Practicing Development

Practicing the Power of Now is a carefully arranged series of excerpts from the The Power of Now that directly gives us those exercises and keys. Return to those words, reflect on the words, reflect even on the space between the words and - maybe over time, maybe immediately - you'll discover something of life-changing significance.

Read by the author. Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other. You long for tender moments with your children--but do you...

4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work--Anywhere! is an excellent 'How-To Guide' teaching some of the key skills that will help you identify and overcome communication barriers and achieve relationship success with the important people in your life--your spouse or partner, child or children, parents, siblings, friends, co-workers, customers--everyone!

Learn how to communicate with compassion and choose language that reflects your personal values and aims with this essential guide to Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Judith Hanson Lasater and Ike Lasater, longtime students of yoga and Buddhism, had studied the concepts of satya (truth) and the Buddhist principle of right speech for years, but it was not until they began practicing Marshall Rosenberg’s techniques of NVC that the concept of speech as a spiritual practice became real for them.

Discover how daily gratitude journaling brings happiness and well-being Keeping a daily gratitude journal helps you develop a deeper appreciation for the little things in life and begins to prepare and strengthen you to weather the rough patches to come. As you establish a practice of gratitude, you’ll begin to pay closer attention to what’s happening to you throughout the day, and you become more attuned to the everyday sources of pleasure. The daily prompts in this book will set you on a path of building the habit of being grateful and recording your blessings. Prompt styles include: ...

Mindfulness is an essential part of practicing good self-care. In today’s busy world, it’s easy to get caught up in your work and family and stop taking care of yourself. But slowing down and taking care of yourself is just as essential to your health as exercise and a healthy diet. When you combine mindful meditation and living with a healthy lifestyle, you will be able to have the happy and satisfying life that you have always wanted.

Practicing the Art of Becoming is an open invitation to self-acceptance, soul-deep understanding, expansive thinking, and spiritual liberation. Author Patty Elvey’s varied background—from a career in business, coaching, and philanthropy to a personal journey as a spiritual seeker with a heartfelt ministry—has prepared her to pack her first book with a wide range of lessons on making brave choices and discoveries.

Meditation is a simple practice available to all. Research over the past two decades concludes that mindfulness meditation exerts beneficial effects on physical and mental health as well as cognitive performance. This means you can reduce stress and increase calmness, clarity, and happiness. Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio was quoted as saying, “Meditation, more than anything in my life, was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had.”

This book will help you understand the basics of social skills and step-by-step tutorials for improving various social skill sets. It will guide you in enhancing your confidence, conversation skills, and public speaking skills. In this book, you will discover a thorough understanding of the fears and anxieties coming in the way of your confidence building, the impact of such fears on your relationships and business, the impact of poor social skills on your overall personality development, tips to appear more convincing and knowledgeable, and more.

All her life, a young girl was told she was pretty, which seemed like a good thing, but the warnings that came along with it when she was around other family members, even those her own age, made that pretty little girl feel unprotected. The warnings also sparked curiosities that sent that little girl on a rollercoaster of a life that has included teenage pregnancy and going to college a year early, successful grades and a diagnosis for her young son that could have changed everything, mental and emotional issues that caused her to struggle and a will to win that helped her to keep climbing higher.

Do you often feel weighed down by life? Is it hard to find time for yourself? Do you often feel that you’re putting the needs of others above your own? Then it’s time to try the self-love workbook! Inside, you’ll find everything you need to revitalize your self-love and stop feeling like you’re neglecting your own needs for others. In the modern world, it can be very easy to forget about our own basic needs, running around after others and never taking time for ourselves.

The beautiful thing about mindfulness is that everything can become mindfulness practice...literally everything. Whatever you do mindfully, with presence and awareness of what you are doing, you are practicing mindfulness. If you have ever wondered what the mysterious words "mindfulness" means and why would anyone bother, you have just found your (detailed) answer! This audiobook will provide you with actionable steps and valuable information, all in plain English, so all your doubts will be soon gone.

The Centrality of the Church is the latest book in Kingdom Pastor's Library, a new series of books that brings you a succinct, complete pastoral philosophy and training from Tony Evans. 

Discover how ordinary spiritual practices can be a powerful pathway to extraordinary encounters with God. Too often, we feel forced to choose between the ordinary and the extraordinary, the simple and the supernatural. We find ourselves thirsty for the miraculous yet stuck in the mundane...

A weight-loss journey is about a lifetime of voices telling you what a “good” weight is, showing you which weight is beautiful, a lifetime of trying different quick fixes like fad diets, hypnosis, or supplements. A life time of doubting yourself, questioning yourself, and casually berating yourself for being overweight.

We are eternal and live on after this life. There is one outcome when we leave this life, and that is love. Whether we believe it or not is completely irrelevant. All the science about death proves this. We are all taught that if we just win all the battles, win the arguments and conflicts, we will find happiness. What we have to find out for ourselves is that the only way to find happiness is to stop fighting all the battles. This is the only solution that is complete and final.

Parenting the Children of Now is the first book of its kind that addresses the needs of parents of Indigo and Crystal children. It teaches parents how to mine for their own truth, understand their purpose in life, stop sabotaging their own and their children's lives, discover their passion, and live their truth. Each chapter offers insightful ideas and strategies, and ends with exercises for parents to do for their own development and another set of exercises to do with their children.

Low self-esteem is an unfortunate and unending cycle. When you doubt yourself and your capabilities, you will never be able to live up to your potential. When you have low self-esteem, you spiral into a whirlwind of negative emotions, compounded by less motivation, never-ending negative self-talk, and erroneous, limiting beliefs.

Is there always something getting in the way of what you are trying to accomplish? Could it actually be you? Have you been putting off fixing your procrastination habits? Many people have been procrastinating their entire lives because they don’t know how to not procrastinate.

Do you feel constantly overwhelmed, trapped in a loop of worry and tension you can’t escape? Does your mind race at night while your body feels exhausted but unable to rest? If you’ve been searching for real answers and not quick fixes to help you reduce stress, calm your mind, and finally find peace, this audiobook is for you. In Anxiety and Stress Relief, you’ll discover proven strategies grounded in psychology, mindfulness, and neuroscience to help you understand and overcome anxiety for good.