Once in a blue moon an idea comes along that once heard seems so obvious that you wonder why somebody hasn't written about it before. Amanda Owen's The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve presents a new paradigm for the 21st century-a philosophy that values receiving as much as giving and demonstrates that giving is enhanced when receiving is embraced. With the formula: Believe + Receive = Achieve, The Power of Receiving presents a wholly original yet easily accessible road map for people to follow, showing readers how to restore balance to their over-extended lives and attract the life they desire and deserve. Inspiring stories are featured about people who have experienced life-altering results after becoming skilled Receivers, including Ken who regained his hearing after a devastating hearing-loss, Julie who met the man she would later marry, and Don who received an extra $1,000 a month in his pay check. Based on over twenty years of research into the nature of receptivity and its link to manifestation, The Power of Receiving offers a unique vision for anyone seeking to create greater reciprocity in their relationships and more harmony and abundance in their lives.

Amid a frantic pace of life that often leaves us feeling disconnected and ungrounded, Receiving This Life helps the reader engage with life and become attuned to their belonging to God and each other. Kara K. Root empowers the reader to embrace life as sacred and receive it as a gift. The book offers reflections on living a life of presence and receptivity that seeks meaning and responds to God's promptings. It invites and models a stance of attunement that orients us toward receiving life's ordinary, holy moments as a gift, returning us to our deepest belonging. It includes prayers and liturgies that can be used by individuals, families, or congregations over and over again. Receiving This Life is a natural follow-up to Root's first book, The Deepest Belonging--pairing prayers and liturgies with further devotional essays on many of the topics covered there, such as death, disillusionment, sabbath, hope, and connections between human beings.

Wouldn't you like to have someone who is always with you, gives expert advice, is constantly encouraging, brings comfort when you are sad, provides strength to persevere, delivers you in difficult situations, supplies all your needs, and fills you with power for living? You can! He's the Holy Spirit, and He is a special gift to you from God.

Sociology professor and spiritual director Susan Phillips walks us through our circuslike cultural landscape to invite us into a cultivated life of spirituality and attentiveness. God extends to us an invitation to live in the garden of grace, and these pages unfold the spiritual practices that can lead us into a new and delightful way of living.

From the author of #futureboard and creator of the popular blog Thoughts.Stories.Life., comes a book that proves that anyone can change their life, achieve success, and live their dream. As a single mom living on food stamps, Sarah completely changed her life of poverty to enable her to live her dream in just eighteen months. Sarah discovered the tools to change her life after her husband abandoned her and their three small children in 2008. Her story has impacted hundreds of thousands worldwide through her simple eight-step plan for achieving success known as the #HBRMethod. Centrella features fifty-one inspiring stories of people who believe in Sarah’s message, each of whom she interviewed for this book. They include: NFL star running back Jonathan Stewart; NBA power forward Anthony Tolliver; Famed artist Victor Matthews; Bestselling author Laura Munson Middle weight world boxing champion Daniel Jacobs CEO Ryan Blair Morgan Stanley executive director Kimberley Hatchett Among many others. Hustle Believe Receive shows how these stories are connected, and how Sarah, a single mom from Oregon, manages to bring them all together in the most unlikely way. It offers true tales of how real people are living the impossible. This book answers the question of “How did they do that?” and, more importantly, how you can, too.

Meet Eileen, a successful business owner and single mother of three boys. Like so many women, she's always sacrificing for others, putting their needs first. Out of the blue Eileen is offered a gift, a fabulous opportunity, something she's really wanted: to travel abroad for a month. But who does this? Certainly not responsible people. And Eileen is nothing if not responsible. Fortunately, her friends encourage her and show her how she can take care of her responsibilities and still go on this adventure. Eileen wrestles with allowing herself to take care of her own needs and desires. She's not sure if she is allowed . . . allowed to say yes, to focus on her wants and needs, and to enjoy herself for maybe the first time in her life. Eileen takes the leap and accepts the gift. While traveling, she reconnects with her imaginary friend from childhood-TIG. Together they discover Eileen's hopes and dreams: to live, love, and parent from the road. When Eileen returns, she realizes that the gift was far more than just traveling. It changes Eileen to the core: she is a different person than when she left. She has a newfound happiness, self-acceptance, and sense of herself at a deeper level than ever before. Join Eileen on the adventure of a lifetime!

A practical, compassionate end-of-life resource that explores the reciprocal and healing relationship between the living and the dying.