Health Communications, Inc. ®, © 2007 - ISBN-10: 0-7573-0681-0
Loving the way we live is the closest thing to happiness.
Is it possible to be happy all the time? For most of us, happiness comes and goes. Life may bring pleasure one day and pain the next. But what if you could love your life no matter the circumstances? It's possible – and Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live shows you how.
In this inspiring yet practical book, the authors share some of their most important lessons to help you adjust your attitudes, feel more balanced, and experience the serenity that comes from doing and being you best – no matter the outcome. Powerful stories illustrate each lesson, with themes including:
feeling more at home in the world
Featuring a story by Meryl Runion!
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Jennifer Read Hawthorne is coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling books Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul. She is an inspirational speaker who delivers keynote addresses internationally.
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...from the co-creators of the national bestselling |
Chicken Soup of the Soul series,
Most self-help books promote a constant search for things to do, have or be that will make us happy and change our circumstances for the better. In contrast, Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live catalyzes breakthrough shifts in the reader’s consciousness. Each three-part lesson is formulated to evoke the “ah-hah!” experience – those moments of insight when we break free of the past and suddenly have a clean slate for new imprinting, new learning, new creativity, and new behavior.
In the time-stopping moment of this shift, the heart and mind can rest easily, beyond the polarity of daily swings between pleasure and pain, approach and avoidance, enduring and overcoming. The result is reduced stress, a deep sense of ease, and openness to new possibilities – a way to love life no matter what it brings.
Here is a video of Meryl promoting the new book
on her local Fox 21 News Morning Show!
Life Lessons
for Loving the Way You Live
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Essential Ingredient #1: Finding the Place Where You Belong
Life Lesson #1: Trust Your Vision
Make It So by Christine Horner
Life Lesson #2: Do What Comes Naturally
Seeds of Our Souls by Vicky Edmonds
Life Lesson #3: Read the Signposts
The Light Goes On by Janet Bray Attwood
Life Lesson #4: Let Go of Goals
Confessions of a Goalaholic by Stephen M. Shapiro
Life Lesson #5: Try Something Different
Our House, Our Teacher by Michael Murphy
Life Lesson #6: Think Global
The Global Citizen: A Love Story by Moorman Robertson Work Jr.
Essential Ingredient #2: Filling Your Own Cup
Life Lesson #1: Love Your Body, Love Yourself
Olympic Heart by Virginia Whiting Walden
Life Lesson #2: Learn the Language of Your Body
Blurry Vision by Mackey McNeill
Life Lesson #3: Let Your Body Move You
Due for a Change by Staci Ann Richmond
Life Lesson #4: Make the Mind/Body/Spirit Connection
My Name Is Chellie C. by Chellie C. Campbell
Life Lesson #5: Change Your Mind
The Power of Choice by Angeles Arrien
Essential Ingredient #3: Becoming Fearless
Life Lesson #1: Grow Your Courage
Testing the Sleeping Giant by Pamela George
Life Lesson #2: Practice Compassion
The New York City Cabdriver by Lynne Twist
Life Lesson #3: Surrender to "What Is"
Song of the Warrior Spirit by Ciella Kollander
Life Lesson #4: Recognize What's Real
Running with the Bulls by Linda Elliott
Life Lesson #5: Be Present
My Odyssey by Ellen Greene
Essential Ingredient #4: Holding Hands, Building Bridges
Life Lesson #1: Let Love Lead
Don't Take No for an Answer by Ali Tahiri
Life Lesson #2: Start Where You Are
Somebody Should Do Something by Vicky Edmonds
Life Lesson #3: Use All Your Lifelines
Finding Sarah by Paul Dunion
Life Lesson #4: Learn How to Listen
The Secret Weapon by Leah Green
Life Lesson #5: Be Open to Possibility
Well of Strength by Lynne Twist
Essential Ingredient #5: To Thine Own Self Be True
Life Lesson #1: Tell the Truth
A New Truth by Elinor Daily Hall
Life Lesson #2: Do the Right Thing
The Beautiful Truth by Linda Chae’
Life Lesson #3: Be Willing to Walk Away
The Faded Ribbon by Lane Hawley Cole
Life Lesson #4: Tell the Truth About Money
True Wealth by Suze Orman
Life Lesson #5: Speak for Yourself
Some Boats Need to Be Rocked by MeryI Runion
Essential Ingredient #6: Getting Beyond Right and Wrong
Life Lesson #1: Clean Up Your Past
My Sweet Revenge by Susan Brandis Slavin
Life Lesson #2: Practice Acceptance
What Would Love Do? by Catherine Rose
Life Lesson #3: Hip-Hop Past Your Judgments
The Beat by Yaniyah Pearson
Life Lesson #4: Be the Change
Moment of Truth by Colin D. Mallard
Essential Ingredient #7: Faith, Grace, and Miracles
Life Lesson #1: Keep the Faith
Silence Broken by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson
Life Lesson #2: Be Awake to Grace
Bathed in Light by Nancy Bellmer
Life Lesson #3: Find Your Inner Refuge
A Star-Filled Night by Lindy Jones
Life Lesson #4: Discover the Magic
Real Magic by Doug Henning as told to David Charvet
Life Lesson #5: Go Beyond Reason
Miracle in Mumbai by Meenakshi Advani
Life Lesson #6: Give Thanks for Moments of Mystery
A Personally Recorded Message by Jennifer Read Hawthorne
Notes
More Chicken Soup?
Supporting Others
Who Is Jack Canfield?
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?
Who Is Jennifer Read Hawthorne?
Contributors
Permissions
There is a way to love your life – just by the way you live it. With Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live as your guide, you have a blueprint for being in the world in a new way and experiencing more fulfillment than you ever imagined!
"Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live gives us a deeper understanding of true happiness and how to experience it more fully in our lives. This book is full of beautiful lessons, inspiring stories and profound wisdom." ~ Marci Shimoff, author of Happy for No Reason and featured teacher in the film and book The Secret
"An inspirational book that shows how rich life can be when we bring presence and authenticity to it. Weaving people and themes together impeccably, the authors guide us through a doorway to a place where balance and serenity become the platform for all of life's circumstances. This book will touch the soul and make a difference in the lives of all who read it." ~ Madison Freeman, Editor-in-Chief and President, Affluent magazine
"Reading Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live may be good for your health! In a time of increasing personal and global stress, this book is remarkable in its ability to guide the reader to a greater understanding of how to live in alignment with our highest potential. The chapters flow simply and lovingly. A must-read for all, including health care providers, teachers, clergy, business professionals--people from every walk of life." ~ Gregory C. Gerber, M.D., Medical Director of six Houston, Texas, hospital systems and board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practicing physician
"Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live is one of those rare books that you want to keep on your desk or bedside table. It's a practical book that shows how you can bring more of your true self to every situation you encounter and become more fearless, more accepting, more balanced, more whole. I wouldn't be without it!"
~ Catherine Oxenberg, award-winning actress, producer, European princess, and mother of five
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