Iulia Dobre-Trifan, author of "Provocari si echilibru in coaching executiv pragmatic" and co-author of "A Calendar of Realistic Smiles", creates a novel about becoming, healing and courage, which spans over 40 years, interweaving complex characters from different worlds, all gravitating around a common timeless axis: the desire for happiness. Lia, a tenacious woman who has been working successfully on her own for many years, starts a new project, one that is very dear to her: A teahouse where tired people would be able to rest and to find their balance. Having faced several challenges that had tested her will and her confidence in her own path, Lia now wants to help other people who are in need of support. She surrounds herself with talented people, together with whom she turns her dreams into reality, and, day after day, the teahouse becomes a sanctuary for innocence. But not everything is as it seems… some visitors hide dark intentions. Attracted by the brightness and the beauty of the teahouse and giving in to their predatory nature, they attack in subtle and ferocious ways. "We are taught to view the world in black and white, good and bad, just or unjust. The author shows us a world full of nuances under constant change, which challenges us and makes us (re-)discover it with every step." Ciprian Dobre-Trifan "An exciting story that evokes the intertwining of different destinies. A closed, withdrawn lifestyle, filled with shadows, collides with the harmonious development of a bright destiny filled with pragmatic magic." Andrei Cristian How will Lia manage to defend the harmony of the present from these disturbing forces? "When I was young, I thought I could save them all. All those who would ask to be saved and who would impress me with their poor victim stories, seemingly oppressed by adverse circumstances they were not able to handle. And I would get mixed up into their sad stories, taking onto myself the responsibility of helping them to see the light, to find the way out from their own labyrinths of bad luck and helplessness. It took some badly ended relationships for me to understand it is impossible to save someone who does not want to be saved, or, even more, who is not willing to pull their weight for being saved. " "The more people, the more fantasies about happiness. Unfortunately, most of these fantasies rarely get to happen, in the real world. And this is how the inner conflict that troubles each and everyone of us appears. To want to live in a certain way, fully benefiting from that emotion, and to have reality be very different from your fantasy. And, still, you talk yourself into believing that things are as you want them to be. As you fantasize about them. As you wish to know happiness. Or balance. Happiness and balance are the same thing.
How to realistically smile every month of the year? How to use the dynamic specific to each season, from the domineering cold of winter to the obsessive yellow of autumn, to bring energy, prosperity, and good will into your life, your mind, and your soul? Eccentric, pragmatic, and provocatively optimistic, the book "A Calendar of Realistic Smiles" can be the perfect gift: For you, if you want a quick intro to self-coaching on the theme of realistic positivity. For your loved ones, if you want a best practice guide for organizing, communicating, networking, and getting results. For your colleagues and your friends, if you want to get them something nice and action-inspiring! From December to November, month by month, the 4 authors show you how to replace fatigue with energy. From the mountains of Macin to the land of the Rising Sun, the book inspires you and teaches you how to choose your holiday locations wisely. From spring asthenia to after-holiday sport, authors share their experience of turning every part of the year into a useful resource! A mosaic of bright thoughts and tested actions that give you the additional motivation you need before Santa comes and after he leaves, for the rest of the year! A pocketbook, full of provocative ideas, not at all pretentious, to discover and apply especially when you get bored or not in the mood for the things you know you should take care of! A guide of the year, of each month, including reports and perspectives of the authors about everyday life, as it is oud in present day Romania, with the joys and troubles of the present, but also with confidence in an ever better, brighter future! A palette of practical, easy-to-test ideas to embellish your perceptions of what is happening to you or, at least, to stop dramatizing and to start enjoying what you already have! A personal travel assistant, who recommends, with arguments, where to go in what part of the year, to make the most of everything the universe has to offer! A small pragmatic coaching treatise in the self-coaching version that explains some simple ways to start understanding and acting on some topics that don't give you peace! To know how to live to the fullest in the season that best mirrors your personality and to want to find, in the rest of the year, strength and beauty, in nature and in people, starting with yourself… this is the subject of the book. The snow wings of winter, the empathic creativity of spring, the multi-coloured practical ideas of summer and the petals of pragmatic change of autumn, come together, in one place, in the first book of the Mozaic Collection.
