Showing results by publisher "Blackstone Audio, Inc." in Personal Development

We are all so busy nowadays, and tackling all those to-do lists can leave us drained, worn down, and lacking energy. When you take a deeper look inside, you will also discover patterns, old habits, and past events blocking self-growth. Life coach extraordinaire, KJ Landis, helps identify how, why, and where we got stuck in the first place, and how we can utilize past trauma and drama as a springboard to becoming our most authentic, vibrant selves.

Angel expert and best-selling author Jacky Newcomb asks, “Have you ever wanted to make contact with your guardian angels?” Our spiritual guides and celestial guardians are closer than you might think,and it is surprisingly easy to bring this spiritual realm within easy reach. By following Jacky’s guided meditation, with music by Chris Conway, listeners will find their journey to meet with their angel a little easier.

Regular meditation has many proven beneficial effects on health and well-being. An easy and convenient way to bring this practice into your life is with an album of meditations guided by Philip Permutt, popular meditation teacher and internationally acclaimed author. In Meditation Workshop, Philip introduces beginning meditators to techniques and exercises that will enable them to relax the body and empty the mind. Included are a specially recorded guided meditation and music by Chris Conway.

What if you could, like Sherlock Holmes, see right through people and spot deception instantly? After having been raised by professional psychic readers, Joe Riggs left all that behind to become the internationally acclaimed mentalist, psychological performer, and consultant that he is today. In this brief yet extremely powerful book, Riggs will teach you not only the hidden methods used by psychic readers everywhere, but also some of the most powerful techniques in the art of mentalism.

Pulling a raisin out of a two-year-old's nose probably wasn't on the Buddha's path to enlightenment, but it was one of the obstacles for author Polly Campbell. For many people, stuck raisins and other real-life moments provide the day's only opportunity for spiritual growth--and it's easy to miss the lesson in these ordinary challenges. Imperfect Spirituality explains how to integrate those everyday moments with traditional spiritual techniques to allow personal growth and greater well-being.

In this deceptively simple yet powerful book, noted author and media expert Michael Levine lays out hundreds of simple admonitions that, when followed, add up to an excellent guide for a happy and successful life. Instead of telling us what to do, Never tells us what not to do in many aspects of life.

Kiss Tomorrow Hello brings together the experiences and reflections of women as they embark on a new stage of life. The 25 stellar writers gathered here explore a wide range of concerns, including keeping love and sex alive, discovering family secrets, negotiating the demands of illness and infertility, letting children go, making peace with parents, and contemplating plastic surgery. The tales are true, the confessions candid, and the humor infectious.

In The Little Angel Mediation, Philip Permutt brings you six meditations specifically designed to help you find and work withangels. Each angel works a little differently, and each can help in differentways: guiding, healing, protecting, bringing answers and messages, bringing hopeand harmony, and giving comfort in times of need and inspiration when required.These unique meditations feature music by Llewellyn.

Using the lessons of Noah's ark, Micheal Levine, founder and owner of Levine Communications, based in Los Angeles, offers a lighthearted approach to the serious business of taking stock, taking control, and transforming calamity into opportunity.

Dr. Tim Hennessy has skillfully drawn on his life experiences to put together Recalled to Health. This book functions as both a personal memoir of his path to becoming a doctor and a useful medical guide to achieving and maintaining good health. Written over a five-year period in between his work as a doctor and his other professional and personal pursuits, Dr. Hennessy says the initial impetus for the book came from his bimonthly email health newsletter, Hmail: Medical Education Made Easy.

Ideal for both beginners and advanced meditators, The Little Crystal Meditation brings crystal healing and meditation together in a unique way. In short ten-minute tracks for busy people on the go, top UK crystal expert and author Philip Permutt combines the energies of crystals with traditional practice to enhance the various stages of meditation, from getting started and clearing the body, mind, and spirit through to a deeper level of discovery. Included are detailed sleeve notes by Philip and music by Llewellyn.

There is a tribe in Africa where, the first time a woman leaves home following the confinement period after giving birth, everyone she meets along the road greets her with a sacred song otherwise reserved for warriors returning from battle. She's honored as having lived through a rite of passage that will forever mark her womanhood as abundant and powerful and blessed. She's respected as a fully franchised member of the most ubiquitous and yet most extraordinary group of beings in our collective experience: Mothers.

Millennial moms: You’ve survived pregnancy, and now you have a newborn baby and you’re entering your first year of newborn care. What’s next? Deep Breaths: The New Mom’s Handbook to Your Baby’s First Year is Michelle Pearson’s debut book. In her newborn baby book, this YouTube mom of five details what to expect during pregnancy, what to expect during the first year of motherhood, and much much more.

Shy people and introverts generally avoid actively propelling themselves into the public eye. They would much rather work quietly behind the scenes. But is that enough? In our age of increasing workplace competition and seemingly relentless self-promotion, some experts assert that it will be the more "extroverted" personality types, those who speak out at meetings and give charismatic presentations, for example, who will succeed in the business world. But why should extroverts make all the money?

This unique book enables communicators of all kinds to think on their feet, even when taken by surprise. It is the ideal book for corporate trainers, speakers, and teachers who do not want to be caught in a pinch. Lowe provides presenters with the basic skills necessary to incorporate improvisational thinking and speaking into their own presentational style. The pathways opened by this ancient theater form can transform a presenter's most fundamental approaches to teaching, training, and communicating.

If ever there was a time for courage, it’s now. In The Courage Companion, the co-authors of the best-selling Living Life as a Thank You present stories of extraordinary fortitude. These true tales not only invite the reader to “tap into—and hold onto—our inner strength when times get tough and when we’re feeling all alone,” but also act as guides to inspire anyone to just do it, whatever the “it” may be.

In Seven, Jacqueline Leo explains the many valuable ways the number 7 can be a tool to define time, synthesize ideas, and keep one's mind and memory performing at top speed. Leo explores the powerful utility of 7 throughout cultures and the ages. Why are there 7 wonders of the world, 7 seas, 7 ages of man, 7 levels of hell, 7 primary colors, 7 whole notes of the musical scale, and 7 days of the week? And why, when asked to choose a number between 1 and 10, do most people choose 7?

Mark Twain has said, "The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why!" This motivational audio seminar offers tools designed to help you discover, develop, and dive into what you are uniquely created, crafted, and called to accomplish in life.

This audio program is the ideal gift for those who understand the importance of developing leadership skills through daily steps. Take your leadership development to the next level for optimal business growth and a higher quality of life. With morning visualizations you will increase energy and optimize business planning. This guided visualization can help you access your most creative ideas and inspired actions; clarify and own your unique vision; start your day with energy, focus, and enthusiasm; and improve your professional development and results.

A practical and amusing book of advice and wisdom from Miss Mingle, who answers a variety of questions about social situations. "Relax," says Miss Mingle. It's easy to avoid the 'Hell' in "Hello," deflect the unwanted greeting kiss, feel okay when you're dressed all wrong, solve modern dilemmas such as meeting same-sex couples, and much more.