Current Read: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

My current read is Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza. I’ve been on a bit of a spiritual journey for a year or so now. Last last year I discovered Neville Goddard and devoured his lectures on YouTube and eventually bought his books.

Dr. Dispenza is a student or one who has studied Neville’s teachings. While I wholly believe in Neville’s teachings and believe they work if you work them, I have always been my Mother’s WHY child. I not only wanted to know what, but I needed to know why.

In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Dr. Dispenza presents Neville’s principles and merges it with the actual science of how our brains work. Thus explaining how we can access the subconscious where our lifelong programs and habits are and begin dismantling them and inserting new programs and habits that will improve your life and get you unstuck and out of the habit of being yourself.

Quick Thoughts

So far I am completely fascinated by my current read, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself. Dr. Dispenza also dedicated a whole section of his book to explain a four-week meditation practice that will help you to break old habits and thought patterns and develop new ones promoting love, joy, etc.  This section also contains short writing or journaling prompts to help you get to the heart of things.  I personally love to journal every day.  If you’d like some tips on how to start journaling then please check out my previous post here.

Once I am done reading the book, I plan on putting the meditation into practice and I will come back with a life update and a review later. Have you read anything interesting or helpful lately?

Review: Only Hers by Francis Ray

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Publisher: Arabesque
Published: April 1, 1996
Copyright: 1996
Pages: 288
Form: Paperback
Series: The Taggart Brothers
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AN ESCAPE FANTASY

When St. Louis nurse Shannon Johnson inherits a cabin in Texas, she hopes it will be the perfect getaway from her high-pressure job–and her low-energy life.  Unfortunately, the place is a rundown shack with no electricity…except for the sizzling sparks that fly when she meets Matt Taggart, the big strapping rancher next door.

A WHIRLWIND ROMANCE

One of the Lone Star State’s most desirable bachelors, Matt Taggart has seen more than his share of gold-diggers–including his ex-wife–and he’s sworn off love forever.  He’s convinced Shannon only wants a piece of his ranch.  But when he challenges her to help him work the land, Matt begins to see Shannon for who she really is.  And soon those sparks are igniting a fire they can’t put out…

MY THOUGHTS

I admit my love for this book is somewhat sentimental.  This is the first adult romance I’d ever read and picked it up as a twelve or thirteen year old.  The fact that it featured characters who looked like me was the cherry on top.  Though by now I have definitely read more interesting and compelling romance and or love stories, I will probably always count this one as one of my favorites.

Shannon Johnson finds herself in Texas on the Circle T after inheriting a meadow, seeking sanctuary and comfort after a tremendous personal loss.  Unfortunately, her peace doesn’t last long when she meets Matt Taggert, owner, and operator of the Circle T, and a man completely suspicious of beautiful women as a result of the scheming ways of his ex-wife.  He is incensed when he learns his Uncle gave away part of his land to Shannon and will not give her a moment’s peace until he has it back.

Despite the oil and vinegar dynamic, the chemistry between the two is electric and immediate and neither can deny it.  Eventually, Shannon sees through Matt’s so-called tough exterior to the warm-hearted man underneath.  She believes that he is someone who is indeed deserving of love, and she’s decided that she wants to be the person to give it to him.

Shannon is unlike any woman Matt has ever met before.  But his suspicion of women, beautiful women, in particular, has him continuously trying to shove Shannon in the same box as his ex-wife.  After some time Matt finally has to admit to himself that Shannon does not belong in that box and he can’t continue trying to place her there.  But it’s easier to fight his feelings than to make himself vulnerable to being hurt again.

Their romance is a fight and a struggle to the end, but the sparks they kick up in the meantime is palpable.  Matt is entirely too stubborn and Shannon refuses to settle for less.  But when they finally come to understand the true nature of each other, their love can no longer be denied.