Author: Tina M. Games
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Have you approached the midlife mark with a creative dream unrealized? Are you trying to find your unique voice and learn how to express it? Do you want to connect the dots between your passions, your natural gifts, and a larger creative calling? If you’re moving into your second or third act of life and you’ve been struggling to define and express your creative voice, you have arrived at the right place! The wisdom of the moon has influenced creative seekers for centuries, inspiring thousands of beautiful stories, songs, dances, paintings, and poems. Through its many phases, it has served as a muse in a variety of ways. Using the moon as a metaphor, Journaling by the Moonlight: Unearthing Your Creative Calling in Midlife takes creative seekers on a mystical journey through the art of journal writing, moving from darkness into light, and exploring the depth and possibility that wants to emerge on one’s unique life purpose path. If you are yearning to feel more fully alive—personally, professionally, and creatively—it is time to illuminate a creative calling that has only revealed itself in fragments and is ready to see the light of day. Discover a better understanding of your own life story and how it can inspire your creative work, all with the help of the moon. What’s still pulling on your creative soul? It’s never too late to be what you might have been!
Journaling by the Moonlight
Author: Tina M. Games
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Have you approached the midlife mark with a creative dream unrealized? Are you trying to find your unique voice and learn how to express it? Do you want to connect the dots between your passions, your natural gifts, and a larger creative calling? If you’re moving into your second or third act of life and you’ve been struggling to define and express your creative voice, you have arrived at the right place! The wisdom of the moon has influenced creative seekers for centuries, inspiring thousands of beautiful stories, songs, dances, paintings, and poems. Through its many phases, it has served as a muse in a variety of ways. Using the moon as a metaphor, Journaling by the Moonlight: Unearthing Your Creative Calling in Midlife takes creative seekers on a mystical journey through the art of journal writing, moving from darkness into light, and exploring the depth and possibility that wants to emerge on one’s unique life purpose path. If you are yearning to feel more fully alive—personally, professionally, and creatively—it is time to illuminate a creative calling that has only revealed itself in fragments and is ready to see the light of day. Discover a better understanding of your own life story and how it can inspire your creative work, all with the help of the moon. What’s still pulling on your creative soul? It’s never too late to be what you might have been!
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Have you approached the midlife mark with a creative dream unrealized? Are you trying to find your unique voice and learn how to express it? Do you want to connect the dots between your passions, your natural gifts, and a larger creative calling? If you’re moving into your second or third act of life and you’ve been struggling to define and express your creative voice, you have arrived at the right place! The wisdom of the moon has influenced creative seekers for centuries, inspiring thousands of beautiful stories, songs, dances, paintings, and poems. Through its many phases, it has served as a muse in a variety of ways. Using the moon as a metaphor, Journaling by the Moonlight: Unearthing Your Creative Calling in Midlife takes creative seekers on a mystical journey through the art of journal writing, moving from darkness into light, and exploring the depth and possibility that wants to emerge on one’s unique life purpose path. If you are yearning to feel more fully alive—personally, professionally, and creatively—it is time to illuminate a creative calling that has only revealed itself in fragments and is ready to see the light of day. Discover a better understanding of your own life story and how it can inspire your creative work, all with the help of the moon. What’s still pulling on your creative soul? It’s never too late to be what you might have been!
Journaling by the Moonlight: A Mother's Path to Self-Discovery
Author: Tina M. Games
Publisher: Moonlight Muse Press, a Wyatt-MacKenzie Imprint
ISBN: 9781936214044
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
You're a mother, but who are you really? The moon brings great comfort to mothers during challenging periods in their lives, particularly during a time when they've felt a loss of personal identity. Motherhood brings much joy, but it can also bring anxiety, depression and confusion. Working with the phases of the moon as a source for personal transformation, mothers who are challenged by the loss of personal identity are gently guided on a path of self-discovery. Using a variety of creative methods, including journal writing and visual collage techniques, this book allows for personal reflection with many opportunities to answer the question, "I'm a mother, but who am I really?" Designed as a workbook with a journaling format, the author shares her personal story while weaving in stories from other mothers. She also introduces moon sign astrology and moon folklore to lay the foundation for a spiritual, moonlit journey toward an authentic life filled with purpose, passion and creative expression. Embark on an intimate adventure of self-exploration - and discover your full moon. ADVANCE REVIEWS ..".a cornucopiaof hope to women who find themselves spinning in circles in the dark, caught in the terror of being true to themselves while trying to take exquisite care of their little ones." ~ Gail McMeekin ..".empowers women to tap into their authentic self and live their life to the fullest." ~ Debbie LaChusa ..".allows mothers to explore themselves and become more of who they were meant to be. " ~ Sheri McConnell ..".takes you by the hand and walks you through a process of moonlit journaling - a process which would benefit every mother!" ~ Ruth Folit ..".enchanting, irresistible, and inviting for moms to reflect on a time of life they want to savor and survive." ~ Jill Badonsky ..".a wise and gentle guide on my search for an authentic self." ~ Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D.
