Winner Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
"Only from the ashes of who we once were, can we rise up to become who we're meant to be..."
There comes a time in each of our lives when everything seems like it's falling apart-our relationships unravel, our health declines, our finances crumble-and it can be easy to allow these circumstances to define us. When these seemingly insurmountable obstacles arise, we have two choices: to use our circumstances as an excuse to stay stuck, or to face our fears and move through them.
In 2008, Adena's world came crashing down! Her story is one of excruciating heartbreak, severe chronic illness, and financial devastation-a 12-year journey that had her fighting for her life. Since then, she has taken everything she has learned about thriving in the face of adversity and is sharing those lessons with others as a roadmap to recovery and healing. In The Road Back To Me, Adena Sampson reveals 9 foundational principles that have helped countless people transform their lives.
Winner Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
Reveals how the Virgin Mary and other holy women were part of an ancient sacred order of priestesses trained in the practice of divine conception
Explains how Mary was born into a lineage of powerful women who cultivated and passed on the ability to consciously conceive elevated beings
Includes a complete translation of the Infancy Gospel of James and reveals the hidden codes it contains relating to the practice of miraculous conception
Shows how Mary was trained and initiated in the “womb mysteries” and reveals the esoteric techniques she used to conceive Jesus
Delving into one of the Virgin Mary’s forgotten gospels, the Infancy Gospel of James, Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso, Ph.D., reveals a truth that has been suppressed for nearly two millennia: that Mother Mary was not a passive bystander to her own pregnancy but an advanced member of a sacred order of women trained in divine conception.
Clouds: love poems from above the fray has been a project of over four decades, containing poems influenced by Meyer’s traveling to 5 continents, giving lectures, and witnessing beautiful vistas in towns, cities, and above all, in nature. Thousands of the resulting photos are now contained in Meyer’s archive. He wrote over 700 five-line quintain poems down, from which he paired 64 with these photos for Clouds. The style evolved into short, post attention span poetry, i.e. quintains, that illustrate the inner and outer states of our environment. Opposite the poems, Meyer notes the adventure of finding the visual image.
Psychic dreams and visions, remembering past lives, and becoming an intuitive shamanic healer-this is the story of an ordinary woman's extraordinary spiritual journey. With raw honesty, Chloe shares her story of awakening to her Divine purpose, healing herself, and her journey to heal others. WISDOM KEEPER reveals the Divine pathway to a more peaceful, happy, fulfilled and healthy life.
Chloe's connections with Spirit Guides in other dimensions bring cosmic knowledge to her ancient wisdom. Her extraordinary journey is filled with miracles, visions, lucid and prophetic dreams, parallel universes, and knowledge of past lives. She healed herself from deeply embedded trauma, an incurable illness, and serious medical conditions. Chloe shares significant mystical experiences she had in Greece, Crete, France, Ecuador, Mexico and Asheville, N.C., including an invitation to become a Spiritual Grandmother. She has performed intuitive shamanic healings and mediumship sessions in Ecuador, Mexico and the U.S.
After being married for ten years and having two children, author and yogi Molly Chanson lives with a nagging feeling that something is wrong. Her suspicion that her husband is having an affair is further complicated by her addiction to alcohol, poor body image, and a lost sense of self. Having first practiced yoga with her mother as a child, Chanson returns to a daily practice and discovers the profound impact that yoga can have on one's physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Fallen Star is Chanson's account of her far-reaching journey of healing guided by Patanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga, which includes asana (poses), pranayama (breath), and meditation, as well as self-discipline, surrender, and more.
What happens after we die? What is consciousness? Are God, Jesus, heaven, and angels real? In the past, these age-old burning questions remained entirely unanswered until near-death experiences, like Janet Tarantino’s, have shed light on what lies beyond life on this earth.
Janet’s engaging story is passionate yet humble, thought-provoking yet mind-shattering, and leaves readers wanting a supernatural experience too—but Janet warns we need to be careful what we wish for. She says these types of experiences can blow one’s life apart like glass shattering to pieces until the NDEr understands the deeper meaning of what God was conveying. It is only after understanding the important messages within that bring wholeness, joy, and comfort to our lives in the fact that we never die and life goes on into eternity.
