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MarthaFinding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live Three Rivers Press, 2001 In this absorbing combination of detailed self-awareness exercises and true stories from her own counseling experience, Harvard-trained sociologist Martha Beck invites readers to explore their heart's desires and the vast social webs that keep such desires in check. Peeke, Pam Body for Life for Women: A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation Rodale Books, 2005 Dr. Peeke draws on cutting-edge research as she fashions a 12-week eating, exercise, and emotional health program, specially tailored to women. Mountain Dreamer, Oriah What we Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of your Soul HaperSanFrancisco, 2005 What We Ache For is a practical book allowing readers to embrace the urgency and necessity of their creativity, whatever their medium -- writing, painting, sculpture, dance, music, or film. Whyte, David Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity Riverhead Books, 2001 Crossing the Unknown Sea shows how poetry and practicality reinforce each other to give every aspect of our lives meaning and direction. For anyone who wants to deepen their connection to their work-or find out what their life's work is-this book is essential to navigating the way.
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