Your Highest Potential; The New Psychology of Understanding and Working with Self [Paperback]

Annette Colby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 2007

There comes a time when one must turn within to regain inward vision and dreams. This expansion of consciousness throws everything into chaos and confusion. Upset in life is necessary to create something new, and liberation hurts even as it frees. Your Highest Potential is an enlightening bolt of illumination that allows an in-depth exploration of love, the discovery of spiritual desire, and the release of outgrown moods and past memories. Be real and true to your self, discover new balance, birth a new celebration of your life. Each page of this inspiring work sparkles with new possibilities that throw open the doors to creating renewed passion and interest in your own life. Through regeneration and rebirth, discover your potential of true personal creativity and live a life of heartfelt riches.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Dr. Annette Colby is a gifted healer and teacher . . . read Your Highest Potential once, then read it again. Powerful and inspirational! --Dr. Steve Timmons, Doctor of Psychology and Clinical Hypnotherapy

Packed with wisdom, insight, and a veritable laundry list of ways to reach your full potential and improve your life, Dr. Annette Colby s Your Highest Potential is an informative, powerful, and inspirational book on personal growth. --David Riklan, Founder of SelfGrowth.com and creator of the 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life book series

About the Author

Annette Colby, Ph.D., is an internationally known consultant, educator, and visionary author. Her contagious passion for life is shared in her writing and private practice where she inspires people to believe in themselves and find themselves worthy of receiving their dreams. She opens the doorway that leads to the brave new path of exploring the finest possibilities of life. For over two decades, she has been committed to showing people how to lovingly create inner dreams and desires, enjoy excited physical aliveness, and live with a connection to personal spirit truth and life purpose. She lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband Ray and their two feline companions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Brown Books Publishing Group (September 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933285931
• ISBN-13: 978-1933285931
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #746,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A new take on JOY, July 1, 2008

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Mary Ann Farley "maffetina" (Hoboken, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Highest Potential; The New Psychology of Understanding and Working with Self (Paperback)

I'll admit it: I'm an avid reader of self-help books of the spiritual sort, but that doesn't mean I read everything that comes down the pike. For me to endorse a book on Amazon, it has to resonate as truth and create those delightful "ah-ha!" moments that have me underlining and dog-earring 'til kingdom come.

Annette Colby's "Your Highest Potential" is just such a book. With clear, concise and exquisite prose, Colby introduces truly fresh ideas into the overcrowded field of tomes that promise to change your life for the better after just one read.

What's most memorable about "Your Highest Potential" is Colby's take on the ingrained belief systems we learn in childhood, and how they can continue to control us if we don't make a concerted effort to see them for what they are: either "truths" that were never true in the first place, or truths that are too outdated to be of any use to us anymore.

What she suggests to break these thoughts is a leap of faith of sorts--to stop focusing on the negative past and instead fantasize a joyous future, believing that what we give energy to is what we will manifest.

While other authors have had similar insights, Colby goes so far to say that once patients in therapy have uncovered the painful truths of their past and gain insight into their own unconscious behavior, at some point they must walk away from that process and start an entirely different journey. Despite what some believe, continuing to rehash childhood traumas will not make them go away, according to Colby, nor will it reveal a wealth of joy at the bottom of it all.

What *will* manifest joy, she says, will be the envisioning of it, which is actually a joy unto itself.

In this way, Colby's ideas are truly fresh. While she fully acknowledges that a life worth living takes work, she also offers a promise of relief when we stop fighting everything so hard.

In short, she really does offer a unique path to discover your highest potential. Enjoy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars powerful insights, June 26, 2008

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Ray Nowicki - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Highest Potential; The New Psychology of Understanding and Working with Self (Paperback)

Infused with light and hope this intensely riveting book shines a light inward and opens our eyes on who we are while showing us who we can be. Dr. Colby is a master from the ancients skillfully writing the story line of our souls. Once read, the stories and words stay with you like a guardian angel leading you through life.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and Insightful, October 30, 2007

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Adrienne - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Highest Potential; The New Psychology of Understanding and Working with Self (Paperback)

I loved this book! It helped me see where I was "stuck" and how to move past all my old issues without reliving them. It is full of insight and meaning and a very easy read. You can open it up to any chapter and find helpful ways of creating the life of your dreams. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is tired of their old life and looking for a way to be a happier you.