
The approach to the topic of being kind and helping others by being a mensch has been tackled well by the author - kindness can help make our relationships better and inspires more kindness. The physical benefits of being kind are shared by the author through one of the stories, showing how much better we will feel emotionally, psychologically, and physically when we share kindness with others. Elisa Udaskin's inspirational journey will make us fall in love with her family members too. Be A Mensch is a well-expressed book and the author's neat and elegant style and humorous way of handling the topic make it easy for all readers to connect with her words. There are some interesting Yiddish words and expressions for readers that sound interesting.
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, by Richard L Haight, is an award-winning, dynamic self-help book to help you achieve mind/body/soul awareness and control. It comes at a time of uncertainty, change, and disruption, and has something for everyone. It doesn'...){kind=link}
Unshakable Awareness
Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts (Total Embodiment Method TEM)
Richard L Haight
2021 Gold Medal
197 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles for Readers' Favorite
Unshakable Awareness: Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts (Total Embodiment Method TEM), by Richard L Haight, is an award-winning, dynamic self-help book to help you achieve mind/body/soul awareness and control. It comes at a time of uncertainty, change, and disruption, and has something for everyone. It doesn't ask you to give up your own personal beliefs, but to factor in new ideas that are based on being present and calm during challenges. The author uses ancient tenets of the four Samurai arts, and you'll be amazed at how easy and enlivening the advice is, especially in the area of meditation instruction. One advantage is that you don't have to go to a studio to practice it, you can do it in the comfort of your home, and this is helpful to those who may be isolated due to illness, quarantine, or depression.
Haight distills his expertise into usable information, and it is easier than you think. He explains how you can gain insight through active meditation, going about your everyday business. Whether a novice or experienced in meditation, you can use the contents of this book. Having a positive attitude is only part of the equation. You'll gain awareness, feel better, and this will hopefully lead to better health and contentment. You won't have to wonder what to do because the author provides step-by-step instructions and a schedule, which is helpful to those who have trouble sticking to routines and need greater motivation. Although not to be mistaken for official medical advice, this book hopes to improve health in a number of areas, from physical to psychological, like stronger immunity, lower stress levels, a positive outlook on life, and more. I found the information to be encouraging and positive, and the parts about the Four Samurai Arts are intriguing as well because they give foundation and perspective to the author's advice. The exercises and games make this an energetic read. If you're looking to turn over a new leaf, take your first step with Unshakable Awareness by Richard L Haight.
Unshakable Awareness: Meditation in the Heart of Chaos, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts (Total Embodiment Method TEM), by Richard L Haight, is an award-winning, dynamic self-help book to help you achieve mind/body/soul awareness and control. It comes at a time of uncertainty, change, and disruption, and has something for everyone. It doesn't ask you to give up your own personal beliefs, but to factor in new ideas that are based on being present and calm during challenges. The author uses ancient tenets of the four Samurai arts, and you'll be amazed at how easy and enlivening the advice is, especially in the area of meditation instruction. One advantage is that you don't have to go to a studio to practice it, you can do it in the comfort of your home, and this is helpful to those who may be isolated due to illness, quarantine, or depression.
Haight distills his expertise into usable information, and it is easier than you think. He explains how you can gain insight through active meditation, going about your everyday business. Whether a novice or experienced in meditation, you can use the contents of this book. Having a positive attitude is only part of the equation. You'll gain awareness, feel better, and this will hopefully lead to better health and contentment. You won't have to wonder what to do because the author provides step-by-step instructions and a schedule, which is helpful to those who have trouble sticking to routines and need greater motivation. Although not to be mistaken for official medical advice, this book hopes to improve health in a number of areas, from physical to psychological, like stronger immunity, lower stress levels, a positive outlook on life, and more. I found the information to be encouraging and positive, and the parts about the Four Samurai Arts are intriguing as well because they give foundation and perspective to the author's advice. The exercises and games make this an energetic read. If you're looking to turn over a new leaf, take your first step with Unshakable Awareness by Richard L Haight.
