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Moleskine Inspiration and Process Kengo Kuma (Inspiration and Process in Architecture)

The objective of Kengo Kuma is to erase architecture: finding harmony between natural and artificial and mediating the encounter between man and the environment. The drawings collected in this book tell the fading of architecture through textures drawn in graphite that overlap different layers of land, building and sky, in a harmonious whole. Initial sketches go alongside with the study of the technical details that helped to achieve the final result. The use of natural materials wood, bamboo, stone, rice-paper merged with technological innovation and compositional skill combines Eastern traditions and look to the future. Among Kumas major works are Kiro-san Observatory (1995), Water/Glass (1995, received AIA DuPont Benedictus Award), Noh Stage in the Forest, Toyoma Center for Performance Arts (received 1997 Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Award), Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum of Art (received the Murano Prize). Recent works include Nezu Museum (2009, Tokyo), Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum (2010), Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center (2012), Nagaoka City Hall Aore (2012), and Jugetsudo Kabukiza (2013). Outside Japan, Besancon Art Center and Cite de la Musique and FRAC Marseille have been recently completed.

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The Empowerment Process:: Discover A Powerful Way to Transform and Heal

The Empowerment Process is a process of energetic transformation, a non-invasive process that supports your growth and well-being. Empowerment Process sessions can assist you in your journey by unfolding greater insight, creativity, and confidence to achieve your highest goals. Whatever aspect of life you feel ready to change, whatever the Universe is wanting for you, presents an opportunity for your growth. Transformation means that you take a leap from where you are now to a new place that you would like to be. In a sense, you are creating a new reality. This growth is experienced as a new energy, a more balanced way of functioning that supports your highest evolution. The Empowerment Process helps you feel more prepared to take a leap of faith in your journey. You might be ready to improve your health with a more nutritional diet, traditional and alternative medical advice, or other support necessary for your healing. You might want to change your mental attitude so that you energy is more positive. Or, you might want more spiritual support so you feel more closely connected to your Divine source. All levels of self-discovery and self-healing lead to self-empowerment through your transformations. As you increase your energetic power, that is reflected in your thoughts and behavior, and uplifts the collective energy in your immediate environment and beyond. As you transform from the inside, you will have a very powerful influence on the outside. Feeling more love in your heart creates a warm feeling in your environment which will respond in kind. That healing energy radiates out into the universe. The Empowerment Process is a tool to help you move forward, make your transformations while you remain centered and grounded. By being aware of what you need in alignment with what Nature has in store for you, accepting the present situation and being willing to allow the changes to take place within, you can fulfill your intentions through your transformations. You will draw opportunities to your awareness on all levels of your life — physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual — for transformation and healing. Transformations through the Empowerment Process create permanent, heightened energy shifts that support your evolution.

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The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life – Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain. In this enticing and practical book, Thomas Sterner demonstrates how to learn skills for any aspect of life, from golfing to business to parenting, by learning to love the process.

Early life is all about trial-and-error practice. If we had given up in the face of failure, repetition, and difficulty, we would never have learned to walk or tie our shoes. So why, as adults, do we often give up on a goal when at first we don’t succeed? In his study of how we learn (prompted by his pursuit of disciplines such as music and golf), Sterner has found that we have forgotten the principles of practice — the process of picking a goal and applying steady effort to reach it. The methods Sterner teaches show that practice done properly isn’t drudgery on the way to mastery but a fulfilling process in and of itself, one that builds discipline and clarity.

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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Revised third edition!

Alex Rogo is the manager of a failing manufacturing plant who receives an ultimatum from corporate headquarters: Turn the situation around in three months or the plant will be scrapped. With help from a mysterious mentor, Rogo discovers a revolutionary new way to do business—a way for people in any field of endeavor to increase productivity, profitability, and personal fulfillment.

A business book disguised as a novel, a love story about the manufacturing process, and an exhilarating adventure in human potential, The Goal is changing how America does business. First published in 1984, it became an underground bestseller; today it’s used by thousands of companies and taught in hundreds of business schools. Includes the author’s personal story, “My Saga.”

This third edition includes case study interviews. Professional readers recreate interviews that David Whitford, Editor at Large with Fortune Small Business, conducts with the author Eli Goldratt and with business professionals from General Motors, Thomson-Shore, Security Federal Banks and others who put the principles of The Goal into action.

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The Holistic Self: A Proven 3 Phase Process For Women Seeking Empowerment And Harmony

The Holistic Self is an inspirational story of a woman, who despite the constraints of growing up in an Asian culture, managed to put herself through university in the USA and secure senior roles with major multinationals – before suddenly giving it all away. She experienced a spiritual phenomenon one night that would totally change the trajectory of her life-path. Her journey took her from Asia to Ireland in response to a mystical calling, and then unexpectedly onwards to Australia. She translated those events into a proven three stage program to help people find self-acceptance, empowerment and a love of their authentic self. If you have ever felt disempowered, anxious, or simply a ‘mis-fit’ – the insights and methods described in this book will inspire you to take control of situations that you may previously have found challenging, uncomfortable or even scary. The author’s research in such areas as sociology, psychology, spirituality, astrology, and various self-help areas is distilled into easily understood methods and templates. ‘EQ’ skill building, an innovative concept called “The Ulysses Paradox” and other methods collectively acts as a guide for your journey into self-discovery.

