My favorite books that create deep love awareness

Why are we passionate about this?

We have been fascinated by the power and energy of Love as far back as either of us remember. Each of our life's purposes revolves around the belief that Love is the most powerful force in the universe. We support our LoveFoundation and mission to bring Love awareness to individuals and to the world. We are both transformational life coaches and believe and teach that love is essence. Our mission is to change the paradigm of the world from fear to Love, building on the foundation of Absolute Love, restoring hope and faith into the hearts of the world.  


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Book cover of Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business

What is our book about?

Absolute Love: The 12 Principles of Love in Life and Business will bring more love, power, and joy to your life, eliminate fear and help you develop recognition that love is the most powerful force in the world. These principles are shared in a format so that the reader can apply all 12 principles to both personal and business life. This book also enables you to follow your highest spiritual path and become illuminated to the Divine. You will transform your life as you connect the 12 Principles to your heart and mind and develop a greater awareness of self and the Divine and show you love as the fundamental essence and energy of life. 

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The books we picked & why

Book cover of Love Will Lead Us Home: Your Guide For the Journey

David and Deborah Kozich Why did I love this book?

Recently we have been blessed to meet the author of this amazing book. Together we discovered our shared interest in love as a way of life and upon our meeting we traded books on the topic.

This read is a refreshing perspective and guide for our journey in life. Rick Nichols depicts the characters of The Wizard of Oz to all be heroes on life's journey giving valuable insight on how to live a truly love-centered life that builds on heart-centered courage, faith, and grace.

Magic comes alive in the storytelling of Dorothy’s journey, as well as the author's near-death experience, definitely eye-opening and heart warming. Powerful insight is shared revolving around the belief that Love and acceptance are keys to healing ourselves and the world.

By Rick Nichols,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Love Will Lead Us Home as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Are you looking for excitement, adventure, and discovery of the most revolutionary kind? Look no further.

Love Will Lead Us Home is a journey — a hero’s journey from what we may see as our ordinary everyday reality to a reality that lies just beneath the familiar, one with astonishing secrets to reveal to those willing to explore with an open mind and heart. As your guide, I will lead you through landscapes that may at first seem familiar but, upon deeper exploration, you will discover a new reality and meaning you may have previously overlooked.

Although listed as nonfiction,…


Book cover of Ordering from the Cosmic Kitchen: The Essential Guide to Powerful, Nourishing Affirmation

David and Deborah Kozich Why did I love this book?

This book was given as a gift by the author at a local network gathering. It was a privilege to meet Patricia and to learn about her connection to Louise Hay.

This book is an essential guide with positive affirmations and visualizations energizing the reader to achieve their dreams. The affirmations are practical so the reader can practice loving ways to nurture oneself. Placing orders from the cosmic kitchen and using the law of attraction makes for a great recipe in life that fulfills one's heart and desires to support one's own personal journey to reduce stress, increase balance and discover the meaning and purpose in life.

The affirmations are powerful and the techniques shared are positive, the ingredients are all essential for everyday life and tailored for each individual to become your own Masterful Chef. 

By Patricia J. Crane,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Ordering from the Cosmic Kitchen as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

This book uses the playful image of the Universe like a Cosmic Kitchen, just waiting to take and fulfill your orders by means of affirmations and visualizations. The eight principles for placing effective orders with the Cosmic Kitchen are applied to career, prosperity, relationships, health, traveling, and finding your perfect home. It explains how to use the Law of Attraction and why affirmations together with feelings are the most powerful combination for achieving your dreams. The final chapters cover: why the Kitchen sometimes gives you lemons (negative experiences) and what to do when that happens, plus how your affirmations and…


Book cover of The Three Supreme Gifts: A Practical Approach to Self-Mastery and to Transforming Your Life Here and Now

David and Deborah Kozich Why did I love this book?

The gifts Lisa shares inside this book, are practical and powerful with many tips, tools, practices, and resources for harmonious transformation.

You will experience love at a deeper level. You being the subject of life to create the life you deserve and desire. A different perspective that is worth reading. This is the second book to Lisa’s first book Love Is the Seed.

She teaches how you can plant seeds of love in your life to live fully engaged with love, thought, and free will. Practical loving wisdom shared to help you find within you all that you need, a practical approach to self-mastery and loving yourself.  

