Believe In Yourself (and do what you love) is an inspiring book, with 50 bite-size and practical tips to help you live your dream. The author (a life coach and meditation teacher) gently guides readers through a series of simple yet impactful steps, to achieve lives of purpose. A meaningful gift for a friend, family member or yourself. This little book offers a lifetime of practical wisdom. The contents include:
- Develop unrealised strengths
- Understand your purpose
- What are your values?
- What do you love?
- Multiple passions
- Change the way you think
- How do you want to feel?
- Stop magnifying your flaws
- Trust your intuition
- Choose a career
- Don’t compare
- Too many ideas
- Try something new
- Make it happen
- Find your tribe
- Money won’t make you happy
- Accept the imperfections
- Create a routine
- Build your resilience
- Look for role models
- Be bold
- Slow it down
- Don’t procrastinate
- Create new habits
- Stop self-sabotaging
- Everyone starts at zero
- Develop empathy
- Exercise to boost confidence
- Step out of your comfort zone
- Leave your ego at the door
- Invite criticism
- Your dream matters
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born. And the day you find out why. Mark Twain
Finding the humility to happily walk away from those who don’t get it – unlocks our ability to do good work. Seth Godin
You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid, monotonous work – chances are you’ll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Bob Black
Seeing with the Heart is a book that invites you to uncover your meaning and purpose, as you navigate the turbulent river of life. It weaves together the author’s personal experiences, the 16th-century wisdom of St Ignatius of Loyola and the insights of sages, poets, artists and storytellers through the ages.
The author reveals how we can realise our potential by embracing our struggle with courage, our questions with curiosity and our destiny with boldness, as we tap into lives of authenticity. The inspiring prose and practical spiritual exercises will cause a dramatic shift in your perspective, and your daily life will be transformed, by a better understanding of who you are, and what you are called to be – as well as by a closer relationship with God and others:
- Living with purpose
- Living with questions
- Living with depth
- Living with freedom
- Living out of great desires
- Living with compassion
- Living in hope
- Living with discernment
If we persist on the journey, with signposts in the form of questions, we might discover something remarkable: this God whom we seek and question, is seeking us more. Kevin O’Brien
Author Kevin O’Brien SJ is a former lawyer who became a Jesuit nearly 15 years ago. He regularly conducts spiritual retreats. An experienced teacher and college professor, he serves as President of Santa Clara University, USA.
The Spirituality of Transformation, Joy and Justice is a book rooted in the Catholic Ignatian tradition, which believes we use our faith to use the gifts given, to make a difference in the world. Ideal for those looking for purpose and meaning and who are wondering how to live out that purpose in a way that addresses the broken world we live in. These spiritual exercises (developed by St Ignatius of Spain) use ordinary meditation language to ‘grow our souls’ but also to defend others, respect and listen to other cultures, find common ground between science and religion and honour the Divine spirit at work. Some of history’s most important thinkers were influenced by these exercises, so use them to guide your own transformation.
