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Dream Bigger: Reclaiming a Life of Joy and Ease
Take a moment to remember daydreaming as a child. Recall the joy, freedom, and sense of possibility you felt. Imagine being able to experience that every day! You can with Dream BIGGER, Julie Wise's heartfelt and inspiring guide to realizing your deepest desires. Using her experience as a life and relationship coach, Wise provides personal anecdotes and numerous client examples to create a living, breathing roadmap for those seeking insight and wisdom on their daily path. The workbook format deftly illustrates Wise's motivational message, giving you the chance to work through past disappointments, doubts and fears using simple yet effective techniques. She shows you how to stay focused and achieve your dreams by creating a workable action plan. Divided into easy-to read chapters, Wise offers inspiring stories from those successfully living their dreams and covers topics such as revealing the dream, befriending the gremlins, reawakening your potential, seeing the signs, and much, much more! Your dream is within reach. Let Dream BIGGER show you how to make it a reality!
152 pages, Paperback
First published September 20, 2010
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February 18, 2011
(3.5)
When I come across self-help books my first thought is gift, asking myself, "Who can I give this to?". My thinking goes something like this, Well, I'm not sure how to help you but this book might. ~Especially this book, the author's name is Wise, how can you go wrong? :)
One big thing that I get weary about self-help books is it's approach. Yes, I picked up the book wanting answers (figuratively speaking of self-help books, this particular book came to me for review for the publisher). Most likely specific ones to tell me exactly what to do. But please, Don't tell me what to do! Yet, on the same token, do tell me what to do but make it seem that I thought of it and that I can conquer it! Does that make sense? Anyway, this book actually could do that. In generic workbook format Ms. Wise tells you what to do. Mind you, I read this book straight through so I didn't take the time to do the exercises but it was floating in my head and the drills seem rational. I also appreciated Ms. Wise's openness about her personal life. At first thought, divorce, suicide thoughts, and seizures would seem not the best thing to see on a life and relationship coach's resume. But think about it, you're sitting in front of her and she's there! She overcame. So she does know a thing or two. Pretty impressive resume after all!
There were several examples of people who succeeded in their dreams. Nice stories and they enhanced the fact that dreams can be realized and more importantly those dreams made a difference in the lives of other people. Just wondering how much of those successes were direct correlation to Ms. Wises's coaching.
I would gift this book. It's simple, practical, and sensible. It didn't give the vibe of a high and mighty know-it-all so listen to me life coach. Put in the correct hands, this book could change one's life for the amazing.
My immediate dream right now is to have a sparkling house! I think I might come back to the exercises and see where it leads me. Should my house sparkle in the end, I will change this review to a 5!! :)
P.S. I do like the exercise to have a journal where you write down your moments of success at the end of each day (as simple as, I read to my kids today) ... I think of it as a form of a thank you journal. Awesome! I'm going to start this tonight.
***Find this review and more at Jinky is Reading
When I come across self-help books my first thought is gift, asking myself, "Who can I give this to?". My thinking goes something like this, Well, I'm not sure how to help you but this book might. ~Especially this book, the author's name is Wise, how can you go wrong? :)
One big thing that I get weary about self-help books is it's approach. Yes, I picked up the book wanting answers (figuratively speaking of self-help books, this particular book came to me for review for the publisher). Most likely specific ones to tell me exactly what to do. But please, Don't tell me what to do! Yet, on the same token, do tell me what to do but make it seem that I thought of it and that I can conquer it! Does that make sense? Anyway, this book actually could do that. In generic workbook format Ms. Wise tells you what to do. Mind you, I read this book straight through so I didn't take the time to do the exercises but it was floating in my head and the drills seem rational. I also appreciated Ms. Wise's openness about her personal life. At first thought, divorce, suicide thoughts, and seizures would seem not the best thing to see on a life and relationship coach's resume. But think about it, you're sitting in front of her and she's there! She overcame. So she does know a thing or two. Pretty impressive resume after all!
