Simple Lessons for a Better Life

Simple Lessons for a Better Life
Author: Charles E. Dodgen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1633880168

From the unique experiences of nursing home residents, an empathic psychologist derives lessons for living a better life, demonstrating how people find happiness, peace, and fulfillment despite challenging circumstances. Perfect for readers who seek inspiration for living a better life at any age and who enjoy books on inspiration/motivation, wellness, psychology, self-improvement, wellness, and issues of aging. The desire to live a good life is timeless. And, sometimes, insight into what really matters emerges from where we least expect it. Even the most challenging circumstances can have a surprise silver lining. This perceptive and inspiring book shows that anyone can learn valuable life lessons from the unique experiences of nursing home residents. Using illustrative vignettes of his interactions with people facing serious physical, mental, and social challenges, the author derives twenty-eight simple, yet profoundly important, lessons for living a richer life-lessons that apply to people at any age. Dr. Dodgen, a clinical psychologist who has worked with this population for eighteen years, has discovered that when the surplus trappings of lifestyle are cleared away and lives are stripped to their most essential components, people discover new paths to happiness, peace, and fulfillment. Dodgen shares stories that demonstrate how love, meaning, purpose, and contentment can be found even in far-from-ideal circumstances. Offering deeply thoughtful reflections in an easily digestible format, this book affirms that no matter our physical, economic, or social limitations, we can remain rich in life. Readers looking for ways to improve relationships, understand and manage feelings more effectively, cope well with challenges, mitigate suffering, and discover greater serenity in their own life circumstances will find a wealth of insights in these concise, enlightening chapters.

Lessons for Living

Lessons for Living
Author: Daniel H. Johnston
Publisher: Dagali Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2001
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780971216501

Unlearn

Unlearn
Author: Humble the Poet
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0062905171

The internationally bestselling self-empowerment book from influencer, rapper, and spoken word artist Humble the Poet, now available in a new edition with a new foreword by the author. Unlearn offers short, accessible, and counterintuitive lessons for reaching our full potential. Beloved for his sincerity, playfulness, and sage advice, globally famous rapper, spoken word artist, poet, blogger, and influencer Humble the Poet has traditionally shared his message of self-discovery, creativity, and empowerment with his fans through music and written word. That message has now been extended to this empowering book, offering insights and wisdom that challenge conventional thinking and help you tap into your best, most authentic self. Humble sees life with unique clarity. In Unlearn, he opens our eyes to our own lives, helping us to recognize the possibilities that await us and the challenges that prevent us from realizing our dreams. With his characteristic honesty and forthrightness, he helps us shed the problematic lessons we’ve learned throughout our lives that limit us, from sabotaging habits, to fixed mindsets, to past regrets, and relearn new, unconventional ways of moving through life. Among his 101 lessons are: Fitting In Is a Pointless Activity Don’t Trust Everything You Feel Killing Expectations Births Happiness Comparisons are Killer Baby Steps Add Up You Decide Your Worth Profound in its simplicity, Unlearn is the perfect invitation to a new beginning and to pursue a life of fulfillment.

30 Lessons for Living

30 Lessons for Living
Author: Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2011-11-10
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1101545852

“Heartfelt and ever-endearing—equal parts information and inspiration. This is a book to keep by your bedside and return to often.”—Amy Dickinson, nationally syndicated advice columnist "Ask Amy" More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. After a chance encounter with an extraordinary ninety-year-old woman, renowned gerontologist Karl Pillemer began to wonder what older people know about life that the rest of us don't. His quest led him to interview more than one thousand Americans over the age of sixty-five to seek their counsel on all the big issues: children, marriage, money, career, aging. Their moving stories and uncompromisingly honest answers often surprised him. And he found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these thirty lessons for living. Here he weaves their personal recollections of difficulties overcome and lives well lived into a timeless book filled with the hard-won advice these older Americans wish someone had given them when they were young. Like This I Believe, StoryCorps's Listening Is an Act of Love, and Tuesdays with Morrie, 30 Lessons for Living is a book to keep and to give. Offering clear advice toward a more fulfilling life, it is as useful as it is inspiring.

