Do you feel that your life has taken a wrong turn and you don't know how to get back on track? This book provides a step-by-step programme to put you on course again. Aimed at everyone, it shows you how to recognise your deepest desires, examines why they have been forgotten and then gives practical advice on how to fulfil them. Helps you identify your dreams and goals Lets you repair unconscious beliefs and emotional wounds that may be blocking your progress. Provides a map to guide you through your life changes. Takes you through every stage from recognising your dream to planning its implementation Motivates you throughout with thoroughly tested case studies, questionnaires, and exercises Written with inspiration, wit and wisdom, Finding Your Own North Star is a trusted companion for your new life journey.

About the Author

Martha Beck PhD received her BA, MA and PhD from Harvard. Dr Beck taught career development at the American Graduate School of International Management and acted as research assistant to Dr John Kotter at Harvard Business School. As a creator of Life Designs, Inc, Martha Beck has helped hundreds of clients to fulfil their potential and create joyful lives Martha Beck lectures, seminars, and provides one-on-one counselling. She is the author of Expecting Adam and The Joy Diet (June 2003). She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Reviews

Beck owns her own consulting firm, Life Design, Inc., where she redirects "lost" souls to their true paths in life. This, her third work after Breaking the Cycle of Compulsive Behavior and Expecting Adam, puts her company's philosophy into print. By combining thought-provoking exercises with play activities such as visualization, affirmations, and intuition, Beck here explores readers' inner thoughts on true happiness. She recommends that they set wildly improbable goals (WIGs) in order to find their personal North Star. This title differs from other self-help books by specifically defining a four-stage change cycle that happens to all humans many times during a lifetime. Stage 1, death and rebirth, defines a life-changing event; dreaming and scheming, the hero's saga, and the promised land follow. Other authors with similar messages are Judith Orloff, Anna Quindlen, Cheryl Richardson, and Bill O'Hanlon. Beck's humor, experience, and highly readable style make this a worthwhile purchase for public libraries. Lisa Wise, Broome Cty. P.L., Binghamton, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.