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Celebrate the Human Experience by Giving Thanks at Mealtime. Try It! Count your blessings.  Today there is a deep hunger for connection with ourselves, with nature, and with the process of birth and death itself says life coach and author M. J. Ryan, creator of the  New York Times  best-selling  Random Acts of Kindness  series. What her book,  A Grateful Heart , is offering from a wide variety of spiritual disciplines and secular perspectives, is a way of satisfying that hunger by setting aside time before we eat to acknowledge the blessings in our lives. When we give thanks, we take our place in the great wheel of life, recognizing our connection to one another and to all of creation. Choose from 365 blessings and give thanks.   A Grateful Heart  is a tool to help readers reclaim and enrich the tradition of pausing before the evening meal to give thanks. Drawing from a range of religious and cultural practices, the 365 blessings in this book celebrate friendship, love, peace, reconciliation, the body, nature, joy, and appreciation of the moment. This illustrated feast for the mind includes quotations from Martin Luther King Jr., Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, Rumi, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Denise Levertov, the Bible, and the Tao Te Ching. M. J. Ryan wrote  A Grateful Heart  to encourage families to share the experience of being part of something greater than themselves.  With that in mind, the book includes 365 traditional and nontraditional blessings organized into four sections corresponding to the seasons. Experience the blessings in  A Grateful Heart  in a variety of ways: Just open it and begin reading one-a-day in the order givenUse the index to pick and choose topics of interest that dayOpen at random and read what is offered If you have benefited from books such as  Earth Prayers , M. J. Ryan’s  Attitudes of Gratitude , Don Miguel Ruiz’s  Prayers , June Cotner’s  Graces , or Marcia M. Kelly’s  100 Graces ; you and your family will love M. J. Ryan’s  A Grateful Heart .

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In Attitudes of Gratitude, M. J. Ryan teaches readers how to unlock the fullness of their hearts and lives through the expression of gratitude. “Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness,” she writes, “where we notice what’s right instead of what’s wrong. It makes us feel complete, that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.” In her introduction to this 10th anniversary edition, Ryan recounts current research that bolsters her original thinking—people who practice gratitude on a daily basis are, by and large, happier, healthier, and more effective in the world. She also shares with readers brand new, top 10 gratitude practices, which readers of the first edition and people she’s taught and counseled over the years have provided to her. The concept of this book is very simple and very profound: “Gratitude creates happiness.” It’s a fact of life (and science as it turns out). Plants create carbon dioxide and gratitude creates happiness.

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Be Happy, Stay Happy We all want the things that we’re sure will make us happy—money, success, independence, love. But when we finally get them, we can find to our surprise that we are the same miserable, moody, or just neutral people we always were. Is that just the way things are Luckily, no! We can teach ourselves to be happy and enjoy every day, and M.J. Ryan, bestselling author of The Power of Patience and Attitudes of Gratitude, shows us how.The Happiness Makeover draws on this wide-ranging knowledge and presents a plan that will help readers:clear away happiness hindrances like worry, fear, envy, and grudgesdiscover happiness boostersliterally rewire their brains to experience contentment—even joylearn to think optimistically (It really is possible!)

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You Can be Happy No Matter Your Challenges From MJ Ryan, New York Times bestselling author and international expert on change and personal fulfilment, comes  365 Health & Happiness Boosters  to help you be happier no matter who you are or what your challenges. Happiness begets happiness.  When a person is happy, the feeling ripples out to others nearby. Research has shown that happiness also leads to better health. One third of the population knows the secret to happiness is an inside job; not contingent on possessions, status, or even life circumstances. And, fortunately there is hope for the other two thirds. They can learn to cultivate contentment. We can all be happier.  In  365 Health & Happiness Boosters , a book of daily reflections, MJ Ryan shows how to be happier by employing a wide variety of simple spiritual, emotional and practical suggestions. Discover 365 concrete ways to experience more happiness.  Some of the tasks are lighthearted, others quite serious. They all will have a positive effect on mind, body, and spirit. Learn how to: Cultivate contentmentChange your outlookLift your spirit in the momentAddress eating habitsImprove interactions with othersDevelop better sleeping patternsImprove nutritionAnd, much more If you have benefitted from other MJ Ryan books such as  Attitudes of Gratitude ,  How to Survive Change , and  Random Acts of Kindness Then & Now ;  365 Health & Happiness Boosters  should be your next MJ Ryan book.

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Joan Borysenko, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Shakti Gawain, Starhawk, Gloria Steinem, and Marianne Williamson are among the contributors to this essential collection of wisdom for the new millennium designed for today's women. Radio drive-time tour.

