Download or read book Become The Woman of Your Dreams written by Grace Harris and published by Dutch Global. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a thunderous and stormy summer day in the Northern Rivers of Australia when Grace Harris found herself fighting for her life after a simple medical procedure turned fatal due to an accidental anaesthesia overdose. A successful career woman and single mother of two, Grace travelled the world with her children and enjoyed the privileges that financial security brings. On the outside, her life resembled the quintessential modern household full of excitement and abundance. But on the inside, Grace secretly suffered from high functioning depression and chronic anxiety, stemming from her life in Southern Philippines when at the age of six, she was abandoned by her mother to live amongst relatives, where she grew up sexually, emotionally, and psychologically abused. She suppressed her trauma so deeply in an effort to create a loving life that she had always longed for. In doing so, Grace's suppression of her demons resulted to a vicious cycle of self-sabotage, by attracting abusive relationships that resemble the ones she had grown up in. On that fateful day in 2013, while coughing and spluttering blood on the hospital bed, and as the doctors tried to bring her to life from her overdue slumber, Grace was faced by her mortality. The realisation that she was so close to death gave her a raw insight on how she had chosen to live her life so far. For the first time, a gripping true story about the repercussions of unaddressed trauma, and the epidemic child abandonment in the Philippines, is written. Become The Woman of Your Dreams is a true story of healing from the inside. The decision to win the war, instead of simply fighting the battles, was a pivotal moment in Grace's life. From there, she traced her steps backwards and faced all the pain and suffering that created the woman she was; and then she mapped out a bold pathway to become the woman of her dreams. This book will take you through a journey of healing through unapologetic stories of pain, pleasure, adventures, life and death, and then the ultimate gift of finding inner joy and fearless self-love.

Download or read book Grace Not Perfection Bible Study Guide written by Emily Ley and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to let go of your daily toil towards perfection and fall into the lasting freedom of God's grace. As a wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley reached a point when she suddenly realized she couldn't do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize her priorities. She realized that she had been holding herself to a standard of perfection, when what God was really calling her to do was accept the welcoming embrace of his grace. In this four-session video-based study (DVD/video streaming sold separately), Emily—author of A Simplified Life­—describes the journey that led to her pursuing a life that allowed her to breathe, laugh, and grow. Along the way, she'll take you and your group through strategies to simplify your lives. Because God so abundantly pours out grace on us, we can surely extend grace to ourselves! This message is for anyone who has been trying to do it all…only to feel like you're burning out. Learn to find joy, acceptance, and clarity in the midst of life's beautiful messes. Sessions include: Let Go of the Perfect Life Surrender Control Build True Community Live in God’s Grace Designed for use with the Grace, Not Perfection Video Study (sold separately).

Download or read book Blue Sky Dream written by David Beers and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2012-05-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America’s Fall from Grace, award-winner David Beers offers a powerful, personal vision of the rise and fall of the American middle class. Here is a dazzling literary chronicle of a family, a people, and a nation: the “blue sky tribe” of ever-optimistic middle-class Americans who believed in something called the American Dream, then woke up one day to discover it was gone. Blue Sky Dream is a book incredibly rich in ideas, in ways of seeing the recent past with stunning clarity. David Beers explores issues that define our times—downsizing, middle-class anxiety, the profound anger with government, the sense that something has gone awry with the United States—with such skill, personal immediacy, and compassion that readers will see their own histories in his prose. Blue Sky Dream can rightly be called a communal memoir, because in telling his family’s tale—growing tensions and disillusionment in their suburban paradise, a son rejecting his parents’ values, one sudden and inexplicable moment of violence—Beers tells the story of his people, the blue sky tribe “who imagined ourselves to be living the inevitable future, and are very surprised today to discover we were but a strange and aberrant moment that is now receding into history.”

