Wasted minutes. Missed chances. Squandered passion. Unrealized dreams. Millions of people live a life from the safety of their comfort zone, hedged in by excuses, only to be buried with a lifetime of potential still bubbling below the surface, begging to be uncorked. What will be your life's story? Have you lost opportunities, visions, and relationships to the destructive lie of an excuse? How long will you allow excuses to keep you from: Being all that God called you to be Trusting your God-given abilities and starting a business Stepping out in faith and shifting your relationships Reaching your goals Pursuing a higher level of education In Excuses, Excuses: Which One is Yours?, master motivator and internationally renowned speaker Peter Lopez unlocks key biblical principles and lessons designed to shake the very core of who you are and redirect your steps to the path you were destined to travel. Stocked full of tips, ideas, worksheets and practical applications, Excuses, Excuses harnesses the transformative power of Christ with relevant and practical tools, to turn the "everyday excuser" into an everyday dreamer-and-doer. What excuses have you been hiding behind? What lies have you allowed yourself to believe? What will be your life's story?"

"If it ain't one thing it's another" was a catchy phrase I often heard growing up. At the time, I didn't give it much thought, except that I heard it a lot. But fast forward a few decades, and I get it; in life, there's always going to be something I recently heard a pastor say as he delivered the eulogy for a young man who had battled addiction most of his life: "We all have issues. And if you are sitting out there in your pew thinking that you don't have any, then maybe that's your issue-you think you don't have any." Man, was he on target. There's always something It's your health. Disease is robbing you of your joy. Free your mind It's your finances. You just lost your job and bills are piling up. Free your mind It's your addiction. Your life is spiraling out of control. Free your mind It's your weight. You know you need to do better but can't seem to get a grip. Free your mind It's your run-ins with the law. You're an ex-convict, stuck in the penal system's revolving door. Free your mind It's your childhood. Abuse and rape have left you with wounds so deep that they have festered into a sore that just won't heal. Free your mind It's your relationships. You've been beaten and battered by your spouse and you don't know where to turn. Free your mind It's your gender identity. You are gay and you feel trapped. Free your mind Free Your Mind and the Best Will Follow is a guide to letting go of your issues and living your dreams. It is a book of stories, spiritual truths, and activities that will help you realize that you are so much more than your circumstances and conditions. Now is the time to reconnect with your inner power. It's time to let go of your past.

Find your center amid the chaos Motherhood is the most rewarding and yet challenging job there is. Being "on the path" is a ful lling experience, but when little ones come along, your world is completely changed How can you "get your spiritual groove back" while feeding little mouths and washing dozens of onesies?

"A Guru in the Nursery" is a follow-up to "A Guru in the O ce," in which author Dawn M. Staszak tackled the challenge of bridging the gap between business and spirituality. In A Guru in the Nursery, Staszak tackles the challenge of being on the spiritual path while caring for little ones. Motherhood is always an adventure, and these ideas and activities have helped her get back to center and feel more peaceful, thereby giving her a leg up on being a better mom-and isn't that what every parent strives for?

When you don't have time to shower, much less attend life-enhancing seminars, "A Guru in the Nursery" is your go-to guide for sanity-saving tips and tricks to bring you back to the best parent you can be.

Namaste, Mama