Self Help Religion

Exhale is for the woman who is suffocating under the pressures of being all things to all people. The pressure of filling every unfilled spot at church, home, and work. The pressure of trying to do it all right, make decisions that benefit everyone else, and keep everyone happy. Move from running-on-empty to spent-and-content.

As witchcraft grows ever more popular, there are countless introductions and paths into magical practice to choose from—so many that you might not know where to begin. When you’re just getting started, it’s easy to be intimidated or discouraged or to feel that there’s no place for you in the craft.

In The Spirituality of Dreaming, leading dream scholar and expert Dr. Kelly Bulkeley brings us a set of time-honored methods to stimulate innate dreaming capacities and amplify their impact in our waking lives. Relying on years of research, data analysis, and interviews, Bulkeley offers wisdom and strategies from "big dreamers"—people who have vivid, intense dreams and remember them.

Recognized as a valuable tool for identifying recurring patterns of unhealthy behavior and the ways we try to earn God's favor, the Enneagram is used by churches, ministries, and families to grow more like Jesus and be closer to one another. While its wisdom is highly sought after, the Enneagram system can be complicated to navigate for first-time users. In this guide, certified Enneagram coach Kim Eddy breaks down the essentials to help beginners discover their type and break free from fear and shame by knowing and experiencing the unconditional love, forgiveness, and freedom in Christ.

Life is an incredible journey with ups and downs. We soar, struggle, scale, and stumble, and often stand at the edge of cliffs, afraid to step into the unknown, unsure of where we will land. But instead of running away, we are called by God to stand firm, muster up what faith we can, and take a step. Because we were made to move mountains. In this inspiring book, Kristen Welch calls you to step out in faith and climb the mountain in front of you - not because you are good enough or adequate or able, but because God makes a way where there is no way.

Love’s Ancients A Spiritual Quest for Enlightenment In Book 4 of The Love Series, Kaathi, the healer, and Jacob, the warrior, embark on a quest to find the Ancients who have been communicating with Kaathi since she was a child. They encroach on the territories of lions, crocodiles, baboons, a race of diminutive hairless people, a new colony of mutants, a married couple of gigantic stature, and people resembling Neanderthals. Their encounters elicit danger, injury, and death. Intrigued by the depth of love inherent in someone as young as Kaathi, some from the new races seek sanctuary with ...

The Mystic Brings Hope to the Weary and the Seekers of Beloved In the eleventh book of The Love Series, Kaathi, the mystic, her friends, and her nine-year-old cousin, Hope, set sail to exotic nations to introduce Hope and advance the quest for justice, equality and love. While in Jeru Salem, Kaathi challenges the pope about his interpretation of hell, and Hope confronts the pope saying many of the commandments are negative and should be replaced by one loving statement. Kaathi also irritates the head rabbi of the Jewish faith concerning women’s status in the synagogue. The queen of Persia...

Love’s Wisdom A Heroine's Intense Saga of Truth and Love - - - A Self-Help Novel Offering Emotional & Spiritual Guidance Through Events, Issues & Personal Interaction In the third book in The Love Series, the races have been blended many generations after the world devastation. In this new world, cruel tyrants rule, women and slaves are considered to be possessions, religion is used to control the masses, and any opposition is met with death. Kaathi, the teenage heroine in Love’s Sacrifice is on the brink of enlightenment and is filled with courage and unconditional love. Aligning ...

"Award Winning Finalist in the LGBTQ: Non-Fiction category of the 2018 International Book Awards" “Don’t Let it Show” by Randy S. Boucher I am not a writer, nor do I pretend to be one. This is my life story, I strive to keep it as truthful as possible recalling incidents as they accrued. There may be some miss spelled words, improper use of grammar, and some obscene language in this book. I wanted this book to convey the way in which I talk and my feelings. This is my story. It’s of a boy with a very troubled upbringing craving to find out who is in in this world. This journey ...

