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    New Year, New You
    New Year, New You
    New Year, New You
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    New Year, New You

    By Janet Boyer

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    Author Janet Boyer has endured—and triumphed over—abuse, bullying, a bus accident that almost left her crippled for life, major depression, widowhood, gender discrimination, organizational boycotting, stalking, slander, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and her only son’s Autism spectrum diagnosis at age four. Now a bestselling author, Amazon.com Hall of Fame Reviewer (there’s only 135), motivational writer, oracle creator, popular radio guest (including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory), Tarot pioneer and award-winning cook—as well as a beloved wife (seventeen years with her second husband) and homeschooling Mom (her son is doing great!)—Janet brings you many of the practices and approaches that have led to her personal and professional success in her eBook New Year, New You.

    More important than any “success” she’s achieved, however, is the confidence, enthusiasm, optimism, passion, balance and peace of mind she has gained by applying what’s in this eBook.

    And now, so can you.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Know Thyself (Who Are You?)

    Archetypes (What Story Are You Living?)
    Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Keirsey (16 Types)
    The Enneagram (9 Types)
    ANSIR (3 Sides of You: 14 Styles and 1 “Boss”)

    Chapter 2: Clarifying What You Want (Values and Self-Defined Success)

    What Do YOU Value? (Your Values vs. Their Values)
    Making Decisions Based on YOUR Values
    Writing Exercise
    Collage Exercise
    Mission Statement, Theme for the Year and Your “Three Words”

    Chapter 3: Time Management

    Spending Time Inventory (Where Does Your Time Go?)
    10 Tips for Time Management

    Chapter 4: Stress Relief

    The Four Kinds of Stress (The Good, Bad and Ugly)
    Vitamins and Herbs
    Exercise and Movement (Time to Get a Move On)
    Myofascial Release and Other Modalities (More than Relaxing Muscles)
    Laughter (The Best Medicine?)
    Caffeine (Watch Out for the Caffiend!)
    Sleep (You’re Not Getting Enough)
    Preparing Your Bedroom for a Good Night’s Sleep (Yes, You Can!)

    Chapter 5: Aromatherapy

    13 Essential Oils (Aroma, Uses and Cautions)
    Aromatherapy Basics
    Bath Salts Recipe
    Bath Oil Recipe

    Chapter 6: Introduction to Bach Flower Essences

    Rescue Remedy (When Catastrophe Strikes)
    The 38 Bach Flower Essences and What They Treat (Emotional Balance)

    Chapter 7: Feng Shui

    The 9 Celestial Cures (For Every Dwelling)
    A 10th Cure? (Could Be!)

    Chapter 8: A Check-Up from the Neck Up

    Perspective is Everything (Why Your Thoughts Matter)
    Over-thinking and Worry (It Can Kill You)
    Optimism and Pessimism (Half Full Is Always Best)
    Pessimism (The Depression Link)

    Chapter 9: Unforgiveness and Bitterness

    How to Forgive
    Why People Don’t Choose to Forgive
    10 Ways to Cultivate Forgiveness

    Chapter 10: On the Home Front (Getting Your “House” In Order)

    Take an Inventory (Spring Clean Your Life)
    The “Rooms” of Life
    The Game Room (The Importance of Play
    The Living Room (Relationships and Family)
    The Kitchen (Healthful Eating)
    The Library (Mental Stimulation)
    The Bedroom (Sexuality and Intimacy)
    The Yard (Easy Makeovers and Pampering)
    The Five Love Languages (Lost in Translation?)
    The Five Love Languages of Children
    How to Fight Fair
    Parenting – 10 Ways to Be a Better Parent

    Chapter 11: Dealing with Grief (The Five Stages)

    Chapter 12: Spiritual Crisis (Dark Night of the Soul)

    Chapter 13: Spiritual Health and Inspiration

    Meditation and Inspiration
    The Importance of Childlikeness (A Spiritual Essay)
    An Attitude of Gratitude
    The God of Your Understanding
    The Chakras (Energy Vortices That Regulate our Life)
    Journey of Souls (Life Purpose and Soul Lessons)
    Six-Sensory Living

