Martha Beck, Ph.D., shows people how to listen to their own body signals, and how to trust themselves, to create the life they were meant to live, a life that gives them joy. Her infectious belief that people deserve to live lives that are happy combines with some of the most sophisticated and practical exercises I have ever seen.
If you are ready to say, "Yes, I want to follow my destiny and do what I'm meant to do," I can't imagine anything to be a better map and companion than this warm and very, very intelligent book. I wish I had gone to Martha Beck 15 or 10 or even 5 years ago -- I would have saved myself a lot of grief.
Look at her picture on the sleeve. She looks like Mary Martin in Peter Pan. And she's indeed like Peter Pan, sprinkling fairy dust on people and telling them they can fly. And she would never, never tell you to grow up and wear a tie and a serious expression, unless ties and serious expressions really, really turned you on.
If you really want to learn wonderful "life strategies," for Heaven's sake, buy this book.
The book is great in that it not only provides a solid foundation and methods for helping this discovery, it also goes into the psychology that may hinder one's ability to do this, and offers real suggestions on what to do.
So many times I read what another reviewer calls "feel good books". I hate them too. They are a waste of time. This is the only book I've found that really offers something useful.
I read Po Bronson's "What Should I Do With My Life?", and loved it, because I saw how so many others also struggle with this issue, but was very disappointed that it didn't provide any thoughts or guidance to answer that question.
Until I read this book, I was coming to the conclusion that all of these self-help books are so much BS; now I have the atlas for my journey.
Thank you Martha Beck!