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Making Your Thoughts Work For You 4-CD Live Lecture

Wayne W. Dyer, Byron Katie

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Disappointed 2 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Huge fan of Dr. Dyer. I was disappointed in this cd with Byron Katie, however. Scattered delivery and I hate to say it but it was pretty boring. I'll continue to buy Dr. Dyer's work.

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Presenting together for the first time, Byron Katie and Wayne Dyer address the powerful effects of your thoughts and how they create your experience.

You'll learn a transformative process that will allow you to identify the stressful thoughts that cause all the pain and suffering in your life. When you release these thoughts, instead of letting them dictate your experience, you become empowered to live a life of joy--in touch with your true nature.

Make the choice to change your thoughts to bring about inner peace and true happiness. In this powerful CD program, two life-changing teachers show you the way.

Are You Ready to Succeed? Unconventional Strategies to Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life

Srikumar S. Rao

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Practical mental exercises to improve your attitude and make you happier 5 out of 5 stars.
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Before enlightenment, chop wood carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood carry water.*

I read the book's title as meaning "You're successful, are you ready for that?" rather than "Do you want to succeed?" emphasizing the word "ready". And just as reaching enlightenment does not obviate the need to perform the more mundane chores of life, being ready to succeed does not obviate earning a living or making friends. You can do both but if you're not ready to see your success, you won't realize that you are successful and you won't be as happy as you could be.

Rao only indirectly writes about increasing the material and social markers of success, i.e. how wealthy you are or how many friends you have. He stresses that we need to give less importance to these markers and to appreciate what we already have. (And when adversity strikes, we should appreciate that it wasn't worse.) Success breeds success but only if you nurture it properly and that's what he writes about.

Rao's techniques are simple and effective. He first gives examples of what he calls mental models, or predetermined thinking patterns. For example when you are preparing for meetings you always assume that people will argue with you, this predetermined pattern in which you think is a negative mental model. Rao wants us to become conscious of our mental models, especially the negative ones. Next he wants us to detach ourselves from them. He has us create an imaginary friend, who's actually not a friend but an unbiased observer. We're to imagine this friend to describe what we're saying or thinking.

Rao offers many more exercises, with the later exercises building on the earlier ones. The best thing about "Are you Ready to Succeed?" is that the exercises are practical and not too New Age-ish.

Vincent Poirier, Dublin
*Thanks to Eric for the "Buddhist saying". VP

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The premise is simple: A person's ideal life, especially their career, can be carefully conceived and crafted. Based on Dr. Rao's popular course "Creativity and Personal Mastery" at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, this book offers a series of readings, exercises, and lessons drawn from both spiritual and commercial situations that enable you to reconstruct and improve your professional world. This transformation will turn your life around and help you become exponentially more effective in your chosen career and thereby flourish in all aspects of your life. Whether you are questioning the value of money or the core values of your life, this book is a powerful tool that will help you to "discover the purpose that can suffuse your life and bring stars to your eyes."

Moving On: Creating Your House of Belonging with Simple Abundance

Sarah Ban Breathnach

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A GREAT READ 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Dear reader, I suggest you sit down with a cup of tea and get cozy --- this is the kind of read that will inspire you to make changes that will support and sustain as you move through life. Well done, Sarah. You've presented a very important, inspirational road map, especially for baby boomer women who are getting ready to clear out and move forward. Pamela D. Blair, Author, The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Mid-Life And Beyond

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Building on the success of Sarah’s previous books, Moving On expresses a new-age inclusiveness that allows people of all faiths and belief systems to enjoy her positive outlook on life.

Inspired by her own life experiences and requested by avid Ban Breathnach readers eager for another volume, Sarah helps readers to understand themselves and to use those insights to create a home that truly suits their spirits and their lives.

"We do not know how to move on," Sarah observes. "We have learned to let go, but not move on." This keen insight differentiates this book from other self-help books dealing with life changes.

Sarah helps readers cope with what she calls, "the myriad demands of uprooting one’s life," and teaches them to not only move, but to finally create what she calls, "your own house of belonging."

Like the other books in Sarah’s acclaimed Simple Abundance series, Moving On is what Sarah calls "part meditation, how-to-manual, and memoir."

Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems (Applications of Motivational Interviewin)

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Helping People Get Unstuck 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 15 people found this review helpful.

