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February 24, 2009 - Alberta, Canada – Finding the much-needed resources to access one’s inner strength and to discover joy in a time of uncertainty does not come easy. Karen Barker’s The Joy of Being (Infinity Publishing) is a welcome and supportive guide.
Ms. Barker relates that her daughter’s attempted overdose was the driving force behind her passion to write The Joy of Being. This helped her focus and cultivate inner strength and peace amidst life’s chaos and confusion. To find strength within the adversity she was facing, Barker needed to delve deep to find joy. She learnt it was a crucial choice which she had to make in her life.
Based on the Buddhist philosophy of love and compassion, the nonfiction anthology identifies how illusion, judgment, and attachments play a role in pulling the self off from its center, creating feelings of frustration, anger, irritation, and powerlessness. When a person chooses to experience joy, first hand, and understands how to integrate “joy” in everyday life one can make new choices. Basically, we are empowered to change our reality.
The Joy of Being is a unique and inspirational self-help guide that resonates to the power of one’s will and strength of being. It reconnects us to valuable resources, nature and poetry, which support the cultivation of positive thoughts. The consequential and enlightened awakening therefore is a renewed connection to the “oneness” that we share.
The Joy of Being is now available for your reading pleasure at leading book retailers or at the publisher’s online bookstore, BookWhirl.com.
About the Author
Living in the Canadian Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Karen Barker enjoys her life as a writer, therapist, teacher, and mother. She draws on the beauty and experiences around her to teach others the art of peace and balance in their lives. Author of “Universal Stretches”, “Spiritual Stretches”, “The Wave of Change, 2012” and an e-booklet “Gems for Healthy Living” she shares her growth through adversity to help inspire others.
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