Download or read book Pockets of Joy written by Roxane Battle and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No matter your situation, you have a choice. I chose joy.” // Roxane Battle was on television for much of her adult life. As a news reporter and anchor, she traveled the world and met notable people from Jay Leno to Mariah Carey to Prince. But shortly after landing her dream job in her hometown of Minneapolis, Roxane’s marriage fell apart. Every day was a battle to keep it together on camera while piecing her life back together at home as the single mom of eleven-month-old Jarod. At one point, broke and alone, dinner was a single chicken McNugget. // With wit, dignity, and gripping detail, Roxane shares her story of intentionally looking for joy during this challenging chapter of her life. Her faith was the guiding force as she searched for moments of gratitude and found a lifetime of grace. Alongside Roxane's practical tips for spiritual, professional, and personal wholeness for today's woman, Pockets of Joy reveals the incredible secret to a joy-filled life.
Download or read book The Little Pocket Book of Happiness written by Lois Blyth and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swap worry and anxiety for joy and contentment and choose to live in a happier way. Happiness is like the answer to a riddle. The more we want it and the more we seek it, the more elusive it becomes. And yet, when we are least conscious of looking for it, it can envelop us in a warm sense of contentment and belonging, making a single moment precious and valuable beyond measure. A feeling of happiness has the power to light up our whole being. Scientists will tell us that happiness has the power to heal and to extend life. It is the ingredient we all seek to make our lives complete. Like the air we breathe, we are not conscious that we need it, until it disappears. Happiness makes us feel glad to be alive. The Little Pocket Book of Happiness offers you a more joyous approach to living and thinking; a shift in approach that may reframe your view of the world; simple things you can do to reconsider your life – consciously – so that you can decide whether now is the time when you can be happier. It includes strategies to warm the heart and open the mind to the extraordinary power of happiness. It shares the experiences of others and provides the closest we might have to a happiness 'formula'. The good news is, happiness is within everyone's grasp.
Download or read book Life s Little Pockets of Joy written by Jeannette Rainbow and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a journal in which to capture those moments in life that bring you joy. I like to call them pockets of joy. Our lives are full of challenges, sadness, loss and pain, but without these we could not appreciate the joyful times. We may think these little gems of joy never happen, or happen infrequently, but they are all around us if we stop to notice and appreciate them. The saying is true that the small moments in life should not be overlooked, for one day we will look back and realize they were the big moments. This beautiful journal is 100 pages of blank pages, so you can record your pockets of joy as creatively as you wish.
Download or read book The Little Book of Joy written by Joanne Ruelos Diaz and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover 365 ways to share joy every day with this little book packed with fun facts, mindful activities, trivia, birthdays, and international days relating to each day of the year Discover a different way to find happiness every day of the year with this pocket-size book that celebrates the little things that bring great joy. Be inspired by famous people on their birthdays; learn how to spot and find flowers throughout each season; create your own gratitude jar; learn how to make pastries; make a gift for someone you love; discover the pleasure of letter writing; and find joy in a rainy day. Packed with art activities, famous birthdays, inventions, international holidays, facts, and trivia about the world around us, each page offers a mindful prompt to encourage gratitude for things we have, every day.
Download or read book The Joy of Doing Nothing written by Rachel Jonat and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fight back against busyness and celebrate the pleasure of doing nothing in this new guide that helps relieve stress and increase happiness in your life. In The Joy of Doing Nothing you’ll discover how to step away from everything you think you have to do and learn to live a minimalist life. Rachel Jonat shares simple strategies to help you stop overscheduling, find time for yourself, and create moments of calm every day. You’ll learn how to focus more on the important aspects of life, such as family and friends, and scale back your schedule to create more time in the day to care for yourself.
