Stephanie Dowrick Bookshop, Stephanie Dowrick's books, CDs, and recommendations

This website is a portal for Seek Media who will pack and supply books to you from an enormous worldwide range. Most of Stephanie's own books are in stock and available immediately. Other books you choose may take a few days longer. Best-sellers are also mailed fast. The postage cost in Australia is $6.95 regardless of the number of books. All books are supplied at a small discount on the retail price and support The Universal Heart Network through the sales from this site.

Current titles

In The Company of Rilke by Stephanie Dowrick

Best-selling writer, Stephanie Dowrick, offers a rare depth of understanding of readers' needs as she explores the sometimes piercingly beautiful work of the much-loved early 20th century European poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, and reveals how through his poetry we can connect more deeply with our own need for beauty, spiritual understanding and inward connection. Deeply religious in feeling but dismissive of dogma and piety, Rilke is increasingly a visionary voice for our own time, captivating readers not only with his brilliance but also his fearlessness about the 'deepest things'. Speaking through his own contradictions and ambivalences, his writing gives readers a profound understanding of the complex beauty of human existence. Here, questions matter more than answers. Here, a poet can speak directly to God while also doubting God. Astonishingly, this is the first major study of Rilke from a spiritual perspective yet the greatest of Rilke' s gifts was to show how inevitably life centres upon a profound mystery - to which we can freely open ourselves. The book also includes more than 90 of Rilke's most unforgettable poems, many in bold new translations. 'Stephanie Dowrick's gift is a capacity for sharing with readers her lifetime's pleasure in poetry and the company of one of the greatest of poets.' David Malouf, novelist and poet 'This book is lovely: serious, informed, honest, warm, delightful to read. Stephanie Dowrick has accomplished something wonderful, bringing us into the company of the most human of men and into the presence of his astonishingly beautiful poetry.' John Armstrong, philosopher and writer

Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love by Stephanie Dowrick

In this groundbreaking book Stephanie Dowrick brings hope and fresh insight to readers - no matter what their outer circumstances. Showing that what we pay most attention to will either support or undermine us - she reconsiders the six great humane virtues that can literally transform the way we see ourselves and others; the way we meet and move through difficulties or grief; the way that we can newly appreciate and treasure our own and others' gift of life. Starting with courage, they also include generosity, restraint and forgiveness. This book has been treasured by tens of thousands of readers and is now available in a beautiful new edition.

Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials by Dowrick Stephanie

A beautiful, wise book that will answer your deepest as well as your most everyday psychological and spiritual questions. Written in short sections to meet the needs of busy readers, this No.1. bestseller takes the reader way beyond issues of happiness. Here you will find a great wealth of highly practical yet compassionate and uplifting insights about all kinds of everyday situations, from trusting who you already are, weathering emotional storms, building self-respect, and genuinely considering and encouraging other people. Intimacy, parenting, forgiveness, making wise choices - and wonderful material on how to cultivate a more positive and resilient attitude towards life and living - make this book essential reading for women and men at every stage of their emotional development. 'Stephanie Dowrick makes the hard questions simple; she makes the impossible real and possible. Her wisdom is contagious. If anyone can cause a happiness revolution, she can.' - Paul Wilson, author of the 'Calm' books "This book may be Stephanie Dowrick's most accessible and useful so far" Canberra Times "Written with lightness and elegance...a modern bible for the soul" The Age

The Almost Perfect Marriage by Stephanie Dowrick

The Almost-Perfect Marriage is a book which offers "one-minute relationship skills" - that quick moment of clarity and practical insight that really can make a difference. Beautifully designed, and with time-poor readers in mind, it combines inspiration with information. Each page is a distinct "thought", most of them short enough to be read very quickly, yet with sufficient depth to bring people back to a more loving and generous frame of mind. Following in the footsteps of Choosing Happiness, Stephanie's Number One bestseller, the same principles of good humour, kindness and thoughtfulness will support genuinely rewarding and robust relationships. The book focuses on strengths and never "preaches". It is suitable for people in all kinds of committed intimate relationships, and for people at all stages of their relationships from the newly committed to those who have been together for years. "All you need is love" - and the simple, clear and effective attitudes and behaviours needed to keep love alive!

