Self Joy

Many modern women experience a frustrating phenomenon: No matter how much we accomplish, the feeling of satisfaction we anticipated never actually comes. Raised in a society of gender-influenced expectations—be an amazing mom, be an extraordinary partner, be an incredible executive, and execute on all these roles flawlessly—women have lost the one thing that can ever truly fulfill us: self-love.

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.

When I was 16, I had a mental breakdown. It happened while I was on vacation in the Caribbean with my family. I’d been reading an old Zen book, and it did me in. I’d experienced some strange mental states before, but this was different. As I read this book, death moved to the foreground of all my thoughts...and then stayed there.

A total of 150 quick and easy self-care activities especially for busy moms - perfect for even the most chaotic schedule.

Happy Teacher Revolution helps educators address burnout and jumpstart their own practices to claim joy. Using the latest developments in neuroscience and her experience as a teacher, author Danna Thomas introduces you to self-care practices that help you prioritize your wellbeing while handling the difficulties of a demanding profession.

I Cannot Get This Wrong is an exploration of how to live with anxiety, a blueprint for collective healing, and a joyful celebration of hope and transformation. It’s for you no matter how you move through the world. No matter your journey so far. No matter your childhood. No matter the beautiful, unique intersectionality of your identity. No matter how isolated you feel right now.

Many of us experience depression and fear more often than we would like to, and many of us feel dissatisfaction with the unhappiness or anxiety in which we habitually find ourselves, but we don't know what to do about changing our mental condition and conditioning. Dying to Live isn't just a blueprint of a struggle toward maturity, it is a blueprint for the integration of body, mind, and spirit. It is the story of how weakness can become strength.

Motherhood is demanding (to say the least), but when all of your mental and physical energy is directed towards a tiny human, you are neglecting yourself. And when you are neglected, you don’t have the energy or strength to take care of your completely dependent newborn. But you’re probably thinking how can I possibly put my needs above those of my baby? The truth of the matter is, your baby needs you to be at your best, and this is achieved through self-care. Self-care has many misconceptions, and due to the prefix, it’s all too often associated with selfishness.

There’s nothing Valerie Kwon loves more than making a good sale. Together with her cousin Charlie, they run V&C K-BEAUTY, their school’s most successful student-run enterprise. With each sale, Valerie gets closer to taking her beloved and adventurous halmeoni to her dream city, Paris. Enter the new kid in class, Wes Jung, who is determined to pursue music after graduation despite his parents’ major disapproval.

Lift yourself out of the daily struggles and heartbreaks life deals you. Wading through the trials we face on a day-to-day basis can be exhausting. When we're hit with painful experiences that bring us to our knees, finding joy may seem to be too big a task for us to handle. Xandria Ooi, dubbed the "Happiness Guru", meets listeners in those dark and trying places and equips them with the courage to navigate them.

Life can feel so full of conflict and struggle. It’s easy to lose yourself in the daily grind, the bills, the chores, the responsibilities.... Perhaps you sometimes find yourself asking, “Is this really all there is to life?” When grief and pain hit, you sit with your questions about why this is happening. We all have to navigate hard times, and that will inevitably lead you to question the meaning of life. But exploring deeper answers will bring you comfort, re-energize you, and help you find a sense of purpose and place.

On an August night in San Francisco, a 22-year-old named Teal collapsed from a sudden, unexplainable cardiac arrest. Six days later, she died, but not before a spiritual unfolding began that changed the life of her mother forever. These essays - each one a personal touch into the divine - chart her mother’s path as she confronts painful events she’d been holding on to and opens herself up to more joy than she ever thought possible.

Practical, motivating, and inspiring ways to unleash your potential - from one of today’s most exciting spiritual teachers! You are a masterpiece. You have everything you need right now to create your life exactly as you want it to be. Successful people will often say that when they’re at their peak performance level, they feel a sense of some other presence with them - something beyond themselves. That other presence seems bigger than their own talent or personality. The Power of You guides listeners in discovering the other presence that resides within all of us.

¿Qué pasaría si los negocios fueran algo gozoso y divertido? ¿Y si fueran mucho más de lo que nunca percibiste que fuera posible? ¿Si crearas tu negocio desde la perspectiva del gozo, que elegirías? ¿Qué cambiarías? ¿Qué elegirías si supieras que no puedes fallar? Los negocios son gozo, son creación, son generadores. Los negocios pueden ser la aventura de vivir.

Are you an autistic adult searching for practical ways to thrive? This audiobook empowers you with 8 essential tools to safely unmask, self-advocate, and embrace your neurodiverse identity with confidence.

Motherhood has always been a complex and multifaceted concept—even more so in recent years, due to the growth of social media. Social media platforms are inundated with images of perfect mothers who seemingly have it all together. This can create a lot of pressure on mothers, who may feel like they are not living up to the idealized standard. This audiobook will explore the different aspects of motherhood and offer advice and support to mothers.

Comedian and broadcaster Susan Calman danced her way across our screens and into our hearts for 10 weeks on Strictly Come Dancing 2017, but how did this ability to find joy change her life? Susan Calman's enthusiasm at being on Strictly Come Dancing was an inspiration to all of us. Cheer Up Love, Susan's first book, had a clear aim: to help people understand depression. Sunny Side Up has a similarly clear path: to persuade people to be kinder to each other and spread more joy.

“You don’t have to turn into a corporate drone to kick ass in the working world,” says inspirational speaker Tania Katan. After more than ten years of smuggling creativity into the business sector, Katan is here to tell you that any task or pursuit can be a creative one. You just need to be willing to defy conformity and be ready to conjure imagination anywhere, at any time. That’s where Creative Trespassing comes in.

The Strength in Knowing is a powerful and personal narrative of one's journey to achieve true happiness and near ultimate awareness. Appt's life experiences are interpreted to reveal a fresh and essential path to a heightened understanding of beliefs, love, peace, and joy, as well as personal and spiritual development. His audiobook is very different from others in this genre. It is his quest to teach by example, and to enable others to gain a better understanding of their life, purpose, and meaning.

Many of us have become experts at pretending we're fine. Our shiny social media feeds and skin-deep smiles certainly give off a happy illusion. But we are not fine. Taylor has heard countless stories from her generation of our fetal positions on cold tile floors, immobilized by anxiety. She personally knows this place well. At eighteen, she too found herself in an anxiety-induced fetal position behind a locked bathroom stall, wondering, "What did Jesus mean when he promised me full life?"