Download or read book By the Grace of the Game written by Dan Grunfeld and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-generational family epic detailing history's only known journey from Auschwitz to the NBA When Lily and Alex entered a packed gymnasium in Queens, New York in 1972, they barely recognized their son. The boy who escaped to America with them, who was bullied as he struggled to learn English and cope with family tragedy, was now a young man who had discovered and secretly honed his basketball talent on the outdoor courts of New York City. That young man was Ernie Grunfeld, who would go on to win an Olympic gold medal and reach previously unimaginable heights as an NBA player and executive. In By the Grace of the Game, Dan Grunfeld, once a basketball standout himself at Stanford University, shares the remarkable story of his family, a delicately interwoven narrative that doesn't lack in heartbreak yet remains as deeply nourishing as his grandmother's Hungarian cooking, so lovingly described. The true improbability of the saga lies in the discovery of a game that unknowingly held the power to heal wounds, build bridges, and tie together a fractured Jewish family. If the magnitude of an American dream is measured by the intensity of the nightmare that came before and the heights of the triumph achieved after, then By the Grace of the Game recounts an American dream story of unprecedented scale. From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow stars to silver spoons, this complex tale traverses the spectrum of the human experience to detail how perseverance, love, and legacy can survive through generations, carried on the shoulders of a simple and beautiful game.

Download or read book Waiariki written by Patricia Grace and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia Grace's popular first collection – sensitive stories of Maori life which explore Maori spirituality and values and pursue relationships between people, family and races. Also available as an eBook

Download or read book About Grace written by Anthony Doerr and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning All The Light We Cannot See.

Download or read book The Grace Year written by Kim Liggett and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times Bestseller! Kim Liggett's The Grace Year is a speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power. Survive the year. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life—a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman, but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. It’s not even the poachers in the woods, men who are waiting for a chance to grab one of the girls in order to make a fortune on the black market. Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between. “A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner.” – Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author

Download or read book A Year Without a Name written by Cyrus Dunham and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "stunning" (Hanif Abdurraqib), "unputdownable" (Mary Karr) meditation on queerness, family, and desire. How do you know if you are transgender? How do you know if what you want and feel is real? How do you know whether to believe yourself? Cyrus Dunham’s life always felt like a series of imitations—lovable little girl, daughter, sister, young gay woman. But in a culture of relentless self-branding, and in a family subject to the intrusions and objectifications that attend fame, dissociation can come to feel normal. A Lambda Literary Award finalist, Dunham’s fearless, searching debut brings us inside the chrysalis of a transition inflected as much by whiteness and proximity to wealth as by gender, asking us to bear witness to an uncertain and exhilarating process that troubles our most basic assumptions about identity. Written with disarming emotional intensity in a voice uniquely his, A Year Without a Name is a potent, thrillingly unresolved meditation on queerness, family, and selfhood. Named a Most Anticipated Book of the season by: Time NYLON Vogue ELLE Buzzfeed Bustle O Magazine Harper's Bazaar

Download or read book Unbridled Dreams written by Stephanie Grace Whitson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unpredictable tale of an independent young woman who disappears from her trip to finishing school to hook up with Wild Buffalo Bill's show.

Download or read book Seeking Slow written by Melanie Barnes and published by Rock Point. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you being consumed by never-ending to-do lists? Are you working harder and enjoying less? Seeking Slow provides simple ways for you to slow down and reconnect with yourself, your family, and your surroundings—while finding joy in doing so. If daily life feels too busy and hectic, it's time to discover the beauty of slow living. Being fully present and intentional with your time allows you to embrace the wholehearted moments that are right in front of you every day. Take time to consider what your slow moments are, whether that is heading outdoors for a walk with family, learning to meditate, taking up a new craft, reading a book, or simply taking a long deep breath during a busy day. This soothing book includes helpful insights into: Managing your time Learning to nurture yourself Making a slow home Seasonal living Living sustainably Meditation and mindful living Daily slow-living rituals Feel your heart rate drop as you read this gentle guide to slowing down. The Live Well series from Rock Point invites you to create a life you love through multiple acts of self-discovery and reinvention. These encouraging gift books touch on fun yet hardworking self-improvement strategies, whether it’s learning to value progress over perfection, taking time to meditate and slow down to literally smell the roses, or finding time to show gratitude and develop a personal mantra. From learning how to obtain more restful sleep and creating a healthy work/life balance to developing personal style and your own happy place, the Live Well series encourages you to live your best life. Other titles in the series include: Progress Over Perfection; Find Your Flow; Be Happy; Finding Gratitude; Eff This! Meditation; The Joy of Forest Bathing; Find Your Mantra; It Had to be You; Men’s Society; Genius Jokes; The Calm and Cozy Book of Sleep; Beating Burnout; Ayurveda for Life; Choose Happy; and You Got This.

