[.ca] Living Your Joy: A Practical Guide to Happiness (ISBN 0345439171)

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW:
Do you thirst to turn your dreams into reality? Is your heart crying to release the creative ability inside of you but you just are not aware of how to begin? If your answer is yes to these questions "Living Your Joy" is the book for you. Suzanne Falter-Barns takes a hard look at what is stopping us from forging forward to make our dreams a reality, you might not like what you find there. She points out how we must make the decision to work to remove the road blocks that are stopping our dream, be it lack of time, lack of finances, or any of the numerous excuses we use that hinder us. Do you realize what clutter can do to you emotionally or what part it can play in hindering you from moving ahead? Interesting! Ouch! The finger points inward as perhaps our own errors are exposed! Quite an eye-opener! Take heart however, the author gives you ways to overcome these road blocks and a listing of resources are available for your use, given after most chapters that will aid you in your quest to succeed. Bravo! The book is chock full of pointers, ideas and down to earth advice that you can impart in your own life to help bring your dream to fulfillment. All in all a real character building book that will make you take a good look at why you have not succeeded with your dream and how you can make it a reality.

Beyond The Usual and Into the Application:
One of the most exceptionally valuable aspects of this book is its clear, concise, simple to follow guidelines for how to move beyond TALKING about how SOMEDAY you will live your joy..... it goes into LIVING your joy right here right now by following this step and that step and the other step... clearly, concisely AND ALSO with signature Suzanne Falter-Barnes style. Its kind of like getting down to the brass tacks of the situation... actually getting the fingers-- the palms -- the fists into the fingerpaints and just going for it in whatever way you can right here right now and then getting up tomorrow and doing the same thing so that in two weeks, two months, two years from now you will be LIVING your joy... rather than two weeks, two months, two years you would have been still TALKING about someday.....

Another Joyful Experience from Suzanne Falter-Barns:
Suzanne Falter-Barns has hit another home-run with her newest book, "Living Your Joy: A Practical Guide to Happiness". I loved her first book, "How Much Joy Can You Stand", so much that it spurred me to subscribe to her newsletter and take several courses from her. "Living Your Joy" is a perfect follow-up book in that it shows us the "How-To" possibilities that many "living-your-dream" type books leave out. After having read "Living Your Dream" I know not only that it's possible, but there are concrete steps I can take towards making my dreams reality. Thank you, Suzanne. Don't stop writing books and creating courses - we dreamers need you!

Practical books with some great tips:
I really enjoyed this book because it gave me some new ideas and helped me to eliminate several of my time wasters. I would place this book in the useful, recommended category because I believe that there is something for everyone here. If you want to OPTIMIZE your success and experience everyday happiness, I strongly recommend you read Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self which shows you how to make the most of every situation and gives you roadmaps to resolve painful feelings by yourself. I can't imagine ever needing a therapist since I read Optimal Thinking. If you have these books on your bookshelf, you will be self-reliant and happy too.

Practical & Pragmatic:
Suzanne is a great teacher and above all practical. She guides readers through creating action that they will be comfortable with and can keep doing. She cuts through the "lala" sappiness and talks about the real feelings and fears. I've taken courses from her and used her books for the last 2 years. Her fresh and pragmatic viewpoint has saved my life.I've gone from a soul devouring high tech job that left no time for my true interests to a lucrative j.o.b that has opened up the time and energy to begin following my dreams and having Joy for myself!