Something More
Excavating Your Authentic Self
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3.1 • 9 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From the author of the bestselling "Simple Abundance" comes a provocative and powerful life "bible" for women around the world. In this insightful and eloquent book, Sarah Ban Breathnach explores the nine stages necessary to living authentically: Sensing, Surviving, Settling, Stumbling, Selling Out, Starting Over, Searching, Striving, and finally, Something More.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Passion is truth's soul mate," writes Ban Breathnach in this follow-up to her stupendously successful Simple Abundance (1995). The author who helped millions discover the overlooked richness of everyday life by practicing gratitude now appends that message by urging us to heed our yearning for "something more." Understanding that most women are better at sacrificing themselves than at discovering and honoring their own passions, Ban Breathnach urges them to see the spiritual wisdom of "reembodiment," excavating from under layers of fear and disappointment their own moments of connection with a deeper, more authentic self. Offering a collection of teaching stories drawn from her own honestly rendered experience, as well as stories and pithy quotes from her friends and a host of notables (Rumi, Virginia Woolf, Madonna et al.), Ban Breathnach nudges readers beyond "settling and stumbling and surviving." Although she aims to help readers explore the depths of their own hearts by using an "illustrated discovery journal" (a collage of images and text meant to express the tastes and strivings of readers' authentic selves), the real power of this work, despite some workaday writing and concepts, lies in the unpretentious sincerity and raw immediacy of Ban Breathnach's many variations on the assertion that "At the end of the day, or at the end of a life, all we have is ourselves and love. And if we love ourselves, truly, madly, deeply, all we have is all we need." Writing not as a guru but as a friend who has learned to cherish her past, Ban Breathnach will galvanize her wide readership to believe we were all put on earth for something more than indifferent marriages and discarded dreams. Serving up self-worth and "repose of the soul" as the most priceless of attainments, she is a friend indeed. 750,000 first printing; One Spirit Book Club main selection; first serial to Good Housekeeping; Time Warner audio; author tour.
Customer Reviews
An Uplifting Read -- An awful iBooks version!
"What an uttered ting life I had . . ." This is an example of a quote from the iBooks version of this book. The last reviewer is correct. There is almost a typo on every page! The last review was written over a year ago, I thought this must have been corrected by now. No!
I spent way too much time trying to figure out how to contact customer service for iBooks to give them my feedback and had no success. This is my feedback.
However, Sara Ban Breathnach is one of my favorite authors. Reading her books is like having a cup of tea and an inspiring chat with a dear friend. Her words have a way of making you feel like everything is going to be okay.
I recommend this book, Simple Abundance and Peace and Plenty. These are books you will keep with you and refer to for inspiration and compassion.
Life opening
This book is spiritually bound. It speak to you through volumes of experiences and words not her own. I highly recommend that if you ever felt like there was something more for you somewhere and the path you are on isn't as clear as you want it to be... Read this!!!! It will change your perception... And shake your soul.
Don't buy this on iBooks!
Great book. I had to go buy it in hard copy, however, because the iBooks version is barely readable. I am not exaggerating - TYPOS ON ALMOST EVERY PAGE!!! A huge disappointment.