Dear Friend,
Twenty years ago, I made a decision to wake up and alter the direction of my life. This set in motion a series of events that proved to me there are no coincidences. Every event we experience and every person we meet has been put in our path for a reason. When we awaken to this fundamental truth, we begin to understand that a benevolent force of energy is available to guide and direct our lives. I call this energy the unmistakable touch of grace.
This book tells the story of how grace has transformed my life as well as the lives of others. While some stories may seem unbelievable, all of them are true. As you follow the journey, you'll start to see the influence of grace in your life, too. And, once you've finished, the way you view your life (and the people in it) will be changed forever.
Many blessings,
Cheryl

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cheryl Richardson - a card deck to inspire, refresh and help you reclaim your life. For the last twenty years, beloved teacher and coach Cheryl Richardson has dedicated her personal and professional life to the importance of self-care. "I've come to understand that selfishness leads to selflessness," she explains. "When we care deeply for ourselves, we naturally begin to care for others - our families, our friends, our greater global community and the environment - in a healthier and more effective way." This joyfully and whimsically illustrated card deck puts the power to care for yourself - and for others - literally in your hands. Each card carries a gentle but clear reminder of what's essential for self-care: to slow down, trust life, release judgment, open yourself to change, say no when you need to and more.

This life-changing handbook by New York Times bestselling author Cheryl Richardson offers you 12 strategies to transform your life one month at a time. Designed as an action-oriented programme, each chapter challenges you to alter one behaviour that keeps getting you in trouble. The book is filled with personal stories of how Cheryl and others have learned to make the practice of Extreme Self-Care their new standard for living. With chapters such as 'End the Legacy of Deprivation', 'Take Your Hands off the Wheel' and 'Does That Anger Taste Good?' you will stop the endless cycle of self-betrayal and neglect that stems from daily violations of self-care. Now revised with new content and resources, this is the perfect book to transform your life. The Art of Extreme Self-Care is a sane and sensible programme that gives you the permission you need to dramatically upgrade your life!

Renowned spiritual teacher Louise L. Hay joins forces with Cheryl Richardson to reveal their process for living an exceptional life. Travel with Louise and Cheryl throughout North America and Europe as they engage in a series of intimate conversations about their lives and how they've dealt with a variety of topics including loving themselves and their bodies; conscious ageing and a dignified, peaceful approach to death. This book is filled with the combined experience of two women who have lived their lives using trusted spiritual principles that really work. Reading and applying their wisdom will radically change your life, too!

The impetus to purchase this book is to provide social profit leaders, change agents, and new organization development (OD) practitioners who need a simple "Monday-ready" tool kit so they can help their social profit organization build capacity. A complete large scale change approach is offered. This practitioner's playbook contains tactics and tools that can be experimented with by the social profit improvement team. A playbook allows the team to create, explore, and master without fear while learning. What is contained in this playbook has been tested across many for-profit and non- (social) profit organizations. It is designed to be a bridge for OD theories that have informed the work to field ready tools for large scale change. This book provides both explicit and tacit knowledge. The contents in this book have been tested in social profit projects.

The impetus to purchase this book is to provide social profit leaders, change agents, and new organization development (OD) practitioners who need a simple "Monday-ready" tool kit so they can help their social profit organization build capacity. A complete large scale change approach is offered. This practitioner's playbook contains tactics and tools that can be experimented with by the social profit improvement team. A playbook allows the team to create, explore, and master without fear while learning. What is contained in this playbook has been tested across many for-profit and non- (social) profit organizations. It is designed to be a bridge for OD theories that have informed the work to field ready tools for large scale change. This book provides both explicit and tacit knowledge. The contents in this book have been tested in social profit projects.

The best parts of our lives come together at midlife. As women over forty, we are in a position to make the most of what we have -- and become the people we dream, and dare, to be.

Beauty expert and bestselling author Dayle Haddon presents

The 5 Principles of Ageless Living

1. LOOK YOUR BEST

Present Your True Self By Taking Care of the Outside

2. NURTURE YOUR SPIRIT

Take Time For Yourself and Develop Your Inner Life

3. HONOR YOUR BODY

Create Energy and Strength For Your Best Health

4. DISCOVER YOUR WISDOM

Draw On Your Experience and KnowThat You Are Wise

5. STAY CONNECTED

Reach Out To Family, Friends, and Community

With this inspiring and insightful guidebook, Dayle Haddon shares her professional knowledge, her hard-won wisdom, and her own self-care practices to remind women that age is an asset and not a liability, that settling should never be an option, and that small shifts in attitudes and behavior can create huge benefits in the way women feel, look, and approach life. Filled with real, commonsense, and self-affirming solutions to the challenges of getting older, "The 5 Principles of Ageless Living" reveals the keys to remaining vital, strong, and soulful at any age.

America's #1 personal coach offers an inspiring, practical, seven-step program to help you create the life you want.

Step 1: If you think "selfish" is a dirty word, learn to practice extreme self-care--put yourself at the top of the list and everyone else will benefit!

Step 2: If your schedule doesn't reflect your priorities, stop reacting to life and take control of what gets your time and attention.

