5/30/2023 0 Comments Intention by Ian D. Brooks![]() We'll guide you through visualization exercises and encourage you to breathe deeply and let go of external distractions. Through this guided meditation, we will help you to connect with your inner resources and tap into your deepest sense of security. But by connecting with our inner selves and cultivating a sense of security, we can find the strength we need to overcome these challenges and live our best lives. These feelings can make it challenging to find the inner strength and confidence to move forward in our lives. In this episode, we'll be guiding you through a deep meditation practice that will help you to strengthen your inner security and cultivate a sense of stability and safety within yourself.Īs humans, we all face moments of doubt, uncertainty, and fear. ![]() ![]() Welcome to the HeartBlend Podcast, where we dive deep into the inner workings of the human heart and mind. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Essentialism review![]() ![]() “…he way of the Essentialist isn’t just about success, it’s’ about living a life of meaning and purpose. Goldratt and Jeff Cox and “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't” by Jim Collins, which are generally considered the best of the best when it comes to literature on how to be an effective leader. "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" is the best business book I've read in recent years, and I've read some renown titles, including “The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement” by Eliyahu M. ![]() He spoke of a new measure of success that really struck a chord with me -that of being "time affluent." I was intrigued and decided to read this book to see if it offered more than tips on how to reduce clutter in my closet, and I was not disappointed. A friend of mine from college who I admire as a leader in his industry recommended the book "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg McKeown in a recent interview that he gave. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Momo by michael ende![]() ![]() One day, two men came to Momo’s amphitheater. Even as he spoke, it would become clear to him, in some mysterious way, that he was fundamentally mistaken, that among all the people in the world there was only one of him, and that he was therefore important in his own particular way. And when someone thought that his life was a meaningless failure, and that he was just one among millions of people who could all be replaced as easily and as quickly as a broken pot, then he would go and explain everything to Momo. Unhappy and depressed people suddenly became joyful. She listened in such a way that anxious and indecisive people suddenly knew what they wanted. ![]() And when they finally stumbled upon an idea that they had never even dreamt of before, they felt like it had come from deep within them. She merely sat and listened with the utmost attention and sympathy, fixing her large, dark eyes on them. ![]() She didn’t ask or say anything in particular that would bring them to these thoughts. Momo listened in a way that made slow people suddenly have the cleverest ideas. Very few people can really listen, and the way Momo practiced the art of listening was unique. ![]() Now, many readers might say that being able to listen is nothing special-anyone can do it-but they would be altogether mistaken. The thing that Momo could do better than anyone else was listen. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Fever 1793 free audiobook![]() Suddenly, her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important - the fight to stay alive. Then tragedy strikes the coffeehouse, and Mattie is trapped in a living nightmare. Start a free 30-day trial today and get your first audiobook free. ![]() "Fever" spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie's home, threatening everything she holds dear.Īs the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. Listen to 'Fever 1793' by Laurie Halse Anderson available from Rakuten Kobo. She wants to turn the Cook Coffeehouse into the finest business in Philadelphia, the capital of the new United States.īut the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook is ambitious, adventurous, and sick to death of listening to her mother. I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.Īugust 1793. Her mother repeated that over and over, 'she sewed by candlelight after dinner.' And then she collapsed." "And?" I waved a mosquito away from my face. Historic Fiction is fantastic, and this book is well gotten in touch with discuss what was occurring when individuals got ill with yellow heat in1793 While Fever 1793 is a publication composed for children, I would definitely not wait to advise it for adult readers. ![]() "I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan," Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots. "Where's Polly?" I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Claire son lois lowry![]() ![]() After she’s experienced life in the “sameness” of her own town, she doesn’t know about colors or animals, but she’s knowledgeable about every other aspect of life. It’s interesting to see Claire’s development when she reaches the village. How did the technology not translate to the other towns that presumably traded and interacted with Jonas’ town? ![]() It doesn’t really succeed in explaining why Jonas’ community is so technologically advanced, but it’s surrounded by almost tribal villages that are not advanced at all. “Son” ties up most of the loose ends regarding characters. Reading this book series has been a magical experience. ![]() We learn what happened to Matt’s village after he healed the forest in “Messenger.” We learn about the origins of the Trademaster from “Messenger.” We eventually see what happens to Claire, Gabe, Jonas and Kira. She befriends Eidar, an older man, who teaches her how to climb the cliff. The village is separated from the rest of the world by a tall cliff, which Claire wants to climb in order to find her son. She doesn’t remember anything about her life in Jonas’ community until one of the women in the village gives birth. ![]() The boat sinks and she washes up on the shore of a rural community. Claire’s journey begins when Jonas takes Gabriel from the community. