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Start from Joy: Trade Shame, Guilt, and Fear for Lasting Change, a Lighter Spirit, and a More Fulfilling Life
“ Start from Joy is a proven recipe for living a life that matters.” ―Beth and Jeff McCord, founders of Your Enneagram Coach
Breaking old patterns doesn’t have to be so hard.
You’ve heard it before: if you want to change, you have to try harder. Keep pushing through blood, sweat, and tears. Emotions don’t matter.
But what if that’s all a lie? What if there’s a better, healthier way to get life-changing results?
Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what’s missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change―one where joy leads the way. This doesn’t mean we choose happiness, become blindly optimistic, or force ourselves to have a positive mindset. Instead, we discover that real, lasting transformation can come free of shame, guilt, and fear. It can be fun.
In Start from Joy, you’ll discover:
Leave shame, guilt, and fear behind―and create the fulfilling life you were always meant to live.
Breaking old patterns doesn’t have to be so hard.
You’ve heard it before: if you want to change, you have to try harder. Keep pushing through blood, sweat, and tears. Emotions don’t matter.
But what if that’s all a lie? What if there’s a better, healthier way to get life-changing results?
Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what’s missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change―one where joy leads the way. This doesn’t mean we choose happiness, become blindly optimistic, or force ourselves to have a positive mindset. Instead, we discover that real, lasting transformation can come free of shame, guilt, and fear. It can be fun.
In Start from Joy, you’ll discover:
Leave shame, guilt, and fear behind―and create the fulfilling life you were always meant to live.
256 pages, Paperback
Published January 3, 2023
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June 22, 2023
I'm going to recommend this to everyone I know.
August 26, 2022
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me review this book. This was a good book on how to bring joy into your life. I think we’re so used to hearing our own negative internal stimuli as well as what others say; that we lose out on what God is saying to us. We can be our own worst enemy and best ourselves up over the littlest things but we shouldn’t do that. We all make mistakes and hopefully learn from them along with hopefully not repeating them. This book gives tips on how we can change our behaviors for the better.
January 13, 2025
There are interesting observations and recommendations throughout this book. The authors denounce misconceptions with verses from the Bible and examples from daily living to emphasize the value and the place of joy on the road to change and fuller life. The negative impact of false scripts touched a chord with me. I recommend this book as it provides a life-transforming message in a readable and practical way.
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