This heartfelt guide provides practical exercises for readers to achieve the delicate balance between care of self and service to others. Fromlearning how to develop compassion to fostering introspection and calling for social and community action, Straub lays the groundwork for individual transformation and enlightenment. By offering insightful and encouraging advice that allows readers to take a realistic look inward, Straub taps into a healthy and balanced spirituality that will not only nourish the self, but will also benefit the outside world. Author Biography: Gail Straub has been a teacher and activist for more than two decades. In 1981, along with her husband, David Gershon, she founded Empowerment Training Programs. They've taught all over America and in Europe, Russia, China, and East Asia and have together written Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life as You Want It.

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