Mindfulness For Chocolate Lovers

Author : Diane R. Gehart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781538129074

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Mindfulness for Chocolate Lovers by Diane R. Gehart Pdf

An accomplished and honored professor, psychotherapist, author, and chocolate connoisseur, Diane Gehart identifies surprisingly efficient and fun ways to increase your daily dose of joy. Drawing on positive psychology, Eastern wisdom, and three decades of psychotherapist know-how, she outlines a no-nonsense yet good-humored path to get you where you want to go. She will teach you step-by-step how to: Identify the essential elements necessary for life-long happiness and add them to your everyday habits. Develop an unshakable sense of inner joy that sustains you in good times and bad. Engage your most painful life circumstances to dramatically improve your life for the better. Navigate common pitfalls and challenges, including skillfully handling the most difficult personalities and relationships. Transform how you journey through life—making it a joy ride regardless of weather or other unforeseen circumstances. First, she debunks popular myths that have us looking for happiness in all the wrong places and then offers an accurate map for getting where we want to go. Next, readers will learn the hardest but ultimately most liberating lesson: making friends with life and all that is, including the good, the bad, and the ugly—which includes black widow spiders for some of us. From there, you will learn surprisingly playful and palatable options for maximizing your joy, including mindfulness, crazy wisdom, compassion, and ethical living. Finally, you will learn how to avoid—or at least survive—the common pitfalls and the dangerous snakes that line the path from where you are to where you want to go. If you have avoided meditation and similar practices for most of your life because they are dull and boring, you may find something that suits your refined and zesty taste for living here. Along the way, you will have numerous opportunities to laugh, to cry, and to reconnect with the best within yourself. You will suddenly discover your most desperate challenges dissolving before you, revealing an easier path and renewing your delight in living and loving. Worst-case scenario: You will have educational excuses to savor some chocolate delights, enjoy a few good laughs, and gain a handful of new insights about your life. Whether you are reeling from a devastating break-up; feeling adrift professionally; struggling with depression, anxiety, or more severe mental health issues; or simply wanting to feel happier given the numerous blessings in your life, this book will help you make changes that you could never accomplish before because you will now be motivated to do something different. Ultimately, this book invites you to play. To laugh. To love. To heal old heartbreaks. To overcome what was once impossible. To open your heart to life and all it has to offer: white, milk, and dark. The stresses of modern life often create the illusion that life is hard, painful, and lonely. You are only a few bites away from an entirely different approach to living a sweeter life.

Author : Reverend R. M. Pelso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0979467454

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Deep Tasting by Reverend R. M. Pelso Pdf

Research provides compelling evidence that both meditation and chocolate offer physical and mental health benefits: decreased stress, lower blood pressure, reduced weight, enhanced memory and slower aging of the brain. Deep Tasting: A Chocolate Lover's Guide to Meditation introduces Dr. Peluso's delicious breakthrough technique- Chocolate Tasting Meditation - that doesn't require sitting still for long periods of time or uncomfortable yoga postures. You don't have to take on another religion or a new set of beliefs. If you like chocolate, all you need is five minutes or less-the time it takes for a piece of chocolate to melt in your mouth-to see how easy it can be to learn to meditate. Even if your goal isn't to meditate, the tasting techniques in this book will awaken your senses to the aromas and flavors of the world's finest chocolate. You can even lose weight! Enjoy the story of R. M. Peluso's merged spiritual and chocolate paths. Learn about the history of chocolate as a sacred food and the emergence of the artisan, or craft, chocolate movement. "This absorbing book is a unique and fascinating guide to the taste, aroma, and even the making of fine artisanal chocolate from 'bean to bar.' Whether one is or is not a follower of the meditation path described by the author, all chocolate lovers will learn much from this delightful and instructive read. Highly recommended!" -Michael D. Coe, author, The Maya; co-author, The True History of Chocolate "This book is delicious! Meditation does not have to be boring or difficult--start where you are and work with what you love. And if you love chocolate, this book will teach you how to have an earthy, nutty, buttery spiritual experience.---and one attuned to justice too. Savor your spirituality!" -Jay Michaelson, author of Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment "R.M. Peluso takes her readers to a level of tasting that is beyond any other I've seen before. I look forward to trying this meditation technique myself and expect full on theta waves. I learned a lot about tasting chocolate and am sure you will too!" -Shawn Askinosie, Founder & CEO, Askinosie Chocolate, One of Forbes' 25 "Best Small Companies In America" "A well-written memoir that provides a path to meditation using chocolate as a spiritual medium...a very enjoyable read that covers the key historical and cultural significances of cacao while also chronicling her own journey to making chocolate from the bean. This book serves as a detailed sensory tasting guide that's essential for any serious chocolate taster, and it should be required reading for anyone making chocolate from the bean." -Lauren Adler, Chocolopolis, Seattle"

