Living Life Out Loud: 22 Inspiring New Zealand Women Share Their Wisdom

by Kay Douglas (Editor)

Living Life Out Loud is an exploration of the lives of 22 successful and inspirational New Zealand women who have achieved success over a wide range of areas-on the sporting field, in the politician arena, in business and the arts. Women profiled include actress Lucy Lawless, women's world squash champion Leilani Joyce and Olympic boardsailer Barbara Kendall.

Paperback

Published February 1, 2002

About the author

I am an author and psychotherapist, and a survivor of childhood and partner abuse. 

I am inspired by people who have experienced adversity and go on to make the world a better place.

I have written 6 books; Invisible Wounds, Power Games, Living Life Out Loud, Challenged by Childhood, Invisible Wounds Workbook, and Men Making Changes. I am currently getting ready to release Invisible Wounds in the States.

It's incredibly satisfying to be able to work with people and offer information and inspiration to people through my books.

I was born and raised in New Zealand. I consider myself very blessed to live in this beautiful country.

Reviews

[Laura bayfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel "living life out loud" written by Kay Douglas is 22 short stories about 22 New Zealand women who have done incredible, inspiring things to benefit society. I chose to read this book because it was recommended to me from my Mum who had read it recently. I chose the three most interesting stories from the book. these stories were about Sonja Davies, Judi Grace and Barbara Koziarski. This novel falls into the category of three poems or short stories from one anthology.

Each of these short stories contain the life of an incredible women. After reading what they have experienced i have learnt how important staying positive is. For example Sonja Davies during a very busy part of her life she got told she was diagnosed with cancer. Sonja kept telling her self that she was going to make it and that everything was going to be alright."i think it's true that if you believe you're going to be alright you will be!" Sure enough after two successful operations she came through as healthy as ever. This story was one of the many throughout the book and it is so inspiring to read about. After reading about these amazing women i have decided that staying positive is the key to success.

My favorite quote was said by Judi Grace at the beginning of her story "if you give out energy and warmth and generosity it comes back to you." i think i like this quote so much because it is what i was told when q was a child. Treat people how you want to be treated.people now days tend to forget how little things like this can make such a big impact on friendship.

This anthology is a great novel filled with stories of 22 role models. Each of these women showed courage and perseverance. After reading this i am proud to be called a New Zealander.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting book. I love the conversational style of this book. But I did find at times I was thinking "so you have to cone from a difficult background where you think fuck you I will succeed if you are going to achieve something." I know this isn't true and isn't what people were trying to say. But it did seem to be a recurring theme. Anyway. Overall great. Simple. And useful.