Marci Shimoff - Love for no reason : 7 steps to creating a life of unconditional love

W hat if you could live in a state of unconditional love all of the timeif you could love people, not because they fill your needs or because they love you, but because youre connected to a state of pure love within yourself? What if you could bring the highest and best part of yourself to your family and friends, to your work, to your community, and even to the things that you find most challenging in your life? You can, when you learn to love for no reason.

In Love for No Reason, transformational expert and bestselling author Marci Shimoff offers a breakthrough approach to experiencing a deep and lasting state of unconditional love. Drawing on current scientific research, ancient wisdom, and proven techniques, her holistic 7-step program will open your heart, make you a magnet for love, and transform your life.

Love for No Reason helps us establish a foundation of unconditional love that supports greater happiness in our lives. Poignant stories and Marci Shimoffs characteristic insights guide us to understand at a visceral level how we can love for no reason.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, bestselling author and Emmy Awardwinning host of The Dr. Oz Show

Marci Shimoff has written another life-changing book. In Love for No Reason, she lays out a powerful and comprehensive program that anyone can do to experience a more lasting state of unconditional love. If you want to experience inner fulfillment on a whole new level, read this book.

Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles and cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

Marci Shimoff is a celebrated transformational leader and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. In addition to authoring the worldwide bestseller Happy for No Reason , she is the coauthor of six of the top-selling titles in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and a featured teacher in the international movie and book sensation The Secret.

Carol Kline is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the coauthor of Happy for No Reason and five books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

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Praise for

Love for No Reason

Marci Shimoff once again touches the heart with her new book, Love for No Reason ... a guide to creating a life of love and happiness that saturates your soul. Thank you, Marci, for this important and inspiring book.

Mariel Hemingway, award-winning actress and author of Healthy Living from the Inside Out

What the world needs now is Marci Shimoff and her extraordinary handbook on how unconditional love can end heartache, feed the soul, and light the world.

Lynne McTaggart, author of the bestsellers The Field and The Intention Experiment

Love for No Reason is a book to read again and again. Engaging, wise, and profound, it will change your life for the betterno matter where you begin your journey to greater unconditional love.

Kristine Carlson, author of Dont Sweat the Small Stuff in Love and An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love

In ways both profound and practical, this book shows you proven ways to open the gates of love. Grounded in brain science and illuminated by spirit, it helps you find the love thats already in you and around you. Funny, warm, and with lots of practical suggestions, Marci Shimoffs voice is with you on every page, like a good friend speaking from the heart.

Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Buddhas Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

Love for No Reason takes a scientific approach to unconditional love, where emotion meets spirit. Every reader will find something that resonates and opens their heart!

Candace Pert, PhD, author of Molecules of Emotions and Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d

There are thousands of books that educate us on how to give and receive love. But this unique and powerful book does that and moreit shows us how to BE love, which is what we are at the most profound root of the Self.

Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center and author of Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Souls Potential

Love for No Reason is a brilliant how-to guide for expanding your capacity to love. Highly recommended.

John Gray, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Shimoff, Marci.

Love for no reason : 7 steps to creating a life of unconditional love / Marci Shimoff with Carol Kline.

p. cm.

1. Love. I. Kline, Carol, 1957 II. Title.

BF575.L8.S562 2010

152.4'1dc222 010034732

ISBN 978-1-4391-6502-7

ISBN 978-1-4391-6503-4 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-4391-6504-1 (eBook)

This book is dedicated to all those who hear the call of their heart to live in unconditional love.

And to Mom, I carry your love in my heart.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

BY MARIANNE WILLIAMSON