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Surrendering to Yourself
Best-selling author Iris Krasnow presents a powerful, exhilarating book about living from truth, about uncovering who you are, beyond marriage, children, and career. With passionate narrative and insightful interviews, Krasnow helps readers muster up the courage to discard old selves that are false, and to live their dreams. She pushes people to sever unhealthy relationships, to resurrect childhood hobbies, to consider a new career, and to face their own mortality. Krasnow stresses that Surrendering to Yourself is not a selsh pursuit, that developing clarity and strength from within means opening up to the world and to love. 'My goal is for midlifers to think life-lifts, not facelifts; for people with crevices in their faces to realize that Botox cannot x their souls,' writes Krasnow. 'It is only when we plug into the passion of our souls can we nd happiness.' With humor and grace, Krasnow propels us to identify our true selves and live the lives we were meant to lead, with purpose, exuberance, and direction.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published April 2, 2003
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About the author
Iris Krasnow
15 books52 followersIris Krasnow was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. A graduate of Stanford University, she became the fashion writer for the Dallas Times Herald, then moved to United Press International in Washington, D.C. for the position of national feature writer. In her several years at UPI, Krasnow specialized in lifestyle stories and celebrity profiles, including Yoko Ono, Billy Graham, Ted Kennedy, Elie Wiesel and Queen Noor of Jordan.
Krasnow is the author of SURRENDERING TO MOTHERHOOD, the New York Times bestseller SURRENDERING TO MARRIAGE, and SURRENDERING TO YOURSELF, all published by Miramax Books, as well as the newly-released I Am My Mother's Daughter (Basic Books). Her writing has been featured in many national publications, among them Parade magazine, The Wall Street Journal, SELF magazine and The Washington Post. Krasnow is the relationship correspondent for the Fox Morning News in Baltimore, and has been a guest on numerous national radio and television programs including Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Fox & Family and several times on CNN. Interviews with Krasnow, and reviews of her work, have appeared in Time, O The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, The New Yorker, U.S. News & World Report and Redbook.
A longtime journalism professor at American University, Krasnow lives in Maryland with her husband and four sons. She speaks on marriage, childrearing and "female generational angst" to groups across the country.
Krasnow is the author of SURRENDERING TO MOTHERHOOD, the New York Times bestseller SURRENDERING TO MARRIAGE, and SURRENDERING TO YOURSELF, all published by Miramax Books, as well as the newly-released I Am My Mother's Daughter (Basic Books). Her writing has been featured in many national publications, among them Parade magazine, The Wall Street Journal, SELF magazine and The Washington Post. Krasnow is the relationship correspondent for the Fox Morning News in Baltimore, and has been a guest on numerous national radio and television programs including Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Fox & Family and several times on CNN. Interviews with Krasnow, and reviews of her work, have appeared in Time, O The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, The New Yorker, U.S. News & World Report and Redbook.
A longtime journalism professor at American University, Krasnow lives in Maryland with her husband and four sons. She speaks on marriage, childrearing and "female generational angst" to groups across the country.
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April 28, 2022
Review originally published October 2003
Have you spent any time alone lately? How did it make you feel? Do you know how to be alone with yourself and be comfortable?
Iris Krasnow's new book, Surrendering To Yourself: You Are Your Own Soul Mate, is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to become more comfortable with who they are and be more genuine and real with the world. It will help you answer questions like: “Who am I? What do I want to do with the rest of my life?”
Do you listen to your gut instincts, or are you more concerned about what other people think? So many of us spend our entire lives with a spouse, raising families, living with roommates, friends and relatives that we are rarely alone.
But what if you were suddenly to find yourself totally alone? Your spouse leaves, or your children are grown, parents grow ill and die, your career suddenly ends, or you face our own mortality. You may come home to an empty house and just not know what to do, or you may be so comfortable with yourself that this is the best time of your day.
Surrendering To Yourself teaches us how to finally embrace exactly who we are, and to stop shaping our selves according to the expectations of others. You’ll meet people in this book who have shed costumes and pretenses and unhealthy relationships that have impaired their authenticity, their potential, and their ability to be themselves.
This book will cause a stir among a large group of baby boomers who are turning gray, looking hard at their lives, and asking themselves, "What’s next?" Krasnow shows us how to listen to our gut instincts, resurrect childhood dreams, and plug into the passion of our souls. She urges us to surrender to our true selves now and not put off becoming the person we were meant to be all along.
Read this book if you want to get real with yourself, to look to yourself for definition and direction, and not to the judgment of friends and others.
Books can be an amazing tool on your journey to know yourself. Look for other books by Iris Krasnow. She has previously written Surrendering to Marriage and Surrendering to Motherhood. This self-help book and many others are located in the non-fiction section of the library under 158.1. Come in and get comfortable with that section of the library and find time to be alone with yourself and enjoy it!
While this exact title is not available, to see similar titles, view our catalog.
Have you spent any time alone lately? How did it make you feel? Do you know how to be alone with yourself and be comfortable?
Iris Krasnow's new book, Surrendering To Yourself: You Are Your Own Soul Mate, is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to become more comfortable with who they are and be more genuine and real with the world. It will help you answer questions like: “Who am I? What do I want to do with the rest of my life?”
Do you listen to your gut instincts, or are you more concerned about what other people think? So many of us spend our entire lives with a spouse, raising families, living with roommates, friends and relatives that we are rarely alone.
But what if you were suddenly to find yourself totally alone? Your spouse leaves, or your children are grown, parents grow ill and die, your career suddenly ends, or you face our own mortality. You may come home to an empty house and just not know what to do, or you may be so comfortable with yourself that this is the best time of your day.
Surrendering To Yourself teaches us how to finally embrace exactly who we are, and to stop shaping our selves according to the expectations of others. You’ll meet people in this book who have shed costumes and pretenses and unhealthy relationships that have impaired their authenticity, their potential, and their ability to be themselves.
This book will cause a stir among a large group of baby boomers who are turning gray, looking hard at their lives, and asking themselves, "What’s next?" Krasnow shows us how to listen to our gut instincts, resurrect childhood dreams, and plug into the passion of our souls. She urges us to surrender to our true selves now and not put off becoming the person we were meant to be all along.
Read this book if you want to get real with yourself, to look to yourself for definition and direction, and not to the judgment of friends and others.
Books can be an amazing tool on your journey to know yourself. Look for other books by Iris Krasnow. She has previously written Surrendering to Marriage and Surrendering to Motherhood. This self-help book and many others are located in the non-fiction section of the library under 158.1. Come in and get comfortable with that section of the library and find time to be alone with yourself and enjoy it!
While this exact title is not available, to see similar titles, view our catalog.
March 3, 2011
Through a compilation of both personal narrative and interviews of others, Krasnow urges us all to seek the passion of our souls, to trust our own intuitions and instincts, and to become the persons we are meant to be. While none of this is new, groundbreaking information, at the very least, the author remains consistent in her message: To sustain a life that is joyful and fulfilling, one must rely solely on the power within themselves, not seek it from some outside source. To embrace ourselves as we ARE, not as others expect us to be. The book has a positive and uplifting message, I just didn’t feel that it gave me any “Aha!” moments.
January 18, 2012
it was an entire book of positive talk. there was some sage advice, some not so sage advice, but not a lot of how to change your life deeply. it was highly motivation due to all the positive accolades she writes, at the same time it only offered a couple of concrete ideas on how to achieve that, take time away from your family, find hobbies that made you happy as a kid, don't wait till your kids are gone to find yourself. it was a ton of inspiration and maybe it just lacked a little meat. but i enjoyed it and if you need a pick me up, this will fit the ticket.
March 27, 2023
It was really good especially the mini testimonys from other people who have found their true self. I connected with the auther even tho am childless.
June 29, 2014
Fantastic book. A journey into finding who you really are in life. Take away your family, your significant other, friends, your livelihood, and find your true self. When it gets righ down to it, that's all you really have... your own soul, goodness, and self.
February 1, 2016
I'm not much of a sell-help book person but there were some good insights in this one. Bottom line is the same old story: gotta love yourself before others can love you. I think Iris speaks better than she writes.
September 8, 2010
This book had a lot of good advice on self esteem and pursuing your passions. Some of it heard before, but always good to hear it again.
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