Author : Jena Pincott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439183359

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Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies? by Jena Pincott Pdf

Brain Candy for expectant parents! Pregnancy is an adventure. Lots of books tell you the basics—“the baby is the size of [insert fruit here].” But pregnant science writer Jena Pincott began to wonder just how a baby might tinker with her body—and vice versa—and chased down answers to the questions she wouldn’t ask her doctor, such as: • Does stress sharpen your baby’s mind—or dull it? • Can you predict your baby’s temperament? • Why are babies born in the darker months of the year more likely to grow up to be novelty-loving risk takers? • Are bossy, dominant women more likely to have boys? • How can the cells left behind by your baby affect you years later? This is a different kind of pregnancy book—thoughtful, fun, and filled with information you won’t find anywhere else.

Author : David Michie
Publisher : The Experiment + ORM
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781615192595

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Mindfulness Is Better Than Chocolate by David Michie Pdf

“Rigorous and playful . . . an excellent perspective on the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of mindfulness practice. This book is better than chocolate!” —Tal Ben-Shahar, New York Times–bestselling author of Happier Distractions are everywhere. Our thoughts drift to what we need to do tomorrow or what went wrong yesterday. Even pleasurable things—like eating chocolate—don’t receive our full attention. As a result, we miss out on joy that is easily within reach. Drawing on both Buddhist teachings and contemporary science, David Michie teaches us how to experience a mind free of stress and dullness and gives us the tools to rewire our brains for happiness. “Mindfulness” is paying attention to the present moment, deliberately and nonjudgmentally—and those who practice it experience a wealth of benefits: ·Reduced stress ·Stronger immune systems ·More ease in breaking bad habits ·Improved self-esteem ·Enhanced mental clarity ·Sharper memory ·Overall well-being ·and better-tasting chocolate! “Full of great advice relevant to most people’s lives, with a constant undercurrent of humor.” —NOVA Magazine

Author : Cadie Style
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798653622199

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Chocolate Is Always the Answer by Cadie Style Pdf

Chocolate Is Always The Answer: Tasting Review Journal and Log for Chocolate LoversThis awesome chocolate tasting journal is perfect for all chocolate lovers.Get ahead on the tasting game and show your love for chocolate with this cute and simple 6x9" undated chocolate tasting review book with room to review and taste over 100 chocolates.Perfect gift journals for those who love chocolate and who love to taste sugary and sweet white, dark or milk chocolate.

Author : David Michie
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781743437698

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Why Mindfulness is Better than Chocolate by David Michie Pdf

A beginner's guide to the powerful practice of mindfulness. By reclaiming the present moment with mindfulness practice, you can improve performance and increase wellbeing - and improve chocolate too! Mindfulness practice can help you reduce stress, improve performance, manage pain and increase wellbeing. These are the reasons why elite athletes, performing artists and business leaders are taking up the practice, and why it is being introduced into the world's most successful companies, banks, business schools - even the US Army. David Michie introduces mindfulness practice and offers innovative solutions to common obstacles. Drawing on ancient Buddhist teachings and contemporary science, he also takes us beyond 'mindfulness lite,' offering lucid instructions on how to experience the pristine nature of one's own consciousness directly - an encounter that is truly life-changing. Written with warmth and good humour, Why Mindfulness is Better than Chocolate is the ultimate guide to self-discovery. It will make chocolate taste better too! 'David Michie demonstrates a fine knack for capturing the essence of this important topic and presenting it in a fun and accessible way.' - Dr Timothy Sharp, The Happiness Institute

Author : Rohan Gunatillake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1452168369

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Mindfulness Cards by Rohan Gunatillake Pdf

Author : Donna A. Gaffney,Nicole C. Foster
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421446684

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Courageous Well-Being for Nurses by Donna A. Gaffney,Nicole C. Foster Pdf

"Informed by guidance from 30 nurses from around the world, this book provides readers with the steps you can take to thrive personally and professionally. Recognizing the limits to what individuals can do, this work also covers how to advocate for change at work, at home, and in your community"--

Author : Harlene Anderson,Diane R. Gehart
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000559361

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Collaborative-Dialogic Practice by Harlene Anderson,Diane R. Gehart Pdf

Collaborative-Dialogic Practice provides professionals a humanizing approach in facilitating transformative dialogues with their clients, making a difference, and creating surprising possibilities in our fast-changing, diverse, and ever-shrinking world. Written alongside a collection of international experts, Harlene Anderson and Diane Gehart introduce collaborative-dialogic practice as a way to encourage relationships and conversations that create generative space and promote meaningful changes in clients, even in the most difficult situations. Split into theory and practice, Part 1 introduces collaborative-dialogue and locates it within traditional and contemporary challenges and practices, providing an overview of its conceptual framework. Chapters in Part 2 then detail the practice in a variety of contexts, cultures, and diverse populations, illustrating how readers can translate the concepts to their distinctive practice settings, and their clients’ unique situations. Accessible and applicable, this book will be an essential resource and guide for professionals in diverse contexts, cultures, and disciplines, including counselors, psychotherapists, consultants, leaders, mentors, educators, and trainers.

