Thắp Sáng Chính Mình

by Jolene Hart, Đinh Thúy Hà (Translator)

“Thắp sáng chính mình” là cuốn sách được chắp bút bởi biên tập viên chuyên mục làm đẹp và huấn luyện viên dinh dưỡng Jolene Hart, người đã dành cả sự nghiệp của mình để cố gắng xác định xem chính xác thì điều gì tạo nên sự rạng rõ và cuốn hút ở một cá nhân. Hầu như tất cả chúng ta đều quen biết một ai đó có khả năng tỏa sáng từ bên trong, người khiến chúng ta cảm thấy dễ chịu với sự hiện diện của họ, người làm chúng ta cảm thấy nhẹ nhõm và bình tĩnh với cảm giác “tôi cũng sẽ đạt được trạng thái như cô ấy/anh ấy”. Điều gì làm nên vẻ đẹp phi thường này? Không phải một khuôn mặt hài hòa hoặc một thân hình đồng hồ cát chuẩn mực – đây chỉ là hai trong số nhiều yếu tố để định nghĩa về “vẻ đẹp” và rõ ràng là chúng còn xa mới chạm tới bản chất cốt lõi. Tác giả cho rằng “vẻ đẹp” mà chúng ta đang muốn nói tới ở đây có nền tảng là nguồn năng lượng cá nhân. Nguồn năng lượng cá nhân chính là bản thân bạn – nó cất tiếng giới thiệu về bạn ngay cả khi bạn còn chưa kịp lên tiếng. Nguồn năng lượng bồi đắp tính lạc quan, thành công và niềm vui; phản ánh vẻ đẹp và sức sống, hỗ trợ cho sức khỏe thể chất và nói chung là giúp bạn vượt qua nhiều thử thách đa dạng của cuộc sống

Nếu bạn thực sự quan tâm tới nguồn năng lượng của cá nhân mình, mong muốn xây dựng nên một lối sống hạnh phúc, lành mạnh thoát khỏi cảm giác lạc lối trong trong cuộc sống đang đầy bóng tối, thì “Thắp sáng chính mình” là cuốn sách dành cho bạn. Jolene Hart không chỉ chia sẻ những phát hiện, nghiên cứu của cô về nguồn năng lượng của mỗi cá nhân, cách phân loại và tìm ra năng lượng mỗi người mà còn hé lộ những trải nghiệm và câu chuyện đi tìm năng lượng của chính mình. Cuốn sách là tấm bản đồ mở lối cho người đọc tìm thấy sự tương quan giữa cảm xúc và suy nghĩ của bản thân với nguồn năng lượng sống của mình, với lộ trình chi tiết và sáng tạo: mỗi thời điểm trong ngày ta lại có thể khơi gợi năng lượng tích cực từ những nguồn khác nhau.

Khi bạn nhận thấy mình bắt đầu thường xuyên kết hợp các ý tưởng trong cuốn sách này, bạn có thể thu về thành quả hiển hiện thông qua diện mạo, một sự bùng nổ của óc sáng tạo, cảm giác khỏe mạnh và minh mẫn, cảm giác tươi mới sau khi bước qua một thời kỳ khó khăn. Mà các tiềm năng không chỉ dừng lại ở đó. Sự biến đổi năng lượng có thể diễn ra trong suốt hành trình cuộc đời bạn, cho phép bạn theo đuổi những giấc mơ lớn lao và tìm thấy con đường để chạm tới những mục tiêu cao cả hơn.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

244 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2020

About the author

Jolene Hart, CHC, AADP is a Philadelphia-based writer and founder of Beauty Is Wellness (jolenehart.com), a natural beauty and health coaching practice. She teaches women to use nutrition and lifestyle choices to look and feel their best from the inside out. Her first book on beauty nutrition, Eat Pretty, debuts in March 2014.

Reviews

[Mandy Hazen · Rating 5 out of 5]

OH. MY. GOSH. I literally felt like this book was exactly what I needed. So well written with real life examples of what you can do to better your life with recipes, breathing exercises, yoga exercises, etc. I have never rushed to a website of a author to devour as much information as possible after finishing a book and feeling so connected. I highly recommend this book. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Elaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

As someone who's interested in learning ways on how a person could improve their own emotional well-being, this book definitely pulled me in, which was why I requested it on Netgalley in the first place. There are lots of methods the author has written about, from music to food (and there are multiple interesting recipes listed within) to crystals and many other things one can do to keep the positive energy and vibration going throughout the day. Jolene Hart gets quite personal as well, going through different questions with answers of her own that prompts readers themselves to fill up themselves.

Sadly, I had to read this in the PDF format, which means that everything is in a huge mess. I don't usually do this, marking an ARC down because of its format (although if I could, I would avoid PDF files at all cost as it really ruins my reading experience while I try not to let it affect my review), but in this case, there are pictures and beautiful fonts of different colours used. And you can imagine how it'd look in the PDF format on Kindle: a big, big mess. Super tiny pictures; fonts and their illustrations to make them look fancy skewed. They are supposed to make readers enjoy reading it more, but it just didn't work out. It's apparent that the publisher did nothing about this formatting before sending it to Netgalley. It's terrible. It stressed me out.

