Crossing Thresholds: Island Reflections

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A Poetic Photographic and Practical Guide for Embracing Endings and Welcoming New Beginnings Gold Medal Winner Poetry - 2021 Global Book Awards How do you shift your state of mind and state of being from anxiety and worry to delight and joy from stress to well-being from despair to appreciation from resistance to acceptance from exhaustion to wholeheartedness? In challenging times in particular our happiness depends upon our making these shifts. Yet how do we do that? In Crossing Thresholds Island Reflections best-selling author transformational coach and founder of Gale Leadership Development Amba Gale invites you to join her in connecting with nature and tapping into the silence inside where deep lessons abound. Ambas heartfelt poetry breathtaking color photographs and what she calls teaching questions will guide you to embrace and complete the endings in your life and to create a new future a future that brings you more fully alive. Through prompts exercises journaling and reflective questions we enter into new pastures of living and being that provide a foundation for creating new futures and a life worth living. Discover how to: Create breakthroughs when things are falling apart Heal ourselves and others through forgiveness Have even our wounds be sources for compassion Invent new futures for ourselves and our lives Call upon the power of faith and bring forth life-changing declarations even when the ground shakes underneath. Generate pathways into living from appreciation amazement and wonder. Flourish in times of uncertainty Diving into the pristine wilderness of Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior and taking a personal journey in which she connected with nature and re-invented her relationship with her now-adult daughter Amba saw a missing bridge to a dock as a metaphor for making that crossing. She let go of her expectations for her daughters future and now saw her as a resourceful adult author and shaper of her life. Following Ambas writing as a guide we find that we too can create a vision and build a bridge which allows for your new future to be fulfilled learning all the way. This book is for you if you ... Want to take an inner adventure of creating a shift in your life. Are longing for connecting with your own heart and inner wisdom as your guide. Wish to see the gifts in all of our lifes circumstances. Are ready to open new territory in your life for re-inventing relationships letting go of what no longer works and stepping into new ground for trusting in yourself and the world. Are open to cultivating your capacity for living in wonder profound appreciation and gratefulness. Click the Look Inside feature now to begin reading and embark on this unique journey of emotional healing.