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All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum, ISBN 0586208925
Our Price $13.95, weight 110 grams, PB, In Stock
Robert Fulghum is a philosopher. This is a collection of his favourist observations, written over the years, that reveal simple truths about small lives with big meanings. Like the things he learned in the sandpit at Sunday School: share everything; play fair; don't hit people; put things back where you found them; clean up your own mess; say you're sorry when you hurt someone and so on. This collection of thoughts is bound to raise the spirits and warm the heart.


Finding your Voice, Mary Atkins, ISBN 0734406673
Our Price $24.95, weight 350 grams, PB, In Stock
Whether delivering a ceremony, a workshop or seminar, addressing a meeting, or even acting as MC at a function, knowing how to speak effectively and to use your voice as the productive tool it needs to be is so important. The advice and technical tips will be invaluable to the accomplished and the novice speaker.

the grief book, Elizabeth Vercoe, ISBN 1876372524
Our Price $18.95, weight 275 grams, PB, In Stock
Strategies for young people . Here is a book full of practical ideas to help you or somebody you know move through grief. Easily readable, this book is good for not-so-young people also.

Healing a Parent's Grieving, Alan Wolfelt, ISBN 1879651300
Our Price $20.00, weight 190 grams, PB, In Stock
Compassionate advice and simple activities that have helped thousands of grieving parents learn to live again. This book offers 100 practical ideas that have helped other grieving parents understand and reconcile their grief. Common challenges for grieving parents, such as dealing with marital stress, helping suriving siblings, dealing with hurtful advice and exploring feelings of guilt are also addressed.

The Heroine's Journey, Maureen Murdock, ISBN 0877734852
Our Price $33.95, weight 300 grams, PB, Ordered on Demand
The Heroine's Journey offers a map of the feminine healing process. This book speaks to each woman who longs for a spiritually alive feminine self, one who is actively engaged in the world, and who embraces the masculine principle as a mirror of herself. The reader is guided in reweaving the threads of her life story into a mantle of empowerment for herself, for other women, and for Gaia, the Planet Herself. A great readmap for the changing landscapes of women's lives.

Journaling for Joy - The Workbook, Joyce Chapman, ISBN 087877226X

Our Price $22.50, weight 420 grams, PB, In Stock
Writing your way to personal growth and freedom. This workbook offers a method of journaling by which you write from your heart and soul with a single focus: to bring your thoughts and work to the point where joy emerges. You will take a close look at who you are now and what you want in your life, inviting your deep inner knowing to emerge. Throught the journaling techniques in this book, you will assume your rightful position as the main character in your life, and determine your future out of conscious choice.


Journaling from the Heart, Eldonna Edwards Bouton, ISBN 0967038413

Our Price $25.00, weight 275 grams, PB, In Stock
Journaling from the Heart offers 75 exercises to bring you closer to yourself, to your dreams, and to your muse. Based upon the author's popular online workshops and face-to-face seminars, this book allows you to complete the workshops independently, or form your own journaling circle.
Workshop One: Introduction to Journaling
Workshop Two: Paper Dreams - how to use your Journal to create the life you want.
Workshop Three: Waking the Muse - Journaling toward more creativity.


The Journey through Grief, alan D Wolfelt, ISBN 1879651343

Our Price $28.50, weight 295 grams, PB, In Stock
Grief is not an illness but rather a natural and necessary journey that follows the death of someone we love. A such it deserves our attention and our respect, as well as the support of others, if we are to heal. This book is organized around the six needs thtat all mourners must yield to if they are to go on to find continued meaning in life and living. Following a short explanation of each mourning need is a series of brief, spiritual passages that, when read slowly and reflectively, help mourners work through their unique thoughts and feelings.


Mentoring Yourself , Diann Rodgers-Healey, ISBN 0646433733
Our Price $17.00, weight 95 grams, PB, In Stock
This insightful and helpful booklet has been written as a guide for women, but will be of assistance to all who are seeking to attain the personal and professional goals. Rodgers-Healey demonstrates how to mentor yourself, and how mentoring yourself is a spiritual journey from the outer Self to the inner Self, developing greater self-awareness in the process. With this comes a better appreciation and understanding of your greater quest that is unique to your own journey in life. This in itself is so much more than what a traditional mentoring relationship with another person can achieve.

No, I'm not alright, Rowena Hayes-Smart, ISBN 1864761490
Our Price $14.95, weight 200 grams, PB, In Stock
For those dealing with death… We don't expect young people to die: it defies the natural order of how e perceive the world should be. Yet so many of our young people do die and we are left struggling to make sense of it. What happens when someone we love becomes a statistic? How do we cope with the trauma of being separated so abruptly? This is the story of a journey. A journey that at some point in our lives everyone will travel. For some it is sooner rather than later. For most of us it is a jounney of survival.

Pets - other pet loss, see Funerals

Pet Loss , Julia Harris, ISBN 1590560280
Our Price $25.00, weight 275 grams, PB, In Stock
This insightful and helpful book will help anyone: -- Discover the many emotional reactions and responses to the loss of a pet. -- Learn what happens at a pet cemetery burial, cremation, or home burial. -- Find out arrangements that are legally available that your veterinarian may not tell you. -- Follow the rituals provided or get ideas for developing your own ceremony to honor your pet. -- Cope with the trauma of a terminally ill or runaway pet. -- Assist your children in coping with and recovering from their loss. -- Understand how different spiritual belief systems recognize and counsel pet loss.