Publisher: Moonlight Muse Press, a Wyatt-MacKenzie Imprint
ISBN: 9781936214044
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
You're a mother, but who are you really? The moon brings great comfort to mothers during challenging periods in their lives, particularly during a time when they've felt a loss of personal identity. Motherhood brings much joy, but it can also bring anxiety, depression and confusion. Working with the phases of the moon as a source for personal transformation, mothers who are challenged by the loss of personal identity are gently guided on a path of self-discovery. Using a variety of creative methods, including journal writing and visual collage techniques, this book allows for personal reflection with many opportunities to answer the question, "I'm a mother, but who am I really?" Designed as a workbook with a journaling format, the author shares her personal story while weaving in stories from other mothers. She also introduces moon sign astrology and moon folklore to lay the foundation for a spiritual, moonlit journey toward an authentic life filled with purpose, passion and creative expression. Embark on an intimate adventure of self-exploration - and discover your full moon. ADVANCE REVIEWS ..".a cornucopiaof hope to women who find themselves spinning in circles in the dark, caught in the terror of being true to themselves while trying to take exquisite care of their little ones." ~ Gail McMeekin ..".empowers women to tap into their authentic self and live their life to the fullest." ~ Debbie LaChusa ..".allows mothers to explore themselves and become more of who they were meant to be. " ~ Sheri McConnell ..".takes you by the hand and walks you through a process of moonlit journaling - a process which would benefit every mother!" ~ Ruth Folit ..".enchanting, irresistible, and inviting for moms to reflect on a time of life they want to savor and survive." ~ Jill Badonsky ..".a wise and gentle guide on my search for an authentic self." ~ Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D.
Song of the Plains
Author: Linda Joy Myers
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631522175
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Ever since she was a child, Linda Joy Myers felt the power of the past. As the third daughter in her family to be abandoned or estranged by a mother, she observed the consequences of that heritage on the women she loved as well as herself. But thanks to the stories told to her by her great-grandmother, Myers received a gift that proved crucial in her life: the idea that everyone is a walking storybook, and that we all have within us the key to a deeper understanding of life—the secret stories that make themselves known even without words. Song of the Plains is a weaving of family history that starts in the Oklahoma plains and spans over forty years as Myers combs through dusty archives, family stories, and genealogy online. She discovers the secrets that help to explain the fractures in her family, and the ways in which her mother and grandmother found a way not only to survive the great challenges of their eras, but to thrive despite mental illness and abuse. She discovers how decisions made long ago broke her family apart—and she makes it her life's work to change her family story from one of abuse and loss to one of finding and creating a new story of hope, forgiveness, healing, and love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631522175
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Ever since she was a child, Linda Joy Myers felt the power of the past. As the third daughter in her family to be abandoned or estranged by a mother, she observed the consequences of that heritage on the women she loved as well as herself. But thanks to the stories told to her by her great-grandmother, Myers received a gift that proved crucial in her life: the idea that everyone is a walking storybook, and that we all have within us the key to a deeper understanding of life—the secret stories that make themselves known even without words. Song of the Plains is a weaving of family history that starts in the Oklahoma plains and spans over forty years as Myers combs through dusty archives, family stories, and genealogy online. She discovers the secrets that help to explain the fractures in her family, and the ways in which her mother and grandmother found a way not only to survive the great challenges of their eras, but to thrive despite mental illness and abuse. She discovers how decisions made long ago broke her family apart—and she makes it her life's work to change her family story from one of abuse and loss to one of finding and creating a new story of hope, forgiveness, healing, and love.
Burn After Writing (Gray)
Author: Sharon Jones
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593420624
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in. "This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me." -TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself? Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears! Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593420624
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in. "This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me." -TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Imagine instead of publicly declaring your feelings for others, you privately declared your feelings for yourself? Help your heart by turning off the comments and muting the accounts that drive you into jealousy for a few moments a night. Whether you are going through the ups and downs of growing up, or know a few young people who are, you will flourish by finding free expression--even if through a few tears! Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. This is not a diary, and there is no posting required. And when you're finished, toss it, hide it, or Burn After Writing.
Eating in the Light of the Moon
Author: Anita Johnston, Ph.D.
Publisher: Gurze Books
ISBN: 0936077603
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
By weaving practical insights and exercises through a rich tapestry of multicultural myths, ancient legends, and folktales, Anita Johnston helps the millions of women preoccupied with their weight discover and address the issues behind their negative attitudes toward food.
