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Author
Publisher
Origen
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
¿Por qué perseguimos más cuando seríamos más felices con menos? Ahora en tapa dura por primera vez, esta es la historia de cómo Jen Hatmaker, la autora más vendida del New York Times, y su familia trataron de combatir el exceso de indulgencia, y lo que aprendieron en el camino sobre cómo vivir una vida verdaderamente significativa. Simple and Free es la historia real de cómo Hatmaker (junto con su familia) identificó siete áreas de exceso...
44) Old-time country wisdom and lore for hearth and home: 1,000s of traditional skills for simple living
Author
Publisher
Voyageur
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Achieve your goal of a self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle, no matter where you live, with instruction on a range of basic home skills inspired by old time country living. As big box stores and foreign-made, disposable goods take over commerce, the drive to get back to the origins of what we consume and how we sustain ourselves is becoming ever more compelling. Whether you are a country dweller or an urbanite, or somewhere in between, you can respond...
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books, a Division of Macmillan Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
How might your life be better with less? Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress and debt and discontent-a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution and contentment-a life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you. What you're imagining is an intentional life. And to get there, you'll have to let go of some...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Why do we pursue more when we'd be happier with less? Now in hardcover for the first time, this is the story of how New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker and her family tried to combat overindulgence-and what they learned along the way about living a truly meaningful life. Simple and Free is the true story of how Hatmaker (along with her family) identified seven areas of excess-food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, and stress-...
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Dwelling will help you learn to better care for your home environment so it takes care of you, make decisions that simplify your life, create more peace in your day, invest in relationships that make you feel positive, challenged, and supported, and lean into faith for strength and renewal. When you discover the connection between your home and body and the action steps you can take to improve both, you'll be on your way to a more balanced and happy...
Author
Publisher
TED Books/Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A follow up to Pico Iyer's essay 'The Joy of Quiet,' The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug. Why would a man who seems able to go everywhere and do anything--like the international heartthrob and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen--choose to spend years sitting still and going nowhere? What can Nowhere...
Author
Series
Life in Icicle Falls volume 4
Publisher
Harelquin Mira
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Can a "book" change your life? Yes, when it's "Simplicity, " Muriel Sterling's guide to plain living. In fact, it inspires Jen Heath to leave her stressful, overcommitted life in Seattle and move to Icicle Falls, where she rents a lovely little cottage on Juniper Ridge. And where she can enjoy simple pleasures--like joining the local book club--and "complicated" ones, like falling in love with her sexy landlord, Garrett Armstrong.
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo Ilustrados
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
"Reduce tu vida a lo esencial para llenarla de significado. Hace cuatro años sentí la necesidad repentina de deshacerme de cosas materiales y centrarme en vivir nuevas experiencas. Lo dejé todo atrás para embarcarme en un viaje hacia la autoestima y el respeto a mí misma. Lo que empezó siendo una limpieza de armario me llevó a buscar la simplicidad en todos los ámbitos de mi vida. En este libro quiero contrar la historia de mi transformación...
54) Chicken soup for the soul: the joy of less : 101 stories about having more by simplifying our lives
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the Age of Disposables, fashion, phones, glasses, and even friends!, some people are finding joy by rediscovering the simple life. They're cleaning house, both literally and figuratively, and finding themselves better for it. By getting rid of excess "stuff" and trimming down their over-filled schedules, they feel happier and more fulfilled than ever before. It's really true that a little can go a long way.
Author
Publisher
Ave Maria Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Do you ever feel caught in an endless cycle of working harder and longer to get more while enjoying life less? The Stewart family did--and they decided to make a radical change. Popular Catholic blogger and podcaster Haley Stewart explains how a year-long internship on a sustainable farm changed her family's life for the better, allowing them to live gospel values more intentionally. When Haley Stewart married her bee-keeping sweetheart, Daniel, they...
Author
Publisher
B & H Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
American life can be excessive, to say the least. That's what Jen Hatmaker had to admit after taking in hurricane victims who commented on the extravagance of her family's upper middle class home. She once considered herself unmotivated by the lure of prosperity, but upon being called "rich" by an undeniably poor child, evidence to the contrary mounted, and a social experiment turned spiritual was born. 7 is the true story of how Jen (along with her...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Outwardly, Comer appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren't pretty. The advice his mentor gave him wasn't what he expected: "Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life." But it was the answer Comer needed. Here he shows you how to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive, by discovering a slower, simpler way of life. -- adapted from Amazon.com info
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