Open Your Heart to the True You

Renee Salvatori

Description

In this motivational and inspirational self-help guide, readers will learn about complementary therapies for better health and fitness, healing the mind, body, and spirit, and techniques for personal development of assertiveness, motivation, and self-esteem.

Do you feel weighed down by emotional baggage and a lifetime of unhealthy habits, but would like to live your life with passion, enthusiasm and joy?

They say life is a journey...but do you know where you’re going? After years of struggling to pinpoint the root of her discontent, unhappiness, and disappointment in herself and others, Renee Salvatori set out on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she confronted fears, healed old hurts, let go of regrets and learned to treat herself with gentleness, compassion and acceptance.

All too often we look to external sources for guidance on how to live, who we should be, what priorities are most important and what decisions to make. We try to shape the clay of our lives into a form dictated by others. Striving to meet the demands and expectations of others is not only unrealistic, it is exhausting, demoralizing and unfair.

If you feel yourself being called to an emotional awakening, let Renee Salvatori be a part of your journey. Mary Roberts will testify in her Preface in Open Your Heart to the True You that Renee Salvatori shares self-help strategies, tips and ideas to help you say goodbye to yesterday in order to celebrate today, and look ahead to a vibrant tomorrow.

Preface by Mary Roberts, Introduction, Going Within, Enlightenment, Research, Research, Research, Mirror, Help, Be Kind to Yourself, Affirmations, Breathing, Worthiness, Relationships, Have an Opinion of Your Own Individuated Control and Judgment, Ego, Belief Systems, Emotion, Prayer, Meditation, God or Creator, Religion and Church, Angels, Anger and Release, Death and Reincarnation, Soul and Spirit, Karma, Negatives into Joy, Energy Medicine, Chakra, Simplify Busy Overload, Essences from Nature, Find a Creative Outlet, Health and Other Snippets, Astrology, Closing, Ending Quote, Excerpt from Open Your Mind to the True You, Glossary, Resources, Acknowledgements, About the Authors

Sujets

• motivation
• thérapies
• MIND
• Awakening
• Acceptance
• Physical fitness
• Self-esteem
• Habit
• Fear
• Regrets (Mylène Farmer)
• Open Your Heart
• Body

Informations

• Publié par: Written Dreams Publishing
• Date de parution: 07 mars 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780998762319
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

Extrait

Open Your Heart To the True You: A Useful Handbook to Finding Happiness by Renee Salvatori, copyright © 2015, 2017 by Renee Salvatori. This title was originally published as May Your Heart Be Light © 2013 by Renee Salvatori. All rights reserved.
Reflexology of the Feet Chart © 2013 by Stacy Simone.
Preface by Mary Roberts © 2017 by Mary Roberts.
Thank you to the following for allowing Renee Salvatori to reprint your beautiful quotations.
Quotation by Philip Simmons. Permission to reprint by Kathryn Field.
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Quotation by Alan Cohen. Permission to reprint by Alan Cohen.
Quotation by Dr. Edgar Mitchell. Permission to reprint by Dr. Mitchell.
This book is designed to provide information and motivation to our readers. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged to render any type of medical, psychological, legal, or other professional advice. The content herein is the sole expression and opinion of the author. This book is not meant to be used, nor should it be used, to diagnose or treat any medical condition. For diagnosis or treatment of any medical problem, consult your own physician. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, financial, or commercial damages, including, but not limited to, special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. References are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute endorsement of any websites or other sources. Readers should be aware that the websites listed in this book may change. Our views and rights are the same: You are responsible for your own choices, actions, and results.
This book is based on the real life experiences of Renee Salvatori of Wheeling, West Virginia. This book reflects the opinions of the author and her life’s decisions. Written Dreams Publishing does not approve, condone or disapprove of these opinions. It is up to the reader to make their own decisions.
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Editing: Brittiany Koren and Susan Pawlicki
Cover art design and layout: Ed Vincent/ENC Graphics
Artwork: Logan Stefonek
Category: Self-Help/Motivational
Description: Renee Salvatori chronicles her journey on how she found happiness with herself and the world.
Library of Congress Catalog number: Applied for.
Hard Cover ISBN: 978-0-9987623-0-2
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9981673-8-1
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-9987623-1-9
Revised Edition published by Written Dreams Publishing, March 2017.