Motivation is an essential component of so much what we do in life, whether we are trying to get up and go to the gym, do the laundry or deal with addiction. This seems so obvious, but the idea of using specific interventions to help people on their way is fairly new, and really fond its feet with the publication of William Miller and Stephen Rollnick's classic book Motivational Interviewing. The central idea of motivational interviewing (MI), is to help people to mobilize their energy, commitment and personal resources.
As an example, most of us are ambivalent about change and the steps that we need to take to implement change in our day-to-day lives. It can be a great deal worse in people struggling with, say, anxiety or addiction. So in MI the therapist recognizes, accepts and integrates this ambivalence - "I was to change but at the same time I am going to resist change" - as part of a normal process. Rather than attacking resistance, what is done is to give an individual the chance to hear, honor, validate, and integrate these different parts of him or herself. The whole approach is positive and collaborative, and it often works particularly well with people who are getting "stuck."

Over the last five year MI has become extremely popular as a tool for encouraging and facilitating many different kinds of positive behavior change. This excellent book is part of the Applications of Motivational Interviewing Series, edited by Stephen Rollnick and William R. Miller.

There are thirteen chapters by leading experts in the field of MI:

1. Learning, Applying, and Extending Motivational Interviewing: Hal Arkowitz and William R. Miller
2. Integrating Motivational Interviewing into the Treatment of Anxiety: Henny A. Westra and David J. A. Dozois
3. Enhancing Combat Veterans' Motivation to Change Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Other Problem Behaviors: Ronald T. Murphy
4. Motivating Treatment-Refusing Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: David F. Tolin and Nicholas Maltby
5. Motivational Interviewing as a Prelude to Psychotherapy of Depression: Allan Zuckoff, Holly A. Swartz, and Nancy K. Grote
6. Motivational Interviewing as an Integrative Framework for the Treatment of Depression: Hal Arkowitz and Brian L. Burke
7. Motivational Interviewing and Suicidality: Harry Zerler
8. Motivational Interviewing in the Management of Eating Disorders: Janet Treasure and Ulrike Schmidt
9. Motivational Interviewing and the Treatment of Problem and Pathological Gambling: David Hodgins and Katherine Diskin
10. Motivational Interviewing for Medication Adherence in Individuals with Schizophrenia: Stanley G. McCracken and Patrick W. Corrigan
11. Motivational Interviewing with Dually Diagnosed Patients: Steve Martino and Theresa B. Moyers
12. Motivational Interviewing in the Correctional System: An Attempt to Implement Motivational Interviewing in Criminal Justice: Carl Åke Farbring and Wendy R. Johnson
13. Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems: Conclusions and Future Directions: Hal Arkowitz, William R. Miller, Henny A. Westra, and Stephen Rollnick

As you will see from the chapter headings, the authors try to describe novel MI applications in the treatment of an array of different psychological and psychiatric problems from to schizophrenia. There is also something unusual: an attempt to look MI approaches in the criminal justice system.

The chapters are all very well written and follow the same format: a concise but adequate overview of the disorder or the population being discussed, followed by a description of ways in which MI has been integrated with standard treatment approaches. This is a very practical book that uses a step-by-step approach to show exactly how to use MI, and the methods are illustrated with well-chosen clinical cases. Finally there is a review of the research base.

MI seems to be here to stay, and many of the methods are also being applied outside the clinic, particularly in helping people who have trouble with making appropriate lifestyle choices. There has recently been a great deal of interest in using MI to help with problems such as weight management and smoking cessation.

This book is extremely valuable not only for anybody engaged in therapy but also for anyone interested in motivation and behavior change.

Highly recommended.


