I read this years ago (now; 2024) probably back in like 2020, or maybe 2019, I think, and it was such a healing and inspiring read. I heard the authorI read this years ago (now; 2024) probably back in like 2020, or maybe 2019, I think, and it was such a healing and inspiring read. I heard the author at a lecturer back then and both the book and her lecture stayed with me throughout the years, and I always referenced her when it came to the challenges and stress related to my kind of work or other in similar professions, and how to improve the psychological work environment. Now in 2024 my workplace had her come for a short talk (advocated by me of course ;) ), and I got to buy her book and get a (signed) copy of my own. This was, is, and will be, my go-to, when it comes to the psychological stressors of an emotionally demanding job and the factors affecting it, for better and for worse. Highly recommend it! ...more
This book came to me through a serious of synchronicities where it was mentioned to me. I’d never heard of it before, in all of my 40 years of life. So This book came to me through a serious of synchronicities where it was mentioned to me. I’d never heard of it before, in all of my 40 years of life. So naturally I bought it, and wondered why this book was being made aware of to me, at this point of my life and what it would behold. I liked it from the beginning, but in the beginning it was just that; like. But as I read on it grapped a stronger and stronger hold of me, I became more and more immersed in the story and characters and their developments and the magic that was flowing inconspicuously throughout the story as it went on, much like the gardens growing. Until towards the end, it had gained such a foothold and was much more visible, until it’s finale towards the end of the book, where it all came together in its own perfect way.
This book has Magic of its own. It entails many subtle points about life, psychology, grief/loss, people, relations, and the inner and outer and in-between mechanisms at play in our lives. As well as about the Magic (or whatever one likes to call it) weaving through life itself, whether we are aware of it or not. And how there is a higher order to life, a magical perfection that we cannot fathom in its all, but can glimpse and see and is revealed to us in parts that make up a beautiful whole, that is always part of an even bigger whole, where everything somehow fits, even when we may have thought it didn’t.
This story has left an imprint on me, a lingering effect, and I’m still thinking about it here, days after, processing as well as appreciating it. And I would recommend anyone to read it for oneself, in the right time, and discover the Magic in it, and whatever it wants to reveal to you, through it. ...more
So this book randomly piqued my interest at the library one day so I took it home with me. Im pretty sure I had previously seen a post by someone on fSo this book randomly piqued my interest at the library one day so I took it home with me. Im pretty sure I had previously seen a post by someone on fb before, mentioning it and how revolutionizing it was, and at the time briefly puzzled over what the fuss was about some method of journaling/to-do-listing; but at the time I just disregarded it, and that day of the library it stuck out to me because I could use some help in keeping track and organizing and focusing on managing the million and one things I had to do and remember that kept overwhelming me and was grateful of any system or practical method or tool to do so. It wasn’t until I started reading it, I realized that this went deeper than that, deeper than a simple system of organizing, that this method had also everything to do with becoming AWARE of how you spent your time not just managing it, and actively deciding what tasks are deserving of your time, not just racing through and checking items on a to-do-list. I found interesting points of views and things to reflect on, besides practical examples and ways to go from the realm of thought and awareness to practical application. And that brought back to me the memories of that post I’d seen from someone on fb; and got me thinking “ooooh, now I get it. Now I get why this was important and revolutionizing, what that ‘more’ to it was, what the fuss was. I can see how there’s more to this than meets the eye.”
For me personally, I started my bujo-journey at the beginning of this year, 2023, so I’ve been doing it now for about a month and a half. I’m still a beginner and I’m only doing the most basic stuff, and I’m tailoring it to my own needs and wants, which is also very much the journaling part where I have MORE space to just jot down what happened, what I was feeling on different days. Something my former practice with a calendar, didn’t leave room for. So I had a calendar, and a journal and lose papers of thoughts and ideas, as well as several to do lists, that was all unorganized and out of order, where this system fits my needs and my desire to do and write as much as I want and keep track of my own journey, as well as my to-do lists in ONE system, catalogued. And I’m excited for all the ideas on how to broaden the system once I’m ready for it, or need it. But for now I’m simply just learning how the most basic can serve my immediate need for order and overview, and I’m quite satisfied with just that, and the possibilities just leave me excited.
