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The Creative Artist
Art Communicates
When Words Can't
by Rivky Shimon

The basic facts of life are often overlooked. We only have so many words in our dictionary. A word does not exist for everything we feel or want to express. Sometimes, we have to rely on other forms of communication.

Connect with Your Fears
by Linda Dessau

My fears are most powerful when they're simmering just under the surface of my awareness. I'm resistant to a new idea, I'm defensive about holding on to my old ways, I feel excited and panicked at the same time -- these are sure-fire signs that there's some fear under there.


The Journal Keeper
How to Observe Wildlife without Leaving Home
by Emma Snow

While lumbering herds of elephants and stalking Bengal tigers capture the imagination of most animal lovers, we often neglect the nature closest to us. Sometimes we need a reminder that we are part of a habitat, and that the miracle of life exists under our very noses. Educator and naturalist Carolyn Duckworth has said, "If you want to understand and become connected to your environment, keeping a field journal is one of the fastest ways to accomplish this goal."

The Power of Writing
Generating Profound Insights and Solving Everyday Problems
by Claudette Rowley

What makes writing such a powerful tool for reflection and the discovery of new possibilities?

A Tool for the Spirit
by Susie Michelle Cortright

The fountain of personal wisdom may be as close as your nearest pen. That's because the single most essential instrument for nurturing your spirit is a personal journal.


The Inner Self
Finding the Center
by Rebecca Brents

Whether it's the awful outer turmoil of political or professional upheaval, the spiritual crisis all mystics know as "the dark night of the soul," the psychological wrenching of a nervous breakdown, the deep shock of facing trauma, betrayal, profound change, or having to take in knowledge of things you never believed and never wanted to know ... chances are you'll reach such a moment in your life.

Do You Know Who You Are?
by Rebecca Brents

What are your strengths and talents ... what do you do really well? What are your weaknesses and challenges ... where do you need more work to strengthen yourself and how do you plan to acquire it? What are your values ... the things that you feel make life worth living ... the things you basically stand for in your life, beliefs, and behavior?

Your Truth Is Within You
by Fran Hafey / Mysti

What is your truth? Your truth is your essence of who you truly are. It's that feeling, that knowing that you are who you are from the center of your being all the way to the outside of your aura and even beyond.

The Power Within
by Julie Fuimano

Every day you wake up, you make literally hundreds of choices. You choose your mood and your attitude. You choose what you wear and how you style your hair. You choose to brush and floss your teeth -- or not. You choose what to have for breakfast or to skip it.


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The Intuitive Spirit
How To Live In Harmony With Your Higher Self
by Joan Connolly

Intuition is your sixth sense... Some other names by which is known include, hunch, gut feeling, instinct, inspiration or brainwave. It is the still small voice that can only be heard in silence. Some people experience it as an inner voice while someone else might see a picture in their mind Sometimes we might get a feeling that something isn't right but are unable to explain why we feel that way.

The Times They Are a'Changin'
by Keith Varnum

It's a little corny now to quote this old rag of Bob Dylan's. However, as a teenager the lyrics and spirit of the song lit a spark of recognition in my heart when I listened to it over and over again. The song's refrain was not a cliché then. To me, the song was a call to arms--a call to come back Home into the arms of Aliveness and Flow. A call to embrace natural change, growth, expression, expansion--instead of fighting the natural evolution of all living things.

Five Pathways to Listening to Your Inner Voice
by Claudette Rowley

Intuition is simply knowing something without knowing exactly how you know it. Connect back to a time that you had a "gut feeling" about something - the job that you knew you shouldn't take, even though it looked good on the surface or the relationship that just felt right for you. That's your intuition talking to you.

Ways to Receive Messages From Intuition
by Susan Dunn

There are lots of different ways people get messages from their intuition.
Once you're attuned to all the ways your intuition can talk to you, you'll be better able to access this valuable emotional intelligence competency.


The Visionary Mystic
The Practical Power of the Shaman
by Keith Varnum

Shamanism is a very practical spirituality. A modern-day shaman could live next door to you and the only clues you might have are that they get along well with people and animals and have a green thumb with plants. Also, shamans have a knack for putting people at ease and for saying and doing the right thing at the right time.

Spirituality Assessment Questions
Section One
by Verena Aibel

Do You Wake Up Full of Exuberance and Joy? Are you refreshed, energized, optimistic about the new day, and ready to jump in?

Spirituality Assessment Questions
Section Two
by Verena Aibel

Are You True to Yourself? Do you even know what that means? For example, when you really know yourself, inside and out, and accept who you are, you begin to know what it means to make conscious choices that resonate with your heart and soul.


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There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect. ~ Roseanne Barr ~


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