Honour Yourself: Inspiring Lessons to Enrich Your Life will Start the Positive Journey toward Self-respect
Shakespeare may have said it better than anyone else could: "To thine own self be true," he wrote -- "and thou canst not then be false with anyone." Kathleen Stephany understands the power of Shakespeare's insightful words. She's a registered nurse and a practising Canadian family counsellor and she has spent much of her adult life offering advice, assistance and personal therapy to adults, couples and young people.
(PRWEB) December 31, 2007
Honour Yourself -- and learn to love your life. This new book carries a message that each and every one of us needs to hear.
Shakespeare may have said it better than anyone else could: "To thine own self be true," he wrote -- "and thou canst not then be false with anyone." Kathleen Stephany understands the power of Shakespeare's insightful words. She's a registered nurse and a practising Canadian family counsellor and she has spent much of her adult life offering advice, assistance and personal therapy to adults, couples and young people.
One of the constant themes in her work has been to encourage people to simply believe in themselves and to encourage their own internal sense of self-worth. She has literally taken Shakespeare's immortal words to heart.
That is why she has chosen to apply the guiding principles of her counselling practice in her newly published book entitled Honour Yourself: Inspiring Lessons to Enrich Your Life. This 141-page book carries with it a message that each and every one of us needs to hear -- that to honour yourself, to treat yourself and your own needs with dignity and respect does not have to imply a form of selfishness and self-centredness.
As Stephany observes, a fulfilled life is all about balance. Honouring yourself, she says, is not about ignoring the needs of others; it is, instead, the very opposite because you cannot properly love and respect others unless you have a healthy respect for your own self-worth. Inner peace, joy and fulfillment, Stephany says, must come from inside ourselves. It must come from within, from the heart and the soul.
Stephany acknowledges that it took time and perseverance even for herself to reach the point of self-love and self-respect. It took her many, many years before she was able to become comfortable with the notion of honouring herself.
And now, she says, her life is filled with a sense of adventure, humour, serenity, peace, love and joy. And isn't that something that we would all wish for ourselves and those we love?
Honour Yourself is a lovely work. It's written simply and clearly and offers its advice and encouragement in a clear, concise manner. Read this book and you'll do yourself an enormous favour. Buy it for a friend or a loved one and you'll be offering a precious gift, one to be cherished.
Honour Yourself
By Kathleen Stephany
ISBN: 097803100-8
$12.95 Cdn. $11.95 US
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