From the editor: Attractive, intelligent, and ambitious Kathy Cordova grew up living by the mantra that she was "not enough." Not thin enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough, not rich enough. Constantly struggling to prove herself, Cordova became a successful, but stressed-out sales executive who continued a pattern of overwork that left her feeling depleted and dissatisfied.

After the birth of her first child, a colicky baby who went through a number of nannies, Cordova finally figured out the Universe was giving her a message - to give it up. She quit her job, letting go of her grand ambitions and the logic of her head to follow her heart and stay home with her daughter. As she adjusted to her new life, Cordova learned that there is no magic formula for happiness. Instead of working so hard to find her bliss, she learned to relax, go with the flow, tune into her intuition, and experience a sense of purpose and harmony by practicing spiritual surrender. In Part I, the author recounts her personal experiences, revealing how spiritual surrender can be much more powerful-and effective-than constant striving, or toughing it out at all costs. Based on wisdom drawn from the Bible and contemporary books such as A Course in Miracles, Cordova dispels common misperceptions about surrender (it's not a defeat or an escape for the lazy) and outlines a three-step process to experience the peace of surrender in any situation. She shows how "what we resist persists," and how to give up beliefs that hold us back, like struggle, fear, ego, and competition. By clarifying the differences between intentions, goals, and results, Cordova explains how to "keep your dreams, and lose your expectations." While hard to believe in our go-go culture, Cordova affirms how giving up our need for control, fully and deeply accepting circumstances, and acting with love and intuition is often the wisest course of "action."

Pages: 202
Special Interest: Personal Growth, Mental Health, Spirituality.