Living Yes offers insights and actions that will help you reduce your stress, ease your anger, tell the truth with courage, accept yourself and your world, be imperfect, find clarity in unsure decisions, set boundaries, stop avoiding, stop struggling to prove, stop self-loathing, free yourself from the victim role, claim emotional freedom, become comfortable with your power, slow your racing thoughts, let go of harsh judgments, move past your pain, replace destructive behaviors, rise above the illusion of being alone, find meaning, discover sacred joy and peace, and be fully human. Living Yes does this with easy-to-read language, insightful exercises, eye-opening charts, and cartoons. Living Yes teaches powerful techniques that anyone may use at any time. Living Yes is written by a practicing psychotherapist who makes the secrets of therapy available to everybody. The Living Yes website describes Living Yes as a way to choose clarity and joy and any moment. Living Yes is a handbook which helps us clear our minds, so we may say "yes" in a healthy and connecting way. Events occur in life which challenge us to say "yes" or "no." Living Yes is an ongoing choice. The result of Living Yes is a peaceful mind and a fulfilling life. Buy the book! WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM READING THIS BOOK? Living Yes will help anyone who is willing to discover what it means to be human. Many people experience life on the defensive. They avoid discomfort at all costs, find themselves numbed by their challenges, and have no fun whatsoever. These folks are frozen by habit, awash in sadness, stuck in judgment and blame, trapped by anxiety and fear, swamped by anger, and undone by lies in their head, believing themselves to be worthless, weak, or stupid. They find themselves alone and unable to connect. Some people are more fortunate. They feel the presence of love, have identified some insight, and recognize their own progress; however they are still stuck. They are confused because life remains a mystery. WHAT'S THE BOOK ABOUT? If Living Yes were a medication, it would be both a pain reliever and a vitamin. By using this book, you will be able to lift yourself from emotional pain at any time while growing mentally stronger. The easy-to-read text, charts, graphics, progress questions, cartoons, and exercises will help you learn how anxiety, anger, and sadness may be relieved by reducing expectations and learning acceptance. Instead of struggling with relationships, you will learn how to set boundaries and choose assertiveness. You will understand how you never need to feel lonely or overwhelmed by fear or despair. You will learn how to examine your thinking and challenge your deepest "core lies." You will discover how to tap-in to your compassion, vulnerability, and strength. When you are ready for action, you will no longer be a victim of your fateful circumstances and will use the tools to create a plan based on your true destiny. Once Living Yes is mastered, you will no longer need to struggle to prove, avoid, or judge. You will be able to slow down. Becoming quiet and intentional, you will breathe and move peacefully, be comfortable with your power, while enhancing your pleasure, love, and joy. You will move past your pain to a place where you will choose to be fulfilled. You will know how to Live Yes.

"Life has a way of sneaking up on all of us, at some point making us wonder what we're doing and why. Living in Yes gently guides the reader through a self-examination to determine what really matters: the commitments, relationships, and other elements that allow each of our lives to be truly rewarding." Michael Rosenberg, MD, MPH CEO Health Decisions "When it came to getting clarity on my purpose I found Rebecca's book to be a true compass for setting my path." Bob Johnson Founder Leadersearch Inc. "Rebecca Merrill's book, Living in Yes, provides a usable format to incorporate self awareness into decision-making. Sometimes gently, sometimes forcefully, she took me through the steps to ensure that my choices lead me to a life that matches my value system. Rebecca's inspiring personal stories, intellectual depth, and creativity emboldened me to do the hard work necessary for meaningful growth." Leesa Sluder President Triple Bottom Line Consulting, LLC Did anyone ever teach you how to make good decisions? Not how to ask for advice from an expert but how to make important personal decisions that an expert can't answer for you. If you're like many people, you are still paying the price for at least one bad personal decision you've made, a decision that you may even have felt uneasy about when you made it. In Living in Yes the author candidly blends personal stories from her own life with teaching vignettes about fictionalized characters who have learned to apply the tools that she uses as an executive coach to help her clients improve their decision-making capabilities. Topics such as energy, attraction, and serenity are all touched upon as she argues persuasively that to live in yes, you have to say no...and in a surprise twist, if the answer is maybe, the answer is no. Senior executives from small to mid-size entrepreneurial companies engage Rebecca Merrill to help them enhance their personal and professional lives using an in-depth understanding of personality styles and how they profoundly affect interpersonal relationships and leadership performance. By drawing upon her own experiences and unique personality style she authentically embodies what she teaches and in this way brings theory to life. Rebecca earned a bachelor's degree with a double major in Psychology and Religion and graduated magna cum laude with special honors in Religion from Wellesley College in 1985. She received a master's degree in Education from Harvard in 1989 and a second master's degree in Clinical Social Work from Smith in 1993, followed by clinical training at Duke University. Rebecca lives and works with her husband and two dogs in Durham, North Carolina."