So if you are/were like me and have heard of it and is wondering what all the fuss is about and/or is in need of a system that can help you stay mindfully organized, I suggest you read this book and see what it might inspire in you and if there are takeaway ideas or methods that might serve you as well.
Thank you Ryder Carroll for sharing your method and the thoughts behind it as well as what you’ve learned along your own journey, with all of us. ...more
This book was an amazing read. I felt the authors caring presence throughout, I loved the way it was structured and mixed with exercises and examples, This book was an amazing read. I felt the authors caring presence throughout, I loved the way it was structured and mixed with exercises and examples, and all the helpful info and perspectives on all issues. I feel like whatever I write here in this review won’t so it justice, but it’s definitely a book I’d like to own to read and reference again and again. And underline the heaven out of ;) so many good points and phrases and info throughout! Highly recommended for everyone ...more
Dear Leonora Thank you for writing this book. For your honesty, for your obvious talent, for your courage, and for the emotional rollercoaster it must Dear Leonora Thank you for writing this book. For your honesty, for your obvious talent, for your courage, and for the emotional rollercoaster it must have been to get through it, to relive it; painful yet liberating.
Your book has gotten many great reviews and won a great prize. And I understand why and agree it deserves all the prizes and accolades. And I, not a literary genius or reviewer or someone who has any prizes to deliver, I’m just an ordinary reader, who really appreciates those who possess the gift of transforming words and sentences into art; those that can make stories come to life; can tell it in a captivating way out of the indefinite ways a story can be told; and who can move me as a reader, who can make me feel something, can make me picture it all and really make the story come alive not just on the pages of the book, but in my own heart, mind and gut. You clearly have that gift. You did that to me, with your art. And I’m grateful. Grateful not just for the experience it was for me to read your book, and how it inspired me, and what it meant to me, but for all the people I know, who are out there, who has also felt seen and liberated by your story, by your words, and who you have offered a place of belonging to. To those for whom your book besides being a piece of art also stands as a message of: ‘you belong here, with all your emotions, all of your difficult past, present and future. All of you deserves to be seen and felt and told, you are free to own your story and all of yourself and to be unapologetically you and share that you, unapologetically, with the world. Carrying no one else’s shame or burdens or projections or guilt, carrying yourself with pride, knowing you have a right to be exactly who you are. There will be people who don’t get you, but there will also be people who will. There will be people who can’t love you, even if you deserve love as much as anyone, but there will also be those that do love you. Those that fall in love with all of you and who appreciate the gift you are to the world.’
It doesn’t seem like ‘den, den lever stille’ (translation of title: ‘the one, who lives quietly’ has been translated to English .. yet. But I sure hope it will be, someday, so many more people can have the experience of reading it, and appreciate it, and maybe discover something of the art of writing, loving, life, or people, amongst its pages, like I did. I also think it would be a wonderful movie (sending out a little prayer that this will please be made it into a great art of a movie someday...more
Just received this deck today and I am SO excited for it! I read the book by the authors, that they published a year ago, and now there’s a companion Just received this deck today and I am SO excited for it! I read the book by the authors, that they published a year ago, and now there’s a companion card deck with the most wonderful illustrations as well as guided messages, high vibe energy, and healing exercises. I am so grateful and would recommend this to everyone with a love of oracle cards. Unfortunately as of now it’s only available in danish - but don’t let that deter you, instead send out your wishes and prayers for an English version, and maybe it’ll come true one day ;)...more
I’m grateful for this book and everything that led to it, including the person and life experiences behind these words. Reading this book was a healinI’m grateful for this book and everything that led to it, including the person and life experiences behind these words. Reading this book was a healing experience in and of itself. Thank you, Matt. ...more
