Getting to Center
Pathways to Finding Yourself Within the Great Unknown
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نقد و بررسی
September 14, 2020
In this inviting guide, professional dancer Grace (How to Not Always Be Working) shares her lifelong struggle with finding happiness and contentment. Grace lists dozens of causes or triggers that can knock a person off center—grief, vulnerability, guilt, distractions, the pressure to be productive—and opens up about her own struggles with sobriety, impostor syndrome, and a contentious divorce. To deal with the vicissitudes of life, Grace encourages, among other things, praying, journaling, and making lists, as with her “To-Do List for When You’re Feeling Unlikable” which recommends as a remedy putting on a colorful outfit, going for a walk, or calling a friend who “knows you are the best.” And when one feels overwhelmed by responsibilities, she recommends “alone retreats.” Among the personal anecdotes, she writes of overcoming self-critical thoughts by posting online videos of herself dancing every day for a year. Any self-help reader will appreciate these novel ways to thrive in difficult moments.
The dancer, blogger, and workshop facilitator Marlee Grace knows a lot about remaking herself in the midst of shifting moods, ephemeral goals, and major league distractibility. In style and substance her writing is informed by her experience as a gay romantic with long-standing addiction and self-esteem issues. This latest of her two personal growth books will be appreciated by anyone with a counterculture lifestyle whose emotional processing and operating habits need tweaking. Her clearly articulated and assertive narration works well to express her take-charge attitude about life's chaos and challenges. Her occasionally awkward timing and somewhat pedantic tone won't keep the listeners she's targeting from absorbing the guidance she offers. These aspects of her reading seem to be part of her power, the resulting rough edges of her hardscrabble journey that authenticate her pointed advice. T.W. � AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
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