Richard G. Petty, MD, author of Healing, Meaning and Purpose: The Magical Power of the Emerging Laws of Life

Editorial Review:

Since the publication of Miller and Rollnick's classic Motivational Interviewing, MI has become hugely popular as a tool for facilitating many different kinds of positive behavior change. MI is increasingly being used to help individuals mobilize their energy, commitment, and personal resources for addressing a wide range of mental health concerns. This cutting-edge book brings together leading experts to describe MI applications in the treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, suicidal behavior, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, gambling addictions, schizophrenia, and dual diagnoses. Also addressed are MI approaches in the criminal justice system. Each chapter provides a concise overview of the disorder or population under discussion; describes how MI has been integrated with standard treatment approaches; illustrates the nuts and bolts of intervention, using vivid clinical examples; and reviews the empirical evidence base.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating People Who Make a Difference: The Headlines You'll Never Read

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Peter Vegso, Theresa Peluso

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Changing the World One Person at a Time

Chicken Soup for the Soul® Celebrating People Who Make a Difference reveals a side of humanity we rarely see heralded on the evening news. This inspiring collection of stories chronicles the small kindnesses that make a huge difference, the ordinary experiences that have profound impact, and the defining moments that change the lives of everyday people.

Your heart will be touched when the despair of a lost two-year-old's parents turns to joy as an exhausted rescue team finds their baby in critical condition, but alive. And you may be left wondering if you could act as one woman did, when driving home alone on a dark night she finds unknown courage to come to the aid of someone about to be assaulted at an isolated bus stop.

If you wonder about the direction the world is headed and whether kindness and compassion still exists, Chicken Soup for the Soul® Celebrating People Who Make a Difference will restore your faith in the human spirit with these true stories of generosity, character, and courage.

Mastering the Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success: An Owner's Manual to the New York Times Bestseller, The Traveler's Gift

Andy Andrews

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Not just another self-help book. 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 20 people found this review helpful.

I've always been an avid reader with varied interests. Each year, I've always tried to read at least a half dozen or so self improvement books, so over the last 30 years or so, I've taken in quite a bit of information from a variety of sources. About six months ago, however, I found (on the bargain shelf of a local store) something that looked quite interesting called The Traveler's Gift. It appeared to be some sort of self-improvement book told in fictional story form. A unique concept that intrigued me. I'm going to make a very conservative estimate that in the course of my life I've read well over 100 self-improvement books. Not one of them has affected my life the way The Traveler's Gift has.

I'm not going to say Andy Andrews is a much better writer than Napoleon Hill was, or any of the other contemporary writers in this genre, although he does write very well. Perhaps it was just the right message at the right time in my life, but whatever the reason, the book truly resonated with me and touched me in ways other books failed to do. It has led to a complete transformation of where my life is going.

After reading the book, I typed out the seven decisions and taped them on my bathroom mirror, where I have reflected upon them each morning since and they have served as a catalyst to set the day in motion. Reading this book, MASTERING THE SEVEN DECISIONS, was a no-brainer. I ordered a copy as soon as I found out it was available.

All I can say about this is, it is an extraordinary companion to doing exactly what the title suggests, mastering the seven decisions. Here, Andrews takes the reader to the next level and what we have is somewhat of an amalgamation. It is mostly Traveler's Gift, with a few parts The Lost Choice, a healthy dose of Andrew's DVD, "The Seven Decisions", even a few letters from Andrews' early Storms of Perfection books, and a mixture of new material that will enhance even further, the understanding and application of the 7 decisions.

Self-improvement books are just that; they help us to become better businessmen and women, better husbands and wives, better leaders, better people. Few of them go beyond that and actually have what it takes to be life altering. This book does. Though it is not completely necessary, I highly recommend you read The Traveler's Gift first. It will greatly enhance what this book will do for you.

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Mastering the Seven Decisions guides readers to a profound understanding of how to fully integrate seven life-changing Decisions into their daily lives.

• The Responsible Decision: The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I will not let my history control my destiny.
• The Guided Decision: I will seek wisdom.
• The Active Decision: I am a person of action.
• The Certain Decision: I have a decided heart. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint have no power over me.
• The Joyful Decision: Today I will choose to be happy.
• The Compassionate Decision: I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit.
• The Persistent Decision: I will persist without exception.

Teaspoon of Courage: A Little Book of Encouragement for Whenever You Need It

Bradley Trevor Greive

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Even though life comes with more ups than downs, the downs will still be there. The only way to face them is with courage. Not bluff, not bravado, not over-starched underwear, but true courage. In A Teaspoon of Courage, Bradley Trevor Greive uses his hilarious head-on style to show you how to summon your braver self and press on with life.

A Teaspoon of Courage delivers just the right pick-me-up to anyone facing troubled times¿those moments of despair when you'd rather crawl back under the covers than face the world again. BTG acknowledges the universality of fear, loss, heartache, anxiety, and body odor, then with gentle wit and firm resolve marches us down the path to steely nerve, and unstoppable passion. "Whether you know it or not," he writes, "you were born tough enough to tackle anything important in life."

