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Book Recommendation – Reverse Heart Disease Now by Stephen T Sinatra

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While most books focus solely on the role of cholesterol in heart disease, Reverse Heart Disease Now draws on new research that points to the surprising other causes. Leading cardiologists Dr. Stephen Sinatra and Dr. James Roberts draw on their collective fifty years of clinical cardiology research to show you how to combine the benefits of modern medicine, over-the-counter vitamins and supplements, and simple lifestyle changes to have a healthy heart—— whether you have acute or chronic disease or just want to prevent cardiovascular disease from developing.Focusing on crisis prevention, Reverse Heart Disease Now gives you the practical information and strategies you need to stop heart disease in its tracks. You’ll discover how:

  • You can combat heart disease before the first heart attack
  • Your arteries can become enveloped in inflammation and plaque that lead to heart attack, stroke, and heart failure—— and what to do about it
  • Medications, scientifically proven supplements, and lifestyle changes can extinguish the flames of disease and purge and stabilize arteries—— even for the most compromised cases
  • Fish oil, nattokinase, L-arginine, CoQ10, magnesium, vitamin C, and other supplements can help prevent arterial clogging
  • CoQ10, along with L-carnitine and D-ribose, can powerfully recharge weak and ailing hearts

Through the breakthrough integrative program found in Reverse Heart Disease Now, you can become more involved in your own healing process and even prevent heart disease before it strikes.

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Book Recommendation – The Voice of Silence by Osho

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The Voice Of Silence

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Brilliant Book that was presented to me by a fellow spiritual aspirant. It is not a well known book but well worth a read.

– One Tusk

Book Recommendation – The Quarter-Life Breakthrough

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The book made me feel that there’s hope in finding meaningful work even if you feel stuck knowing you need to make a change in your life but you are too afraid to take the leap and that it is possible to spend your days doing something that not only inspires you but also makes an impact in the lives of others.

When I read Adam’s book , I learned that:

Intentional Experimentation is not a waste of time when it’s done with the purpose of getting closer to your true self.

We grow by the questions we ask ourselves like: What contributions do I want to make to the world?

There’s no more linear career path, only a breakthrough career mindset where you figure out your next steps as you go aligning your actions with your purpose and surrounding yourself with people holding you accountable to your goals.

No matter how bad things get, there are always people willing to help out if we have the courage to ask

Meaningful work it’s all about doing work that reflects your interests and allows you to share your gifts to help others living in alignment with your purpose surrounded by supportive communities.

Life is a never ending journey but the time for intentional learning, experimentation, and action is now.

If you feel stuck knowing you need to make a change but are afraid to take the leap, then you should read this book. It will give you the hope and much needed courage to start living your life through intentional experimentation.

 

 

Book Recommendation : The Way Of Transition by William Bridges

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When author Bill Bridges’s wife died from breast cancer, he began to question all his previous groundbreaking work on transitions. Having conducted seminars and written bestselling books (Transitions, Managing Transitions), Bridges had built a reputation as an expert on the topic. And yet, “I felt now that my words had totally failed to match in depth the experience of actually being in transition,” he explains.

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Book Recommendation – The Dark Side of Light Chasers

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The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance and Dreams

The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance and Dreams by Debbie Ford

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, who wrote about our shadow selves. In The Dark Side of the Light Chasers Debbie Ford makes that journey to know your shadow self a practical journey and this is the tour guide for that journey. We can pretend we have no shadow side, no dark motives, but we do, and if we ignore that as a human being we have both good and bad within us, we run the risk of letting our shadow side sneak up and kick us in the butt. We do, what we don’t want to do, because we pretend that option was never there for us. That’s wrong.

When we are angry with the selfishness of a friend, when we find the arrogance of others off putting, we may be reacting to that exact same trait within ourselves. We deny parts of ourselves and so we never are in tune with the world, we stay at war with the world, or at least aggravated with it. This doesn’t mean we surrender to, or take the leash off the bad stuff. It means we can only control something if we know it is there.
Within our dark impulses are gifts, but the gifts come only when we reclaim our whole self.