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Out of Love
Finding Your Way Back to Self-Compassion
Marianne Ingheim
2020 Finalist
214 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Out of Love: Your Way Back to Self-Compassion by Marianne Ingheim is an insightful book that chronicles the author's journey of unlearning self-critical patterns and going back to her self-compassionate heart. The stories and journaling prompts in the book will show readers how self-compassion is helpful when it comes to self-acceptance and its role when it comes to change. It is a book for readers who have struggled with self-criticism, shame, traumas, and tragedies which have manifested as anxiety and addiction. The author's personal story and experiences will enable readers to move through their transitions easily by letting go of the past and making room for the new. It is a book that will make everyone stop blaming themselves, criticizing themselves, and feeling unimportant, and help them realize that they belong to themselves first.
The insights in the book are good for everyone to change their perception about themselves and will inspire them to grow and unlearn their victim story. It is a good book to make readers aware of being kind to themselves so that they can be their best selves. Self-compassion will make them understand the importance of accepting all their experiences. Out of Love: Your Way Back to Self-Compassion by Marianne Ingheim is brave and honest and is a good tool for readers to practice self-compassion. I like the author's perspective on the topic and her three guiding principles of Compassion, Courage, and Curiosity are good tools to help readers give up thoughts of being perfect. It is a good book that can be used for self-analysis and self-growth so that living will be empowering and fulfilling.
Out of Love: Your Way Back to Self-Compassion by Marianne Ingheim is an insightful book that chronicles the author's journey of unlearning self-critical patterns and going back to her self-compassionate heart. The stories and journaling prompts in the book will show readers how self-compassion is helpful when it comes to self-acceptance and its role when it comes to change. It is a book for readers who have struggled with self-criticism, shame, traumas, and tragedies which have manifested as anxiety and addiction. The author's personal story and experiences will enable readers to move through their transitions easily by letting go of the past and making room for the new. It is a book that will make everyone stop blaming themselves, criticizing themselves, and feeling unimportant, and help them realize that they belong to themselves first.
The insights in the book are good for everyone to change their perception about themselves and will inspire them to grow and unlearn their victim story. It is a good book to make readers aware of being kind to themselves so that they can be their best selves. Self-compassion will make them understand the importance of accepting all their experiences. Out of Love: Your Way Back to Self-Compassion by Marianne Ingheim is brave and honest and is a good tool for readers to practice self-compassion. I like the author's perspective on the topic and her three guiding principles of Compassion, Courage, and Curiosity are good tools to help readers give up thoughts of being perfect. It is a good book that can be used for self-analysis and self-growth so that living will be empowering and fulfilling.
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Show Up For Yourself
A Guide to Inner Awareness and Growth
Janet Philbin
2020 Finalist
Kindle Edition
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Show Up For Yourself: A Guide to Inner Growth and Awareness by Janet Philbin is an uplifting and encouraging book that can be used as a guide for inner awareness, growth, and becoming as you step forward to show up as you. The framework in the book tells how you can show up each and every day and bring joy, balance, and peace into your life. The healing process is a journey and Janet makes you understand how healing is a spiral that expands upward and round, which makes you touch the same points multiple times. The book will help heal your inner child and give you a new perspective on how to look at your pain and heal so that the true self will emerge. This is a fascinating trip into the self, into the heart, to look at the parts that need love, compassion, and healing, and to learn to give yourself what you give others easily.
Janet Philbin shares multiple cases and stories for you to connect better with her words, and there is also a mention of meditation, chakras, and the importance of both Western psychology and Eastern philosophy when it comes to healing. You will understand what healing is, how the inner child develops, the false self, ego, and the steps to heal the pain of your inner child so that you can finally become the light you are meant to be. The step-by-step guide to healing helps to prioritize and give attention to areas that require love and healing. Show Up For Yourself will help you to reconnect with your true self and become the captain of your ship. I personally believe all relationships are transitory and the most important relationship you can have is with your own self. I like the manner in which the author stresses that topic and helps you understand the importance of being connected with you, first and foremost. The book has gifts, lessons, the soul's yearning to grow and understand the depths of pain and celebrate the joy. The author's transformative journey is indeed an inspiration and encouragement to heal the pain of the past so the present and future are full of emotional wholeness.