Step 3: Identify the things that drain you and eliminate them--people, places, and things--once and for all.

Step 4: If you feel trapped by money, investing in your financial health will stop making you feel like a victim.

Step 5: Kick the adrenaline habit! Identify the things that fuel you and discover healthy, new sources of energy.

Step 6: If you feel lonely or isolated, learn how to surround yourself with high-quality relationships that support, challenge, and encourage you to be your best.

Step 7: Don't let life get in the way of your spiritual well-being--connect to your inner wisdom and create a personal practice.

Packed with useful exercises, checklists, personal stories, and a wealth of resources, Cheryl Richardson's program will show you how to step back, regain control, and make conscious decisions about the future you'd like to create. Take time for your life--and begin living a life that you love.

For countless people, the words of Louise Hay have served as a beacon, leading them out of the darkness of despair and into the light of a better life. Cheryl Richardson is one of the many individuals whom Louise has greatly influenced . . . before going on to become a best-selling author herself.So what happens when these two combine their collective wisdom into one book?The result is what you're now holding in your hands. As Louise and Cheryl engage in a series of empowering and intimate conversations, you'll feel as if you're simultaneously having lunch with your best friends and also attending a master class put on by two leaders of the self-empowerment movement.As they travel throughout North America and Europe together, Louise and Cheryl discuss a wide range of topics, including the importance of loving ourselves and our bodies; aging consciously; bringing true prosperity and abundance to the world; manifesting positive relationships-both with family and friends and in the workplace; and facing death in a dignified and peaceful way.These two amazing women are living proof that the spiritual principles they discuss in these pages really work. As you read, you'll discover that "you, " too, have the ability to create an exceptional life

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller--featuring a powerful program that shows you how to reclaim your life one week at a time.

Cheryl Richardson, the bestselling author of Take Time for Your Life, known to millions for her "Lifestyle Makeover" series on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," recognizes firsthand how tough it can be to juggle the daily demands of living in a fast-paced world, and how easily you can become disconnected from your true self and what makes you happy. In Life Makeovers, she has taken all the know-how and insight she has gleaned from her years as a personal coach and distilled it into a simple, year-long program that shows how making small changes, over time, can have a huge impact on the quality of your life. In fifty-two simple yet profound essays, Richardson provides a plan for both reflecting and taking action, along with specific, practical advice and exercises to help readers gradually and permanently remodel their lives, week by week. Easy to use and fun to read, this workbook is the perfect companion to Take Time for Your Life.
Topics include:

*The Gift of Time: It's Self-Management, Not Time Management
*Are We Having Fun Yet: When Life Gets Too Serious, Here's What to Do
*Give Your Brain a Vacation: For Finding the Best Ideas, Try This
*Standing in the Shadow: Whose Talent Are You Hiding Behind?
*Stop Juggling and Start Living: Here Are Some of the Balls to Drop
*Close Encounters: How to Make a Deeper Connection with Others

Her brief, personal essays will inspire you to make changes, and her Take Action Challenges, which appear with comprehensive resource sections at the end of every essay, will guide you through small steps that will teach you to think, act, love, work, and even laugh in a whole new way. Written in Richardson's signature, heartwarming style, Life Makeovers is the ideal book for anyone looking for a balanced way to stop dreaming about a better life and start living one.

Forget face masks, herbal teas and bubble baths. This is real self-care. In the 10 years since The Art of Extreme Self-Care was first published, it has gently guided thousands to prioritize their needs and start upgrading their lives. Designed as an action-oriented programme, each chapter challenges you to alter one behaviour that keeps getting you in trouble, one month at a time. With examples from Cheryl's personal journey of extreme self-care, you'll learn how to: - find time to do what you really want to do - release control and finally accept the help you deserve - swap toxic relationships for soul-nourishing ones - stop self-sabotage and start seeing yourself with compassion - take care of your long-term health - physical, mental and spiritual In this revised and updated edition, Cheryl also shares new resources - including websites, books and podcasts - to help you embark on your self-care journey, as well as detailed information about how to create a support group so you can start your own self-care community. Before you know it, your life will be completely transformed.

Internationally recognized coach and New York Times bestselling author Cheryl Richardson has toured the world empowering others to make lasting change. But when Richardson's own life no longer worked as it once had, a persistent, inner voice offered unmistakable guidance: it was time to reevaluate her life to uncover what really mattered. Waking Up in Winter is the candid and revelatory account of how at midlife, Richardson found renewed contentment and purpose through a heroic, inward journey. The unfolding story, told through intimate journal entries, follows Richardson from the first, gentle nudges of change to a thoughtfully reimagined life - a soulful, spring awakening. With an experienced coach's intuition and an artist's eye, Richardson reexamines everything - her marriage, her work, her friendships, and her priorities - gracefully shedding parts of the self that no longer serve along the way. In the end, she not only discovers what really matters at midlife, she invites readers to join her in the inquiry process by providing thought-provoking questions designed to usher them through their own season of transformation. Offering up Richardson's most powerful teaching tool yet - her own life - Waking Up in Winter takes readers on a brave, spiritual adventure that shows us all how to live a more authentic and meaningful life.