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When Life Changes or You Wish It Would: How to Survive and Thrive in Uncertain Times

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I started to flip through the first few pages, and absolutely couldn't put it down. I was late for an appointment, but I couldn't stop reading. Carol hooked me with her compelling personal examples, her insightful wisdom, her very helpful ideas, and her uplifting, hopeful take on life. I read her last book (The Purpose of Your Life) twice. It was life changing for me. I think this book is even better!!

I have read "The Purpose of your Life" by Carol Adrienne and loved it. Now, I am about to finish up "When Life Changes..." and I can't say enough about it! Carol's style of incorporating interviews with real people (not celebrities and other people I find it hard to relate with) is fantastic. The idea of the book is to give suggestions and advice on successfully maneuvering the sometimes rough waters of change. It does this beautifully. Each night, I'd read a chapter and mysteriously, that chapter would reflect on something that happened that very day in my life! Synchronicity and deep intuition are certainly Carol's right-hand companions. I found her suggestions VERY helpful and practical in a cheerfully spiritual way. Very uplifting, the book offers ways to attract the situations; people and things you want in your life that help you realize your purpose for being. Great book!

I have been absolutely miserable with my life, living in dread of each new day, for the most part unhappy, trying to keep everything safe and immune from change. And now, after reading this book, I really want to make some changes in my life. And trust me, I hate change. Now I want to change everything from furniture to really starting to pursue my art. This is a beautiful book - every time I thought I had a new objection - a way to just keep playing it safe - I picked up the book and there was a chapter that dealt with it. The book isn't just about convincing you that change can be good but gives practical examples and methods for dealing with fear, trusting yourself, synchronicities and the power of prayer. Great read.

Carol's wisdom and insights once again inspire in this fabulous follow up to her two other books on life purpose and synchronicity. As with all her books, she offers us numerous practical exercises and steps to follow to create change in our lives. I love that she has included the advice of many experts on the various topics she covers in this work. Additionally, she profiles many unique people she has interviewed and/or taught over the years, whose life stories inspire and offer true life examples of her work and teachings. I particularly found the last two chapters helpful, on the subjects of prosperity and loss. As with her two previous books, this one is profoundly touching, inspirational and uplifting. Thanks, Carol, for once again igniting my spiritual passion and curiousity and helping me hear the wisdom of my heart and soul!!

I had found Carol Adrienne's previous books had too much spiritual emphasis for me. This book offers practical ideas to follow. While I did find a few sections of the book that are less focused, this book offers so much in real ideas and inspiration that you will miss much if you discount this book for a few digressions. With so much uncertainty in this world, most people would find direction in Carol's experience and words.

I read many spiritual self-help books. Some times they are difficult and not to my liking. This one was very helpful and comforting like a warm bed, nice to sink into and cuddle up.

Adrienne's earlier book was on fire with her own energy and purpose. Here she seems to be determined to write another book but she doesn't have a really new focus.

An early chapter offers a cookbook of typical transitions with suggestions for dealing with each, attributed to a therapist. Relocation is discussed in a single paragraph, including the sentence that "Research shows that after two years people are somewhat settled..." What research? What is "somewhat settled?" In my own book, Making the Big Move, I say that research (and I cite the research) shows people need at least two years to make friends. I also note the need to start over with new relationships -- a very similar point to the one made here. Adrienne adds the banal (and overgeneralized) comment that "people love to give advice" so ask the neighbors. Other transitions are dealt with in a similarly shallow fashion.

To be sure, there are some real gems to be found later in the book. For example, dieters are urged to "fill the space with something meaningful. " The section on ego vs. intuition is excellent and the argument that "change means giving up something" deserves wide attention.

Therefore, it is disconcerting to find Adrienne associating synchronicity with "six degrees of separation," and an isolated chapter on numerology, with no guidance on using the results. I must admit that, of all occult forms, I find numerology least helpful because it seems deterministic rather than intuitive.

Still, this book does not live up to the promise of Adrienne's earlier work. We find lists and summaries where we need thought and inspiration. Overall, it's like the girl in the nursery rhyme: when it's good, it's very very good. And some sections are really really bad. And the good parts can be found elsewhere. I wish Adrienne had come up with an exciting premise that would have informed and enlivened all the chapters.

In this book, life purpose is defined as a form of goal-directed energy. I wish this book's purpose had a clearer goal and a greater infusion of creative energy.