Creative Journal Writing: The Art and Heart of Reflection by Stephanie Dowrick

Writing a journal can literally be life-changing. But where do you start? How do you avoid falling into the boredom traps? Can you justify the time spent on yourself? Can journal writing really make the world around you a fresher and more engaging place? In this deeply encouraging book, you will discover that far more than just recording events, or "venting", journal writing can be the means to develop your own unique take on the world and to view and experience your life with renewed interest and discernment. Journal writing is the companion that supports but doesn't judge. It can be a place of discovery, of learning, of emotional relief and insight - and of creativity that will positively affect every aspect of your personal and working life. Creative Journal Writing offers an irresistible invitation to both newcomers and experienced journal writers. Sharing brief stories from many other journal writers, as well as many stories and examples from her own writing life, and a huge range of fail-safe exercises and prompts, Stephanie Dowrick uses her many years of experience as a best-selling writer of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as her earlier years as a publisher, teacher of creative writing and psychotherapist, to bring out the journal writer in everyone.

Choosing Happiness: Life & Soul Essentials by Stephanie Dowrick

No.1 bestseller This magnificently produced book offers a very simple message. Right now you can be happier. What's more, this happiness can emerge from a genuine understanding that it is not your good looks, money or status but how you think, act and behave that will profoundly shape your life. In thoughtful, highly accessible chapters, Stephanie Dowrick shows how you can change for the better the way you think about yourself and other people. How you can increase your self-confidence. How you can build better relationships - including those at work. How you can manage your life and time. How you can live your life like it really matters. "Fascinating book...opens the doors to greater self-knowledge, helps you recognise you can choose your responses to people and change your attitudes...every page offers incredible insights...If you crave to live your life in a more powerful, proactive and positive way, this is the book for you." Health and Fitness (UK) "Speaks to a wide readership with intimacy, clarity and directness" The Australian "Stephanie Dowrick makes the hard questions simple; she makes the impossible real and possible. Her wisdom is contagious. If anyone can cause a happiness revolution, she can."Paul Wilson, author of the "Calm" books

The Universal Heart by Stephanie Dowrick

A No. 1 bestseller, The Universal Heart brings together the finest psychological and spiritual insights and explicitly invites you to live out your highest ideals in ALL your relationships. We feel best when we are doing our best: so why don't we live like that more of the time? This is a "relationship" book that addresses every area of your life, from being an adult child, a friend, a sibling, to intimate relationships and the world of work. "A tour de force of matters of the heart" Claire Scobie, Kindred Spirit (UK) "Celebrates altruism and the precious everyday moments of human connection" Diane Priestley, Courier-Mail "Deeply attentive and acutely perceptive" Women's Health "Could only have been written by someone who's reached mid-life and settled upon a maturity of thinking" Good Weekend (The Age)

Intimacy & Solitude: Balancing Closeness and Independence by Stephanie Dowrick

The widely-loved international bestseller that offers readers - men as much as women - a rare chance to understand and balance our two great emotional needs: for intimacy and for a sense of emotional security and independence. Six years in the writing, this wise, inclusive and healing book, now updated and expanded (2002), shows that at the heart of many of our most painful problems is a need to understand and appreciate ourselves, in order to be able to reach out to other people and receive and enjoy what they can offer us. This is a book that is as useful and validating for people who are on their own as it is for those wishing to deepen and develop an intimate relationship. Self-understanding and genuine appreciation of others is made possible through a compelling combination of story-telling and and an unusual depth of psychological insight. More than 100,000 copies have been sold. "Intelligent, eloquent and wise" Metro "Offers penetrating insights into some of the most basic paradoxes of human relationships" The Guardian "A book of tremendous depth and power" Maxine McKew, The Bulletin "She leads the reader from restriction to freedom through self-reliance" The Australian "Like the great sages, Dowrick is aware that...true wisdom comes from experiencing all that life can bring, and reflecting deeply upon it'" Anne French, The Listener

Intimacy & Solitude Self-Therapy: Self Therapy for Lasting Change by Stephanie Dowrick

