A Year Of Questions How To Slow Down And Fall In Love With Life

Watching too much trashy television, trying to find something decent to eat in a motorway service station, feeling awkward at dinner parties, putting off the hoovering...is this what life is all about? These everyday ordinary things happen to us all. This book helps us to discover what we can learn from them. It encourages us to wonder why we hate our boss, and why we keep spending too much money. It invites us to look at the ball of string between our ears and start to untangle it. It nudges us into slowing down, paying more attention, waking up. As well as the hoovering, life is also about seeing a vase of yellow tulips lit up from behind, making creamy potatoes au gratin for your family, sitting by the sea and watching the waves twinkle. 'A Year of Questions' will help you to fall in love with your life all over again.

In 2014, 33-year- old Mandy Len Catron went on a date with an acquaintance. They decided to try an experiment: inspired by a study designed to create romantic feelings, Mandy and Mark spent the evening asking each other 36 increasingly intimate questions, wondering if it would lead to them falling in love. In How to Fall in Love with Anyone, this experiment is Catron’s starting point for investigating what it means to love someone and to be loved, and how we present our love to the world. What makes love last? Can love ever work the way it seems to in films, books and social media? Is there a “right” way to fall in love? In these candid, charming and wise essays, Catron blends memoir with cultural and social commentary on the psychology, biology, history and literature of love. How to Fall in Love with Anyone is a deeply personal, yet universal investigation into the one thing we all want—or think we want—more than anything. Includes “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This”, one of the most popular essays to appear in the New York Times’ “Modern Love” column “In our age of total romantic confusion, Mandy Len Catron is a voice of good sense, warm humor, and consoling wisdom. Through the lens of her own relationships, she teaches us—with a deft, convincing intelligence—some of the vital moves in the art of love.” —Alain de Botton, internationally bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life and The Course of Love MANDY LEN CATRON lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She writes about love and love stories at The Love Story Project, and teaches English and creative writing at the University of British Columbia.

An Uncompromised Life empowers readers to overcome their heartbreaks and trauma, so that they can fall in love with life by understanding how to live a life which does not compromise their soul. An Uncompromised Life takes readers through Colleen Gallagher’s past unhealthy relationship which led her to compromise her soul. From this relationship, an unplanned pregnancy was created. Faced with a life changing decision, and shocked because Western medical doctors told Colleen it would be challenging for her to get pregnant after being diagnosed with cancer at age 14, she chose to let her child go. Through this difficult moment, the name Ella came to Colleen. The name Ella encouraged her to realize that her child was real and would always be with her in her heart. Colleen learned what it truly meant to fall in love with life, find herself, and find the power in living a life uncompromised to the soul. There are 12 lessons that she learned during her beautiful life journey that she has captured and written within An Uncompromised Life to share with readers, so they too can: Live to their fullest potential; Understand that miracles exist and will happen for them; Overcome any trauma that they have gone through; and Know that they can create an impact-driven business to guide others in their souls’ evolution on this planet.

If you could do one thing for yourself today, why not do a quick mindfulness ritual? In our busy, high-stress lives, sometimes we all need to slow down, breathe, and just be. But, as easy as that sounds, many of us are intimidated by the practice of meditation. Fortunately, you don’t have to experience a divine awakening or reach profound enlightenment to take advantage of this ancient practice. The simple rituals in this take-anywhere guide can help you get started—right now! In A Moment for Me, you’ll learn to create a personal and well-rounded mindfulness practice to last you all year long. Featuring 52 satisfying and easy rituals, you’ll find quick inspiration to help you make mindfulness a regular part of your routine. The best part? You can use this book as a weekly dose of spiritual insight, or use each chapter as a standalone ritual. Whatever feels comfortable and meaningful to you! So, why not get started today? Mindfulness meditation has never been so simple.