    Chapter 14: 100 Life Tips and Perspectives (Hard-Won Lessons)

    Conclusion

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJanet Boyer
    Release dateDec 15, 2014
    ISBN9781310126567
    New Year, New You
    Author

    Janet Boyer

    Janet Boyer (a former ordained Pentecostal minister) is the author of Back in Time Tarot (Hampton Roads 2008), Tarot in Reverse (Schiffer Books 2012) and over a dozen eBooks. She is currently working on her third and fourth traditionally published books: Naked Tarot: Sassy, Stripped Down Advice from the Cards (Dodona Books 2015) and 365 Tarot: Daily Meditations (Dodona Books 2015). With her artist husband, Ron, she's the co-creator of the Snowland Deck and the Coffee Tarot. Their 16-year-old son, Noah, helped her co-create the Boyer Charming Oracle—a charm-based divination system. Speaking of Noah, Janet has homeschooled him his entire life. An Amazon.com Hall of Fame Reviewer (there's only 135 of them) with over 1,200 reviews penned, Janet is also a popular radio guest (including the national program Coast to Coast AM), blogger, editor and certified Tarot Master with the Tarot Guild. For over a dozen years, she's performed intuitive readings via email for a worldwide clientele. Astrologically, Janet is a Scorpio Sun, Aries Rising and Aquarius Moon. Personality wise, she’s a 7w8 in the Enneagram and an ENFP in the Myers-Briggs system. In the ANSIR system, she’s a Philosopher Boss. To learn more about Janet—including discovering where she blogs (three places!), exploring her divination tools, reading hundreds of reviews (most divination related), signing up for her newsletter, listening to her radio appearances and finding all her social media presences—please visit her at her main hub JanetBoyer.com.

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      New Year, New You - Janet Boyer

      New Year, New You © Janet Boyer

      All rights reserved. No part of this eBook may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic or electronic process, or in the form of phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise copied for public or private use—other than fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the author.

      The author of this eBook does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your question for emotion and spiritual wellbeing. In the event you use any of the information in this eBook for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author assumes no responsibility for your actions.

      Author Janet Boyer has endured—and triumphed over—abuse, bullying, a bus accident that almost left her crippled for life, major depression, widowhood, gender discrimination, organizational boycotting, stalking, slander, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and her only son’s Autism spectrum diagnosis at age four. Now a bestselling author, Amazon.com Hall of Fame Reviewer (there’s only 135), motivational writer, oracle creator, popular radio guest (including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory), Tarot pioneer and award-winning cook—as well as a beloved wife (seventeen years with her second husband) and homeschooling Mom (her son is doing great!)—Janet brings you many of the practices and approaches that have led to her personal and professional success in her eBook New Year, New You.

      More important than any success she’s achieved, however, is the confidence, enthusiasm, optimism, passion, balance and peace of mind she has gained by applying what’s in this eBook.

      And now, so can you.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Know Thyself (Who Are You?)

      Archetypes (What Story Are You Living?)

      Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Keirsey (16 Types)

      The Enneagram (9 Types)

      ANSIR (3 Sides of You: 14 Styles and 1 Boss)

      Chapter 2: Clarifying What You Want (Values and Self-Defined Success)

      What Do YOU Value? (Your Values vs. Their Values)

      Making Decisions Based on YOUR Values

      Writing Exercise

      Collage Exercise

      Mission Statement, Theme for the Year and Your Three Words

      Chapter 3: Time Management

      Spending Time Inventory (Where Does Your Time Go?)

      10 Tips for Time Management

      Chapter 4: Stress Relief

      The Four Kinds of Stress (The Good, Bad and Ugly)

      Vitamins and Herbs

      Exercise and Movement (Time to Get a Move On)

      Myofascial Release and Other Modalities (More than Relaxing Muscles)

      Laughter (The Best Medicine?)

      Caffeine (Watch Out for the Caffiend!)

      Sleep (You’re Not Getting Enough)

      Preparing Your Bedroom for a Good Night’s Sleep (Yes, You Can!)