And boy, oh boy, does this ARC have lots of missing letters. Instead of 'off', I'm only left with an 'o'. Or 'offer', becomes 'oer'. I honestly have no idea what happened to all the 'f's. It might be lost with all the skewed designs. Maybe it's in a different font? I have no idea. But that also ruined my experience. It kept mentioning a 'refer to page TK', and I absolutely have no idea what page TK means. So I'm really left confused.

One last tragedy: there is not a single citation or reference to all the studies Jolene Hart herself has mentioned. Just writing out 'One study shows...' does not help in trying to convince the skeptics at all. If I were one of them, I would have rated this a 1 star. But since I did enjoy the content to a certain extent, 3 stars it is. With citations, I would have enjoyed this even more, as reading further is something I would have loved to do with topics like those mentioned by the author.

I really hope that this book gets a proper edit. With citations.

This review is written based on the ARC provided by the publisher through Netgalley.

By A Floret's Breath

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recently read Ignite Your Light by Jolene Hart. I love mindfulness and embodiment so this book's promise to help define my energy and understand the factors that influence it was intriguing. Overall I thought this was a cute book and a quick read. I took the quiz in Chapter 1 and didn't fall into any one category, so I browsed each section (divided up by time of day when you're most "energized"). I didn't gain any solid takeaways, but I vibed with the language Hart uses so it was still a fun read. One big turn off for me were the recipes: I'm in recovery from an eating disorder, so that's a big chunk of the book I had to skip over (green juice is not a complete breakfast!). I would recommend that you check this book out at the library but not necessarily buy your own copy.

[Sharon Naylor Toris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspirit, uplifting, creative and motivating, this book does an excellent job of delivering more than it promises. It's a feel-good book, with lots of ways to start implementing self-help insights and action steps into your life from the very first pages. I liked this one a lot and will hang onto it so that I can dip back into it on days when I need a lift. Nice job, Jolene Hart, and thank you to NetGalley for sending me a free ARC in exchange for review.

[Emily Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, it is so aesthetically pleasing and gives practical practices that anyone can incorporate into their life. I LOVE the recipes, they are so beautiful and all real whole food items you can incorporate easily. I did already understand most of the concepts she discusses, but that didn’t keep me from loving to read her take and some of the science was new and fun to learn about! I will return to this for ideas again and again.

[Char Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book literally does what the title says, ignites your light!

Hart talks about acknowledging what brightens your inner energy and what dims it. She provides suggestions on how to keep your energy bright throughout each phase of the day, Sunrise, Daylight, Sunset and Moonlight. She also provides breathing exercises, yoga and some cute recipes!

This book really is a bundle of light and positivity !

[Rhi Hunt-Bull]

not sure about this one. read it for therapy, & got some positivity from it along with some good usable suggestions, but other things were kind of just repeating everything i’ve been told before. meh.

[Kathleen Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed the book. Participated with an author lead weekly discussion which really made the book resonate.

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had some good tips and recipes that I’ve already put into practice.

[Queen Kong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written so very beautifully ✨ lots of great gem’s being dropped in this read ! Loved it 🥰

[Shannon Yerabek · Rating 3 out of 5]

I try to be mindful and do these practices but l just can’t!

[Nathalia Cuevas Lind · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to love this book so much.... it left me disappointed and really bored. All the information is basic, and nothing is scientifically accurate. I’m giving this book 3/5 stars just so is a easy read, and somewhat helpful.

[Missy · Rating 4 out of 5]

" Ignite Your Light" was a great read. This book you will come back to again and again, with pages marked up. Full of wonderful suggestions for creating your best self. Improving your lifestyle. You won't be sorry in buying this book for yourself and family.

Thank you to publisher and NetGalley for the eARC

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of this is similar to things I've learned through Ayurveda. The actual Science parts where a bit of a slow read but Iearned some things.

I particularly liked how times of day where broken down:

5am - 9am Sunrise
9am - 5pm Daylight.
5pm - 9pm Sunset
9pm - 5am Moonlight

"Depending on the season and the hour that you rise, natural light may or may not greet you when you open your eyes. But a fresh breath of of outside air is always there, on the other side of the window pane, a papable connection to nature and the outdoors. Make it a part of your morning wakeup ritual  to stop and throw open your window, step out onto your doorstep or fire escape, to inhale deeply and feel the outside air on your face, whether it's frosty or humid, breezy or still. You have just made your day's first energetic connection to nature."


Daylight Energy Drain  - Lacking Balance between solitude and socialization.


Put your devices to bed during the Sunset hours. - I've been failing miserably at this one during the Pandemic.

"The arrival of moonlight is a daily reminder that nature works in cycles, large and small. Night settles in to remind us of our need for balance; for every light there is dark, for every period of activity there is rest."

"Life is a string of moments and days, and tomorrow you'll begin again."