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Descubre tu interior
by Mónica FerránEl poder está en ti, solo debes creer. Descubre tu interior es un viaje al interior de nuestra alma, de nuestros pensamientos y nuestros sentimientos. <P><P>Mónica Ferrán nos incentiva a descubrir ese maravilloso poder que todos poseemos y muchos desconocemos.. A través de las páginas de su libro nos inspira a seguir adelante hacia una vida plena, sin miedos ni sufrimientos, donde las emociones se ponen de manifiesto logrando el éxito de lo que deseamos.
Descubriendo la divinidad
by Marisa MüllerTú eres divinidad porque existes y todo lo que existe es divino. Cuando pensamos qué sucede, qué está sucediendo, creemos que todo lo que ocurre exterior a nosotros mismos incide en nuestro estado interior.Si recuperamos nuestro ser interior, si recuperamos nuestra «llama divina», crearemos otra realidad.
Desde el fondo del mar: Así me recuperé del asesinato de mi mamá, Diana Turbay
by María Carolina Hoyos TurbayPor primera vez la hija de Diana Turbay revela detalles de una historia que partió su vida en dos: el asesinato de su madre en una de las épocas más violentas de la historia reciente de Colombia María Carolina Hoyos Turbay tenía 18 años cuando se enteró por la radio de la operación autorizada por el entonces presidente César Gaviria para intentar liberar a su mamá, secuestrada por Pablo Escobar. Horas después, luego de un rescate fallido y frente al cuerpo sin vida de Diana Turbay, su hija le prometió que nunca más volvería a sonreír. Tuvieron que pasar muchos años, muchas lágrimas y mucho dolor para que María Carolina decidiera incumplir esa promesa, retomar su vida e intentar ser feliz. Esta es la historia de cómo una mujer colombiana, una hija a quien el narcotráfico le arrebató a su madre, decidió perdonar. Pero también podría ser la historia de aquellos que un día pensaron que jamás se recuperarían de una enfermedad, un divorcio o una crisis económica. Este testimonio confirma que, a pesar de las situaciones más adversas, es posible salir a flote y volver a sonreír. "Me asombra gratamente una combinación que aflora en todos los párrafos de este libro: la naturalidad de periodismo auténtico con que la autora describe sus emociones más íntimas y sus pesares más entrañables. Solo una persona que tenga el corazón en paz puede traducir así los rincones de su propia alma, con sencillez y maestría al mismo tiempo". -Tomado del prólogo de Juan Gossaín
Desde el país de los blancos
by Ousman UmarTras un duro viaje de cinco años cruzando el continente africano y el mar, Ousman relata la segunda parte de su historia, y quizá la más dolorosa y difícil: sobrevivir en el País de los Blancos. A los trece años partí desde la selva de Ghana hacia el País de los Blancos. Tras cinco años, en los que crucé el desierto y después el mar en patera, llegué a Barcelona. No imaginaba que entonces iba a empezar lo peor y, tiempo después, lo mejor. Viví en la jungla de cemento e indiferencia, dormí en la calle, pasé hambre, frío y miedo y me enfrenté al racismo. Pero también viví la feliz acogida de mi familia catalana. Aprendí a leer y escribir, me puse a estudiar y comencé a trabajar. Incluso fui a la universidad. Pero cuanto más sabía, más interrogantes me surgían. ¿Por qué se ha congelado la montaña?,me pregunté al ver la nieve por primera vez. ¿Entonces Dios no creó el mundo en siete días?, me planteé cuando me explicaron la teoría del Big Bang. Cuando iba al supermercado no veía comida, sino una sucesión de objetos de colores vivos alineados, pero ¿dónde se podía coger una cabra? He explorado muchos puntos de vista a lo largo de todo este tiempo: el chamanismo, el cristianismo, el islam y la ciencia. Y he aprendido que, al final, todos los seres humanos somos iguales: no hay nada más importante que el amor y disfrutar de la vidasin hacer daño a los demás. Y que el éxito no es más que una acumulación de fracasos sin perder la ilusión. Reseñas:«Un duro viaje de ida y vuelta que migrantes y sociedades de acogida deben conocer.»Ana Pastor «La historia de Ousman Umar es una de las más hermosas que la radio me ha permitido compartir. Sé que muchos oyentes han estado al borde de las lágrimas. Yo, también. Ya les aviso que se van a emocionar con su historia.»Julia Otero «Ousman era un niño que un día, en su Ghana natal, vio volar un avión. Desde entonces la curiosidad le empujó a cruzar el Mediterráneo y viajar hasta el País de los Blancos. Esta es su historia: la historia de un superviviente.»Gemma Nierga «El relato de Ousman comparte con los miles de migrantes que cada año se la juegan para llegar a Europa el dolor, el miedo, la injusticia, el racismo y el sufrimiento. Sentimientos provocados por situaciones que narra con una naturalidad pasmosa.»Antònia Justícia, La Vanguardia
