A feel good read! I found this book to be a wonderful potpourri of articles and subjects. “Recovering Thy Self” is a quarterly journal that explores various themes through essays, poetry, opinion, and sharing of self. The writings come from authors from all four corners of the world. This book has stories from various authors dealing with personal growth, relationship and family, trauma recovery, living with disabilities, short fiction, travel interviews, substance abuse, addiction, and recovery. The articles pertain to personal struggles …accepted, dealt with, and overcome.

Remove your energetic blockages now! Your beliefs can change. Bender and Sise combine the physiology and psychology of healing using simple, helpful techniques. These techniques will help the novice who is just stepping into bio energetics, as well as practitioners of EFT, TFT, acupuncture, massage and light work. Holistic care embraces energy healing and sees it as growing form of therapy. Why wait for western medicine when you can be taught techniques and applications that help. An increased number of professionals are now seeing the value of energy work. Self help is a billion dollar industry. More psychologists are embracing the natural healing powers of the body and the mind. This book gives you concrete ways to heal many issues.

I like this book! At first the cover had me a little doubtful but it grew on me after I started getting into the content of the book. "Achieve Anything in Just One Year" is a motivational compilation of daily readings and assignments to assist in achieving goals. Basically, both get you in the mindset for the day. The reading for day 39 starts off with "You are now becoming a person of action. How does that feel? It can be quite a powerful experience." The assignment for the day is "to continue to be a person of action. Don't interrupt your efforts with talk. Get back to work." Day 126 starts off with "You have already explored the fact you cannot reach success on your own. You need other people in your life." The reading continues and ends up with the assignment " Practice tact today and give your ego the day off." For the purpose of this review I didn't complete the readings/assignments but intend to because they have become a routine in my daily life. Reading and doing the assignment first thing in the morning sets me up for the day. I compliment Jason Harvey for creating a simple, step-by-step, quick paced but effective tool for us to use. Achieving goals and desires has never been easier!

We all have had our ups and downs in our lives, some more than others. But, how we end up in the end, determines how we actually see the storms. The storms help us to change to a better and stronger person. Resisting change can make the obstacles, the hindrances and the storms become even more unbearable. However, if we choose to view them in a different light, change can move us into a bigger and better job, or a more rewarding, loving relationship. The affirmations presented in "Transformations: Give Up the Struggle," by author Renee Wiggins, can be a turning point in your life. View hardships as helpers to a stronger you. See obstacles as ripples in a pond as you move closer to your victory. Discover that hindrances are hurdles that make you jump high above the clouds. See that valleys are mere lessons that will release you from your past and help heal the brokenness. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind and move forward today.

BOOK REVIEW: Journey From Head to Heart: Living and Working Authentically Author: Nancy Oelklaus Publisher: Loving Healing Press ISBN: 978-1-932690-43-9

In this issue of "Recovering the Self"edited by Ernest Dempsey readers will explore the themes of recovery and healing through poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and education. Contributors to RTS Journal come from around the globe to deliver unique perspectives you won’t find anywhere else! The theme of Volume II, Number 3 is Addiction and Recovery. In addition to covering the themes of addiction and recovery, other area of concern will be explored including diet, health, fitness, relationships, grieving, and much more.

In her most recent book, "Mindfulness and The Art of Choice, 2nd Edition," author Karen H. Sherman, Ph.D. teaches you how tobreak free from old destructive patterns created by your past that keep you from expressing your true self. Finally, Dr. Sherman lays out a set of time-tested tools designed to help you gain the joyful and satisfying life you deserve. Yes, Dr. Sherman has 25 years of professional expertise, but what makes this book so special and unique is Dr. Sherman shares from her personal journey to freedom from her past. This helps prove to readers that her book is not theory, but instead based on what has worked for her clients and herself.

Book Review: Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change Editor: Stephanie Marohn Publisher: Elite Books ISBN: 978-1-60070-067-5

Book Review: The Evolutionary Glitch: Rise Above the Root of Your Problems Author: Albert Garoli Publisher: Loving Healing Press ISBN: 978-1-61599-017-7

Book Review: Offering help for families of recovering addicts Rewriting Life Scripts Transformational Recovery for Families of Addicts Authors: Liliane Desjardins, Nancy Oelklaus, Irene Watson Publisher: Life Scripts Press ISBN: 978-1-932690-97-2