Audiobooks by Kristine Carlson

Living On Purpose: Five Deliberate Choices to Realize Fulfillment and Joy

Achieve Profound Discernment and Joy Many people from all walks of life, even after their many accomplishments and experiences, are often plagued by feelings of dissatisfaction and deep questioning. These feelings may lead them to wonder if the life they are living is the life they were meant to lead. Living On Purpose is the guidebook these people have been waiting for. This book shows readers how to feel more connected to the people around them and how to be truly satisfied by the life they’re leading. It will help them get past the pervasive feelings of lack and dissatisfaction by explaining how to fill the hole that can’t be achieved by more money, more status, or the next big thing. Written by transformational leadership coach Amy Wong, this book will help shift readers to a mindset of possibility and freedom. Seamlessly merging her personal and professional experience with aspects of social neuroscience, Amy brings intellectual rigor and profound insight to the map of five choices that will lead the reader solidly back to themselves.

Amy Eliza Wong, Kristine Carlson (Author), Amy Eliza Wong, Kristine Carlson (Narrator)

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Glad to Be Human: Adventures in Optimism

Celebrate Life Just Because In a world so often filled with distressing news and bewildering violence, being “human” often gets a bad rap. Rejoice in everyday reasons to smile, think positively, and enjoy the gift of life. Take a walk on the bright side. In Glad To Be Human: Adventures in Optimism, award-winning writer Irene O’Garden reminds us of the radiance of human existence. From kitchens to gardens to busy city streets, all around, in your everyday life, you can find plenty of reasons to feel gratitude and hope, peace and joy. It’s the little things. In this collection of essays, O’Garden explores a wide range of practical reasons to celebrate life—just look closely around you. In one essay, she describes the simple pleasure that comes from clearing clutter off a desk—in another, the thrill of visiting the Statue of Liberty. The book’s grand finale is the Pushcart Prize-winning essay, “Glad To Be Human.” One simple message. Through contemplation, meditation and with literary style, Glad To Be Human invites readers to view life through a positive lens. From small, daily activities to journeys overseas, O’Garden has a knack for finding beauty and meaning in all life’s adventures—even in our deepest pain and suffering—helping all of us feel glad to be human. If you enjoy Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Anne Lamott, or books like Risking the Rapids, The Book of Joy, The Book of Delights, and The Gratitude Diaries, you’ll love O’Garden’s Glad to Be Human. Foreword by Christine Carlson.

Irene O'garden, Kristine Carlson (Author), Callie Beaulieu (Narrator)

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From Heartbreak to Wholeness: The Hero's Journey to Joy

'With her new book, From Heartbreak to Wholeness, Kristine offers a process to heal the heartbreak of humanity, one that can reawaken love, hope, and vision even in those of us who still cry tears for someone or something we have lost.' - Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love and Tears of Triumph This program is read by the author. An audio guidebook for discovering how heartbreak can become the doorway to profound meaning and joy from the bestselling co-creator of the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series In 2006, after building the bestselling franchise Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with her husband Richard, Kristine Carlson faced a shattering loss-the sudden death of her beloved spouse. Woven together with the remarkable stories of others' loss and recovery, her deeply moving story reveals a clear process of healing that is common to everyone and goes far beyond ordinary prescriptions for getting through hard times. In her new audiobook, From Heartbreak to Wholeness, Kristine offers a life-altering map for navigating the heroic journey from loss to joy-one that ultimately awakens readers to a deep love affair with life. Every day, people suffer heartbreaks of some kind-loss of a loved one, divorce, illness, loss of a job or home-and seek to understand why these losses and traumas have befallen them and how they'll make it through in one piece. For listeners who have endured loss of any kind, Kristine takes them by the hand, showing them how to traverse their own jagged edge of growth and emerge as the hero whole, happy, and empowered. Each chapter of From Heartbreak to Wholeness includes powerful exercises in self-inquiry and reflection, along with step-by-step guidance for writing one's own heroic story of healing. Journey with Kristine Carlson and learn how you can walk the path from heartbreak to wholeness.

Kristine Carlson (Author), Kristine Carlson (Narrator)

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An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love: The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given

Kristine Carlson has created an incredibly moving book in memory of her late husband, Richard, including his love letter to Kristine on their eighteenth wedding anniversary. The letter answers the questions, "If you had one hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would it be to, what would you say, and why are you waiting?"

Kristine Carlson, Richard Carlson (Author), Dick Hill (Narrator)

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