My New Book! Now Taking Pre-orders for Special Edition Gift Package.

Posted September 16, 2016 by Barbara Techel

Wisdom Found in the Pause – Joie’s Gift

Special Edition Gift Package- Limited Time Only

The day has arrived! Now taking pre-orders for special edition gift package.

It’s always a roller coast of emotions no matter how many books a writer has written and released out into the world – well, at least that is how I am feeling this morning. So I scrubbed the toilet and then did my Yoga practice (one must keep it all in perspective!). Afterwards I sat in a few moments of silence holding my dear Joie in my heart, played my singing bowl, and gave thanks for the gift of Joie’s teachings and presence in my life.

So without further ado, details below about my new book, gift package, and how to order is below. Please don’t hesitate to email me should you have any questions and thank you….thank you for being a faithful friend here on my blog and a supporter of my work. It means so much.

What my new book is about:

When we get lost while driving, it’s common sense to pull over, reroute the GPS, and perhaps change course. When it comes to the course of our lives, however, we often take a very different approach. Each of us has an “internal GPS” – that still, small voice inside us guiding us to our best and highest good. But what if that small voice is begging us to slow down and re-evaluate our lives? If you’re like most people, you judge this as a waste of time or being lazy. In Wisdom Found in the Pause, Barbara Techel explores both the real-time beauty and long-term benefits of life’s transitional periods.

In what has become Techel’s trademark, Wisdom Found in the Pause shares the profound life lessons we can learn from animals. Her first book, Through Frankie’s Eyes: One woman’s journey to her authentic self, and the dog on wheels who led the way, told the story of how a paralyzed dachshund named Frankie led Barbara to groundbreaking work with children, persons with disabilities, and the elderly. After Frankie’s death, Barbara often felt called to embark on another direction, yet she was reluctant to let go of the purpose and identity she had so closely tied herself to.

Wisdom Found in the Pause is the story of Joie, another paralyzed dachshund, who would serve as Barbara’s teacher, friend, and ultimately angel. Joie’s unexpected death would remind Barbara that the only way to really change our lives is from within. Along the way she received spiritual signposts – some subtle, some profound – that convinced her she was on the right path. Through this journey she realized the most valuable gift we can give ourselves is the time to slow down, hear and heed our inner thoughts, for this is how we will welcome that sweet stillness of being, that wisdom found in the pause.

Special Edition Gift Package includes:

Signed copy of Wisdom Found in the Pause – Joie’s Gift
Custom designed 160 page lined spiral bound journal with water paw print image —an amazing sign I received from Joie that I was on the right path. It was confirmation for me to keep listening to my inner voice and capture those thoughts in a journal. Let this journal serve as a reminder to you too… to pause, listen and capture your hearts intentions, and your hopes and dreams.
Custom designed bookmark which also includes water paw print image.
Please note: candle not included.

Pre-order today! (limited special edition available through Sept. 23rd, 2016 midnight cst)

$30 (includes priority shipping to all US residents only**)

Just click here or on the paw print below to place your order (with PayPal or credit card)

Orders will begin shipping second week in October.

**Due to the skyrocketing costs of shipping overseas I’m sorry I’m not able to offer this special package to international buyers. Stay tuned for my book to be released with online retailers soon!

The Light Is Always There

Posted September 15, 2016 by Barbara Techel

I was fascinated by how one of my Daylily plants after the bloom had died away, then dried to this. It has a beauty all of it’s own. And it made me think of this quote:

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. ~Theodore Roethke

Just like humans – even in the darkest moments that light inside of us never goes away. But it’s up to us to find a way to let it come to the surface once again.

Sorry I’ve not written much this week on my blog….but the good news is that I’m getting ready to launch my new book very soon! Stay tuned!

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Listening Below the Surface. Signposts Along the Way.

Posted September 12, 2016 by Barbara Techel

Three years ago at this time I was learning how to just be still. In our crazy go, go, go world, the idea of just stopping most of everything I was doing in my working world and take a sabbatical felt like a very scary thing to do.

In part, because I was afraid of losing all I had worked so hard to build. I worried that others would think I was selfish or wouldn’t understand. I was afraid to hear what was just below the surface of my consciousness. But this inner niggle had been trying to get my attention for quite some time. It’s request to me was to slow down and re-evaluate what I wanted for my life.

I ignored that inner voice for too long, in part, because I just didn’t know what it was I wanted and that was scarier than just being and feeling uncomfortable. Until my dog, Joie, died…she was my wake-up call to be still and go within.

I can say today that I’m so glad I took that two month sabbatical. There were so many spiritual signposts during that time that were my guides, as they have also been while I worked to complete the writing of this time in my life, and now as I get ready to release that story.

The quote above is one of those, what I call a spiritual signposts, that crossed my path last Friday while perusing a magazine. This quote, and the time I spent on a personal inward mission speaks to what I learned…and that wisdom finds us when we are willing to be still and in silence. Just like when sleeping, answers oftentimes come to things we struggle with come to us during time of rest.

And may I share one other thing? When I’ve been open to the spiritual signposts it sure has made my life that much more enriching and meaningful – besides the many goosebumps they’ve given me! And that is my intention – to continue to awaken to this time and space I’m within, and all it has to offer me if I continue to practice stillness, listen to my heart, and pay attention to how it truly is all divinely orchestrated if I just stay out of my own way.