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With organized religion becoming increasingly divisive and politicized and Americans abandoning their pews in droves, it’s easy to question aspects of traditional spirituality and devotion. In response to this shifting landscape, Sonja Livingston undertakes a variety of expeditions - from a mobile confessional in Cajun Country to a Eucharistic procession in Galway, Ireland, to the Death and Marigolds Parade in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Mass in a county jail on Thanksgiving Day - to better understand devotion in her own life.

In Seizing Success: A Woman's Guide to Transformational Leadership, Dr. Mary Key serves as your personal executive coach as she identifies the essential core competencies and support you need to excel as a woman in leadership. She offers strategies, tools and action steps that can make all the difference in having a successful, fulfilling career and life. The stories and examples will not only engage you but inspire you to be your personal best.

The scourge of the undead continues to ravage the globe. As Renée battles for survival, she finds herself embroiled in a desperate struggle against a sadistic warlord hell-bent on destroying the last of everything that she holds dear.

This bundle includes three Sabrina Kane stories: Fool's Gold, Violet Tendencies, and Rusted Veins.

Maggy isn't a sequins-and-stilettos kind of woman. She's a single mom who is more comfortable pushing a shopping cart through Stop & Shop than sipping champagne in the backseat of a stretch limo headed toward Vegas on the Jersey Shore. Still, even Maggy isn't immune to playing Cinderella for a weekend, even if it only means room service lobster and trying her hand at the penny slots. But when she locks eyes a few hours later with ruggedly handsome police detective Conor Riley, she discovers there's more to Cinderella's story than dancing until midnight.

When the heart is touched, it wants to sing songs of recognized experience. Call it poetry, for then image, cadence, and word melt together as one. This audiobook of poems is about such experiences. That depth of feeling encompasses both desolation and consolation and so brings the listener close to the pulse of life, to joy, the thinnest layer.

Gwen Walberg, literature teacher and self-professed geek, is thrilled to acquire a priceless antique book, but soon learns why it came so cheap. The book contains the ghost of Violetta, its former owner, who spices up her boring afterlife by playing matchmaker. Gwen is her new target - and if she won't cooperate, Violetta is prepared to throw a storm of dangerous tantrums. Rather than give up the treasured book, Gwen reluctantly surrenders, and learns Violetta has already chosen the man for her: Gwen's gorgeous gardener and friend, Paul Chang.

In The Good Wiccan, Anand takes a pragmatic approach and offers a leaping board from which you may begin personal re-discovery through metaphysical guides designed to support self-empowerment through positive white witchcraft. Part One introduces many of the background beliefs and mythologies that have shaped our modern era’s interpretation of witchcraft.

Kundalini is a practice of yoga that most people can only aspire to get to. It is something that is so intense that some gurus even struggle to get there. The biggest benefits that come from kundalini are an increased state of tranquility, completely balanced chakras, and the ability to maintain the different aspects of yoga. While you really need to do most of the work yourself, the tips and tricks which are outlined in this book will give you a great start.

Every time you're hurt, disappointed, depressed, or angry, what do you do with all that negative energy? Well, you could choose to bury it and pretend that everything is fine, you could decide to wallow in it and have yourself a good three-week pity party, or you could choose to practice reiki. Practicing reiki is less expensive than counseling with a therapist and a lot more effective. Reiki enables you to open and balance the energy channels in your body called chakras and rid yourself of the impact of all that negative.

Kundalini awakening is the most intense and invigorating experiences that we can have. Although it is a difficult process, with determination and discipline, you can learn how to awaken the kundalini within you and experience true enlightenment.

Chakras: The Fundamentals of Practice: Easy Tips and Tricks for Improvement is an intermediate level book geared toward those who wish to take their Chakra enlightenment to the next level. Chakras are fundamental if one wishes to truly understand holistic healing. Each chapter provides the listener with valuable information on each Chakra and what their specific functions in the body are. This book will also detail meditative techniques that will help the listener activate and balance the Chakra.

There are multiple reasons behind stripping everything off and returning to the basics. Living a life of simplicity is not about living poorly, it is about living richly and in focus. When we complicate our lives with material objects and then strive and stress to maintain those objects, we find that life can become chaotic, busy, lonely, and unfulfilling, which can lead to depression and discontent.

You are about to journey through the energy channels of your body. Here you will learn about the seven chakra centers within your body that keep you balanced and healthy. You will also learn how the different yoga postures serve to open blocked chakras and allow you to experience greater awareness, fewer emotional and physical issues, and an unbelievable universal connection.

If you have been yearning to learn more about the popular practice of Reiki, look no further. In our book, we will be teaching you everything you need to know about the healing energies of Reiki. Included are the basic principles of reiki that you will need to know in order to understand how reiki works. Here are just a few things we include. If you wish to learn more, purchase the book to receive the ultimate beginners guide to reiki.

Kundalini in ancient Sanskrit means, "an ancient primal force found inside of us." Tapping into the Kundalini means achieving enlightenment and gaining peace of mind. It's a powerful practice modern individuals dealing with stress and anxiety should learn to tap into. To reach this powerful energy requires practice and proper instruction. Once obtained, the Kundalini can become a powerful part of your life.

Gunnar Knox is on his second tour in Iraq when he gets an unexpected lifeline in the form of letters from a stranger, Pastor Trace Atwell. After six months of correspondence, the letters from the pastor stop coming. The last letter contains a family picture of the pastor, his wife and their son and an invitation to come and visit them at their farm when Gunnar's tour is up.

A young woman's journey to discover religion, heartbreak, love, and a soulmate. In this book you will listen to heartfelt poetry. This is a book for any woman who is seeking a change for the better in their overall future.

We have to understand that depression is temporary. It can be really hard at times and we often feel like we're stuck in a black hole and that it will last forever. Understand that even if we feel that way, don't always trust your beliefs. They are sometimes trying to protect you in a way that is truly not helping. Always be skeptical about these beliefs that you are depressed.

Filled with catchall research, American Hemp examines what this new domestic crop can be used for, what makes it a superior product, and what made it illegal in the first place; the book also delves into the many health and medical benefits of the plant. Hobbs weighs in on how hemp can improve existing industries, from farming to energy to 3D printing, plus how it can make a serious impact on climate change by removing toxins from the soil and by decreasing our dependence on plastics and fossil fuels.