This book explains how to turn your life around from merely getting by in life, to thriving. Despite being well educated and talented, many people think they have missed the boat as they approach middle age or are in middle age. They may believe: opportunities have passed them by, they made choices they now regret, they are stuck doing something they no longer like, they were thrown off track by a crisis, they lacked courage, suffered from economics that they have no control over. This has tainted their sense of prosperity and well being; it has affected their career and relationships and virtually everything that is important to them. Many times it has brought down their health and their happiness and short-changed their ability to thrive despite everything. From Survival to Thrival provides tools to get people back on track as well as a new perspective on success. Through true-life stories and original exercises, this book guides people to discover the changes they want to make, the importance of their attitude, and how they can start small and build fast, covering finances, health, career and relationships. But more importantly, From Survival to Thrival also shows how to enjoy health and happiness NOW - not some promised time in their future. From Survival to Thrival strikes a chord like no other book by defining success so everyone feels it is within his or her grasp. Pulling together knowledge from several areas, this newly coined "Thrival Guide" creates an overall plan that anyone can draw from. From Survival to Thrival not only gives great insights, but also gives original step-by-step exercises for trouncing fears and generating positive habits, that will make definitive changes in anyone's life. From Survival to Thrival is written by certified human resources professional, writer, teacher and coach, Kathrin Lake. Kathrin tells many tales of her own struggles as well as true-to-life stories from famous and ordinary real people

The Journey of a Lifetime Over sixteen years ago, Michael Hayes Samuelson received a phone call that forever changed his life. "Hello, Michael. This is Dr. Marcus. No good news. You have cancer." Those three words-you have cancer-echoed in his brain. Okay, now what? For Michael, an internationally known and respected health educator and motivational speaker, his health message took on more urgency. The diagnosis was a penetrating wake-up call yanking him into menacing and mysterious territory. He was a man with breast cancer, a stranger in a strange land. In the beginning, this uninvited-and mind-numbing-voyage was distorted by a cracked prism of muted and blurred colors, only to burst forth with the passage of time to reveal both a heightened internal focus and an intense desire-an urgent need, commanding him to leave the comfort of the couch, put on his boots, pick up his trekking poles, and explore the outer reaches of the planet, on foot. This book captures just a few of his many reflections and personal poems, sharpened by cancer, spawned from taxicabs, military service, mountains, rain forests, glaciers, boardrooms-and life.

Praise for SURVIVING YOUR SERENGETI "One of a kind. You'll actually know more about yourself after you read this book." KEN BLANCHARD coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher Level "Beautifully illustrates nature's basic survival strategies and how they help you create a sense of meaning and purpose." SUSAN SCOTT New York Times bestselling coauthor of Fierce Conversations 7 Questions This Book Tackles 1. Are you experiencing a challenge that you wish to overcome? 2. Do you want to discover your hidden survival skills? 3. Do you have a goal you have yet to achieve? 4. Would you like to discover your instinctive strengths? 5. Can you benefit from problem-solving thinking? 6. Do you know someone who has potential to excel? 7. Are you looking for a positive message to share?

This book is about shifting your consciousness. Have you ever asked yourself these questions: What would it be like if I were to unleash my personal greatness and live a fully expressed life? How can I deepen my understanding and my connectedness to others? Have you often wondered: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live from a place of abundance, but how do I open myself up to this flow? What if you knew at a soul level that physical, emotional and mental health is your birthright? The practices in Thrival Skills 101 are transformative. They guide you with personal stories, key spiritual principles and practices to a break-through in consciousness from which you will NEVER go back. Take this journey and experience yourself moving from survival to thrival.

Whether big or small, companies incessantly face challenges that can threaten their bottom line and even their survival. These threats keep corporate leaders up at night. What can companies do to stay alive? Survive and Thrive: Winning Against Strategic Threats to Your Business features a collection of essays by strategy professors at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Canada’s #1 business school. The essays take the reader on a tour through some of the most vexing threats to business today, threats that put the very existence of organizations into question. From disruptive innovation, to social media disasters, to mistaken technical investments, to gender discrimination, to misunderstood competition, companies need to be able to anticipate crises and prepare to deal with them head on. Across this collection of essays, readers will get warnings about four mistakes that companies commonly make – failing to appreciate interactions within systems, getting stuck in existing ways of doing business, falling victim to cognitive biases, and getting derailed by short-term incentives. But, this book isn’t just about mistakes. Its primary goal is to provide step-by-step actions to help companies stay alive. Executives will find principles and practices for anticipating potential threats and creating responses that permit their businesses to not only survive but thrive.

Using yoga to manage the challenges of cancer and its treatment • Explains how to create a safe home yoga practice that addresses the specific physical needs, risks, and emotions of cancer patients and survivors • Includes 53 yoga poses and 9 practice sequences that use movement and breathing to reduce and manage treatment side effects • Reveals how current research supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga to aid recovery and reduce risk of recurrence • Written by a cancer survivor and certified yoga teacher For those faced with a cancer diagnosis and the journey of doctor-led surgery and treatments, yoga offers a way to regain control of your body and take an active part in your recovery and long-term health. In this easy-to-follow illustrated guide, yoga teacher and cancer survivor Tari Prinster presents 53 traditional yoga poses that are adapted for all levels of ability and cancer challenges. She then applies the movements and breathwork of these poses to address 10 common side effects and offers 9 practice sequences for varying stages of treatment and recovery. Sharing her own story as well as those of cancer survivors and yoga teachers with whom she has worked, Prinster explores how yoga can be used to strengthen the immune system, rebuild bone density, avoid and manage lymphedema, decrease anxiety, detoxify the body, reduce pain, and help the body repair damage caused by the cancer and conventional treatments. She reveals the research that supports the physical and psychological benefits of yoga as an aid to recovery and in reducing the risk of recurrence. Explaining how yoga must be tailored to each survivor, Prinster gives you the tools to create a safe home yoga practice, one that addresses your abilities, energy level, and overall health goals. Through personal stories, well-illustrated poses, and sample practices for beginners as well as experienced yoga practitioners, Prinster empowers survivors to create their own wellness plan in order to regain their independence and their physical and emotional well-being.

Tap into your inner power with this mind-opening guide to vibrational-based living from Instagram star and self-help pioneer behind the internet community Vibrate Higher Daily. “There is another way of being in the world. There is a better way to exist, rise, move beyond, and take our power back.” Too often we feel pulled down by circumstances or the negativity of others. We think we have no control over the things that are hurting us and holding us back from realizing our truest selves. But according to Lalah Delia, we have more power within us than we know: listen to your unique inner voice and trust your instincts. By doing so, you’re already experiencing the transformative power of vibrational-based living. Vibrating higher daily is about making intentional day-to-day choices that lift us out of mindsets, habits, and lifestyles that don't serve us and into ones that do. This book is an invitation to engage with everything that feeds our soul and raises our vibration, and to simultaneously let go of the things bringing our energy down. Through poetry, mantras, and affirmations, Lalah Delia empowers us to live with higher potential and quality of being. Vibrate Higher Daily is a manifesto unlike any other for stepping into our power.