Get a Grip

When we marry, or become a life partner, we enter an incredibly close and valued relationship, full of joy and potential. When challenges arise, it's important not to lose sight of what brought you together and how your emotions have affected the relationship over time. If the marriage ends in divorce, you have not failed. Rather you've grown and learned. Love changes, yet we can move through a breakup with a loving intention for ourselves, our former partner, and the aftermath of the relationship. LOVE/DIVORCE: Soulmate or Cellmate, part of the GET A GRIP series, looks at the nature of partnerships, how love begins with you, the normal challenges we face in relationships, and how to move through a breakup or divorce with as much understanding, grace and love as possible. In this concise pocket-sized book, you'll find nuggets of wisdom and practical tools to apply to your journey of healing and renewal.

Have you ever been, bullied? Is your child or loved one, the target of a bully? Is cyber-bullying playing a role in your life? Are you a bully? In order to stop the tide of bullying, we have to recognize it, stand up to it, and practice the tools of transformation. From getting the right help, to understanding both the bully and your own subconscious reactions, to using meditation to heal, Bullying: You Won't Beat Me, part of Derek O'Neill's Get a Grip series, is a great place to start. In this concise, information-packed little book, learn how to identify bullying in its many forms, how to move towards action, what role mindful self-empowerment plays, and how to watch out for bullying tendencies in ourselves. Now is the time for both individuals and society as a whole to tackle this widespread problem. When we stand up to bullying, we practice the kindness and caring that everyone deserves.

What is the key piece of advice that most books and experts fail to tell you about relationships? In RELATIONSHIPS: Would You Want To Date You? you'll learn that your relationship to everything in your life, your family, your co-workers, and even your pets, sets the stage for successful romantic relationships. This latest offering in the GET A GRIP series takes innovative and fascinating look at what may be holding you back from a truly fulfilling partnership. It all begins with you... How's your relationship to your own life? Can we learn to feel complete and whole on our own, before connecting with someone else? How do we navigate confidence issues, fear of intimacy and broken hearts? Are you ready to accept lasting love into your life with a new perspective of what leads to true happiness? It's time to look at the bigger picture, when it comes to opening your heart to all of life. This small and highly accessible book is packed full of insight and tips to revamp your approach to love. So, "would you want to date you?"

ANGER: Who Gives A Shite! offers a fresh perspective from Derek O'Neill on those all-too familiar feelings of irritation, annoyance, resentment and rage. Anger is your best friend who you've treated like an enemy. This intriguing and helpful exploration of anger, part of the GET A GRIP series, sheds light on what anger really is, what it's trying to tell you, how to accept it, deflate it, and use it to gain a deeper understanding of yourself. As you discover the unique perspectives in these pages, you'll find what lies on the other side anger, and how to empower yourself with great insight and healing. How does anger manifest, physically and chemically? What can we learn about anger's role in relationships, addictions, depression and grief? When we face anger, without fear, and lessen its power over us, we free up space for a more joyous and peaceful life. Let go of anger's grip and declare ANGER: Who Gives A Shite"

Is your consciousness supported by the light of positivity, or are you ruled by your restless and confused "monkey mind?" Consciousness is a word we use – and hear – often, but do we really understand what it is? In this clear and insightful little book, Consciousness: It's All Over You, a part of the Get A Grip series, Derek O'Neill explains how we experience three different levels of consciousness in our daily lives, how expanding our consciousness can change our reality, and that achieving a higher consciousness as individuals helps to create a more enlightened collective consciousness. By exploring the topic of consciousness in a focused and concise format, you'll gain a solid introduction into how our minds work, get clearer insights into what consciousness is, including how the karma of consciousness is handed down through generations, and acquire practical exercises and meditations to open to higher consciousness for yourself and the collective. Open your mind, and the pages of this book, and begin your journey into consciousness!

How do you create happiness in your life? Is it something you're constantly chasing? Do you assume other people are happier than you? It's time to turn the idea of happiness on its head and break free of the unattainable idea that life should be absolute bliss! Derek O'Neill's HAPPINESS: You Must Be Effin' Jokin'! opens the door to a new way of thinking about the ups and downs of life. This innovative piece, part of the GET A GRIP series, explores the misconceptions we have about happiness, takes an honest look at the reality that there will always be balance in life, and investigates the role of desire, one of the primary roadblocks to happiness. Our happiness comes and goes; that's just how it is. We can learn to stay in happiness longer, and to understand the difference between immediate, fleeting pleasure and long-term joy. Once you redefine happiness, and accept its transient nature, you will know how to manifest it in a way that truly changes your life.

