This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World [Hardcover]

Bev Smallwood Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

Learn the 10 critical choices necessary for wholeness and recovery after life's tragedies and disappointments. 

Blending scientifically-validated psychological truths with spiritual principles, Dr. Beverly Smallwood enables readers to overcome the unexpected and unthinkable. Giving readers a roadmap of 10 major choices, she offers hope that no matter what has happened, going forward, we all have the power to choose.

Through the power of choice readers will be able to move from:

• Denial to Reality
• Victimhood to Responsibility
• Why to How
• Doubt to Faith
• Bitterness to Forgiveness
• Guilt to Self-Forgiveness
• Depression to Grief
• Avoidance to Courage
• Isolation to Connection
• Powerlessness to Purpose

 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078522811X
• ISBN-13: 978-0785228110
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,079,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "This Wasn't Supposed to Happen To Me" by Bev Smallwood, Ph.D., February 1, 2009

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Sue (Monroe, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World (Hardcover)

"This Wasn't Supposed To Happen To Me" remains on my nightstand with my Bible although I have read Dr. Smallwood's book in its entirety. It has become my other constant "reference book". My only sibling, my sister, died a year ago from a ruptured brain aneurysm. I thought "this cannot be happening". She was too young. She was healthy. I had just talked to her. My entire "childhood family" had died. One by one I had buried them. I bought the book and it has helped me so much to go through a healthy grieving process for my sister and also, 42 years after their death, my parents--something I was still not willing to face. It is not just a book to help with grieving the death of a loved one. If you have suffered adversity be it through injury, a job loss, divorce, or any other life-changing adversity that was not in your "plan for life", this book will help you. I bought one for a friend. If you are a fortunate one who has suffered no life-changing adversity, I would recommend your buying this book for a friend. It will be a wonderful gift to him or her.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to Me, June 8, 2008

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John R. Skaggs (Amarillo, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for anyone whose life has been changed by events out of their control.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book to get me thru the tough times, December 23, 2011

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Tom - See all my reviews

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This review is from: This Wasn't Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World (Paperback)

When I read this book, it was like the author was writing just to me. It gave me something to hold onto when I really needed it. This book is powerful.