Desde la sala de espera de mi viejo pastor
by José Luis NavajoEste libro nació por diversas conversaciones que el autor Jose Luis Navajo ha tenido con pastores de diferentes lugares del mundo. Les han hecho detectar lo que considera verdugos del ministerio: situaciones, actitudes, y trampas que rompen hermosos ministerios. Basándose en uno de esos encuentros con un pastor muy desanimado, recupera las últimas conversaciones con mi viejo pastor.José Luis Navajo nos presenta la secuela al exitoso Lunes con mi viejo pastor.No murió del todo; el corazón de mi viejo pastor sigue latiendo en estas líneas. Dicen que cada libro es un hijo de papel y tinta que el autor alumbra.Si eso es cierto, y yo creo que lo es, la llegada de Lunes con mi viejo pastor fue un parto muy duro. Las contracciones produjeron tal dolor que sentí que me rompía, pero las alegrías que luego me ha reportado hacen que cada momento de angustia valiera, sin duda, la pena. Algo ocurrió en estos días que me hizo rememorar aquel momento llevándome de vuelta a la blanca casa donde tuvo lugar mi restauración... a los últimos días de esa experiencia sanadora. De eso trata este libro: contiene el néctar destilado en la sala de espera de quien aguardaba la llamada definitiva: mi viejo pastor. Sabiduría que, gota a gota, fluyó de la cicatriz para posarse en el papel.Te propongo que busques un lugar tranquilo y serenes tu alma para participar de estas líneas.Iniciemos la singladura. Todo ocurrió, más o menos, así...
Desearte: Claves para el deseo sexual femenino
by Laura CámaraEste es un libro sobre sexo, deseo y placer femenino, pero sobre todo es un marco en el que reflexionar juntas. Porque lo que te pasa a ti nos atraviesa a todas. No hay una sola forma de expresar y sentir deseo, ni una vivencia del placer que sea universal. Por eso, no hay una sola forma de abordar la sexualidad femenina. Sin embargo, en el pasado el deseo sexual de las mujeres ha estado en el punto de mira, se ha reducido a la mínima expresión y aún hoy perdura como un tema tabú y que a menudo se vive con malestar. Desearte muestra cómo se construye el deseo y las formas en las que aparece y se expresa en las distintas etapas de nuestra vida. No solo pretende guiarte en la mejora de tu deseo, sino ayudarte y hacerte sentir que no estás sola.Este libro habla del deseo sexual construido bajo el manto de lo femenino, especialmente en las relaciones heterosexuales, y trata de que resulte sencillo hablar de algo que es realmente complejo a través de ejemplos, en los que quizás te veas reflejada. Porque cada vivencia es personal e intransferible, pero las experiencias de todas construyen un relato común en el que vernos representadas, comprendidas y, en definitiva, que nos permite cambiar la mirada y vivir el deseo desde la libertad y el placer.«Frente a la patologización de la experiencia femenina, Laura plantea la normalización. Frente al discurso árido de la clínica tradicional, nos regala una obra llena de experiencias reales, de historias de mujeres como tú y como yo, un espacio seguro en el que dejar la vergüenza de lado y desmitificar nuestra sexualidad para reconciliarnos con nuestro propio deseo». María Fornet
Desesperación silenciosa leve
by Un pie en el estriboUn libro de socioayuda, un manual para comprender mejor esos momentos de tristeza y angustia que todos sufrimos. «Un libro llega hasta donde llegan nuestras fuerzas cuando lo escribimos sumadas a sus fuerzas cuando lo leen. No hay más. No podemos prometerles más. Lo que sí les decimos es que hemos escuchado y hemos leído y hemos prestado atención. Que nuestra voz no habla en favor de nuestro condenado ego, el cual ya está a punto de desaparecer. Nuestra voz es una suma de voces. Nuestra presencia se parece a esa neblina que consiste en la suspensión de gotas muy pequeñas en la atmósfera: no se ven, pero algo en el aire dice que están ahí. Quisiéramos que, incluso en la desesperación grave, incluso durante la tragedia, algo de lo que hemos ido recogiendo les entretuviera. Si es su caso, si lo desean, les invitamos a continuar. Pero hemos de recordarles que este libro no ofrece instrucciones para la tragedia. Se ocupa de la desesperación silenciosa leve y, en ocasiones, prolongada. De los pequeños ataques de pena y de cansancio que se repiten. Del velo de tristeza con que ustedes miran, de vez en cuando, la realidad y sienten que la vida se les escapa.»
