Experience Personal Fulfillment and Achieve Your Life’s Destiny by James Anderson Charleson (LifeRichPublishing, $22.99, Paperback) The question “Who am I?” seems to be a struggle for many people to answer. For this reason, James Anderson has compiled a guide to self-discovery that uses a mix of beliefs from different doctrines such as various religions, pagan mythology, and modern science to help us better understand all aspects of the self. He suggests that practices such as meditation and reflection can help us gain control of our lives, reach our full potential, and ultimately, to improve the world. Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence by Marc Bekoff (New World Library, $11.56 on Amazon, Paperback) In his book, author Marc Bekoff talks about how we can can use the method of “rewilding” to change our attitudes about life. Bekoff takes this process used to restore declining populations of animals and relates it to humans. He tells readers how to dissolve false boundaries of who they are so that they can check in with themselves and connect with nature. Speak Your Truth: How You Can Recover from Lupus by Denise A. Dorfman (BalboaPress, $8.99, Paperback) Our minds are powerful tools. Our own emotions alone can both create and contribute to health issues as well as help us heal them. A former sufferer of Lupus, Denise A. Dorfman paved her way to a Lupus-free life through basic lifestyle changes, metaphysics, and affirmations. This guidebook is meant to help readers find their own personal approach to wellness and to change their perspective from being the victim of illness, to being the survivor. Hannah Was Here: D.R.E.S.S. an alarm that must be heard by Nancy Szakacsy M.S. LMFT (AuthorHouse, $15.80 on Amazon, Paperback) In a society where people can be prescribed drugs for almost any ailment, Nancy Szakascy wants us all to be aware of the very dangerous, even deathly, side effects that are often downplayed by companies and the media. At only 17 years old, Szakascy’s daughter, Hannah, lost
her battle with Drug Reaction Eosinophillia Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) after taking the most popular antibiotic prescription drug for acne in the country, minocycline. Szakascy tells her story of loss with the hopes that her warnings about DRESS will help people become more informed consumers of prescription drugs. Manifest the Write Way by Treyce Montoya (lulu.com, $25.19 on Amazon, Paperback) Writing can be a powerful tool for manifesting our desires. Part of author Treyce Montoya’s own Handwriting Formation Therapy program is used in this book to show readers how to eliminate unhealthy and hurtful behaviors such as negative self talk from their lives. Montoya also helps show us how to increase the duration of our positive states of mind that would include feelings such as hope and focus. A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement by Barbara Abercrombie (New World Library, $12.44 on Amazon, Paperback) This book is a delightful compilation of quotes, lessons, and prompts meant to help jump start your inspiration and get you through the various struggles throughout your experiences with writing. The Universe Wide Web: 1. Getting Started by Simon J. Morley (Simon Morley, $10.20 on Amazon, Paperback) This book is the first edition in the sci-fi series called The Universe Wide Web. When Jack Smart stumbles across the Universe Wide Web, he has no idea what he has gotten himself into. While exploring this labyrinth of strange creatures that gives one the ability to click and travel anywhere in the universe, Jack finds out that his deceased father was not only the first being from earth to have ever logged onto the Universe wide web, but that his father also holds the key to its security code. This creates trouble for Jack who then has to face beings from all ends of the Universe who want to take over the web. Kayla Hancock is 21 years old and taking a break from studying Psychology at UIC. She loves helping people and is very interested in astrology, meditation, and dreamwork.
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