Filled with reflections and brief imaginative sequences, Come to Mary's House invites you to imagine you are with the Blessed Virgin-visiting in her living room, working in her garden, or catching up over coffee. The goal is to encourage your encounter with Mary as a friend, sister, and mother-in a comfortable, gentle way. By developing a personal relationship with her, you'll let her lead you closer to Jesus.

“In Earth Wisdom, Gene Andrade has given this generation a thoughtful and thought-provoking reminder. In his experiences with Yogananda, Rajneesh, Krishnamurti and others, he has learned something important, something many of us need to hear.” – John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America, and The New Good Life In Earth Wisdom, Gene Andrade takes you on his personal odyssey through a maze of spiritual teachers, cults, and teachings to discover how to grow spiritually in a safe, sane, and balanced way. Excerpt from Earth Wisdom During my life, I have been driven by my intense ...

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally. You will learn to reach for the "ultimate step," which brings you face to face with your personal spirituality. It will be this that helps you appreciate the complexity that is life.

"How can I live a spiritual life every day?" Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat believe that we can read the text of our lives and of the world around us for sacred meaning. All we need is spiritual literacy, and they illustrate their point with an enthralling treasury of brief "aha!" passages from such writers as Maya Angelou, Thich Nhat Hanh, and many more.

In today’s busy world we struggle to find time for anything and frequently prioritize God out of our lives or confine Him to a Sunday service. The ONE Challenge is about prioritizing ONE piece of our time around God instead of God around our time. We do this by completing ONE activity in each of the following categories: Scripture Prayer Praise Service Fellowship Accountability

None of us wants to be sidelined, stuck, shamed, or silenced. But the difficulties of life have a way of putting us in a corner, and we don't know how to move forward. We see brokenness in our communities, our relationships, and our spirits. It's so easy to blame ourselves or our circumstances, to get bogged down in discouragement and toxic thinking. But that's not what we were meant for, and that's not how God wants us to live.

The Miracles of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams Praise be to Allah the Exalted, Lord of the Universe and Beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and His family, companions, and those who follow his footprints and rightly guided ways until the Doomsday. The main aim of compiling this book “The Miracles of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)” by Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams urges Muslims to adopt Islamic mentality by looking at things from an Islamic perspective. Like all his other books, this is written in simple language for common people and explains the number of miracles performed by the...

There are many religions, philosophies, self help books, movements, and teachers all offering glimpses of the truth. All of them can "get you there", but what if there was an easier, more direct route to achieve a sense of peace and calm in your life? Living the life of your dreams doesn't have to be complicated or confusing. You are literally built for it! When you stop living outside yourself and defining yourself by what you experience with your senses and instead turn within, you can live effortlessly, freely and fully. You can't do this by trying to understand your way there, or by ...

Yes, I know that memorizing the Faith is no substitute for living a holy life, but even devout people can't live by truths and precepts they don't remember. That's why, over 700 years ago, St. Thomas Aquinas perfected an easy method for his students to memorize most any information, but especially the truths taught by Christ and His Church. Now thanks to Memorize the Faith!, you can easily keep all these in mind by tapping into the power of the classical memory system that helped St. Thomas become the Church's preeminent theologian.

Does following Jesus feel impossible? Are you trying hard to be a good Christian while secretly feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Las Vegas pastor Vance Pitman spent almost a decade of his Christian journey trying hard to live the Christian life. For years, he tried - and for years he failed miserably. In Unburdened, Vance closely examines the life of Jesus in the Gospels to reveal the soul-awakening truths that have set him and many others free from the burden of religion.

In the epic Mahabharata, when Arjuna stood reluctant and indecisive on the battleground of Kurukshetra, struggling with similar issues, Lord Krishna’s sage counsel helped him emerge victorious. Will the Bhagavad Gita help the youth of today to find the right answers and the courage and conviction that they lack? Win over Everyday Battles: The Gita Way helps answer these questions and more by using the trope of conversations and deliberations between Akhil and Nikhil, who share a passion for the teachings of the scripture.