Life Makeovers: 52 Practical & Inspiring Ways to Improve Your Life One Week at a Time

Cheryl Richardson

Harmony/Rodale, Nov 19, 2008 - Self-Help - 224 pages

Author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Take Time for Your Life now shows you how to reclaim your life one week at a time

Cheryl Richardson, bestselling author and one of the most sought-after lecturers in the country, knows firsthand how tough it can be to juggle the daily demands of living in a fast-paced world, and how easily you can become disconnected from your true self and what makes you happy. In Life Makeovers, Cheryl has taken all the know-how and insight she has gleaned from her years as a personal coach and distilled it into a simple, year-long program that shows how making small changes, over time, can have a huge impact on the quality of your life. In fifty-two simple yet profound essays, Richardson provides a plan for both reflecting and taking action, along with specific, practical advice and exercises to help readers gradually and permanently remodel their lives, week by week. Easy to use and fun to read, this workbook is the perfect companion to Take Time for Your Life. Topics include:
The Gift of Time: It's Self-Management, Not Time Management
Are We Having Fun Yet: When Life Gets Too Serious, Here's What to Do
Give Your Brain a Vacation: For Finding the Best Ideas, Try This
Standing in the Shadow: Whose Talent Are You Hiding Behind?
Stop Juggling and Start Living: Here Are Some of the Balls to Drop
Close Encounters: How to Make a Deeper Connection with Others

Her brief, personal essays will inspire you to make changes, and her Take Action Challenges, which appear with comprehensive resource sections at the end of every essay, will guide you through small steps that will slowly teach you to think, act, love, work, and even laugh in a whole new way. Written in Cheryl's signature, heartwarming style, Life Makeovers is the ideal book for anyone looking for a balanced way to reclaim their life one step at a time.

How often do you daydream about living a better life—a life that reflects more of you, your values and deepest desires? How many times have you come to the end of a busy week and toyed with the fantasy of packing abag and leaving it all behind?

The "Life Makeover" program is a powerful year-long program for change. It is designed to support you in changing your life one week at a time. Each chapter consists of a topic of the week and contains a Take Action Challenge and a Resources section to support you in taking action quickly and easily.

Be prepared for your life to unfold in wonderful ways. As you clean up the clutter, reconnect with your inner wisdom, strengthen your character, and take on the challenges of high-quality living, you'll find that the lost parts of yourself start to come together to form a pretty amazing life!

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• THE JOURNEY BEGINS: 9
• NEW YEARNEW you: 13
• FINDING YOUR LOST SELF: 18
• THE CHALLENGE: 23
• THE GIFT OF TIME: 28
• WHATS DRAINING YOU?: 33
• THE MAGIC OF GRACE: 38
• WHATS FUELING YOU?: 41
• THE POWER OF FOCUS: 47
• STOP JUGGLING AND START LIVING: 50
• CHECK UNDER THE HOOD: 54
• GIVE YOUR BRAIN A VACATION: 58
• SPRING INTO FITNESS: 62
• ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?: 67
• TWO HEADS RUN BETTER THAN: 70
• STOP LOOK AND LISTEN: 73
• CREATING SPACE: 77
• FOCUS YOUR ENERGY: 81
• BRAKE FOR SPONTANEITY: 85
• EARLY WARNING SIGNALS: 87
• LEARNING TO WAIT: 93
• FRIENDS FACTS AND FAITH: 96
• SHINE THE LIGHT: 100
• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: 103
• ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL PIONEER?: 106
• THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND: 109
• STANDING IN THE SHADOW: 112
• HOWS YOUR BACKBONE?: 116
• LET FINANCIAL FREEDOM REIGN: 120
• STOPREFLECTREWARD: 126
• KIDDING AROUND: 129
• ARE YOU A SLEEPING BEAUTY?: 132
• SPRINGCLEAN YOUR OFFICE: 138
• STRETCH YOURSELF: 143
• FEATHERING YOUR NEST: 147
• BRING IN THE RESERVES: 150
• FIX WHATS BROKEN: 154
• PRESEASON CHECKUP: 157
• SETTLE FOR MORE: 160
• PAMPER BREAK: 163
• SELFCARE AT WORK: 166
• LIFE ACCESSORIES: 170
• THE POWER OF LOVE: 174
• MENTAL SELFCARE: 178
• PEOPLE AND PRIORITIES: 182
• GREAT GIFT GIVING: 185
• THE THANK YOU GAME: 188
• THE BENEFITS OF BOREDOM: 191
• STOP THE MADNESS: 196
• SHAKE UP YOUR LIFE: 200
• SANE AND SPECIAL: 203
• THE POWER OF PRAYER: 205

About the author

Cheryl Richardson, author of The New York Times bestselling books Take Time for Your Life: A Personal
Coach's Seven Step Program for Creating the Life You Want and Life Makeovers: 52 Practical and Inspiring Ways to Improve Your Life One Week at a Time (Broadway Books), supports busy people in achieving professional success without compromising their quality of life. Voted one of the top ten coaches in America by readers of The Professional Coach, she was the first president of the International Coach Federation and holds one of their first Master Certified Coach credentials. She is also the recipient of the 2000 Motivational Book Award for Life Makeovers from Books for a Better Life, which honors the year's most outstanding books and magazines in the self-improvement genre.
As a professional speaker, Cheryl has designed and presented programs to universities, Fortune 500 companies, educational conferences, and professional associations. Her work has been covered widely in the media including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Health Magazine, New Age Magazine, Publisher's Weekly and a cover story in the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Life Makeovers: 52 Practical & Inspiring Ways to Improve Your Life One Week at a Time
• Author: Cheryl Richardson
• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale, 2008
• ISBN: 0307487482, 9780307487483
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness; Self-Help / Self-Management / Stress Management