When Women Rise: Everyday Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Body, and Soul

by Michele Kambolis

Overview

When Women Rise is a timely, transformative, and inspiring guide for women who want to bring more joy, power, and peace into their lives. It invites every woman to nurture her inner wisdom and strength, transcend the prevailing fears of our time, and rise into her highest wellbeing. Dr. Michele Kambolis integrates the science of mind-body medicine and more than 20 years’ experience working with women in clinical therapy to provide daily practices that will help women overcome the barriers that hinder their freedom and compromise their very essence. The result is a fresh and empowering guide for women to discover, together in spirit, a more awakened way of living and being.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781773271569
Publisher:	Figure 1 Publishing
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	923,016
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Michele Kambolis is an

acclaimed author and speaker

who has been featured on Good

Morning America, Huff Post Live,

Goop, and Raw Beauty Talks.

She holds a PhD in mind-body

medicine. She has been a clinical

counselor for more than twenty

years, and her evidence-based

resources will set you on a path of

self-healing, inner wisdom, and

profound mind-body health. Her

first book, Generation Stressed:

Play-Based Tools to Help Your

Child Overcome Anxiety, was

widely praised by readers and

critics alike. She lives and works

in Vancouver, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Stress

Physical, Mental, Spiritual 11

2 Healing

Our Innate Ability to Heal 33

3 Meditation

A Gateway to Well-Being 51

4 Presence

Mindfulness and Equanimity 71

5 Breath

Our Superpower 91

6 Song and Mantra

The Healing Potential of Sound 107

7 Sleep

Prioritizing Our Relationship with Sleep 123

8 Sustenance

Feeding Our Well-Being 147

9 Nature

Lessons from Mother Nature 169

10 Oneness

Connection and Compassion 183

11 Ritual and Creativity

Expressing the True Self 203

12 Gratitude

Embracing the Everyday 215

13 Mama Space

Self-Realization and Motherhood 231

14 Rise 245

Acknowledgments 253

Notes 255

Index 265

Editorial Reviews

Simply transformative. This book lights a path for self-discovery, peace, and self-compassion.” –Dr. Shefali, New York Times bestselling author, A Radical Awakening

"This empowering book is full of wisdom, inspiration, and practices that undo the limiting conditioning of a lifetime. By dedicating ourselves to loving the life that is right here, we discover the heart-space that is our true home."—Tara Brach, author, Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion

“It's hard not to wonder what the world might look like if women could shake off centuries of oppression and bring the fullness of their talents to the table. This is the soul of Michele's work, which brings the tactical and spiritual together to address one of the most essential questions in our lives, the one that she leads sessions with: "What am I noticing?" This book is an invitation for us all to listen to our body's intelligence and to go inside to meet our deepest needs. Michele provides the tools and framework so that we may all bring our gifts to bear.”—Elise Loehnen, New York Times bestselling author

“Wise, compassionate and inclusive, this book has the rare capacity to change women’s lives by leading them back to their inner wisdom.”—Erin Treloar, founder, Raw Beauty Co.

“When Women Rise is the resource and nourishment our nervous systems and communities are asking for. It’s an indispensable field guide for healing and navigating our ways back home.”— Kate Horsman, Mindfulness Practitioner and Counselor

“Michele provides excellent, scientifically sound techniques to gently facilitate optimal growth.” —Mayim Bialik PhD, actress and author of Beyond the Sling and Girling Up

“In our increasingly stressful and disconnected world, Dr. Kambolis provides practical, compassionate, and inspiring tools to help all woman come together as individuals and as a community.” —Dr. Shimi Kang, psychiatrist, author of The Tech Solution and The Dolphin Parent

“The essence of Michele’s work is hopeful, innovative, and comprehensive. She provides realistic and creative strategies to support the development of coping skills, confidence, and resilience.” —E. Jane Garland M.D., FRCPC, Clinical Professor Emerita, University of British Columbia

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