books

Inspirational books and journals for strength and healing during difficult times. These books are for anyone going through the challenges of life—including cancer, disease and chronic pain—and for those looking for daily inspiration and creativity.

create to heal®: A pathway to insight, a journey to peace

“During my years as a creativity coach, working with domestic violence survivors, women in crisis, cancer patients, healthcare providers and most recently chronic pain patients, I have witnessed the healing power of creativity and how the creative process uncovers and enhances the finest of human qualities and attributes: grace, gratitude, courage, strength, compassion, and the ability to communicate from the heart in a way that touches and changes people’s lives.

Through writing, guided meditation, listening to music, and being inspired by the color and motion of art, you will begin a journey with your creativity and imagination. You will be amazed by what you find along the way. Creativity is magic. Once you feel your creative groove, you can always tap into this magic and the wise person inside you who knows how to guide you through the challenges of life.

Regardless of what you are going through — serious illness, chronic pain, the loss of a loved one or the breakup of a relationship — creativity heals.”

Beautifully illustrated, easy to use with room for “scribbling and doodling,” Create to Heal provides the inspiration to imagine and visualize an optimum, positive outcome. This book is a great companion to the online course Create to Heal®.

from Create to Heal: A Pathway to Insight, A Journey to Peace

PRICING:
$30 per book + $5 shipping per book

create to heal® for pain: A pathway to insight, a journey to peace

Pain is an experience unique to you, that can’t be measured with a tool or in a lab or by some objective standard. Therefore, your feelings and emotions surrounding pain are significant. Surprisingly, many areas of the brain are important in processing emotions and attention. Therefore, the pain experience can be modulated, turned up or down, by working with your emotions and your attention. Create to Heal for Pain is an experiential book the helps you to process your emotions around pain and to shift your perception of the pain you are feeling.

Through writing, guided meditation, listening to music, and being inspired by the color and motion of art, you will begin a journey with your creativity and imagination. You will be amazed by what you find along the way and how you can shift your perspective on your pain and feel better. Creativity is magic. Once you feel your creative groove, you can always tap into this magic and the wise person inside you who knows how to guide you through the challenges of life.

Regardless of what you are going through—serious illness, physical, spiritual, emotional pain, the loss of a loved one or the breakup of a relationship—creativity heals.”

Beautifully illustrated, easy to use with room for “scribbling and doodling,” Create to Heal provides the inspiration to imagine and visualize an optimum, positive outcome.

from Create to Heal for Pain: A Pathway to Insight, A Journey to Peace

PRICING:
Create to Heal for Pain can be purchased for a licensing fee based on the number of participants. For licensing fees, please contact Patricia Varga at 626.403.7575 OR [email protected]

Gratitude journal: a journey to peace

Gratitude, like the creative spirit, has the ability to change you. It gets you to tune in to what you love, to what makes you happy, to shift your thoughts and perceptions, to befriend and embrace life, regardless of what you are going through. This befriending helps you to defuse the pain, the negative, the difficult. You begin to see things as they really are . . . and you also begin to see that you are stronger than you think.

This beautifully illustrated, 12-month journal is for your scribbles, doodles and reflections. As you reread your reflections, you will find your “gems of joy”: words and phrases that resonate with you at a profound level. This creative exercise is like panning for gold. Your gems of joy become your daily gratitudes, your daily compassionate care.

When you speak your gratitudes aloud, you release your goodness into the world. This goodness will return to you tenfold. And your words of kindness will reverberate, and contribute to healing the world. That is the power of gratitude. This journal is a great companion to the Course in Gratitude.

PRICING:
$25 per book + shipping $5 per book.
Bulk pricing and UPS ground shipping are offered in conjunction with the Course in Gratitude.