Light Personal Development

Gessner's world was turned upside down when her beloved, yet complicated, father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer during her heartbreaking divorce. Struggling with despair, she received an unexpected visit from a mysterious, benevolent guest with the important message: You are not alone! That moment changed the course of her life and her career. At the threshold of death, she found connection, meaning, and depth, which led her to work with dying and bereaved people so they wouldn't feel alone.

If you’re like me, your life hasn’t turned out exactly like you thought it would. Damaged relationships, addictions, missed opportunities, the turbulence of the world, and self-doubt derail our visions. It can be depressing. It’s easy to give up.

As a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, Liz has every reason to believe her eighth-grade teacher is in love with her. Because the sex isn’t physically violent and is wrapped in a message of love, she learns to exchange sex for attention. But years later, as an adult, emotional closeness eludes Liz. Even after marrying a sensitive, caring man, she is walled off. Struggling through confusing years, she believes something is deeply wrong with her.

¿Cuántos de nosotros queremos vivir una vida con propósito pero permitimos que el miedo se interponga en el camino? ¿Con qué frecuencia eres rehén de tus propios pensamientos negativos? ¿Con qué frecuencia te autosaboteas por falta de confianza? ¿Con qué frecuencia te encuentras viviendo a la sombra de las expectativas de los demás? Tu vida personal y profesional dependen de tu capacidad de vivir libremente. Esto requiere que tu luz haga algo más que parpadear; ¡debe brillar con fuerza!

Shooting Out the Lights unravels like a mystery novel, but Kim Fairley's memoir wrestles with the very real secrets we keep from each other and the roles we play to protect ourselves. Centered around her marriage to a man 32 years older who had lost his son from his first marriage in a gun accident, the story explores the taboo of wide-age-gap love.

Unveil the secrets of grace, love, and insight as you witness Sister Annunciata's (Kimberly Braun) life-changing journey filled with twists and turns. From a 17,000 square foot monastery rising with beauty and strength to the profound beauty of Consciousness taking form, this captivating story will challenge your perceptions and make you question what's truly possible.

If you ever wonder about how to think like an expert, the difference between your inner critic and the actor within, your ability to be heard, the value of being a musician, how to protect yourself from liars or how to overcome fears, you will find answers in this book.

Take a quick glance over your shoulder. Odds are, at least one of those women standing behind you has been brokenhearted for years—raising kids, running businesses, even playing the field—all with the burden of the past still hanging on their shoulders. Or is that woman you? Letters to the Brokenhearted speaks passionately to the woman in need of a strategy to finally heal, stay strong, and take her life to the next level by refocusing on the strengths in her life, rebuilding what has been damaged, and reloving with a new purpose.

Charity Majors shares real experiences and insights on what's really going on inside of us—how we dim our light and how we all struggle to find and step into our purpose—even when we already know what it is. She answers questions as to why women feel the need to tear each other down, how to build your tribe, and how to know and grow in the gifts your Creator has given you. You may laugh. You may cry. You will finally feel understood. You will be challenged to own your purpose—unapologetically—so that you can make a meaningful impact in the world and shine bright.

In Marlene McConnell’s Ray of Light, we learn that, even in our darkest moments, we are not alone. Research provides us with the knowledge that many people around the world have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives. It could be a person sitting next to us on the train, a co-worker in our office, a loved one, or even you holding this book that seeks light in the darkness. With this book, you will discover powerful healing journeys that will provide a deeper perspective on how to find your own path to recovery.

Practical, proven self-help steps show how to transform common self-defeating behaviors, including self sabotage, self doubt, procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, people pleasing, and more.

This is a collection of poems I've written throughout the years. Some were written during my stays in rehab and most were written very late at night as I reflected on God's love and light in the darkest of places. Some of it is dark, but ultimately that I found a light in the darkness.

Na inspiradora continuação do seu aclamado livro de memórias, o best-seller Minha história, a ex-primeira-dama dos Estados Unidos Michelle Obama compartilha sabedoria prática e estratégias poderosas para manter a esperança e o equilíbrio em um mundo tão incerto como o de hoje.

Joyfully Single invites us to embark on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery, wellness, growth, and the brave pursuit of joy. In this groundbreaking book, Pamela Larde PhD draws from a decade of her research to encourage a radical departure from traditional views of singlehood. She proposes an alternative: Revolutionary Joy, a powerful blend of enlightenment, wholeness, and change that transforms our experience of being single.

Neglect, abuse, and starvation all are part of Mannie Veneno’s family legacy of pain. Starting in Pakistan, where his grandmother was married to an abusive husband, the cycle would continue for three generations. His mother was forced to marry a Pakistani gangster at a young age. Even after moving to the United States for a better life, she, Mannie, and his siblings were victims of his nightmarish rage. But as an adult making his way in the world, Mannie now has a choice: Continue the cycle, or be a light in the darkness, a hope for others to keep going.

When that grief wave hit, it was unbearable. I tried to hold on as it ripped through me, leaving a large invisible hole in my chest the size of a tree trunk, but no one could see that I was bleeding. I yelled and screamed and pounded and even fell to my knees. I did not know how or if I could get through it. My son was gone. My husband was gone. Disappeared forever.

"I’m going to be so happy now, just wait and see.” But I left the altar where I met Jesus and walked back into the same patterns of behavior in my life. Indeed he set me free, but it took a long journey down a lighted path before freedom became my reality. Born into abject poverty then adopted into an alcoholic family, by the time she reached 33 her life was shattered. She was alone, broke, rejected again, desperate, out of hope and done with life.

Dive into this heartwarming guide, sprinkled with wit and wisdom, as Daniella Marlin navigates the post-pandemic landscape of healing and hope. Combining professional psychological insights with personal anecdotes, this book is more than just a reflection—it's a roadmap. Marlin’s unique voice, equal parts humor and heart, steers listeners through the challenges, the triumphs, and the oh-so-relatable moments in between.

Dive into my colorful stories to hear important lessons from drug dealers, cross cultural prison experiences, strippers, near decapitation, backbreaking, butt-wiping, business building, and slightly crazy adventures in India, Mexico, and West Virginia. Follow my tale as I take you through the lessons of my youth. Based on elements of yoga practice, the Sikh religion and the entrepreneurial spirit, Dharmify is a simple journal technique to enhance your habits, love life, family, community, and wealth any time and anywhere.

At some point in our lives, we all experience grief: the death of a loved one, a financial catastrophe, a debilitating illness, or the ending of a marriage. In the dark moments that follow these losses, life can seem hopeless and unbearable. Author Therese Tappouni knows this journey all too well. After suffering the devastating loss of her eleven-year-old son, she ultimately came to the realization that it is possible to not only heal from grief, but to find gifts from the deepest places of despair.