What does it really mean to forgive? Whom does it benefit the most? How do we see beyond hurt and anger, and reach a higher consciousness, moving forward? FORGIVENESS: So I Can Move On, one of the many helpful little books in the GET A GRIP series by Derek O'Neill, will challenge your assumptions about forgiveness and reveal its transformative power. As difficult as it can be to forgive sometimes, by shifting our focus on healing, compassion, and understanding, we empower ourselves. With practical advice and concise bits of wisdom, Derek covers a variety of topics about forgiveness, including how to approach others with an open heart, steps to integrate forgiveness into every aspect of your life, and the tremendous importance of self-forgiveness. If each one of us embraced a daily practice of forgiveness, the entire world would benefit and thrive. Forgiveness: So I Can Move On, is your passport to a journey that can improve your own life, the lives of those around you, and humanity as a whole.

When we talk about gratitude, what role does our attitude play? Is it enough to be grateful for the things we cherish in our lives, or do we also need to appreciate the opportunity for compassion and understanding that our greatest challenges present? GRATITUDE: Yes Please, part of the "Get a Grip" series by Derek O'Neill, takes a fresh and dynamic approach toward this highly relevant topic for our times. How does gratitude manifest in your life? Does it motivate and inspire you to help others? Among the subjects explored in this small but powerful book are the tools we need to jumpstart a gratitude practice, a look at how gratitude connects us, what living in cause vs. effect means, and ways to integrate gratitude into meditation. When you begin to transform your attitude into one of gratitude, you will see great results in every part of your life!

Grief is one of the most surprising emotions we experience. It can ultimately lead to healing and transformation, or it can devastate and paralyze us. How do we navigate our losses in a way that creates compassion and insight? Can grief be an important element in teaching us about life and its meaning? GRIEF: Mind Boggling But Natural, part of the Get A Grip series by Derek O'Neill, guides you through an exploration of one of the most universal but difficult transitions we face. By looking at the nature of impermanence, the process of letting go, and karma and energy - among many other topics - Derek presents a deeply reflective but concise roadmap to understanding grief and shifting its effect in your life. Drawing on timeless teachings and practical tools for coping, GRIEF provides the wisdom and support we need, during challenging times. Though our experiences are diverse, we can all gain from the positive, informed, and caring knowledge summarized in the Get A Grip books.

Fourteen-year-old Neffie, has it bad. She's freakishly tall, and dark-skinned with pink freckles. Worse, she is the only mixed-race girl in her all-white small-town Iowa high school. Just when she can't imagine her life getting any worse, a mysterious grandfather appears with the shocking news that Neffie is actually of dual worlds, and there's no way she belongs in Iowa. Soon Neffie is bending, across the Tymes to face her new life on the feudal world of Fastness, where rival blood-clans are vying for power and skilled noblewomen act as Champions, fighting elaborate duels for honor, prestige, and prizes. Forget about being in the right school clique or winning popularity. On her newly adopted world, a deadly civil war is looming and both sides want Neffie, either with them or permanently out of their way.

Andrew Elliott, Earl of Hartland, is no stranger to scandal. A notorious rake and eccentric genius, he fights crime in armor of his own design and celebrates his achievements with the merriest of widows. What the ton doesn't know is that Hart has received a warning: danger is heading for London and it's looking for Sarah Shipton. Sarah discovers the bookshop her mother owns is failing and they will have nothing to live on when the month is out. So when the Earl of Hartland offers for her, she agrees to the marriage. But, marrying Hart throws Sarah from the frying pan of imminent poverty into the fire of a world filled with science and peril she never knew existed. How will Sarah cope with the knowledge that someone wants her dead? Can Hart keep her safe from a person hell bent on her destruction?

No diet can tackle the real causes and patterns of your struggle with food. WEIGHT – WHAT'S EATING YOU? takes a fresh and effective approach to weight management by helping you go deeper and tap into your ability to change your entire relationship with food. Part of the GET A GRIP series of handy, intuitive books by transformational coach and therapist Derek O'Neill, this book explores the power of your subconscious, the role of attachment in weight loss, mindful eating, moderation, and self-acceptance. You can't lose those pounds until you make peace with them! WEIGHT: What's Eating You? is a launching pad for a reflective journey to uncover the root causes of your food issues, along with practical tips, and meditative exercises to help you get off the scale, begin the work of self-discovery, and step into the life you want!

When we are more aware and focused on our surroundings and circumstances, every area of our lives improves. MINDFULNESS: Out Of Or In Your mind, part of the Get A Grip series by Derek O'Neill, lays out a clear and succinct path for using mindfulness and meditation to achieve greater insight, less stress, and more compassion for yourself and others. Mindfulness is a simple shift in perspective where every moment of each day is fully realized and appreciated. Bringing fresh perspective to this popular topic, Derek O'Neill shows, how meditation can help support the deeper experience of a mindful life as we learn to tap into the subconscious. When we apply simple teachings to both the joys and challenges we all face, a world of knowledge and possibility begins. Mindfulness outlines an easy way to see life anew. This small book has the potential to change your life in big ways!