Find hope even in these dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece, a companion to his international bestseller Man’s Search for Meaning. Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychiatrist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience, and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity. Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl’s words resonate as strongly today—as the world faces a coronavirus pandemic, social isolation, and great economic uncertainty—as they did in 1946. He offers an insightful exploration of the maxim “Live as if you were living for the second time,” and he unfolds his basic conviction that every crisis contains opportunity. Despite the unspeakable horrors of the camps, Frankl learned from the strength of his fellow inmates that it is always possible to “say yes to life”—a profound and timeless lesson for us all.

How often do you say “yes” to God in your daily life? Do you regularly share that yes with others? Generous living isn’t just about putting money in the collection basket during Mass or always being the one who steps up to help out. According to bestselling Catholic author, speaker, blogger, and creator of CatholicMom.com Lisa M. Hendey, generous living is about consistently answering God’s call to act through mission and loving service to others. In The Grace of Yes, Hendey shares eight spiritual virtues that have allowed her—and will help you—live generously and joyously say yes to God. With warmth and practical advice, Hendey helps you become more open to God’s unique plan for your life through the virtues of belief, generativity, creativity, integrity, humility, vulnerability, saying no, and starting over. As she candidly reflects on her own faith journey, Hendey guides you toward your own path of generous giving. Each chapter includes questions for personal reflection and a prayer that invites you into a deeper relationship with God. Each chapter includes questions for personal reflection and a prayer that invites you into a deeper relationship with God.

Would you like to live into your yes? Christine Wagoner invites you to be attentive to the movements of the Spirit and engage with opportunities God gives you on your spiritual journey. Sharing about her own yes moments as well as those of others, Wagoner offers practical tools for living a life of openness to the invitations of God in our lives.

If God changes lives, why is mine stuck in the mud? We all want life change, but achieving it is hard. As Christians, we know we’ve got God’s help. Jesus has made it possible. The Holy Spirit even lives inside us! And yet, too many Christians are stuck in the mud when it comes to life change. What’s going on? Can things ever get better? Can my life ever turn the corner? Pastor Chip Ingram’s answer is simple: Yes, you really CAN change! With godly wisdom and practical advice drawn straight from Scripture, Chip will help you answer questions such as: Why do so many Christians change so little? Where do we get the power to change? How do you know when you’re really changing? How do you break out of a destructive lifestyle? How do you make it last? In Yes, You Really CAN Change, you’ll learn the difference between living for God’s approval and from God’s approval. It’s time to get off the hamster wheel of Christian expectations. Only when you understand your full acceptance by a loving God can life change begin to happen.

“Luminous and magical.” —Dr. David Treadway, Author of Intimacy, Change, and Other Therapeutic Mysteries “Anna Huckabee Tull is simply one of the great wisdom teachers of our time. Her first book will leave you hungry for the next one.” —Erica Ariel Fox, New York Times Bestselling Author of Winning From Within “I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS BOOK!!!” —Keith Hampton, CEO of Standing Forward and Founder of Brave Records “A stunning contribution to the field of self-awareness. A life-changing, transformational read.” —Wendy Capland, CEO of Vision Quest Consulting and author of Your Next Bold Move for Women “T H E T R U T H I S . . . The truth is, you are strong enough. The truth is, you are ready now for more. The truth is, your inner light is resonant and healing. The truth is, you are loved, surrounded by love, filled with love. The truth is, all of your life challenges have been leading you somewhere clearer, finer, and truer. The truth is, you are capable of allowing your burdens to transform. The truth is, you are beautiful, full of life and light. The truth of you is inside you, ready to flow outward, touching you deeply and radiating out beyond you to anyone who is ready to experience it with you.” Living the Deeper YES is a journey you are ready for. You were born with the power to lovingly attend to those smaller, tighter voices within—the ones that can leave you feeling pinched, agitated, and frozen. And you have everything you need to dialogue—playfully, spiritedly—with the Finest, Truest Place Within You. The invitation is extended, your guide is on hand, and the opportunity to shine from deep within is here the moment you begin, on a whole new level, to simply say ... YES.