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Live the Life You Love by Barbara Sher
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was by Barbara Sher
And something from this decade:
Steering by Starlight by Martha Beck
Barbara Sher's books are fun (and a bit dated, but that's okay). They're sort of like an Artist's Way without asking you to journal and do activities nearly as much, which is fine by me. LTLYL has a great section early on that helps you understand what motivates you, and ICDAIIOKWIW helps you put ideas into action.
I don't remember a ton about Steering by Starlight except that I really liked it, and that it gets into Shaman-y stuff towards the end in a way that really jived with me during my first reading.
If you're at all interested in checking out these books, they are all available for under $2 used on Amazon (plus shipping), so it's definitely worth a look. (I passed along my Barbara Sher books to a family member and decided to re-buy them for myself for a grand total of $8, including shipping.)
Also, fun fact!: My copy of Steering by Starlight has an inscription from Martha herself.
My friend Kerry went to a signing and had Martha write in it for me as a birthday gift, but Kerry couldn't remember if my birthday was July 6th or July 9th (it's July 10th - ha!), and Martha said that that made Kerry a bad friend! I almost always agree with Martha, but she is dead wrong on that one! Hmph!
For my next self-help book, I'm thinking about:
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I love Martha Beck so much, and my family loves Barbara Sher too! Martha is amazing, and I was so glad to have the opportunity to meet her once during the Oprah weekend in SF a few years ago-ahhh, one of the highlights of my life :) I am totally into self-help books, and love all of Martha's books, with a special passion for Expecting Adam. It is more of a memoir, but I found it deeply beautiful and moving in ways that were personal for me. She is such a good writer!
ReplyDeleteOmg, Mary. I want to hear all about the Oprah weekend someday! Ooh ooh! I forgot about Expecting Adam! I've never read it, but I want to. Okay, it's going on the Amazon wishlist!
DeleteWow- that's crazy about Martha Beck! Poor Kerry. I read one of Martha's books- she's a great writer- and I was fascinated by her backstory. She has a history of making very strong claims that she occasionally needs to rescind, which makes me like her even more. We must discuss!
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Yeah, she's kind of polarizing, which (you're so right) is awesome of her. I subscribed to Oprah magazine for, like, 5 years too many because I just liked her column.
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