A companion to Stephanie Dowrick's international bestseller, Intimacy and Solitude, this is a highly practical book which can be used by readers as an uplifting and accessible way to develop their own inner resources, enhance their emotional and spiritual life, and awaken and deepen their creativity. It not only leads readers to greater clarity and insight, it also allows them to act and respond more appropriately, with greater confidence and inner stability - and with far more enjoyment of life. "Dowrick's clear prose and encouraging tone combine with concrete suggestions to back up her assertion that we can change for the better through increasingly close encounters with our individual selves" Publishers Weekly (USA) "Stephanie Dowrick is a litling genius of the inner worlds" Sark "Makes growth fun. Good value with lots of sense" Insight Network

Free Thinking: On Happiness, Emotional Intelligence, Relationships, Power and Spirit by Stephanie Dowrick

Stephanie Dowrick's greatest gift is that she reminds us that life really matters. Her territory takes her from the profound to the everyday, but always with attention to the biggest question of all: How should we live?' Stephanie's bestsellers, Intimacy & Solitude, The Universal Heart and Forgiveness & Other Acts of Love, are all books with a genuine power to change lives for the better. Here we meet her in a more personal and confidential frame of mind. In chapters short enough to enjoy in a single reading, she offers her views on subjects as various as how to worry less and praise more; ageing appreciatively; parenting; why and how to meditate; why doubt can be useful and how burnout can be avoided. Free Thinking gives the reader the nearest thing to a series of brief, intense conversations with a woman who has thought deeply, writes beautifully and, even when she is confessing to her all-too human faults, never fails to uplift and inspire.

Every Day a New Beginning by Stephanie Dowrick

There are moments in all our lives when we need genuine encouragement, hope or insight. In this small, elegant book, Stephanie Dowrick offers us deeply considered, practical inspiration to see freshly how precious our lives are, and how possible it is to regain a sense of balance, strength and resilience. Open this book at any page - and feel renewed.

Daily Acts of Love by Stephanie Dowrick

There is no source of happiness greater than the practice of love. In this beautifully designed little book - ideal as a gift or to carry with you - Stephanie Dowrick offers countless ways to turn the ideals of love into practical daily activities. You will benefit - and so will everyone around you. "Open at any page - and deepen your knowledge of love."

Daily Acts of Love (Cards) by Stephanie Dowrick

100 inspirational cards that reflect the ideas developed in Stephanie Dowrick's Daily Acts of Love (the book) and also Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love. Choose a card at random each day - and make every day more loving and rewarding.

Guided Meditations

Peaceful Mind by Stephanie Dowrick

On this exceptionally beautiful album, Dr Stephanie Dowrick and Dr Kim Cunio make accessible for everyone the tremendous physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of a peaceful mind. Stephanie�s clear, uplifting guidance begins with a short talk on meditation then combines with Kim�s sublimely soothing music on two guided meditations, offering effortless daily support that can transform even the most demanding life. The album also offers exquisite music-only tracks for pleasure and refection.

Guided Meditations by Stephanie Dowrick

Stephanie Dowrick offers powerful, beautiful guided meditations that are combined here with the exceptionally uplifting music of singer-songwriter Tony Backhouse. The result is a rare synergy of healing and support that brings a renewal of hope and energy to complete beginners and experienced meditators alike. Two longer meditations focus on grace and courage respectively. There are also three songs from Tony and an ideal daily meditation for ongoing support � Come Home to Your Heart � from Stephanie.

Self Love by Stephanie Dowrick

On the first CD of this two-CD set, best-selling writer and social commentator Stephanie Dowrick discusses the complex, vital topic of self-love, self-acceptance and self-respect with leading broadcaster Geraldine Doogue. Looking at the historical as well as social reasons why many of us find self-love so difficult, Stephanie also shows how crucial self-acceptance is if we are to feel genuine love, concern and respect for other people. Originally broadcast as six 15-minute talks on Radio National's "Life Matters" programme. On the second CD, Stephanie leads listeners in a most rewarding and healing guided meditation on self-love, using the exquisite music of Bach's double violin concerto, played by Richard Tognetti, as background. There is also a short daily meditation practice. This meditation CD is highly recommended for people who are suffering a time of illness, uncertainty, depression or grief - as well as for those who feel the need for a more loving attitude in their lives.

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