Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

I was surprised by this claim. I don't know what Lynn Grabhorn had been reading in all her years of research, but the books I'd read certainly talked about feelings. That aside, however, no book gives feelings the concentrated attention that this one does and I applaud it for that.

I did wonder, too, how such a simple truth could fill a whole book. I was expecting to encounter quite a lot of "padding." But this fear was also dispelled. Lynn Grabhorn's is grounded not just by research, but by years of personal experience and years of running workshops. This depth of knowledge shows through. Every possible rational objection, self-deception and practical stumbling block is tackled with commendable thoroughness.

Where this book really scored for me was in opening my eyes to the very subtle ways in which a "don't want" can masquerade as a "want" - it isn't enough to find a positive affirmation or goal if we are not also in the right "feeling place" to bring it about. It also helped me to see that even when I was generally in the right feeling place for a particular goal, I could still be in the wrong feeling place about some of the important details.

As you might expect, the book devotes a lot of time and attention to the practical business of putting yourself in the right feeling place, and finishes up with a thirty-day plan to get you started. And it's all good, well-argued stuff.

So the book delivers what it promises, and does so with a personal style like no other book in this field. Lynn Grabhorn won me over with her down to earth candour. She is very honest about her own failures as well as successes, her own bad attitudes as well as good. She doesn't create the impression that it's an "easy" matter of changing your feelings, so nobody who reads this book will be inclined to write themselves off after the first little failure. I for one was convinced by this book that a little persistence would bring results well worthy of the effort.

Lynn reveals the basic need to know information about transforming our lives in to what they were meant to be. My friend described it to me as 'the missing link' and she was right.

Lynn's style of writing is very down to earth and she tells it like it is. It is so easy to read and understand the points that she makes, even humourous in places, which is great and how it should be. At the end of the book she outlines simple yet effective steps to move in to manifesting our perfect lives as we become aware of our feelings and the power of them.

I have recommended this book to all the people I know and strongly recommend that any one who is genuinly interested in changing their lives for the better this book is a must, to the point that if I were told I could only have one personal development book then this one would have to be it.

THIS BOOK IS SO REFRESHINGLY DIFFERENT!

From the minute I started reading, the first chapter had me breaking a smile - Lynn Grabhorn certainly practices what she preaches! The way this book has been written makes the reader think about the way in which they deal with life issues - but the book uses humour to develop strategies for dealing with these issues with a positively devastaing effect.

And the message? Unbelieveably simple - but it actually does work! People certainly react more positively to you when you are feeling positive (and vice versa). The examples given are ones we can all relate to in everyday life and nearly all of us have encountered. I've never thought about how I dealt with life issues until now - and already just a small change in my approach has yielded positive results!

Even if you are a bit of a sceptic, I recommend you read it if only for the humourous delivery of the message - I believe that once you start reading, you'll end up trying a more positive approach just out of curiousity - then I guarantee that you'll keep trying as things start changing for the better!

A serious, potentially life changing book delivered in a down to earth, funny and plausible way - I will certainly recommend it to others to read!!