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Finding Joy offers empowering success secrets to a joyful life in an easy-to-read story format. These "secrets" reveal how to live an A+ life in a world that accepts C- as normal. Everyone can relate to this powerful story of overcoming despair with joy. Carolyn's life takes an unexpected turn and leads her down a path of hurt, bitterness and negativity. Her marriage is ending, the kids are struggling, and she finds it hard to focus on work. Feeling stuck and resentful, she wonders how her life has ended up in such a mess! Everyone around Carolyn validates her feelings...everyone except Kim, the CEO of her company. Kim invites Carolyn to lunch one day and proceeds to ask her two powerful questions. These questions are painful at first, but eventually they open her mind to a new way of thinking and this begins her transformation. Kim offers to share the 6-secrets of living an A+ life with Carolyn. Carolyn accepts her offer and now faces the challenge to dig deep into her soul and dream big. It is interesting that while Finding Joy is simple, it is by no means easy. Read this book and learn the secrets as well as how to use the secrets to change your life and begin living an A+ life. Don't settle for average when it comes to your life. Embrace the power you can feel by living with joy in your heart.

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Employabilité, métiers et formations

motivation

Assertiveness

Self-help

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Publié par	Bookpress Publishing
Date de parution	01 décembre 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780996761666
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means––electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other––except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Requests to the publisher for permission or information should be submitted via email at info@bookpresspublishing.com.

Any requests or questions for the author should be submitted to her directly at carrie@loveyourlife2.com.

Readers should be aware that Internet sites offered as citations and/or sources for further information may have changed or disappeared between the time this was written and when it is read.

Published by: BookPress Publishing P.O. Box 71532 Des Moines, IA 50325 www.BookPressPublishing.com

This book is dedicated to all of my family and friends who have helped me discover who I am in Christ, which ultimately has led me to finding my deepest joy.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

This Can’t Be Happening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Aha Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Best Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Mind Dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Secrets Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Layers of an Onion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The WHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The WHY Thief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Stinkin’ Thinkin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Lucy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Two for the Price of One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Living with Gratitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Remembering the Small Blessings . . . . . . . . 65

The Game Plan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Strategy Through Daily Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

The Secret that Pulls It All Together . . . . . . . . .78

The Extra Secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Seven Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Finding Joy Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would first like to acknowledge my husband, Chad, who is my best friend and biggest fan. This book would not have happened without his love, patience, encouragement, and honest feedback.

I would like to acknowledge my parents, Arleigh and Sue Clemens, for their support not only with the book, but also throughout my life. Your love and support guided me through my darkest days. Your simple acts of listening, love, support, and believing in me led me to finding real joy and purpose in my life.

Thank you to my children, Stephanie, Zachary, Taylor, and William, for all your patience, love, support, and helping me write my story––which is really “our” story.

Special thanks to Cathy Clemens and Cami McColley for reading my very first draft of “Finding Joy” and providing me with encouragement and honest critique. Most of all, I thank you for your belief in me, which pushed me to believe that I really could publish my first book.

Thank you to BookPress Publishing, especially Anthony Paustian, for coaching me through this entire process and being available to me every step of the way.

Most of all, I’d like to thank God. Thank You for waking me up at 3:00 am to name the book and for making it all come together after that ‘conver-sation.’Youhavestrengthenedmethroughouttheyearsandyouaretruly the reason why I strive every day to live a life full of joy.

This Can’t Be Happening

arolyn woke up dazed and confused, feeling like she C had drunk too much the night before. She could hear sounds of summer outside her bedroom window. Her mind then slowly shifted to the sounds inside her house of children crying in the family room and the low, deep voice of their father, Ben, talking to them. Suddenly, the memory of last night flashed through her head, and she flew out of bed and ran to her children. There by the fireplace, Ben held the chil-dren by his side, announcing that he would be moving out that day. Not only would he be moving out, but moving out of town. Rage went through Carolyn as she remembered the previous night’s conversation. They had come home from a friend’s party around midnight, and Ben had been in a cranky mood all evening. As they prepared for bed, Ben had quietly informed her that he didn’t love her anymore and that he would leaving in the morning. She tried to reason with him

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and begged him to try counseling first, but he just stared at her with an ice-cold expression. The only thing he would discuss was how to tell the children. It all seemed so surreal. This couldn’t be happening. Everyone always said that they had the ideal marriage, and this wasn’t what was supposed to happen in ideal marriages! Carolyn couldn’t believe what she was hearing. She threw down a kitchen chair in a fit of anger and screamed, “This isn’t how we agreed! What are you doing?” She tried to calm herself down. Her frightened children looked at their crazed mom and cried harder. Ben simply said, “I told them.” Carolyn wanted to punch him. She wanted to hug him. She wanted to beg him to stay, but all that came out were deep sobs of disbelief as she watched him take his belongings and leave. She knew she had to stay strong, but she didn’t know how she was going to do it. She had married young and had never even been on her own. Now she was left alone, with three children who needed her more than ever, and she wondered where she would ever find the strength to give them everything they needed. As the weeks passed, Carolyn became obsessed with trying to understand what happened to the man she loved and to whom she had been married to for over 15 years, her chil-dren’s father. How could he just walk out and leave not only her, but his beautiful children. Over the weeks and months, she learned many things about Ben that she simply couldn’t believe. It truly seemed that he had led a secret life. How could she have been so naïve? He had taken their money, created credit card accounts in her name, and told lies to his

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family and friends about their marriage. Carolyn also learned that he had been involved in numerous affairs and had left for another woman he apparently met on the internet. All she could think was, “toshaestmieb”ka.erehtThis crazy stuff couldn’t be happening; this was the kind of story that gets aired onDr. Phil! Friends and family reached out and helped as much as they knew how, but as she shared her story over and over, she only grew angrier. If sides had to be taken in the matter, everyone would have sided with her, except his parents. She thought that sharing her story would make her feel better, but in reality, she only felt worse. She felt like a victim.