Reassuring and thought-provoking reflections for everyday reading. Even with the best intentions, it can be difficult to take time out of our busy days to reflect on our experiences, lean on the wisdom of others, and draw inspiration from the world around us. Filled with bite-sized passages that enlighten and stir contemplation, this pocket guide offers the perfect, thoughtful start to your day. Choose from over 150 reflections on themes ranging from relationships, change, self-awareness, and health, to problem solving, mindfulness, family, forgiveness, and more. Carefully compiled from books by leading helping professionals, the passages offer readers insight and comfort from the best therapists around. Thought-provoking questions for self-discovery follow each entry, providing a source of enlightenment and contemplation throughout the day. The end of the book offers a series of guided visualizations with scripted exercises for readers wanting more direction and engagement. Whether you are seeking connection, reassurance, or motivation for self-improvement, the welcoming, inspiring ideas in this book will help you get there The brilliance, beauty, and bounty of this book caught me off guard. . . . If this was merely a book for morning reflections it would be good, but it is written with such elegance that it encourages you to want to read the next meditation… and the next – all day long. It is chock full of experiences, inviting you to grow with facts, images, and truths – all offered in a poetic way, so that you are stimulated by the concise wisdom born from shared life experiences.—The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter Norton Professional Books has been publishing leading mental health and wellness writers for more than thirty years. Founded in 1923, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. is the oldest and largest publishing house owned entirely by its employees. The entries in Morning Meditations are drawn exclusively from the archives of Norton Professional Books, an editorial division of Norton that, for over 30 years, has published leading works by seminal figures in mental health and well-being. |