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 Published Books By: Dr. Linda R. Harper

Give to Your Heart's Content... Without Giving Yourself Away

 Linda R. Harper, (foreword by Father Paul Keenan, Innisfree Press, 2002)

"This heartfelt, soul-stirring book will touch you, inspire you, and open up horizons for giving to others — and to yourself. Linda Harper's guide to soulful giving will expand your vision of life." — Father Paul Keenan, Author of Good News for Bad Days, Stages of the Soul and Heartstorming

WHAT IS GIVING TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT?
Life presents us with choices about giving every day. While giving can sometimes leave you feeling frustrated and depleted, there is no greater joy in everyday life than giving from the heart! The secret to discovering the full pleasure and meaning in giving is to listen to the wisdom of your soul — your innermost self. This book nurtures the natural giving spirit...one heart at a time.

WHY SHOULD I READ THIS BOOK?

 It will help you:

Unlock the secrets to understanding how the way you give affects your life.
 

Identify giving styles (Trader Scale, Martyr Scale and Controller Scale) that are stressing you out.

Discover the unique ways to nurture your soul, your deepest self.

Learn new ways to give that will reduce stress and increase everyday joys, while expanding your capacity as a giver.

Replace acts of giving that deplete with experiences that nurture the soul.

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

For overwhelmed, overdoing and overstressed people who feel they're giving everything away and have nothing left for themselves.

For individuals who want to expand their capacity to give and become the true givers they were meant to be.

For caregivers, volunteers, volunteer directors and training programs, church groups, those in giving professions especially hospice workers, nurses and teachers, mothers' groups, animal caretakers, stress management programs in the workplace, nonprofit organizations.

For the givers in your life -- give as a gift of appreciation.

ENDORSEMENTS

"Read this book on giving and enjoy Linda Harper's gift of being able to make ideas about soul care very accessible."
— Thomas Moore, Author of Care of the Soul and Original Self

"...If you feel trapped in your patterns of giving, Linda Harper will introduce you to a new level of freedom...You have a treat in store. Be ready for some happy surprises." -- from the foreword by Father Paul Keenan.

As someone who encourages giving, I am always looking for tools that will help people experience the joy of wholeheartedly giving to others. I heartily recommend Linda Harper's tools for self-assessment and ideas for self-care for any volunteer, volunteer program administrator or caregiver..."

-Sally Davis, Director of Volunteer Services, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina Minnesota

The Tao of Eating: Feeding Your Soul through Everyday Experiences with Food

Linda R. Harper, (foreword by Thomas Moore, Innisfree Press, 1998)

"I have no doubt, and I have been saying it for years — the best way to soul is through food. Linda's Harper's book on food, eating and not dieting, is the best book on food I have ever seen. It is full of wisdom. It's radically comforting for those of us who keep trying to eat properly. And it is a rare book that gets the idea of soul care exactly right. Read this book, eat well, and you will discover the wonder of living soulfully." ---- Thomas Moore, author of "Care of the Soul" and "The Soul of Sex."  

WHAT IS THE TAO OF EATING?

It is the natural way we were meant eat. It is an "un-diet" --a five-step approach to a peaceful and soulful relationship with food that nourishes the whole person: body, mind and soul.

WHY SHOULD I READ THIS BOOK?

This book provides the tools needed to empty your mind of artificial eating rules and learn to trust the wisdom of your soul while discovering the natural process. It offers a diet-free approach to making choices about eating and choices about living. As you celebrate a soulful relationship with food, you will free-up energy to spend on more life-fulfilling experiences. It offers:

A five step guide to leave "the way of' dieting behind forever.

Techniques and exercises to undo diet damage and to discover our natural relationship with food.

Affirmations for soulful eating and soulful living.

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

Anyone who wants to learn how to replace the side effects of dieting — overeating, feelings of guilt and loss of control, and unnatural weight gain — with the side effects of soulful eating — fulfilling eating experiences and added pleasure, not pounds.

Anyone who has struggled with their relationship with food.

