Affirmations--Your Passport to Happiness
Jamie Leggatt
"'Affirmations: Your Passport
to Happiness' by Anne Marie Evers is a powerful book that changes
lives by focusing on the affirming power of words and images for
health, wealth and happiness..."
(Full
Article)
Aging with Grace
Dianne Currie
"...The book describes a long-term
research study that followed a unique population of almost 700 Catholic
sisters and how they aged. It is a unique and groundbreaking study,
in that it was able to trace a population that had lived carefully
regulated and well-documented lives over an extended period of time.
Some of the records were traced back to the early 1900's and many
of the sisters lived into their nineties and beyond..."
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Article)
The Aladdin Factor
Cecila Kamara
TWU Counselling Psychology Student
""Ask, just ask" is the simple
message in Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen's treasure of wisdom
The Aladdin Factor (1995, New York: Berkely). The universe is our
magic lamp and if we just ask, there is a good chance we'll receive..."
(Full
Article)
I'd Say "Yes" God, If I
Knew What You Wanted
Cecila Kamara
TWU Counselling Psychology Student
"...Reeves found that as "I
read over all the stories in this book, the realization came that
a few qualities were present in most of them. Some of my storytellers
even emphasized these qualities as essential for effective discernment.
They include receptivity, patience, trust, and a willingness to
participate actively..."
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Article)
The Meaning of Depression:
A reassessment of my own condition
Book Review - Against
Depression
Eddy Elmer
Burnaby, B. C., Canada
http://www.eddyelmer.com
"Kramer dispels any doubt that
clinical depression is either less or more than a disorder, a sign
of disease and pathology. He draws on his extensive experience with
depressed patients to show not so much what depression is (the symptoms
are well-known, as evidenced by the painstakingly detailed confessionals)
but what it means to us. He aims, in other words, to explore how
people understand depression..."
(Full
Article)
Perils and Promises in the Pursuit
of Happiness
A review of John F. Schumaker’s In
Search of Happiness: Understanding an Endangered State of Mind
Paul T. P. Wong,
Ph.D. C.Psych
Toronto, Ontario
"But Schumaker is one of the
few critics that refuse to be bullied into silence. He points out
that the present happiness craze may be partially responsible for
our unhappiness..."
(Full
Reveiw)
The quest for the meaning and fulfillment
of life:
A review of Long Journey Home
Jennifer Hughes
Meaning of life. That is a well-worn
phrase. It is heard by everyone at least once in their lives. At
some point or another, everyone contemplates why they are here on
this earth. Is there a way to find the answer? Os Guinness (2001)
in his book, Long Journey Home, talks about the journey that everyone
takes in discovering their meaning in life.
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Article)
Simple Abundance
Cecila Kamara
TWU Counselling Psychology Student
"...How about your inner self,
your interior mansion? Do you decorate your outer self with more
worthy goals and accomplishments while you neglect working on your
psychological and spiritual self? If you do, hurry out and get a
copy of Sarah Ban Breathnach's Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort
and Joy..."
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Article)
What Matters Most
Cecila Kamara
TWU Counselling Psychology Student
"...What Matters Most takes
the reader through four sections on knowing who you are, discovering
what matters most to you, doing something about it and then there
is a final section on values in organizations. Smith what matter's
most tri-quation is depicted as the three-legged stool of roles,
mission and values..."
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Article)
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