In her work as a therapist, Dr. Ross has found that the closer many women getto personal success, the more uncomfortable they become. Writing with empathyand encouragement, she shows women how to overcome this barrier to prosperityand how to turn their special strengths into powerful tools.

You Have the Power to Create Everything You Really Want in Your Life. That’s right Y-O-U! Deborah Francis & Hasheem Francis have teamed up to bring the women’s version of the life-changing book, Built to Prosper. They clearly explain the ways people fall victim to have-not and do-nothing thinking. Deborah Francis & Hasheem Francis use real-talk to delve into what limiting thinking can do, and best of all, how to conquer this thinking and rapidly transform your life. It is time to learn and apply the principles of success, so you can position yourself to live well and prosper. True prosperity is the ability to meet any need you may have: spiritual, mental, physical and financial. When you learn the principles and how to apply them to your life, you will quickly understand how to: • Get exactly what you want. • Promote Win-Win relationships. • Take responsibility for your life. • Achieve the success you want. • Stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit. • Be a winner, no matter what they say!

Girl Gets World—And You Can Too! is a straight forward approach to female success in the new century. It is only through careful assessment, planning, and correct thinking, that we can reach our full capacity for glamour, glory, and unsurpassed success. The author guides readers down a path of light-hearted, deep-seated, and thought-provoking exercises and information that catapults the female gender to a new, all time high. Learn about the “circles” of womanhood, healing past hurts, the secrets of ridding negativity from your life, money matters, effective visualization techniques, and self-hypnotic programming. Whether you are still a student, or a senior citizen, a mother, or a mid-level manager, whether you run companies, or daycare centers, this publication is priceless and will change your life forever.

Are you waiting for the right man, the right job, the big break? And meanwhile, have you put all your other dreams and desires on hold? Jane Adams' provocative book asks: How much longer are you willing to wait? And what if Prince Charming never arrives? Will you continue to let life's possibilities pass you by because of outdated, inappropriate messages so deeply embedded in Sleeping Beauty's psyche that you don't even notice them? This book is for you if: You're a single woman who's afraid you'll never get married. Your biological clock is ticking and you worry you'll never have a baby. You're saving Paris for your honeymoon and you're not engaged yet. You believe a man will come along and save you from financial disaster. You think you've let your mother down. In fascinating conversations with single women whose lives are rich with passion, intimacy and challenge, Adams rings a liberating wake-up bell for single women and offers practical, workable solutions that don't depend on changing the world or changing other people. Because it's not about finding a man it's about finding yourself. Right Now!

Some pursue happiness — Others create it! — Anonymous The chief purpose of Create Your Ideal Life is to empower you to proactively (intentionally and consciously) and continually create your ideal life in a joyful and balanced fashion by following the holistic (emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts) Life Creation Process described in it. Following the Life Creation Process will help you to gain the level of self-understanding required to optimize the quality of your life and achieve personal growth. As you read this book, you will be introduced to the key concepts of applied psychology of personal adjustment and growth. The term applied indicates that the material provided is practical and that you can readily use the concepts provided to create and control your self and your life. The words psychology of personal adjustment indicate that one focus of the book is upon “... the individual’s response to the physical, psychological, and social demands of the self, other people, and the environment” (Napoli, Kilbridge & Tebbs, 1996, p. 4). The words psychology of personal growth indicate that another focus is upon “... the process by which the individual changes his or her thoughts, feelings, or behaviors regarding the self, others, or the environment” (Napoli and others, 1996, p. 4). Additionally, you will learn effective strategies for exploring life choices and making decisions, managing life changes, changing self-defeating beliefs and habits, coping effectively with stress, and developing effective interpersonal relationships. You will also discover the important role that essential beliefs and core values play in the decision-making process and the problems that can arise out of value conflicts. I have provided true stories from my own life and from the lives of my family members, friends, and students to clarify and underscore key points. The stories are all true. However, some of the names were changed to protect each person’s privacy, except in cases where permission was granted to use the person’s real name. Throughout this book, I have used a cinematic (pertaining to the movie industry) analogy to explain the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social issues involved in personal adjustment and growth across the life span. I have used the cinematic analogy to both simplify and dramatize the key concepts in the holistic Life Creation Process in order to make them easier for you to understand, learn to use, and remember. In addition to the mnemonic (memory-enhancing) value of the cinematic analogy, I believe it makes the complex concepts involved in the holistic Life Creation Process easy to discuss with and teach other people. Most people are already familiar with the meaning of most of the movie industry terms used such as star, actor, screen image, script, cast, producer, director, and sequel, and they understand how all the key aspects of a movie can either contribute to its success or ruin the entire project. Therefore, using the cinematic terms makes it easier for people to comprehend how all the key aspects of their Ideal Future Life must be harmonious in order to achieve the desired results. As you complete the Life Creation Process Exercises, you will be directed to analyze the key aspects of your Present Life and create a script for your Ideal Future Life using techniques that are similar to those employed by successful movie stars, directors, producers, set designers, and script writers (e.g., DiTillio.;, 1995). You will also be guided to identify the Transitional Life goals that you will need to achieve in order to segue from living your Present Life to living your Ideal Future Life. The Ideal Future Life that you design at this present time is definitely not all there is or will ever be possible in your life. As you grow and change, you will update your vision of your ideal life. Learning the tools and techniques used in the Life Creation Process Exercises will empower you to continually recreate your Ideal Future Life through planned sequels in order to keep your life well balanced and overflowing with happiness and spiritual joy. The resources used for this book reflect my multidisciplinary approach to the Life Creation Process as well as my positive psychological orientation. I have included concepts from the traditional scholarly social-psychological literature, the popular self-help and self-improvement literature, and the media (plays, movies, tv, newspapers and magazines). The material includes both multidisciplinary academic resources and popular self-improvement resources that I have used, and found to be beneficial, during my own explorations in personal adjustment, growth, and Ideal Future Life creation. Most of the new material in this revised version of Create Your Ideal Life is from information that I have incorporated into my lectures, in-class exercises, and course assignments over the past 15 years.