Janet says the narratives of her three near-death experiences hold characteristics that are not restricted to one religion but stretch the boundaries to contain aspects of Christianity, Buddhism, Spirituality, and possibly more because she says God is the superpower of everything.
The author has been obsessed with a question for over 20+ years. The question ‘Why Do We Exist?’ He received an answer to his prayer in one of his most atypical states.
This book documents how one man resolved his existential crisis and answered most of his existential questions.
Why a faith in God and faith in science are not mutually exclusive?
Why are there so many different religions in different cultures?
If God exists, why does she/he not come down and show himself/herself?
Why are there so many inconsistencies between the bible, other religious texts, and scientific theories like the big bang theory and evolution?
If God is all-powerful, why did he/she bother with evolution?
The author answers all these questions with a simple, elegant theory. He supports his theory through religious, scientific, analytical, and philosophical reviews.
Qigong Grand Circulation is an ancient path toward spiritual enlightenment.
Spiritual enlightenment is a uniquely human endeavor; a universal and timeless quest to understand the mysteries of our lives. Perhaps it began when humans looked at the stars and first felt the enchantment of awe.
But today, with all of our comforts and technological advancements, we are not satisfied. Our lives are noisy.
Our bodies are under steady assault by pseudo-foods, poisons, and sedentary lifestyles.
Our spirit is chaotic, competing with dogma and fear.
We struggle to unplug, to disconnect, to deeply relax.
The search for spiritual development has never been more urgent.
For centuries, The Blue Cliff Record has stood as one of the preeminent scriptures of the Zen Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, and Korea. However, until now there has been no published commentary by a contemporary Zen Master to assist readers in understanding its counterintuitive and sometimes baffling teachings.
The Garden of Flowers and Weeds draws on contemporary scholarship and the author’s extensive experience with Zen in order to offer new insights for sophisticated students who are hoping to uncover the secrets of the koan tradition. At the same time, The Garden is jargon-free and uses personal stories to appeal to readers who are new to Buddhism. The theme of the book is simple: Accepting the unenlightened self with all its flaws is the most profound form of enlightenment.
Fulfillment, healing, peace & happiness should never come at the cost of losing our smarts, uniqueness, strength, integrity, sense of humor, or cool...
Finally! Someone had the cojones to write it: A seriously funny & irreverent spiritual self-help book that bypasses all the conventional & cliched niceties & offers you – the reader & star of the show– dead-on, practical ways to change your life for good, forever.
Spirituality for Badasses contains numerous astonishingly simple and spectacularly effective principles, techniques and methods to help you find your true, happy, confident, aware self. No preparation required. Anyone can do it. Start right now. You’ll experience deep inner changes simply by reading the book. You’ll replace who you think you are with who you truly are. Yep- Spirituality for Badasses is some powerful mojo. It’s also funny as sh#! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn and grow.
This book invites the reader to read, reflect and respond to the global pandemic of 2020 and successive months after by author Larada Horner-Miller.
Readers are encouraged to think about how the pandemic affected them and how they adapted. The book is intended to be used as a journal, a safe keeping place to revisit 2020. Larada Horner-Miller viewed the forced shelter in place as an opportunity for spiritual discoveries and renewed spiritual growth. The book incorporates what she learned during her year of solitude, a transformative process leading her to find a reconnection with her “God.” She struggled spiritually and emotionally. Her emotions ran deep from fear, struggle, and despair going deeper into her faith, ultimately making Horner-Miller a better, not a bitter person.
A NEW NOW is your chance to step into an omnipresent reality, a new now in which you can readily navigate your life successfully, happily, easily. Working with this guide, you can become a new you so that situations, people, thoughts, and desires are more easily negotiated moment to moment.
You have an untapped reservoir of awareness that you can learn to access to become wiser, achieve a state of equilibrium, and develop a clearer and stronger sense of your purpose for each day and this lifetime. The benefits awaiting you are many. Just a few are: clarity of mind, enhanced intuition, development of spiritual strengths and virtues, contentment and happiness, and knowing and achieving your purpose.
