Women today have reset the bar, and it’s high. They collectively aim into the stratosphere: to be the most creative and dynamic professionals, the parents with all the answers, the most understanding and loving partners, and the best and most reliable friends. Their perfectionistic expectations have led to an unrealistic and terribly demanding mind-set, and they multitask from one event to another, silently murmuring under their exhausted, coffee-soaked breath, “Something’s got to give. I’m tired of it always being me!” 

In Breaking Up with Busy: Real-Life Solutions for Overscheduled Women, author Yvonne Tally offers practical, effective solutions to the frustrations caused by a time-strapped lifestyle. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the book.

From family to career to self-fulfillment, being busy has become a way of life for the majority of women today. In this inspiring interview with host Kim Corbin, Breaking Up with Busy author Yvonne Tally offers today’s overscheduled women (and the men who love them) practical, mindful, and effective solutions to the frustrations caused by the time-strapped lifestyle so many of us experience. 

Many of us will be celebrating this Valentine’s Day with chocolate, wine, and roses. While this celebration of romantic love is certain to warm many hearts, The Forgotten Art of Love: What Love Means and Why It Matters, by cardiologist Armin A. Zadeh, challenges us to take a bigger-picture view of the important role that love plays in our lives.

The Forgotten Art of Love examines love in its complex entirety — through the lenses of biology, philosophy, history, religion, sociology, and economics. Dr. Zadeh looks at love’s crucial role in every aspect of human existence, exploring what love has to do with sex, spirituality, society, and the meaning of life; different kinds of love (for our children, for our neighbors); and whether love is a matter of luck or an art that can be mastered. The result is a fascinating, empowering guide to enhancing relationships and happiness, which concludes with a provocative vision for firmly anchoring love in our society. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the book. 

Author Corinne Zupko began to study A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and mindfulness meditation when she discovered that previous therapeutic approaches for treating her debilitating anxiety only gave her temporary results. As she found her own path to healing her mental anguish, she created a perception-shifting process that changed her life. In this inspiring conversation with host Kim Corbin, Corinne happily shares more about this journey and the book that resulted, From Anxiety to Love: A Radical New Approach for Letting Go of Fear and Finding Lasting Peace. Whether you are struggling with everyday stress, intense panic attacks, or anything in between, Corinne’s approach offers a new way of healing from — rather than just coping with — fear and anxiety.

If anyone can be called a self-help, self-actualization pioneer, it is Shakti Gawain. Years before “manifestation,” “the law attraction,” and “the secret” entered the lexicon, Shakti was sharing daily affirmations, meditations, and mental imagery practices that millions found could help them achieve goals, change habits, relax deeply, and significantly improve overall health and well-being. We hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from the new 40th Anniversary Edition of her international bestseller Creative Visualization. 

We all yearn to have time for our personal goals and creative dreams. We also know how challenging it can be to stay focused on what matters to us most. In this inspiring interview, Jennifer Louden, author of The Life Organizer, shares practical strategies for heeding the still, small voice within through mindfulness and steady listening. While life organizing has traditionally been approached in a masculine, linear way — set a goal, break it down into achievable steps, and stay the course until you get it done — Jennifer points us toward a more feminine, heart-based approach to goals and life planning that makes room for, and even embraces, chaos and interruption.