“I’m trying to meditate one day but urgent thoughts keep intruding. Don’t forget to take cupcakes to school! I have to prepare for my presentation for the wellness conference! Is that lunch with the other moms tomorrow or next week? My to-do list is stampeding through my mind, trampling any chance of tranquility. I feel overwhelmed, yes, but there’s more: I feel…guilty. Guilty that I’m taking on too much, guilty that I’m not doing anything well, guilty that I’m giving short shrift to my kids, my husband, my job. And what about you, Mallika? a quiet voice asks. How are you shortchanging yourself?”
Living with Intent is a chronicle of Mallika Chopra’s search to find more meaning, joy, and balance in life. She hopes that by telling her story, she can inspire others with her own successes (and failures) as well as share some of the wisdom she has gathered from friends, experts, and family along the way—people like her dad, Deepak, as well as Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Arianna Huffington, Andrew Weil, and Dan Siegel. She also provides a practical road map for how we can all move from thought to action to outcome. Each chapter is devoted to one step on her journey and another piece of her INTENT action plan: Incubate, Notice, Trust, Express, Nurture, and Take Action. Chopra’s insights and advice will help us all come closer to fully living the lives we truly intend.
生活總是忙到一團亂,
即便想要度過有意義的一天,
卻總是做不到而感到挫折懊悔,
透過6個練習,重拾屬於你的美好人生!
寫給在忙碌生活中奮戰的女性們,再次找回幸福日常的指南。
美國亞馬遜讀者4.5顆星推薦!★★★★☆
你是否被忙碌的生活壓得喘不過氣,在工作與家庭間心力交瘁,對同事和家人深感愧疚?你有多久沒有好好地度過讓自己心靈滿足的一天?在夜深人靜時,總想著要改變自己,不想再渾渾噩噩過日子,但隔天起床後卻又故態復萌……
作者瑪莉卡.喬布拉不僅是位母親,也是位創業家,過去她也曾對這樣的忙碌生活感到煩躁。某天她決心改變,想要突破瞎忙的困境,找回人生的意義。瑪莉卡訪談不同領域的大師,從許多暢銷身心靈著作中獲得啟發,歸納出輕鬆就能做得到的6個正向練習。她透過故事來敘述在生活中該如何運用這些練習,像是呼吸、冥想、對周圍萬物表達感謝,到設定微目標或改變心態等,來找出專屬於你的生活目標及人生使命,並一步步地實踐,讓自己從茫然混亂狀態蛻變成正向積極的生活模式。
只要你願意每天花10分鐘,跟著瑪莉卡一起透過6個正向練習:
醞釀→察覺→信任→表達→孕育→行動,
你一定能改變現況,
邁向更有意義,更美好與圓滿的人生。
★ 活出目標的6個練習(INTENT) ★
醞釀(Incubate):
靜下來傾聽自己內心最深層的渴望,讓它引導你真正的方向。
察覺(Notice):
察覺你的想法和行為,它會透露出哪些事情可以給你意義和使命感,這是帶領你走向真正道路的線索。
信任(Trust):
對自己有信心、對宇宙傳遞給你的訊息有信心,這些都是成為你向前的力量。
表達(Express):
寫下你的目標,大聲說出來,或和其他人分享,充分擁抱你的目標,讓你在人生旅程中繼續前進。
孕育(Nurture):
在尋找人生方向時對自己溫柔一點。生活目標不一定是一條直線道路,人生也不是。過程中不可缺少給自己嘗試和失敗的機會,這是相當關鍵的步驟。
行動(Take Action):
一旦確認生活目標,不要空等它會成真。你得採取必要的步驟來實踐它。或許先許下一個心願,設定微目標會比較容易開始。
——中文簡介摘自時報出版《設定目標,活出精彩人生:6個正向練習重拾美好生活》