The Hard Questions

The Hard Questions
Author: Susan Piver
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0593418875

A revised and expanded edition of the classic relationship book that has helped thousands of couples shape a shared vision for their lives together. With this simple-yet-profound relationship tool, Susan Piver shows couples at any stage of their relationships--whether they are considering engagement, have been married for decades, or just want to deepen their connection--how they can forge and strengthen lasting, intimate bonds. Focusing on key areas such as home, money, work, community, and family, The Hard Questions contains 100 thought-provoking questions for couples to ask each other, including: • What will our home look like? • What are our professional goals? • How do you feel about sharing our life on social media? • Will we try to have children, and if so, when? The Hard Questions provides couples with guidance and support for having the kind of conversations that will lead them to a deeper understanding of each other and a happy, healthy, and prosperous future together.

Getting Real

Getting Real
Author: Susan Campbell
Publisher: H J Kramer
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2010-09-24
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1932073426

Everyone values honest communication, yet few people possess the requisite skills in both their personal and professional lives. Susan Campbell provides simple yet practical awareness practices — culled from her thirty-five-year career as a relationship coach and corporate teamwork consultant — that require individuals to ?let go? of the need to be right, safe, and certain. Such questions as ?In what areas of my life do I feel the need to lie, sugarcoat, or pretend?? help guide the reader toward self-realization. Ten truth skills teach readers to let their real personalities shine through.

The Hard Questions for Adult Children and Their Aging Parents

The Hard Questions for Adult Children and Their Aging Parents
Author: Susan Piver
Publisher: Gotham
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

With 100 questions on topics ranging from the practical to the emotional, Piver makes it possible for adult children and their aging parents to have candid, comforting conversations that will have lasting benefits.

Callings

Callings
Author: Gregg Michael Levoy
Publisher: Harmony
Total Pages: 349
Release: 1998-09-08
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0609803700

How do we know if we're following our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that are beckoning us? is the first book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which they come to us. A calling may be to do something (change careers, go back to school, have a child) or to be something (more creative, less judgmental, more loving). While honoring a calling's essential mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the fundamental questions that arise from any calling: How do we recognize it? How do we distinguish the true call from the siren song? How do we handle our resistance to a call? What happens when we say yes? What happens when we say no? Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and powerful stories of people who have followed their own calls, Gregg Levoy shows us the many ways to translate a calling into action. In a style that is poetic, exuberant, and keenly insightful, he presents an illuminating and ultimately practical inquiry into how we listen and respond to our calls, whether at work or at home, in our relationships or in service. Callings is a compassionate guide to discovering your own callings and negotiating the tight passages to personal power and authenticity.

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Author: Chuck Klosterman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2004-06-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780743236010

Now in paperback after six hardback printings, the damn funny...wild collection of bracingly intelligent essays about topics that aren't quite as intelligent as Chuck Klosterman'(Esquire). Following the success of Fargo Rock City, Klosterman, a senior writer at Spin magazine, is back with a hilarious and savvy manifesto for a youth gone wild on pop culture and media, taking on everything from Guns'n'Roses tribute bands to Christian fundamentalism to internet porn. 'Maddeningly smart and funny' - Washington Post'

Authentic Lives

Authentic Lives
Author: Thomas Hale
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2016
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780878086344

Are you concerned about unreached or unengaged peoples? You probably know that their countries do not welcome missionaries, and that followers of Jesus who serve there via traditional sending organizations do not publicize these organizational ties or their church-based funding sources. But have you thought through the consequences of keeping that information hidden? Authentic Lives will help you do that-and more. And if those consequences trouble you, Authentic Lives suggests ways to minimize them in traditional organizations and also suggests other options for service altogether. The challenges these other options present are also discussed-going without a sending agency is not easy but is sometimes best nonetheless. Book jacket.

Born With a Question Mark in Your Heart

Born With a Question Mark in Your Heart
Author: Osho
Publisher: Osho Media International
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-01-21
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0880504285

'Born with a Question Mark in Your Heart' continues the AUTHENTIC LIVING series by Osho with talks by the contemporary mystic during his stay in the United States. Osho says: "It is fortunate that man is born with a question mark, otherwise he would be just another species of animal." This volume is a radical questioning of traditional belief systems in religious, political, and social dimensions. Here Osho encourages readers to ask questions that are immediate and existentially significant — not borrowed or intellectual questions, but questions with an existential significance. Born With a Question Mark in Your Heart promotes personal transformation through experience and spirituality without organized religion.

Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Author: Bronnie Ware
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2019-08-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1401956009

Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life

How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life
Author: Susan Piver
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2007-12-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780312355975

Susan Piver shows us how to create a fearless life. -Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging'...a beautiful book about how to overcome fear and be empowered in your life...'-Susan Orloff, M.D., author of Positive Energy In this inspirational and practical guide to conquering fear and embracing joy, Susan Piver gives you the tools you need to break down the barriers that are holding you back from joyful relationships, a meaningful career, and unshakeable self-confidence. With a direct, warm, and playful approach to ancient practices, Susan Piver teaches you how to incorporate principles of Buddhism and mindfulness into everyday life.These common-sense ideas and practices can help you to find contentment in every situation and bring love to those around you. Most important, you will find the courage to live the life you were meant to-no holds barred. Discover the courage to live with authenticity and ease- discover How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life.Susan Piver is the author of the bestselling The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say 'I Do'.She has been featured as a well-being expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, The Early Show, and The Today Show andin The Wall Street Journal, Time, Redbook, and O, The Oprah Magazine.She has trained in Buddhist practice for ten years, is a graduate of Buddhist seminary, and is an authorized meditation teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage.She is the meditation expert on www.drweil.com. Visit her website at www.susanpiver.com.'I have long recommended meditation as central to a healthy lifestyle. Susan Piver teaches this important practice in a trustworthy and practical way - and shows us how to use its lessons to create a fearless life.'--Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging'Susan Piver has worked her magic again. She gives us an everyday approach to Buddhism, so that all of us can benefit from the wisdom of this magnificent philosophy. In this wacky world we all need practices and perspectives that ground us in the here and now. Navigate and swim the river more gracefully with Susan's advice.' --Rodney Yee, author of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body'In direct and playful language, Susan Piver's new book translates Buddhist wisdom to show its relevance to daily life.' --Stephen Cope, author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self'Susan Piver has written a beautiful book about how to overcome fear and be empowered in your life based on her years of Buddhist practice. --Judith Orloff, MD, author of Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength, and Love'How we can live a life more awake, present and connected without the impediments of beliefs, ideas, and fears created from past experience?In simple but startlingly clear language, Piver takes the mystery out of Buddhism, and makes it relevant to our struggles to be happy in the 21st century.' --Mark Hyman, M.D., author of Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss

Hard Questions

Hard Questions
Author: John Kekes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190919981

In this book, John Kekes discusses the hard questions we all must face in the course of our lives. How should we respond to evil? Do we owe what our country asks of us? Does it make us better to be ashamed of what we have done? Is it always good to be true to who we are? Do good intentions justify bad actions? John Kekes argues that such questions are hard because reasonable answers to them often conflict. He shows how their conflicts can be resolved and how we can best cope with these problems.