      Chapter 5: Aromatherapy

      13 Essential Oils (Aroma, Uses and Cautions)

      Aromatherapy Basics

      Bath Salts Recipe

      Bath Oil Recipe

      Chapter 6: Introduction to Bach Flower Essences

      Rescue Remedy (When Catastrophe Strikes)

      The 38 Bach Flower Essences and What They Treat (Emotional Balance)

      Chapter 7: Feng Shui

      The 9 Celestial Cures (For Every Dwelling)

      A 10th Cure? (Could Be!)

      Chapter 8: A Check-Up from the Neck Up

      Perspective is Everything (Why Your Thoughts Matter)

      Over-thinking and Worry (It Can Kill You)

      Optimism and Pessimism (Half Full Is Always Best)

      Pessimism (The Depression Link)

      Chapter 9: Unforgiveness and Bitterness

      How to Forgive

      Why People Don’t Choose to Forgive

      10 Ways to Cultivate Forgiveness

      Chapter 10: On the Home Front (Getting Your House In Order)

      Take an Inventory (Spring Clean Your Life)

      The Rooms of Life

      The Game Room (The Importance of Play

      The Living Room (Relationships and Family)

      The Kitchen (Healthful Eating)

      The Library (Mental Stimulation)

      The Bedroom (Sexuality and Intimacy)

      The Yard (Easy Makeovers and Pampering)

      The Five Love Languages (Lost in Translation?)

      The Five Love Languages of Children

      How to Fight Fair

      Parenting – 10 Ways to Be a Better Parent

      Chapter 11: Dealing with Grief (The Five Stages)

      Chapter 12: Spiritual Crisis (Dark Night of the Soul)

      Chapter 13: Spiritual Health and Inspiration

      Meditation and Inspiration

      The Importance of Childlikeness (A Spiritual Essay)

      An Attitude of Gratitude

      The God of Your Understanding

      The Chakras (Energy Vortices That Regulate our Life)

      Journey of Souls (Life Purpose and Soul Lessons)

      Six-Sensory Living

      Chapter 14: 100 Life Tips and Perspectives (Hard-Won Lessons)

      Conclusion

      Resources

      Introduction

      I’m often asked:

      How do you do all that you do?

      How are you so productive and creative?

      How have you accomplished so much in the last decade?

      How did you survive widowhood when your first husband died of leukemia?

      How did you survive (and thrive) after your son’s Autism diagnosis?

      How did you homeschool for a decade—and end up publishing several books (and over a dozen eBooks) in the meantime?

      You and your second husband have been married for over 17 years—and it’s obvious you’re so in love (and best friends, too). Not to mention that you’ve collaborated on several art endeavors. How do you do it?

      You always seem to bounce back from adversity—returning stronger and better (much like the mythological Phoenix). How is this possible, given the numerous professional setbacks you’ve experienced?

      How did you deal with your crisis of faith—including leaving full-time pastoral ministry and traditional Christianity?

      How do you stay so inspired, passionate, positive and productive—year after year after year?

      I usually answer with a simple (maybe even trite) response—only because it’s taken me over twenty years to get where I am today. (I’m 44, but over half that time has been spent in deep contemplation, self-examination, exhaustive study and, for a short time in college, therapy).

      There is no single easy recipe, simple spiritual truth, existential band-aid or magical pill.

      Rather, it’s been a long, winding personal journey filled with devastation and delight, tragedy and triumph, loss and achievement, rejection and love. And along the way—thanks to theological training (and unlearning), pastoral experience, personal excavation, ruthless self-inquiry, diligent study and brutal honesty—I’ve discovered how to live a (mostly) fearless live full of courage, authenticity, enthusiasm, openness, wonderment, joy and inspired creativity.