Show Up For Yourself: A Guide to Inner Growth and Awareness by Janet Philbin is an uplifting and encouraging book that can be used as a guide for inner awareness, growth, and becoming as you step forward to show up as you. The framework in the book tells how you can show up each and every day and bring joy, balance, and peace into your life. The healing process is a journey and Janet makes you understand how healing is a spiral that expands upward and round, which makes you touch the same points multiple times. The book will help heal your inner child and give you a new perspective on how to look at your pain and heal so that the true self will emerge. This is a fascinating trip into the self, into the heart, to look at the parts that need love, compassion, and healing, and to learn to give yourself what you give others easily.
Janet Philbin shares multiple cases and stories for you to connect better with her words, and there is also a mention of meditation, chakras, and the importance of both Western psychology and Eastern philosophy when it comes to healing. You will understand what healing is, how the inner child develops, the false self, ego, and the steps to heal the pain of your inner child so that you can finally become the light you are meant to be. The step-by-step guide to healing helps to prioritize and give attention to areas that require love and healing. Show Up For Yourself will help you to reconnect with your true self and become the captain of your ship. I personally believe all relationships are transitory and the most important relationship you can have is with your own self. I like the manner in which the author stresses that topic and helps you understand the importance of being connected with you, first and foremost. The book has gifts, lessons, the soul's yearning to grow and understand the depths of pain and celebrate the joy. The author's transformative journey is indeed an inspiration and encouragement to heal the pain of the past so the present and future are full of emotional wholeness.
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The Breakthrough in Two Acts
Breaking the Spells of Painful Emotions and Finding the Calm in the Present Moment
Fredric C. Hartman, Ph.D.
2020 Honorable Mention
222 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Joel R. Dennstedt for Readers' Favorite
Within the first few paragraphs of The Breakthrough in Two Acts by Fredric C. Hartman, Ph.D., one breathes a very deep sigh of appreciation for something truly fresh and intelligent, startled by the clear recognition that, “Hey, I’m in the presence of something brisk and new, something that explains with crystal clarity this current life I live, something, even more importantly, that I can actually use to live it better." Some of his earliest words explain the basic parameters defining this recognition: “Our brain keeps believing danger is everywhere, as it was neurologically designed to do.” “But shouldn’t a sturdy, stable awareness be as basic to civilized life as shelter, or clothing?”
It might seem axiomatic that an academic subject written about by an accomplished academic would sound, well, academic. However, The Breakthrough in Two Acts, a remarkable evaluation, assessment, and practical revelation of human consciousness and our intimate connection with it, reads more like Fredric C. Hartman is a poet, not a doctor, or a mighty wise guru sitting alone atop a hill. That is the pleasure one feels while reading: not like he is listening to a lecture, but like he has wandered into a private conversation revealing the big secret behind our existence. Almost like someone finally unearthed that rumored-to-exist-but-must-not-be-seen instruction booklet. If all of this seems a bit light-hearted for such a serious subject, it is because the effect of Dr. Hartman’s book is to make one feel enlightened, and yes, a bit more light-hearted. But, in a most down-to-earth and useful way. And finally, I will say something I have never said before: Everyone needs to read this book. Everyone should read this book.
Within the first few paragraphs of The Breakthrough in Two Acts by Fredric C. Hartman, Ph.D., one breathes a very deep sigh of appreciation for something truly fresh and intelligent, startled by the clear recognition that, “Hey, I’m in the presence of something brisk and new, something that explains with crystal clarity this current life I live, something, even more importantly, that I can actually use to live it better." Some of his earliest words explain the basic parameters defining this recognition: “Our brain keeps believing danger is everywhere, as it was neurologically designed to do.” “But shouldn’t a sturdy, stable awareness be as basic to civilized life as shelter, or clothing?”
It might seem axiomatic that an academic subject written about by an accomplished academic would sound, well, academic. However, The Breakthrough in Two Acts, a remarkable evaluation, assessment, and practical revelation of human consciousness and our intimate connection with it, reads more like Fredric C. Hartman is a poet, not a doctor, or a mighty wise guru sitting alone atop a hill. That is the pleasure one feels while reading: not like he is listening to a lecture, but like he has wandered into a private conversation revealing the big secret behind our existence. Almost like someone finally unearthed that rumored-to-exist-but-must-not-be-seen instruction booklet. If all of this seems a bit light-hearted for such a serious subject, it is because the effect of Dr. Hartman’s book is to make one feel enlightened, and yes, a bit more light-hearted. But, in a most down-to-earth and useful way. And finally, I will say something I have never said before: Everyone needs to read this book. Everyone should read this book.