Publisher: Gurze Books
ISBN: 0936077603
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
By weaving practical insights and exercises through a rich tapestry of multicultural myths, ancient legends, and folktales, Anita Johnston helps the millions of women preoccupied with their weight discover and address the issues behind their negative attitudes toward food.
Boy @ the Window
Author: Donald Earl Collins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989256131
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
As a preteen Black male growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, there were a series of moments, incidents and wounds that caused me to retreat inward in despair and escape into a world of imagination. For five years I protected my family secrets from authority figures, affluent Whites and middle class Blacks while attending an unforgiving gifted-track magnet school program that itself was embroiled in suburban drama. It was my imagination that shielded me from the slights of others, that enabled my survival and academic success. It took everything I had to get myself into college and out to Pittsburgh, but more was in store before I could finally begin to break from my past. "Boy @ The Window" is a coming-of-age story about the universal search for understanding on how any one of us becomes the person they are despite-or because of-the odds. It's a memoir intertwined with my own search for redemption, trust, love, success-for a life worth living. "Boy @ The Window" is about one of the most important lessons of all: what it takes to overcome inhumanity in order to become whole and human again.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989256131
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
As a preteen Black male growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, there were a series of moments, incidents and wounds that caused me to retreat inward in despair and escape into a world of imagination. For five years I protected my family secrets from authority figures, affluent Whites and middle class Blacks while attending an unforgiving gifted-track magnet school program that itself was embroiled in suburban drama. It was my imagination that shielded me from the slights of others, that enabled my survival and academic success. It took everything I had to get myself into college and out to Pittsburgh, but more was in store before I could finally begin to break from my past. "Boy @ The Window" is a coming-of-age story about the universal search for understanding on how any one of us becomes the person they are despite-or because of-the odds. It's a memoir intertwined with my own search for redemption, trust, love, success-for a life worth living. "Boy @ The Window" is about one of the most important lessons of all: what it takes to overcome inhumanity in order to become whole and human again.
Last of the Donkey Pilgrims
Author: Kevin O'Hara
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429931507
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Kevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on foot—and with a donkey and cart no less? But Kevin had promised his homesick Irish mother that he would explore the whole of the Old Country and bring back the sights and the stories to their home in Massachusetts. Determined to reach his grandmother's village by Christmas Eve, Kevin and his stubborn but endearing donkey, Missie, set off on 1800-mile trek along the entire jagged coast of a divided Ireland. Their rollicking adventure takes them over mountains and dales, through smoky cities and sleepy villages, and into the farmhouses and hearts of Ireland's greatest resource—its people. Along the way, Kevin would meet incredible characters, experience Ireland in all of its glory, and explore not only his Irish past, but find his future self. “One of the finest books about contemporary Ireland ever written...In a style evocative of Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, O'Hara writes memorably of his most unusual way of touring his ancestral home of Ireland.” —Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429931507
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Kevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on foot—and with a donkey and cart no less? But Kevin had promised his homesick Irish mother that he would explore the whole of the Old Country and bring back the sights and the stories to their home in Massachusetts. Determined to reach his grandmother's village by Christmas Eve, Kevin and his stubborn but endearing donkey, Missie, set off on 1800-mile trek along the entire jagged coast of a divided Ireland. Their rollicking adventure takes them over mountains and dales, through smoky cities and sleepy villages, and into the farmhouses and hearts of Ireland's greatest resource—its people. Along the way, Kevin would meet incredible characters, experience Ireland in all of its glory, and explore not only his Irish past, but find his future self. “One of the finest books about contemporary Ireland ever written...In a style evocative of Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, O'Hara writes memorably of his most unusual way of touring his ancestral home of Ireland.” —Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Butterfly Groove
Author: Jessica Barraco
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631528017
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A decade after twelve-year-old Jessica loses her mother, Dianne, to cancer complications, she finds herself curious about Dianne’s mysterious youth. Armed with a journalism degree, Jessica sets out on a quest to find two of Dianne’s former lovers, an old ballroom dance partner and a Vietnam war hero, along with anyone else who can tell her about Dianne. The Butterfly Groove features Jessica’s journalistic approach complemented by reimagined portions of Dianne’s life. Part mystery, part coming-of-age story across decades, this memoir is a heartwarming exploration of how our pasts tell our truths, and how love survives us all.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631528017
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A decade after twelve-year-old Jessica loses her mother, Dianne, to cancer complications, she finds herself curious about Dianne’s mysterious youth. Armed with a journalism degree, Jessica sets out on a quest to find two of Dianne’s former lovers, an old ballroom dance partner and a Vietnam war hero, along with anyone else who can tell her about Dianne. The Butterfly Groove features Jessica’s journalistic approach complemented by reimagined portions of Dianne’s life. Part mystery, part coming-of-age story across decades, this memoir is a heartwarming exploration of how our pasts tell our truths, and how love survives us all.
