Practice Joy

Relax and find happiness amid the swirl of the modern world with this internationally best-selling guide to simplifying your life by a Japanese monk who embodies the wisdom of Zen.

Why do we suffer? Is there a purpose to our pain? Reflecting on his own journey from Esquire magazine editor-in-chief to Buddhist meditation teacher, Phillip Moffitt provides a fresh perspective on the Buddha's ancient wisdom, showing how to move from suffering to new awareness and unanticipated joy. With a strong message of self-empowerment, Dancing with Life offers a prescriptive path for finding joy and peace that will appeal to anyone searching for a more authentic life.

Leadership that connects people and centers compassion and trust instead of competition and disconnection is needed more than ever before. There are plenty of manuals that show people how to manage organizations, but what is really needed in this moment is a book that shows us how to include kindness and inspiration within leadership. Leading with Joy promotes a courageous and compassionate approach to leadership that can sustain purposeful action and social change.

We’ve been conditioned, from an early age, to believe that one day we’ll reach a moment of “arrival.” But no matter how much we achieve or acquire we still don’t feel as satisfied or as fulfilled as we thought we would be. Exhausted, we become burned out and cynical, questioning the purpose of it all.

We are all increasingly hungry for soul-deep happiness. All over the globe, from the hallways of Harvard, where the university's most popular course is a class on positive psychology, to the United Nations' resolution naming March 20th the International Day of Happiness, the question of how to be authentically happy concerns millions of lives today.

A Path for Couples takes you through ten proven practices that help couples create more love and connection in their relationship. Are you experiencing any of these common patterns in your relationship? Having the same argument over and over Feeling like roommates rather than a couple One or both of you are shut down It feels like you’re living parallel lives Lack of emotional intimacy Infrequent physical intimacy If so, you’re not alone! More than 90% of couple report issues like this and unfortunately more than 50% of marriages end in divorce. But it doesn’t have to be this way ...

You Can Give a F*ck: A No-BS Guide to Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness, and Real Connections Do you want to master emotional intelligence without the fluff? You Can Give a Fck* is the unapologetically honest guide to understanding your emotions, improving relationships, and living a more fulfilled life. This book dives deep into real-world strategies for self-awareness, empathy, and personal growth while keeping it raw, relatable, and refreshingly funny. Forget the buzzwords. This is for anyone who’s tired of vague advice and ready to take control of their emotional well-being. ...

The Tao of Daily Life combines ancient Eastern wisdom with practical application—perfect for busy Western listeners! Derek Lin, Taoist master and expert in Eastern philosophy, brings his deep knowledge of this time-honored Chinese spiritual thought system into the twenty-first century. Using the powerful medium of stories and short dharma talks, Lin illuminates the Taoist secrets and engages the listener in their inherent wisdom.

In this clear and methodical field guide, author Mark Coleman shows you step-by-step how to develop a nature-based meditation practice every week of the year. Through systematic cultivation of mindfulness techniques, he’ll teach you how to attune to your senses and connect with the richness of the sensory world.

During her own year of transition—a milestone birthday, a wedding anniversary, the emptying of the nest—Walrond, in the buoyant and luminous style her listeners have come to love, does a deep dive into dimensions of getting older, including health, beauty, spirituality, connection, adventure, and meaning and purpose. Through conversations with social workers and neurologists, activists and clergy, Walrond satisfies her curiosity about why the dominant culture treats aging as a time of dwindling capacity.

Accessible, playful, and genuine, this concise guide shows how we can incorporate our own daily experiences into our spiritual path and awaken to how things truly are. By embracing sadness, love, and openness in our lives, we develop an altruistic attitude to help all beings who suffer and to reduce our own greed and aggression. This easy-to-listen-to manual by one of the most widely loved and respected Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our time teaches us how to honestly explore and deal with our own hang-ups and neuroses.

Principles of Real Estate Practice in Georgia contains the essentials of the national and Georgia real estate law, principles, and practices necessary for basic competence as a real estate professional and as mandated by Georgia license law. It is based on our highly successful and popular national publication, Principles of Real Estate Practice, which is in use in real estate schools nationwide.

You brush your teeth twice a day. Simple. Done. Easy. What about ... working out, creating, hobbies? Or work wise: advertising, sharing on social media, researching? How often should you be doing what? And why? What if there were a frequency where you were your most powerful self? Like when the radio signal is just right and it all comes in loud and clear. I'm going to be talking to people to find out what frequency they best do what--and why. Tune in to find out more. Get it? Tune in? I know, I'm hilarious.

Considering addiction through a trauma-informed lens, The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps offers an accessible, lyrical, and practical guide to Twelve-Step recovery that elevates a somatic approach rooted in healing, relationship, and Earth connection. Somatic and spiritual counselor, educator, and writer Nina Pick shows how addiction is rooted in survival strategies that protect us from overwhelmingly painful experiences.

Whether you're struggling with racing thoughts, emotional tension, or long-term insomnia, this trauma-informed self-hypnosis program offers a safe, natural path back to deep and restorative rest. Unlike rigid sleep routines or performance-based techniques, these guided sessions are designed to help you unlearn the stress of not sleeping, and recondition your body and subconscious mind to rest with ease.

Based on the actual words of Our Lord to St. Gertrude as recorded in her famous Revelations. Shows little-known ways to gain great graces quickly and advance rapidly in divine love, especially by placing all of our own prayers in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that they might be perfected and made more pleasing thereby. St. Gertrude is one of the greatest Saints in the Church, and here indeed are the secrets of a Saint! Imprimatur.

Witchcraft is a practice where everyone can self-soothe and find their alignment again through performance, play, following impulses, and inviting joy into their lives. Beyond spell jars and candle magic, there’s a whole world of uncommon ways to inject some childlike wonder and play therapy into your daily practice. Now you can pursue joy, healing, and fun, with this guide to finding happiness through magic, filled with straight-talk self-care advice backed up by magical spells, rituals, recipes, meditations, and more!

Using step by step instructions, the author illustrates how to be fully present in the moment without clinging to joy or resisting sorrow. This opens the door to a kind of wellness that goes beyond circumstances. Actively engaging life as it is in this fashion holds the potential for awakening to a peace and well-being that are not dependent on whether a particular experience is joyful or sorrowful.

Bonus: free accompanying audio guides on mindfulness meditation practices. Do you struggle with overthinking and want to begin a mindful journey to help you find clarity, peace, joy? The brain's neuroplasticity, or its ability to adapt and change as we learn from new experiences, allows us to reframe how we practice mindfulness. The miracle of mindfulness lets us develop our brain's potential and better understand ourselves.

A simple guide to breathwork by a lauded expert that takes you through 25 simple practices for everyday situations, such as de-stressing, managing anger, falling asleep, connecting with others, and more.