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The Fix Yourself Handbook
Using The Process Way Of Life to Transform Your Life into a Happy, Healthy Journey
Faust Ruggiero
2020 Bronze Medal
260 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
The Fix Yourself Handbook: Using the Process Way of Life to Transform Your Life into a Happy, Healthy Journey by Faust Ruggiero is an insightful and profound book. It will motivate readers to make a healthy transformation in their lives by taking an inner journey and understanding how to use happiness and fulfillment there to find peace and love themselves. The book is a good tool to gain a better understanding of how readers think, feel, and behave, and how important it is to be internally balanced. The natural rules which are known as processes, deliberate and natural steps, will guide readers on how to live in tandem with their own natural flow and help them lead a healthy and happy life. The author gives a step-by-step program, 'The Process Way of Life', which is helpful when it comes to transforming life into one that is happy, healthy, purposeful, and contented.
The Fix Yourself Handbook is uplifting and positive and gives hope to many readers who are stuck in patterns where their lives are not productive or happy. Every chapter gives an introduction to the information that is going to be covered and the strategies and techniques presented will end up finally as lifelong support. This book will guide readers on an enlightening and exciting journey that will touch every part of them. It gets them ready to begin a most wonderful journey. I like Faust Ruggiero's approach to a topic that is useful, and the methodical and well-structured discussion makes it easy for readers to comprehend and incorporate the suggestions into their daily lives. It is a good book to read to enhance personal growth and development in a positive way and make healthy transformations.
The Fix Yourself Handbook: Using the Process Way of Life to Transform Your Life into a Happy, Healthy Journey by Faust Ruggiero is an insightful and profound book. It will motivate readers to make a healthy transformation in their lives by taking an inner journey and understanding how to use happiness and fulfillment there to find peace and love themselves. The book is a good tool to gain a better understanding of how readers think, feel, and behave, and how important it is to be internally balanced. The natural rules which are known as processes, deliberate and natural steps, will guide readers on how to live in tandem with their own natural flow and help them lead a healthy and happy life. The author gives a step-by-step program, 'The Process Way of Life', which is helpful when it comes to transforming life into one that is happy, healthy, purposeful, and contented.
The Fix Yourself Handbook is uplifting and positive and gives hope to many readers who are stuck in patterns where their lives are not productive or happy. Every chapter gives an introduction to the information that is going to be covered and the strategies and techniques presented will end up finally as lifelong support. This book will guide readers on an enlightening and exciting journey that will touch every part of them. It gets them ready to begin a most wonderful journey. I like Faust Ruggiero's approach to a topic that is useful, and the methodical and well-structured discussion makes it easy for readers to comprehend and incorporate the suggestions into their daily lives. It is a good book to read to enhance personal growth and development in a positive way and make healthy transformations.
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Writing Through the Muck
Finding Self and Story for Personal Growth, Healing, and Transcendence
G. Elizabeth Kretchmer
2020 Silver Medal
Kindle Edition
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Vernita Naylor for Readers' Favorite
At some point in our lives and on several occasions, we all need help - whether it's a listening ear, words of wisdom or some type of guidance. In the self-help book, Writing Through the Muck: Finding Self and Story for Personal Growth, Healing, and Transcendence by G. Elizabeth Kretchmer, the reader will find easy tools and resources that can be used in navigating through those difficult times. In life, there are so many challenges that we're exposed to and as the author takes you through their journey, you see you're not alone. This book is broken up into six chapters from Finding Yourself and Exploring Yourself to Putting It All Together, along with self-reflections, poems and writing exercises to help you through the process of healing, transitioning and growth. As the quote says: "You can't understand someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes." As you walk with the author, discover your own story and truth to self-help.
For me, Writing Through the Muck was a gem because it reflected the importance of channeling your feelings and emotions on paper. Getting it out of your mind, soul and spirit creates a release like no other. Writing incites its own high. As G. Elizabeth Kretchmer displays her own highs and lows, the reader will discover that writing got her and others out of the muck into a life of freedom. If you're looking for a resource to help you get out of your own rut that either you or someone else put you in, then get your copy of this book today. Be open, honest and prepared to make a paradigm shift for change.