– Tex Norman

We know the shadow by many names: alter ego, lower self, the dark twin, repressed self, id. Carl Jung once said that the shadow “is the person you would rather not be.” But even if you choose to hide your dark side, it will still cast a shadow, according to author Debbie Ford. Rather than reject the seemingly undesirable parts of ourselves, Ford offers advice on how to confront our shadows. Only by owning every aspect of yourself can you achieve harmony and “let your own light shine,” she explains. “The purpose of doing shadow work, is to become whole. To end our suffering. To stop hiding ourselves from ourselves. Once we do this we can stop hiding ourselves from the rest of the world.”

As threatening as shadow work may seem, it is often very effective in creating transformation. Ford’s step-by-step guidebook is modeled on a highly successful course she developed about embracing the shadow. Ultimately, she helps readers illuminate the gifts and strengths that lie within the shadows. Although this works sound vague, clouded in dark metaphors, Ford manages to make it clear and specific. She has the writing gifts of a successful seminar leader–inspirational, trustworthy, and able to convey murky material with grace and ease. 

–Gail Hudson

 

Book Recommendation – Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child by Thich Nhat Hanh

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An exciting contribution to the growing trend of applying Buddhist practices to encourage wellness and balance mental health. Reconciliation focuses on mindful awareness of our emotions and offers concrete practices to restore damaged relationships through meditations and exercises to help acknowledge and transform the hurt that many of us may have experienced as children. Reconciliation shows how anger, sadness, and fear can become joy and tranquility by learning to breathe with, explore, meditate, and speak about our strong emotions. Written for a wide audience and accessible to people of all backgrounds and spiritual traditions.

A Long-Awaited Treasure,
Brian Kimmel

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Book Recommendation: The Choice by Og Mandino

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Never Underestimate the Power of Choice
Do you remember what you said you wanted to be “when you grow up?” Are you living that reality now? Unfortunately, most folks “settle” into a life that looks nothing like the dreams of their youth. We tend to do the things that are most comfortable and predictable, which often leads to working in an unfulfilling, dead-end job. Before you know it, one day bleeds into another, week after week and month after month. The years seem to fly by and you can’t figure out where the time went. Such is the case with Mark Christopher in The Choice. At age 42, Mark was the youngest vice president at his firm and an adjunct professor at the local university. He thought he had it all until he realizes that his life was literally passing him by.The Choice speaks to our innermost desire to have the best of both worlds–freedom and financial stability. Mark Christopher challenges conventional wisdom and abandons his life as a top executive to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. His journey of self-discovery inspires you to examine your life and the choices that shape who you are. You may be surprised to find out that the “rat race” is not your only option… Never underestimate the power of choice; there is a better way to live and you have the power to create the life of your dreams.

I’ve read several of Og Mandino’s books and this one like the others, is a fantastic read. It is encouraging, inspirational and uplifting. If your a fan of Og Mandio books, The Choice is definitely one to add to your collection.

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Book Recommendation: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

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The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
“Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable… We may ignore him at our own risk.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma (“great soul”), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent, and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century, and during this nation’s own civil rights movement. Taken from Gandhi’s writings throughout his life. The Essential Gandhi introduces us to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, non-violence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head-notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough portrait of one of the greatest spiritual leaders the world has known.With a new Preface drawn from the writings of Eknath EaswaranIn the annals of spirituality certain books stand out both for their historical importance and for their continued relevance. The Vintage Spiritual Classics series offers the greatest of these works in authoritative new editions, with specially commissioned essays by noted contemporary commentators. Filled with eloquence and fresh insight, encouragement and solace, Vintage Spiritual Classics are incomparable resources for all readers, who seek a more substantive understanding of mankind’s relation to the divine.