Liz Jansen: 14 books

Look no further than motorcycles for life lessons on balance. When you’re out of balance on two wheels, the feedback is immediate and the consequences are real. Learning how to achieve balance in your life is every bit as important as learning to stay upright on a motorcycle. Maintaining...

Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment explores the relationship between women, motorcycling and personal power. Fifty women motorcyclists share stories of how they have tapped into that power and how it has shaped their lives. Using her own story as a framework, Liz Jansen provides first-hand...

Caring for your motorcycle demonstrates respect for what it is. Although it’s easy to become complacent and take its performance and reliability for granted, doing so puts your safety and wellbeing at risk. While many people cringe at the thought of picking up a tool, learning a few basics exposes...

One need look no further than the relationship between motorcycle and rider to glimpse what is as close to a perfect relationship as there is. It has to be. Aside from the initial passion that draws them together, learning to work together is a matter of survival.A relationship that thrives...

Unleashing your personal power requires understanding where it comes from, how much is there, how to access it, how to apply it, and, lastly, ensuring there’s enough fuel.A motorcycle’s engine holds a tremendous amount of power—more than most of us come close to using. However, just because...

Generating epic energy is all about choice and how you use the resources that are at your fingertips. On a motorcycle, you alone are at the controls. How you use them determines not only how well you manage the bike, but also how well you manage the energy it generates.Your choices influence how far...

Having your motorcycle tires inadvertently lose contact with the ground is an indication your ride is about to come to a grinding halt. That’s not a good thing.Likewise, staying grounded in life is a fundamental state of being. Being grounded literally means connecting to vital earth energies....

Motorcycle mirrors remind you where you’ve been and show you things you couldn’t otherwise see. They add valuable information upon which you can base decisions that affect your future.What you see when you look in the mirror can quickly change your perception about what’s going on around you...

Where the Road Meets Spirit is a compilation of the twelve individual Life Lessons from Motorcycle books. Bring together a motorcycle and rider and alchemy is inevitable. Not only does each partner unite and become as one, the merger is transformative, creating a new state of being. One is...

Holistic nutrition is derived not only from the food you eat, but also from community, meditation, wisdom, sensuality, and play. A healthy diet now paves the way for a healthy future. Not only do you feel better, but it can prevent illnesses that hold you back from your potential—and your dreams.Motorcycles...

Learning to use your vision to control your direction is the first lesson new motorcycle riders are taught. The same principles apply to life and for the same reason: you’re drawn to where you’re looking.Unless you know where you’re going, how can you expect to get there? Establishing a vision...

In 1954, a unique being came into this world and the branding began. The baby was a girl, the first child of first-generation Canadians and the granddaughter of refugees. Her Mennonite parents spoke German and ran a fruit farm.The nurses put a pretty pink bow in her fiery red hair and delivered her...

Communication skills are the lifeblood of our relationships with others and, indeed, with life itself. They help us establish, maintain, and nourish healthy relationships. If we’re receptive to feedback, they also facilitate our personal growth.The basic communication model is simple: there’s...

A motorcycle engine has no shortage of power, but to use it effectively, you have to understand how to control it. It’s not intuitive, but it is readily developed through training and honed through practice.How you coordinate the controls on a motorcycle—i.e., the throttle, brakes, clutch, and...