This two-sided prompt journal combines the captivating photographs and comforting advice from The Blue Day Book with space for readers to record their own feelings and observations and conquer those blue days that everyone experiences. There is plenty of space for personal reflection on its beautifully designed pages, and it also provides prompted list pages in its directory section so readers can record and remember the things that help them ...

My thinking was set in motion by those who, knowing I was a parish minister for many years, have asked me for advice about ceremonies and celebrations. They wanted words to use at graduations, funerals, and the welcoming of children. They inquired about grace at family meals, the reaffirmation of wedding vows, and ways to heal wounds suffered in personal conflict. People requested help with the rituals of solitude, such as meditation, prayer, ...

This, unlike most books of quotations, is not culled from other anthologies, but is the product of thousands of books read and remembered over a lifetime. Kehl is concerned with fresh insight and unhackneyed response. The quotations are those he has found most useful in cultivating independent thinking. He shares the educational goal defined by Sidney Jourard: "The task is to break the hypnotic spell, so that we become undeaf, unblind and ...

Life's a trip! Dr. Hull, as your "life-driving instuctor, " offers insights for maneuvering the potholes and detours of life with greater ease and well-being both personally and professionally. This maintenance manual for happier living shows you how to put spark back in your plugs and a smile back on your face by knowing it's what's under the hood and in your heart that counts. When you DRIVE YOURSELF HAPPY, life is a joy ride- not only by ...

Most career guides offer slow-moving, long-range plans that ignore the overwhelming negative emotions standing between workplace failure and success. But Karen Salmansohn has created a snappy, day-by-day program for shaping up your career in just a few short weeks. Frank and funny, The 30-Day Plan to Whip Your Career Into Submission is like boot camp for your dayplanner, a rescue manual that zaps draining activities and emotions. As readers ...

This book offers a creative new approach to strengthening mental, emotional, and spiritual intelligence -- a step-by-step guide to immediate benefits in health, relationships, and work. Less Drama, More Fun is about the drama that men and women script into their personal and professional lives. Drama-making is an ill that creates needless anxiety and chaos; it is ubiquitous -- only the degree with which it impacts our lives varies. Let America's ...

Scott is famous for celebrating the wit and wisdom of age. Now he asks a wide range of people, "What's the greatest thing about getting older?" From expressions of delight in senior citizen discounts to sage advice on life's challenges, the answers are always surprising, often moving, and sometimes very funny.
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In 1979, someone asked humorist Erma Bombeck, "If you had your life to live over, would you change anything?" Her immediate answer was no, but once she thought about it, she changed her mind. The result was a classic column that has hung on hundreds of refrigerator doors and has now been exquisitely illustrated and designed as a handsome gift book that reminds us of what is really important in life, offering wisdom to inspire us all. ...

As in her very popular A Book for My Sister, Pamela Winterbourne has found the essential truths of the connection between woman and woman, this time between a mother and her own daughter. She recognizes the power of shared memories, and balances the competing claims of connection and independence. This is a book in which a mother's loving wishes for her daughter are given rich expression. Welleran Poltarnees finds the right pictures to add to ...

Daughters are special. The bond between a daughter and her father, or a daughter and her mother, is the most significant she'll have in her lifetime. For My Daughter celebrates the laughter, the tears, the joy, and the very uniqueness of this relationship.<P> ...