Breakthrough!: Inspirational Strategies for an Audaciously Authentic Life

by Janet Bray Attwood, Marci Shimoff, Chris Attwood

Breakthrough Your Barriers and Dare to Live an Authentic Life You can live the life of your dreams, and Breakthrough! Inspirational Strategies for an Audaciously Authentic Life will show you how. Learn the secret that New York Times bestselling authors Janet Bray Attwood, Marci Shimoff, Chris Attwood, and 18 other experts you can consciously create the life you've always wanted. Here you will find 22 strategies using wit, deep-insight, and heart-centered wisdom to empower you with the knowledge and motivation to create a life of abundance, happiness, health, and love. Covering topics from career to relationships to personal transformation, this international dream team of authors will show you how to finally breakthrough and live the life you were born to live. No matter what your circumstances, there is a way to make a change, and this book will be your guide. You will find the inspiration and tools to create a life that is audaciously authentic in every way. Roger Seip, Ellen Rogin, Nancy Falconi, Gina Calvano, Susie Steadman, Jane Cavanaugh, Una Panting, Dr. Shannon South, Cliff Thomas MD, Shan McLean, Scott Werner, Leslie A. Klocek Pencak, Barbara Edie, Inger Pols, Josephine Auicello, Mary Knight, Maggie Dillon Katz, Wendy Nichols

Genres: Self Help

240 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2013

Reviews

[Sue Francisco · Rating 2 out of 5]

By the time I got to chapter 3 in this book I began to feel as if I were being sold but I decided to read it to the end to see if I was wrong. Each chapter is written by a different author and ends with each author's website and bio. The reader is invited to check out each author's website to explore that author's teaching or message further and several of the author's offer free advice or "gifts". However, the offerings quickly turn into the reader getting bombarded with daily e-mails to buy books, seminars or to pay to learn how to be a transformational leader/author. I wonder if the readers who gave this book 5 stars read the entire book because chapters 19 and 20 which were written by a prostitute and academic college counselor wrote chapters on how to keep your husband out of a call girl's bed and how often to communicate to your kid going off to college to ensure they learn to live autonomously, respectively. These chapters have nothing to do with finding your purpose in life and seem completely out of place in a book on that topic. I gave this book two stars because I did find Jane Cavanaugh's free passion discovery worksheet and sample elements list helpful. The chapter that inspired me the most was Inger Pols' because I am on a health kick right now. She does offer several items for free and I could opt out of getting her newsletter and still get the free health article on sugar and her free ebook. Her new profession as an "integrative holistic health coach" sounded intriguing so I looked to see where she got certified and I was very excited when I searched the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's website because they seemed to be very transparent in their offering except when it came to the cost of tuition. After inquiry further on the school's online chat I found the cost of tuition is $5,995. However, I later found a YouTube video made by one of their graduates saying you can get deals, discounts and scholarships. There was a lot of criticism about the school by employees, former teaching speakers and a medical doctor that dashed my hopes of it being the real deal. I am very disappointed that self-help books have now become an advertising ploy completely empty and void of any real useful tools, advice or inspiration. It is a sad day in the book industry. To make matters worse the book ends with one last sales pitch to become one of these "transformational" sales pitch authors and yet another website.