“Beauty is on the inside.” We know it’s true . . . yet sometimes it seems tough to fully believe it. What would your world be like if you truly felt beautiful and lived every day full of that confidence and joy? Fashion journalist Lauren Scruggs knows how it feels to search for beauty. She grew up knowing of God’s love, but never fully understood what that love meant, or how it extended to the deepest parts of her soul—until a horrible accident that resulted in the loss of both her left eye and hand. In her darkest hours, everything Lauren believed was tested. Yet it was there that God showed her where real beauty comes from: the unfailing love of the Creator. God’s love is what truly makes us lovely. Using stories from Lauren’s accident, recovery, and experiences in the fashion world, Your Beautiful Heart explores issues that teen girls face every day: body image, self-worth, peer pressure, and much more. Whether you read the book on your own or with a group of friends, Lauren’s personal message of love, faith, and value will show you what it means to be a girl who radiates with true beauty.
This book takes you very close to the ever existing notion that says: Mind and Heart- Twain shall never meet! And if that be the case, how does a man get rid of this restless feeling of being torn between the mind and the heart. Author has extended an invitation through this book to come close to the beautiful heart of yours and see how enchanting it is to live by it. His words, poetic in nature, will take you to the peace that one craves for all the time. The Beautiful Heart, a paragon, will introduce you to an extremely different way of living, not professed by many before; a way that is far away from calculations and manipulations and cautious, fearful steps that is conditioned into us since childhood. Living by the Heart is a harmonious way of living.
As seen on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday A beacon of hope in the face of our current world crises, this uplifting book demonstrates how embracing our interconnectedness is key to world transformation In a time of social and ecological crisis, what can we as individuals do to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as an empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling, replacing it with a grounding reminder of what’s true: we are all connected, and our small, personal choices bear unsuspected transformational power. By fully embracing and practicing this principle of interconnectedness—called interbeing—we become more effective agents of change and have a stronger positive influence on the world. Throughout the book, Eisenstein relates real-life stories showing how small, individual acts of courage, kindness, and self-trust can change our culture’s guiding narrative of separation, which, he shows, has generated the present planetary crisis. He brings to conscious awareness a deep wisdom we all innately know: until we get ourselves in order, any action we take—no matter how good our intentions—will ultimately be wrong-headed and wrong-hearted. Above all, Eisenstein invites us to embrace a radically different understanding of cause and effect, sounding a clarion call to surrender our old worldview of separation, so that we can finally create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. With chapters covering separation, interbeing, despair, hope, pain, pleasure, consciousness, and many more, the book invites us to let the old Story of Separation fall away so that we can stand firmly in a Story of Interbeing.
A Beautiful Heart is a poetry collection that takes you on a journey of family bonds, spirituality, nature and inner strength, A journey about you expressed through powerful feelings and emotions.
Talking about package and content. A beautiful package, an ugly content or A beautiful package, a beautiful content….What would you choose? A bad content always makes a conscious effort to cover up on the outside but a good content naturally overflows. A beautiful heart is all we look for and it is only possible when you take care of it. A weak heart makes a weak man, a strong and healthy heart makes a strong and healthy man….This book will show you all you need to know about being beautiful in and out.
When a song whispers in Khalida's ear late one night, she is determined to catch it. But the next day, no matter how hard she tries, bad timing and a busy schedule get in the way of her creative pursuit. Khalida longs for time to sit at the piano and make her own music and refuses to give up on her quest. When she finally succeeds, we discover the power of a captivating melody. Readers will relate to Khalida's overscheduling frustrations as well as her joy as inspiration becomes art. Lush watercolor art showcases how one girl's determined pursuit of an idea rewards us all with the enduring magic of a beautiful song.
