February 2011
Monthly Archive
Family Rituals Book by Acclaimed Teacher of Practical Spirituality Barbara Biziou Released in Paperback
Posted by Cosimo on 15 Feb 2011 | Tagged as: Author News and Commentary, From the Editors, New Releases, Mind Body and Spirit
After many requests for its re-appearance, The Joy of Family Rituals, by author and spiritual guide Barbara Biziou has been released in paperback by Cosimo Books. This book, a wonderful complement to The Joy of Ritual, is a recipe book for families wishing to participate in rituals as part of everyday routine to make their lives more fruitful and enriching. It describes the tools you need to perform rituals for small and big events that occur as families grow: ingredients are given special, sacred meaning and families can adapt Barbara Biziou’s advice to their own needs and traditions.
Biziou, an internationally acclaimed teacher of spirituality, life coach to women, men and corporate clients, and a frequent media guest, is passionate about helping people to live the life of their dreams. She has had an auspicious start to the new year, appearing in a New York Times article, “Searching for the Soul to Cleanse It.” This article not only brought attention to Biziou’s practice and teachings, but also to the importance of ritual itself.
The work of Barbara Biziou, including The Joy of Family Rituals, has received positive feedback and wide praise from various corners:
“Rituals make our lives work. The Joy of Family Rituals makes our family rituals work in a smooth, beautiful, and perfect way.” —Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the #1 New York Times bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul series
“Barbara Biziou’s book is brilliant, inspiring, and comforting […] It’s like having your own fairy godmother in the attic weaving your family’s personal, magical golden cloth out of the straw of ordinary life.” —Hal and Sidra Stone, authors of Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship
“Reading The Joy of Family Rituals is like having a wise best friend to turn to for reassurance during troubled times or for thoughtful advice when you want to celebrate life’s great evens with style and flair.” —Marjabelle Young Stewart, America’s most published etiquette educator and author of Commonsense Etiquette
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BARBARA BIZIOU is an internationally acclaimed teacher of practical spirituality and global rituals. She is a life coach, voice dialogue facilitator, inter-faith minister, and motivational speaker. She has appeared on the Hallmark Channel, on radio, online with Beliefnet.com, Oprah.com and in print media including The Daily News and The New York Times. She has lectured and taught around the world and has authored two books: The Joy of Ritual and The Joy of Family Rituals (both available from Cosimo Books). Barbara Biziou resides in New York. You can visit her online at www.joyofritual.com.
THE JOY OF FAMILY RITUALS
Cosimo Books, December 2010
Body, Mind & Spirit/ Spirituality
ISBN 978-1-61640-467-3
Paperback, 180 pages, $15.95 / £10.99
ABOUT COSIMO BOOKS
Cosimo Books, based in New York, is an imprint of Cosimo, Inc., a specialty publisher of books and publications that inspire, inform and engage readers. Cosimo’s mission is to offer unique books to niche audiences around the world.
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February Book of the Month: The Joy of Family Rituals, by Barbara Biziou
Posted by Cosimo on 08 Feb 2011 | Tagged as: From the Editors, Book of the Month, Mind Body and Spirit
Cosimo’s “Book of the Month” for February is Barbara’s The Joy of Family Rituals. We know that you’ve heard us talk a lot about this book lately, but we wanted to take a moment here to highlight the fabulous author, Barbara, and let you know where you can find her online. Plus, you’ll be able to visit her site, buy her books, and learn more about what she does as a spiritual coach and ritual expert!
The description below is also available on her website.
Barbara gives you the tools to make simple choices that lead to big changes. As the author of The Joy of Ritual and The Joy of Family Rituals, she is a leading expert in integrative wellness, global rituals and work-life harmony. She has had the privilege of lecturing around the world and learning from many different cultures. Barbara has a deep commitment to integrating practical spirituality into people’s lives, both personally and professionally. Barbara’s DVD program Momentary Meditations has taught people how to calm their minds and bodies while improving their focus and creativity.
She guides her clients to a happier, harmonious, more productive, and successful life. She coaches women and men to create new possibilities and ways of looking at the world - gently stretching you out of your comfort zone into a more enriched focused life. Barbara helps you discover your limiting beliefs and ignite significant change and life transformation through effective and strategic communication, practical spirituality, and relationship building skills.
Her clients range from young powerful women and men who appear to have it all, housewives, young mothers, and baby-boomers in transitions - from goddess warriors to bottle-washers. Barbara has enriched the lives of a wide-range of corporate clients including: the International Red Cross, Lippe Taylor, Women in Communication, Lord & Taylor, Coca-Cola, Avon Spa, Morgan Stanley, Equinox Gym, and Weight Watchers. She is on the faculty of the AMA, Creating WE Institute, One Spirit Learning Alliance, and the New York Open Center.
Barbara is a renowned national TV personality, she was the featured life coach on the hit series 30 Days airing on FX , and appeared regularly as the everyday ritual expert on The Hallmark Channel’s New Morning. Barbara has also been featured in Today in NY, Body& Soul, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Magazine and Parents Magazine. She is passionate about helping people understand their respective selves and live the life of their dreams!
You can find Barbara on the web through the links below:
Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
Posted by Cosimo on 08 Feb 2011 | Tagged as: From the Editors, In the World, Climate Change
The Nation magazine presents “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate,” a new video series, jointly with On the Earth Productions.
In this series, Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and other scientists, researchers and writers are being interviewed “describing the diminishing returns our world can expect as it deals with the consequences of peak oil, even as it continues to pretend it doesn’t exist. These experts predict substantially increased transportation costs, decreased industrial production, unemployment, hunger, and social chaos as the supplies of the fuels on which we rely dwindle and eventually disappear.”
This series starts with the first video, titled “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” (also below), and is followed by weekly videos thereafter. For some good backgroundreading we recommend: Crude Oil: A Strategy for Declining Oil Supply by the U.S. General Accountability Office (released by Cosimo Reports) and Earth Fever, Living Consciously with Climate Change, published by Cosimo Books.