If You Could Know » Books You Should Read http://ifyoucouldknow.com Please Read: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:27:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Change Your Life in 30 Days http://ifyoucouldknow.com/change-your-life-in-30-days http://ifyoucouldknow.com/change-your-life-in-30-days#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:52 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/change-your-life-in-30-days.html During the month of August, 2006, I spent each day working with the Rhonda Britten
book. It was hard work, but worth the time spent doing each chapter’s exercises. It’s one thing to analyze oneself, but it’s another to get brutally honest. This book, in a very straightforward manner, helps you to focus in on what really motivates you to make the choices you do.

]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/change-your-life-in-30-days/feed 0 Personal Power Through Awareness http://ifyoucouldknow.com/personal-power-through-awareness http://ifyoucouldknow.com/personal-power-through-awareness#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:13:44 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/personal-power-through-awareness.html Written by the same author of “Living With Joy”, this book blew my mind. Not only that, it changed the way I look at everything in life and how I conduct my readings. The constant in this book is the idea that everything is energy. Once you begin to embrace that idea, it makes you think differently about how you conduct your life. If you get only one book from those I have recommended, get this one.

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]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/living-with-joy/feed 1 Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food http://ifyoucouldknow.com/eating-mindfully-how-to-end-mindless-eating-and-enjoy-a-balanced-relationship-with-food http://ifyoucouldknow.com/eating-mindfully-how-to-end-mindless-eating-and-enjoy-a-balanced-relationship-with-food#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:11:15 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/eating-mindfully-how-to-end-mindless-eating-and-enjoy-a-balanced-relationship-with-food.html One of the things that has made a huge impact in my life (and something I have to work hard at doing each day) is to eat mindfully. It is truly amazing how simply sitting and doing nothing else but focusing on the process of eating can be such a satisfying experience. This book helped me learning to ease into the practice and reaffirmed its important.

]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/eating-mindfully-how-to-end-mindless-eating-and-enjoy-a-balanced-relationship-with-food/feed 0 The Power of Now http://ifyoucouldknow.com/the-power-of-now http://ifyoucouldknow.com/the-power-of-now#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:09:33 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/the-power-of-now.html I have to be honest, even though I found this book invaluable, I found the writing style to be a bit dry. I recommend listening to the audio version of this remarkable book which explains the importance of living in the moment and how begin doing so.

]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/the-power-of-now/feed 1 Meditation Week by Week: 52 Meditations to Help You Grow in Peace and Awareness http://ifyoucouldknow.com/meditation-week-by-week-52-meditations-to-help-you-grow-in-peace-and-awareness http://ifyoucouldknow.com/meditation-week-by-week-52-meditations-to-help-you-grow-in-peace-and-awareness#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:07:38 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/meditation-week-by-week-52-meditations-to-help-you-grow-in-peace-and-awareness.html Meditation has become a vital part of my life. At times, doing meditations which involve only focusing on the breath can feel somewhat boring. The weekly meditations I found in this book were really quite inspiring. Many of them helped me to look at the world around me more closely and examine things in a much more gentle and thoughtful way. They allowed me to get creative with my meditations. I loved that. This book is a great resource.

]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/meditation-week-by-week-52-meditations-to-help-you-grow-in-peace-and-awareness/feed 0 Visioning: 10 Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams http://ifyoucouldknow.com/visioning-10-steps-to-designing-the-life-of-your-dreams http://ifyoucouldknow.com/visioning-10-steps-to-designing-the-life-of-your-dreams#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:44:11 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/visioning-10-steps-to-designing-the-life-of-your-dreams.html Visioning: 10 Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams
Sometimes I find I just don’t have the patience to go through
manifesting rituals such as affirmations, visualizations, etc. I
have to admit, I bought this book reluctantly. However, I gave it a
chance and did several of the exercises. I found the act of doing
things like making collages was very therapeutic. The other day, I found the first collage I made. I was surprised to see how many of the things I had desired back then did come into fruition. I think there’s at least a couple of exercises in this book that would appeal to you.

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The Circle
I love Laura Day’s book “Practical Intuition”. I was excited to read this one when it was first published. I bought a copy, looked through it and realized it didn’t feel quite right. For years it sat on the shelf. Then one day, I took it down and gave it another chance. I’ve been using the manifesting technique Day offers ever since. It’s simple. It’s beautiful and it works.

]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/the-circle/feed 0 Start Where You Are : A Guide to Compassionate Living http://ifyoucouldknow.com/start-where-you-are http://ifyoucouldknow.com/start-where-you-are#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:47:34 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/start-where-you-are-a-guide-to-compassionate-living.html
Start Where You Are : A Guide to Compassionate Living

While I’m not a practicing Buddhist, there are many aspects of Buddhism I feel drawn to. From my experience, there are no better teachings on how to be more compassionate, kind and loving. About ten years ago, I checked out Pema Chodron’s audio program called “Awakening Compassion” from the library. This introduction to her changed my life. Since then, I have read nearly everything this Buddhist nun has written. I recommend “Start Where You Are…” as being one of her very best books.

]]> http://ifyoucouldknow.com/start-where-you-are/feed 0 Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live http://ifyoucouldknow.com/finding-your-own-north-star http://ifyoucouldknow.com/finding-your-own-north-star#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:43:09 +0000 Wendy http://www.ifyoucouldknow.com/finding-your-own-north-star-claiming-the-life-you-were-meant-to-live.html
Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
For years, one of the things I was most concerned about was trying to define what my life purpose is. While I wasn’t able to define it in a sentence or two after reading this book, I found myself having a greater acceptance of my own uniqueness and knowing, even though my journey wasn’t going to play itself out in the same way it does for other people, it was important for me to honor my talents and passions.

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