Note to Self: A Seven-Step Path to Gratitude and Growth

Baggage! We all carry it with us through life.
It comes in a wide variety of styles, shapes, and colors--more than enough to accommodate the stuff that we accumulate through life. And no matter how we dress it up, it's frustrating, inconvenient, and slows us down. In fact, it's downright disruptive.
This book is about offloading emotional baggage--something that's especially important when we realize that we don't just pack for one; we pack for seven. Each of the seven selves--self-preservation, self-gratification, self-definition, self-acceptance, self-expression, self-reflection, and self-knowledge--has characteristics, wellness types, and shadows. Each plays a vital role in harmony, overall health, and well-being.
Chock full of real-life emotional examples, as well as "keys" at the end of each chapter offering actionable tips, techniques, and exercises designed to help you unlock baggage, examine it, and offload it permanently, Note to Self will help you discover a lighter, joy-filled you!

Author: Laurie Buchanan
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 11/01/2016
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781631521133


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/2016 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Buchanan, Laurie, PhD: - For the past fifteen years Laurie Buchanan, PhD has worked as a holistic health practitioner and transformational life coach. Embracing the philosophy that whatever you are not changing, you are choosing, Buchanan has helped hundreds of clients turn intention into action, bridging the gap between where they are and where they want to be body, mind, and spirit. A longtime magazine writer, her articles and essays have appeared in Sibyl, Evolving Your Spirit, Power of Positivity, and other print and online publications. Globally, readers visit her blog, Tuesdays with Laurie (www.tuesdayswithlaurie.com), to enjoy a healthy dose of positivity served with an internal inventory question posed as food for thought. A minimalist at heart, Buchanan lives with her husband in a 600-square-foot carriage house (circa 1865) in the Pacific Northwest.Buchanan, Laurie: - For the past fifteen years Laurie Buchanan, PhD has worked as a holistic health practitioner and transformational life coach. Embracing the philosophy that "whatever you are not changing, you are choosing," Buchanan has helped hundreds of clients turn intention into action, bridging the gap between where they are and where they want to be--body, mind, and spirit. A longtime magazine writer, her articles and essays have appeared in Sibyl, Evolving Your Spirit, Power of Positivity, and other print and online publications. Globally, readers visit her blog, Tuesdays with Laurie (www.tuesdayswithlaurie.com), to enjoy a healthy dose of positivity served with an "internal inventory" question posed as food for thought. A minimalist at heart, Buchanan lives with her husband in a 600-square-foot carriage house (circa 1865) in the Pacific Northwest.