Well, you've arrived at the growthbooks blog. Fun, huh? This is the most personal corner of growthbooks, where I muse about everything from the meaning of life to changing nappies and running a bookstore! Honestly, though, I do love to write- and read - inspiring words. My sincere hope is that as I share my journey here, it will reflect something of your journey... And we may even have an opportunity to grow a little together.

Archive for January, 2008

So, What is The Journey?

By Yollana January 25th, 2008

Comments

You may or may not know this, but since before I started this bookstore, I have been helping people to discover the magnificence in themselves and in life, in my private practice as a Journey Practitioner. The Journey is a beautiful and powerful tool that was developed by mind-body healing expert Brandon Bays, after she herself healed from a tumour that was the size of a basketball without drugs or surgery. After her own healing journey, she went on to MORE...

Spreading Seeds of Love…

By Yollana January 11th, 2008

Comments

I was having a cup of tea with a friend the other day and we were talking about the symbology of the sunflower (which also happens to be the growthbooks logo :-). To me, the sunflower symbolises happiness, joy, and lightness as it reaches towards the enlightenment of the sun. MORE...

2008: Making Time for The Ultimate Source of Peace

By Yollana January 11th, 2008

Comments

I had the privilege over the Christmas Break of spending about 10 days in a little shack near the beach with my husband, my mum and my one year old daughter. The weather was extraordinary. Sunny then rainy, windy then still, and back again - sometimes three or four times in the same day. MORE...

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
Adair Lara.

Blog

Un-role-ing the mystery of life

July 24th, 2008

When we first took our new baby interstate to visit my father – now in his 70s – I asked him what we could call him now – Granpa? Grandad? Papa? Did he have a preference? “Oh no!” He replied, “I hate all those terms,” MORE...

Embracing Opportunities for Compassion…

June 21st, 2008

It’s one of those conundrums that has been knocking around at the back of my mind for many months now (since the The Secret was released, and I read Ask and it is Given)… how do we remain positive and 'raise the spiritual vibration' our lives, without slipping into denial? MORE...