At some point in our lives and on several occasions, we all need help - whether it's a listening ear, words of wisdom or some type of guidance. In the self-help book, Writing Through the Muck: Finding Self and Story for Personal Growth, Healing, and Transcendence by G. Elizabeth Kretchmer, the reader will find easy tools and resources that can be used in navigating through those difficult times. In life, there are so many challenges that we're exposed to and as the author takes you through their journey, you see you're not alone. This book is broken up into six chapters from Finding Yourself and Exploring Yourself to Putting It All Together, along with self-reflections, poems and writing exercises to help you through the process of healing, transitioning and growth. As the quote says: "You can't understand someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes." As you walk with the author, discover your own story and truth to self-help.
For me, Writing Through the Muck was a gem because it reflected the importance of channeling your feelings and emotions on paper. Getting it out of your mind, soul and spirit creates a release like no other. Writing incites its own high. As G. Elizabeth Kretchmer displays her own highs and lows, the reader will discover that writing got her and others out of the muck into a life of freedom. If you're looking for a resource to help you get out of your own rut that either you or someone else put you in, then get your copy of this book today. Be open, honest and prepared to make a paradigm shift for change.
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The Warrior's Meditation
The Best-Kept Secret in Self-Improvement, Cognitive Enhancement, and Stress Relief, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts (Total Embodiment Method TEM)
Richard L Haight
2020 Gold Medal
Kindle Edition
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Shannon Winings for Readers' Favorite
The Warrior's Meditation: The Best-Kept Secret in Self-Improvement, Cognitive Enhancement, and Stress Relief, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts (Total Embodiment Method TEM) by Richard L Haight is a relatively straightforward book about meditation. The author starts with meditation principles and guides the reader on where they should start in their practice. The book teaches readers the importance of your five senses and how to become more self-aware of them. Once learning the background of meditation and its important tenets, the author moves on to teaching readers how to make lifestyle adjustments to make meditation a habit. Like any other task, it should be regularly practiced to receive the maximum benefit.
The Warrior's Meditation by Richard L Haight was a great beginner’s book on meditation. I have read quite a few books on mediation and am working on practicing so it was another introduction into a different aspect of meditation I was previously unaware of – the total embodiment method (TEM). It was also exceptionally useful in providing specifics of meditation such as how long to do it, positioning, and exercises. Of course, any beginner is sure to have questions and the book even does a question-and-answer section to help readers. For those who don’t know where to start, it certainly provides clarity. I also appreciated that the author provided their own experiences as it was beneficial to see that they also practice what they are trying to teach. Those wanting to get into meditation should take a look at this book before starting.
The Warrior's Meditation: The Best-Kept Secret in Self-Improvement, Cognitive Enhancement, and Stress Relief, Taught by a Master of Four Samurai Arts (Total Embodiment Method TEM) by Richard L Haight is a relatively straightforward book about meditation. The author starts with meditation principles and guides the reader on where they should start in their practice. The book teaches readers the importance of your five senses and how to become more self-aware of them. Once learning the background of meditation and its important tenets, the author moves on to teaching readers how to make lifestyle adjustments to make meditation a habit. Like any other task, it should be regularly practiced to receive the maximum benefit.
The Warrior's Meditation by Richard L Haight was a great beginner’s book on meditation. I have read quite a few books on mediation and am working on practicing so it was another introduction into a different aspect of meditation I was previously unaware of – the total embodiment method (TEM). It was also exceptionally useful in providing specifics of meditation such as how long to do it, positioning, and exercises. Of course, any beginner is sure to have questions and the book even does a question-and-answer section to help readers. For those who don’t know where to start, it certainly provides clarity. I also appreciated that the author provided their own experiences as it was beneficial to see that they also practice what they are trying to teach. Those wanting to get into meditation should take a look at this book before starting.
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A Year of Living Kindly
Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You
Donna Cameron
2019 Gold Medal
296 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Ruffina Oserio for Readers' Favorite
A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You by Donna Cameron is a book with the wisdom that enables readers to transform their lives with positive energy. In this book, readers learn what happens when they choose kindness over a sense of revenge and bitterness. With the stress that comes with the routine of contemporary life, it is easy to focus on what's in it for the individual, but the author of this book teaches readers that our fast-paced, somewhat stressful life offers myriad opportunities to choose kindness and explains how it can be a tool for a healthy, productive, and meaningful life.