The Design Cookbook: Recipes for a Stylish Home
by Kelly EdwardsThrough stunning photographs and step-by-step instructions, designer and lifestyle expert Kelly Edwards brings a myriad of looks, tastes, and approaches to chic home design in this guidebook. From the kitchen and the bedroom to the home office and the out-of-doors, Kelly illustrates how to achieve the best color, texture, proportion, and overall design aesthetic and passes along decorating tips from amazing designers and tastemakers. Individual chapters contain a wide array of images and inspiration for the respective spaces along with an assortment of do-it-yourself “recipes” to achieve just the right personality
Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned
by Steven HellerThe thrill of victory...the agony of defeat. We're not talking about just any failure. Design failure. So public. So humiliating. How do designers who are really, really good (we swear!) turn a disaster into a triumph? Read this book and find out, as dozens of top names reveal the heartbreaking-and sometimes hilarious-mistakes they have made and talk about how they were able to grow from the experiences. Self-delusion, overcommitment, procrastination...they're all here. Poor communication, missed deadlines, enraged clients...yes, they're here too. Read Design Disasters and weep? No! Read Design Disasters and be inspired to find the silver lining in even the cloudiest situation.Featuring essays by: Henry Petroski Alissa Walker David Barringer Allan Chocinov Peter Blegvad Ross MacDonald Robert Grossman Ina Saltz Warren Lehrer Rob Trostle Ralph Caplan Richard Saul Wurman Marian Bantjes Rick Meyerowitz Amanda Bowers David Jury Veronique Vienne Francis Levy Colin Berry Nick Curry Debbie Millman, and more!
Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities (Stanford d.school Library)
by Susie Wise Stanford d.schoolA practical, illustrated guide to using the tools of design to create feelings of inclusion, collaboration, and respect in groups of any type or size—a classroom, a work team, an international organization—from Stanford University's d.school.&“This is a beautiful book. Wise has applied the gift and imagination and lenses of the d.school to one of our most precious questions: how to create belonging.&”—Priya Parker, author of the Art of Gathering and host of the New York Times podcast Together ApartBelonging brings out the best in everyone. Whether you&’re a parent, teacher, community organizer, or leader of any sort, your group is unlikely to thrive if the individuals don&’t feel welcomed, included, and valued for who they are.The good news is that you can use design to create feelings of inclusion in your organization: rituals that bring people together, spaces that promote calm, roles that create a sense of responsibility, systems that make people feel respected, and more. You can&’t force feelings, but in Design for Belonging, author and educator Susie Wise explains how to use simple levers of design to set the stage for belonging to emerge. For example, add moveable furniture to a meeting space to customize for your group size; switch up the role of group leader regularly to increase visibility for everyone; or create a special ritual for people joining or leaving your organization to welcome fresh perspectives and honor work well done.Inspiration and stories from leaders and scholars are paired with frameworks, tools, and tips, providing an opportunity to try on different approaches. By the end of the book, you&’ll be able to spot where a greater sense of belonging is needed and actively shape your world to cultivate it—whether it&’s a party, a high-stakes meeting, or a new national organization.
