With Whack Around The Head you discover how the emotional gap from being dispirited or bored to being enthusiastic about your work is actually minute, and easily achievable through engaging with your purpose, passion and power. Are you suffering with - Stress? Depression? Monday morning blues? Lack of life purpose or direction? Low energy and lack of enthusiasm? Lack of engagement with people or suffering from the "There has to be more to my life than this!" feeling? Sharon Eden, creator of the Whack Around The Head methodology is an Inner Leadership Coach, Psychotherapist & NLP Trainer: the expert who debunks mumbo-jumbo of personal development, stripping away mystery, jargon and hype with her transformative coaching approach. Your successes can happen through choice rather then chance...to take control of your WHOLE life.
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'Whack Around The Head' helps those of us in business to challenge ourselves to be more, to really find what's important in our lives and take a stand for who we want to be. That makes a positive difference not only to ourselves but all of those around us. A big 'thank you' to Sharon for her stories, exercises, passion and, above all, role modelling of awakening our lives. --Charles Brook, Director, The Performance Coach, www.theperformancecoach.com
If you're feeling restless and asking yourself if there is more to life but wouldn't be caught dead reading self-development books, read this one! Sharon knows what will help you find and live the very best in yourself and her book takes you white-water rafting to personal change. Be prepared for an exhilarating journey with a skilled guide. --Ann Lewis, Director, Ann Lewis Coaching, www.annlewiscoaching.com
This book is like no other book you have read before. It engages your emotions and your intellect as you explore your own life and, more importantly, your future. This book's simply brimming with insight and authenticity, which can only come from profound personal and professional experience. Sharon shares a number of personal anecdotes in order to encourage us to be honest about our own. This is not like reading a book. It is like a personal and intimate conversation with a close and trusted friend who is completely honest with you. As you read it, you can practically hear her voice. --Stan Hornagold, Director, The Marstan Group, www.marstangroup.com
'Whack Around The Head' shows you how to be more effective at work and enjoy your job, even if it's not the job of your dreams. It's not a theory book full of unproven ideas. Instead, it's an essential instruction manual illustrated with real life stories to guide your way forward. An excellent mix of the inspirational and practical. --Marina Nicol, Managing Director, OH Works Ltd, www.ohworks.co.uk
Fun, punchy, engaging, down to earth, inyerface. Good blend of commonsense perspective and profound depth about life. The exercises are great, easy to follow, and Sharon's examples and self-disclosure really give it life. --John Leary-Joyce, CEO, Academy of Executive Coaching, www.aoec.com
If you're feeling restless and asking yourself if there is more to life but wouldn't be caught dead reading self-development books, read this one! Sharon knows what will help you find and live the very best in yourself and her book takes you white-water rafting to personal change. Be prepared for an exhilarating journey with a skilled guide. --Ann Lewis, Director, Ann Lewis Coaching, annlewiscoaching.com
This book is like no other book you have read before. It engages your emotions and your intellect as you explore your own life and, more importantly, your future. This book's simply brimming with insight and authenticity, which can only come from profound personal and professional experience. Sharon shares a number of personal anecdotes in order to encourage us to be honest about our own. This is not like reading a book. It is like a personal and intimate conversation with a close and trusted friend who is completely honest with you. --Stan Hornagold, Director, The Marstan Group, marstangroup.com
Fun, punchy, engaging, down to earth, inyerface. Good blend of commonsense perspective and profound depth about life. The exercises are great, easy to follow, and Sharon's examples and self-disclosure really give it life. --John Leary-Joyce, CEO, Academy of Executive Coaching, aoec.com
For anyone who thinks there has to be more to life or they are living the wrong life, this is your book. It is a no-prisoners-taken wake-up-call to go out there and live the life you've always wanted to. Buy it for yourself or buy it for your friend. It will introduce you to the real you and give you the life you have longed for. --Simon Horton, Director, World Class Performance Ltd, worldclassperformance.com
If you're feeling restless and asking yourself if there is more to life but wouldn't be caught dead reading self-development books, read this one! Sharon knows what will help you find and live the very best in yourself and her book takes you white-water rafting to personal change. Be prepared for an exhilarating journey with a skilled guide. --Ann Lewis, Director, Ann Lewis Coaching, www.annlewiscoaching.com
This book is like no other book you have read before. It engages your emotions and your intellect as you explore your own life and, more importantly, your future. This book's simply brimming with insight and authenticity, which can only come from profound personal and professional experience. Sharon shares a number of personal anecdotes in order to encourage us to be honest about our own. This is not like reading a book. It is like a personal and intimate conversation with a close and trusted friend who is completely honest with you. As you read it, you can practically hear her voice. --Stan Hornagold, Director, The Marstan Group, www.marstangroup.com
'Whack Around The Head' shows you how to be more effective at work and enjoy your job, even if it's not the job of your dreams. It's not a theory book full of unproven ideas. Instead, it's an essential instruction manual illustrated with real life stories to guide your way forward. An excellent mix of the inspirational and practical. --Marina Nicol, Managing Director, OH Works Ltd, www.ohworks.co.uk
