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53 Small Ways Back To Yourself
Paperback
Metaphysical GeneralGeneral EducationRelationships
Publisher Price: $12.99
ISBN13: 9781764122764
Publisher: Philip J Bradbury
Published: Jul 15 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A Gentle Turning: 53 Small Ways Back to Yourself is a compact, thought-provoking collection of 53-word reflections that proves a few well-chosen words can carry surprising depth. By turns witty, poignant, unsettling, and uplifting, these miniature stories explore the big questions of ordinary life: love and loss, fear and courage, work and meaning, identity and belonging, control and surrender.
Some pieces will make you laugh out loud. Others will stop you in your tracks. Many will leave you turning a single idea over in your mind long after the page is turned. Each story is brief enough to read in moments, yet rich enough to open deeper reflection on how we live, what we value, and who we are when we stop trying to be what others expect.
With a voice that is by turns playful, sharp, compassionate, and spiritually aware, Philip J Bradbury transforms everyday experiences into windows of insight. These are not long moral lessons or heavy-handed teachings. They are quick flashes of truth-small turnings that guide the reader back to clarity, honesty, humour, and self-recognition.
Perfect for dipping into daily, sharing in workshops or discussion groups, using as conversation starters, or simply keeping close for those moments when life feels noisy or off-centre, this is a book to revisit again and again.
For readers who enjoy short reflective writing, poetic insight, and concise stories with emotional and spiritual resonance, A Gentle Turning: 53 Small Ways Back to Yourself offers a refreshing reminder: real change does not always arrive in grand revelations. Sometimes it begins with one small pause, one unexpected sentence, and one gentle turning back to yourself.
The perfect gift, 53 SMILES is about life - your life, my life, our lives - and its tiny stories address the big questions of the human condition and tell of our simple greatness, our foibles and how to let go of the need to be something for somebody else. This book, then, has many uses ...
* As an exquisitely simple gift,
* As a coffee table book,
* Conversation starter,
* Daily meditations,
* Personal/spiritual development workshops,
* Life Coaching,
* Table topics for Toastmasters,
* Teaching children (of any age) life lessons,
* To remind you of who you are each day - simply exquisite!
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