Product Description Everyone has had luminous moments in their lives. It's the "a-ha" moment when one experiences the beauty and grace of life, whether it be when looking into the eyes of a newborn child or watching the sun set over the ocean. But those moments are usually too brief. Too often, people walk around in a fog, feeling vaguely frustrated, resigned, and cynical and asking all the wrong questions about how to make life better. They miss the purpose for being alive: to wake up and become oneself, to allow others to contribute to them and to, in turn, contribute their gifts to the world. This book gives readers specific methods for allowing luminosity into their lives on a consistent basis, allowing them to view the world with much younger, more vibrant eyes. [ ^Top ]
This Book is Clear and Sweet
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The principles in the book are clear and sweet. I did the exercises. As I continue to do what is suggested in the book my life is easier and sweeter. What could be better? Read it, do it and get it to the people you love.
Mastering Life's Energies
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I love this book! It is full of fresh insights and life-altering wisdom. It is much more than an average self-help book. It offers keys to focusing our energies on what is important to us. I buy lots of copies and give them to people I like.
Who IS this woman??
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My husband is wondering who took his wife & left this calm woman in her place! Maria's (she feels like an old friend) book truly did leave me with the gifts of clarity, focus & ease, combined for grace in action. My first appearance at a local farmer's market - on a hot July day - met with the on-site discovery of rusted canopy struts. There we were, with hopelessly broken canopy and dozens & dozens of cupcakes with highly perishable buttercream frostings. Having just finished Mastering Life's Energies, there was no sense of panic or impassioned near-hysterics. Tracked down the market coordinator, let her know there was a situation, and between the two of us we came up with a perfectly workable solution - and I experienced a luminous moment. HIGHLY recommend it as a highly effective, spiritually low tech, well-crafted (love the way she reinforces core messages throughout the book & summarizes at the end) guide to living a coherent life that welcomes luminosity.
Excellent! Sublime! Practical !
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I interviewed Dr. Nemeth many years ago for an article I was writing about spirituality and money.
Now, years later, I've come upon "Mastering Life's Energies." I tend to eschew "self-help" books but this is no self-help book. Well, yes, it can help the self. But I would say it challenges the old, limited self to grow into something much deeper and much more meaningful and yes, luminous. I appreciate especially the comments on ontology -- we name the specifics of our ground-of-being (via our life intentions and standards of integrity) and these become our guiding lamp-posts toward living a life of meaning. (I'd say we need such an Ontological Revolution in these challenging times we live in!) Nemeth integrates metaphors from the new sciences and brain research to support how we may re-conceptualize the meaning of what it means to be fully alive each day. Get the book. Read it!
The Well-Lived Life
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What is luminosity? How does it differ from happiness? Is it possible to live a meaningful life in an uncertain and unpredictable world? These are the questions Maria Nemeth asks and answers in her latest book: Mastering Life's Energies: Simple Steps to a Luminous Life at Work and Play.
Happiness is a feeling that comes and goes. Luminosity - the experience of being fully engaged in a life worth living - is a quality that can be cultivated, and each of Mastering Life's Energies' four sections is devoted to one of what Nemeth has identified as its four essential components: clarity, focus, ease and grace.
When we gain clarity about who we are and what's most important to us; learn to focus energy towards personally relevant goals; discern the difference between taking action with ease rather than struggle; and discover the ability to appreciate all that life brings - whether it's what we expected or not - we experience ourselves as living the life we were meant to live.
There is no one like Maria Nemeth to simultaneously describe the ways we give up on our goals and dreams and inspire us to keep on going. With a light touch and a sense of humor she provides personal stories, fabulous metaphors and simple tools that any of us can use right here, right now. As a Life Coach trained in Maria's work, I use the principles and practices outlined in Mastering Life's Energies every day, both for my clients and myself. Not only has my life gotten easier - it's a whole lot more fun!
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