      In my newest eBook, New Year, New You, I share most (if not all) of my hard-won wisdom that has led to a fulfilling, resilient, productive and harmonious life. This book is for you if:

      — You feel like you’re not living up to your potential

      — You wonder why you’re here…and if you matter

      — You are emotionally stuck and want to move on

      — You crave a more authentic, purposeful life filled with meaning

      — You’re tired of playing small, timid and dim

      — You’re stressed to the max…and want to know how to de-stress

      — You’re struggling with bitterness and unforgiveness

      — You want to know your personal strengths and patterns

      — You long to know how to tell yourself empowering stories about life

      — You seek peace, balance and harmony

      — You aspire to grow as a person

      — You’ve suffered a setback and don’t know how to get back up

      — You’ve been abused, marginalized, ignored and/or rejected

      — You want to understand your mate, children, parents and friends

      — You’re confused about what you value—and want clarity now

      — You desire to understand the world of spirit, energy and cause/effect

      It is my hope that New Year, New You brings you peace, balance and harmony.

      Peace, Balance and Harmony

      One of the definitions of peace is inner contentment and serenity. Another definition is the absence of war or other hostilities. The information and tools that you’ll find in this eBook will help you make peace between yourself, your

      mind, your body, other individuals and your environment. In order to reduce the wear and tear of everyday hostilities, however, once must have balance. While the word balance can mean emotional and mental stability, it also means the equaling out of opposing forces. When a situation, relationship or attitude threatens our sense of peace, we can bring something to the table to counter it. As Wayne Dyer puts it, "There is a spiritual solution to every problem." For me, this means that for every difficulty, there is a solution to help neutralize the source of the problem.

      To complete the circle, we have the word harmony. One definition of this word is congruity of parts with one another and with the whole.

      Modern living has become quite complex and stressful. Technology and gadgets meant to simplify our life seem to have the reverse effect of adding more to our proverbial plate. Many feel like jugglers in a post-modern circus—trying to balance family, work and health in the midst of financial uncertainty. These are not easy times for most people.

      The good news is that there are practical ways to get back your personal power. What is personal power? Imagine that every individual is given 100 units of energy, every day, to do with as they wish. How you spend that energy—or allow circumstances and people to spend for you—determines the quality of your internal life. Ultimately, your outer life reflects your internal life. If you believe everyone is out to get you, for example, that belief will manifest in all your relationships. Now what if this daily energy allotment is spent on the past—nursing grudges and slights (real or perceived)? How can an individual be fully present and balanced in their life if over half of their energy is in the past? Or what about worrying about what you’ll do next hour, next day, next month? If you spend your vital life force energy in the future, you have less to work with for the very real demands of your every day life.

      The live in the present moment teaching has gained popularity over the last two decades as individuals and researchers realize what great spiritual teachers and mystics have declared for years: the point of personal power is in the present moment—because now is all we really have. Energy stuck in the past or future is like a hook dragging your energy everywhere but where it needs to be: the here and now. If you are not fully here, are you really living? Are you really experiencing all you can in this life? Are you spending your daily energy units wisely?

      The New Year, New You eBook will show you how you can get your own power back—and retrieve your precious life force from attitudes, beliefs and habits that keep you stuck in the past and future. You’ll also find practical ways to bring balance and harmony to your mind, emotions, spirit, relationships, environment, and physical body. Cutting edge research on sleep, optimism, exercise, stress, and other topics will be covered, showing you the science behind balanced and harmonious living. And perhaps most importantly, you’ll find out why you behave and think as you do—realizing that your unique personality reflects a sacred, empowering signature for purposeful living and self-defined success.

      Chapter 1: Know Thyself

      It can be difficult to discover personal meaning and purpose when we don't zoom out to get a big picture of the patterns and symbols in our life. One way we can discover the patterns and purposes of our life is by discerning prevalent Archetypes and symbols.

      Archetypes

      What is an Archetype? An Archetype is a template or original pattern from which copies are made. Psychologist Carl Jung, author/mythologist Joseph Campbell, storyteller/author Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author Caroline Myss, author Carol S. Pearson, psychologist Jean Shinonda-Bolen and others are among those that have brought the concept of Archetypes into our consciousness.

      To break it down in practical, everyday terms, Archetypes are patterns that are universally recognized. We see Archetypes in myths, fairy tales, literature and movies. Think about your own life. Which types of movies do you like? Do you consistently cast yourself in the Hero role? The Underdog or Victim? The Detective? What about the Warrior, Princess or Femme Fatale? Or maybe Lover or Mystic?

      Do

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