• Home
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
    • Write for Australian Women Online
  • Advertise With Us
  • Horoscopes
  • Style
  • Shoe Boutique
  • eFashion
  • Weight Watchers Australia

Australian Women Online

Business, career, health and lifestyle content for women

  • Home
  • BLOG
  • BOOKS
  • BUSINESS
  • CAREER
  • COOKING
  • HEALTH
  • LIFESTYLE
    • Automotive
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Pets
    • Relationships
    • Your Home
    • Your Money
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • TRAVEL
    • Discount Holidays
You are here: Home / BOOKS / Book Reviews / Book Review: Discover the Gift by Shajen Joy Aziz and Demian Lichtenstein

Book Review: Discover the Gift by Shajen Joy Aziz and Demian Lichtenstein

1 October 2011 by Tania McCartney

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp

Rating: ★★★★☆

What’s your gift? No, I’m not talking about the trinket you recently received for a birthday or festive celebration. I’m talking about your gift to the world. The one you can use to help others, and thereby help yourself. Yes. That one. The reason you are Here.

Brother and sister team Aziz and Lichtenstein came through an unnaturally adverse and tragic upbringing and an intense love/hate sibling relationship before coming together to write Discover the Gift. This adversity certainly fuelled the passion and peace with which they turned their relationship around – and penned this detailed tome on finding your purpose and embracing the intuitive mind.

As Albert Einstein once said:

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Beginning with part one – a fascinating overview of their own heart-wrenching journey from hatred and mistrust to acceptance and love – the authors reveal the story behind their emotional enlightenment, and the defining moment that brought them together.

In part two – the reader is guided through eight steps to discover and unfold their own Gift – or Life Purpose. Each step has an associated mandala – a source of inspiration and meditation – that also represent the chakras, or energy centres, that flow through the body. When these chakras are opened, our energy and wellbeing increases, allowing us to more fully embrace life and more easily access our Gift.

The eight steps include the development of receptivity and flexibility, intention and attention, inner- and inter-action, sharing and reciprocity, vibration and energy, adaptability and transformation, compassion and unity – all clearly defined and gently laid open for exploration.

Featuring wisdom-filled quotes and revelations from such well-respected sages as Jack Canfield, Sue Morter, Janet Bray Attwood and his Holiness the Dalai Lama, the book also provides defined opportunities for growth, breath practices, affirmations, mental manifestation, meditation and more.

Discover the Gift is not an airy-fairy wishfest of gossamer fluff. It is rooted in strong, perceptive spiritual practices that have stood the test of time  and are grounded by a very real and moving story between two people who have come back together at all odds – and have succeeded in altering the course of not only their sibling relationship, but their lives. Sharing what they have learned is a Gift indeed, and if this book does nothing more than make you realize your possibility, then that may just be all you need.

You May Also Like:

Filed Under: Book Reviews

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

New Content

  • Streaming Power: How Online Platforms Are Driving Women’s Sports Viewership
  • Why Australian Women Are Rewriting the Rulebook on Everyday Skincare
  • A Season of Power: Women’s Sport Steps Into the Spotlight
  • How Concierge Medicine Empowers Busy Women to Take Control of Their Health
  • Pet Food Australia: The Ultimate Guide to Premium Pet Food for a Healthier, Happier Pet
  • Your Fertility Journey Begins Here: Trusted Care, Expert Guidance
  • New vs. Used Cars: Know the Pros and Cons of Each
  • Beating the Odds in Aviator: Myth or Math?
  • 5 Types of Purlins: What Are Their Pros and Cons
  • Incident & Risk Dashboards: Avoiding Six‑Figure Fines Under New NDIS Rules

Popular Content

  • Moore Weekly Stars
  • Veronika Maine Washer Twill Wrap Skirt Black
  • Pet Food Australia: The Ultimate Guide to Premium Pet Food for a Healthier, Happier Pet
  • Give Your Garden the Luxe Touch
  • About
  • Your Fertility Journey Begins Here: Trusted Care, Expert Guidance
  • SABA Kate Denim Mini Skirt
  • Write for Australian Women Online
  • Your Guide to Buying a Puppy in Australia
  • How one Australian artist who was told she’d never succeed is proving the critics wrong

Australian Women Online © Copyright 2007 - 2025 Deborah Robinson ABN 38 119 171 979 · All Rights Reserved