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Mastering a Healthy Self Image

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If any of the messages in this book speak to you, you've just won the wisdom lottery. I feel as if I've come across the winning ticket with the recipe and ingredients for a true understanding of the laws of life. Everything needed for feeling good about life is included. This author teaches what he has had to learn himself, and his mission is to help everybody else. He takes his own life experiences, intuition, and research to explain the formula for becoming truly happy. I bought it on Kindle just to be able to read it immediately, but it is one of those books I just have to have lying around the table as well so I can refer to it for inspiration. I am so very grateful to have found this book!

Darrell has said it exactly like I needed to hear it, the Plain and Simple Truth. Reading each chapter you say to yourself "he wrote this just for me". In plain English Darrell takes the challenges we experience everyday and breaks them down in a simple and understandable way. The use of the authors own life experiences helps the reader relate in so many ways.

The reader will easily realize the thoughts we allow to control our everyday life creates an unhealthy self image. We have repeated these thoughts so often we accept them as a reality. Darrell layouts in the chapters of this book the tools we need to overcome the challenges of negative thoughts. These thoughts are learned and Darrell teaches us how to relearn a better way of life.

2011 has been a challenging year for so many people and many of us have had challenges with our Self Image because of it and our past life experiences being stirred up. In troubled times we are challenged more than any other. We allow the attack of our Self Image to control and drive those fears to the front of our thoughts. By "Mastering a Healthy Self Image" as outlined in Darrell's book you will have all the right tools to eliminate fears and move ahead with a beautiful life. You will gain the control you deserve and you will feel good before you get finished with the book.

I really enjoyed reading this book. The author quoted from several motivational gurus like Tony Robbins and Zig Ziglar and others which I love. The author also got real personal about his story early on in the book. I felt closer to him as a human being and connected. Chapter 9 had some neat information on digestion. Overall a good book for the book shelf. I give it a 4.5 rating.

I am a fairly well-prepared person. I have a first-aid kit for emergencies. I make sure it's well-stocked with bandages and antiseptic. And now...my home bookshelf is prepared for life's crises of self-esteem. This guidebook is an easy-to-read essential that maps out a path toward taking responsibility for, and making the most of your life.

Every few paragraphs into Mastering a Healthy Self Image, I had "aha" moments. The author really understands how to speak to the heart of the matter, and if you're teetering on the edge of a crisis of self, he will speak to your heart, too.

This book is written in such a way that it's easy to put his suggestions into action. I now realize, because of this book, that every mistake we make is a learning opportunity. I use his affirmations and exercises in gratitude awareness every day.

Darrell Knoch is well qualified to write a self help book. He overcame an early life marked by poverty, physical disfigurement and an abusive father to invent and manufacture a sought after domestic product, develop a software package for dental procedures and create a real estate portfolio from scratch. Along the way he filed for bankruptcy three times and went broke a few times. Undaunted by these reversals, Darrell believes you are only a loser if you quit; quitting is something he doesn't ever think about.

A strong believer that the way to happiness and contentment in life is through a healthy self image, his book, Mastering a Healthy Self Image, has as a central theme the building and retention of self-confidence. Written in an anecdotal storytelling style, he blends inspiring incidents from his life and the lives of family and friends with self help strategies. The strategies are reinforced with quotes from other self help authors' books - Zig Ziglar, often mentioned, is credited with putting Darrell Knoch on the path to high self esteem.

Chapter headings in the book include: changing your world, power of positivity, self talk, relationships, setting goals and perseverance. The methods and laws outlined to take your self esteem to the same high as the authors have been documented in easily understandable language. The Law Of Becoming appealed to me - mental evolution is largely determined by the thoughts you put into your mind; your life is what your thoughts make it. If you follow the rule and think positive, change is possible.

The fear of success syndrome, which Darrell Knoch believes paralyzes the majority of our society today, is explained as being a fear of trying. Its manifestations: rationalization and procrastination resonated with me; it's so easy not to do something in case it fails. Failure, no cause for concern, the book details how to turn your life around if it happens.

Clarity, conviction, commitment and consistency, all cited as necessary for success, are explained as: knowing what you want and who you want to be, self belief, resolute perseverance and achieving of goals. The author, an advocate for the "Four C's", stresses that with these at the forefront of your mind and actions, you are on your way to developing the kind of confidence that will make everything possible. There is no such thing as failure, just results.

The overriding message contained in Mastering a Healthy Self Image is: Believe in yourself with passion. Go out and do the things in life that really make you happy and you will be. The author, Darrell Knoch, comes across as a sincere guy who would really like to help change your life for the better.

If the going has got tough and you just can't get going, then reading Mastering a Healthy Self Image and following the advice will certainly help.

This book has it all when it comes to improving your self image regardless of your age or where you are in your walk in life. This book has been a tremendous benefit in my life and I can't wait to see what Darrell delivers us up next in the way of self improvement strategies. Darrell has a great way of storing telling that most everyone can relate to and easily understand the message. It's all up to us in the end to choose how and when to use the tools available to us and Darrell has given us some great material to work with and contemplate. This is a read that is hard to put down because if you believe life is change this book is all about how to embrace change and learn that growth and change is necessary for our own personal growth. This has been a great stocking stuffer that I have given to numerous friends and colleagues. Congratulations Darrell and thank you!

It's ALL in this one book! Take any title from the Personal Achievement sector..."Mastering a Healthy Self-Image" surpasses them all. Darrell Knoch understands the power of positive self-talk and recognizes how the quality of your thought patterns shapes your success. Darrell expertly guides his readers to a mindset of achievement and respect. Darrell's book is full of awesome nutritional "mental food". Enjoy! Make plenty of personal notes and learn how to be a star. Take action! Share this masterpiece with those who are important in your life.
- Ronald A. Melanson, Balanced Achievement Coach at Goal-Star.com

As someone who has been interested in self-growth my entire life, I have read hundreds of books, most of which say the same thing, just in different ways. I know the importance of having a healthy self image so I picked up this book just to see if there might be some new insights I could use. Wow! All I can say is that I was pleasantly surprised with this book! The author's story was very interesting, taking us on a journey from his humble beginnings of living in poverty (with an abusive father), and then showing us exactly how he was able to use laser-like focus and determination to get out of that environment to become very happy and successful (and wealthy, too!). This book was so much more than just teaching you how to have a healthy self-image....it was very comprehensive covering everything from self-talk and mastering your mind, setting goals and how to REALLY achieve them, how to have healthy, fulfilling relationships, and it even spoke about health and fitness, to keep your body fit so you will have enough energy to do everything you want to do. This is the book that should have been required reading for all of us as young adults about to embark out into the real world, because it quite literally could be a complete handbook for a successful life! And because it is done in a "story telling fashion" with the author giving us exact steps on how he achieved success, it is much more interesting than just having someone tell us what to do. If you are looking for a gift for anyone having a difficult time or who has perhaps lost their way (maybe this even describes you), this book will be a good compass to get them get back on track to begin creating the life of their dreams, a life that they absolutely LOVE! I will be giving this book as a Christmas present to many people I know who are struggling right now. Kudos to Mr. Knoch for writing such a great book!

This book is an absolute must have for any person determined to permanently reshape one's self-image. I am extremely grateful Darrell has revealed such a clear-cut path for anyone at any stage to start on the journey. This book was an absolute hit over the holiday season, as I passed it out to many close friends and family. The raving reviews and honest Thank-You's have been abundant, and for that - once again, Thank you...Darrell!!!