Soul searching is a process that happens to most of us without one even giving it a label befitting of this very necessary lifetime phenomena. It is essential to human growth and involves self- exploration, trial and error providing an opportunity to find one's groove in life. Chocolate lovers love sweet things which can be symbolic for almost anything including a sweet lie or some sweet lovin'. I hope you, the reader, get to see yourself in some of the same places and spaces in time whether it be love, lust, or levitation and elation through divine inspiration. Love, laugh and live a little. Do a little soul searching.
If you can't live without a daily bite of chocolate, have visions of chocolate truffles dancing in your head, you will savor the decadence of this collection of stories.
An accomplished and honored professor, psychotherapist, author, and chocolate connoisseur, Diane Gehart identifies surprisingly efficient and fun ways to increase your daily dose of joy. Drawing on positive psychology, Eastern wisdom, and three decades of psychotherapist know-how, she outlines a no-nonsense yet good-humored path to get you where you want to go. She will teach you step-by-step how to: Identify the essential elements necessary for life-long happiness and add them to your everyday habits. Develop an unshakable sense of inner joy that sustains you in good times and bad. Engage your most painful life circumstances to dramatically improve your life for the better. Navigate common pitfalls and challenges, including skillfully handling the most difficult personalities and relationships. Transform how you journey through life—making it a joy ride regardless of weather or other unforeseen circumstances. First, she debunks popular myths that have us looking for happiness in all the wrong places and then offers an accurate map for getting where we want to go. Next, readers will learn the hardest but ultimately most liberating lesson: making friends with life and all that is, including the good, the bad, and the ugly—which includes black widow spiders for some of us. From there, you will learn surprisingly playful and palatable options for maximizing your joy, including mindfulness, crazy wisdom, compassion, and ethical living. Finally, you will learn how to avoid—or at least survive—the common pitfalls and the dangerous snakes that line the path from where you are to where you want to go. If you have avoided meditation and similar practices for most of your life because they are dull and boring, you may find something that suits your refined and zesty taste for living here. Along the way, you will have numerous opportunities to laugh, to cry, and to reconnect with the best within yourself. You will suddenly discover your most desperate challenges dissolving before you, revealing an easier path and renewing your delight in living and loving. Worst-case scenario: You will have educational excuses to savor some chocolate delights, enjoy a few good laughs, and gain a handful of new insights about your life. Whether you are reeling from a devastating break-up; feeling adrift professionally; struggling with depression, anxiety, or more severe mental health issues; or simply wanting to feel happier given the numerous blessings in your life, this book will help you make changes that you could never accomplish before because you will now be motivated to do something different. Ultimately, this book invites you to play. To laugh. To love. To heal old heartbreaks. To overcome what was once impossible. To open your heart to life and all it has to offer: white, milk, and dark. The stresses of modern life often create the illusion that life is hard, painful, and lonely. You are only a few bites away from an entirely different approach to living a sweeter life.
“Like a box of supernatural bonbons—once you start, it's hard to stop.”—Booklist This enchanting book is perfect for those who love magic and mystery, and who know that an unseen, loving presence is watching over us. This is an inspiring collection of mystical experiences involving angels, miracles, near-death experiences, divine interventions, animal experiences, personal transformations, and miraculous healings. The storytellers come from all walks of life—doctors, lawyers, actors, musicians, mailmen, teachers, and others—and include familiar figures, such as Neal Donald Walsch, Judith Orloff, M.D., and Joan Borysenko. With such a wonderful variety of enlightening stories, every reader will find many that will touch them personally.
Love chocolate? . . . Need a good laugh? Who doesn’t? Find mirth and spiritual refreshment in Heavenly Humor for the Chocolate Lover’s Soul, featuring devotional readings drawn from fellow chocolate fanciers. Seventy-five readings will make you laugh, chuckle, chortle, and snicker. And every reading points you to the heavenly Father who knows all about you—and loves you completely.
This collection of 101 true accounts of people who have found their lifetime soul mates through divine intervention and real-life miracles celebrates the truly magical side of love and romance. Introduction by Deepak Chopra.
101 true-life stories chronicles the experiences of ordinary teenagers, who have come face to face with miraculous healing, divine interventions, near-death experiences, angels, miracles, and more.
Come taste and see that the Lord is good—and discover your faith can become a fulfilling adventure. Life can be hard, but God gives us everyday gifts—food, faith, and fun—to satisfy and refresh us in whatever we face. These gifts are like chocolate for our soul, and oh, how wonderful they taste! Too many times we are so focused on what we are not allowed to do and eat that we end up feeling deprived and depressed, as if following Christ were more of a burden that a blessing. It’s time to let go of guilt, grab hold of grace, and recapture the life God craves for you. In Chocolate for Your Soul, bestselling author and speaker Sheri Rose Shepherd encourages you to embark on a new adventure with faith and food. She reveals the food coaching tips that enabled her to lose more than 50 pounds and keep them off. She also shares recipes in celebration of the healthy, delicious food our God created for us to enjoy. (Originally published as If You Have a Craving, I Have a Cure)
Come with me and share this journey life takes us on. These poems are written from deep within the heart sparing nothing. I mean to inspire and encourage. To reach out and touch any soul that needs to be touched, anyone that needs one to just say hey, I understand. May the reader through these verselets find common ground and comfort knowing there’s someone out there who just understands.
Ignite the fires of passion and romance Want more romance, spark and passion in your life? Here's how to ignite it yourself and find sizzling ways to fill every day with romance. Whether you're after the ultimate seduction or a more intimate connection with your partner, included are hot tips and tricks for 143 sexy, silly, passionate and just plain fun activities to add spice to your love life. Your can: -Recognize romance in the most unlikely guises. -Make it easy for him to get it right. -Think about romance in a whole new way. -Create a mood, from soft and serene to brimming with sexiness. -Discover everything that attracts lovers to each other.
