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Welcome to the Holy Grail of spirituality provided by the late Louise Hay, our queen of positive affirmations. This book absolutely changed the way I viewed my health. Before Louise came into my life, I thought my health was out of my control and that disease happened by chance. This book taught me about the connection between my thoughts, emotions, and health. I had no idea that my emotions were powerful enough to create good and bad health, but once I learned the connection, I used Louise’s methods to release negative emotions. 

You will learn the true meaning of forgiveness and how to forgive people who have wronged you, including yourself. You will learn about the diseases that are associated with negative emotions. For instance, arthritis might result from feeling unloved or from long-held criticism and resentment. A new thought pattern is provided for each physical ailment, and if the… show more.

This book was given as a gift by the author at a local network gathering. It was a privilege to meet Patricia and to learn about her connection to Louise Hay.

This book is an essential guide with positive affirmations and visualizations energizing the reader to achieve their dreams. The affirmations are practical so the reader can practice loving ways to nurture oneself. Placing orders from the cosmic kitchen and using the law of attraction makes for a great recipe in life that fulfills one's heart and desires to support one's own personal journey to reduce stress, increase balance and discover the meaning and purpose in life.

The affirmations are powerful and the techniques shared are positive, the ingredients are all essential for everyday life and tailored for each individual to become your own Masterful Chef. 

I love The Forty Rules of Love because it left me with more questions than answers—and that's probably exactly why it stayed with me.

I've always been drawn to books that don't try to wrap everything up neatly or tell you exactly what to believe. What stayed with me wasn't one particular moment or lesson, but Elif Shafak's willingness to leave room for mystery, faith, doubt, and transformation.

I loved that the book allows different perspectives to exist without insisting that one has to be completely right and the other completely wrong. As someone who is naturally drawn to questioning and reflection, I found myself slowing down while reading it and thinking more deeply about spirituality, compassion, love, and what it really means to grow.

It's one of those rare books that doesn't end when you close the last page. It quietly continues the conversation in your head.

Recently I was blessed to meet the authors of this refreshing book. We immediately discovered our shared interest in love as a way of life and traded books on the topic.

I quickly learned that Absolute Love is a valuable resource for learning to live through love. I read most books for entertainment or information and then put them away. However, I find this one so inspiring that I now keep it on my desk, referring to it daily for heart-opening reminders about love and acceptance.

Each chapter offers well-crafted affirmations that can, with practice, gently shift our worldviews from fear to love and compassion. Precisely what is needed for world peace.

Bonus: Each chapter offers lessons on how to apply love to your personal and business life, what a blessing!

This book was foundational to me finding a workable definition of love and the key to finding happiness and peace in life.

It contains abiding truths that steer the reader into a life of honesty and right relationship with people. Most importantly, the book taught me the importance of paying attention and persevering through difficult patches. As a result, very few problems stop me from achieving what I set my mind to accomplish.

I read very few novels, but Edward St Aubyn is my favourite contemporary novelist. His writing is brilliant, funny and always intelligent. Of all his books, this new novel is my favourite because it not only tells a good story but also explores the very frontiers of contemporary science and of the paradigm shift going on within it. And it is amazingly well informed scientifically. In some cases it may be anticipating scientific advances that will occur in coming years; it does not simply describe what has already happened.

I'm a recovering Catholic, and if you know, you know—a whole lifetime of guilt, shame, and seeking approval baked in from an early age, layered on top of some real dysfunction in my family of origin.

This book is what taught me to stop chasing approval from people, including ones who were never emotionally available to give it, and start looking within instead. I fell in love with Byron Katie's raw, honest origin story, and I still use The Work—her four questions—in my own life and in my work with clients to this day.

I’ve been a big fan of Nancy’s work for years, and I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her in person.

As it turns out, she really practices what she preaches—our conversation was one of the most generative and soul-nourishing exchanges I’ve ever had.

I would heartily recommend this book to anyone seeking deeper, more fulfilling relationship with others (and greater confidence, peace, and productivity for themselves). 

Why do women feel like we need to invite everyone to every party, throw weddings that are closer to our parents’ style than our own, and show up to networking nights that we know we won’t get anything out of?

I know this book is meant to be about hosting gatherings, but I’ve applied the principles to nearly everything I do in work and hobbies to add more intention, impact, and fulfillment. I’ve changed the way I sit at restaurants to encourage deeper conversations with friends. I’ve started to purposefully not invite certain people to certain parties since I know it would change the dynamic negatively for others. I’ve embraced the idea of “pop-up rules” at every event I host and expect guests to follow them so that the event is transformative and not boring.

Since reading Priya’s incredible framework, I’ve led extremely successful monthly events for my community, started… show more.

Just Listen has one of my favorite male protagonists of all time, the guy I wish I would have met in high school. As a music-head, I also love the way Annabel and Owen bond over their favorite songs. Getting over an assault requires support. On one hand, you have to be incredibly strong to tell the truth about what happened. But once you tell your people, they hold you up as you walk through healing. Telling is so hard, but support is key.