Living Your Best Life

A Review of Soul Discovery: 9 Principles for Revealing Your Sacred Gifts by Joan Marie Whelan

Writing about making your ordinary into the extraordinary, Whelan shows the reader how to tap into your sacred and spiritual gifts and how to live your best life. One of the major themes running through her writing is letting go of the negative emotions that only work to hold you back. By letting go of the negative experiences and emotions that come with it, you can accept the joy and beauty of yourself and free yourself for great opportunities and possibilities.

Whelan does not only write what we should do, such as focusing on your positive experiences, but provides exercises that she has used with her clients in order to help you change your thoughts. Spending time with self-reflection in front of a mirror is one of her recommendations. This simple, yet effective, exercise enables you to hear your thoughts, feel your emotions, and eventually let go of negative emotions and find your authentic self.

Although this book focuses on people who may have experienced negative and traumatizing events, especially as children, anyone who reads this will find some application to their own lives. This book does not focus on the law of attraction itself, but provides a way to make the idea work for you. To me, the most important factor holding people back from achieving their goals is negative emotions and negative self-talk. Reading, absorbing, and using this book will enable you to let go of the negative self-talk and free yourself to attract new, exciting, and fulfilling experiences.

It is important to note that changing your way of thinking and learning to accept your gifts does take work and commitment. But, as Whelan notes, “To me, it is work staying depressed, angry or frustrated.” Make the decision to let go of your self-destructive and negative emotions and experiences, and you will be able to find your happiness.

If you are looking for new ideas and are ready to regain control of your thoughts, and your life, this book is for you!

Go to www.joanmariewhelan.com for more information. This book was launched yesterday and is available for $24.95.

Your Destiny

I’m reading a book by The Dalai Lama and I came across a quote that read: “All human beings have an extraordinary destiny!”

I have to say that I agree; I believe that there is an infinite power in all people to achieve their dreams, especially their health and fitness goals. It just depends if you want to work hard enough to realize your potential.

That is one of the reasons why I decided to become a personal trainer and pursue my goal  and passion of being an entrepreneur despite some of my mentors pushing me towards an academic path. Helping people realize that they are stronger than they think they are is one of my passions. I enjoy helping people find their strength.

We are designed to do great things, but for some people, they need a little help finding their own strength. I’m lucky enough to have been taught mental toughness from years of being an athlete, but anyone, regardless of what they do or where they are in life, can be taught to change their way of thinking in order to realize their destiny.

My best friend had an interesting, and long, conversation about this idea and the idea of self-esteem preventing people from reaching their goals, but that is going to have to be in another post. In other news, I will be taking my certification exam on 8/21, so by that evening, I will be a CPT I will also be posting a book review that is about unleashing our mental power very, very soon. Stay tuned!