What is keeping you from reaching your highest potential in life? Are obstacles to excellence rooted in the situations you find yourself in, or are they a reflection of how your mind works? EXCELLENCE: You Never Lost It, You Forgot It, part of Derek O'Neill's GET A GRIP series, takes you on a journey to understand why your subconscious plays a major role in creating your reality and how you can let go of the triggers and patterns that are holding you back. Based on Derek's groundbreaking, dynamic workshop, FINDING YOUR EXCELLENCE, this concise and powerful little book places a rewarding life within the reach of everyone. Excellence is the knowledge and satisfaction that you are living life fully and that every experience adds to the joy and grace of being human. Excellence is not elusive, it is within you, right here and right now. Let EXCELLENCE be your guide.

How do you treat your feelings? Do you take care of them with kindness and understanding, or do you reject or fear them? Depression feeds on the resistance we have toward negative feelings. It's only when we see ALL of our emotions with a neutral eye that we can move beyond them and experience more joy. DEPRESSION:What's That? offers a new way of thinking about depression and explains how you can positively address this often debilitating, widespread condition.

Is there an aspect of your life that is caught in a cycle of persistent, learned behavior that causes you, and maybe the people around you, problems? Anything that is out of control, whether it be smoking, toxic relationships, unhealthy emotions, too much or too little sleep, or working obsessively, can all create imbalance and distraction. ADDICTION: What a Cover-Up! takes apart each of the elements that lead to compulsive behavior and offers you the path to a whole new mindset. Amidst all the physical, psychological and spiritual questions and explorations on the subject of addiction, there is a need to look at yourself in way that you may not have been willing or able to do in the past. Addiction: What a Cover-Up! part of the GET A GRIP series, is packed full of unique observations, practical information and all-inclusive wisdom. The journey towards shedding your addictions and living a more satisfying and rewarding life, starts here!

Dreams are one of the most revealing and interesting avenues into the mind. Our ability to delve deeply into this rich, almost magical, manifestation of our subconscious offers amazing insights and awareness when applied to our lives. DREAMS: Best Messengers, part of the GET A GRIP series, offers a concise but richly-detailed guide to your dreams. Keep it handy on your bedside table for an informative aid to help you interpret your gifts from sleep! A reflection of the soul and a window to the truth that lies within, dreams not only tell us about ourselves, they can foretell future events, shed light on present situations and conditions you may not be aware of, and offer guidance and direction.

Are you living in abundance, or in a state of lack? Do you see all the riches around you, or are you focused on what you don't have? ABUNDANCE: Starts Right Now, part of the GET A GRIP series, takes an innovative and illuminating look at the ways we think of abundance, and how to invite more of it into ours lives. Beyond money, possessions and power, true abundance flows and thrives in your consciousness. It's a choice, and an ability, to give and receive. With concise and focused thoughts and ideas, Derek explores the power of creation that lies within your mind, and the courage it takes to embrace abundance. When you begin to access what you really need, truly want and what you can share, the great wealth of existence opens up. Stop the mentality of scarcity and fear! ABUNDANCE: Starts Right Now will be your guide. Let the journey begin...

What brings true, lasting happiness? Having the biggest house on the block or an impressive title in front of your name? Are you on an endless chase to acquire the things that you're convinced you need? DESIRE: Never Fulfilled but Grows, the latest book in the GET A GRIP series by Derek O'Neill, will shift your perspective on this fascinating topic! What role does attachment play in desire? What is the difference between a healthy, higher desire and one that brings us suffering? These are just some of the many subjects this little book touches upon, in addition to, how technology and social media affects desire, the impermanent nature of life, and the subconscious beliefs around what we desire, and why. With better understanding of desire, we can begin to live our lives in alignment with who we truly are and in gratitude for all we have right now.

Is fear keeping you from living your life to its fullest? This little book delivers some big answers to help you understand and recognize fear, along with offering easy-to-follow techniques to stop it from standing in your way. FEAR: A Powerful Illusion, part of the GET A GRIP series, guides you towards greater insight of fear, the connection to aversion and attachment in our lives, and the extremely significant role of the subconscious. In these concise and powerful pages, you'll find beneficial observations on fear of love, failure, death and many other common fears and phobias. Learn how vulnerability can be a valuable feature in your life, and exactly what steps are most helpful to move on from past events and emotions that cause fear. With a unique perspective and holistic approach, FEAR: A Powerful Illusion, will change your relationship to fear and influence the way you see the world. Once fear is put in its proper place, all of life's incredible potential will be within reach.