Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More
10 best books like Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More (Elaine St. James): Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich, The Simple Living Guide, Less is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness, Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity, Romancing the Ordinary: A Year of Simple Splendor, Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design, Shelter for the Spirit: Create Your Own Haven in a Hectic World, Life Makeovers: 52 Practical & Inspiring Ways to Improve Your Life One Week at a Time, Plain and Simple: A Journey to the Amish, Simpler Living, Compassionate Life
| Author | Duane Elgin |
| ISBN | 0688121195 |
When Voluntary Simplicity was first published in 1981, it quickly became recognized as a powerful and visionary work in the emerging dialogue over sustainable ways of living. Now, more than ten years later and with many of the planet's environmental stresses having become more urgent than ever, Duane...
| Author | Janet Luhrs |
| ISBN | 0553067966 |
Whether you are looking at small solutions for cutting down the stress in your life or taking the big leap toward the simpler life, this book can be your guide. Janet Luhrs, the nationally recognized founder and editor of the Simple Living Journal, brings together strategies, inspiration, resources,...
| Author | Cecile Andrews |
| ISBN | 0865716501 |
"it is a series of hard-hitting essays by a diverse collection of writers that wraps its arms around everything from simplicity to climate change to economic metrics to happiness. I approached each chapter (each new writer) with skepticism and a willingness to put the book down,...
Plain Living: A Quaker Path to Simplicity
| Author | Catherine Whitmire |
| ISBN | 1893732282 |
I was surprised how powerful the concepts in this book were - i love how well articulated the topic of spirituality and the connection to simplicity was and saw connections between my faith with a denomination I wasn't that familiar with before.
A good practice for new years...
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| Author | Sarah Ban Breathnach |
| ISBN | 0743218779 |
In her first major book since "Something More," #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Sarah Ban Breathnach takes readers to a new level of personal fulfillment and spiritual awareness as they learn to rediscover and savor the sensual experience of daily life. Organized as a saunter through the year,...
| Author | Carrie McCarthy |
| ISBN | 0316067164 |
Style Statement is a take on the power of style and authenticity. Deemed "style psychotherapists," Carrie and Danielle are the creators of the Style Statement: a two-word compass that helps you make more confident choices in life -- from your wardrobe to your relationships, your living room to your...
| Author | Victoria Moran |
| ISBN | 0060929227 |
Even though Americans spend thousands on furniture, appliances and interior decoration, many of our homes have become little more than drop-off zones where we collapse after work, glued to the TV while gulping down a microwave dinner. The home can be so much more than that, says Victoria Moran. It can...
| Author | Cheryl Richardson |
| ISBN | 0767908848 |
Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller--featuring a powerful program that shows you how to reclaim your life one week at a time.
Cheryl Richardson, the bestselling author of Take Time for Your Life, known to millions for her "Lifestyle Makeover" series on "The Oprah Winfrey Show,"...
| Author | Sue Bender |
| ISBN | 0062501860 |
Charmingly illustrated and refreshingly spare, Plain and Simple speaks to the seeker in each of us.
"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary." So begins Sue Bender's...
| Author | Michael Schut |
| ISBN | 1889108626 |
Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective is a rich collection of voices that bring clarity to the confusion between our society's ideal of the material "good life" with the "abundant life, " modeled after the person of Jesus, the things he taught, and the way he lived. It invites...
| Author | Kent Nerburn |
| ISBN | 1577310721 |
In twenty elegant pieces, writer, sculptor, and theologian Kent Nerburn celebrates the daily rituals that reveal our deeper truths.
A companion piece to Kent Nerburn’s book Simple Truths, Small Graces is a journey into the sacred moments that illuminate our everyday lives. Through the...
| Author | David Wann |
| ISBN | 0312361416 |
In his bestseller Affluenza, David Wann and his co-authors diagnosed the debilitating disease of over-consumption. In Simple Prosperity he shows readers how we can overcome this disease by investing in a variety of real wealth sources. To recapture a more abundant and sustainable lifestyle, try:
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How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle
| Author | Charles K. Long |
| ISBN | 1894622375 |
Too many of us trade our happiness and well-being for the reliability of a steady paycheck. We work long hours at jobs we dislike or find unfulfilling so that we can buy a lot of stuff that never really seems to satisfy us. And when that paycheck turns out to be not so reliable, we panic. Unemployment terrifies...
Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World
| Author | Linda Breen Pierce |
| ISBN | 0967206715 |
This ground breaking work goes beyond the books that tell you how to simplify your life. This book reveals what has happened in the lives of real people who have done it. Based on the author's three-year study of over 200 people from 40 states and eight countries, Choosing Simplicity is a delightful and...
| Author | Dan Price |
| ISBN | 0762424923 |
Radical Simplicity is a hand-lettered, illustrated book that speaks directly and elegantly to that craving we all have for an authentic life, one that we’ve each hand made” for ourselves, rather than one dictated by outside circumstances. Author Dan Price, a Thoreau for the twenty-first century,...
The Joy of Simple Living: Over 1,500 Simple Ways to Make Your Life Easy and Content-- At Home and At Work
| Author | Jeff Davidson |
| ISBN | 1579541046 |
Chances are, your life is overflowing with unnecessary clutter and confusion-- from the "junk drawer" in the kitchen to the overloaded "in box" at the office to the ever-growing list of tasks to complete and errands to run. With the increasingly hectic, stressful lives that more and more people are...
| Author | Doris Janzen Longacre |
| ISBN | 0836119304 |
Out of print.
In 1980, before living simply and green; became trendy and popular, Doris Janzen Longacre, author of the enormously popular More-with-Less Cookbook (over 900,000 sold), wrote Living More with Less, a practical guide for living in simple, sustainable, and healthy ways--ways...
The Simple Living Handbook: Discover the Joy of a De-Cluttered Life
| Author | Lorilee Lippincott |
| ISBN | 1620876299 |
Where did all this stuff come from? I don't have time for a life. I need to get away! Ever feel this way? Society is quick to fill our minds and homes with all the latest gadgets, tools, obligations, and entertainment, but what happens when it all doesn't fit? The Simple Living Handbook is a how-to memoir...
What's a Disorganized Person to Do?
| Author | Stacey Platt |
| ISBN | 1579653723 |
An easy-to-read, idea-packed guide for anyone who wants to be more organized—and who doesn't?
Everyone has overflowing closets and desk drawers, countertops loaded with kitchen gadgets, and overstuffed computer desktops. We dream of getting organized—but what's a disorganized...
Simplify Your Life. Einfacher und glücklicher Leben
| Author | Werner Tiki Küstenmacher |
| ISBN | 3593368188 |
Wer würde nicht gerne sein Leben einfacher und überschaubarer gestalten? Die Welt ist schließlich komplex genug. Simplify your life hält, was der Titel verspricht: Werner Tiki Küstenmacher und Zeitmanagement-Guru Lothar Seiwert haben eine Fülle von konkreten Tipps parat und verzichten...
Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos
| Author | Cynthia Ewer |
| ISBN | 0756613612 |
America's leading housekeeping expert shows you how to de-clutter, organize, and clean your home, with easy-to-remember tips for every job, from keeping your bathroom clean and doing the laundry to sorting out paperwork and organizing the family photo album. Where there is hope, there is help. You...
Believing In Myself: Daily Meditations for Healing and Building Self-Esteem
| Author | Earnie Larsen |
| ISBN | 0671766163 |
A solid sense of self-worth is the single most important factor in determining our happiness in life and our success in work and relationships. With it, virtually all things are possible. Without it, even victories can feel like defeats. That's why raising low self-esteem is an essential part of the...
The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business: Candid Advice, Frank Talk, and True Stories for the Successful Entrepreneur
| Author | Caitlin Friedman |
| ISBN | 0060521570 |
“This fun and informative book shows aspiring young women how to build their own businesses from the ground up...and stand as tall as a Manhattan highrise.”
—Barbara Corcoran, author of If You Don’t Have Large Breasts Wear Ribbons in Your Pigtails
“This...
| Author | Norman Vincent Peale |
| ISBN | 0449911667 |
Filled with letters, anecdotes, and examples drawn from the author's extensive counseling experience with men and women of all ages and walks of life, this powerful guide offers a profound yet easily applied message to every individual: You can conquer personal fears, triumph over adversity, and...