Refuse to Choose, Barbara Sher, ISBN 140509981X

Our Price $35.00, weight 390 grams, PB, In Stock
Where is is written in stone that you need to be dedicated to one thing in order to be happy and successful? Obviously it is not a sentiment Leonardo da Vinci would have sympathized with.
   If your passions and abilities take you in so many different directions that you find it diffucult to set goals and achieve the life you want, then this book is for you. Refuse to Choose will help anyone who has ever thought of themselves as a dabbler to understand that it is fine to love many different things - and it is possible to do them all.


Riding the Roller Coaster , Maria Bergen, ISBN 1896836313
Our Price $25.25, weight 250 grams, PB, In Stock
Mood disorders, such as depression and manic depression, affect up to 10% of the population. Marja Bergen is one of those people. Over the 30 eyars that she has had manic depression, she has gradually adoped a lifestyle that makes it possible not only to cope, but to live a full and productive life. She shares very practical tips on such things as excaping the blues before they grab you, what to do when you don't feel like doing anything, and keeping life stable.

Simple Truths, Jenny Opie, ISBN 1864764015
Our Price $12.95, weight 160 grams, PB, In Stock
The wisdom is timeless, practical, and embraces all faiths - or none. Granny, with a lifetime of living and learning, gives young Jack, in simple and natural lessons, the benefit of her rich understanding. A lovely book to share. Adults will appreciate it, but perhaps it can also be read to the young.

Standing in the Circle of Grief, Blair Meeks, ISBN
Our Price $24.95, weight 350 grams, PB, In Stock
Prayers and litergies for Death and Dying.

The Power of Appreciation, Noelle Nelson & Jeannine Lemare Calaba. ISBN 1864763353
Our Price 19.95 , weight 420 grams, PB, In Stock
Research confirms that when people feel appreciation, good things happen to their minds, hearts, and bodies. But appreciation is much more than a feel-good mantra. It is an actual force, an energy that can be harnessed and used to transform our daily life - relationships, work, health and aging, finances, crises, and more.
The Power of Appreciation will open your eyes to the fabulous rewards of conscious, proactive appreciation. Based on a five-step approach to developing an appreciative mindset, this handbook for living healthier and happier also includes tips for overcoming resistance and roadblocks.

The Red Hat Society, Sue Ellen Cooper. ISBN 0446679763
Our Price 23.50, weight 440 grams, PB, In Stock
Fun and Friendship After 50
Covering marriage, children, grandparents, careers, retirement, and more, this is the official book of The Red Hat Society, a craze that is sweeping the nation. Two-color text & illustrations throughout.

The Red Hat Society's Laugh Lines, Sue Ellen Cooper. ISBN 0446695114
Our Price 22.00, weight 350 grams, PB, In Stock
Stories of inspiration and Hattitude.
women share their stories - the times that gave them their laught lines, their 'cry lines' and the hattitude to proclaim 'We're not done yet!'
  
 You'll find true tales about courtship, marriage, husbands, pets, child raising, grandparenthood...stories taht are poignant, as well as those that will give you belly laughs. The companion book to Red Hat Society.

The Resilience Factor, Karen Reivich & Andrew Shatte. ISBN 0767911911
Our Price 25.00, weight 300 grams, PB, In Stock
7 keys to finding your inner strength and overcoming life's hurdles. How well do you react to unexpected challenges and conflicts? Do you tend to shy away from problems or bravely face them? Two expert psychologists reveal seven proven techniques that have helped thousands improve their capacity to handle life's inevitable surprises and setbacks. Contrary to popular belief, the secret to resiliience lies in accurate thinking, not positive thinking.

The Velveteen Principles, Toni Raiten-D'Antonio. ISBN 0757305342
Our Price 24.00, weight 370 grams, HC, In Stock
A guide to becoming real.
'Once upon a time, a velveteen rabbit learned that new isn't necessarily better ... that the quiet wisdom of an old toy horse can change the world ... That honest friendship and understanding can warm the heart ... that a good book can make the world a better place ... that love can make us real.'

The simple wisdom of the classic children's story, The Veleveteen Rabbit is the start of you return to Real. Let this book show you the way.


When Grief Breaks Your Heart, James W.Moore, ISBN 0687007917

Our Price $8.75, weight 80 grams, PB, In Stock
Grief is a natural part of life, yet no one is ever completely prepared to deal with it. The experiences of heartache, pain, disappointment, and loss can leave even the strongest of us devastated and searching for an anchor.

This book explores how our faith can help us through these difficult times. Stories from the lives of everyday people illustrate how we can find the comfort and healing that come only from God. .


Your Heart Knows the Answer, Gail Harris ISBN 193072246X

Our Price 25.00, weight 275 grams, PB, In Stock
How to trust yourself and make the choices that are right for you. Ceremonies, prayers and affirmations. How many times has your heart known something, but you didn't listen and dthen suffered the consequences? In a life full of choices about work, love, and home, too often we find ourselves making decisions - or non-decisions! - without a lifeline to our inner voice. The author gently guides you to a deeper relationship with your true self and hlps you find ways to live according to what your heart already knows.


Your Mythic Journey, Sam Keen & Anne Valley-Fox ISBN 0874775434

Our Price 26.00, weight 200 grams, PB, In Stock
We all tell stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. These personal myths in turn shape who we become and what we believe - as individuals, families,and nations. This book offers readers the tools to detect the story line in their own lives and to write and tell it to others, opening up a hidden world of self-discovery and meaning.

Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. -Rumi

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Abbreviations:

HC        Hard Cover
PB         Paper Back
RRP      Recommended Retail Price
S           Spiral Bound
SH        Second Hand

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