Author : Loretta Graziano Breuning
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781440590504

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Habits of a Happy Brain by Loretta Graziano Breuning Pdf

Offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals"--serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins. You'll also learn how to build new habits by rerouting the electricity in your brain to flow down a new pathway, making it even easier to trigger these happy chemicals and increase feelings of satisfaction when you need them most.

Author : David Michie
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781401948030

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The Dalai Lama's Cat and the Power of Meow by David Michie Pdf

"If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being . . . a twitching of limbs, a quivering of the jaw, sometimes perhaps a snuffling noise or a meow. . . . Cats may indeed be capable of great mindfulness. But we are thinking beings, too. In my own case, unfortunately, a being who thinks rather too much." In the latest installment of the Dalai Lama’s Cat series, His Holiness’s Cat ("HHC") is on a mission: to think less, to experience more, to live in the moment. She soon learns the proper phrase for this, being mindful, or, a concept better known to her as the power of meow. What ensues is a journey to discover her own true nature, to gain a deeper understanding of her mind, and to experience life’s greatest joy, the here and now. Throughout, she shares encounters with familiar inhabitants of Dharamsala, as well as a whole new cast of characters: a senior exec from one of Silicon Valley’s most famous social media companies (hint: the name rhymes with "litter"), the Pope’s beloved dog (who shares a shockingly similar title: HHD, His Holiness’s Dog), and a public health inspector who threatens to have our poor narrator banned from the Himalaya Book Café. In this follow-up to the Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Art of Purring, readers escape to the enchanting and exotic world of the Dalai Lama’s monastery in the Himalayas, and take a peek inside the mind of a delightfully imperfect creature on the path to enlightenment. By accompanying HHC on her journey, you will learn new ways to relate to your own mind: slowing down, finding peace, and abiding in the boundless radiance and benevolence that is your own true nature.

Author : Harlene Anderson,Diane Gehart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135926250

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Collaborative Therapy by Harlene Anderson,Diane Gehart Pdf

Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations That Make a Difference provides in-depth accounts of the everyday practice of postmodern collaborative therapy, vibrantly illustrating how dialogic conversation can transform lives, relationships, and entire communities. Pioneers and leading professionals from diverse disciplines, contexts, and cultures describe in detail what they do in their therapy and training practices, including their work with psychosis, incarceration, aging, domestic violence, eating disorders, education, and groups. In addition to the therapeutic applications, the book demonstrates the usefulness of a postmodern collaborative approach to the domains of education, research, and organizations.

Author : Rosie Shalhoub
Publisher : Five Kings Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Chocolate
ISBN : 0994524803

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The Chocolate Lover's Message Cards by Rosie Shalhoub Pdf

Author : David Michie
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781742690971

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Hurry Up and Meditate by David Michie Pdf

For anyone who wants to start meditating but has been struggling to get to the cushion, here are all the motivation and tools you need to achieve greater balance, better health and a more panoramic perspective of life.

Author : Jenny Colgan
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402281877

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The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan Pdf

"...a book which should be devoured in one sitting, along with a box of chocolates"—Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author Award-winning author Jenny Colgan takes her charming romances to Paris in this heartwarming, bittersweet story of life, love and chocolate. Anna Trent may be a supervisor in a chocolate factory...but that doesn't necessarily mean she knows how to make chocolate. So when a fateful accident gives her the opportunity to work at the most elite chocolatier in Paris—Le Chapeau Chocolat—Anna expects to be outed as a fraud. After all, there is a world of difference between chalky, mass-produced English chocolate and the gourmet confections Anna's new boss creates. While she may never match him in the kitchen, Anna thinks she might be able to give him a second chance at love. And with a bit of luck and a lot of patience, Anna's learning that the sweetest things in life are always worth working for. Fans of British chick-lit authors Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Weiner and Jill Mansell will be craving sweets along with this light-hearted rom-com of love lost and found. Also by Jenny Colgan: Meet Me at the Cupcake Café The Sweetshop of Dreams Praise for The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris: "[B]oth believable and funny, while the Parisian setting makes this story practically irresistible."—Shelf Awareness Reader "This cross-generational story is as irresistible as Colgan's portrayal of Paris itself—and all things chocolate."—Publishers Weekly "Heartwarming and funny..."—Booklist "A tale of two Englishwomen in Paris, of love lost and found... Gently and lovingly done."—Dear Author