Awaken: The Path to Purpose, Inner Peace, and Healing - Hardcover

by Rajendra Sisodia (Author), Joseph Jaworski (Foreword by)

Awaken: A Journey to Purpose, Wholeness, Healing, and Impact

Awaken delivers a contemporary and accessible guide to how each of us can experience a life of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment in a world that is rife with anxiety, depression, and addiction. Drawing on the distinguished author's lifetime of accumulated insights and experience, Awaken guides readers on a journey to achieve complete alignment between who they are, what they say, what they do, and how they relate to others.

People are traumatized and polarized the world over. By healing our traumas, uniting the polarities in our lives, and connecting to our deepest purpose, we can attain personal power and amplify our positive impact on the world. Most people have chosen not to deal with their trauma; they conceal it, numb it, and relive it. Through the prism of the author's life journey, Awaken shows us how to mine the ups and downs of our lives to experience "post-traumatic growth."

Written for anyone with even a passing interest in improving their inner life and making a difference in the world, Awaken provides proven tools and practical advice that allow readers to know themselves, love themselves, be themselves, and express themselves. Readers will learn how to grow their personal power by building self-trust, cultivating presence, drawing healthy boundaries, leaning into necessary conflict, and challenging orthodoxies. Awaken will help readers see their lives differently in order to transform their experience of living.

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That which is deeply personal is completely universal. This book illustrates that maxim and reveals profound truths that are relevant to all humans.

Drawing on the author's personal insights accumulated over an eventful life, as well as those of both contemporary and timeless masters, Awaken: The Path to Purpose, Inner Peace, and Healing offers readers an accessible, practical, and step-by-step approach to aligning who they are, what they do, what makes them tick, and how they relate to others.

Many of us sleepwalk through life. Most people live lives devoid of purpose, experience little peace of mind and are in deep denial about their own wounds and traumas. Awaken illuminates the path towards living a truly fulfilling and impactful life. Through the author's own lived experience, he guides us towards three essential guideposts of awakening: connecting to purpose, achieving inner peace and experiencing deep healing.

This book describes the path the author forged from his trauma-filled youth to his transformation into a person who has become an impactful leader changing how we think about business and leadership. It shows that even in the most challenging of situations, it's possible to find seeds of growth, compassion, healing and redemption.

Awaken is an indispensable guide to achieving those intangible things in life that make all the difference. It will help you become a better leader, a better partner, a better friend, a better family member, and a better human. It will surprise, delight and inspire you.

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Praise for AWAKEN

"Raj Sisodia has lived a life of incredible productivity and profound service. This brilliantly written book will take you on a personal journey with him that is riveting and unforgettable. His storytelling will grip your attention and open your mind. His love for life will warm your heart. His capacity to serve and find his way to make the biggest possible difference with his life will deeply inspire you. Read this life changing book and nourish your soul."
--Lynne Twist, Co-founder, The Pachamama Alliance and author, The Soul of Money and Living a Committed Life

"Raj's life story will transfix you page after page. For those familiar with his work, you'll see what shaped his heart and mind into a voice that has influenced countless business leaders to rethink the way they lead. If you're new to Raj's work, get ready to be inspired and determined to leave your own lasting impact on the world."
--Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller and co-author, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family

"With the same logic and rationale that makes it mandatory to first put on your own oxygen mask when others are in danger, Raj Sisodia has become aware that the best way to heal others is to first focus on healing himself. In this introspective new book, Raj exudes a vulnerability in sharing deeply personal insights that make his healing message for the rest of us all the more credible and essential."
--Danny Meyer, Founder, Union Square Hospitality Group and author, Setting the Table

"Awaken is a courageous book that offers us profound lessons for our life's journey, especially when we engage in the meaningful struggle to find our own gifts and bring them to the world."
--Betty Sue Flowers, Co-author, Presence and editor, The Power of Myth

Author Biography

RAJ SISODIA is Co-founder and former Chairman of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He is the bestselling author of Conscious Capitalism, The Healing Organization, Firms of Endearment, Everybody Matters, Shakti Leadership and several other impactful books. Raj is FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico.