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The Peace Guidebook: How to Cultivate Hope, Healing, and Harmony for the Good of Humankind (The Guidebook Series)
The Peace Guidebook is a warm and structured roadmap for people who want to turn big ideas about peace into small daily actions. Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman organize the book into three parts, Hope, Healing, and Harmony, and walk through ten principles of peace such as Presence, Potential, Purpose, and Partnership. Each chapter starts with clear “Peace Points,” moves into personal stories from the authors and contributors, then wraps with “Points to Ponder” and practical exercises that feel like guided coaching sessions. The whole thing ties into their wider Percolate Peace Project, which invites readers to see themselves not just as consumers of advice but as part of a larger movement for personal and collective peace.
I appreciated how concrete the writing feels. The authors acknowledge money stress, health scares, messy homes, even fleas and septic issues, and then show how peace can still show up inside those very ordinary crises. I liked the way they turn big concepts into simple, repeatable moves, like the consistent invitation to “pause for space and grace” before reacting or the idea of an internal “pause button” when I feel triggered. The mix of short examples, heartfelt stories, and low-pressure exercises gave me a feeling of being coached more than preached at, and that made me more willing to try the tools instead of just nodding along. I found myself comforted and at times a little stirred up, because the book keeps gently pushing me to look at where I am not as peaceful as I pretend to be.
The language is warmly inspirational and circles back to key phrases like “Percolate Peace” and “we are in this together,” which gives the book a clear heartbeat and a sense of continuity as I read. The structure is steady and familiar from chapter to chapter, so I always felt oriented and could relax into the rhythm of the stories and exercises. The focus stays close to the personal and relational level, which helped me see exactly how peace can show up in my own conversations, choices, and habits. Rather than getting lost in policy talk or big systems analysis, the book keeps bringing me back to what I can actually do today, in my own life. That gave me a constant feeling of direction and left me feeling empowered, encouraged, and ready to carry these inner shifts into the wider world in my own way.
I would recommend The Peace Guidebook to readers who enjoy reflective, story-driven self-help and want practical things to try in their homes, teams, faith communities, or classrooms. It feels especially right for caregivers, coaches, teachers, spiritual leaders, and anyone who lies awake at night scrolling bad news and wondering what on earth they can actually do about it. If you are looking for a kind, hopeful companion that helps you build small daily habits of compassion, patience, and courage, this book fits that need very well and will likely leave you feeling both softer and stronger at the same time.
Pages: 304 | ASIN: B0FCG78FL9
Celebrate Success in Various Ways
The Success Guidebook is a self-help book designed to help readers find their definition of success and teach them the steps they need to achieve their idea of success. What inspired you to write this book?
I was inspired to write The Success Guidebook because of my own personal journey and experiences and over the years as a master coach, I see patterns with my clients reaching out for help with the topics of change and success.
I think it is time for people to know they are already wildly successful. For example, I think Taylor Swift would want us each to know how amazing we are. Right now, she’s probably one of the most, if not the most, monetarily and chart-topping, successful young women on the planet. But that’s her success. What’s your success? Since we can’t all be Taylor Swift, for example, it’s time we start redefining success for our own authentic selves, as this one-size-fits-all-concept is not only outdated but unworkable. We’re all different with different needs and different things that make us unique. Success for me is different than success for you and different for those you know. It’s time we celebrate success in various ways. Success is so much more than data or dollars.
As the CEO and founder of Best Ever You, a multimedia company dedicated to personal development and empowerment, I felt a strong desire to share my insights and strategies for achieving success with others. I want to help people go inward, upward, and outward to see it, be it, and do it and to fully understand how you can live life most authentically and aligned to you. Also, I’d love to see people maintain and sustain your vision for what success looks like for you personally and professionally and feel proud and valuable rather than searching and seeking thing after thing and always feeling less than.
I have a passion for helping people reach their full potential and live their best lives, which served as the driving force behind writing this book. I want to help people be and feel successful without the overwhelming drive for whatever society defines as “success” that so often overrides so many aspects of our personal lives. I help people create a life where personal and professional success live together.
What were some ideas that were important for you to share in this book?
I teach my clients about gratitude, compassion, change, and success. These are four concepts that I always want to share in my books through my own personal stories, contributors, or through the exercises that help a reader implement what they’ve learned. This book is the 2nd in the Guidebook Series. The first was The Change Guidebook – How to Align Your Heart, Truths, and Energy and Find Success in All Areas of Your Life. This guided readers through the Ten Points of Change.