American Betiya
Author: Anuradha D. Rajurkar
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1984897179
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson. Praise for American Betiya A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022 A YALSA Best Best Fiction for Young Adults A Cosmopolitan Best 100 Books of All Time A Book Riot best YA Book of 2021 A South Asia Book Award 2022 honoree A Children's Cooperative 2022 Best Book of the Year A 2022 Nerdy Book Club Best Novel Award Winner Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare. They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself--and what's really brewing beneath the surface of her first love. Winner of SCBWI's Emerging Voices award, Anuradha D. Rajurkar takes an honest look at the ways cultures can clash in an interracial relationship. Braiding together themes of sexuality, artistic expression, and appropriation, she gives voice to a girl claiming ownership of her identity, one shattered stereotype at a time. "A brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves." --Elana K. Arnold, award-winning author of What Girls Are Made Of
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1984897179
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson. Praise for American Betiya A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022 A YALSA Best Best Fiction for Young Adults A Cosmopolitan Best 100 Books of All Time A Book Riot best YA Book of 2021 A South Asia Book Award 2022 honoree A Children's Cooperative 2022 Best Book of the Year A 2022 Nerdy Book Club Best Novel Award Winner Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare. They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself--and what's really brewing beneath the surface of her first love. Winner of SCBWI's Emerging Voices award, Anuradha D. Rajurkar takes an honest look at the ways cultures can clash in an interracial relationship. Braiding together themes of sexuality, artistic expression, and appropriation, she gives voice to a girl claiming ownership of her identity, one shattered stereotype at a time. "A brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves." --Elana K. Arnold, award-winning author of What Girls Are Made Of
Dharma Road
Author: Brian Haycock
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN: 1612830013
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This memoir and spiritual guide from an Austin, Texas cab driver is “the real deal: good taxi and straight dharma” (Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of The Wise Heart). Brian Haycock was a cabdriver—who happened to be a Buddhist. During the course of his career, he learned that each fare provided an opportunity to learn the life lessons of the Buddha. So, hop in and buckle up; we’re off on our journey to self-discovery, passing through the precepts, the four noble truths, taking a hard left to stop and get coffee—where we’ll learn a few breathing techniques to bolster our patience—all the while watching for ambulances and bikers, focusing our attention and awareness so that we can arrive at our destination in good time and in one piece. Here are stories from everyday life that demonstrate how we can all benefit from a little Buddhist philosophy. With each chapter focusing on a specific topic, readers will learn to coast their way to building a life routine, focusing the mind, calming themselves with breathing exercises, and much more. “Engagingly written.” —Stephen Batchelor, national bestselling author of Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist “Compassionate and entertaining.” —David Brazier (aka Dharmavidya), author of The Feeling Buddha “Amusing and wise.” —Arthur Jeon, author of City Dharma and Sex, Love, and Dharma: Finding Love Without Losing Your Way “Wise and witty and direct: very Zen. Also, fun to read.” —Sylvia Boorstein, national bestselling author of Happiness is an Inside Job and That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN: 1612830013
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This memoir and spiritual guide from an Austin, Texas cab driver is “the real deal: good taxi and straight dharma” (Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of The Wise Heart). Brian Haycock was a cabdriver—who happened to be a Buddhist. During the course of his career, he learned that each fare provided an opportunity to learn the life lessons of the Buddha. So, hop in and buckle up; we’re off on our journey to self-discovery, passing through the precepts, the four noble truths, taking a hard left to stop and get coffee—where we’ll learn a few breathing techniques to bolster our patience—all the while watching for ambulances and bikers, focusing our attention and awareness so that we can arrive at our destination in good time and in one piece. Here are stories from everyday life that demonstrate how we can all benefit from a little Buddhist philosophy. With each chapter focusing on a specific topic, readers will learn to coast their way to building a life routine, focusing the mind, calming themselves with breathing exercises, and much more. “Engagingly written.” —Stephen Batchelor, national bestselling author of Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist “Compassionate and entertaining.” —David Brazier (aka Dharmavidya), author of The Feeling Buddha “Amusing and wise.” —Arthur Jeon, author of City Dharma and Sex, Love, and Dharma: Finding Love Without Losing Your Way “Wise and witty and direct: very Zen. Also, fun to read.” —Sylvia Boorstein, national bestselling author of Happiness is an Inside Job and That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist