Callings: Living the Authentic Life - Couverture souple

Levoy, Gregg

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0722536259 ISBN 13 : 9780722536254

Editeur : Thorsons, 1998

Synopsis

A calling is a nagging impulse, an insistent desire, a vivid dream to do something meaningful. It might be a calling to change your job (giving up business for teaching) or your relationship or where you live. Sometimes we dismiss these callings as silly pipe dreams, impossible fantasy, or too difficult. Sometimes we're afraid to admit them even to ourselves. In this invaluable book, Gregg Levoy teaches us how to listen for, recognize and respond to our own true callings. He gives us tools to help us distinguish mere whim from deepest desire. Real-life stories or people who have overcome obstacles, answered their calls offering inspiration and sustenance as we learn to find our way.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

How do we know if we're following our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that are beckoning us?

is the first book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which they come to us. A calling may be to do something (change careers, go back to school, have a child) or to be something (more creative, less judgmental, more loving). While honoring a calling's essential mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the fundamental questions that arise from any calling: How do we recognize it? How do we distinguish the true call from the siren song? How do we handle our resistance to a call? What happens when we say yes? What happens when we say no?

Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and powerful stories of people who have followed their own calls, Gregg Levoy shows us the many ways to translate a calling into action. In a style that is poetic, exuberant, and keenly insightful, he presents an illuminating and ultimately practical inquiry into how we listen and respond to our calls, whether at work or at home, in our relationships or in service. Callings is a compassionate guide to discovering your own callings and negotiating the tight passages to personal power and authenticity.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gregg Levoy is the author of This Business of Writing. He is a full-time freelance writer whose essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Omni, Psychology Today, and others. He lectures and teaches workshops about callings.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorsons
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0722536259
• ISBN 13: 9780722536254
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible