Whatever the Hell You Want: An Escape Plan to Break Out of Life's Little Boxes and Live Free from Expectations

by Kelly Guenther, Keri Ohlrich, PhD

Screw the expectations. You can live a life that is bigger than the little boxes others have tried to put you in.

In a world that tells you no, Whatever the Hell You Want is telling you yes. Through personal stories and insights from their international podcast series, The Breakout, Keri Ohlrich, PhD, and Kelly Guenther bring their twenty-plus years of coaching and corporate-change expertise to help you redefine what you want in your life—outside the expectations that have been placed on you by your parents, partners, society, and even yourself. Decades of working with small businesses and Fortune 500 companies led them to create the BREAK model for real change. In Whatever the Hell You Want, Keri and Kelly share their unique big and little moments when they defied the status quo and used BREAK to transform their own lives.

We all deserve happiness, security, joy, peace, and authenticity, which can only be achieved when we are living a life we have chosen. This book will teach you how to

• identify the little boxes of expectation that have kept you trapped,

• map out your escape plan for breaking out of those boxes,

• live a life of unwavering choice and lasting freedom.

Best friends as well as business partners, Kelly and Keri have infused Whatever the Hell You Want with humor, practical action steps, and the inspiration you need to live the life you want.

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2024

About the author

Kelly Guenther, COO, co-founder of Abbracci Group, co-author of the book, Whatever the Hell You Want, and co-host of The Breakout podcast, has expertise in performance consulting, cultural transformation, change management, organization design, and learning and development. Her consultative style creates the opportunity to diagnose needs and offer solutions based on a thorough understanding of the people, processes, and practices involved. Kelly’s approach is one that is holistic, focusing on the success of the individual and the organization.

Kelly received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Master of Education from Carroll University. Having a passion for helping others, Kelly enjoys fostering animals and ensuring they find happy and healthy forever homes. She lives in Orange County, CA with her rescue dog, Stone.

Reviews

[Kendall Hampton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Co-authored books are often difficult for me to get through, especially when the book feels like a conversation between the authors, who are both trying to get out of the other one's way. Overall, I loved the message. I really appreciate a note in one of the last chapters about easing up on your own expectations to rid yourself of expectations. It's an important note to add in a book about stripping your own and other people's misguided expectations of your life.

[L K · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a book that exceeded my expectations. I thought it would be a dry read but it was surprisingly filled with incite. I have to admit, I didn't like the 2 authors having a back & forth at first but I adapted to this writing style.
I plan on going back to reread this in the future.
I received my copy via Goodreads.