In the Success Guidebook, I guide readers through the Ten Factors of Success. I developed these factors during my many years of working with clients as a master coach and founder of The Best Ever You Network. They are the proven tactics of creative action to help you visualize, actualize, and amplify excellence and success—and make them last. Whether you are dreaming big to achieve the awesomeness within or making a pivot, this process can be used time and time again to achieve the results you seek.
My goal is to help you master the Ten Factors of Success so that you have the tools to actualize your dreams and goals to amplify professional and personal success. These factors can help you navigate, overcome stubborn obstacles, and harness the power to courageously move forward with clarity, a renewed purpose, and the confidence to build a life of bold and infinite possibilities.
One of the things that stood out to me about your book is that it does not define success; instead, it teaches readers how to identify their own version of success. How did you come up with the exercises that you teach readers to help them find their paths?
Prior to becoming an author and owning Best Ever You, I spent many years as a corporate trainer in the financial services industry. I have an extensive background in developing courses and training materials for people of all ages. I am always learning more in the field of teaching and coaching people and my mentors Gary Kobat and Barbara Wainwright also check my work, make suggestions, and guide me. I’m very grateful for their help. I have always really loved the idea of journaling and completing exercises like this as I think they reinforce learning, not only the materials but more about yourself as well. I also wrote them, so they don’t take up a huge amount of time to complete but are still thought-provoking. I didn’t include anything that I didn’t personally take the time to complete and find value in doing so.
What is one thing that you hope readers take away from The Success Guidebook?
My books are here to help us all be more confident and never feel alone or like you’re the only person going through feeling the way we feel at times. I’ve tackled two huge topics in my books: change and success. These are topics where people generally feel fear or feel less than or not enough. The topics are confidence crushers, and I want people to feel anchored and centered in their confidence and knowledge. I hope my books are added to your Best Ever You Toolbox and they help you harness your power and move toward a life with unlimited possibilities. I seek to give people their power back and place it in their hands. It’s time to move forward with clarity, renewed purpose, and personalized confidence to build a life of bold, brave, and infinite possibilities.
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Author Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, master life coach and founder of The Best Ever You Network has long espoused that we must redefine success for our authentic selves—a one-size fits-all-concept is not only outdated but unworkable. Success is so much more than data or the dollars in our bank account. True success is reflected in the smiles that brighten our faces and the peace that settles in our hearts. It’s the gratitude we seek in all things and the intention and actions being our very best in each moment.
In The Success Guidebook, readers will find inspiration, motivation, and a pathway to live their best, most fulfilling life. By implementing Elizabeth’s unique Ten Factors of Success—the behaviors consistently exhibited by people who stand out and behave with world-class excellence—readers will learn how to finally overcome the stubborn obstacles that have stood in their way and harness the power to move forward with clarity, a renewed purpose, and the personalized confidence to build a life of bold, brave, and infinite possibilities. Included are profiles of 20 people who exemplify these principles. Here’s the secret: You don’t need to be on a national or international platform to be world-class. You can have it right in your own home, to be and feel successful in each and every moment of your life. This book will help you learn how to tap into world-class behaviors and get the results you desire—at last.
The Success Guidebook – How to Visualize, Actualize, and Amplify You
Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino’s The Success Guidebook offers a pragmatic personal and professional development approach. Drawing from her extensive experience in the financial industry and her journey as a working mother, Hamilton-Guarino divides the book into three primary focus areas, spanning ten chapters. Each chapter introduces a key factor of success, complemented by practical exercises designed to embed these lessons into everyday practice.
Hamilton-Guarino advocates for a personalized definition of success, recognizing that individual aspirations vary widely due to differing backgrounds and personal values. She explores themes of motivation and adaptation, suggesting that one’s understanding of success evolves over time. This nuanced view encourages readers to define their own metrics of achievement. The author’s credibility is enhanced by her role as a recognized coach, and she enriches the text with personal anecdotes and professional insights. Her emphasis on the combination of vision and effort particularly resonates, underscoring that success requires more than just dreaming—it demands action. The interactive elements of the book, such as reflective questions, are beneficial, aiding readers in mapping out their objectives more clearly. One of the book’s strengths is Hamilton-Guarino’s ability to distill complex concepts into relatable stories and actionable advice. Her dedication to helping others achieve their potential is evident throughout the narrative.
The Success Guidebook stands out as a resourceful and engaging work in the self-help genre. For those seeking to enhance their life through a structured yet flexible framework, this book promises a blend of mentorship and motivation right from the page. For anyone interested in self-improvement, this book is a commendable choice.
Pages: 235 | ASIN : B0CFM7R798
