Light Personal Development

As a lonely girl coming of age in the 1970s, Liz has every reason to believe her eighth-grade teacher is in love with her. Because the sex isn’t physically violent and is wrapped in a message of love, she learns to exchange sex for attention. But years later, as an adult, emotional closeness eludes Liz. Even after marrying a sensitive, caring man, she is walled off. Struggling through confusing years, she believes something is deeply wrong with her.

EMientras lee, visualícese rodeado por una comunidad solidaria de almas con ideas afines, todas en sus propios viajes extraordinarios. Siente la energía colectiva, la sinergia que surge de la búsqueda compartida de la grandeza. Juntos crearemos ondas de cambio positivo que se extenderán mucho más allá de los límites de estas páginas.

Imagine possessing the knowledge and confidence to navigate the dating scene in God-approved ways that lead to less comedy or horror - and more character development and happily-ever-after. There’s a lot of confusion and heartache surrounding the process of finding the love of your life. Do you feel like you are just stumbling around in the dark, hoping to find the right answers and the right person? Is there really someone out there for you, and if so, how will you know?

By all appearances, Zainab Salbi has had an impressive life. Growing up as the daughter of Saddam Hussein’s personal pilot, she eventually became a celebrated humanitarian and activist. Yet, as she was helping thousands of women in war-torn countries, Salbi’s personal life was coming to a crisis. In Freedom Is an Inside Job, Salbi explores her own riveting journey to wholeness - and how embarking on such a journey enables each of us to create the world we want to live in. After years of working as a successful CEO and change-maker, Salbi realized that if she wanted to confront and heal the shadows of the world, she needed to face her own shadows first.

In this beautifully crafted memoir, best-selling author and business leader Joe Sweeney weaves a remarkable tale of friendship, spirituality, and even some of the mischief that characterizes the unlikely 32-year relationship he enjoyed with a modern-day saint. She had a way about her, he said, and it was unlike anything he had encountered as a lifelong Catholic with honest questions about his faith, spirituality, and the meaning of life. A Light Shines Through Us guides listeners of all faiths, and those claiming no faith, on a journey of spiritual exploration and discovery.

The audiobook 52 Pieces: A Manual of Light to Survive the Abyss of Trauma is based on Dr. Marina Kostina's near-death sky-diving accident and her miraculous journey back to life. Dr. Kostina's body and face were broken into 52 pieces, and it took 10 surgeries to put her back together. The book details the author's struggle with PTSD, depression, and anxiety through the abyss of her tragedy.

Gessner's world was turned upside down when her beloved, yet complicated, father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer during her heartbreaking divorce. Struggling with despair, she received an unexpected visit from a mysterious, benevolent guest with the important message: You are not alone! That moment changed the course of her life and her career. At the threshold of death, she found connection, meaning, and depth, which led her to work with dying and bereaved people so they wouldn't feel alone.

Wicks trimmed. Wax cooled. The candle maker's final task is to seal each flame into stillness. Shadows dance, then settle, as lavender and honey fill the air. This is a story of endings and glow, of warmth stored for the night ahead. The Candle Maker’s Last Light is a bedtime story for deep sleep and stillness, perfect for calming your breath and dimming your thoughts.

Practical, proven self-help steps show how to transform common self-defeating behaviors, including self sabotage, self doubt, procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, people pleasing, and more.

Your experience of the outer world is a reflection of your inner reality. Heavy emotions, long-forgotten, are deeply embedded in your subconscious mind. What you choose to believe as resolved and no longer existent may still be present in your reality. Perhaps you realize this. You may even choose to ignore it. In her follow-up to the highly successful You are the Key: 7 Ways to Unlock the Life You Desire, Meera Jhogasundram returns with You Are the Light: 7 Powerful Ways to Illuminate the Darkness Within. Darkness will overwhelm you if you allow it.

This riveting memoir by Laura Davis, author of The Courage to Heal, examines the endurance of mother-daughter love, how memory protects and betrays us, and the determination it takes to fulfill a promise when ghosts from the past come knocking. When she published The Courage to Heal in 1988, Laura Davis helped more than a million women work through the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. But her decision to go public with her grandfather’s incest deepened an already painful estrangement with her mother, Temme.

Immerse yourself in a transformative journey that leads you deeper into the experience of oneness. These spiritual teachings illuminate the interconnectedness of all beings, fostering a profound sense of unity and peace within yourself and with the world around you. Experience a powerful shift in perspective as you engage with Waters’ thought-provoking concepts.

Call Richmond went missing. Twenty years later he showed up on a family member's doorstep. He was homeless, broken, and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. For the next 14 years, his sister Rebecca took on the struggle to restore him as they faced the dark traumas and painful memories of their past. The Light in His Soul: Lessons from My Brother's Schizophrenia is her intimate memoir of helping Call as she learns that his extraordinary gifts are helping heal her and her family. Both Call and Rebecca bring light to the dark shadows of their past.

In Marlene McConnell’s Ray of Light, we learn that, even in our darkest moments, we are not alone. Research provides us with the knowledge that many people around the world have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives. It could be a person sitting next to us on the train, a co-worker in our office, a loved one, or even you holding this book that seeks light in the darkness. With this book, you will discover powerful healing journeys that will provide a deeper perspective on how to find your own path to recovery.

Following the birth of both of her sons, instead of reveling in the most joyous time of her life, Namita fell into the darkest and heaviest of post-natal depressions. She vowed that if she survived and healed through this most harrowing chapter in her life, she would rise up, break the stigma and hold that this has on women, and share her story to inspire and create hope for others and their families navigating their way through this journey.

After Rachel and Matthew had their first child, they had a couple of fights. Well, okay, more than a couple - they fought for over three years. They fought about schedules. They fought about bad habits. They even fought about the lawn mower. And besides actually having their child, it was the best thing that could've happened. Chronicling their greatest hits, from the great birth control debate to the divorce joke showdown, Fights You'll Have After Having a Baby is a postpartum story with hope.

"Becoming Sanar: From Shadow to Light" is a profound exploration of resilience, healing, and transformation. Follow Linda's journey from a harrowing childhood to a tumultuous adulthood, navigating through pain, darkness, and emotional abandonment. At its core, this book is a narrative of healing, guided by Ola, Linda's guardian angel.

Dave Iverson was a busy broadcast journalist recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease when he decided to do something he'd never quite imagined: He moved in to take care of his 95-year-old mom. Winter Stars is the moving story of their 10-year caregiving journey.

Do you have a lady friend who is under stress or even hurting? Inside the Hearts of Bible Women is a series of 12 short stories to help women understand some of the more serious problems and challenges facing us in our modern age, just as women did thousands of years ago. Unbeknown to you, a seemingly stable lady friend may be going through any of these problems right now. Most such problems are not normally discussed openly, but we should not pretend they do not exist.

No child grows up too quickly. Children who regularly experience trauma are exposed to more than they are capable of processing. As a result, they often present a facade which falsely conveys that they are more secure and mature than they really are. The consequences of such assumptions are potentially harmful to their health, development, and well-being. Just Enough Light is much more than a story chronicling the impact of divorce on a child raised by a parent suffering from mental illness, incapable of providing the necessary material and emotional support for her children.