Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive: 101 Inspiring Stories about Growth, Wisdom, and Dreams
416
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive: 101 Inspiring Stories about Growth, Wisdom, and Dreams
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Overview
It’s your time to thrive—and these stories show you how! You’ll learn how to take charge of your life, make time for what’s important, and do what’s right for you! These stories, from regular people who have taken control of their lives, show you how to do it yourself. Find new purpose, try new things, and take care of yourself, all while improving your relationships with family, friends, and co-workers.
You’ll read chapters about:
- Making your own needs important again
- Carving out time for work–life balance
- Thriving on your own path
- Reinventing yourself
- Embracing adventure
- Pursuing your dreams
- Making time for relationships
- Taking the time for your passions
- Learning how to say no
- And learning how to say yes to the things that will make you thrive!
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611599473 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| Publication date: | 05/05/2015 |
| Pages: | 416 |
| Sales rank: | 675,974 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 It's Time to Meet Yourself
1 Becoming Whole Jenni Schaefer 11
2 Coffee Break Lucy Lemay Cellucci 15
3 A Road Trip to Find Me Sheila Wasserman 19
4 An Object in Motion Nicole K. Ross 23
5 Just Me Anna Lucas 27
6 Five Minutes a Day JC Sullivan 30
7 Enough Sandi Staton 33
8 Positivity in the Wake of Adversity Katie Cash 37
9 Crazy Things Ruth Knox 41
10 The Tango of Life Kay L. Campbell 44
11 Along Came a Spider Crystal Thiennger 47
12 Renewed Strength Beth Saadati 51
2 It's Time to Embrace Adventure
13 Taking Flight Marsha Warren Mittman 59
14 Caged Barbara A. Davey 63
15 Right Back Where I Started From Jerri Elders 65
16 Common Ground Sue Sanders 69
17 A Mid-Life Challenge Ann Hoffman 73
18 Mountain Dreams Jill Burns 77
19 Taking a Leap Lorri Danzig 79
20 A Not So Trivial Twosome John Forrest 82
21 Getting Our Groove Back Kate Wan 86
22 My Theory of Relativity Benny Wasserman 89
23 Sweat, Blood and Solitude Krystal Klumpp 92
24 Taught by Teens Rhonda K. Mailer 96
25 When in Rome Karen Coffee Nicholson 99
3 Thrive on Your Own Path
26 The Wine Epiphany Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan 105
27 A Man of Letters Ryan Kluftinger 109
28 An Activist Is Born Pat Fish 112
29 A Magical Life of Possibilities Mitra Ray 116
30 Keeping Less, Living More Alison P. Martinez 120
31 They Took My Picture Lorraine Cannistra 123
32 Today Is Your Day Neha Gupta 127
33 The Dream We Didn't Know We Had Linda E. Allen 130
34 Not Giving In Lauren Ball 133
4 Make Time for Your Most Important Customer
35 My Mondays Rebecca Hill 139
36 Guest Treatment Paula Klendworth Skory 143
37 Making My Health a Priority Lola Bendana 146
38 Recharge Rental Bonnie L. Beuth 150
39 Race Against Time Angela Wolthuis 152
40 Walking to a New Me Connie Kaseweter Pullen 155
41 Time Out for Better Time In Cortney Fries 158
42 Just Say No-and Sometimes Yes Ann Vitale 161
43 Solo Gig Denise Reich 164
44 Getting Real Michelle Hauser 168
45 Learning to Fly Sage de Beixedon Breslin 172
5 Say Yes to Thriving
46 The Summer of Yes Ericka Kahler 181
47 Its MY Life! Marya Morin 184
48 Perspective Heidi FitzGerald 188
49 Sparked Stephanie Jackson 191
50 Learning to Swim Michele Boom 194
51 Eating to Live Connie K. Pombo 197
52 I Left My Pride on the Beach Josephine A. Fitzpatrick 200
53 On My Own Pat Wahler 204
54 Because I Can Sharon Rosenbaum Earls 207
55 Passing on the Sword Sarah LM Klauda 210
56 The List Jean Morris 212
57 Braver than Superman April Knight 215
6 Help the World Thrive
58 From Living on Change to Changing the World Mike Conrad 223
59 The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe Jaki Baskow 228
60 Reclaiming Myself Jane McBride Choate 231
61 What Diana Ross Taught Me Timothy Peterson 233
62 Take That, Universe! Courtney Campbell 236
63 Thriving While Grieving Manpreet Dhillon 239
64 Time to Share Denise A. Dewald 242
65 Now I Know Elizabeth Titus 244
66 Finding a Way Judith Fitzsimmons 248
67 An Open Heart Linda M. Johnson 251
68 A Boost to My Confidence Cindy L. Ely 256
69 Love Is Not Pain Berni Xiong 258
7 It's time to Reinvent Yourself
70 From Breakdown to Breakthrough Kathy Caprino 265
71 A Future to Step Into Sam Georges 270
72 A Ham Is Born Beth Levine 274
73 Taking a Chance on Me Judith Marks-White 277
74 A Life by Design Marcia Castro-Rosenberg 281
75 Endings Can Be Beginnings Brianna Mears 284
76 Letting Charlie Go Aland Marie 287
77 Nowhere to Go But Up Matt Chandler 289
78 Taking a Chance on Life Sallie A. Rodman 292
79 Countryfied Chick Tamara Moran-Smith 295
80 Small Business Dreams Dianna Graveman 297
81 Dream Life through Freedom Andrea Hadhazy 300
8 It's Time to Pursue Your Dreams
82 100 Pairs of Shoes Dr. Buzz M.cCarthy 307
83 A Story of Love and Teeth Anjie Reynolds 311
84 Your Sweater Is Awesome Emily Oman 315
85 Fort David Warren 320
86 But You Were Just a Cop Stephen Rusiniak 323
87 Seeing the World Janet Perez Eckles 326
88 Breaking the Mold Denise Marks 330
89 Music Lessons Mary Ann Hayhurst 333
90 A Student of Life Chelsea DuHaime 337
91 Fear of Falling Karen Gray-Keeler 340
92 My Everest Shirley Deck 344
9 Make Time for Your Relationships
93 You Should Allyson Ward 351
94 First Sheep! Lisa Pawlak 354
95 The Hourglass Deirdre Higgins 358
96 Fuel Kristin Doney 362
97 The Muscle Car Janet Bower 365
98 A New Kind of Life Edie Schmidt 368
99 The Dad Who Dropped Out Geetanjali Krishna 371
100 The Strength of No Loren Slocum Lahav 374
101 Carving Out Some Work-Life Balance Amy Newmark 377
Meet Our Contributors 381
Meet Amy Newmark 398
Meet Loren Slocum Lahav 400
Thank You 402
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 403