Contents


Preface
Introduction
Going Within
Enlightenment
Research, Research, Research
Mirror Help
Be Kind to Yourself
Affirmations
Breathing
Worthiness
Relationships
Have an Opinion of Your Own
Individuated
Control and Judgment
Ego
Belief Systems
Emotion
Prayer
Meditation
God or Creator
Religion and Church
Angels
Anger and Release
Death and Reincarnation
Soul and Spirit
Karma
Negatives into Joy
Energy Medicine
Chakra
Simplify
Busy Overload
Essences from Nature
Find a Creative Outlet
Health and Other Snippets
Astrology
Closing
Ending Quote
Excerpt from Open Your Mind to the True You
Glossary
Resources
Acknowledgements
About the Authors




Preface


Mary Roberts
W hen I first began to read Open Your Heart to the True You by Renee Salvatori, I had never met the woman. However, by the time I was halfway through the book, I felt like Renee and I’d been close friends for quite a while. Or maybe I was getting to know myself a little better with the help of her stories. My deepest gratitude for her bravery, and sharing her inspiration with us. It took a lot of courage!
In our world today of unending compromise, life can deliver some daunting surprises. Often throughout a lifetime we are challenged to look for a safe place where we can recover from life crises or traumas—a place to release pain and promote the healing processes to find ourselves again. Renee’s research and lifetime work offers that safe harbor and gives the reader ideas for the best places to start this process. Keeping an open heart and mind after the metamorphosis can help us discover who we really are, and our true potentials. To begin, it’s worth the process of relief to look at who we really are now. In the big picture, this effort will ultimately improve your health and open up your mind to the true you you’re longing to become.
I can’t begin to express how much it’s worth taking the self-challenge to restore your heart, your mind, and your soul. Reach for your goals and challenge yourself for you , and a better world.
Renee shows us a starting place of incredible resources in which to begin your new journey. Use them wisely and reflect often. “Remember, all the world is a stage.” When you dance, please be kind and gentle with the people that you love.




Introduction


W riting this book has felt so very right to me. It has fulfilled me in a way I cannot explain. Herein are my truths and experiences. My writings are a product of these experiences that shape who I am. As you read my experiences, you may find many similarities from your school of life. You are all in here somewhere, either loudly in the words or quietly between the lines.
I write of my truths today as I understand them today. I talk with you not as an expert, but as a continual seeker. I am a lover of much that I want to share, and I hope you will feel casualness as you read this. I wish these pages to be casual, as if we were sitting across from one another, friend to friend, having a chat. There is no order to the chapters, so you can pick which topic you would like to go to first. There is nothing you have to do. There is nothing you have to feel. Just enjoy your moments of reflection. Let the words go through you and stay if you feel they are of benefit to you.
I have also shared wonderful quotes that have touched my life and pulled me along. One of my favorites is by James Oppenheim, “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, but the wise grow it under his feet.” If you are searching for that little extra something in your life, I urge you to start today, somehow and some way right where you stand, right where you are reflecting. Our betterment and contentment should never be put off. Waiting takes it into the future (tomorrow, next week, or next year). The future is never really here because it is always out there somewhere. This betterment or contentment needs to come in the “now.” Today is just waiting for you to join in.
My hope is that this book helps you find some peace, health, and happiness. Anything you glean from my book or any other searches should have an ease to it. If it doesn’t flow nicely for you, then struggling with it will only bring pain and frustration. May the reflections of your own heart and mind lead you with gentle ease into a better space. May your heart be light, just as my heart has been made light again in sharing with you.




“What within me needs to die?
Out of this death what resurrection will come?”
—Philip Simmons from Learning to Fall


Going Within
W hether we know it or not, we are all on a path of alignment every single day. When we crawl out of bed and place our feet on the floor, we instinctually align our posture to hold our full weight into a standing position. This act is like breathing, and we do not think about it. Internal alignment is also instinctual, and we do not necessarily need to think about it, but sometimes we have to give thoughtful attention to things that are usually instinctual. Perhaps we hurt our back or just felt weak. In those cases, we’d need to give attention to how we place our feet and our body weight before standing. Our internal alignment can also demand thoughtful attention. We may feel a little off-center and need to focus on finding balance. Finding our balance, alignment, or enlightenment is our birthright. Some people blend into this part of life easily; others go kicking and screaming. I was a kicker and a screamer. I didn’t have cancer or a major illness propelling me into my many searches, but it was an illness just th