What’s Your Joy? is a comprehensive, self-exploratory course designed to guide the reader through a process of self-discovery. It uses the functions and attributes associated with each of the seven major chakras of the body as tools for creating a foundation for holistic living. Weaving together practical exercises, in-depth questionnaires, valuable insights, creative visualisations and healing techniques, the participant is guided to awaken and remember who they are, discover their innate gifts and talents, and learn how to use them in their own unique way in creating their life-purpose.

This easy-to-use, step-by-step practical guide invites the reader to delve deeply into their own psyche, to reclaim and celebrate every aspect of themselves and live to their highest potential.

Through this powerful process you can;

• Recognise and acknowledge your true self
• Re-connect with your inner joy
• Discover and live your life-purpose
• Learn how to create harmonious relationships
• Be self-aware, self-responsible and self-empowered
• Learn new skills and behaviours to deal creatively with life’s challenges
• Welcome and embrace change in your life and use it for personal growth
• Create a fulfilling and joyous life
• Do all of the above in a spirit of fun and adventure

From her own challenging journey, Diane has emerged as an inspiring, transformative influence in the lives of others, my own included! Her deep honesty, courage and authenticity shine throughout the adventure of What’s Your Joy?

Elizabeth Scully
Integral Yoga Association of Australasia

Just Dave develops our awareness and challenges our misunderstanding of people who suffer mental illness providing profound insight and hope.

Just Dave takes us on the remarkable true journey of an ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. You will be taken back to some of the most shameful episodes in Australia’s modern history through the eyes of an abused child, a serviceman and adult.

David Cushway, a ‘Ten Pound Pom’, served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Vietnam war and later in the Royal Australian Air force. Joining the navy at fifteen to escape his abusive parents, and making the journey to HMAS Leeuwin from Southport, Dave was swiftly initiated into a culture of institutional abuse. One of the youngest serving sailors on HMAS Melbourne during its infamous collision with the Frank E Evans in 1969, Dave’s lonely journey of survival begins. Surviving in Western Sydney and the Central West as a barman, a gold fossicker and a counsellor to the unemployed and the homeless, Dave lived two lonely and complex lives. Dave penned his astonishing life story in a psychiatric hospital where he was treated for depression, PTSD and alcoholism. A husband, a father and a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder sufferer, Dave has had a complex and challenging life yet provides candid story telling with typical Australian humour.

You will relive the self-effacing and moving story of survival, and experience the shock, pain, laughter and sadness Dave did. Just Dave develops our awareness and challenges our misunderstanding of people who suffer mental illness providing profound insight and hope.

In this fascinating memoir he reveals a treasure trove of stories from his climb out of the working class terraces in Nottingham UK, to a champagne and lobster lifestyle in five-star hotels. As well as hobnobbing with some of the most famous people in the world from the days when showbiz stars really were stars.

In this easy-to-read and at times amusing book, Wendy has drawn on her extensive hands-on experience to share her learning’s for the benefit of people contemplating or making the move down under. Moving Down Under Made Easy will provide you with heaps of useful and up to date information to help you start a successful new life in Australia. It’s also a reality check. This beautifully illustrated book covers topics such as, migration visas, finding work, education, banking, health care, legal rights, social security, tax, cost of living, Australia’s states and territories, language guide, checklists and key websites, and more. So don’t be a drongo, buy this sheila’s book, grab a coldie and take a squiz at life in the Land of Oz.

Instantly Kate was transported on to a star ship that was on a mission to find a lost princess hidden on Earth during a long War. Could Kate be that princess? Can she escape to safety? Find out what happens to Kate in: The Pendant.

The original book was translated from Russian into English by his great cousin Igor Boris Labzin. Labzin’s paternal grandmother was a frequent visitor to the country estate near Orel, 350 kilometres south of Moscow, where she used to meet Sergei. Upon discovery of this ageing manuscript, within which a young boy’s story is told, Igor enjoyed a journey of discovery filled with hope, harsh reality and most of all, happiness.

These trucks are their own characters called: ‘Bertybutton’, ‘Quarters’ and ‘Mini Bert’, all of which have exciting adventures during their working day carting interesting products within the Perth City area, to the Far North West and across Australia.

‘Bertybutton Gets a Team’ is the introduction to this real fleet of trucks given they are, in real life, covered in colourful and bright ‘jelly beans’ and moreso, given the storytelling charicatures of these trucks, ignite imagination, bring happiness and a smile to any child’s face; so let’s go shake some beans!

The authors of the book have written a wonderful story that really brings the trucks to life. I am sure all little boys and girls will love the antics these lovable trucks get up to; and how they fill their day with exciting adventures.

Believing this sojourn into 1994 was an opportunity to rebuild her flawed relationship with Sam, she attempts to address the issues that began in the early days of courtship. A simple plan – if it weren’t for a celestial gag on topics regarding time travel; an ex-best friend with a life altering secret; and a rekindled friendship with Marcus, a boy she had dismissed as a mere acquaintance in high school. It is only by reliving her teen years through adult eyes that Sarah can confront her own shortcomings, alter her destiny and become the woman she was supposed to be.

Set in Sydney, Melbourne and New York against a cultural backdrop of the mid-90’s, Another Eighteen Candles examines the consequences of choices,emotional stagnation and nostalgia. It is a story of self exploration, and ultimately true love that spans three cities and two lifetimes.

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For anyone who has ever wondered – what if?