Design for Discipleship: Discovering God's Blueprint for the Christian Life
by J. Dwight PentecostDiscipleship may be a popular term in Christian circles, but what does it really mean for the individual to follow Christ as a biblical disciple?
Design for Wellbeing: An Applied Approach (Design for Social Responsibility)
by Ann Petermans Rebecca CainDesign for Wellbeing charts the development and application of design research to improve the personal and societal wellbeing and happiness of people. It draws together contributions from internationally leading academics and designers to demonstrate the latest thinking and research on the design of products, technologies, environments, services and experiences for wellbeing. Part I starts by conceptualising wellbeing and takes an in-depth look at the rise of the design for wellbeing movement. Part II then goes on to demonstrate design for wellbeing in practice through a broad range of domains from products and environments to services. Among others, we see emerging trends in the design of interiors and urban spaces to support wellbeing, designing to enable and support connectedness and social interaction, and designing for behaviour change to tackle unhealthy eating behaviour in children. Significantly, the body of work on subjective wellbeing, design for happiness, is increasing, and several case studies are provided on this, demonstrating how design can contribute to support the wellbeing of people. Part III provides practical guidance for designing for wellbeing through a range of examples of tools, methods and approaches, which are highly user-centric, participatory, critical and speculative. Finally, the book concludes in Part IV with a look at future challenges for design for wellbeing. This book provides students, researchers and practitioners with a detailed assessment of design for wellbeing, taking a distinctive global approach to design practice and theory in context. Design for Wellbeing concerns designers and organisations but also defines its broader contribution to society, culture and economy.
Design is Storytelling
by Ellen LuptonA playbook for creative thinking, created for contemporary students and practitioners working across the fields of graphic design, product design, service design and user experience. Design Is Storytelling explores the psychology of visual perception from a narrative point of view. Presenting dozens of tools and concepts in a lively, visual manner, this book will help any designer amplify the narrative power of their work. Use this book to stir emotions, build empathy, articulate values and convey action; to construct narrative arcs and create paths through space; integrate form and language; evaluate a project’s storytelling power; and to write and deliver strong narratives.
Design Social Change: Take Action, Work toward Equity, and Challenge the Status Quo (Stanford d.school Library)
by Lesley-Ann Noel Stanford d.schoolDiscover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspiration to challenge the status quo and create the kind of lasting change that leads to greater equity and social justice, from Stanford University's d.school.Who are you? What motivates you as a changemaker? What forces are preventing you (and others) from thriving? These questions are essential to the work of creating social change, and they are exactly what Design Social Change asks you to explore.Designer and design educator Lesley-Ann Noel shares the essential design strategies for making a lasting impact. This work starts with knowing yourself and builds outward into making change in your community and the larger world. Design Social Change gives you tools to tailor your approach to design, taking into account your history, personality, ethics, and goals for a better future.The strategies for change are based on equity and fairness, understanding your own role in these systems of both justice and inequity. These strategies demonstrate how to use anger, joy, and empathy as inspiration for understanding what people need to thrive. Using the tools of design, these new approaches will help you craft projects that are relevant to you and create more just, equitable futures. The time is always right to work toward a fair and just society.
Design the Life You Love
by Ayse BirselA joyful, inspirational guide to building the life you've always dreamed of, using the principles and creative process of an award-winning product designer. Life, just like a design problem, is full of constraints-time, money, age, location, and circumstances. You can't have everything, so you have to be creative to make what you want and what you need co-exist. Design the Life You Love is a joyful, inspirational guide to building the life you've always wanted, using the principles and creative process of an award-winning product designer. Through four steps that reveal hidden skills and wisdom, anyone can design a life they love!From the Trade Paperback edition.e-changing design process, empowering and inspiring readers to create a better life.
