Your Essential Self

This book reflects the content and input elicited from hundreds of participants of a five-day public seminar given throughout the U.S. over the past 10 years. This seminar has been presented to a broad array of managers and leaders in corporate and institutional industry, crossing cultural and economic boundaries. The book is unique in that it draws on a model developed especially for this seminar program. Two years of research on Peak Performance was conducting leading to the seminar design which ultimately led to this book. Based on this research, this book encompasses three unique but intimately related areas of action: the introspective search for the 'Essential Self', the practical methods to deliver that 'Self' to the world and the methods to sustain the 'Self' through a daily practice based on three simple life defining questions.

Helps you learn how to attain the three stages of human awakening - the process of self-discovery, the transformation into authenticity, and the source of consciousness - on the inner journey to your true self. This guide describes how spiritual attainment is not an unreachable fantasy, but a logical extension of human development.

Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote that Most men die with their music still in them. In The Essential Self, psychologist and master life coach Dr. Elliott Rosenbaum explores the source of joy and fulfillment and teaches us how to access our inner music. This music comes from our Essence and consistently connects us to our life purpose and most compelling goals. With the tools of The Essential Self in hand, we are guided to truly transform our lives and live a life that is deeply enjoyable and satisfying.

Replace your inner critic with a big self-hug—an interactive workbook for teens ages 13 to 16 Feelings of anxiety, sadness, insecurity, and shame are challenging obstacles that may come your way while growing up, and they are difficult to manage alone. Self compassion is a remarkable, life-changing superpower that will help you develop a healthier outlook and a more balanced, accepting view of yourself. The Essential Self Compassion Workbook for Teens is an interactive guide filled with practical and interesting activities and exercises rooted in research-based strategies that will help you calm your inner critic, deal with difficult emotions, and learn to love yourself. Inspired by the Mindful Self Compassion program developed by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff, author Katie Krimer puts her own spin on some of their most tried and true principles, and infuses her unique, impassioned voice into the pages of this workbook. By learning core elements of self compassion and coping skills, you can embrace yourself, overcome self-criticism, and cultivate kindness. Designed to teach you all the aspects of this beneficial practice, this hands-on workbook will help you take that brave first step in a journey that will create a kinder and more empathetic you. This self compassion workbook will teach teens: Kind at heart—With an encouraging, positive tone, learn to motivate yourself with kindness and self compassion. Personal stories—Relate to other teens who, like you, have struggled with negative thoughts and emotions and benefited from the wonders of self compassion. Interactive approach—Use unique exercises and journaling sections as your safe place to always be able to jot down your thoughts and feelings and reframe your perspective. Work toward becoming a more harmonious, accepting version of yourself with self compassion.

Many people think they know exactly what they want, but the way our brain works, what we really want is hidden from us. When most of us are asked what we want most in life, our answers usually come in broad strokes, such as having a certain amount of money, success, free time, living in a happy family, having a less stressful job, getting married, etc. Dr. Uram guides people to dig beneath the surface of what they think they want most. And through Essential Living we can discover what they discovered: most of us are on an indirect route that actually leads away from what we truly want most. After years of professional experience, Dr. Uram concludes that when we become aware of what we really want most and learn to calm and better regulate certain areas of our brain, we can change course and get on a path that takes us directly to our true desires. We are born with the four qualities we most want. They are actually inherent to our most basic nature, our Core Self, which we have lost touch with over time. As we grow up, however, we must turn our focus toward the "business of life" while our Core Self fades quietly into the background. As adults, our inherent Core Self is still the deepest driving force in our lives, yet we have forgotten how to recognize and connect with it. In Essential Living Dr. Uram shows us how we lost touch with our Core Self, and how we can train our brain to reconnect with it. We can then expand from where we are to where we truly want to be; experiencing life with greater peace, happiness, love and freedom.

Leading innovators in their respective fields, the authors have joined forces to create an entirely new model, of who we are, how we can live and how we can dress. Hurley and Donson, innovators in personality systems, and Parsons, a leading creator of style and systems, join forces to give you a new, simple yet profoundly accurate way to identify your Essential Self and from it create your own Essential Style. The book is easy to read, fun and enlightening! Founded upon the three kinds of human intelligence revealed by modern brain researched - thinking, feeling and doing -- it describes three groups of people according to which two intelligences a person uses best. From the three intelligences also come three styles, Elegant, Traditional and Sporty. Combining these elements lead you to your hidden resource, the key to discovering your Essential Self and thus to expressing your Essential Style. The book encourages readers to see themselves in a new light that reveals possibilities for growth and change which lead to fulfillment, meaning and happiness. It offers simple, practical steps to achieve these ends. By aligning your inner essence and outer expression, you elicit the responses from yourself and others you have always sought.

New York Times bestselling author and Life Designs, Inc. creator Martha Beck shares her step-by-step program that will guide you to fulfill your own potential and create a joyful life. In this book, you'll start by learning how to read the internal compasses already built into your brain and body--and why you may have spent your life ignoring their signals. As you become reacquainted with your own deepest desires, you'll identify and repair any unconscious beliefs or unhealed emotional wounds that may be blocking your progress. This will change your life, but don't worry--although every life is unique, major transformations have common elements, and Beck provides a map that will guide you through your own life changes. You'll learn how to navigate every stage, from the first flickering appearance of a new dream to the planning and implementation of your own ideal life. Based on Dr. Beck's work as a Harvard-trained sociologist, research associate at Harvard Business School, instructor at Thunderbird Business School, and especially on her experiences with her clients over the last six years, Finding Your Own North Star offers thoroughly tested case studies, questionnaires, and exercises to help you articulate your core desires and act on them to build a more satisfying life. “Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your right life, the ultimate realization of your potential for happiness. I believe that a knowledge of that perfect life sits inside you just as the North Star sits in its unaltering spot.” -- Martha Beck

"This is an excellent book that explains spiritual principles and how to carry them into everyday life . . . Highly recommended."—Library Journal Sufism is a centuries-old spiritual psychology leading to presence in life. Presence is our capacity to be whole in the moment, in alignment with our deepest wisdom. With unusual clarity, this book describes how presence is different from ordinary habits of mind, and how it can be developed. Drawing on the words of the great Sufi, Rumi, as well as traditional material and personal experience, this book integrates the wisdom of Sufism with the needs of contemporary life. Living Presence offers a wisdom that is both universal and practical. It shows how we can bring spirituality and psychology into a balanced system that honors and awakens the soul. “I am pleased to give Living Presence a high recommendation: It is sober, thoughtful, and well worth deep reflection. Helminski is concerned with out interactions with each other, with cultivating love and a desire to serve the Highest through serving each other . . . a valuable emphasis in a culture like ours that tends to think of spiritual development as special and solitary experiences.”—Noetic Sciences Review by Charles Tart, Ph.D.