Live A Life You Love: 7 Steps to a Healthier, Happier, More Passionate You by Dr. Susan Biali, M.D. is all about learning how to an authentic person, which means doing what an individual was meant to and being happy. Even if desires and dreams seem impractical, Susan Biali urges people to embrace them in order to get in touch with their true selves.
Susan Biali comes across as quite sincere about wanting to help people and have them avoid the heartache she endured. She is a writer, dancer and former full time doctor. After suffering from panic attacks and depression because of her perfectionist tendencies and outside influences, she realized emergency medicine wasn’t for her. This led her to help others with her seven-step plan in Live A Life You Love.
Step 1: Allow Yourself To Be You
“From the moment that I remembered who I really am, and gave myself permission to be my true self, I began making choices that were right for me, instead of listening to what other people thought would be best”, said Biali in Live a Life You Love.
Step 2: Learn To Love Yourself
- This step deals with facing addictions and/or distractions. The two often go together and obviously will interfere with moving forward.
- The importance of clearing clutter is also addressed because it’s disabling and often done out of fear. Susan explains how clutter causes people to stay stuck in their messes.
- Money problems are discussed in Live A Life You Love along with the importance of keeping track of spending.
- Learning to ask for help is challenging for some and so this is touched upon in step 2. Receiving something graciously is also sometimes difficult for people, even when a simple thank you will suffice.
Step 3: Honor Your Body
Honoring the body means eating healthy and Dr. Susan shares some secrets about what anti-aging, anti-inflammatory healing foods to eat.
To simplify, just remember to eat food with a low glycemic index rather than a high one. Foods to stay away from or that has a high glycemic index include baked goods made with white flour, white pasta and sugary fatty foods.
The appendix in Live A Live You Love includes a sample menu of healthy food choices as well as healthy food replacements for junk food.
- Step 4: Rescue and Revitalize Relationships
- Step 5: Get a Life!
- Step 6: Make Room for the Divine
- Step 7: Make “Someday” Today
Because Live A Life You Love (Beaufort Books, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-8253-0599-3) touches on spiritual, emotional and physical health, it doesn’t include all the information some might be looking for. It may however spur others on to take better care of themselves, face their fears, get in touch with their passions and seek out the things that are good for them.
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