Design the Long Life You Love: A Step-by-Step Guide to Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship
by Ayse BirselDesign a long life full of love, purpose, well-being, and friendship, at any age, using the creative tools of award-winning product designer, author, and world's #1 life coach Ayse Birsel.What does it mean to craft the life you want, as you grow older? For industrial designer and author Ayse Birsel, the answer draws on key principles of design—like optimism, empathy, collaboration, open-mindedness, and holistic thinking—as well as the experiences of older people on the pioneering frontiers of long life. Longer life is a thrilling, modern opportunity, and like so many parts of life it needs to be thoughtfully designed. Thinking about a long life is very exciting indeed. It&’s also a new phenomenon. Fifty years ago, living into one&’s seventies was considered the mark of a long life. Today, seventy feels young, eighty feels normal, and ninety is within reach. Birsel believes this new horizon of life is as important and exciting as the invention of moving pictures. Or that of automobiles, or even space travel. Her point is, when a change this big happens, innovation follows.This book is for everyone who is interested in defining their long life, using design thinking tools. It&’s an interactive book with exercises that will help you think creatively by asking you to visualize your life. It is full of insights learned from wise people who have lived the longest. It is organized into the four themes of Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship, and contains insights that will help you love better, find purpose, practice well-being, and make friends. Drawing on Birsel&’s year-long codesign research with older people, Design the Long Life You Love offers readers of all ages—from those in their twenties and thirties just starting out, to those in mid-life looking for a change, to those in later life who are the experts for us all—thought-provoking questions, exercises for self-exploration, and interviews with innovative entrepreneurs and thought-leaders to guide them on their own journeys of crafting the next phase of life. Focusing on four keys areas—Love, Purpose, Well-Being, and Friendship—this book pairs life lessons from people who've lived the longest with design tools to help you plan your own long life, whether you're looking ahead to retirement, a home post-children, or starting a new project that makes you come alive.Playfulness is key to creating a long life, and readers will find that reflected in this joy-filled book. Whimsical, two-color drawings, illustrated interviews with thought-leaders, and interactive exercises will put you in the mindset of a designer as you foster creativity and explore what your own long life can look like. When it comes to our lives, we are our own innovators—so let's begin to learn how to do just that.Welcome to Design the Long Life You Love!
Design Thinking Research
by Hasso Plattner Christoph Meinel Larry LeiferDesign thinking as a user-centric innovation method has become more and more widespread during the past years. An increasing number of people and institutions have experienced its innovative power. While at the same time the demand has grown for a deep, evidence-based understanding of the way design thinking functions. This challenge is addressed by the Design Thinking Research Program between Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA and Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany. Summarizing the outcomes of the 5th program year, this book imparts the scientific findings gained by the researchers through their investigations, experiments and studies. The method of design thinking works when applied with diligence and insight. With this book and the underlying research projects, we aim to understand the innovation process of design thinking and the people behind it. The contributions ultimately center on the issue of building innovators. The focus of the investigation is on what people are doing and thinking when engaged in creative design innovation and how their innovation work can be supported. Therefore, within three topic areas, various frameworks, methodologies, mind sets, systems and tools are explored and further developed. The book begins with an assessment of crucial factors for innovators such as empathy and creativity, the second part addresses the improvement of team collaboration and finally we turn to specific tools and approaches which ensure information transfer during the design process. All in all, the contributions shed light and show deeper insights how to support the work of design teams in order to systematically and successfully develop innovations and design progressive solutions for tomorrow.
Design Thinking Research
by Hasso Plattner Christoph Meinel Larry LeiferDesign thinking as a user-centric innovation method has become more and more widespread during the past years. An increasing number of people and institutions have experienced its innovative power. While at the same time the demand has grown for a deep, evidence-based understanding of the way design thinking functions. This challenge is addressed by the Design Thinking Research Program between Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA and Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany. Summarizing the outcomes of the 5th program year, this book imparts the scientific findings gained by the researchers through their investigations, experiments and studies. The method of design thinking works when applied with diligence and insight. With this book and the underlying research projects, we aim to understand the innovation process of design thinking and the people behind it. The contributions ultimately center on the issue of building innovators. The focus of the investigation is on what people are doing and thinking when engaged in creative design innovation and how their innovation work can be supported. Therefore, within three topic areas, various frameworks, methodologies, mind sets, systems and tools are explored and further developed. The book begins with an assessment of crucial factors for innovators such as empathy and creativity, the second part addresses the improvement of team collaboration and finally we turn to specific tools and approaches which ensure information transfer during the design process. All in all, the contributions shed light and show deeper insights how to support the work of design teams in order to systematically and successfully develop innovations and design progressive solutions for tomorrow.
Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life On Purpose
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz"There are a lot of books about goal setting. This one is special." — Scott Warner, CEO, GiggWhen it comes to productivity, hard work is half the battle. The first half—the crucial half—is planning well. The DO LESS method is a simple way to achieve your goals more often, in less time, and with greater peace of mind. Learn how to:Decide the right goals for youCreate workable strategies for reaching themHarness time for maximum efficiencyFrom the big-picture down to the details, Claire Diaz-Ortiz walks you through every step of setting and achieving smart goals. She helps you brainstorm goals, choose the best ones, and adjust them to make them realistic. Then she helps you strategize how to reach them, day-by-day, year-by-year.Whether you want to finish a house project, lose weight, or write a book, Design Your Day—by someone who read 150 books while caring for an infant—is an all-in-one guide to smart productivity. Use Claire&’s tricks and tools and you&’ll be amazed at what you can do in a day, let alone a lifetime.
Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life On Purpose
by Claire Diaz-Ortiz"There are a lot of books about goal setting. This one is special." — Scott Warner, CEO, GiggWhen it comes to productivity, hard work is half the battle. The first half—the crucial half—is planning well. The DO LESS method is a simple way to achieve your goals more often, in less time, and with greater peace of mind. Learn how to:Decide the right goals for youCreate workable strategies for reaching themHarness time for maximum efficiencyFrom the big-picture down to the details, Claire Diaz-Ortiz walks you through every step of setting and achieving smart goals. She helps you brainstorm goals, choose the best ones, and adjust them to make them realistic. Then she helps you strategize how to reach them, day-by-day, year-by-year.Whether you want to finish a house project, lose weight, or write a book, Design Your Day—by someone who read 150 books while caring for an infant—is an all-in-one guide to smart productivity. Use Claire&’s tricks and tools and you&’ll be amazed at what you can do in a day, let alone a lifetime.
Design Your Life: Creating Success Through Personal Style
by Rachel RoyThe internationally renowned designer and entrepreneur helps women look and be the very best version of themselves with this strong, sexy style guide filled with practical and inspirational tips and personal insights gleaned from her own journey in life and business. “As a teen, I’d draw the type of glamorous clothes and accessories I longed for. In retrospect I realize that I was a designing the life I wanted and would one day achieve. ” As a designer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and working mother, Rachel Roy has a unique perspective on how fashion defines who we are—and who we want to be. Growing up in a low-income neighborhood in California, she envisioned the life she lives today. The head of her own fashion business, she’s a successful, hard-working entrepreneur who believes through style we can help design the life we want to live. Design Your Life is the embodiment of Rachel’s ethos—a style guide every woman, no matter what stage of life she is in, needs to help her define and implement her personal look, motivate her to focus on the person she wants to be and the job she aspires to have, and make choices based on where she wants to go. Rachel offers hands-on tips for developing personal style while staying true to yourself, using and updating what’s in your closest, and adding essential pieces to your wardrobe. Throughout, she shares stories from her own life and the vital role fashion and style has played each step of the way. Elegantly designed and illustrated with more than fifty exclusive color line drawings, filled with her passion, vision, and commitment to empowerment, Design Your Life takes fashion one step further—from looking great to becoming great, from the inside out.
Design Your Life: Former Ikea Executive Shares Her Tools for Personal Success
by Pernille Spiers-LopezDon't spend your whole life searching for the right job; make it the most important job to design the right life.Pernille Spiers-Lopez left Denmark for the United States as a young, naïve entrepreneur. Years later, she became CEO of IKEA North America and then Global HR manager for 130,000 employees. But she soon learned—staring at the roof of the ambulance that was rushing her to the ER—that the job had a price. So this is success. I am away from my family, my children, and my life. This can&’t really be success... In Design Your Life, follow Pernille on her journey of personal struggle and triumph. Be with her as she climbs out of her own self-denial and darkest day. Watch her summon the focus and strength within to carve out a life by design and discover a more balanced paradigm of living, one in which success is defined not by how much money we make but by our personal leadership and commitment to ourselves and others.