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Iulia Dobre-Trifan, author of "Provocari si echilibru in coaching executiv pragmatic" and co-author of "A Calendar of Realistic Smiles", creates a novel about becoming, healing and courage, which spans over 40 years, interweaving complex characters from different worlds, all gravitating around a common timeless axis: the desire for happiness. Lia, a tenacious woman who has been working successfully on her own for many years, starts a new project, one that is very dear to her: A teahouse where tired people would be able to rest and to find their balance. Having faced several challenges that had tested her will and her confidence in her own path, Lia now wants to help other people who are in need of support. She surrounds herself with talented people, together with whom she turns her dreams into reality, and, day after day, the teahouse becomes a sanctuary for innocence. But not everything is as it seems… some visitors hide dark intentions. Attracted by the brightness and the beauty of the teahouse and giving in to their predatory nature, they attack in subtle and ferocious ways. "We are taught to view the world in black and white, good and bad, just or unjust. The author shows us a world full of nuances under constant change, which challenges us and makes us (re-)discover it with every step." Ciprian Dobre-Trifan "An exciting story that evokes the intertwining of different destinies. A closed, withdrawn lifestyle, filled with shadows, collides with the harmonious development of a bright destiny filled with pragmatic magic." Andrei Cristian How will Lia manage to defend the harmony of the present from these disturbing forces? "When I was young, I thought I could save them all. All those who would ask to be saved and who would impress me with their poor victim stories, seemingly oppressed by adverse circumstances they were not able to handle. And I would get mixed up into their sad stories, taking onto myself the responsibility of helping them to see the light, to find the way out from their own labyrinths of bad luck and helplessness. It took some badly ended relationships for me to understand it is impossible to save someone who does not want to be saved, or, even more, who is not willing to pull their weight for being saved. " "The more people, the more fantasies about happiness. Unfortunately, most of these fantasies rarely get to happen, in the real world. And this is how the inner conflict that troubles each and everyone of us appears. To want to live in a certain way, fully benefiting from that emotion, and to have reality be very different from your fantasy. And, still, you talk yourself into believing that things are as you want them to be. As you fantasize about them. As you wish to know happiness. Or balance. Happiness and balance are the same thing.
How to realistically smile every month of the year? How to use the dynamic specific to each season, from the domineering cold of winter to the obsessive yellow of autumn, to bring energy, prosperity, and good will into your life, your mind, and your soul? Eccentric, pragmatic, and provocatively optimistic, the book "A Calendar of Realistic Smiles" can be the perfect gift: For you, if you want a quick intro to self-coaching on the theme of realistic positivity. For your loved ones, if you want a best practice guide for organizing, communicating, networking, and getting results. For your colleagues and your friends, if you want to get them something nice and action-inspiring! From December to November, month by month, the 4 authors show you how to replace fatigue with energy. From the mountains of Macin to the land of the Rising Sun, the book inspires you and teaches you how to choose your holiday locations wisely. From spring asthenia to after-holiday sport, authors share their experience of turning every part of the year into a useful resource! A mosaic of bright thoughts and tested actions that give you the additional motivation you need before Santa comes and after he leaves, for the rest of the year! A pocketbook, full of provocative ideas, not at all pretentious, to discover and apply especially when you get bored or not in the mood for the things you know you should take care of! A guide of the year, of each month, including reports and perspectives of the authors about everyday life, as it is oud in present day Romania, with the joys and troubles of the present, but also with confidence in an ever better, brighter future! A palette of practical, easy-to-test ideas to embellish your perceptions of what is happening to you or, at least, to stop dramatizing and to start enjoying what you already have! A personal travel assistant, who recommends, with arguments, where to go in what part of the year, to make the most of everything the universe has to offer! A small pragmatic coaching treatise in the self-coaching version that explains some simple ways to start understanding and acting on some topics that don't give you peace! To know how to live to the fullest in the season that best mirrors your personality and to want to find, in the rest of the year, strength and beauty, in nature and in people, starting with yourself… this is the subject of the book. The snow wings of winter, the empathic creativity of spring, the multi-coloured practical ideas of summer and the petals of pragmatic change of autumn, come together, in one place, in the first book of the Mozaic Collection.
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