Self Joy

Striving not to be average is exhausting and breaking us. Our pursuit of success and perfection is blinding us to the everyday pleasures of the ordinary. Trying to be across our friends, our family, social media, our careers and our hobbies all the time can be damaging. We have been sold the story that we can do it all, that we are superhuman and that being above average is the path to success and happiness. But it's time we pressed pause. It's time to rediscover our appreciation of the ordinary and the average - that space where most of the best things happen.

Explore the core of life's true essence with Fulfilled: Unlocking Passion, Purpose, and Joy in Your Life. This book invites you to discover what makes life truly meaningful. As a masterful storyteller and internationally acclaimed photographer, Steven Alan Vote draws from decades of traveling the world with his camera, offering a uniquely transformative approach to living a life full of wonder, creativity, courage, joy, steadfast purpose, and contentment.

Jasmine Yap’s life is great. Well, it’s okay. She’s about to move in with her longtime boyfriend, Paul, before starting a nursing program at community college - all of which she mostly wants. But her stable world is turned upside down when she catches Paul cheating. To her giant, overprotective family, Paul’s loss is their golden ticket to showing Jasmine that she deserves much more. The only problem is, Jasmine refuses to meet anyone new. But...what if the family set up a situation where she wouldn’t have to know? A secret Jasmine Project.

Losing someone you love can be a devastating experience. It is often excruciatingly painful and hard to wrap your mind around. Trying to take in the reality of death and then figuring out how to move forward can leave you overwhelmed, shattered, heartbroken, and frightened. And because it feels impossible to accept the unacceptable, we learn by osmosis to put misery on the back burner and pretend we're mostly okay.

ÄNDERNPerfektionismus – ein Wort, das gleichzeitig Bewunderung und Beklemmung auslösen kann. Vielleicht hast du ihn als Antrieb in deinem Leben gesehen, als die Stimme, die dich zu Höchstleistungen anspornt und dir hilft, Ziele zu erreichen. Doch genauso gut kann er der stille Tyrann sein, der dich antreibt, niemals stillstehen zu bleiben, immer weiter zu verbessern und in einem unaufhörlichen Streben nach mehr und besser gefangen zu sein.

Each of us desires happiness in our lives. And why shouldn't we? It's a desire that's central to all of human nature! Despite this fact, so many of us spend our lives chasing the elusive state of being known as happiness, yet few manage to find it and even fewer manage to retain it for very long. Best-selling author Dan Howe unlocks the deep mysteries concerning the keys to not only achieving happiness, but how to maintain it throughout your life and even how to call more of it into your life at will!

Find True Peace, Achieve Inner Joy, and Uncover Your Deepest Self. * Are you searching for inner peace but are entangled in daily stress, negative emotions, and a constant struggle to discover your true self? * The path to eternal peace may seem distant as you face the overwhelming illusions of the mind, the turmoil of fleeting emotions, and a life that feels disconnected from a deeper purpose. * Imagine a life where these struggles are replaced by tranquility, joy, and clarity. Imagine living with a genuine sense of wholeness, fully aware of your true identity and harmoniously connected to...

50 Things to Know to Feel Your Best by Amanda Walton offers an approach to helping yourself feel better through learning how to be healthier. Most books on feeling better tell you to focus on your mental health or your physical health. Although there's nothing wrong with that, it is not going to help you feel better as a whole person. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts you will learn how to improve your health and be able to feel better both physically and mentally.

With great tenderness, transparency, and candor, Tami Longaberger opens her heart, offering readers a glimpse of her unique American Dream, the kind not handed down or given freely, but earned by hard work and fierce tenacity. Longaberger prompts listeners to dream bigger, think more broadly, and risk taking the road less traveled in business and in life.

We all struggle. We doubt our abilities, and we feel hopeless about our future. For some of us, these struggles manifest as depression, and for others, as a rough patch. In difficult times, we lean on our friends for comfort and guidance. We consult that one person with the wisdom and courage to tell us exactly what we need to hear.

Finding job satisfaction and discovering your passion in life - these things don’t always hit you like a strike of lightning. This audiobook will help you tap into what brings you joy and feeds your strengths in your career. The Joy Factor is a set of tools and guided introspection that will help you develop a road map for career happiness.

Gathering Joy: Building a Nest Full of Happiness is a heartwarming and inspirational guide to creating a life filled with peace, purpose, and lasting joy. Much like a bird gathers twigs to build its nest, this book helps you gather the essential elements that nurture joy in your everyday life. Through powerful insights, actionable steps, and reflective exercises, you'll learn to embrace change, cultivate meaningful relationships, live in the present moment, and practice self-compassion—all while building a foundation of happiness that can withstand life's challenges. This Large Print ...

Dr. Adrianne Ahern's powerful program can help you make a quantum leap to a life with purpose, joy, and excellence. Snap Out of It Now! is your guide to do-it-yourself fulfillment-whether you want more self-confidence, wealth, love, or just more fun! Dr. Ahern's 4-step method teaches you to stop the negative thinking, look at what you really want for yourself, listen to the feelings in your body - your inner guidance - and breathe away the negativity. These are the keys to connecting with your inner joy.

Turn your darkest moments into your Greatest Gifts with an easy-to-use Mental Health Resiliency Roadmap. Are you struggling with a difficult transition or heart-wrenching loss? Does your world feel like it’s been turned upside down? If so, it’s time to unwrap your Gifts in Dark Packages and start navigating adversity with raw honesty, humour and optimism.

In The Relaxed Woman, Nicola Jane Hobbs explores how the stress of societal pressures, unrealistic expectations and traumatic experiences impact our minds, bodies and relationships and illuminates a path towards healing. Weaving together neuroscience and psychology with inspirational stories from women who are discovering the transformational power of relaxation for themselves, Nicola guides us on a journey to becoming relaxed women.

This book offers a collection of empowering affirmations designed to help Black mothers-to-be overcome self-doubt, embrace their bodies, and celebrate their Blackness during pregnancy.

Do you hate to exercise? Are you an exercise dropout? Has your doctor told you to start moving? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. In fact, the CDC tells that 80% of Americans do not meet the recommended level of physical activity. Off the Couch helps you think differently about exercise so that when you do start, you will be more successful.

On the 21st August Tabitha Rice disappeared without a trace. All the signs point to murder, but no signs point to a murderer. The easiest answer is her husband, Rick. But he protests his innocence and there is little proof he is the murderer. Annabella knows there is more to the story than what the police are telling. Tabitha was her best friend and she vows to uncover the truth. As Annabella delves further into the past, she uncovers sides to Tabitha that she never saw coming.

"Sing the song of glory, and the grace will come to you. Let your heart become the tune that frees the soul in truth." - Matt Buonocore The Everlasting Sky, Book 4 of The Divine Ties Collection is a self- help poetry book that takes the reader on a journey beyond the mind and into the way of the heart. The Everlasting Sky is a book of poems and affirmations to awaken the soul. Each poem provides a new vibratory experience that guides the reader towards spiritual growth. This book is my journey from awakening to the present day. The book is meant as a catalyst for spiritual growth, the goal ...

Welcome to the only mall where happiness is always in stock! Have you ever walked into a mall and noticed how everyone looks surprisingly... happy? As if a magical mist of joy is sprayed from the air-conditioning vents? Inspired by this curious observation, bestselling author Chandra Subramanyam sets out on an extraordinary journey—not to shop, but to search for happiness in the bustling, colorful corridors of a modern mall. In this heartwarming and humorous book, Happiness Mall – A Marketplace of Inner Delights, Chandra uses the mall as a rich metaphor for life. Each store represents ...