Get a Better Boat: Trustworthy teachings for difficult times - Paperback

by Jill Loree (Author)

Get a Better Boat is about learning how to navigate life-from the inside out.

It's based on the idea that most of what drives our experience isn't obvious-it's the hidden patterns we carry. Things like fear, pride, avoidance, old beliefs... all of these shape how we react, what we create, and why certain situations keep repeating.

Each chapter is practical and focused, so we can actually take it in and reflect on it. It's not about quick fixes or trying to be positive all the time-it's about getting honest, becoming more aware, and gradually shifting how we show up in life.

The core message is simple: life will always have challenges. But when we understand what's going on inside ourselves, we can respond differently.

And that's what changes everything.

1 Jewels in the heart
About: Being present with what's here now

2 A simple test for life
About: Seeking connection versus separation

3 The Real Self vs the True Self
About: The reality of untruth

4 Finding the light switch: My husband, the ego and imposters
About: Using guidance to help each other

5 From believing to knowing: The trip of a lifetime
About: Personal experience becomes our proof

6 Taking the more mystical way home
About: The faster way to heaven within

7 Two Martin Luthers, two kinds of faith
About: What salvation really means

8 It's time to grow up: Maturing through stages
About: Moving into a new epoch

9 After isolation: Approaching the Great Transition
About: Waking up to our true self

10 Paying attention: The life-changing process of waking up
About: Sorting out the parts of the self

11 Living on the good side of life
About: Aligning our will with God's will

12 How inner obstacles let in dark forces
About: The deep impact of childhood wounds

13 Closing the gaps in our awareness
About: Becoming aware of our faults

14 What's hiding beneath our stories?
About: Helping others through inner listening

15 Suffering? It's time to search for images
About: Images and their importance

16 Four hard lessons about immaturity and images
About: How images color life experiences

17 Why did God make war?
About: The origin of conflict

18 It's a jungle in there: Hacking our way around a spiritual path
About: The spiral nature of a spiritual path

19 What's behind all the resistance?
About: Our reactions to authority

20 Feeling lost? Here's how to find yourself
About: Doing the work of healing

21 Healing from every angle, in body, mind and spirit
About: Working with all aspects of ourselves

22 The tricky thing about self-responsibility
About: The harm of self-judgment

23 How to swim with life, by evolving and resolving our splits
About: The origin and outcome of splits

24 Playing the long game
About: Perseverance and trust

25 The key to a happy marriage? Honesty
About: How marriage works

26 The story of our lives: Why look within?
About: The reason for self-examination

27 How to heal a country
About: The basis for better governing

28 Learn to fight the right way, for the right thing
About: The process of improving

29 The truer way to freedom
About: How hidden hurts imprison us

30 Humor can heal, but sometimes it just hurts
About: The many faces of humor

31 Making life better by changing how we create
31a Creation springs from swirling starting points
About: How creating happens

31b Understanding time and the "now point"
About: Time and our shortcuts to bliss

31c The way out of misery
About: Three main ways we escape

32 Untangling the twisted threads of friction
About: The tools of the dark forces

33 So, how's your little boat doing?
About: The symbolism of the sea