BTG weaves his laser-sharp insights and practical tips for courageous living with fresh and funny animal portraits, further reinforcing his message that no one is immune to fearful feelings. This exquisite gift book is ideal for Monday mornings, dentist appointments, ending lousy relationships, eating haggis, and facing life's difficulties head on.

Meditations for a Miraculous Life

Marianne Williamson

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Wonderful inspirational cd set! 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This two cd set is wonderful! I use it almost every day. There are meditations for all your every day scenarios. The key to living a happy loving life is to let go of the all the negative things we tend to hang on to in our lives. This set helps you to be able to let go of those things you do not need any more. I would highly recommend this set for any one.

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Jump-start your spiritual progress and experience an abiding sense of peace by listening to this 2-CD program by best-selling author and lecturer Marianne Williamson. Honor your need to cultivate quiet and become grounded in deeper serenity by practicing these customized meditations for different aspects of your daily life: work, finances, health, relationships, and more. When you start and end your day with positive energy and spiritual reflection, you’ll find that your life will truly change for the better.
Marianne guides and inspires you to bring your healing spirit to bear as you release stress, anger, and pain; find fulfillment through your work and forgiveness in your relationships; and feel the deep, enduring love that is your birthright. The more you practice these empowering meditations, the more you’ll become attuned to your inner self. From there, the possibilities for self-growth and a uniquely miraculous life are infinite.

You Can Heal Your Life Study Course

Louise Hay

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My Bible 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Louise L. Hay books are incredible. It's as if the Holy Spirit wrote them. "Heal Your Body A-Z" has become my bible. It works everytime, EVERYTIME! Try it. You won't go wrong. I am not only healty my financial life is alive and well. I owe it all to Louise L Hay's teachings. I listen and I hear what she is saying, then I focus on one issue at a time. When that issue is resolved, following her advice, I move to the next until all is well and I can trust life to work for me rather than against me.

Love and Blessings,

Dr. Joysong, PHD, DD in Spiritual Studies

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Be open to doing the exercises in this program, which are enhanced by the soothing sound of Louise’s voice!

Louise L. Hay, bestselling author, is an internationally known leader in the self-help field. Her key message is: "If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." The author has a great deal of experience and firsthand information to share about healing, including how she cured herself after being diagnosed with cancer.

An excerpt from You Can Heal Your Life: Life Is Really Very Simple. What We Give Out, We Get Back

What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us. I believe that everyone, myself included, is responsible for everything in our lives, the best and the worst. Every thought we think is creating our future. Each one of us creates our experiences by our thoughts and our feelings. The thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences

The 100 Year Lifestyle: Dr. Plasker's Breakthrough Solution for Living Your Best Life - Every Day of Your Life!

Eric Plasker

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If you knew you'd live to be 100, how would you change your life?

You're probably thinking: There's no way I'm going to live to 100. I'm not sure I want to live that long, even if I could. But odds are, you will. And, while your parents and grandparents may have been blindsided by their longevity--and suffered for it--that doesn't have to happen to you. Aging can be a good thing--the opportunity to realize all of your dreams and establish a remarkable legacy--if you prepare for it.

Based on Dr. Plasker's bestselling wellness system, The 100-Year Lifestyle(tm) reveals the secret to making the most of your extended lifespan. It gives you all you need to enjoy the highest quality of life as you age in years--without aging in body and mind. Your centennial is in reach with Dr. Plasker's ideas and methods for diet, nutrition, exercise, mental agility, creativity, finances, friends and family, work, community, and achieving a sense of purpose.

Dr. Plasker's unique program for optimum health and happiness offers you the opportunity to customize your new 100-Year Lifestyle with:

• Your 100-Year Lifestyle Assessment
• Your Prime Time, Prep Time, Play Time Calendar
• Your Personal Renewal Recipe
• Your Personal Energy Inventory
• Your Action Plan for Lifelong Change
• Your 100-Year Balance Sheet and Income Statement

With Dr. Plasker as your guide, you can make the 100-Year Lifestyle leap into the healthiest, happiest time of your life--every day for the rest of your life!