Wow. This book came to me at the right time and kindled, awakened, and stirred the creative, passionate energy within me of my souls longing and missiWow. This book came to me at the right time and kindled, awakened, and stirred the creative, passionate energy within me of my souls longing and mission. I LOVED this book, and I LOVE the author for writing it. I’m deeply grateful for that creative work of soul-art that is this book, and for the guiding, reminding light it is in this sometimes rather dark world, that it can seem impossible to brighten or even just function in. Nordby speaks directly to my soul, and I hear him clearly and gracefully. I don’t just want to own this book, I need to own it. So I can reread it, over and over and over and be reminded of my own soul and the bright light of other souls out there. And when I get a copy it will be one in the original language, English. Because unfortunately the translated version I read was poorly translated so some sentences doesn’t make much sense in the translated version, but makes a bit more sense when trying in my mind to try to translate it back to what might have been the original sentence in English, which sometimes help to make sense of the sentence. So I’d recommend reading the original version, and am looking forward to enjoying a read-through of that version, whenever the book joins my library of books. ...more
This book was recommended to me a few years back, by a colleague who excitedly told me about how this book and Mette Louise had changed her life. I foThis book was recommended to me a few years back, by a colleague who excitedly told me about how this book and Mette Louise had changed her life. I found it interesting and took note of it, but never got around to reading it, until recently another story of how these three principles had been a lifechanging experience, and this small testimony reawakened my curiosity and my memory of the book and made me order it from the library, to find out what all the huff was about. Now, having read the book and seen a few videos with Pettit (a psychiatrist that also works with these principles) im not sure I’ve totally grasped it (and don’t believe this is all there is to it) but I’ve heard many more fascinating testimonials and illustrative examples of how the thinking and the thoughts create experiences and how we aren’t our thoughts and thoughts aren’t solid or THE reality, they are just thoughts that make the experiences real to us and ‘colour’ them. And reading the book has definitely made me more aware of how this works, and also made me more curious, wanting to go deeper and deeper, letting this insight bring me more insights and allow some of my own ‘thoughtblocks’ to evaporate, dissolve, without any of my ‘doing’, simply by recognizing the mechanism and letting the thoughts BE (can it really be that simple? Huh), letting myself BE; a human, a thinking mind, a consciousness having an experience, created by thinking, but being the One doing the thinking, letting thoughts and experience happen in my consciousness…. It’s not like the concepts are new to me, on the contrary, actually I was excited to see how the book reflects much of what I already know and have studied and resonate with from other perspectives, but this book and this perspective and the illustrations certainly was inspiring and a nice piece to an ever-growing, fascinating puzzle. Definitely a book that feels like it’s not over, just because I’m now done reading it. I’m already partly re-reading it, to my partner and have added a ton of new books on the topic to my to-read list, so I can go deeper. Thank you to Mette Louise for writing it, and writing it so honestly, so humorously (I laughed several times throughout), so lovingly, so authentically and bringing the awareness and an understanding of the three principles to me, and how the awareness of how we create experiences with our thoughts, but are the consciousness behind our thoughts can have a big and lifechanging and healing impact on people....more
This book found me. It came to me, carried along on the highway of energetic attraction, and the minute I saw the front page in an add on Facebook I feThis book found me. It came to me, carried along on the highway of energetic attraction, and the minute I saw the front page in an add on Facebook I felt my energetic field respond, like a strong tug and pull in my stomach (the navel chakra), a pulsing in my third eye and crown and a curiosity and an excitement, that sent me on an immediate treasure hunt on how to get my hands on the book, that led me to their homepage, www.engleskole.dk , and to soon have the book ordered and on its way to me in the mail as well as following the authors, Line and Louise, on YouTube and Facebook. The excitement and the resonance with the book and the authors I felt was immediate, strong, and it has only grown stronger, as Ive been reading the book, taking it all in, as well as watched some of their videos and other content. And for me it wasn’t just a strong energetic resonance; some of the explanations and visuals in the book even depicted dreams or experiences I’ve had in a meditative state, myself! The synchronicity and wonder of coming upon passages that closely depict my own personal experiences or visuals, was a powerful underlining and confirmation of how the energy flows between us, intersecting timelines in a concurrent Now-moment, how being on the same wavelength can connect us with people we don’t know, as well as energetic beings and knowledge and wisdom beyond the physical realm. To me that is magic. To me that is a gift. To me that is healing, as the world and the possibilities become so much bigger and we are reunited in wondrous ways with our star family and the energies of Home, and open ourselves up to more Light, more wisdom, and more Love. I have always had an interest in and a passion for the healing arts and how to rewire and restore people to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and how to build strong and healthy connections and communities where people can be nurtured as