Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What! | Martha Beck

Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What! | Martha Beck | Stellar

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	Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What! Martha Beck Rodale Books, 2008 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 27 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Transformational Journey

*****
This latest book from Martha Beck was more of a journey for me than just a book to read. The author advises you in the very beginning that for you to really have this book change your life, you have to do the exercises. So I did, and I was glad. They really helped me to be able to apply the concepts and ideas in a way that benefited me personally and not just theoretically.

The purpose of the book is to change your life so that you get your "right life", not by thinking or feeling your way TO it, but by "dissolving" the thoughts and feelings that are OBSTACLES to it. The difference may seem just semantic, but it isn't---it's profound! I was a life coach for several years in the past, and I can say that Martha Beck's concepts here are right on, effective, and truly transformational when really applied.

The author's writing style is hilarious and makes the journey fun. For me reading this book and working my way through it seemed like a series of chiropractic adjustments to my life, helping me to indeed figure out where I was missing my "right life" and what is standing in its way. Working through the book helped me to develop useful skills that I can use each day to stay on course and to make life more meaningful, just because I know I'm going in the direction that's right for me.

It's an awful lot to get just from a book; I think this work truly earned all five stars. Highly recommended.
*****

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Stellar

I couldn't put Steering by Starlight down last night and read right through to the end. The greatest compliment from reader to author is greeting the dawn bleary eyed. This book is like my favorite soup at my favorite Chinese restaurant--full of unexpected and tasty things and sizzling rice. Steering by Starlight crackles with energy, humor, and wisdom! Martha has done it again. Find your own north star first, and then steer by starlight.
Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live

Helps you make decisions that lets you live happily

I'm 1/3 of the way through the book, and I love it and have to give it a 'shout-out' because I want others to benefit from it. Martha Beck has that magic of writing clearly and beautifully, never boring. For a self-help book, that's genius. I want to absorb the book quickly, but yet find myself astounded at each lightbulb-on moments; and I want to take the time to process each revelation, and do the exercises.

A couple of ideas that really struck me already(and this is my interpretation, you have to read the book as the author describes it best) was the realization that our 'survival brain' contains our fears like our baglady fear (mostly learned or passed on and I immediately know the ones my parents passed on to me) that drives us to do what's 'safe', not necessarily realizing our happiness. I examined my fears, and realize that even though they're very unlikely, they drove a lot of my life decisions: yipes!
The other is that when we make our daily decisions, make the one that makes us feel more liberated (even if it's not easier); not the one that makes us feel 'shackled'. And she has exercises that quickly teaches you how your body reacts to the 2 so that you recognize it when you make your daily decisions. This is valuable to me.

As I read the book, I couldn't help but remember that true happiness is in the 'doing' not an 'end goal'. I look at people who amazes me, like Rick Steves, Emeril Lagasse, and Yo Yo Ma. I think they love what they do and would do it even if they make very little money at it. But, they're successful because we're all drawn to the passion and positive energy coming our of their pores.

The only thing this book coudl have improved upon is the ending, it was a bit out of sync with the rest of the book. I guess I expected a 'bang' of an ending, but instead, it was kind of stitched together...not as satisfying as I thought. But, I still enjoyed the content of the book as a whole.

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Warm glow!

I love Martha Beck, and I'm enjoying the warm afterglow from this book.

For Olympic swimming fans - life is like a swim, and Martha is the possibly illegal new swimsuit that helps you glide through the pool like never before!

It's too soon to talk about life changes, but stay tuned!

Eric Winter

reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, page 5, 6

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