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The World Is a Nice Place: How to Overcome Adversity, Joyfully
Imagine if you could hope for the best, even after the worst.
Imagine if your past could become your superpower.
Imagine if you could be happy, regardless.
When life is hard, The World is a Nice Place offers a new way of thinking. We all have the power to fall in love with our lives--even when it's a series of disasters.
As an international journalist, Amy Molloy spent over a decade interviewing amazing people who've survived incredible challenges--from terrorism attacks, to natural disasters, loss, grief, breakups, breakdowns and the everyday events that can cause our lives to freeze.
As a "serial survivor" herself, Amy wanted to discover the secret formula that allows some people to move forward--joyfully--after difficulty, without letting it become their entire identity.
In The World is a Nice Place she shares her story. A child with obsessive compulsive tendencies, who became a teenager with an eating disorder and a 23-year-old widow. Throw in a family history of depression, a father paralyzed from cancer, and a tendency to have spiritual premonitions and it's a recipe for a messed-up adult. Or, is it?
This insightful and searingly honest book, the product of ten years' research, combines personal anecdotes with practical tools to help readers explore their memories, pinpoint their triggers and use their past to empower, inspire and guide them.
Don't let the worst day of your life be your greatest achievement.
Imagine if your past could become your superpower.
Imagine if you could be happy, regardless.
When life is hard, The World is a Nice Place offers a new way of thinking. We all have the power to fall in love with our lives--even when it's a series of disasters.
As an international journalist, Amy Molloy spent over a decade interviewing amazing people who've survived incredible challenges--from terrorism attacks, to natural disasters, loss, grief, breakups, breakdowns and the everyday events that can cause our lives to freeze.
As a "serial survivor" herself, Amy wanted to discover the secret formula that allows some people to move forward--joyfully--after difficulty, without letting it become their entire identity.
In The World is a Nice Place she shares her story. A child with obsessive compulsive tendencies, who became a teenager with an eating disorder and a 23-year-old widow. Throw in a family history of depression, a father paralyzed from cancer, and a tendency to have spiritual premonitions and it's a recipe for a messed-up adult. Or, is it?
This insightful and searingly honest book, the product of ten years' research, combines personal anecdotes with practical tools to help readers explore their memories, pinpoint their triggers and use their past to empower, inspire and guide them.
Don't let the worst day of your life be your greatest achievement.
256 pages, Paperback
Published April 3, 2018
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June 20, 2018
I didn't want to be in to this book - thinking it wasn't for me, that I didn't need it. However, every time I was about to put it down, relegate it back to the 'return to the library' pile, I'd come across another little snippet that resonated with me.
When I bought this book home, I wasn't looking for a 'self help' book, nor was I trying to actively or consciously overcome any of the quirks or challenges of my younger years, but I still found this an illuminating read.
Some of the bits were far less relevant, and it needed another really good proofread, but otherwise, I'm glad I crossed paths with this one.
When I bought this book home, I wasn't looking for a 'self help' book, nor was I trying to actively or consciously overcome any of the quirks or challenges of my younger years, but I still found this an illuminating read.
Some of the bits were far less relevant, and it needed another really good proofread, but otherwise, I'm glad I crossed paths with this one.
June 19, 2020
The world is a nice place is a beautiful book for anyone who has faced any kind of adversity, grief or challenge in life (which is most of us). Amy is authentic and raw in sharing her story, she also provides lots of practical advise and tips that I have found incredibly useful.
I would definitely recommend this book!
I would definitely recommend this book!
August 2, 2018
Very thought-provoking & inspiring I loved Amy’s authenticity & honesty. Definitely in need of more editing, but this didn’t stop me from turning the corners of many pages which I’ll go back to and takes notes from, to reflect upon.
July 21, 2018
A mixture of self-help and memoir.
I didn’t warm to the author and found the rambling style difficult to get into.
Overall rating 2.5
I didn’t warm to the author and found the rambling style difficult to get into.
Overall rating 2.5
August 1, 2018
If you feel you haven't got your act together yet due to issues from your past, this book is for you. Moving and helpful.
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