Create The Space You Deserve

"Settling for just any roof over my head was not a choice." —Jill Butler Successful and talented artist, illustrator, designer, businesswoman, and author Jill Butler uses her bold and captivating artwork, along with stunning photography of her nothing-special-turned-dream-cottage, to inspire readers to do more with their living spaces and in turn more with their lives. Hundreds of decorating tips and ideas are accompanied by mind-maps and other illustrations reflecting the myriad of decisions, emotions, and questions readers will face. Part guide to creating the space you want to live in, part journal to help you reevaluate, reinvent, and revitalize yourself, Create the Space You Deserve is a launching pad to access your creative self and express your personality onto your living space.

In this charmingly illustrated book, artist Jill Butler guides readers to thoughtfully and intentionally create a living space filled with safety, comfort, and joy.

Le Chic Cocoon discusses the power of design and decorating to enable women to harness their instinctive power and meet their own needs. Underlying themes are the role of women, feminism, and self-care. The book provides a unique take on the physical embodiment of a woman's inner self: in order to be her best self, a woman needs a space of her own in which to focus, dream, and be selfish, in the most positive sense of the word. By being selfish, a woman can unleash her creativity and reach her life's potential.

Design the safe, beautiful, functional nursery of your dreams with this inspiring and interactive step-by-step guide from renowned nursery interior designer and founder of Little Crown Interiors, Naomi Coe. Making room for baby has never looked so good. Congratulations! You’ve got a little one on the way! As you dive into What to Expect When You’re Expecting and your nesting instincts jump into hyperdrive, there’s something exciting on your mind: The Nursery! Specifically, figuring out how to create a nursery like the ones you’ve seen online and on social media while dealing with changing hormones and constant stress about not getting it right, on time, and within budget. Those Instagram nurseries look so perfect: the gorgeous crib, stylish décor, and just enough coziness…how did they do it? Enter Naomi Coe. As the award-winning founder of Little Crown Interiors, and one of the first designers in the country to specialize in nursery design, Naomi is no stranger to creating beautiful nurseries or answering the questions overwhelmed parents-to-be often have: -How do I find a crib that looks great, but is also safe? -Should I use blackout curtains or sheer curtains, and what length? -Is it worth it to invest in a trend like wallpaper? -Can I buy this secondhand? -How can I repurpose a space for older or future children? In Your Perfect Nursery, parents-to-be will be showered with advice for identifying their style and personalizing décor, creating a functional floor plan, budgeting and project management, and more—all while ensuring safety is the number one priority. Parents will breathe easy knowing they have a single, organized resource to consult with in this accessible, step-by-step handbook. Featuring checklists, a floor plan guide, budget tips, and more than 150 stunning photographs to inspire parents-to-be, Your Perfect Nursery is the ultimate step-by-step roadmap for designing this special space, no matter your budget or style.

In every challenge we are handed an opportunity to evolve into a better version of ourselves. We are given a choice - either to keep repeating the same mistakes, or to accept the invitation graciously and realize that we have the power within to be our own savior. We can learn how to heal and navigate a fulfilling life path by aligning with our soul to activate the wisdom of the Universal love that surrounds us. We can’t get to this place by chance, we have to do the work. But what exactly is the work? Right here, in this book! Align with Soul will show you how to find your life purpose, heal your problems, navigate a spiritual awakening and live a fulfilled life by understanding who you are and why you are here. Align with Soul will provide you with the spiritual philosophy, tools and techniques to inspire your journey of personal development toward enlightenment. This is your life manual, your spiritual journal. This is the book you’ve been waiting for. From the Author As we are faced with challenges in our life we are given two options, one, to run and hide, play the victim and cry why is this happening to me? Or we can change our attitude and start seeing the truth—that everything is placed in our life for a reason—to assist our soul to evolve in deep transformation. The moment we learn how to surrender the need for control and lean into such evolution, is the moment we are able to finally heal and grow into a better version of ourselves. It is the moment that we can step into alignment to discover who we are and what it is that we need to achieve in this life. Enclosed within in these pages you will find spiritual wisdom that has been passed down from generation to generation. These ideas of spiritual philosophy and energy healing have been around since the beginning of time, and many of them are still the core beliefs for Indigenous tribes around the world. But as colonization erupted through various countries, the honor of such wisdom was destroyed and forgotten. Instead, we were pushed into a world that encourages consumption, regardless at the cost of the planet or our mental health with one goal in mind—to make people richer and richer, as we too, join in the hunt for material wealth in the hopes of happiness, forgetting that we have everything we need within us to be happy right here, right now. So that is what this book is all about—reminding you of the truth you know but keep forgetting. You have the answers to lead a fulfilling life, you have everything you need right now in this present moment. Your soul knows this but as you move through your body and mind, you keep forgetting. Align with Soul will harmonize your energy flow between your mind, body and soul to provide you with the answers you need to live the life you deserve. Everything that you know is about to change. Welcome home.

More Black women are needed in the academy. More Black women may want to join the academy, but the academy has not always been accepting of us. Black women who are currently in academia or in doctoral programs face a wide array of social challenges, from racial discrimination to sexism to anti-Black women experiences. Many Black women have hesitated on applying to or starting their doctoral programs to avoid such social challenges. A Black Woman’s Guide to Earning a Ph.D. provides Black women with tips and resources on how to navigate and survive as a doctoral student at a predominantly white university or program. This book focuses primarily on the first two years of graduate school as years 1 and 2 are typically the most challenging. In this book, Black women will read personal stories related to mental health, the impostor syndrome, racial discrimination experiences, and much more. Lastly, this book was written to encourage more Black women to write about their experiences in their doctoral program for others who will come after them. We are all we’ve got.

From being diagnosed with cancer at age 14, Colleen saw many people leave this life without ever truly living, Live Your Truth empowers people to find the truth, fall in love with life, and intoxicate the world with love.

Do you want to become the master of your own reality? Do you want to uncover personal truths and pathways to the divine within? Do you want to live a magical, wonderful, joyful, loving, abundant life? Create Space from Your Higher Self is dedicated to give you the tools to do just that. You will discover when you are self-sabotaging yourself and being observed by your inner critic. You can start observing yourself from your higher self and working with your higher self. During your journey, follow steps through the chapters and the meditations to uncover your authentic self. You can also understand how to use the elements for healing and transformation. Experience the magical wonders of the feng shui bagua to call in all your blessings, and connect and work with the angels.