Meet Alex and Jess, a couple seemingly doing well in 2004. With a giant house, a new car, and two kids all sponsored by a hefty six-figure salary, the future looks bright for the young couple. But when the Great Recession arrives, their picture-perfect life comes crashing down. Even more, Alex and Jess realize they have never truly been happy. With the help of Kate, their financial planner, Alex and Jess work to rediscover the values truly important to them while shaping a new outlook for their family and long-term future that include a complete and thriving life built around purposeful work, security, and hope for their future. Helmeke's introduction to a "self-wealth mindset" affirms that the life you want is within your reach through mindfulness, discovering your larger purpose, and establishing authentic values around your spending. Self-Wealth is a book of awakeninga companion guide for discovering the key to financial fulfillment regardless of where you are in life.

​This book aims to bring together different contributions highlighting how the recent changes that modify universities’ activities, such as the necessity to internationalize and crucially rely on third party funding, and the new entrepreneurial trajectories stemming from the recent economic-financial crisis, contribute to emphasize the existing differences between successful and lagging regions, as occurred at a country level (e.g. Southern Europe). This book should be of interest to economists, sociologists, political scientists as well as to policy makers and practitioners involved in the creation of value at a local level.

This book will become your daily companion as you use the reflective and creative practices to discover who you are at the core. This book gives people who have dismissed the idea of being creative a second chance. Most of us were robbed of our creativity when we were told to color inside the lines. Naked reminds us that we are made in the image of God and He is the Master Creator. You will soar as you make a choice to doodle your thoughts, engage in literary and poetic writings, and complete meditative activities. Forty was used several times throughout the Bible as a testing time, and as a result, change occurred. Naked has forty days of authentic truth telling, and no matter where you are in the process of change, youll never have to remain stuck when you ART (activate right thinking). Naked is a book where biblical principles meet creative practices, inspiring you to push toward your creative core and operate from your self-wealth.

Everyone wants wealth, yet the mere thought of struggle associated with it, keeps people away. Despite being born wealthy, most people remain poor due to a lack of understanding and clarity on wealth. This book is an attempt to make people conscious of their wealth. so that they can create and live the life they always desire. The book is about finding a new freedom, truth and joy in our relationship with wealth in all areas of life, irrespective of the circumstances. It is about awakening and using the unexamined portal of our relationship with different aspects of our life be it — self (mind, body and soul), people or financial. The book first discusses these three very different aspects of wealth in detail and then gives five guiding principles and practices for wealth building that will help people to build their wealth and live a more fulfilling and satisfying life. This book aims to serve all the readers such that they are living in alignment to their heart and the universe, having realized that they all are one and connected, enjoying wealth of nature.

This is the story of a man who miraculously woke up after a catastrophic accident left him unable to talk or eat, with his left side completely paralyzed, and with no memories of his past or even who he was. He spent the next five years piecing together his past and relearning how to speak, eat, and walk---all things that the doctors had assured his family he would never do again. This book gives us his story and the methods he used to achieve what the conventional wisdom said was impossible, and serves as a guide for the readers to replicate his success in their own lives.

An investor's guide to understanding the most elusive (yet most important) aspect of successful investing - yourself. Why is it that the investing performance of so many smart people reliably and predictably falls short? The answer is not that they know too little about the markets. In fact, they know too little about themselves. Combining the latest findings from the academic fields of behavioral finance and experimental psychology with the down-and-dirty real-world wisdom of successful investors, Drs. Richard Peterson and Frank Murtha guide both new and experienced investors through the psychological learning process necessary to achieve their financial goals. In an easy and entertaining style that masks the book’s scientific rigor, the authors make complex scientific insights readily understandable and actionable, shattering a number of investing myths along the way. You will gain understanding of your true investing motivations, learn to avoid the unseen forces that subvert your performance, and build your investor identity - the foundation for long-lasting investing success. Replete with humorous games, insightful self-assessments, entertaining exercises, and concrete planning tools, this book goes beyond mere education. MarketPsych: How to Manage Fear and Build Your Investor Identity functions as a psychological outfitter for your unique investing journey, providing the tools, training and equipment to help you navigate the right paths, stay on them, and see your journey through to success.