Our modern culture focuses on individuality, one that compels people to mind their own business, but this author demonstrates with unusual skill and eloquence that life has meaning only when it intersects with the lives of others. In this inspirational book, readers understand the importance of choosing, how to give and receive kindness, and how to deal with acts of unkindness. This is a much-needed guide for contemporary society. Donna Cameron writes with grace and the prose flows easily, adopting a popular conversational style that drives the message home to readers. The writing is filled with insights that help readers understand the gift of kindness and how to claim it. This book contains the wisdom most of us need to bring love and light into our lives. A highly recommended read.
A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You by Donna Cameron is a book with the wisdom that enables readers to transform their lives with positive energy. In this book, readers learn what happens when they choose kindness over a sense of revenge and bitterness. With the stress that comes with the routine of contemporary life, it is easy to focus on what's in it for the individual, but the author of this book teaches readers that our fast-paced, somewhat stressful life offers myriad opportunities to choose kindness and explains how it can be a tool for a healthy, productive, and meaningful life.
Our modern culture focuses on individuality, one that compels people to mind their own business, but this author demonstrates with unusual skill and eloquence that life has meaning only when it intersects with the lives of others. In this inspirational book, readers understand the importance of choosing, how to give and receive kindness, and how to deal with acts of unkindness. This is a much-needed guide for contemporary society. Donna Cameron writes with grace and the prose flows easily, adopting a popular conversational style that drives the message home to readers. The writing is filled with insights that help readers understand the gift of kindness and how to claim it. This book contains the wisdom most of us need to bring love and light into our lives. A highly recommended read.
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Turn Your Happiness On
How to Light up your Days and Fill your Life with Joy
Norma Nikutowski
2019 Gold Medal
196 Pages
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Non-Fiction - Self Help
Reviewed by Edith Wairimu for Readers' Favorite
Turn Your Happiness On is Norma Nikutowski’s practical guide to living a happy and healthy life. The work begins by defining happiness as seeing the good even in the bad and having a positive outlook on life. It also acknowledges that happiness means different things to different people. The work also explores the barriers to happiness such as trying to please other people without consideration for your own dreams. It also provides insights on how to prepare yourself to be happy through surrounding yourself with and cultivating positive relationships around you. Other sections explore positive thinking and having a positive attitude even when things do not go as planned, being grateful, changing destructive habits by adopting better habits at work and at home, and adopting ways to maintain happiness in your life.
Each chapter in Turn Your Happiness On by Norma Nikutowski is introduced by a quote that is related to the content in that section. The quotes are encouraging and they add to the insight contained in the book. At the end of every chapter, clearly outlined and explained action steps are offered as well as a summary of the section’s main ideas. This ensures that the discussions remain practical and the main ideas are not forgotten as the reading progresses to other chapters. Norma Nikutowski also includes her own experiences and what she has learned from them as well as other scenarios from different people which make the work relatable. The book uses uncomplicated language and remains professional throughout. Definitely a must-read for all readers especially those interested in living a joyful life.
Turn Your Happiness On is Norma Nikutowski’s practical guide to living a happy and healthy life. The work begins by defining happiness as seeing the good even in the bad and having a positive outlook on life. It also acknowledges that happiness means different things to different people. The work also explores the barriers to happiness such as trying to please other people without consideration for your own dreams. It also provides insights on how to prepare yourself to be happy through surrounding yourself with and cultivating positive relationships around you. Other sections explore positive thinking and having a positive attitude even when things do not go as planned, being grateful, changing destructive habits by adopting better habits at work and at home, and adopting ways to maintain happiness in your life.
Each chapter in Turn Your Happiness On by Norma Nikutowski is introduced by a quote that is related to the content in that section. The quotes are encouraging and they add to the insight contained in the book. At the end of every chapter, clearly outlined and explained action steps are offered as well as a summary of the section’s main ideas. This ensures that the discussions remain practical and the main ideas are not forgotten as the reading progresses to other chapters. Norma Nikutowski also includes her own experiences and what she has learned from them as well as other scenarios from different people which make the work relatable. The book uses uncomplicated language and remains professional throughout. Definitely a must-read for all readers especially those interested in living a joyful life.
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