Showing results by publisher "Sounds True" in Business & Careers

Whispers weaves powerful affirmational phrases written by four of the most inspiring teachers of our time into a evocative musical soundtrack. Their words - spoken, sung, and "whispered" by Grammy award-winning vocalists - feed your mind and nourish your heart with love, vitality, and abundant joy.

A job or your destiny? Designed to help job seekers align their outer careers with their inner values, The Beginner's Guide to Finding Your Perfect Job offers a radical new approach to career change for our times. Author Rick Jarow - founder of the national "Anti-Career" Workshop seminars - reveals the seven principles of career transformation that can help you move beyond self-limiting thoughts and patterns "so the work you do in the world reflects your integrity, passion, and sense of purpose."

What if you were only known for the worst thing you've ever done? Not only does the US have the highest rate of incarceration in the world, it also makes certain that the stigma of a felony conviction follows people who have already served their time. After she came to understand both the frustrations and untapped potential of the incarcerated, Catherine Hoke founded Defy Ventures, a revolutionary organization devoted to transforming the lives of people both inside and outside prison walls. A Second Chance is the story of how Defy came to be.

The word revolution implies fundamental change. It also means a full return to one's original starting point. In The Art of Spiritual Leadership in Business, William C. Miller invites you to return to your inner spirit to lead from your deepest life purpose and the intrinsic values that you hold.

We often think surrender means defeat - yet Dr. Judith Orloff has learned that surrender is the key to a powerful, effective, joyous way of being. "Surrender allows us to let go of our compulsion to overthink, doubt our intuition, and hold back from our complete experience of living," teaches Dr. Orloff. With The Ecstasy of Letting Go, she presents a practice-based audio to help us apply the insights of her best seller The Ecstasy of Surrender to our everyday lives.

Although millions of Americans consider themselves relatively prosperous, many are trapped in a poverty that crosses all boundaries of gender, race, age, and income. This poverty has nothing to do with money, teaches Rick Jarow - and everything to do with why you are here in the world. On The Yoga of Work, Dr. Jarow throws into focus a cultural irony that reaches into every office building and business in America: we have confused career with purpose, money with success, and where we work with where we belong.

Dr. Andrew Weil tells us that meditation is a way of engaging the relaxation response, as well as a way of decreasing chronic, nervous driving of the cardiovascular and digestive systems. In this beginner-friendly talk, he clarifies what meditation really is, how and why it works, and ways we can take advantage of this simple yet powerful practice in our own lives.

Who is currently running your life? The answer—mostly unbeknownst to us—is that none of us operates from a single self. Instead, we unconsciously move between different personas or defender selves, formed in childhood to help protect us from perceived threats that tell us we’re not good enough. In many cases, the defender serves a useful purpose, but it can also be defensive and highly reactive to any experience of criticism. The Reckoning is a journey of awakening designed to surface the beliefs, habits, biases, fears, and rationalizations of our defenders that prevent us from being our best.

Taught with intelligence, humor, and many true accounts of those who found meaningful livelihood, Finding Work that Matters is required listening for anyone ready to leave behind a job - and discover the fulfillment of making a difference in the world.