Publisher Description

Living a Conscious Life: The Thinking Person's Guide to Wholeness, Peace & Freedom offers profound, prescriptive advice with a practical footing across a wide expanse of human experience. Grounded yet uplifting, factual yet inspiring, it can be considered a "user's manual for human beings"in its broad reach of topics, its depth of meaningful insights, and the transformation it brings to its readers.

Author Biography

Don Johnson is a former business, and sales leader turned writer, transformational coach, and leadership consultant. He is a top writer on Medium.com, where he shares life stories and lessons learned on his journey in and out of chaos with his over 12,400 followers (550,000+ views). He is also the founder of the Integria Group, a boutique consulting firm offering transformative coaching, conscious leadership, and team-building solutions.

Table of Contents

CONTENTSPreface IntroductionPART ONEFor the Heart When You Live from the Heart, No One Forgets What You Leave BehindA Failed Vasectomy Changed My LifeThe Power of Healing Broken RelationshipsHow to Light Up a Room without Stepping InsideThe Path to Finding Love Can Be a Long, Winding RoadYou' re The Only Person That Needs to Know How Good You AreTenacity Pays OffBe Yourself— Not Someone ElseInspiration to Stir Your SoulPART TWO Nurturing the Inner World How I Reclaimed My Life after Ten Years in a CultHappiness Comes from Learning to Play the Inner GameThe Real Reason We Get into Stupid ArgumentsHow to Face Your Limiting Beliefs and Transform Your LifeThe Stories You Tell Yourself Make or Break You.How to Weather the Storm in Your HeadThe Difference between Winning and SuccessListening and Curiosity Make a Better WorldTwo Phrases That Drain Our PowerAll Personal Growth Starts with an EndingLessons from Black HolesPART THREE Building Meaningful Relationships Wisdom Begins When You Ask This One QuestionFour Steps to being Honest. Even When it' s Hard.Avoid Stupid Arguments with Verbal AikidoHow to Be a More Interesting ConversationalistOpinions Are Not FactsWe Behave Differently Because We' re Wired DifferentlyPractical Tips for Type A Personality TypesForget about Trying to Change Someone' s MindHow to Deal with Difficult People without Losing Your MindEight Easy Things Extraverts Can Do That Introverts LoveTurn an Argument with your Partner into aHealing ConversationPART FOUR Living a More Fulfilling LifeHow to Get Deeper Meaning in Work and LifeHow to Recover from Losing Your Identity WhenYou' ve Only Lost Your JobFive Simple, Powerful Leadership PrinciplesHow to Quickly Size Up Someone' s Personality StyleHow to Survive the Dark Side of Corporate LifePART FIVE Meditation and Spirituality Five Things I' ve Learned From 49 Years of MeditationFive Ways to Fire Up Your Meditation PracticeHow to Reduce the Noise in Your Head Before You MeditateThe Power and Beauty of MeditationJust One Habit to Deepen Your Meditation PracticeThe Importance of Being in a World Consumed with DoingTips for More Inner QuietPART SIX Navigating the Business WorldHow to Get Deeper Meaning in Work and LifeHow to Recover from Losing Your Identity When You' ve Only Lost Your JobFive Simple, Powerful Leadership PrinciplesHow to Quickly Size Up Someone' s Personality StyleHow to Survive the Dark Side of Corporate LifeAcknowledgmentsIndexAbout the Author

Review

"Living a Conscious Life is an honest story of one man, his struggles, and his triumphs. In the past, they were called the elders of the community, and their job was to pass their lifetime wisdom through storytelling. Don's book offers the kind of knowledge that doesn't teach but makes one think and choose their own path." --Oxana Mikhaleva, LLM, Entrepreneur
"Don is a natural and talented storyteller. In this book, he generously shares his life story and wisdom, sometimes hard-gained, with the reader. Each chapter gifts practical tips and suggestions to becoming more conscious." --Jonny Miller, Human Engineer, Speaker, Entrepreneur
"If I had to describe Living a Conscious Life as a math equation it would be: Incredibly gifted writer + super important subject area = home run book that must be read. With the world where it is today, nothing is more critical than becoming more conscious. Don Johnson's beautifully written book will help people do just that." --David Gerken, Former Writer for The West Wing, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher
"Living a Conscious Life is a wonderful, practical companion to a path of personal growth, which when followed will lead to better choices, better outcomes, and greater well--being for self and those around us." --Carolyn Taylor, author of Walking the Talk: Building a Culture for Success
"Living a Conscious Life is a masterful blend of authentic and engaging personal stories, development frameworks, highly relevant quotes, and lots of practical applications. It's well written with short, snappy sentences and digestible chapters." --Jim Clemmer, international leadership author of Firing on All Cylinders: The Service/Quality System for High-Powered Corporate Performance
"Living a Conscious Life is one of the best personal development works I have read. What a great combination of story and best practices." --Andi Lothian, Founder of Insights Learning & Development
"Don's book is a must-read for anyone interested in self-discovery and exploring the path to peace, health, and happiness. Through his own journey of life experiences as monk, husband, father and corporate sales leader, Don encourages the reader to nurture their inner self, stay true to themselves and live life with honestly, respectfully and with gratitude." --Joe Trueblood, CEO, Amplify Growth
"How often do we find ourselves living our life on autopilot? It doesn't have to be this way. In this entertaining book, Don Johnson provides an easy-to-follow framework for living a more intentional life. By consciously unpacking mindsets, attitudes, and beliefs, Don gives you the tools to take control of your holistic destiny. This inspiring, yet imminently practical narrative, is a timeless read for all ages and professions." --Lisa Earle McLeod, Bestselling Author, Selling with Noble Purpose
"What makes this book unique is that Don is not trying to give you a recipe for happiness, as many motivational books attempt to do. Instead, Don gives you his humble opinion of what worked to him to find his path to self-motivation and happiness." --Luis Herrera, Global Transformation Leader
"When I read Living a Conscious Life, I heard a writer balancing practical wisdom from life experiences, warmth from his heart, guts from facing his own darkness, and balls to tell the truth about his journey. You're going to get inspiration, ideas, and tools to help you go inward, onward, and upward." --Scott Cronin, Executive Coach

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