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Busy business owner and coach, Jackie Jarvis, shares her personal
journey with honesty and humour. Reaching a point in her life when
she felt an urge to slow down and be truer to her heart's desire,
she found that the struggle with herself was the biggest challenge
of all. She writes about what many of us, living busy, fast paced
lives feel. She touches on what deep down we all have the greatest
longing for but at the same time are afraid to reach out for, and
afraid to give ourselves permission to have. If, like Jackie, you
listen to 'The Voice of Slow' and what it has to say to you, you
will become inspired to follow her path to slowing down, stressing
less and enjoying life more. Read slowly to appreciate the
important messages here for you. *This book is based on an earlier
version titled 'In Pursuit of Slow'.'In Pursuit of Slow' was an
Amazon Bestseller in the Top 50 Self Help category.
Find inner calm and happiness in this beautiful, meditative and
earthy watercolour instruction book from nature lover, teacher and
artist Inga Buividavice. Art therapy and the act of painting is
widely acknowledged to bringpositive mental health benefits, as it
helps us centre ourselves, focus our intentions and engage
creatively with the world around us. This beautiful guided
watercolour book combines these aspects with the healing powers of
nature to take you on a journey toward peace and tranquility. Even
if you have no experience with watercolours or painting, Painting
Calm’s accessible and easy-to-follow prompts will allow you
to express yourself and create with ease and joy. Gather
inspiration from artist Inga Buivadavice’s beautiful
illustrations, designed to capture an emotional connection
with the natural world through texture and colour, as you explore:
 An overview of watercolour painting supplies and how to use
them Basic watercolour techniques and colour theory Exercises for
finding inspiration in nature Seasonal projects that include
painting trees, leaves, flowers, natural light and patterns found
in nature Tips for building a creative practice Discover your inner
artist – and forge a new and powerful relationship to nature –
in this calming project book, as you watercolour your way to
mindful wellbeing.
The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life.
A Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both a practical guide and a source of consolation and companionship in what might be some of our loneliest, most anguished moments.
Alain de Botton explores how we can cope with a variety of forms of mental pain and illness, from the mild to the severe. It considers how and why we might become ill; how we can explain things to friends, family and colleagues; how we can find our ways towards recovery; and how we can build resilience, so as to live wisely alongside our difficulties.
At heart this is a book about redemption - about regaining the thread of our lives, rediscovering meaning, and finding our way back to connection, warmth and joy
Invite positivity and appreciation into your life with this guided
journal for practising gratitude Gratitude plays an important role
in boosting self-esteem, reducing stress and improving your overall
well-being, but it's not always easy to find time for. Happily,
this journal is here to be your daily reminder to focus on the good
things in life. My Daily Gratitude Journal is the perfect space for
you to record everything that brings you joy. With beautiful
journal pages and thoughtful prompts, it contains everything you
need to help you look at your life through a more positive lens.
There's also a helpful introduction to gratitude with information
on why it's an important practice and how it can positively impact
your life. Give yourself a gratitude break each day to remind
yourself of everything you're grateful for, whether it's your
family and friends, your health, your favourite TV show or even the
weather. Once you get started, you'll be amazed by just how much
there is to appreciate.
Warning: this book contains strong language (which may be
unsuitable for children). There's enough solidly inspirational and
profoundly beautiful literature out there already for your reading
pleasure, I won't add to that. Instead I offer you this. I wrote
it. I felt compelled to do so because I have a suspicion that, like
me, we all worry about and over analyse the same things in life. We
are all just anxious meatbags, trying to get along. We all want
similar (ish) things. Happiness, family, love, safety, FAME and a
metabolism that helpfully speeds up annually on the event of our
passing birthdays. I found this quote a few years ago, it came up
as I was scrolling on the internet. It's so beautiful it actually
hurts. "You're a ghost driving a meat coated skeleton, made from
stardust. What do you have to be scared of?" It's deep isn't it?
It's basically the theme of this book. It's aim and my intention is
to alleviate worries and reassure the reader that we are all the
same inside. We ALL relate to the same s*** that keeps us awake at
night. I'll be honest... I swear like a trucker, but I sure can
write and I have good intentions. And, as the front cover states-
it's a guide to surviving the best bits of life and holding our
middle fingers up to the rest! - Bind
The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic parenting book,
now updated to reflect Steven Vannoy's two decades of experience
helping both families and businesses better care for their children
and employees.
For more than twenty years, "The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My
Children" has been helping parents to put the joy back into
parenting. Steven Vannoy's unique parenting style is designed to
create a harmonious family atmosphere with self-esteem, compassion,
balance, humor, communication, integrity, responsibility, conscious
choice, and full expression of emotions.
And parents are not the only ones who have benefitted from Vannoy's
wisdom: in the years since the book was first published, Vannoy has
used the principles in this book to help businesses worldwide
create healthier and more fulfilling workplaces. With updated
principles and a new foreword by the author, this twentieth
anniversary edition will help both new and old readers of "The 10
Greatest Gifts I Give My Children" build better relationships with
their children and colleagues both in the office and at home.
This book will take you on Andy's personal journey of recovery,
giving you a direct window into how it felt mentally and physically
to suffer a heart attack. This came as a huge shock to Andy, not
least because he didn't smoke or drink but was leading what he
thought was a perfectly healthy lifestyle. He shares his darker
moments of fear and depression and how he learned to master his
negative thoughts. It is written to pay respects to all those
around the world who face up against serious illness, be that
mental or physical, look it square in the eye and tell it to**CK
OFF.
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