There were several examples of people who succeeded in their dreams. Nice stories and they enhanced the fact that dreams can be realized and more importantly those dreams made a difference in the lives of other people. Just wondering how much of those successes were direct correlation to Ms. Wises's coaching.
I would gift this book. It's simple, practical, and sensible. It didn't give the vibe of a high and mighty know-it-all so listen to me life coach. Put in the correct hands, this book could change one's life for the amazing.
My immediate dream right now is to have a sparkling house! I think I might come back to the exercises and see where it leads me. Should my house sparkle in the end, I will change this review to a 5!! :)
P.S. I do like the exercise to have a journal where you write down your moments of success at the end of each day (as simple as, I read to my kids today) ... I think of it as a form of a thank you journal. Awesome! I'm going to start this tonight.
***Find this review and more at Jinky is Reading
December 24, 2010
Dream BIGGER is a self-help book that assists you to unlock the doors to your biggest dreams and gives advices on how to make your dreams come true. Our self-conscious can find ways to deny our dreams, making us lose faith in ourselves and leaving our dreams deflated like balloons losing air. In this book, Julie Wise will teach you the way of overcoming your inner gremlins with positive thinking and some effort.
Julie uses extraordinary examples in her life to convince readers of the power of a dream. Her stories has the ability to inspire readers to pursue their dreams without holding back or waiting until something else has been done. With the Exercises, Dreamwork, Action Plan, and Dreammakers, readers will easily become a participant in the path of discovering and realizing their dreams. I would recommend this book to those who are unsure of your dreams or need a guide to find out exactly what you want to do and dream to be or have. Julie Wise's words of wisdom will prove to be a great help!
Julie uses extraordinary examples in her life to convince readers of the power of a dream. Her stories has the ability to inspire readers to pursue their dreams without holding back or waiting until something else has been done. With the Exercises, Dreamwork, Action Plan, and Dreammakers, readers will easily become a participant in the path of discovering and realizing their dreams. I would recommend this book to those who are unsure of your dreams or need a guide to find out exactly what you want to do and dream to be or have. Julie Wise's words of wisdom will prove to be a great help!
November 10, 2010
I must admit, I have been sitting here looking at a blank screen at a loss for words on this review. I feel as if whatever words I use will not do this book justice. It was FANTASTIC, PRACTICAL… I think a lot of that came from the way the book was made up.
The book was written in three sections: Dream, Dream Big and Dream Bigger. Then within each section, a reader is offered Exercises, Dreamwork, Action Plan, and Dreammakers (real life stories). Each of these gets the reader actively involved with invaluable steps which would help, I believe, anyone, at any place in their life to Dream Bigger. Whether an individual is sick, feeling hopeless in any situation, or even successful but wanting more, this book would be profitable for them to read.
The author is very open in her writing, always giving personal examples in each section, which pulls you in, makes you identify. But then, as I began the exercises and evaluations things in my own life just starting becoming clearer, and the practical advice helped me to better my life, to believe I could do what I had dreamed up. Again, I keep wanting to use the word “practical,” but that is just what this inspiring, self-help book is! Check it out!
Review from http://authorsbyauthors.blogspot.com/...
The book was written in three sections: Dream, Dream Big and Dream Bigger. Then within each section, a reader is offered Exercises, Dreamwork, Action Plan, and Dreammakers (real life stories). Each of these gets the reader actively involved with invaluable steps which would help, I believe, anyone, at any place in their life to Dream Bigger. Whether an individual is sick, feeling hopeless in any situation, or even successful but wanting more, this book would be profitable for them to read.
The author is very open in her writing, always giving personal examples in each section, which pulls you in, makes you identify. But then, as I began the exercises and evaluations things in my own life just starting becoming clearer, and the practical advice helped me to better my life, to believe I could do what I had dreamed up. Again, I keep wanting to use the word “practical,” but that is just what this inspiring, self-help book is! Check it out!
Review from http://authorsbyauthors.blogspot.com/...
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