Jenny Vainisi is an accomplished designer, award-winning illustrator, and arts educator. In addition, she is a certified holistic healer and holds a degree in Reiki. Perhaps that explains the healing and restorative energy that pulsates through this creative collection of inspirational quotations wedded to her own playful illustrations.

In these tense times when some people are working twice as hard just to keep up with their bills while others are frightened of running out of money after they retire, this meditative book is designed to calm us down and give us hope.

Embracing Your Life is divided into sections on Love, Spirit, Dreams and Desires, and Self-Love. Vainisi's own vibrant sense of women's spirituality shines through the beauty and the nurturing quality of her illustrations.

Uplifting quotations are good medicine for the soul and we need them to give us the courage and the confidence to keep on keepin' on. Here are a few examples from the book:

• "A joyous spirit is evidence of a grateful heart."
— Maya Angelou

• "I want to give thanks . . .
For love, which lets us see others
As God sees them."
— Jorge Louis Borges

• "We are all sparks of the Divine flame."
— Hildegard of Bingen

Let Embracing Your Life sooth your soul and open your heart!