Download or read book My Pocket Gratitude written by Courtney E. Ackerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice being grateful everyday with these quick and inspiring exercises to express gratitude for yourself, others, and circumstances in your daily life. Gratitude is a powerful tool that transforms any negative situation by adding a positive perspective and makes otherwise ordinary moments even better by reminding us to savor the experience. You can reap the benefits of gratitude, which include better sleep, less stress, and an overall enhanced sense of well-being just by shifting your attitude towards a more grateful mindset. In My Pocket Gratitude you’ll discover many easy ways to start living with more awareness, appreciation, and joy everyday with simple exercises to do on the go including: -Thank yourself for thinking ahead -Get your body a gift -Express “old” gratitude to a loved one -Make a list of reasons to be proud of past you -Give someone a positive tour -Catalogue your lessons learned These 150 gratitude-infused activities help you cultivate positivity throughout your life and begin to develop habits that lead you to feel more fulfilled on a day-to-day basis. With this book in hand you can easily turn any negative experience into a positive one—and thank yourself in the process!
Download or read book The Little Pocket Book of Kindness written by Lois Blyth and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become your kindest self and learn how to enrich the lives of those around you with The Little Pocket Book of Kindness. Become your kindest self and learn how to enrich the lives of those around you with The Little Pocket Book of Kindness. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama (B.1935) Kindness is contagious. One good deed can lead to a huge positive impact upon another, inspiring them to do a good deed in return, and perpetuating a harmonic of ever-increasing happiness. Even the smallest of acts can make a whole world of difference! The Little Pocket Book of Kindness is a breath of fresh air and a reminder of all of the good things in the world. It contains lists of ways to be kind and how to make time for the people in your life, improving their lives as well as your own. Studies have shown that acting selflessly, and seeing another person act altruistically, produces good feelings and instills a more positive and happier outlook. Being kind is essential to creating a better and happier world. The Little Pocket Book of Kindness, with stirring quotations and tales of inspirational icons, such as Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi, will help you aspire to and become the kindest version of yourself. This book has been beautifully illustrated and is filled with color drawings and photographs. Give it a read and enrich the lives of those around you.
Download or read book O s Little Book of Happiness written by O the Oprah Magazine and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thoughtful and affecting writing on happiness-the first in a series of inspirational books from O. Magazine.
Download or read book Pockets of Joy Journal written by Roxane Battle and published by Beaver's Pond Press. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a follow-up to her best-selling memoir, Pockets of Joy: Deciding to Be Happy, Choosing to Be Free, author Roxane Battle created the Pockets of Joy Journal to inspire you to write down your very own pockets of joy--the times in your life, however fleeting, when you were truly happy. The journal, sure to become a keepsake, reminds us that we must be intentional about seeing joy; it's all around us, if we look for it, especially when life gets a little hard. Bound in beautiful French blue leatherette, the Pockets of Joy Journal is the place to write down your happy memories and have them for keeps. The Pockets of Joy Journal includes: -- a personal introduction by the author -- inspirational religious quotes -- a satin ribbon bookmark -- a pocket envelope to store mementoes The Pockets of Joy Journal may become the best book you've ever read, for the simple reason that it was written by you! So what are you waiting for? Start writing and become part of the #pocketsofjoy movement
Download or read book A Pocket of Joy written by Cristy Burlace and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to nature after years of high-heel city living. Discovering a deep passion for butterflies. An inner quest to reclaim balance. Taking place over twenty years, these passion-infused vignettes recount the attainment of a mid-life dream: moving to the Philippines and creating a butterfly sanctuary deep in the tropical highlands. Through culture shock and personal growth, an "outsider" finds she's right at home in nature's bounty. The roller-coaster journey thronged with the struggles of culture entanglement and personal growth as a foreigner in a developing country. A hobbyist photograph collection of butterflies is featured, in celebration of nature's bounty.
