Finding Fulfillment From the Inside Out

by Lisa-Marie | Jun 23, 2014

According to doctor and author Deepak Chopra, the most common reason for heart attacks is not smoking, overeating or lack of exercise, but a lack of purpose or meaning in life. Physical crisis or not, a lack of purpose in life commonly manifests itself as a perpetual...

One of my Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year: Quiet, by Susan Cain

by Laura | Dec 10, 2013

Earlier this year I reviewed Susan Cain’s excellent book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. It remains one of the best nonfiction books I have read all year! Whether you are an introvert or extrovert, it is a must read....

The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty

by Laura | Jul 29, 2013

The LiveTrue book collection is all about what it means to live true to self, others and our world. This book comes at this theme from the opposite direction; it delves into why it is we can be “untrue.” In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone...

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking

by Laura | Mar 15, 2013

If you delve into personality theory, you inevitably run into psychologist Carl Jung’s theory of introverts and extroverts. One thing you won’t learn, however, is how our society has come to value the extroverts over the introverts. In Quiet, author Susan Cain does...

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Laura | Nov 28, 2012

Daniel Pink’s first book, A Whole New Mind, explored his thesis that society, and the workplace in particular, is in the midst of a fundamental shift from left-brain, rule-based routine work to right-brain, non-routine, creative and conceptual work. In Drive....