Amazon Ellen Peterson Llewellyn Category:  Self-Help Publisher: Llewellyn ISBN-10:  0738705438 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 224 Copyright: Nov 4, 2004 An inspiring and enjoyable book to read that will change your life. Discover how to surrender struggle for ease. Learn simple and practical tools for manifesting your desires. It is time to make your dreams a reality. 2005 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) 1st Runner Up in Self Help category! Millions of people give up on their dreams every day. They believe success is impossible without a stroke of luck, such as winning the lottery. Choosing Joy, Creating Abundance offers a ray of sunshine to those who wish to experience true abundance. Offering a psychological and spiritual perspective on prosperous living, psychotherapist Ellen Peterson explores the practical dimensions of abundance. She helps readers define their ideas of personal success and overcome the hidden obstacles that often hinder prosperity. Her empowering words, sensible advice, and personal stories illustrate that inner peace and contentment are within everyone's grasp.   Excerpt Life is to be Lived, not Endured.

Staff Picks-Amy Siqveland
As someone who has been employed in the field of social work in the past, I was really excited to pick up a book written by an MSW who has such a positive framework for defining and achieving personal success. Choosing Joy, Creating Abundance helps people to see the glass as half-full and through a series of exercises, learn how to manifest one's dreams in practical ways. Ellen Peterson gets to the heart of how to create thoughts and actions congruent with desired outcomes by exploring unconditional giving, trust in the process and gratitude for the lessons learned on one's journey to self-actualization. While the book challenges the reader to explore some underlying fears and vulnerabilities, she does so in an affirming and inspiring manner and invites her readers to commit to cultivating a high sense of personal integrity. I'm looking forward to her second book, Abundance for Beginners, available in winter of 2007.

Dream On
If your life needs some hope and rejuvenation, treat yourself to Choosing Joy, Creating Abundance: Practical Tools for Manifesting your Desires. Taking a spiritual and psychological perspective on achieving personal success, author Ellen Peterson asserts that we all have "dreams waiting to come alive" and that we should tap into them. Delving into the issues of faith and integrity, Peterson's positive approach starts with goal setting and developing the ability to trust and includes sensible advice, thought provoking personal stories and soothing meditations. This book will get you dreaming again, wide awake.