Waking Up Happy: A Handbook of Change with Memoirs of Recovery & Hope [Paperback]

Jill Muehrcke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 13, 2012

This first-of-a-kind book focuses on positive steps of recovery and change. Powerful and beautifully written, it describes turning points that changed people’s lives, and their secrets to waking up happy, along with exercises you can follow to create a new life for yourself.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Juliana (Jill) Muehrcke is the founding editor of the award-winning magazine Nonprofit World (snpo.org) and author, co-author, or editor of dozens of books, including the best-selling Map Use. Contact her at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 13, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1468126350
• ISBN-13: 978-1468126358
• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.8 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,896,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Joyful and healing January 31, 2012

By Gail Coover

Format:Paperback

This book is refreshing and valuable for its emphasis on the joy of recovery. The author's story and the stories of her daughter, granddaughter and other contributors are honest, tender, and filled with hope. The snippets of wisdom and questions offered for reflection are insightful and urge the reader to exercise a compassionate awareness about her own journey. The memoirs are accessible to readers who might be struggling with a variety of challenges. At the heart of it, this book is a resource for anyone who wants to lead a more wholesome and authentic life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring memoirs and a treasure trove of life-affirming thoughts and actions August 16, 2012

By Karen Hooker

Format:Paperback

The essence of Waking Up Happy for me was the personal journeys/memoirs on living through and beyond difficult life challenges. The 7 memoirs are unique, honest, thoughtful, complex, and inspiring. I loved each story.

Waking Up Happy is also a handbook, a very useful reference book, on how to live through the most difficult challenges in life. It offers the reader numerous (I am tempted to say exhaustive) ways to consent to and contribute to his or her own happiness each day. Because of the scope and depth of Muehrcke's work, the reader can consult the book daily for specific encouragement and action ideas to make his or her life more wonderful.

This would make a great book club selection because of its wonderful personal stories. I can imagine many great questions and fascinating discussions stimulated by each memoir. Waking Up Happy would also make a lovely gift to treasured friends and family members who may be personally struggling through difficult times or witnessing loved ones struggling. Its positive messages cannot help but lift the reader's spirit.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wake happy! March 1, 2012

By Byron Grush

Format:Paperback

Waking up happy isn't easy. It's a long, arduous road best not traveled alone. Others tell their stories in Jill Muehrcke's new book, Waking Up Happy. It is a brave and heartfelt chronicle of the struggles and successes that people like you and me have experienced recovering from alcohol and drug abuse. Interspersed within the narratives are inspirational quotes from C. G. Jung, Lao Tzu and others, and workshop-like guides which, taken by themselves are worth the read but which extend and illuminate the stories. It's not a how-to-quit manual, rather a how-to-recover self-actualization resource. It is hope, encouragement and inspiration which can help you if you are struggling or know someone who is.