Invisible Blueprints: Intuitive Insights for Fulfillment in Life (Paperback)

by Diane Brandon (Author) "As a culture we tend to be fascinated by intuition, while at the same time having a conflicted view of it..." (more)
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Product Description
Invisible Blueprints: Intuitive Insights for Fulfillment in Life encapsulates information Diane Brandon has gained through her intuitive counseling work with clients. In addition to devoting a chapter to the phenomenon of intuition itself, Diane shares how she, a professed formerly non-intuitively aware person, ended up becoming an adept professional intuitive and teacher of intuition. The book also covers such topics as personal growth and unfolding, essence, relationship types, soul agreements, purpose and mission, reincarnation, spectrum of consciousness, manifesting, and even how readings are evolving from "fortune-telling" to counseling and personal facilitation.

About the Author
Diane Brandon is an Intuition Expert and Intuitive Consultant whose work focuses on personal growth and mind power facilitation and who has a special interest in demystifying intuition as a very real—and beneficial—part of human consciousness and intelligence. Diane’s insight has led thousands of clients to work with her individually on a personal facilitation basis. She also works with corporate and other groups through seminars and public speaking and teaches workshops and continuing education courses on Intuition. She is a featured author in Speaking Out and in The Long Way Around: How 34 Women Found the Lives They Love and continues to contribute articles on personal growth to various publications.

Diane has an A.B. in French from Duke University; did Master's work in Radio, Television, Motion Pictures at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; attended TUTOR, a language institute in Geneva, Switzerland for French studies; and has taught a Continuing Education course at University of Memphis in "Developing Intuition."

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Insight Publishing (December 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932863958
• ISBN-13: 978-1932863956
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,676,222 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars grounding, empowering, energizing!, September 8, 2006

By	Valentine Moulard-leonard "elan vital" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Whether you are just starting on your personal unfolding journey, wondering about the validity and significance of those gut feelings of yours, or working actively in the healing community, this book will leave you feeling better informed, clear-headed, grounded, empowered, inspired and confident that fulfillment is not a naively optimistic myth after all.

Through a richly textured combination of the personal insights she has acquired through years of practice as an energy reader and intuitive counselor, a wealth of recent scientific findings on so-called psychic phenomena and faculties, and numerous pointed references to like-minded thinkers (the explicitly spiritually inclined and the more obviously rational alike), Brandon succeeds in putting intuition and intuitive phenomena into a meaningful, understandable framework.

She thus gives us a whole other way of looking at the work of a psychic, by diluting our preconceptions about it and challenging us to question our own preconceived ideas and mindsets--about that and a wealth of other questions, including some fundamental philosophical problems, such as those concerning the meaning of life (we're here to learn and grow), the significance of death (she believes in reincarnation, since we're here to experience the totality of what is and enrich our soul), or the nature of consciousness (a multi-dimensional and layered spectrum of energy).

While the book is filled with good practical advice and insights (for instance, on relationships, on surrender, on knowledge) it is not a "how to" book. Much more important than that! It not only gives you the means to embark on the journey: it convinces you, deeply, that you want to choose to grow, not out of some moral duty, but simply because the adventure is really worth it.

One of the reasons why Brandon is so convincing is because she strikes a very subtle and all too rare balance: she's at once compassionate and never sappy; she cultivates a sense of wonder at the creative nature of the universe but does not sound naively mystical; she clears up many superficial misunderstandings about "new-age" and "positive thinking" concepts (such as "manifesting", "detachment" or "flow"); she always reminds us to use common sense while pushing the limits of our knowledge and of ourselves; she warns us against the potential pitfalls of conscious living (like using spirituality to deny our human and emotional side so as to permanently escape from the demands of our concrete, embodied, social and professional life). In short, she is careful to honor both our human persona and struggles and our spiritual yearnings and exceptional abilities.

Unlike many "such books" (by which I mean the cornucopia of self-help and spiritual growth books), Invisible Blueprints never condescendingly strikes you with "great truths" for you to sheepishly swallow out of blind faith in the spiritual authority of their authors. Brandon never tries to WOW you with her extraordinary gift. On the contrary, she skillfully works at demystifying it with great generosity. Her aim is to facilitate the growth processes in others, not to exert control or induce dependence.

Invisible Blueprints is the work of a true healer. It makes a great case for trusting the process of life, in both its mundane and its lofty aspects. Since the reason why we're here is to learn and grow, everything becomes an opportunity for clearing our inauthentic stuff and nudging us toward embracing our true essence. I highly recommend it to anyone striving for fulfillment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Personally Rewarding Experience, August 14, 2006

By	Marsha L. Mckenna (Largo, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Invisible Blueprints" is very well written, thought provoking and enjoyable to read. As you read this wonderful book you will say "oh yeah, I remember when that happended to me, so that's intutition." Ms. Brandon gives many clear examples that will get you thinking of your own past experiencs.

We could all benefit from her insights regarding relationship types and soul mates as to why we form some relationships and about some "stuff" that may be blocking us from a more fulfilling relationship. I particularly enjoyed reading about relationships with departed loves ones including our beloved pets and felt great comfort from her words.

I personally was very moved by the information Ms. Brandon conveyed on personal growth and how to achieve personal empowerment. She brought out the importance of going within ourselves to find our inner core and various methods to achive this.

I highly recommend "Invisible Blueprints". It will become a favorite of yours as it has become a favorite of mine.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpressed feelings clarified and put into words!, August 11, 2006

By	Suzanne Eddy - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Diane Brandon brings such clarity to many things I have sensed and felt intuitively, but could not explain! This book is very insightful and elegantly written. If you are a seeker of truth and balance this a "must read" as it will definitely help you along your path by invoking you, not only, to deep thoughts, but also to deeper feeling. Thus helping light the way to wholeness of body, mind and spirit. It is a book you will find yourself reading over and over many times!