well as contribute with whatever unique flavor we bring to the table. As a psychologist I’ve learned a lot about the physical, emotional and mental side of this, and how they are interrelated, and adding the spiritual and energetic factor and viewpoint to this, only allows for a much deeper and richer understanding as well as possibilities for healing. I found both the text as well as the exercises and visuals to spark my light and my energy. It was nice to have a mix of channeled messages and exercises with the human perspective and viewpoints, and the imagery, the beautiful, high vibrating drawings and illustrations throughout the book just added some extra magic and fairydust and allowed me to take it all in on so many different levels at once. I am so super grateful for this book and for the work and cooperation and co-creation that has birthed it into existence. It has easily made it onto my favorite shelf and I will surely be rereading (in) it, as it has also made its way into my heart and connected deeply with my soul. ...more
This book … wow! I’m someone who likes to have my mind expanded and blown and many of the concepts in this book are of a nature I’m drawn to and whereThis book … wow! I’m someone who likes to have my mind expanded and blown and many of the concepts in this book are of a nature I’m drawn to and where most information just doesn’t suffice. But the way this book digs deep, probes, investigates and the way Dolores gives it to us straight from the sources, but facilitated by her methods and questions is groundbreaking and allows each one of us to connect with the material from the level we are at. I’m so grateful to Dolores for doing this work. I hope someday in my life to be able to follow in her footsteps, and so these books aren’t for me just about the content but as much a glimpse into the method and the approach and served me on many levels. So glad there is much more of her material for me to dig into ! This was my first Dolores cannon book, and I look forward to reading more of her work! ...more
This book took me by surprise. And wow am I glad it did! I became interested in it, after listening to an interview by the author that really resonatedThis book took me by surprise. And wow am I glad it did! I became interested in it, after listening to an interview by the author that really resonated, and reading an article of hers, and then following her on Facebook. But it took about a year, until I got around to actually reading the book, which turns out was totally divine timing. I’ll admit I had my reservations going into it, mostly due to the title, as the words ‘manifest’ and ‘for women’ I was expecting it to be maybe a bit cultish and one of those feminist approaches that is declaring war with (all) men, trying to fix the imbalance, coming from an imbalanced place itself. That approach I’ve always had a problem with, as it seemed skewed to me and not really healing or helping the core issues, which is why it’s never really resonated with me. Luckily I was wrong. This book turned out to be something else, and so much more; exactly what I had been wanting and hoping for, in a feminist approach to rebirthing the feminine values and gifts into the world, strengthening the feminine voice, essence and power, and balancing society as a whole, and both men and women’s female attributes and poles, making the music we can create within ourselves and together that much more harmonious.
Birgitte starts of explaining the word ‘manifest’ on the very first page (it’s more related to describing the intentions of an ideology and attitude, goals and visions of a group) , and how she herself had some negative associations to the word at first, until she dug deeper. In Danish manifest also contains the word ‘fest’ that means ‘party’, and since this book is very much about celebrating women and what we add to life, she ended up thinking this word might actually be quite appropriate. (There is also a Facebook group titled ‘maniFEST for kvinder’ which has turned out to be quite the community. Anyone who might be interested and resonates with empowering the feminine essence for a more balanced world can join). Birgittte then goes on to explain a journey to Peru, an ayahuasca experience, and visions - and I was hooked. In the following introduction she describes what her intention with the book is, and why, and how she sees the world in deep need of the feminine wisdom, and my body and soul responded with a relieved ‘yes’ and an excited ‘yes!’, as this too is what I feel, see and want, and I’m so happy to know I am not alone. And that is pretty much how I felt throughout the entire book! Birgitte weaves personal threads of tales of her own experiences, insights, vulnerabilities, with threads of historical, political and societal strands, making it a cohesive, clear and engaging tapestry, that is reflecting back to me my own self, my own story, as it is OUR story, not just the story of women, but the story of humans, and how one half of it was split off, suppressed and devalued, and what that has cost all of US. And as Birgitte explains so well in the book, it is not just women who has been suppressed and devalued, it is the female essence, female values, and female gifts. And everyone has suffered because of it. And so now it is time we bring them back, restore the balance, become whole and integrated. Note that this does not mean we all become the same, eradicating all differences, or that the feminine aspect should be dominating instead of the male or that the male polarity does not have any value. To the contrary. The male essence is as much a part of the whole as is the feminine, and is essential for balance and harmony, but when the male (and a society as a whole) becomes dominant, abusive to, or devaluing of the feminine, when there is no equal collaboration and partnership and appreciation of the differences between the poles, but a war between them, everyone loses. It is time, now that we change that, that we restore balance to ourselves as well as to our communities, to our world. That we start walking on two legs instead of just one. That we start creating from wholeness, respect and balance, instead of separation and assimilation. And that is why, even as a male, I think reading this book could be helpful. Because men too, have a spark of the feminine in them that has been suppressed or ridiculed or held captive. Men have mothers, sisters, daughters, coworkers and a whole village or world that they can become a divine masculine support to, to help them bring in the new energy and feel safe doing so. Because (many) men too are longing for a more balanced, wholesome, loving community and world, whether they know it or not. So if you are a male, don’t be afraid to pick this book up and give it a read, or to pass it on to your feminine soul-family. We need and want you, to help create this new world - together! I was so excited about this book that halfway through I had to make a post about it on Facebook. I just wanted to share it, and didn’t want to wait (the time is NOW). I wanted everyone that might be resonating with this to read it, to see themselves reflected in the pages of a book, in the heart of another women, and to know that they are not alone and that there is hope. That a different future and society is possible. If we all come together to create it. And the time is Now. I am just so onboard with this whole message, mission and change and both my soul and my body resonates with it and is in alignment. And therefore, when I was almost done with the book and wanted to share it with the world (contemplating this raving goodreads review too, of course) I wrote Birgitte and asked if it was being translated to English (more like, ‘you are translating it to English, right?’), as I felt this book would be relevant for ALL, outside of the rather small population of danish speakers. She said that Yes, she agrees and also wishes it to be available in English and that is the hope and plan. So if you are one of the ones who are now curious or excited or both and cant read this book in it’s current danish form, be patient - the chances of it becoming available in English are good.
I was deeply moved by both birgitttes ritual entry prayer, im the beginning of the book, as well as her ritual gratitude prayer, in the end of the book. Those were so powerful and I suspect I will be using them many times going forward, in my meditations and prayers, just as I will be interacting with the whole movement that has sprung from this book, as well as many other sources that call for a rebirth and an empowerment of the feminine. The time is indeed, NOW. ...more
The amount of respect I have for this woman and what she’s done and continues to do, with this work of art, her writing, her life, her voice, her poweThe amount of respect I have for this woman and what she’s done and continues to do, with this work of art, her writing, her life, her voice, her power, her Truth is off the roof! I was touched, moved, changed, inspired, and comforted throughout this book. Glennon has a way of speaking her Truth, which is the Truth of so many, and combine it wisdom, humor, vulnerability, magic, hope, honesty and integrity that left me deeply inspired, profoundly changed. She reminded me of things. She showed me things. She made me question things, look deeper inside myself, and she liberated parts of myself that I had forgotten or condemned or pushed off. I am deeply grateful and I’d recommend the whole world to read this book, as it might just liberate pieces of them too, remind them of what’s been lost or forgotten, but is longing to be found and seen and held and allowed. I DEVOURED this book. Even if I often wanted to slow down and take it all in deeper, I found it hard to, I wanted more of it, to take it all in entirely, returning to slowness, depth, after. So that’s why I found myself looking forward to rereading a book I hadn’t even finished yet. I don’t think that’s every happened before. This book is like the finger pointing at the moon; you see the finger, and when you follow it’s direction, what it’s pointing at, you’ll find something else, something that might just change you inside out, some magic you didn’t know was in you, was in life, some treasure that have the power to change and transform. Glennon I’m also reminded me of my passion for writing, inspired me to start writing, to use writing, to let writing use me and be of use to me. She writes so well, with so much depth, honesty, and I consider this a work of art and grateful that this women chose to share her gift with the world, letting her life, her voice, her art be an inspiration and a chance of awakening, for many. Thank you Glennon Doyle, for living your life so authentically, for being so honest, and for writing about it with such power, that you help empower others. THANK YOU ...more
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