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The Fear and Anxiety Solution: A Breakthrough Process for Healing and Empowerment with Your Subconscious Mind

You’re late to a meeting and caught in traffic. Your toddler is screaming and your in-laws just showed up. You’re about to give an important presentation but you’ve misplaced your notes–and you’re beginning to panic. We all find ourselves in situations that stir up anxiety. And for many of us, our fear and worry have reached debilitating levels. How can we stay balanced and live up to our potential when fear and anxiety seem so easily to get the best of us? According to Dr. Friedemann Schaub, the answer lies in the subconscious mind-the source of our most challenging emotions and the key to the wisdom they offer.

The Fear and Anxiety Solution, Award-Winner in the ‘Best New Self-Help Book’ category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards, presents Dr. Schaub’s breakthrough and empowerment program for learning to understand, direct, and utilize the subconscious mind as our greatest ally on the path to health and wholeness. The processes and tools of each chapter will show you how to consciously work with your subconscious mind to pinpoint and understand the root causes and deeper meanings of your fear and anxiety, release emotional blocks from the past, and “shine more of who you truly are out into the world.” Through step-by-step guidance, Dr. Schaub explains how to transform fear and anxiety into healing catalysts that lead to greater confidence, self-worth, and success, as he illuminates:

The five principles for change-awareness, flexibility, choice, actualization, and readjustment How to address inner conflicts, stored emotions, and limiting beliefs–the three subconscious root causes of fear and anxiety A five-step process for effectively eliminating negative self-talk and mind-racing How to manage “free-floating anxiety” The Parts Reintegration Process, a powerful method for peace of mind, increased energy, and improved health The Pattern Resolution Process for releasing subconsciously stored fear and anxiety How to replace your old anxiety-driven identity with a new foundation of self-empowerment at the cellular level
“The more unresolved fear and anxiety you’ve stored in your subconscious, the more untapped potential awaits you,” explains Dr. Schaub. With The Fear and Anxiety Solution, now you have the tools to change faster and perform better in every aspect of your life through the power of conscious-subconscious collaboration.

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Soulcollage: An Intuitive Collage Process for Individuals and Groups

SoulCollageâ„¢ is a process through which you contact your intuition and create an incredible deck of cards which have deep personal meaning and which will help you with life’s questions.

Following the simple SoulCollage directions, your hands move fragments of cut-out magazine pictures around, fitting them together in a surprising new way and gluing them down on a card. Cards containing the images you select — or the images that select you — come straight through your Soul, bypassing the mind.

This is a multi-leveled, creative process which anyone can do. All you need is a good pair of scissors, pre-cut mat board cards, glue, and images you can cut out from magazines, greeting cards, personal photos, postcards, catalogues, and calendars. It is wonderful to have other people with whom to share the process. The cards are fun to take to a friend’s house, to work with in therapy or support groups, or to keep on your coffee table.

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SoulCollage Evolving: An Intuitive Collage Process for Self-Discovery and Community

SoulCollage® is an accessible collage process with practical applications that has a growing international community. It’s easy to learn and it’s inexpensive. Best of all, it inspires individual creativity and encourages good communication in families and groups. SoulCollage® is adaptable to many contexts and groups. Anyone can enjoy the multi-leveled, creative process. All you need is a good pair of scissors, pre-cut mat board cards, images you can find anywhere, and glue! When you have made some cards, you can consult them, asking important life questions and letting your cards speak your own intuitive wisdom back to you. SoulCollage® is fun to share with friends and in groups for personal enjoyment and self-discovery or to work with professionally, as a trained SoulCollage® Facilitator. Founder Seena B. Frost s first book ignited a worldwide interest in SoulCollage®, which invites anyone to be creative and undertake an adventure of self discovery. All you need is a good pair of scissors, pre-cut mat board cards, images you can find anywhere, and glue! After you have made some cards, you can consult them, ask important life questions and let your cards speak your own intuitive wisdom back to you. Frost’s first book, SoulCollage®, now out of print, was a finalist for the Nautilus 2002 Book Awards for titles that contribute significantly to conscious living and positive social change. SoulCollage® has evolved into an international community of Facilitators and SoulCollagers enjoying and sharing this simple, yet profound process. SoulCollage® Evolving gives the basic instructions for how to make and do readings with SoulCollage® cards, and describes how individuals and groups are using this process with different age groups and in many socioeconomic, cultural, and religious contexts to discover their wisdom and change their world.