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The Joys of Everyday Ritual: Spiritual Recipes to Celebrate Milestones, Ease Transitions, and Make Every Day Sacred

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I have read the book and found it to be extremely creative and easy to read. The author gave plenty of suggestions that I have used to mark specific occasions of our family. It has enhanced the impact and memory of those occasions. I totally recommend it.

I am a psychologist, and I sometimes talk to my clients about creating rituals as a therapeutic tool. Most often, I use rituals as a means to help clients cope with traumatic events and/or difficult emotional experiences. In this book, however, author Barbara Biziou covers a wider range for the utility of rituals, from true "everyday" rituals to simple celebratory rituals to more profound rituals of healing. She explains how rituals can foster connection, provide structure and stability, and bring meaning and focus into our lives. Biziou considers the rituals which she offers in her book to be basic recipes which readers can build on and adapt to fit their own lives. Overall, I think she strikes a nice balance between providing structured information and encouraging readers to engage in self-expression.