Created on Tuesday, 24 March 2009 19:26

Sit at the foot of a native elder and listen as great wisdom of days long past is passed down. In The Four Agreements, shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz exposes self-limiting beliefs and presents a simple yet effective code of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors. Full of grace and simple truth, this handsomely designed book reads in a voice that you would expect from an indigenous shaman.

The Four Agreements are these: Be impeccable with your word, Don't take anything personally, Don't make assumptions, Always do your best. It's how and why one should do these things that make The Four Agreements worth reading and remembering.

Very highly recommended.

Created on Tuesday, 24 March 2009 19:16

Edited from Library Journal
Based on a course taught at the New School for Social Research, this book offers readers a clear-cut plan for action that, when followed, should help one to unlearn misconceptions about fear and replace them with attitudes of strength and conviction.

By mixing positive thinking with situational exercises that examine basic fear responses, psychologist Jeffers shows that fear is what you make of it and that in most cases it is unfounded. She also illustrates key points through examining case studies, which show that when we are fearful, faulty thinking is most often the real culprit. When faulty thinking is corrected the fear is gone.

This book by no means offers a quick, fix-it course as the author encourages return visits to the text when situations and events in life call for it.