Books about Mind, Body and Spirit ... Click here to read this newsletter online Welcome to the Inspired Living eNewsletter from Allen & Unwin: December 2009 This has been an exhilarating year for Inspired Living readers and authors. Here's a quick skip through the year to celebrate how many uplifting ideas and approaches have made their way into print. |
Highlights from 2009
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 In February, Ruth Helen Camden took us into the fascinating world of past life therapy in her book Past Lives, which is not about discovering who you were in a past life but about how painful experiences from a past life that may still be impacting on your life today.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Michele Finey's Secrets of the Zodiac hit the bookstores in March and was an instant success. Find out what’s most important to you, what you need to learn in this lifetime and what you need to thrive.Read more | Look inside the book | Visit Michele's website |
 March also saw the publication of Karen Masman's wonderful little book The Uses of Sadness. As Karen shows in her book, feeling sad can be good for you as it provides time to reflect on our lives, fine tune, change direction and much, much more.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Azim Khamisa founded the Tariz Khamisa Foundation following the death of his son in 1995. The subsequent forgiveness movement has reached millions as has Jillian Quinn through her work at the Interfaith Temple in New York City. In Secrets of a Bulletproof Spirit, published in April, they show that people with super resilience don't have better luck or better karma, they think differently.Read more | Find out more about the Forgiveness Project |
 April also saw the publication of Georgina Walker's second book, Amazing Encounters with Those Who Have Passed Over. Packed with real-life encounters with those who have passed over, this heartwarming book was eagerly awaited by fans of Georgina's first book, Dearly Departed.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Also much anticipated was Sherrynne Dalby's Star Parenting, published in May. In her book, Sherrynne, an astrologer and a mother of seven, helps parents understand the strengths and vulnerabilities of their child, and how to encourage and nurture them.Read more | Look inside the book |
 May also saw the publication of Screw Inner Beauty by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby. After years of being on the dieting rollercoaster - losing weight, putting it back on again, then dieting, and regaining the weight - these two smart, sassy women decided enough was enough. In their book they share how they quit starving themselves, came to like their bodies the way they are, and now live life with joy and pride.Read more | Look inside the book | Visit Kate's blog | Visit Marianne's blog |
 It's the little things that count and in The Power of Small, published in June, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval show how little acts of kindness and thoughtfulness can have far reaching, even life-changing consequences.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Also published in June was Melinda Hutchings's Why Can't I Look the Way I Want? Here, Melinda, a survivor of an eating disorder herself, shares her experience and that of others who have battled this illness. Her book is full of practical tips for both sufferers and their families.Read more | Look inside the book | Visit Melinda's website |
 Dealing with a dying loved one is confronting but it can also be one of the most rewarding times of your life. In The Intimacy of Death and Dying, also published in June, Claire Leimbach, Zenith Virago and Trypheyna McShane share their stories and those of others in this moving and inspiring book.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Renowned psychic intuitive Char Margolis published her third book with us in July. In Living in Spirit, Char shares more of life's secrets: why everyone has to move on from this life and what happens when you do.Read more | Look inside the book | Visit Char's website |
 Jost Sauer returned with a new book in September. In The Perfect Day Plan, Jost shows us how to unlock the secrets of the body clock. Based on ancient Chinese medicine, Jost's book reveals when it's the best time to exercise, do our most demanding work, let go of the past, come up with good ideas...Read more | Look inside the book |
 September also saw the much awaited publication of Ian White's Happy Healthy Kids. The culmination of over 20 years work with Australian Bush Flower Essences, Ian's book covers a wide range of everyday ailments and also details how to handle a whole host of emotional challenges from shyness and lack of self-confidence, to aggression.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Why do we find it so hard to forgive when doing so can be so liberating and freeing? Janise Beaumont decided it was time to forgive some past hurts and her book, The Power of Forgiveness, published in September, charts her progress. Honest, realistic, funny and poignant, this is a book for our times.Read more | Look inside the book |
 October saw the publication of Michael Ungar's Turning the Me Generation in the We Generation. In this, his second book with Allen & Unwin, Michael, an internationally respected family therapist shows how parents can raise socially engaged and responsible children. Like generations before them, children today also want to be noticed for their contributions. What they need, though, is compassion and encouragement from their parents.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Janise Beaumont's niece was seriously ill in hospital and if ever an angel was needed it was now. But how to find one? In Search of Angels, published in October, is the story of her quest. Along the way she met many people who have had encounters with angels and in her book she shares their remarkable, often life-changing experiences. But did she find an angel for herself?Read more | Look inside the book |
 Another much awaited book was Sarah Napthali's Buddhism for Mothers of Schoolchildren, published in October. As she has done in her previous two books, Buddhism for Mothers and Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children, Sarah, with clarity, warmth and a refreshingly honest voice, shows that Buddhist teachings can bring enormous benefit to the lives of mothers.Read more | Look inside the book |
 In November came The Infinite Magic of Horses, Candida Baker's beautiful little book of true stories about horses around the world, stories that are magical, moving and marvellous - as are the gorgeous photographs.Read more | Look inside the book |
 Last but by no means least is Meeting Fairies, a truly remarkable story of Robert Ogilvie Crombie's life-changing experience, which opened up the world of fairies to him. His warm and detailed accounts of his many fairy encounters reveal a world many yearn to know about.Read more | Look inside the book |
What an Inspiring lot of books! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas. We'll be back in the New Year with more exceptional books to uplift your mind, body and spirit. Maggie Hamilton, publisher of Inspired Living books PS -- And if you want to know what Ellen Whitehurst, author of Make This Your Lucky Day, says next year has in store for you, visit www.ellenwhitehurst.com |
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