Love louder 33 ways to amplify your life

Life coach Smiles presents a concise but unoriginal system of 33 tenets designed for creating a positive outlook and, consequently, a more fulfilling life. These tenets range from the abstract ("trust the journey of life") to the more tangible (spend more time in nature). Smiles encourages living with gratitude, choosing forgiveness over resentment, and turning "wounds into wisdom." Many tips involve mental retraining to enhance self-confidence, such as learning it's okay to say "no" with the "People Pleaser Recovery Program," respecting intuition, and ditching society's warped standards in favor of authenticity, which involves creating a vision of success independent of those standards and designing a proper course of action towards one's individual goals. The system is a pastiche, interspersing instruction with inspirational quotes and hashtagged "challenges" that encourage making necessary changes such as reorienting one's "disempowering language" and identifying and eliminating bad habits. Smiles's life amplification system is a noble pursuit and its sleek design makes it convenient, but it largely consists of material that has been covered well by others. Agent: Steve Ross, Abrams Artist Agency. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Love Louder 1 LET GO AND TAKE THE RIDE: THE POWER OF TRUSTING THE JOURNEY Trust your dreams, your heart, and the journey of life . . . even when you don't understand it. Some people get so caught up in the destination that they miss that life is about the journey. They're so focused on the finish line that they miss that the beauty is in what and who you become on the way to the destination. I've received so many blessings in disguise in the form of health scares, people passing away, breakups, breakdowns, and so much more; and the thing that has supported me most is trusting in the journey. There is always more than meets the eye in every situation; and when we trust and have faith that all is well, even when it doesn't appear to be, we open ourselves up to new possibilities that we can apply in our lives. When we trust the journey of life, wholly and completely, we don't need to know what is unfolding or why; we simply need to be present to the experience of it. Trusting the journey means that even if we don't understand what's unfolding right now, we have an unshakable belief that it's happening because circumstances are rearranging themselves for our highest good. It means knowing that for every door that closes, a window of opportunity opens. I've noticed that many people get so down about the front door's slamming in their face that they miss the open window and the back door that swung open at the same time. Ever since my house burnt down, I see the moon more clearly. --from the movie Ashes and Snow Sometimes it's not until we've had it all taken away that we truly understand what it means to have faith. In those moments, standing metaphorically naked and vulnerable, we're forced to surrender to what is so that we can allow the journey to unfold as it needs to. Sometimes certain people or circumstances aren't meant for our lives, and we often don't realize it until we look back, years later. When we trust the journey, we can rest assured that every breakdown is a catalyst for a breakthrough. #LOVELOUDERAFFIRMATION Today I am available for all the good that is happening right now, regardless of how it may appear. Excerpted from Love Louder: 33 Life-Changing Tools to Amplify Your Life by Preston Smiles All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.