This simple and easy-to-use guide offers 21 proven daily rituals to help you tune into your inner wisdom so that you can live a more open, happy and purposeful life.
The act of ritual is a thread that links humanity regardless of ethnicity, culture or religion. Creating personal rituals in our lives allows us to bring the presence of the sacred into the everyday, helping us to feel grounded in the present, allowing us to let go of the past and to fully embrace the future.
Rituals return you to what matters most.
Your intuition is both your companion and your guide - the inner voice that resides within us all. Using the simple rituals in this book you will learn how to tap into, trust and listen to your intuition, allowing it to be a powerful guiding force in your life.
Theresa Cheung is an internationally bestselling author and public speaker. She has been writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past 35 years, and was listed by Watkins Mind Body and Spirit magazine as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2023. She has a degree in Theology and English from Kings College, Cambridge University, frequently collaborating with leading scientists and neuroscientists researching consciousness.
Theresa is regularly featured in national newspapers and magazines, and she is a frequent radio, podcast and television guest. She hosts her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores and her own weekly UK Health Radio show: The Healing Power of Your Dreams.
Great self-help book written is an easy format. I could transfer a lot of advices to my calendar and create great plan for 21 days. I like recaps on the end of every section. Some of the ideas are simple and fun but some not so much. I like challenges, so I will definitely start the 21 rituals to ignite my intuition.
This could have been shortened to a maybe 10-page-at-most free pdf ebook, or just made into a Pinterest list/infographic thingie. You get the usual suggestions: cut screen time, recall your dreams, stretch, spend quiet time reflecting, follow your gut, be observant, develop your creativity, daydream, be empathetic, journal, let go of negative energy, utilise hindsight, have a bedtime ritual, etc.
The author also tells you to flip a coin if you can't decide, and to spend time doing nothing.
Some "rituals" were really just the same thing done in different settings: e.g. reflect while showering, reflect while eating, reflect while brushing your teeth...
I think you'd be much better off searching Pinterest for "mindfulness" or "intuition", and browsing the results.
This book was dull and not engaging enough for me to want to try the 'rituals', though they aren't really rituals so much as habits and exercises to add in to your life. Everything feels simplified to the point where it almost seems 'dumbed-down' as if using the scientific research that the author occasionally cites would be too much for the reader, even though it would be great information to include. There are far more quotes than needed from people who have said things that only mildly relate to the topic or point of each section. I also feel that the format is so clumped that it appears to be one long breath of words, rather than individual ideas; though this could change in the final edition. But, overall, I don't think this is a great book for anyone interested in building and using their intuition.
I voluntarily read and received a free ARC copy of this title through NetGalley in exchange for a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I don't think I'm the target audience for this book. As a highly empathetic person who is already tuned into my intuition, I found the tone of writing a bit condescending. The author is anticipating a reader who is skeptical about these techniques, which I find odd. If someone is reading this book, why not assume they are ready to jump into this journey and address them as such?
There is a lot of information and content in each section. There were a few helpful tidbits, but they were almost lost in unnecessary anecdotes.
I will add that part of my dislike of this reading experience was related to the formatting, which would hopefully change before publication.
Many thanks to NetGalley for my advanced digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.