Psychologists, therapists, nutritionists, dieticians and those involved with individuals with eating and diet-related problems, for mothers of teenage daughters, a book for those interested in promoting a preventative approach to eating disorders. 

ENDORSEMENTS

"I invite you to enjoy and learn from this book, It could transform the way you imagine food, the way you eat, and the way you live. It is a book both on how to bring soul to your eating habits and how to allow your eating habits to bring soul into the whole of your life." -from the foreword by Thomas Moore

"A wonderful perspective on eating! Written in a soothing style that implicitly takes the conflict out of one of the most conflict-ridden subjects. The messenger and the message are one. Read it! --Steven Levenkron, author of The Best Little Girl in the World and Treating and Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa

 "This is a wonderful, easy-to-read book in workbook style that has space for you to write answers to questions. Its many quotes from the Tao are thought-provoking and food for the soul. A very helpful book for people struggling with food and soul issues."

-Catholic Women's Network

WHAT ARE READERS SAYING ABOUT THESE BOOKS?

"Dr. Linda Harper's book, Give to Your Heart's Content...Without Giving Yourself Away, (Innisfree Press, 2002) tackles a difficult subject with positivity and hope. Many of us find it hard to include ourselves in the act of giving, and often end up burned out. This book helps us to restore a soulful balance in our lives. I highly recommend this book for anyone working with people and animals."

-Faith Maloney Director of Animal Care, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

"This is truly a unique book. It unlocks the secrets to understanding how one's giving style affect's one's life."

-Spiritual Book News

"Volunteering wisely — Excellent lessons...a book I wish I'd had decades ago...I predict this book will be put into practical use in so many positive ways. If I‘d discovered Harper's guidelines when I was the most active [volunteering], I might have saved myself a lot of personal aggravation and exhaustion.."

-Shirley Vogler Meister, The Criterion

"Ideal for volunteers and caregivers."
-Suzanne Mintz, Take Care! Self-Care for the Family Caregiver

"In this richly textured paperback, she presents an anatomy of the spiritual practice of generosity."

-Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Health

 

 "...a practical-minded, "user friendly" book specifically written for volunteers, caregivers, and workers in social services. Focusing on how giving affects one personally, and finding balance between sacrifice and a healthy, well-adjusted life, Give To Your Heart's Content Without Giving Yourself Away is a powerful testimony and guide to enriching one's life without becoming a martyr, and very highly recommended for the non-specialist general reader undertaking a responsibility for the well-being of another individual as a caregiver or volunteer.

- Midwest Book Review

"The handbook for people who are givers... one of the best books available on the subject of giving... In a society where we are taught that to give to yourself is selfish many people find it hard to take care of their own spiritual and emotional needs, but if we don't then our value to others is decreased. It is only by taking care of ourselves that we are able to truly help others. This is the basic message of Give to Your Heart's Content and it couldn't be more true. Highly recommended reading.

- Harold McFarland, Book Reviewer

I first read "Give to Your Heart's Content; Without Giving Yourself Away" on a recommendation from one of our hospice volunteers. I found the book so inspiring, helpful and on target that I contacted Linda Harper and asked her to speak at a volunteer meeting. Hospice volunteers spend many hours giving compassionate care to others and may not take the time to give to and replenish themselves. This book addresses how to give authentically and wholeheartedly to others, while also giving loving care to oneself.

-Rosemarie Cohen, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, CNS Hospice

This logical book is a good match for people who are compelled to give 'til it hurts. It is reassurance that self-care is not selfish.

-Mary Bergin, The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin

HOW CAN I GET THIS BOOK?

"Give to Your Heart's Content...Without Giving Yourself Away" has been selected for the Inside Borders Magazine (April 2002).

It is available at your local bookstore such as Borders and Barnes and Noble, and directly from:

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HOW CAN I GET THIS BOOK?

"The Tao of Eating" is available at your local bookstore such as Borders and Barnes and Noble, through the Gurze Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue, INNER OCEAN PUBLISHING, and directly from:

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