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton![]() ![]() He's an irresistible charmer, and before long Amber is wondering if this sexy hockey player is the perfect guy to show her some moves outside the rink.īut after all the medals have been awarded, Will and Amber will have to decide if what they have together is just a fling or a real shot at true love. She intends to win, and nothing's going to get in her way-until she meets Will. Now she's competing for the third and final time. ![]() He would love to show Amber how hot life off the ice can be.Īmber has skated her entire life, sacrificing everything in the hopes of one day winning gold. ![]() She's beautiful, ambitious and driven-everything Will desires in a woman. Taking a Shot 3 in series by Jaci Burton Lucy Malone Audiobook 0 of 1 copy available Wait time: About 6 weeks Place a hold Listen to a sample Add to wish list Add to history Description Creators Details The last thing Jenna Riley needs is more sports in her life. Hockey is his life and playing for the U.S. See all books authored by Jaci Burton, including Nauti And Wild, and The Perfect Play, and more on. Will Mad Dog Madigan is making his second trip to the Winter Games, and he couldn't be happier. In the new Play-by-Play novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Final Score, opposites attract when a figure skater and hockey player lace up their skates-and go for the gold. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Think Again by Adam M. Grant![]() ![]() ![]() The author consistently emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning and maintaining an open, flexible mind. Grant, who teaches organizational psychology at the Wharton School of Business, challenges readers to rethink their outlooks on an ongoing basis, and he often makes time-tested concepts feel fresh. Our worldview-that assemblage of instincts, habits, assumptions, and experiences-is something we hold dear. Though rethinking and unlearning are not new intellectual exercises (Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living”), they are worth revisiting. The bestselling author of Originals (2016) returns with an exploration of the theoretical and practical values of rethinking and mental agility. ![]() ![]() But before they leave, Stanley wants to know how Belle Reve was lost. The following night Stella and Blanche plan to have dinner out and go to a movie while Stanley plays poker with his friends. He questions her about her past and especially about her earlier marriage, which upsets Blanche to the point that she feels sick. While Stella goes to the bathroom, Stanley, her husband, enters and meets Blanche. She explains to Stella that their old ancestral home, Belle Reve, has been lost. Noticing that the apartment has only two rooms, she has qualms about staying but she tells Stella that she can't stand being alone. She explains that she has come for a visit because her nerves are shattered from teaching. When her sister comes, Blanche quite frankly criticizes the place. While a neighbor goes to find Stella, Blanche looks around the apartment for a drink. ![]() She is shocked by the disreputable looks of the place. ![]() Stella Kowalski, who lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Blanche DuBois arrives to visit her sister, Mrs. ![]() ![]() Or rather, the data is too much and not enough. I agree with the message that we are overworked and that our culture is obsessed with the idea that our work is our worth (due to both puritanism and Capitalism), but the book is not all that reliable. It's time to recover our leisure time and reverse the trend that's making us all sadder, sicker, and less productive. Spend face-to-face time with friends and family Increase your time perception and determine how your hours are being spent. Celeste's strategies will allow you to regain control over your life and break your addiction to false efficiency, including: ![]() The key lies in embracing what makes us human: our creativity, our social connections (Instagram doesn't count), our ability for reflective thought, and our capacity for joy. In Do Nothing, award-winning journalist Celeste Headlee illuminates a new path ahead, seeking to institute a global shift in our thinking so we can stop sabotaging our well-being, put work aside and start living instead of doing. ![]() Why do we measure our time in terms of efficiency instead of meaning? Why can't we just take a break? We strive for the absolute best in every aspect of our lives, ignoring what we do well naturally. Despite our constant search for new ways to 'hack' our bodies and minds for peak performance, human beings are working more instead of less, living harder not smarter, and becoming more lonely and anxious. ![]() ![]() There are some minor wrinkles at edges of the dustjacket but otherwise, overall, the book is in very good condition and the dj is in better than good condition. Some black and white photos and illustrations. Edited by Gene De Gruson, this edition contains the Socialist Party agenda, the original Fryer photos and illustrations, and ethnic detail commissioned by the 'Appeal to Reason' but excluded by Doubleday, Page. The title was retained onlybecause the work had earlier circulated under that name." - from the front flap. ![]() In fact, allustions to 'the jungle' were reduced to a single reference. ![]() HIs original manuscript waas heavily edited by his puboisher, eliminating on the grounds of commercial viability all ethnic detail and the socialist agenda that later ba\ecame the platform of the labor movement inthe 30s and 40s. Yet the popular Doubleday, Page edition, upon which the reputation of 'The Jungle' rests, is not the version of the work endorsed by Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclairs ' The Jungle ' follows the life of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis and his family through Chicago s meatpacking district known as 'Packingtown.' First published in a 1905. Its revelations about the conditons of filth and human degradation in the Chicago meat packing industry stand as a monument to the ability of fiction to transform society. ![]() "Few works of fiction have had the social impact of 'The Jungle'. ![]() |