Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny
Jun 2009 · Rodale Books
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In Steering by Starlight, renowned life coach Martha Beck, Ph.D., describes the step-by-step process she uses with her private clients to help them navigate the terrain of their best lives.
Bringing together cutting-edge research in psychiatry, neurology, and related fields in an accessible, substantive, original way, Dr. Beck offers powerful methods for solving the problems that beset ordinary people. Using her trademark wisdom, empathy, and engaging style, she connects you with proven, effective strategies that have worked for the hundreds of people she has coached. For those who have found your North Stars, this book will be an invaluable tool to stay the course and overcome obstacles. For those who still feel adrift, it will provide a way to find true North and follow the path of best destiny.
Dr. Beck identifies three stages along the path to recapturing a satisfying life:
• "The Stargazer" helps you understand why it is so easy to lose yourself and offers strategies for sighting your North Star
• "The Mapmaker" uses this newly clarified perspective to evaluate your situation and plot a course for upcoming years
• "The Pathfinder" discusses the adventures that may be encountered as you travel along this new life course
Whether you are seeking better relationships, a more focused career direction, a more harmonious lifestyle, or the achievement of specific fitness goals, the colorful anecdotes, case studies, and exercises in Steering by Starlight will point the way.
Bringing together cutting-edge research in psychiatry, neurology, and related fields in an accessible, substantive, original way, Dr. Beck offers powerful methods for solving the problems that beset ordinary people. Using her trademark wisdom, empathy, and engaging style, she connects you with proven, effective strategies that have worked for the hundreds of people she has coached. For those who have found your North Stars, this book will be an invaluable tool to stay the course and overcome obstacles. For those who still feel adrift, it will provide a way to find true North and follow the path of best destiny.
Dr. Beck identifies three stages along the path to recapturing a satisfying life:
• "The Stargazer" helps you understand why it is so easy to lose yourself and offers strategies for sighting your North Star
• "The Mapmaker" uses this newly clarified perspective to evaluate your situation and plot a course for upcoming years
• "The Pathfinder" discusses the adventures that may be encountered as you travel along this new life course
Whether you are seeking better relationships, a more focused career direction, a more harmonious lifestyle, or the achievement of specific fitness goals, the colorful anecdotes, case studies, and exercises in Steering by Starlight will point the way.
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About the author
Martha Beck is a life coach and monthly columnist for O: The Oprah Magazine. She has taught career development at the American Graduate School of International Management and was research assistant to Dr. John Kotter at Harvard Business School. She is the author of the bestsellers Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live and the memoir Expecting Adam. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
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