Award-winning cre­ativ­ity coach and ther­a­pist, Eric Maisel, offers the A Lit­tle Every Day Deck series to help read­ers develop a more cen­tered, cre­ative, intel­li­gent life. Each card in the series presents a sin­gle idea and a sim­ple exer­cise to try every day.

Read­ers can use the decks in a vari­ety of ways. They can: • Read through the 30 cards in the deck, pick one that res­onates, and try the sim­ple exer­cise the card sug­gests. • Use the cards as a 30-day pro­gram, prac­tic­ing one mes­sage and exer­cise a day. • Shuf­fle the cards, cut the deck, and let a ran­dom mes­sage speak. • Find a favorite mes­sage and exer­cise, repeat it until the mes­sage is taken to heart, then go on to another card in the deck.

Each deck is designed to work with the oth­ers to help read­ers grow in pro­found, even unex­pected ways. Every­day Calm offers 30 dif­fer­ent ways to chill out and soothe the inner beast. The cards teach how to quiet the mind’s use­less chat­ter, elim­i­nate neg­a­tive self-talk, relax the body, and reduce over­all stress.

“Do you often feel uptight? Unable to relax? Not find­ing it pos­si­ble to have time for your­self to unwind and cre­ate a place of seren­ity? With this lat­est card deck, cre­ativ­ity coach, writer, and psy­chol­o­gist Eric Maisel says, ‘Today is the day to be calm. Not yes­ter­day. Not tomor­row.’ Maisel’s sim­ple, easy-to-use daily pro­gram to ‘soothe your inner beast’ will help you achieve lit­tle moments of calm and seren­ity in your day. Each card con­tains a truth about being soothed, of find­ing calm in the midst of chaos.

“In an intro­duc­tory sec­tion, Maisel tells us that using these cards will ‘teach you strate­gies for qui­et­ing your mind chat­ter, elim­i­nat­ing your neg­a­tive self-talk, relax­ing your body, and reduc­ing your over­all stress.’ All you do is take one card each day-randomly or in order-and reflect upon the advice and affir­ma­tions there. It’s really quite simple-and fast, too. After using these cards for the last few weeks, I can say that they’ve made me stop and think about how fre­netic and crazy things can get. The first step toward becom­ing calmer is real­iz­ing when we aren’t calm. As Maisel says, breath aware­ness, self-forgiveness, selec­tive inat­ten­tion, lack of sleep and many other things get in the way of feel­ing calm and serene.

“Get these cards and try them out. You can use them with your part­ner or kids or friends or cowork­ers. Each one offers valu­able advice and infor­ma­tion that is well-worth dis­cussing with peo­ple in your life. Or you can reflect upon the issues and ideas on your own. Either way, ‘Every­day Calm’ is a great tool to use to find lit­tle cor­ners of peace in a demand­ing and frus­trat­ing world.”—Lori L. Lake, author of les­bian fic­tion and free­lance reviewer for the Mid­west Book Review

 

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