The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year Author: Visit Amazon's Jennifer Louden Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1577315545 | Format: EPUB
The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year Description
Review
“In this important book, Jennifer Louden shows you how to live with more courage and greater intention, and how to embrace the truth that you are enough right now. You’ll write in it, dog-ear it, and use it until it falls apart. It’s just that good.”
— Brené Brown, PhD, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Daring Greatly
“Jennifer Louden ‘gets’ what it takes to live our beautifully messy human lives centered in our hearts and watered by the wellspring of Soul desires. Here is a book that helps us remember and love the questions that matter.”
— Oriah Mountain Dreamer, author of The Invitation
“Jennifer Louden's daily prompts and strategies bring our attention back, again and again, to what really matters to us and help us to infuse our daily lives with the wisdom of our own hearts. This is a clear-eyed and warmhearted guidebook.”
— Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness and Lovingkindness
“If time-management checklists and calendar boxes don’t work for you, have hope. Jen Louden offers a colorful, intuitive way to shape your life’s days with reverence and soul. With The Life Organizer at your side, you can make your days holy, feeling by feeling, question by question, intention by intention. (And it works for men, too.)”
— Jeffrey Davis, author of The Journey from the Center to the Page
“As a busy creative entrepreneur and mom, I find it tempting to be run by my to-do list. If I’m not careful, I wind up feeling stressed — and I don’t get to fully enjoy the process of all that I’m doing. Seeing The Life Organizer on my desk gently reminds me there is another way, a way to live with joy and productivity. I love this book!”
— Karen Salmansohn, bestselling author of Prince Harming Syndrome
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
From the Back Cover
"This wonderful book is a tribute to the sacred and very practical aspects of time management. If you want a more soulful, clear life, follow Jennifer Louden's advice."
--
Judith Orloff, MD, author of
Positive Energy "You are not holding in your hands a book. Instead, imagine a set of sacred nesting dolls that you open, one by one, each delighting you more than the last. As you get to the precious one in the center, you find your own heart. It whispers, `welcome home.'"
--
Dawna Markova, author of
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life and cocreator of
Random Acts of Kindness See all Editorial Reviews
- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: New World Library (January 10, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1577315545
- ISBN-13: 978-1577315544
- Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
"I had to create a new way of dealing with the overwhelm after trying to squash my life into organizing systems that didn't fit and didn't help." - Jennifer Louden
I'm used to reading books cover to cover, so The Life Organizer by Jennifer Louden threw me for a loop. Decidedly non-utilitarian, I found the book disconnected and disorienting--at first. I set it aside in mild frustration.
But amid the dozens of books, audios, DVDs and decks strewn about my house waiting to be read/heard/viewed/reviewed, The Life Organizer kept calling out to me. I just HAD to pick it up...more than once.
Apparently, I didn't take the author seriously when she wrote:
"This is not a typical self-help book--it's not meant to be read cover to cover. It's not offering you advice and it doesn't contain a single idea about how to make yourself better than or different from how you already are. Rather, it's an interactive guidebook, a collection of possibilities to inspire you in creating your way of participating with life and with your gifts."
Ahhhhh...something different. An approach from the right brain--a place of intuition and heart-centered, body-honoring knowing, instead of the usual left-brain "do this or else" analytical approach.
Louden acknowledges that living from the inside out may feel like "we're making it up as we go along"--and this is perfectly normal. In fact, her method of life organizing is "fluid and flexible improvisation"--it is "always evolving and is unique to you."
So I delved right in to the Life Organizer--randomly and frequently--and wouldn't you know it...I found exactly what I was looking for every time! It was uncanny how I stumbled on relevant anecdotes, observations, or questions for contemplation.
The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year Preview
Link
Please Wait...