Download or read book Grace from Space written by Barbara A Glazier-Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Grace of It All written by F. Dean Lueking and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-12-27 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an invitation to a conversation on the pastoral life from one of America's most respected clergy. Dean Lueking shares the fruits and foibles of his 50 years in parish minstry, 44 of them in the same congregation, Grace Lutheran in River Forest, Illinois. A lively storyteller, Lueking writes as the wise friend and colleague every pastor would hope to have. He gives life to a truth many congregational leaders will recognize: a congregation never stands still but is at once new and old, vexing and inspiring, lively and dull. It is life-giving year after year, in quiet moments and in open view. Lueking writes out of gratitude for the colleagues in ministry who over the years offered him a listening ear and an understanding heart. His words affirm what pastors are already doing while sparking dialogue about his suggestions and provoking new insights and understanding. This volume offers a glimpse of a larger vision for one's life and ministry that comes not from within but from God. Lueking joins theological reflection with the realities of congregation and community. Recalling the spiritual and intellectual exchanges with other authors that have enriched him throughout his ministry, he offers encouragement to all who serve congregations.

Download or read book Dignity Grace of Ageing written by Ee Heok Kua and published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cultivate written by Lara Casey and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A flourishing life is possible—no perfection required! Women often feel like they have to have it all together in order to live a meaningful life. Instead they feel inadequate, overwhelmed, and exhausted as they to figure out how to do it all. Author, business owner, and mom to three Lara Casey offers this grace-filled advice: “We can’t do it all, and do it well. But, we can choose to cultivate what matters. Written as part encouragement anthem and part practical guide, Cultivate offers wisdom from God’s Word alongside lessons Lara has learned in her garden. Special features include: Actionable Cultivate It prompts throughout the book A ten-week Cultivate Together discussion guide with questions for small groups “Grace from the Garden” vignettes provide encouragement and inspiration Discover how to embrace the season you’re in, and find the joy and the freedom that comes in cultivating what matters, little by little, with God’s transforming grace.

Download or read book A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine written by Ibn Daud and published by Ibn Daud Books. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spiritual guide to the self is a handbook of tazkiyah or 'self-purification'. Not only does it illustrate the maladies of the human spiritual condition, it recognises the struggles and insecurities we all succumb to from time to time, and offers up the remedies too. The antidotes to our ailments are drawn from Qur'anic verses and authenticate ahadith (Prophetic sayings), inspiring mindfulness of the Almighty Cherisher (SWT) and His Beloved Prophet (PBUH). This guidebook, drawing on the 11th and 12th Century works of the 'Proof of Islam' and the wondrous sage, Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali can be applied to our busy lives in the modern, hi-tech era, and will prove accessible to people of all ages, all denominations: believers and non-believers alike.

Download or read book Self Obsessed written by Sina Grace and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cartoonist SINA GRACE returns to his roots with his most personal and intimate work since the 2012 charmer NOT MY BAG. Comes with FREE AUDIOBOOK download!

Download or read book Dreams from God written by Susan C. McDermott and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams from God: A Glimpse of the Future by God’s Grace weaves together words and photographs to recount the spiritual journey of Susan C. McDermott as she recounts the dreams she received from God. These dreams moved her to embark on a path that brought her to encounter unusual and fantastic adventures, to endure devastating heartaches, and to enjoy miraculous moments. In the course of her personal narrative, the author reveals the details of her simple lifestyle, the impressions of her dreams from God, and her visions of the future and God’s plan for her. While the specifics of this journey arise from one particular life, Dreams from God illustrates how God touches individuals and changes them to suit His purposes. The author notes this in her Preface, writing, “There is something mysterious about the way God works. Through His means of grace, He enters your life at a moment’s notice through a thought, a dream, or an audible voice.” Dreams from God: A Glimpse of the Future by God’s Grace promises to immerse you in the details of one woman’s life. At the same time, it makes and keeps a second promise. When you read Dreams from God, you will hear a witness to His grace that reminds you that He can and will pour out that grace in your life as well. This is the source of this memoir’s spiritual power to inspire and motivate others to catch the glimpses God offers of the future.