Here are 47 inspirational pieces that are smart, hip, accessible, and rich with insight; Jessie Asya Kanzer’s bite-sized stories of struggle, triumph, and contemplation provide a quick burst of mindfulness. Each chapter begins with a verse from the Tao, followed by sharp observations and anecdotes from her own life that give the teachings of Lao Tzu applicability to contemporary life. And each chapter concludes with a “Do Your Tao” section that offers an actionable step, leaving the reader with a sense of grounding and fluidity.
Married three times to a volatile, emotionally abusive alcoholic who had multiple affairs, lied repeatedly, failed to come home hundreds of times and who used harsh anger and intimidation to manipulate their marriages, Jan suffered in silence while praying daily for a heaven-sent miracle that would change her husband's heart.
Disillusioned and upset when she didn't feel her prayers were answered, Jan turned to her own 'Janplans,' including non-stop shopping, frenetic busyness, kid's school activities and expensive vacations, to compensate for the loss of her “Janville” dream where she had fantasized about living in a 'white picket fence' town with a perfect husband and family. Frustrated and trending toward bitterness, Jan eventually tried to run away from her family and God by moving to England to escape the dark, grinding treadmill that she felt had become her life.
Finalist Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
Elaine Heroux never felt like she belonged, but a dream she experienced as a young woman would lead her through two countries and twenty years of life. When she finally met the spiritual guide she'd been searching for, what would be the price? Would it cost her everything?
'Path of Fire' is a soulful reflection of one woman's determination to find her destined path. As she overcomes a difficult childhood, homesickness, life challenges and coming to terms with paranormal incidents, she is always guided by her dreams and her intuition which ultimately paint an illuminating picture of love, trust and transformation. Full of psychological knowledge and spiritual experiences, this mystical chronicle unveils a path to wonder that's open to anyone willing to watch for the signs.
Finalist Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
The Universe’s “Perfect” Path to Righting a Wrong Committed Decades Ago
This life-changing book illustrates the amazing way the Universe orchestrates our lives toward a state of healing, wholeness, and love—whether we are aware of it or not!
Perfect is a true recounting of the transformational journey that Judi Miller was guided to take that brought the exact right people together, in the exact right order, to right a wrong committed decades ago; before her birth and which left its shadow on her soul.
All her life, Judi was plagued by feelings of fear, of not fitting in, and of not being enough. Facing a crisis of purpose, she embarks on a transformational journey of self-discovery and uncovers a shocking ancestral connection to the very person she trusted to heal her. She learns to open her heart, release her stories, and understand forgiveness in a whole new way.
Finalist Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
Finalist Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
Excel at the Game of Life with Research-Backed Strategies
We all understand the basics of physical fitness, and many resources teach mindfulness, business skills, and entrepreneurial chutzpah. But often undermining these goals are less-tangible roadblocks — mental and emotional baggage, deep-seated insecurity, self-judgment, and overwhelming stress and anxiety. In The Full Spirit Workout, Kate Eckman draws from her multifaceted training (as an athlete, executive leadership coach, and meditation teacher) to present a program that will empower you to break through these blocks and accomplish your goals. It’s a rewarding workout made up of daily mind-body-spirit exercises and neuroscience-based practices that bolster resilience and inner strength. Best of all, Coach Eckman builds in creativity, flexibility, and delight so that each “rep” feels less like work and more like play.
Finalist Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
"PLAYING FOR KEEPS” in business is a self-help memoir that provides a “cheat sheet” for your career success.
Best-Selling and Award-Winning Author, Mom and Mentor Therese Allison is recognized as a groundbreaking pioneer and female executive, who broke the glass ceiling in a mostly male business niche (insurance brokerage). Her goal now is to empower women (and men) to “WIN” in business and life by landing a dream job, building business allies, achieving financial success and creating a work/life balance.
Based on 35 years of years of success in business and life, Allison uncovers how she became financially independent at age 38 when her company (McKenna & Associates) was sold to AON, and then retired early at age 43 to spend quality time with her children.
Finalist Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
Finalist Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
The Wind Blows and the Flowers Dance is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Health: Death & Dying category of the 2021 International Book Awards. When a beloved husband dies after decades of marriage, his artist wife must redefine herself in order to go on. Now living alone, but not eager to think of herself as "a widow"— with the baggage of loneliness that term carries—Terre struggles to adapt from a life built for two. Blossoming as an artist, Terre reclaims her late husband's space in the home in order to use painting and poetry to grow anew. She also re-invents herself in the larger community, exploring opportunities newly available even as she grieves the loss of her former life. Terre's heartfelt story, complete with humorous anecdotes and touching reminiscences, is an inspiration to all those who know the best way to honor the deceased is to use the energy of grief to rise, renewed.
