In her own life and through her work with others, Victoria Castle has repeatedly encountered the tragic theme of not-enough-ness--both the I am not enough and There is not enough varieties--and witnessed how it cripples even the most buoyant and passionate people among us. Castle calls this blight the Trance of Scarcity. It shows up ...

In her own life and through her work with others, Victoria Castle has repeatedly encountered the tragic theme of ''not-enough-ness''--both the ''I am not enough'' and ''There is not enough'' varieties--and witnessed how it cripples even the most buoyant and passionate people among us. Castle calls this blight the Trance of Scarcity. It shows up in a hundred personalized versions, but the results are always the same. Instead of expressing our brilliance and creativity, we show the world only the by-products of oppression, isolation, exclusion, and defeat. We spend our time lamenting the way things are, justifying all the reasons they can't be different. In this inspiring and very personal book, Castle shows that there is life on the other side of the Trance -- a life characterized by vitality, fulfillment, and efficacy. She shares specific practices you can use to change your story--to identify and interrupt negative, constraining patterns and replace them with more positive and liberating ones to achieve greater freedom, fulfillment, and satisfaction. With compassion and surprising humor, The Trance of Scarcity will help you embody abundance as your way of being. Once you do, you'll be more inspired and more inspiring, you'll build bridges to replace dead ends, and you'll easily arrive at solutions to issues that once overwhelmed you. Having broken free from the Trance of Scarcity, you'll be able to live a life where ease and plenty emanate from you as naturally as your breath.

Do you ever tell yourself that you’re not enough? Not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough, not fill-in-the-blanks enough? Or do you worry that there is not enough: not enough time, not enough money, not enough opportunity, not enough…whatever? Consciously and unconsciously, dozens of times a day, we tell ourselves that we are lacking, that our lives are lacking, that the universe is lacking. We lull ourselves into what Victoria Castle calls the “Trance of Scarcity”—a numbed state in which we’re crippled by the pervasive assumption that lack, struggle, and separation are our unavoidable fate. But what if it is the very story we tell ourselves—both as individuals and as a society—that keeps us trapped in this limited state? Here Castle shows you how to embody a new story—one that is about abundance, inspiration, and your own innate ability to create your reality. Once you break free from the Trance of Scarcity, you’ll be able to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Do you ever tell yourself that you're not enough? Not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough, not fill-in-the-blanks enough? Or do you worry that there is not enough: not enough time, not enough money, not enough opportunity, not enough…whatever? Consciously and unconsciously, dozens of times a day, we tell ourselves that we are lacking, that our lives are lacking, that the universe is lacking. We lull ourselves into what Victoria Castle calls the “Trance of Scarcity”—a numbed state in which we're crippled by the pervasive assumption that lack, struggle, and separation are our unavoidable fate. But what if it is the very story we tell ourselves—both as individuals and as a society—that keeps us trapped in this limited state? Here Castle shows you how to embody a new story—one that is about abundance, inspiration, and your own innate ability to create your reality. Once you break free from the Trance of Scarcity, you'll be able to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Do you know the etymology of the word mayday? It comes from the French m'aidez (pronounced much like the English word mayday). It literally translates to help me. Whenever we use the word or send out a mayday signal, that's literally what we mean: help me. Mayday is the international call signal for distress used by ships and aircraft that a...

Goodness To Go-A Handbook for Humanitarians is your personal guide to inspire, clarify, mobilize, and sustain your compassion in action. Self-care is essential as you discover ways to contribute to your community and your world in enjoyable, sustainable ways. Proceeds from Goodness To Go support the missions of the Goodness To Go social enterprise, including girl empowerment and brothel prevention programs of Child In Need Institute (CINI) in India. To learn more, please visit www.GoodnessToGo.org and cini-india.org Author Bio: Fran I. Hamilton, MD was born in Canada into a medical family and has practiced integrative medicine in Boulder, Colorado since 1995. For decades, meditation and mindfulness practices have been important elements of Dr. Hamilton's daily life. Her international service includes the development of new curricula at a girls' school in Jamaica, West Indies and volunteering on a mobile hospital bus in rural India. Dr. Hamilton's daughter, Grace Shanti, was born in Calcutta, and the Goodness To Go social enterprise partners with Child in Need Institute in West Bengal, India. Proceeds from Goodness To Go support the missions of the Goodness To Go social enterprise, including girl empowerment and brothel prevention programs of Child in Need Institute (CINI) in India. keywords: Goodness To Go, Humanitarian, Humanitarian Efforts, Social Enterprise, Human Trafficking, Global Abolition Network, Emancipation Networks, Charity, Involuntary Servitude

Many experienced facilitators, OD consultants, coaches, and organizational leaders increasingly find themselves standing in the fire - working in situations where group and community members are polarized, angry, fearful, and confused. Facilitator Larry Dressler has come to believe that simply picking up yet another method or technique wont help in situations like these. What has a truly transformational impact is what he calls the "facilitators presence". Cultivating an ability to access a compassionate presence that people experience as open, authentic, and clear in intention during the most difficult situations moves facilitators from being competent professionals to being on a path toward self-mastery.

With the words, there is no such thing as those people. There is only us, Jerry Troyer welcomes everyone who has struggled, and really everyone who reads this book, to truly love and take care of themselves. Anthony Bidulka, Lambda Award-winning novelist and author of the Russell Quant detective series Have you ever wondered why? Why can you lose weight, but not keep it off? Why cant you seem to stay clean and sober? Why do your relationships all end the same waybadly? Why do you keep buying things that wind up not making you happy? The cause of self-defeating behaviors can often be shamefrom our sexual orientation; an event weve experienced, such as getting pregnant before marriage; a messy divorce; a job loss; or being abused as a child. Frequently, it has to do with what somebody told us when we were growing up, and we accepted whatever it was they said as our truth. But where did we get the idea that it is wrong to be gay? Who said we had to get married before having a baby? Whose rule is it that we should be ashamed if a marriage doesnt last forever? Arent you tired of being on the roller coaster of fat and thin, clean and using? Coming Out to Ourselves: Admitting, Accepting, and Embracing Who We Truly Are invites you to go on a journey into your heart, where you can heal, forgive, and truly come out to yourself. Gay or straight, male or female, religious or agnostic, many of us carry guilt, shame, and fear that someone will find out our deepest and darkest secrets. Our secrets can often make us physically ill, in lack and struggle, going from one hurtful and unloving relationship to another, and separated from our heart center. Regardless of what it is thats causing us to feel guilty, ashamed, or afraid, if its keeping us out of peace, there has never been a better time than right now to look at it, forgive it, and release it. This can be the most important journey you will ever take. www.revjerry.com

Soul Reflections: Living a More Conscious and Meaningful Life invites readers to look inward to the wisdom of their unconscious. The book is a collection of thirty-six readings that weave the work of Carl G. Jung together with practical applications, insightful quotes, and references from myth, film, scholars, and other soul-based sources. Topics include getting your needs met, working with dreams, intuition, gratitude, projection, fear, perfection, shadow material, and individuation. Each reading includes self-reflective questions that further enhance the readers understanding and integration of ideas. Readers will increase their awareness of unconscious material, become more responsible for feelings and actions, and better define what brings them true meaning in their lives. Soul Reflections will become a treasured resource to be revisited over the course of the readers journey.