Personal development

A “down-to-earth, approachable, and deeply accessible” guide to applying Tibetan Buddhist practices to the everyday challenges of modern life—from one of the first Western Buddhist nuns (Huffington Post) The real test of our Buddhist practice happens not on the cushion or in the protected space of retreat, but moment-to-moment in daily life, particularly when we find ourselves in uncomfort

Encyclopedia of Job-Winning Resumes, Third Edition, is the most helpful and comprehensive resume book you can buy. It includes more than 400 success-proven resume examples that teach you how to personalize your resume according to your own unique career situation. The 17 chapters contain resumes that cover all major industries, span every job level from entry-level to CEO, and are helpfully arrang

When you--re 50 or 60 years old, the job market is a combat zone, no matter what your skills or experience. Battle-scarred veterans report that they're passed over time and again for jobs which they are eminently qualified for. Successful applicants, often with fewer skills and almost always with far less experience, do seem to have one significant thing in common-they are younger, sometimes pai

For the first time ever here's a resumé book that clears away the clutter and gets down to the brass tacks of what it takes to write and design a resumé that will get you interviews and job offers. Authors and professional resumé writers Wendy Enelow and Arnold Boldt share their insights knowledge and more than 35 years of combined experience to help you prepare a resumé that will get you noticed

In today's competitive job market, if your cover letter doesn't grab the interviewer's attention, he or she may never even glance at your resume. No-Nonsense Cover Letters gives you the powerful, practical tools to write attention-grabbing cover letters that complement your resume and get you more interviews and job offers. In this companion to No-Nonsense Resumes authors and professional resume w

Masters of Meditation and Miracles presents colorful biographies of thirty-five realized teachers whose lives were full of peace, enlightenment, and amazing miracles. They flourished in Tibet, the Roof of the World, in its golden days. These teachers belong to the Longchen Nyingthig lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, a cycle of mystical teachings revealed by the great scholar and a

Chah offers a thorough exploration of Theravadan Buddhism in a gentle, sometimes humorous, style that makes the reader feel as though he or she is being entertained by a story.

"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships—one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, How to Be an Adult in Relationships explores five h

Over the past twenty-five years A. H. Almaas—widely recognized as a leader in integrating spirituality and psychology—has been developing and teaching the Diamond Approach, a spiritual path that integrates the insights of Sufism, Buddhism, Gurdjieff, and other wisdom traditions with modern psychology.

Every day you have thoughts and feelings. Things happen to you. How much is caused by you and how much by someone else? How much is fate, destiny, or the result of invisible forces you know nothing about? Is there a purpose for your life, for the lives of others, or is everyone and everything the result of accident or chance? Finding the answers to these questions can be compared to putting to

TUNE INTO LOVE offers readers an exciting new process to bring in the loving partner they seek. By using the technique described in the book known as Vibrational Matching the reader will attract exactly the right person at the right time in their life. Vibrational Matching is the deliberate intention to energise one's desires (say for a romantic relationship) by vibrating at a level equal to them.

A care-giving crisis is confronting us as baby boomers hit their sixties and the questions arise: Who's going to help and who's going to pay? Part memoir part recovery manual BRAIN HEAL THYSELF may well act as a guidebook to thousands of unexpected caregivers. With humour warmth and arresting honesty Madonna Siles recounts moment-by-moment the journey from her friend Eve's near-fatal aneurysm to c

Her first book, The Cosmic Ordering Service--with more than 1 million in sales in Mohr's home country of Germany--recently exploded across England after Noel Edmonds, popular host of "Deal or No Deal," revealed that he followed the book's principles and they had changed his life. We have all had an experience where we've secretly wished for something--from finding the right partner to scoring a

Excuse Me, Your Job Is Waiting approaches job-hunting from Lynn Grabhorn's philosophy of the astonishing power of feelings introduced to more than half a million readers. Laura George applies the powerful Law of Attraction to the life experiences of both losing and getting a job. George captures the style and substance of Excuse Me and helps you identify the qualities you want in a job and then

Lynn Grabhorn's New York Times bestseller Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting taught four fundamental principles for manifesting the life you want--knowing what you don't want, knowing what you do want, getting into the feeling of what you want, and allowing what you want to come into your life. The nearly half a million readers who resonated with her wildly popular book will embrace this follow-up

EXCUSE ME, YOUR GOD IS WAITING reinvigorates two powerful teachings about living the secret of a life closer to God, filled with love, joy and miracles. Conversations with God revolutionised the thoughts of millions by explaining how God wants us to create our lives and become the magnificent, powerful spiritual beings God intended. Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting inspired half a million readers t

From its opening lines, "We're not meant to be happy, we're meant to grow," THE POWER OF ADVERSITY gives concise, concrete and inspirational instructions that show us how to change our approach to adversity. In short, stop seeing problems and start seeing opportunities.Although Al Weatherhead was born into privilege, he has faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including rheumatoid arthritis,

This fun and accessible guide presents clear and concise ways that you can begin —-right now—- to live a happier and more meaningful life. You will learn how to feel more peaceful and be more productive by replacing the automatic ways you react with new perceptions of yourself and the world.The book is rooted in his father's work in the area of attitudinal healing (Love is Letting Go of Fear, publ

A recent study found that four out of ten students say they endure stress often. And, most shocking of all, nearly 50 percent say they feel stressed all of the time! Using Lynn Grabhorn, best-selling author of 'Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting' as the jumping-off point, Doreen Banaszak, author of ' Excuse Me, Your Life is Now.' and Sebastian Oddo have written an invaluable guide for college student