Gail Van Kleeck

If the challenges of life are getting you down, the revised edition of SIMPLE WISDOM FOR CHALLENGING TIMES: Thoughts and Related Questions for Living a More Meaningful Life may be just what you need. Its empowering combination of perception-expanding thoughts and related questions is designed to broaden your sense of what is possible and deepen your ability to live with a greater sense of inner peace and happiness. SIMPLE WISDOM FOR CHALLENGING TIMES can be read as a daily message, opened randomly to provide insight for specific concerns or used as a conversational springboard for groups of people who are jointly exploring the possibilities and potential of their individual lives. Originally published shortly after 9/11, this revised edition provides a deeper sense of understanding for our current, sometimes troubled world and offers new and encouraging inspiration for what is possible, hopeful and wonder-filled in the lives we live today.

When two children wish for a Fairy Godmother they get their wish. And although she turns out to be exactly what they needed, the Fairy Godmother who comes to them is not at all what they expected. She doesn't have a flowing blue gown. She doesn't have long blonde hair and she doesn't carry a sparkling magic wand. Instead, she has allergies, unkempt hair, wears a baggy dress and carries a baseball bat. This is a fable about wonder, awareness, imagination, possibility and how refusing to be limited by our expectations can make an important and lasting difference in our lives. The "Conversational Questions" following this fable give children and the adults who read with them the opportunity to talk about their own expectations and to think more deeply about them.

When a lop-eared pet rabbit is freed by her dying owner she is begrudgingly befriended by an arrogant brown rabbit who leads her to his underground home. This home is inhabited by Decent Rabbits, who carry flashlights and sometimes lie to one another in order to be liked. Wanting to fit in, the lop-eared rabbit, who has a light that shines from inside her, learns to be a Decent Rabbit, which causes her to lose her light. This tender tale of how she finds it again is about life and love and joy and sorrow and the light that lives in each of us. The "Conversational Questions" at the end of this fable add a unique dimension to its meaningful message. They are designed to inspire both the adults and the children who read it to be their authentic selves, to celebrate their own inner light and to seek that light in others.

MAKE YOUR MOVE MAGICALLY MARVELOUS, the revised edition, is an invaluable and reassuring moving organizer for anyone who feels fearful, overwhelmed, or completely confused about their potential move. Its guidance for sorting your belongings, planning for storage, packing with unpacking in mind, preparing for your moving day and creating a comfortable welcoming new home will give you an unexpected sense of quiet confidence in the midst of what can often be a challenging time. Home Decorating Fairy Godmother Gail Van Kleeck bases this information-packed companion to THE MAGICAL INTERIOR DESIGN GUIDE on her forty years of experience in helping hundreds of clients as they moved from one home to another and guiding them in creating comfortable, welcoming, spirit-nurturing new homes. Her compassion for the emotional impact of moving and her easy to implement step-by-step guidance makes this book an empowering resource as well as an encouraging and confidence-building moving companion.