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Naomi's Breakthrough Guide: 20 Choices to Transform Your Life
Naomi Judd is affectionately called the Star Next Door, but she's also a survivor. In Naomi's Breakthrough Guide she shares her hard-won wisdom and outlines twenty important choices that will help readers improve their relationships, family life, career, and even their health. Blending candid personal stories, the science of happiness, and practical exercises with anecdotes about well-known friends and family, Naomi's Breakthrough Guide is an essential companion and guide for anyone seeking to turn potential breakdowns into life-altering breakthroughs.
- GenresNonfictionSelf Help
304 pages, Paperback
First published December 30, 2003
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Naomi Judd
28Ìýbooks78ÌýfollowersNaomi Judd was an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.
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June 19, 2008
I liked 3 things about this book:
1. Chapter 13- You become whatever you think about all day. It asks what kind of self talk are you currently choosing to program your everyday thoughts, actions, and feelings. The most powerful words are the ones you choose to say to yourself.
2. Worry and Fear are Dispensable Parasites on your Brain, Chapter 15. I truly feel you can make yourself miserable.
3. There is no easier pace to start than being a good listener. I need to practice being a relaxed listener with Graham
The last good piece of advice was on page 262, "Peace assures you that you are loved and never alone-that everything is all right just the way it is........all is well. All is well."
This book has good intentions. I had to read it slowly though. I also learned a little about a star Naomi Judd and her family.
1. Chapter 13- You become whatever you think about all day. It asks what kind of self talk are you currently choosing to program your everyday thoughts, actions, and feelings. The most powerful words are the ones you choose to say to yourself.
2. Worry and Fear are Dispensable Parasites on your Brain, Chapter 15. I truly feel you can make yourself miserable.
3. There is no easier pace to start than being a good listener. I need to practice being a relaxed listener with Graham
The last good piece of advice was on page 262, "Peace assures you that you are loved and never alone-that everything is all right just the way it is........all is well. All is well."
This book has good intentions. I had to read it slowly though. I also learned a little about a star Naomi Judd and her family.
July 21, 2011
This book is "down home, tell you like it is, get it together sista" type of book!I loved reading this and doing the exercises it included. It helped me get through a difficult time in my life. Instead of accepting depression as my state of mind..he helped me take charge or my own situation.
"you can only be a victim once, then you are a volunteer" it helped me to change myself...to change the outcome I was receiving.
"happiness is a choice and you must CHOOSE to be happy"
LOVED it! would recommend to anyone who is struggling to 'find' themselves!
"you can only be a victim once, then you are a volunteer" it helped me to change myself...to change the outcome I was receiving.
"happiness is a choice and you must CHOOSE to be happy"
LOVED it! would recommend to anyone who is struggling to 'find' themselves!
January 10, 2011
Country singing superstar Judd overcame medical odds by recovering from hepatitis C and wants others to benefit from her health regimen. In this lively and inspirational book, she offers a mix of autobiography, medical advice and just plain homespun talk from one plucky Southerner. Judd is up-front about her mistakes-she got pregnant the first time she had sex and ended up divorced and supporting two children in her 20s. She put herself through college during her 30s, earning a nursing degree, and only began her singing career at age 37. During her 40s and 50s, Judd's health declined, and after traditional treatments failed, she turned to alternative therapies and focused on decreasing stress and obtaining greater personal satisfaction. Judd found strength in religion, exercising and developing goals for the future. Her advice for others is both accessible and convincing.
She discusses women who are all too willing to please the people around them: "No matter your age, you must establish boundaries. As you learn more about what you like and don't like, you can better explain it to others. Establishing emotional boundaries allows you to prevent your self-respect and character from being intruded upon." The book is strongest when Judd talks about her beliefs and experiences with her family. For example, "[I]t was my intuition that led me a few years later to go into the music business with Wy. It was also my intuition that told me Ashley was strong enough to handle Wy's and my touring. It helped me know Larry was the man for me...." Less effective are Judd's frequent references to other authors such as Joan Borysenko and Dr. Mona Schulz, all of which detract from Judd's own convincing and engaging writing. Still, this guide is uplifting, and one of the more solid of the various "self-help" titles from celebrities.
