So many of us (dare I say all of us?) are "so busy"... We oftentimes are too busy to take time for ourselves, time to meditate, time to relax, time to nurture ourselves. Joan Borysenko does not advocate that we leave everything and move into a cave. Rather she gives us practical tools to use in our stressed busy lives.

Joan Borysenko's new book "Inner Peace for Busy People" is perfect for those of us who don't have time... The book presents 52 strategies for transforming your life. So if you're "real busy" you can read one strategy a week for the course of the year. Or you can do like I do, keep the book in the "little girls' room", and read one "installment" on each visit. (Now you know my secret of getting so many things read. I read a few paragraphs or a page or two every time I go to the bathroom. Sound silly? Maybe, but it works for me... and it gives me short little reading breaks throughout the day.)

The strategies presented are divided in six sections:

1. The Absolute Basic Strategies for Life
(which include Relax and Be More Productive; Practice Patience; and more...)

2. Strategies for Taking Care of Yourself
(Be a Better Juggler; Ask for Help; and more...)

3. Strategies for Changing Your Relationship to Time
(Give Up Perfectionism; Choose Wisely: Time or Things; and more...)

4. Strategies for Managing Your Mind
(Try Power Whining; What, Me Meditate; and more...)

5. Strategies for Developing Compassion, Kindness, and Clear Communication
(Guard Against Gossip; Watch Those Assumptions; and more...)

6. Strategies for Creating Wisdom and Purpose in Your Life
(Find Meaning in Your Life; Get Your Priorities in Order; and more...)

I greatly enjoy Joan Borysenko's writing style. It is not coated with psychological jargon and heady terms. It is simple, direct, and to the heart. I greatly recommend this book as a tool for creating a better life...

It is a book to read through once, and then reread bit and pieces to remind you and reconnect you with the inner peace you seek. A good "one message a day" or "focus for the week" type of book. Joan helps us laugh at ourselves, and see the forest as well as the trees.

What others are saying about this book:

"At last a book that helps us destress, renew, and rejoice in our lives -- written by a brilliant scholar, scientist, and psychologist."    

        -- Loretta LaRoche,
author of Life is not a Stress Rehearsal.

"Whenever I read a book, I always underline the parts I particularly like. I ran out of ink with this one!"

-- Richard N. Bolles,
author of What Color Is Your Parachute?

"Written in Joan's warm and humorous style, the practical wisdom and easy-to-do exercises in this book will change your life!"

-- Cheryl Richardson
author of Take Time for Your Life
and Life Makeovers