By Lisa Hromada,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Three Supreme Gifts as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"The Three Supreme Gifts is a genuine and honest guide that would make for an amazing gift or for personal exploration that will leave you feeling encouraged, rejuvenated, and with a deeper spiritual understanding."- Liz Konkel, Readers' Favorite

"Reading, digesting, and deepening my understanding of The Three Supreme Gifts has been nothing short of transformational. Lisa Hromada shows us the indisputable truth about who we are innately, and provides an easily understandable framework for the depth of love and inner knowing / guidance that is always available to us."- Barb Wade, M.A.

A book of beauty and simple wisdom, The…


Book cover of Jobi Says Love Is The Most Important Thing: Jobi The Lab

David and Deborah Kozich Why did I love this book?

This is a children's series about a Chocolate Labrador Retriever named Jobi who believes that “Love is The Most Important Thing.” 

What makes him special is that he can talk. Jobi speaks words of wisdom to children and readers of all ages and teaches powerful life lessons. Jobi loves teaching about the power of believing in love and how one can be inspired by faith to overcome fear. Discoveries are shared to light up the life of the reader along with the importance of active listening and paying attention.

Jobi loves to inspire and encourage interactive reading and invites his readers to read together, out loud, and to make reading a fun part of everyday life.    

By David Kozich, Karen Light (illustrator),

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Jobi Says Love Is The Most Important Thing as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

At first sight, Jobi is just another Chocolate Brown Labrador Retriever, but Jobi is a special dog possessing the wisdom and power of Love-and he can talk, Faith, a young girl, is confronted with a life challenge and frozen with fear. Can Jobi inspire faith to overcome her fear? Discover if the power of Love and light can light Faith's heart and mind to help her share music that inspires others.

In this second book of the Jobi Series, follow Jobi and the adventures of Grace, Faith, and Steven as Jobi teaches the power of Love. You will be amazed.


Book cover of A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "a Course in Miracles"

David and Deborah Kozich Why did I love this book?

A Return to Love creates an inspirational story about trusting love as an absolute reality.

Marianne uses her own experience to enhance the lives of others. The results of returning to love help one to stay in the realm of answers with a new level of awareness. Perspective shifts, and love thoughts occur at a deeper level. Mindful celebrations are shared including grief and acknowledgment of disappointments to help one process and forgive to honestly celebrate new beginnings.

Courage is taught as one learns to celebrate the spiritual warrior within to face fear and anger with the brilliance of returning to love. Unconditional love is a gift available to all.  

By Marianne Williamson,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked A Return to Love as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Back by popular demand -- and newly updated by the author -- the mega-bestselling spiritual guide in which Marianne Williamson shares her reflections on A Course in Miracles and her insights on the application of love in the search for inner peace.

Williamson reveals how we each can become a miracle worker by accepting God and by the expression of love in our daily lives. Whether psychic pain is in the area of relationships, career, or health, she shows us how love is a potent force, the key to inner peace, and how by practicing love we can make our…


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By Edward Benzel,

Book cover of Today Was A Good Day: A Collection of Essays From The Heart Of A Neurosurgeon

Edward Benzel Author Of Today Was A Good Day: A Collection of Essays From The Heart Of A Neurosurgeon

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Why am I passionate about this?

Coming from the perspective of a neurosurgeon, I have witnessed many successes and failures over more than four decades. I recognized decades ago that communication with patients at a level that involves emotions is a necessary part of being a complete physician. This involves being empathetic and, henceforth, digging deep to find the strength to be transparent, vulnerable, compassionate, understanding, and, when needed, forceful (some would call this paternalism). Although the five books I have chosen to highlight vary widely in content, they have one common theme – finding within us the will and wherewithal to succeed.

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What is my book about?

My book is a collection of monthly Editor-in-Chief letters to the readership of World Neurosurgery, a journal that I edit. Each essay is short and sweet. The letters were written for neurosurgeons but have been re-edited so that they apply to all human beings. They cover topics such as leadership, empathy, vulnerability, stress, burnout, and on and on…. These essays are relevant for all who strive to craft a better version of themselves.

Life lessons learned by the author during his 40+ year neurosurgery career are shared and translated into real-life scenarios. Between the covers are many lessons that are derived from the experiences of the author and then applied to all humans. The mastering of these lessons should translate into a sense of pride and satisfaction. In keeping with the theme of the book, this process should culminate in the feeling at the end of the day that ‘Today was, indeed, a good day.’

Today Was A Good Day: A Collection of Essays From The Heart Of A Neurosurgeon

By Edward Benzel,

What is this book about?

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This book provides some insights into leadership, effective communication, and fulfillment from the perspective of a neurosurgeon, and it causes the reader to think about and consider many, many attributes of a leader.
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