Light Personal Development

We live in a grief-illiterate society. After the death of a child we often hear “there are no words.” But there are words. Oil for Your Lantern offers the newly bereaved, and those who love them, a gentle introduction to life after the death of a child, sharing words when we don’t yet have them ourselves. Oil for Your Lantern is a series of thirty essays written by Elizabeth Brady since the sudden death of her son, Mack, from sepsis in 2012. Elizabeth’s essays move both outward and deeply inward, exploring practical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of mourning a beloved child.

Embark Rising from Darkness: A Guide to Conquering Depression by John Harrison on a life-changing adventure. Harrison skillfully interweaves personal tales, knowledgeable analysis, and helpful advice into this deep examination of the human spirit to create a tapestry of resiliency, optimism, and self-discovery.

Raising a child with ADHD can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. In Parenting Your Child with ADHD, Kay Degras combines over a decade of expertise with compassionate, practical advice to guide you through every step of the journey. From understanding the ADHD brain to mastering proven strategies that work, this book is your go-to resource for transforming challenges into opportunities.

Shadow and Light is a deeply personal exploration of the hidden battles and quiet triumphs that define life with Complex PTSD. Drawing on raw experiences and unflinching honesty, Bob Witty sheds light on the complexities of trauma, revealing how its shadows can linger and, ultimately, how they can be overcome.

"Love and Light" by Brenda Monteith Smith is an uplifting journey into the boundless power of love in our lives. With unwavering positivity and boundless enthusiasm, Smith invites listeners to embrace love as the ultimate solution to life's challenges. Through heartfelt anecdotes, insightful reflections, and practical advice, she illuminates the myriad ways love manifests itself from the profound bonds of friendship to the healing embrace of self-acceptance.

Dancing to yhe Darkest Light tackles the big questions in a tale of finding grace in a brutally unkind world. It is the heartwarming saga of a loving family’s struggle starting in 1950s Iran. Dancing to the Darkest Light is a memoir of survival; how one sister, daughter, and mother finds reason to go on after the most crushing loses imaginable and still sees beauty in life. It is a heartwarming family saga and an unforgettable account of faith, and not just love but unconditional love.

Unveil the secrets of grace, love, and insight as you witness Sister Annunciata's (Kimberly Braun) life-changing journey filled with twists and turns. From a 17,000 square foot monastery rising with beauty and strength to the profound beauty of Consciousness taking form, this captivating story will challenge your perceptions and make you question what's truly possible.

Each seven-year period of life is marked by distinct experiences, perceptions, and lessons. From growing up in a country foreign to her family to finding strength during a tumultuous and scarring divorce, to finally understanding a greater purpose and independence in spite of cultural norms, Rani Puranik shares lessons of life, love and leadership in 7 Letters to My Daughters, a roadmap crafted to equip not only her daughters but the daughters of the world.

From Grief to Growth—Find Emotional Clarity and Inner Peace After Loss The Rain is Gone: Seeing Clearly Now is a powerful and compassionate guide for those navigating grief, emotional trauma, or major life transitions. In this uplifting and reflective self-help book, author Joseph Scarpinito shares personal stories, spiritual wisdom, and healing tools to help listeners move from heartbreak to hope.

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.

What if meaning wasn’t missing—but misassigned? The Silence That Spoke in Symbols is not a sequel, but a continuation. It picks up not where the story ends, but where language itself collapses. Following the quiet tremors left by The Shatter That Called Itself an Unraveling, A.J. Salara returns with a haunting meditation on language, symbolism, and the illusions we call sacred. This is not a book about healing, resolution, or narrative redemption. It does not tell you who you are, or how to reclaim what you lost. Instead, it sits beside you while the scaffolding of self slips away.

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.

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.

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.

The Light Inside is not just a book—it’s a journey through the dark night of the soul and back into alignment with your highest truth. Rooted in emotional honesty and spiritual awakening, this book weaves personal narrative with the transformational framework of Dr. David Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness, showing how we move—sometimes slowly, sometimes through fire—from states of shame, grief, and fear toward courage, love, and ultimately, peace. Written in the aftermath of deep personal loss and burnout, The Light Inside doesn’t offer clichés or easy answers. It offers truth.

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.

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.

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.