FIND YOUR COURAGE
Margie Warrell
Synergy Books

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Illuminating Read … Recommended … 4 stars

FIND YOUR COURAGE is offered in three sections, twelve chapters and 300+ pages of power-packed information and exercises for attaining a more courage filled life. Writer Warrell is a college psych grad, an ontological coach specializing in life and executive coaching, a writer and parent.

Section one FOUNDATIONAL ACTS OF COURAGE sets the stage with chapters titled 'The Courage to Take Responsibility,' 'The Courage to Live with Integrity,' 'The Courage to Challenge Your Stories,' and 'The Courage to Dream Bigger.' I found Chapter three 'The Courage to Challenge Your Stories' to be particularly helpful. The notion that we allow our past rule our present is one most of us little understand, realize or accept. Humans have been creating stories for themselves from the beginning of time in an effort to understand what 'causes' them to act, think and do as they do. 'Often we are trapped inside stories we are not aware we have.

Section two COURAGE IN ACTION offers suggestion 'The Courage to be Yourself,' 'The Courage to Speak Up,' 'The Courage to Take Action,' 'The Courage to Persevere,' and 'The Courage to Say No.' For many Chapter 9, 'The Courage to Say No' may prove especially beneficial. There are so many things to say yes to that we really need to develop that back bone that will allow us to say no. Our quality of life has improved over the decades; along with that comes a responsibility to make wise choices. When lives are so wrapped in minutiae it is almost impossible to accomplish more of the larger goals in life. The ability to weed out the non essential and to concentrate on that that we really want to do takes real courage.

Section three COURAGE AS A WAY OF BEING introduces 'The Courage to Live With an Open Heart,' 'The Courage to Let Go,' 'The Courage to be a Leader,' and Exercises for accomplishing the courage filled goals, wants and desires we may have. For those who find themselves spending a good bit of time dwelling on the past, and not enough on the here and now chapter 11 'The Courage to Let Go,' offers many good suggestions. The ability to give up trying to control every aspect of life and trusting in the ability to do well what is need allows one to achieve more of what is needed and not continue to pursue what may be wanted and continually remains just out of reach.

Exercises for Identifying Your Role in Your Problems, Feeling Your Fear of Inadequacy, Removing Your Limiting Labels, Mastering Powerful Requests, Clarifying Your Goal, Escaping the 'Should' Trap and Connecting with Your Sadness are presented along Mantras, Visualizations and Meditations all designed to encourage the reader toward finding the courage to pursue a better life.

On the pages of Find Your Courage the author supports the reader toward taking a good hard look at their life, deciding how or what to change and making the change for the better. Writer Warrell does not shy from the reality before many of us can get started on the here and now we have a lot of past to leave go of: childhood incidents, our need for authentic self understanding along with the often self destructive stories we tell ourselves all stand in our way for pursuing our goals for today. I liked the realistic approach writer Warrell uses to guide the reader a better self understanding and ultimately how to make the necessary changes for leading a more satisfying, productive life.

Find Your Courage is a well written, easily read work meant to aid those who are seeking a better life, it has a place in the personal library, on the therapists shelf and for the school and public library.

I received a trade paper back for review. Enjoyed the read, happy to recommend for the target audience.