There are defining moments in our lives when something happens – either by choice or circumstance – that changes everything. From Amie Gabriel, holistic wellness expert and featured presenter at the world famous Canyon Ranch wellness resort, comes this powerful, soul healing memoir. Praise for Kintsukuroi Heart ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Couldn't put it down! Verified Purchase “The stories in this book are thoughtfully written with beautiful descriptive language and themes that we can all connect with and learn from.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wonderful honest read. Verified Purchase “I really loved this book. HIGHLY recommend for anyone struggling with life's inevitable roadblocks and how to successfully move past them in a meaningful lasting way.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If this book comes to you read it! Verified Purchase “It will change you and infuse your brokenness with gold. Told in short stories with a surprising twist at the end it has the ability to heal you.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My highest recommendations! Verified Purchase “I love this book. So much. Amie Gabriel has written with emotional honesty that will make you cry and sometimes laugh. Such is life, right? If you’ve ever struggled with life you will be able to relate. Realize that you are not alone and that not only will you survive but that evidence of your cracks just make you more beautiful.” About Kintsukuroi Heart Different ages. Different decades. Different circumstances. There are specific events in our lives that shift our paths, write our stories and break our hearts, adding layers, depth and complexity to the clean-slated girls we once were. Each chapter in Part I of Kintsukuroi Heart is a non-fiction stand-alone story. A collection of vignettes offering glimpses of the exact moment in a woman’s life when something happens, either by choice or circumstance, that changes her course. In Part II we find the epilogues to these stories, discovering how each event shaped the woman’s life. We see how these experiences, though deeply personal and unique, are the threads that intertwine and connect us all, fostering compassion and empathy for one another and, hopefully, for ourselves. In Part III we see how, as women, like all forces of nature and works of art, our beauty is formed through refraction, revealed in dimension and contrast, shadow and light, our benevolence becoming both the result and the salve, the subject and lens. The road may be beastly but the result, if allowed, can be spectacular. “Kintsukuroi: kin-tsU-kU-roi(noun) (v. phr.) ‘To repair with gold.’ The Japanese art of mending broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something to disguise, understanding that the piece becomes more beautiful for having been broken. Topics include self-esteem, loss of marriage, grief, depression, substance abuse, alcoholism, addiction and recovery, minimalism, mind-body, holistic wellness and healing, law of attraction, starting over, job loss, career shifts, self-empowerment, taking responsibility for the direction of your life, making positive change.
What Wild at Heart did for men, Captivating is doing for women. Setting their hearts free. This groundbreaking book shows readers the glorious design of women before the fall, describes how the feminine heart can be restored, and casts a vision for the power, freedom, and beauty of a woman released to be all she was meant to be.
Journey to the Heart by New York Times bestselling author of Codependent No More, Beyond Codependency, and Lessons of Love, contains 365 insightful daily meditations that inspire readers to unlock their personal creativity and discover their divine purposes in life. “Melody Beattie gives you the tools to discover the magnificence and splendor of your being.” –Deepak Chopra, author of Jesus and Buddha
The story is one of heartwarming friendship, drama, determination, love, triumph, and contains humorous recollections of events during first few years in America. It is about an immigrant, who fought many anonymous battles in his life. As his mind travels to times playing bare foot in the dusty cobblestone streets, swimming naked in rough river current, eating forbidden fruits and getting chased by farmers. He recalls daily fights with playmates and kids from other streets and horse carriage rides through barbed wire to show courage. As the first college graduate in his family, he enjoyed competition and coaching sports, playing chess and practicing Karate and Tai Chi. This man had love for education and earned four degrees in the varied subject matter of Criminology, Economics, Computer Science and Education. He wrote computer text book, book chapter for the Columbia University, and published and presented many times in national and international journals and conferences. He gained balance and tranquility though art by painting. Firm military training prepared him for personal and professional challenges and learned to serve with honor. The gift of being husband and father opened his heart to love, affection, and responsibility. As captain in Shah's army, managing high security prison, fighting crime and criminals for over 12 years made him to appreciate the value of the social respect, law and order in society. Mystery of his officer and two terrorists' escape from high security prison to Russia created apprehension, agony, and peace after undoing the mystery. Unfair assassination of his young officer by terrorists, chasing and capturing of two terrorists made him appreciate the gift of empathy, forgiveness, and reconciliation. He left a life of luxury in Iran with his wife and daughters, dreaming of a life of stability in the United States of America, with endless opportunity. Believing in the prosperity through education made him and his wife to endure all the challenges offered by their new country. His deportation made him and his family stronger and more appreciative of the opportunities in their new country. As a university teacher, researcher, and administrator found deep satisfaction and honor in serving, teaching, and sharing knowledge. As husband who is proud of his wife's resilience in raising two daughters while completing her graduate degree and serving university for over 25 years. As father is proud of his daughters' achievement of degrees in Medicine and Law and his talented and hardworking grandchildren, bound to follow in the families' footsteps to serve this great country.