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Gratitude and generosity go hand in hand–the more we appreciate our lives, the more we want to give to others. In A Grateful Heart, M. J. Ryan provided tools for expressing thanks. In the best-selling Attitudes of Gratitude, she taught us the inner work of realizing the many blessings we take for granted. Now, in The Giving Heart, she presents her latest examination of the virtues we need to cultivate for the twenty-first century and takes a look at generosity: what creates it, what blocks it, and what the practice of generosity can bring to our lives.In a series of short, heart-felt essays, Ryan encourages us all to stop living from what she calls «the ledger sheet mentality» of obligatory gifting, and to begin giving from the overflow of a loving heart. She asks readers to consider where and how they are stingy as well as where they are meant to give, and to contemplate all the types of possible generosity, because the giving of time, energy, kind words, loving gestures, and forgiveness may ultimately matter more than any amount of money.In her down-to-earth, accessible style, Ryan takes us to the heart of what it means to truly give, and what that giving can do not only for the recipient, but for ourselves, as well.As the current economic boom brings attention to altruism and «giving back» The Giving Heart shows us how to experience joy, peace, and fulfillment when we live from a place of generosity.

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An illustrated guide to gratitude. MJ Ryan has taught us that everything goes better with gratitude! In 1999, she wrote Attitudes of Gratitude, a popular, best-selling book that extols the benefits of living with a grateful heart. When we let ourselves feel and express our appreciation, we feel happier, younger, and healthier. Now Ryan has taken the essence of living a grateful life from the original book and paired it with beautiful and evocative images in Giving Thanks. From the book:Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves – in good times and in hard times. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life we want. With the «gratitude movement» sweeping the country – from left to right, from conservative to progressive, from mainstream to alternative – people are looking for ways to express their gratitude. This impeccable book is a colorful map of the geography of gratitude, and it offers a wonderful opportunity for readers to learn a variety of ways to be grateful. It is also a beautiful «thank you» gift in itself.

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Stop Feeling Overwhelmed by Life Learn how to stop your worries and self-doubt and start listening to yourself. “Trust Yourself, then your will know how to live”-Goethe.  We are living in an age of constant media messages and so-called expert advice telling us to be richer, thinner, smarter, and faster. You do not have to fall victim to what others say. In her warm and inimitable way, international expert on change and executive coach M.J. Ryan guides us to look at our lives from a different perspective. To imagine what they would be like if we practiced an attitude of self-trust, if we received the gifts trusting ourselves might give us.  Trusting Yourself  is a book that enables you to tap into the wisdom inside yourself by cultivating self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-reliance. A life coach book with affirmations for self-esteem.  Learn how to quiet the critics—inside and out—and trust yourself instead. If you accept that we learn through trial and error, if you believe that we each have unique strengths and that not one of us has to have them all, if you realize that labels only get in the way; then your self-trust will grow, your worries will shrink, and you’ll find happiness and success with a lot less effort. A Love Letter to Ourselves.  An ode to what is right with us,  Trusting Yourself  encourages you to find the power within yourself to overcome and succeed. In  Trusting Yourself  discover: Positive affirmations and heart-warming anecdotesHelpful and thought-provoking quotes from renowned historical and cultural leaders of the last centuryAuthentic and genuine wisdom that is both healing and supportive If books like  Chasing the Bright Side ,  Girl Wash Your Face , or  You are a Badass  have helped you live a better life, then  Trusting Yourself  should be your next read.

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Be Empowered in the Face of Change Change your mindset to change for the better.  These are challenging times. Chances are, at this moment, you’re confronting some change you never asked for—perhaps a life crisis, like a loss of job or the failure of a dream. Maybe you have to learn to work in new ways or find a new place to live. Bestselling author, thought leader, and change expert M.J. Ryan is here to help. Within the pages of her book  How to Survive Change . . . You Didn't Ask For , you’ll find the support and practices you need to successfully ride the wave of this change, whatever it may be. Discover tools for coping with the changes of life.  Change is always hard, and it's even harder when it's thrust upon us, unbidden. But with every change, there is also opportunity. In this book, Ryan provides strategies to retain your brain and optimize your response to life change, step by step. Best of all, as your adaptability increases, so does your confidence—with her guidance, you will be able to survive and thrive no matter what life throws your way. Turn life transitions into opportunities for success.  With both detailed chapters explaining how to embrace change and twenty quick tips for adapting to change you didn't ask for, Ryan's advice can be used in any evolving situation. This book will teach you how to: Accept changeExpand your optionsTake action, andStrengthen your adaptability If you liked  Switch  or books by Gretchen Rubin like  Better than Before  and  The Four Tendencies , you'll love  How to Survive Change . . . You Didn't Ask For .

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