40-Days Forward: Your Journey to a Life of Abundance and Meaning

By Tara Rodden Robinson

What if you could take a life-changing journey without ever leaving home?

In a series of beautifully illustrated daily exercises, 40-Days Forward: Your Journey to a Life of Abundance and Meaning guides you on a journey of reflection, planning, decision-making, and giving to create a path to a more fulfilling life. Each exercise is designed to be completed in a half hour or less, making it easy for you to fit each one into your day.

In the course of the 40-Days Forward journey, you'll learn how to:
Use tools like noticing, journaling, and reflection to gain greater self-awareness
Apply active listening to deepen your relationships
Explore your sense of purpose and what gives you energy to harness in pursuit your dreams
Take stock of what you have and how you can share your gifts, talents, and appreciation with others
Practice simple mindfulness training and contemplative approaches like lectio divina.

Whether you are searching for a new direction in your life or simply seeking a more fulfilling day-to-day, you ll enjoy these moments of reflecting on what it is to live a life of abundance and meaning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tara Rodden Robinson
• Release date: Jan 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465842121

Tara Rodden Robinson

Tara Rodden Robinson, Ph.D., is an author, coach, and educator. In 2005, Robinson embarked on a journey of personal exploration that led her to become a professional coach. Now known as The Productivity Maven, Tara works with professionals who seek greater productivity in their work lives. She earned her credential as an Associate Certified Coach from the International Coach Federation (ICF), the world’s largest professional coaches association, in 2009. A prolific writer, Robinson’s blog (www.tararobinson.com) features hundreds of posts posts on topics ranging from improving your productivity to spirituality, mindfulness, and meditation. Robinson hosts a popular bi-monthly podcast on productivity, the GTD Virtual Study Group (www.gtd-vsg.blogspot.com) which attracts participants from all over the globe into conversations about David Allen’s popular method for productivity. Tara lives in Corvallis, Oregon where she hikes the hills with her husband and their two dogs. A passionate believer in the power of a cause, Tara raises funds for the fight against breast cancer. She walks in the The Breast Cancer 3-Day Benefiting Susan G Komen for The Cure covering sixty miles in 3 days to raise money for this important cause. When not out walking, Tara enjoys reading, making visionboard collages, and watching old reruns of Match Game.

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