"With its gentle affirmations, inspirational quotes, fill-in-the-blank lists and tasks — write yourself a thank-you letter, describe yourself at 80, for example — The Artist’s Way proposes an egalitarian view of creativity: Everyone’s got it."—The New York Times "Morning Pages have become a household name, a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"—Vogue Over four million copies sold! Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron's novel approach guides readers in uncovering problems areas and pressure points that may be restricting their creative flow and offers techniques to free up any areas where they might be stuck, opening up opportunities for self-growth and self-discovery. The program begins with Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery – The Morning Pages, a daily writing ritual of three pages of stream-of-conscious, and The Artist Date, a dedicated block of time to nurture your inner artist. From there, she shares hundreds of exercises, activities, and prompts to help readers thoroughly explore each chapter. She also offers guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors. A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.

The process of human transformation is complex and ongoing. This book presents a framework for understanding human transformation through the insights of Bernard Lonergan. The reader will be introduced to terms such as the turn to the subject, consciousness, subjectivity, and intersubjectivity. It will explore terms such as horizon, feelings, values, self-esteem, sublation, conversion, dialectic, and religious experience. The book explores transformation through the way mentors have authored their own lives, told their own stories, and taken possession of their interiority. Transformation is illustrated through the lives of saints and ordinary men and women who did extraordinary things, such as St. Augustine, Dag Hammarskjold, Vaclav Havel, Franz Jaggerstatter, St. Therese of Lisieux, Fredrich Nietzsche, Katherine Ann Power, and Marie Cardinal. Transformation is also illustrated through the medium of cinema: Babette's Feast, The Mission, As It is in Heaven, Romero, Dead Poets Society, Ordinary People, The Godfather trilogy, Three Color trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dial M for Murder, and Twelve Angry Men. While the book treats religious, moral, affective, intellectual, and psychic conversion as moments of transformation, it argues that ecological conversion requires all of these so as to meet the most serious moral challenge of our time.

Condiments for Life is a wonderfully unique collection of poetry like no other! It has a perfect mixture of poetic thoughts, advice, and even some new quotes to share with friends. This book has a fabulous buffet of humor, thought provoking topics, Christian inspiration, relationship advice, poems on parenting, love, poems for teenagers and adults, and much more! But don't forget the rule about buffets, no sharing :O). So please make sure you tell your friends and family where to buy their own book! We all use condiments to add flavor to the food we eat. This book was written to add flavor to everyday real life challenges and events using my own unique style of straight-forward poetry. Just like there are some bitter times, sweet and spicy times, serious and prayerful times, fun times, and "proclaim it" times, you will find a fantastic selection of all of these in this book. So go ahead! Find a good seat, dive into this great book, and enjoy yourself over and over, you deserve it! the contents of this book are compatible with any diet of life too. You can even order your favorite poem to be made onto your favorite item of choice such as mugs, hats, calendars, or even car magnets, etc. which make great gifts for any occasion!

This handbook focuses on different aspects of anti-aging and both preventive and regenerative medicine. It includes analysis of the paradigm of ageing and concepts of anti-aging medicine. Standards and technologies are highlighted in over twenty chapters all authored by international experts in regenerative medicine. Topics covered include: • Ageing, aging, and anti-aging: A Decalogue for anti-aging medicine • Lessons from Sicilian centenarians for anti-aging medicine • Molecular biomarkers and genetic aspects of aging • Future of peptides in clinical practice • Mitochondrial approaches in anti-aging medicine and in SARS-CoV2 infection • Tissue-specific autoantibodies in preventive medicine • Chronic stress as a psycho-neuro-immunological dysfunction • Gut-associated immune system and its health implications • Regenerative medicine with platelet-rich-plasma • Alzheimer’s disease: Preventive and anti-aging neurology • Autistic spectrum disorder and mitochondrial medicine • Integrative hormonal approach in anti-aging medicine • Preventive cardiology and phlebology • Aesthetic and anti-aging medicine • Preventive ophthalmology • Preventive oncology • Nutrition in healthy aging • Physical activity and fitness paradigms for anti-aging and longevity Recommended reading for clinicians working in anti-aging medicine as well as ageing people. The authors hope it will set a new “standard of anti-aging medicine” and as a tool in planning for the inevitable challenges we all will face caring for ageing patients and creating preventive-health programs.