She discusses women who are all too willing to please the people around them: "No matter your age, you must establish boundaries. As you learn more about what you like and don't like, you can better explain it to others. Establishing emotional boundaries allows you to prevent your self-respect and character from being intruded upon." The book is strongest when Judd talks about her beliefs and experiences with her family. For example, "[I]t was my intuition that led me a few years later to go into the music business with Wy. It was also my intuition that told me Ashley was strong enough to handle Wy's and my touring. It helped me know Larry was the man for me...." Less effective are Judd's frequent references to other authors such as Joan Borysenko and Dr. Mona Schulz, all of which detract from Judd's own convincing and engaging writing. Still, this guide is uplifting, and one of the more solid of the various "self-help" titles from celebrities.
June 16, 2012
One of those books to help you thru tough times w/ an open mind. Teaches you to ask questions with your healthcare professionals & partner w/ them in your healing process--owning up to & taking responsibility for your own health. It also describes how Naomi also incorporated her spiritual health into her physical health, w/o sounding too preachy about it.
I got this book b/c the Centers For Children And Families (local nonprofit org) did a fundraiser dinner & auction in late August 2011, & they invited Naomi Judd to speak for the evening. She may have been nervous, intoxicated, or something that evening, since she seemed slightly loopy & the speech was tangential, rather than like a typical organized speech. Actually after reading this book, I thought her speech made more sense!
Favorite memory of that evening: she asked the audience what was making America in general so depressed. One guy in the audience said, "Obama!" (This dinner & speech were in Midland, Texas--one of the reddest cities of one of the reddest states.) Naomi laughed & went on w/ explaining her reason. Sometime the next week or so, my family ate lunch w/ my Grampa who lives in San Angelo, Texas (about 120 miles southeast from Midland, for those unfamiliar w/ Texas geography). We started telling him about the dinner & how Naomi's speech started out about why America was depressed, & he said "I know why America is depressed--it's Obama!" We laughed & told him, "Yeah, that's what one guy in the audience said..."
I got this book b/c the Centers For Children And Families (local nonprofit org) did a fundraiser dinner & auction in late August 2011, & they invited Naomi Judd to speak for the evening. She may have been nervous, intoxicated, or something that evening, since she seemed slightly loopy & the speech was tangential, rather than like a typical organized speech. Actually after reading this book, I thought her speech made more sense!
Favorite memory of that evening: she asked the audience what was making America in general so depressed. One guy in the audience said, "Obama!" (This dinner & speech were in Midland, Texas--one of the reddest cities of one of the reddest states.) Naomi laughed & went on w/ explaining her reason. Sometime the next week or so, my family ate lunch w/ my Grampa who lives in San Angelo, Texas (about 120 miles southeast from Midland, for those unfamiliar w/ Texas geography). We started telling him about the dinner & how Naomi's speech started out about why America was depressed, & he said "I know why America is depressed--it's Obama!" We laughed & told him, "Yeah, that's what one guy in the audience said..."
January 12, 2008
Naomi Judd herself signed my copy of her book...at the annual Federally Employed Women's National Training Program in July 2004, where she appeared as the guest speaker. For some strange reason, I found myself saying to her as she was signing my book, "Your children are the jewels in your life," where she suddenly looked up with those wide "deep" eyes, looked straight into mine, and mouthed, "Thank you." We then posed for a quick photo that "almost" captures that moment for me.
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February 7, 2008This book was excellent - I was really surprised! I bought it in the airport on a whim (needed something to keep me occupied).
She has some great insights & practical application. She also includes spirituality into the equation.
Family/friends nearby are welcome to borrow this book or any that I still have on my shelves/drawers.
She has some great insights & practical application. She also includes spirituality into the equation.
Family/friends nearby are welcome to borrow this book or any that I still have on my shelves/drawers.
June 3, 2009
I found this book in a thrift store at a price I could not resist. I have long admired Naomi Judd for being both spirited and spiritual. This book is not rocket science, but a surprisingly insightful and amusing self-help guide that points out that we all have the right and power to improve ourselves and our lives.
September 22, 2012
I only read up to page 40. At this point I want to read less self help type books and more positive inspiring books.
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