Download or read book The Joy of Small Things written by Hannah Jane Parkinson and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.' JOJO MOYES 'Always funny and frank and full of insight, I absolutely love Parkinson's writing.' DAVID NICHOLLS 'I loved this book . . . Parkinson's writing transports you to unexpected places of joy and comfort . . . these pages contain happiness.' MARINA HYDE 'The twenty-first century feels a lot more bearable in Parkinson's company.' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON Drawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days. Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown ('like bathing in marshmallow'), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is charmed by the personalities of fonts ('you'll never see Comic Sans on a funeral notice'), celebrates pockets and gleefully abandons a book she isn't enjoying. Parkinson's everyday exaltations - selected from her immensely successful Guardian column - will utterly delight. FEATURES BRAND NEW MATERIAL 'A compendium of delights.' OBSERVER 'Delightful . . . a love letter to those little moments of bliss that get us through the daily grind.' RED
Download or read book My little pocket book of Health Wealth Happiness Abundance written by Marcus Edward Bond and published by Marcus Edward Bond. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My little pocket book of Health Wealth Happiness & Abundance bring happiness health and wealth into your life the true secret behind the secret
Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Download or read book The Little Book of Gratitude written by Robert Emmons and published by Gaia. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gratitude is the simple, scientifically proven way to increase happiness and encourage greater joy, love, peace, and optimism into our lives. Through easy practices, such as keeping a daily gratitude journal, writing letters of thanks, and meditating on the good we have received, we can improve our health and wellbeing, enhance our relationships, encourage healthy sleep, and heighten feelings of connectedness. Easily accessible and available to everyone, the practice of gratitude will benefit every area of your life and generate a positive ripple effect. This beautiful book, written by Dr Robert A Emmons, Professor of Psychology at UC Davis, California, discusses the benefits of gratitude and teaches easy techniques to foster gratitude every day.
Download or read book A Short Guide to a Happy Life written by Anna Quindlen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Alternate Side, Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life makes a perfect gift for any occasion. “Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination.” In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to “get a life”—to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. “Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us,” Quindlen writes, “because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives.” Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen: “It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason. . . . I learned something enduring, in a very short period of time, about life. And that was that it was glorious, and that you had no business taking it for granted.” But how to live from that perspective, to fully engage in our days? In A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes from knowing how to see the view, the richness in living.
Download or read book HERE AND NOW written by Innisai Aranganathan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is past is left behind The future is yet unreached Whatever quality is present You clearly see right there Not taken in, unshaken That is how you develop the heart. --- Gauthama Buddha Do you find yourself hopping from one task to another, juggling and multitasking in a desperate attempt to stay afloat in the endless sea of tasks laid out before you? Do you ever wish you could pause the button in your ceaseless race against time? Dr. Innisai Aranganathan guides the path towards ‘the art of mindful living ‘,’ through simple practices which can be easily inculcated in one’s day to day challenges. She beautifully teaches how to be fully engaged with whatever is happening right here, right now, without your mind playing hopscotch between the past and future. Once learnt, the experience is so lovely that the sense of who you are, what you do, where you come from, and whatever the plan is for tomorrow all vanish for a moment, you find yourself being the fantastic you. ‘Here and Now’ the book beautifully illustrates and unravels the mysteries of mindfulness with stories, quotes and practical exercises that will tickle your curiosity and light the path to inner serenity. It will help you to lead a mindful, peaceful, and successful life. Happy reading!
Download or read book Anna s Game Plan written by Anna Geary and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An incredible life-changing guide to achieving true happiness and success' Kathryn Thomas As an All-Ireland winning camogie player, Anna Geary learned that the right mindset unlocks everything. It builds confidence, brings success and provides perspective when things don’t go to plan. Sharing the power of mindset has been at the heart of her post-playing career as a speaker, trainer, health and well-being coach and even as a broadcaster. Because daily life is so full-on our mindsets can get disrupted and make us stress about the wrong things. In Anna’s Game Plan, Anna shares the powerful ways that managing your mindset can be life-changing. Based on her extensive experience in nurturing healthy attitudes to mind and body, Anna lays out five practical tactics – Acceptance, Purpose, Consistency, Challenge, Kindness – that can equip you with a practical toolkit to banish overwhelm and focus on what’s really important. Packed with honest relatable stories from Anna’s own life, as well as fascinating insights from the behavioural sciences, Anna’s Game Plan is an essential one-stop guide to building confidence and creating the life you deserve. Change your mindset. Change your life! 'Anna's Game Plan will help you to be the best version of you' Karl Henry