Finalist Spirituality: Inspirational 2021 Best Book Awards
Weekly Soul is a collection of 52 meditations on meaningful, joyful and peaceful living. The meditations begin with thought-provoking quotations from a range of people--writers, journalists, theologians, musicians and artists, activists--and touch on themes of Miracles, Aliveness, Purpose, Laughter and Joy, Presence/Mindfulness, Activism, Acceptance, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Creativity, Civility, and Hope. Each meditation also offers Dr. Craigie's stories and commentary, questions for individual and group reflection, suggestions for daily follow-up, and biographical background on the quotation authors. In Weekly Soul, readers will find a year's worth of affirmation and engaging exploration of wholeness and well-being.
Finalist Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
A New Now: Your Guide to Mastering Wisdom Daily, Achieving Equilibrium, and Empowering Your Nobler Self is your chance to step into an omnipresent reality, a new now in which you can readily navigate your life successfully, happily, easily. Working with this guide, you can become a new you so that situations, people, thoughts, and desires are more easily negotiated moment to moment.
You have an untapped reservoir of awareness that you can learn to access to become wiser, achieve a state of equilibrium, and develop a clearer and stronger sense of your purpose for each day and this lifetime. The benefits awaiting you are many. Just a few are: clarity of mind, enhanced intuition, development of spiritual strengths and virtues, contentment and happiness, and knowing and achieving your purpose.
Finalist Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
Born in Lebanon, Marlene Zaedyan is a descendant of the Armenian people who fled Turkey during the Armenian Genocide. Zaedyan lived through the Lebanese Civil War and suffered through many hardships over the course of her formative years. In her autobiography, Nine Lives, Endless Dreams, Zaedyan narrates the violence and trauma of a childhood interrupted and displaced by war. "I want to educate readers on the horrors of the war and the genocide that took place in Lebanon as well as illuminate present day struggles," says Mrs. Zaedyan. "I want to bring awareness to the Armenian Genocide that took place from 1914 to 1923.
Despite the ugliness of the war, Zaedyan still believes life is full of beauty and mystery. "Life is really good in spite of its challenges," says Mrs. Zaedyan. "The key is knowing how to react to adversity." Zaedyan hopes to inspire readers to overcome adversity through grit and resilience.
Finalist Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
Saint Hildegard: Ancient Insights for Modern Seekers is a treasure trove of St. Hildegard’s bracing, rich, and transforming insights. Written for today’s seekers and spiritual directors, it takes us deeper into our own experiences in the company of the mystic visionary St. Hildegard, whose twelfth-century wisdom, still strikingly relevant to our contemporary struggles, enriches our journeys.
Spiritual director and retreat guide Susan Garthwaite knows this journey well—she’s traveled it for years. St. Hildegard has influenced Garthwaite’s spiritual life, as well as her work as a spiritual director, and here she gives concrete examples of spiritual experiences and practices in which St. Hildegard’s insights can draw out our own wisdom. She also gently touches our worst experiences and offers St. Hildegard’s light for our liberation and fullness of life.
Finalist Spirituality: General 2021 Best Book Awards
A Personal Guide on How to Lead through Mental Illness, Unimaginable Grief, and Loss
Taking the Cape Off shares Fire Chief Pat Kenny's journey to overcome his perceived failure as a leader in his most cherished duty, that of being a protector. His "Cape" failed to protect his 20-year-old son Sean from dying by suicide after a lifelong battle with mental illness. His anguish was complicated by his role as the leader of a fire department.
This is not a story of darkness but rather one of hope as he reveals the path he took to move forward with his life and return to a leadership role. In this book, he will share:
How you as a leader can address the stigma attached to mental illness in the workplace, at home, or with friends, utilizing professional resources and relying on your faith.
How you can develop the leadership communication skills necessary to help you both personally and professionally when faced with any health crisis.
How to foster a continuing, loving relationship with your deceased loved one's memory by acknowledging the signs you receive from the hereafter.