Fun, punchy, engaging, down to earth, inyerface. Good blend of commonsense perspective and profound depth about life. The exercises are great, easy to follow, and Sharon's examples and self-disclosure really give it life. --John Leary-Joyce, CEO, Academy of Executive Coaching, www.aoec.com
If you're feeling restless and asking yourself if there is more to life but wouldn't be caught dead reading self-development books, read this one! Sharon knows what will help you find and live the very best in yourself and her book takes you white-water rafting to personal change. Be prepared for an exhilarating journey with a skilled guide. --Ann Lewis, Director, Ann Lewis Coaching, annlewiscoaching.com
This book is like no other book you have read before. It engages your emotions and your intellect as you explore your own life and, more importantly, your future. This book's simply brimming with insight and authenticity, which can only come from profound personal and professional experience. Sharon shares a number of personal anecdotes in order to encourage us to be honest about our own. This is not like reading a book. It is like a personal and intimate conversation with a close and trusted friend who is completely honest with you. --Stan Hornagold, Director, The Marstan Group, marstangroup.com
Fun, punchy, engaging, down to earth, inyerface. Good blend of commonsense perspective and profound depth about life. The exercises are great, easy to follow, and Sharon's examples and self-disclosure really give it life. --John Leary-Joyce, CEO, Academy of Executive Coaching, aoec.com
For anyone who thinks there has to be more to life or they are living the wrong life, this is your book. It is a no-prisoners-taken wake-up-call to go out there and live the life you've always wanted to. Buy it for yourself or buy it for your friend. It will introduce you to the real you and give you the life you have longed for. --Simon Horton, Director, World Class Performance Ltd, worldclassperformance.com
About the Author
Sharon Eden wanted to be a writer and actress but bamboozled herself in her 20s, through a desire for 'normality' and 'respectability', into a corporate career in sales and marketing in the wine trade.Several whacks around the head in her 30s, fuelled by curiosity about what made her and other people tick, led her to higher education, studying psychology. She later quali?ed as a psychotherapist, then coach and trainer. Sharon's credentials include MA Psychotherapy, Member Institute of Directors, Founding Member Association for Coaching, Member European Mentoring and Coaching Council, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Trainer INLPTA, Member Applied Psychology Association and Charter Member International Positive Psychology Association.She's been told that her skills and presence as a writer and actress, allied with absolute passion for her topic, are woven indelibly through her roles. They contribute to making her a dynamic, enlightening, humorous and sometimes surprising presenter, speaker and trainer. Sharon lives in a suburb of London, UK, and is lucky enough to be 20 minutes' train ride into town and 5 minutes' drive from the country. Both of which, together with delicious family and friends, nourish her and her appetite for life.Connect with her at www.sharoneden.biz and @sharoneden on Twitter.
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Last night it must have been a full moon because no matter what position I tried, sleep was just off the cards. I was further irritated by the fact that my boyfriend was smugly snoring beside me like a proud cat, I had a million and one things bothering me and whirring around my head and it just didn't seem fair that the noisy neighbours were keeping me awake and not him. Enough was enough. With the hope I would `unintentionally' wake him up, I decided to start chatting about all and sundry. Sure enough, my voice must have been suitably loud enough as he soon responded, making appropriate soothing remarks and tender comments in the hope to get me to shut up and go to sleep. It was surprisingly effective and I soon calmed down and drifted off. This morning, he had absolutely no recollection of the conversations we had or even waking up at all - I regretted even bringing it up to apologize!
Point is, is that we are capable of having conversations with people, interacting and affecting others even if we aren't fully conscious and engaged, and I'm not just talking about the conversations you shared last night over five bottles of vodka and on the way home on your ex's answering machine. Mine may have been an extreme example, but it's not far from what most of us suffer from during our daytime hours. Sure it's impossible to be completely engrossed and energized about everything we do, everyone we meet and at all times. All of us will have drifted from class to class, lecture to lecture, from one day to another dreaming of the end of play, the next ski trip or how many hours until the weekend. But it's more than this. You move step by step from one stage of life to another, probably punctuated by a few moments when you had to make a decision here and there, but you may find that you have been meandering along, floating from here to there little a empty crisp packet in the wind.
If this rings a little alarm bell, then before you get all defensive, let me introduce you to Ms. Eden. She's been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the postcard, and now has written the book to prove it. She's also got the evidence to show you that these days can, and will be over and with several whacks and wallops later, you'll feel like you've just been through a car wash to come out gleaming the other end.
If you're interested in moving from a state of `living dead' to being `alert, alive and response-able,' then Whack is for you. Its time to challenge the assumptions of where you'll end up, to think outside the neatly stacked boxes your establishments have created and to be valued for your individuality. Its high time you were rewarded for being different and unique rather than made to feel ashamed that you didn't want to be a lawyer or follow in the footsteps of generations of your family members.