Design Your Next Chapter: How to realize your dreams and reinvent your life
by Debbie TravisIf you feel stuck with no idea what you should do next, lifestyle celebrity and TV pioneer Debbie Travis's new book is for you. Drawing on the tough (sometimes hilarious) lessons Debbie learned in her own leap into a new way of living, and a multitude of stories, tips and ideas to jumpstart your dreams, she's created an inspiring roadmap for change.A few years ago, Debbie Travis realized that she was no longer challenged by her wildly successful TV career and she was so busy she was missing out on the people and things that made her happy. She dared to dream about a whole new direction in life--a plan to turn a 13th-century farmhouse in Tuscany into a unique hotel and retreat for people who need a change as much as she did. And now, after a crazy amount of work, she is not only living that dream but sharing it with others. Her new book draws directly on her own experiences (when she started, Debbie could barely make a bed, let alone run a hotel in a foreign county) and the uplifting stories of personal u-turns shared by women who have come to her retreats. Debbie's "commandments" will inspire women (and men) who have lost track of who they are or what they want to be; who are going through the motions of a career that doesn't satisfy them anymore; who are wondering what to do with themselves now that their kids are gone or their marriage is over. On every page, Debbie shares the tools that helped her transform her life, and her example, her wit and her common sense advice will help motivate anyone who finds themselves standing at a crossroads wondering "What's next for me?"
Designed for More: Unleashing Christ's Vision for Unity in a Deeply Divided World
by Lucas Ramirez Mike DeVitoDESIGNED FOR MORE calls every Christian to consider how, through collective movement, they can bring about Christ's daring vision for unity in the Church to impact the world like never before.Our world is divided and fragmented.Even among followers of Christ, God's great story of reconciliation has been crippled because the messengers of that story are unreconciled.But God designed us for so much more. Thankfully, He has hidden incredible lessons in nature to help solve complex human problems.DESIGNED FOR MORE draws groundbreaking implications for how to achieve unity and collective movement through new research on a jaw-dropping phenomenon of flocking starlings known as a murmuration. This marvel is one of nature's most spectacular sights: Imagine hundreds of thousands of birds in motion, caressing the sky like a brush on canvas. It is a beautiful madness that is completely ordered.Join authors Lucas Ramirez and Mike DeVito as they unveil the power of the murmuration principles in order to inspire unity in individuals and the Church as a whole.Birds first taught us to fly, and now they will teach us to unify!
Designed for Success: Better Living and Self-Improvement with Midcentury Instructional Records
by Janet Borgerson Jonathan SchroederA charmingly illustrated history of midcentury instructional records and their untold contribution to the American narrative of self-improvement, aspiration, and success.For the midcentury Americans who wished to better their golf game through hypnosis, teach their parakeet to talk, or achieve sexual harmony in their marriage, the answers lay no further than the record player. In Designed for Success, Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder shed light on these endearingly earnest albums that contributed to a powerful American vision of personal success. Rescued from charity shops, record store cast-off bins, or forgotten boxes in attics and basements, these educational records reveal the American consumers&’ rich but sometimes surprising relationship to advertising, self-help, identity construction, and even aspects of transcendentalist thought.Relegated to obscurity and novelty, instructional records such as Secrets of Successful Varmint Calling, You Be a Disc Jockey, and How to Ski (A Living-Room Guide for Beginners) offer distinct insights into midcentury media production and consumption. Tracing the history of instructional records from the inception of the recording industry to the height of their popularity, Borgerson and Schroeder offer close readings of the abundant topics covered by &“designed for success&” records. Complemented by over a hundred full-color illustrations, Designed for Success is a wonderfully nostalgic tour that showcases the essential role these vinyl records played as an unappreciated precursor to contemporary do-it-yourself culture and modern conceptions of self-improvement.