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    You. Rising!
    You. Rising!
    You. Rising!
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    You. Rising!

    By Lori Anne Rising

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    AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER! 2018 FINALIST in the INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS: A quick read for smart, savvy women who feel torn between the realities of their lives and the dreams they ache to create. This little book brings a year's worth of certified life coaching support and guidance into the palm of your hand. Filled with simple and inspiring stories, ideas and journaling prompts this life-map is broken down into a deceptively effective, fun, and transformative experience. Readers get to explore what truly motivates them and how to shift their life from chaotic to clear, depressing to joyful, and from empty to meaningful. As an added bonus, this book also includes a book group discussion guide so that readers can experience this journey with support and friendship. So, invite a few friends over, get some chocolate, and curl up with your new best friend:  You. Rising!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRising Productions, LLC
    Release dateAug 25, 2017
    ISBN9780999076811
    You. Rising!
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    Lori Anne Rising

    Holding the vision to see every man, woman and child living the highest and best expression for their lives, Lori Anne strives to be a living example of overcoming, rising above, and learning to turn lemons into lemonade (except she can’t drink any because it’ll give her heartburn). Her writing career began at just 10 years old when she was paid to help write letters to clients for a family member’s business. Lori Anne fell in love with the written word in her journals, but discovered their real power through business communications, academic research, author coaching and finally, publishing. Her first short memoir piece was published in the international bestselling compilation, Finding Fulfillment in the Spiritual Age (download Lori Anne's chapter for FREE from her website at www.LoriAnneRising.com).  Original, authentic and powerful are not just a cute, catchy phrase. They are the central values upon which Lori Anne strives to live. They demand openness, vulnerability, and courage, and her writing reflects these values along with an occasional bit of sarcasm and saltiness for flavor.  Lori Anne is a Bestselling Author and Certified Life Coach, and holds degrees in English Literature, Women’s Studies, Organizational Communications and Leadership. For blog updates, 52 Weeks of Empowering Questions, and access to online coaching for free, check out Lori Anne's website at www.LoriAnneRising.com.

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      You. Rising! - Lori Anne Rising

      DEDICATION

      ––––––––

      To my dearest friends: You’ve seen me at my worst and didn’t cringe. Instead, your love and support holds me up while I find the truth of me again and again. You are an incredible blessing each and every day.

      Thank you for being you in my life!

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      DEDICATION

      FROM THE AUTHOR

      WHO AM I?

      THE LANGUAGE OF OUR EMOTIONS

      THE LANGUAGE OF OUR VALUES

      EMPOWERING CHOICES

      AWARENESS

      ALIGNMENT

      APPRECIATION

      MOVING FORWARD

      APPENDIX

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      BOOKS BY LORI ANNE RISING

      FROM THE AUTHOR

      ––––––––

      I’m an author, a student, and a coach. I’m a mom, a daughter, and an aunt. I’m a lover, a partner and a friend. Some days I’m a success and some days I’m a failure. I am a woman doing the best she can to find her way through life, just like you.

      When it happened, I was 27 years old, married and had two beautiful kids. My son was 3 years old at the time, and my daughter was just 12 days old. I was supposed to be on maternity leave, resting, recovering and re-orienting my life around a new bundle of joy, goo, and sleepless nights.

      Then the phone rang. It was 6:30am on June 2, 2003. My mom never called that early.

      I think I need to go to the hospital, she said.

      What’s wrong? I asked.

      It hurts.

      What hurts?

      I don’t know.

      She was about one month shy of her 50th birthday, in the middle of a divorce and living on her own for the first time in her life. She was articulate and finally beginning to enjoy the independence she’d found. Yet, that morning she couldn’t tell me what was wrong. I literally saw red flags in my head.

      We would find out that it was a ruptured brain aneurysm. She’d spend the next month fighting for her life in the I.C.U., eventually winning, but life would never be the same for any of us.

      The very next day we received a call from my mother-in-law and real estate partner. Actually, it was three calls. The first two she hung up before we could answer. By the third call, we simply answered too quickly for her to hang up. She felt guilty asking for help knowing that my mom was in the hospital, but we lived across the street from her, it was 10:00pm, and she was lying at the bottom of her stairs unable to move. My husband followed the ambulance to the hospital, and I found myself back at work much sooner than any of us planned.

      That was Tuesday and Wednesday of the same week. On Thursday, my husband’s father showed up after a 20 year absence. On Friday I remember waking up and thinking, I don’t want to know what else could happen in one week. I was afraid to get out of bed.

      It would take me three years to fully understand all the ways in which these events had actually happened for me instead of to  me, but at the time, they sent me reeling. I was lost, afraid, and felt very much alone. I tried to take care of everyone, but kept feeling as if I was failing miserably. Although there were people around me, somehow it felt as if they couldn’t help me. Eventually it would bring me face-to-face with the one person who could save me, and the one person I knew and trusted the least: me.

      I didn’t know who I was and it became painfully clear that I hadn’t known for years. I remembered having dreams of my own once, but they’d been packed away and forgotten. I remembered having plans for my adult years, but they’d gradually slipped out of reach. As I looked in the mirror one day I wondered, If I didn’t come home tonight, would I be proud of the life I’d lived? A resounding no filled my thoughts and the weight of that awareness pushed me to change.

      I decided to start taking one step each day toward a yes. I had no idea what direction to go or how I’d get there, but I’d try. Some days that one step was the simple act of getting out of bed to face the day. Other days it was a deliberate step toward understanding why I did the things I did, and what really mattered to me.

      I came to see how I’d been acting out all the shoulds my parents had taught me. I should go to college; I should get a job that pays the bills; I should put my children before everything else in my life (even acts of self-care); I should feel good about it all whether I actually liked any of it or not; I should never complain; I should.... But it wasn’t working for me. It didn’t reflect who I was or what I wanted in my life.

      So, I began to ask new questions:

      What if I could peel away the layers of shoulds to uncover what was true for me?

      What if I could dig deep enough to reconnect with that part of me that still believed in the dreams I had as a child?

      What if I could go even deeper to articulate the why behind those dreams to discover my purpose and passion; the thing that would enliven every facet of my life?

      What if I could articulate all of this in such a way that I could evaluate each new situation or opportunity quickly and easily and know – really know – that it’s right for me or it’s not?

      What if I lived by that list so that every part of my life reflected the truth of me as accurately, honestly and compassionately as possible?

      What if I could finally, for the first time in my life, truly know who I am, claim it, and live on purpose?

      What if...?

      The story of that journey I will save for another time, another book perhaps. For now, suffice it to

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