Whilst Eden's purpose is to propel you into this world of endless possibilities, to allow you to `discover your purpose, passion and power,' you can rest assured that whilst its not easy, it will be worth it. You do after all have to suffer to be beautiful and there is no gain without pain. On the upside, it doesn't involve you abandoning everything and upping sticks to run for the hills. It's like being an alcoholic - you have to be aware of your situation to change it, and to really want to make those changes.
So over to you. What is your purpose and your mission? How can you get to the point where you are leaping out of bed on a Monday morning?
Is this enticing enough? Eden certainly is.
Take the time to evaluate and you will undoubtedly want to be awake to enjoy every moment. Now, hand me the whacker ;)
Point is, is that we are capable of having conversations with people, interacting and affecting others even if we aren't fully conscious and engaged, and I'm not just talking about the conversations you shared last night over five bottles of vodka and on the way home on your ex's answering machine. Mine may have been an extreme example, but it's not far from what most of us suffer from during our daytime hours. Sure it's impossible to be completely engrossed and energized about everything we do, everyone we meet and at all times. All of us will have drifted from class to class, lecture to lecture, from one day to another dreaming of the end of play, the next ski trip or how many hours until the weekend. But it's more than this. You move step by step from one stage of life to another, probably punctuated by a few moments when you had to make a decision here and there, but you may find that you have been meandering along, floating from here to there little a empty crisp packet in the wind.
If this rings a little alarm bell, then before you get all defensive, let me introduce you to Ms. Eden. She's been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the postcard, and now has written the book to prove it. She's also got the evidence to show you that these days can, and will be over and with several whacks and wallops later, you'll feel like you've just been through a car wash to come out gleaming the other end.
If you're interested in moving from a state of `living dead' to being `alert, alive and response-able,' then Whack is for you. Its time to challenge the assumptions of where you'll end up, to think outside the neatly stacked boxes your establishments have created and to be valued for your individuality. Its high time you were rewarded for being different and unique rather than made to feel ashamed that you didn't want to be a lawyer or follow in the footsteps of generations of your family members.
Whilst Eden's purpose is to propel you into this world of endless possibilities, to allow you to `discover your purpose, passion and power,' you can rest assured that whilst its not easy, it will be worth it. You do after all have to suffer to be beautiful and there is no gain without pain. On the upside, it doesn't involve you abandoning everything and upping sticks to run for the hills. It's like being an alcoholic - you have to be aware of your situation to change it, and to really want to make those changes.
So over to you. What is your purpose and your mission? How can you get to the point where you are leaping out of bed on a Monday morning?
Is this enticing enough? Eden certainly is.
Take the time to evaluate and you will undoubtedly want to be awake to enjoy every moment. Now, hand me the whacker ;)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I've had the priviledge of working closely with Sharon Eden, author of Whack Around The Head, PURPOSE PASSION POWER at work right now! for several months now on the promotional campaign for this book. Sharon knows that I seriously do think she has written an excellent book. Many people have accidental careers and are dissatisfied with their working lives: there is clearly a need for a book about locating our purpose. 'WATH' needed to combine absolute professional credibility and advice (which it does) with a healthy whack of realism and humour (which it does). We've had some superb media for the book so far with much more to come. This book will really resonate with those who stuck in a rut and just know in their heart that what they are doing isn't enough or represents more of who they really are.
My personal view for this book, as for others where we, the reader, hope to be transformed, is not to be a book flicker. The pure alchemy of Whack Around The Head lies in performing the exercises to find your eureka moment.
Sharon Eden, you are a diamond lady and a superb author.
My personal view for this book, as for others where we, the reader, hope to be transformed, is not to be a book flicker. The pure alchemy of Whack Around The Head lies in performing the exercises to find your eureka moment.
Sharon Eden, you are a diamond lady and a superb author.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Sharon Eden is a brilliant author, an initiator and master of internal change. I dived straight into the book and I wasn't disappointed. Sharon uses positive language and engages the reader from the outset. The book is for everyone who wishes to 'live' their life and to celebrate their uniqueness and their 'own' great story! Every demon, excuse, voice, negative memory calling, is revisited and you really do run out of excuses to stay within 'your box' once you've finished the first few chapters! Sharon's writing style is fun, dynamic and punchy. I never knew 'self improvement' could be this 'HOT'....Sharon Eden works 'magic'. The book is SENSATIONAL, Do you dare to to change your life?
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It's Just what I needed - A whack around the head.
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Published on 23 Mar 2011 by Adam G
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Whack around the head
I bought this book because my counsellor's manager is the author. It does have a lot of good advice - look on the bright side, keep things in perspective, find a job in something... Read more
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This is a great book to read if you are stuck in a rut or going around in circles. Sharon's writing style is really easy to follow. Read more
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Sharon is truly brilliant! Such a great book that's easy to read and absorb but that leaves you with a great sense of Me'ness at the end and every bit in between for that matter! Read more
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