Surfer's Code

Surfer's Code
Author: Patrick J. Moser
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1423611020

In Surfer's Code: 12 Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life, world champion surfer Shaun Tomson shares the life lessons he's gathered from decades of surfing-from his boyhood adventures in South Africa to the world tour in the late 1970s to the business world today. For Tomson, surfing is a hobby, a sport, a religion, an obsession and more-it is a way of life. Tomson's life lessons have guided his career to the top of both professional competition and the world of business. Now, he shares these powerful lessons, born on the world's best swells, with all people-including those who might never step on a surfboard. These lessons are born of the collective wisdom of the surf community and are a powerful source of inspiration in the face of extraordinary challenges of every day life.

Simplicity Lessons

Simplicity Lessons
Author: Linda Breen Pierce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2003
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780967206790

Simplicity Lessons is a practical guide for those who long for a slower pace of life with more time for relationships, fulfilling work, and living ones dreams. Working on your own or as part of a simplicity study group, you will explore the major a

Longevity Made Simple

Longevity Made Simple
Author: Richard J. Flanigan
Publisher: Williams Clark Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Age factors in disease
ISBN: 9780979205507

Longevity Made Simple cuts through the flood of daily medical news to provide readers with the crucial information they need to live longer and healthier lives. In Longevity Made Simple, Drs. Flanigan and Sawyer distill medical information to its most essential elements and focus on what really matters: the strategies that can prevent disease.Concisely written, yet brimming with authoritative evidence, Longevity Made Simple focuses on the ten most deadly diseases, which account for more than three-quarters of all deaths in America. The book helps readers determine their personal risk profiles for these diseases, then offers them tactics to reduce or to eliminate the greatest threats to their own health and longevity. Readers will come away from Longevity Made Simple with a new understanding of the real threats to their health and the tools to extend their lives. All advice given by Drs. Flanigan and Sawyer is based on their extensive clinical experience and published scientific findings, making Longevity Made Simple not only engaging and highly accessible, but also authoritative.

Life Lessons in Success

Life Lessons in Success
Author: Angie Dobransky
Publisher: Capucia Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954920026

Simple Ways to Change Your Life for the Better We'd all like to be more successful in one or more aspects of our life. Maybe you'd like a more rewarding career, a more connected and passionate romantic relationship, to own your dream home, or to make a greater positive impact in the world. Whatever your definition of success, it can be yours with the right guidance. Every successful person has one thing in common-they didn't figure it out on their own. They followed the lead of coaches, mentors, and other successful people and then applied what they learned to their life. The authors of Life Lessons in Success are no different. The 36 writers in this book met for the first time at a training event led by Jack Canfield, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Success Principles and teacher in the hit movie The Secret. They felt a wave of deep connection after experiencing the stories shared during that live event. This bond transcended nationality, language, religion, time, and space. Each found pieces of themselves in many of the stories shared. So they decided to share their experience and wisdom in this collection of stories illustrating how to: take 100% responsibility for your life respond to life events in ways that benefit you achieve your goals through the practice of visualization take action to make your lives successful Do you think success only happens to others and not to you? With the right guidance, you can be successful in life too. Life Lessons in Success is a collection of 36 personal stories from ordinary people who changed their lives for the better. It will inspire you to take action to improve your life too. Read Life Lessons in Success and discover how to bring success into your life! Contributing Authors Angie Dobransky, Amy Burton, Grace Liang, Jeannette Paxia, Hanna Hermanson, Melissa J. Shea, Carole B. Young, Cindy Hochart, Samantha Ruth, Pam Miller, Dorota McKay, Philip Daunt, Louise Neel Hoeyer, Rupali Trehan, Mark Hugh Sam, Aparna Vemuri, Stuart B. Fields, Susan Brown, Michael Maske, Gwen Medved, Bob Sollazzo, Maggie Sullivan, Mari-Liis Sallo, Ryan Abitz, Wendy Witt, Marilyn Montgomery, Filissa Caserta, Ati Rahbani Rexroad, Johannys Jiménez-Hartog, Tammy Gibson, Shannon Faulkner, Paula Harris, George Brown, Nelly Torras, Sherry McCool, Sunil Parekh

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell
Author: Patricia L. Bay
Publisher: House of Steno Incorporated
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1998
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781883952075

Therapy in a Nutshell is a book that will warm your soul and open your heart in self-exploration. These are the basic lessons that Dr. Bay teaches in her private practice. It can take over a year to get into see her, but now her expertise is available in a simple-to-understand format that will save you time and money. Taking a look at yourself has never been so inspiring or rewarding.