
How Did I Get Here?
Finding Your Way to Renewed Hope & Happiness When Life & Love Take Unexpected Turns
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Barbara De Angelis
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All of us find ourselves, at one time or another, facing the unexpected and asking "How did I get here?" Whether because of disappointments in love, crises in health, family, or finances, professional dissatisfaction, or events beyond your control, life doesn't look like you expected or intended it to. In this program Barbara De Angelis teaches you how to use whatever you're going through as a springboard for regeneration and rebirth.
With her remarkable blend of timeless wisdom, practical techniques, and down-to-earth advice, she helps you to:
- Recognize and understand significant transitions, turning points, and wake-up calls on your path
- Transform fear into courage, confusion into vision, and self-doubt into confidence
- Turn what appears to be dead ends into doorways
Written with Barbara De Angelis' trademark eloquence, honesty, and compassion, and containing the treasures of her own 35-year quest for enlightenment, How Did I Get Here? is more than uplifting, intimate, and moving, it is a true transformational manual for achieving emotional and spiritual rebirth that will change your life.
©2005 Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. (P)2005 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLCListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
"Barbara De Angelis has written a brilliant, hopeful, illuminating book that is essential reading for anyone on a path to truth. Reading it will inspire you, heal you, and awaken you." (Deepak Chopra)
"Whether you've read all the classic self-help books, or have never read one, do not miss How Did I Get Here? Barbara De Angelis has written her best and most important work yet." (David Bach)
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- 06-18-16
lend yourself to your life
in an effort to gain better footing recovering from divorce. this piece had reminded me that I am going to be ok and happiness has already arrived.
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- D.C.
- 08-06-15
I absolutely love and relate to her depth
Another gem! I have read many of Barbara's books, and just like this one I feel her not just read or listen to her words, given she writes with her soul. My favorite book is "Secrets of Life Every Woman Should Know." I follow her beliefs fully and did even before reading it. It was one of those solidifying books for me and it made me feel as if I was not alone. :-)
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- Mette
- 05-17-10
exeptional
This book is truly fantastick. Barbara De Angelis speeks directly to the listener and share her wisdom, signifikant advise and insight. It's obvious that she has been traveling the road herself. This book is outstanding.
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- Carolyn
- 02-18-09
HOW DID I GET HERE
AN AMAZING REALIZATION FOR ME, I AM THE BETTER FOR LISTENING TO IT.....I AM ABLE TO LOOK AT CERTAIN TRUTHS ABOUT MY LIFE AND MOVE ON WITH RENEWED HOPE AND ENERGY.
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- JamJam
- 11-10-10
Don't waste your money.
One of the worst. I like Barbara as a talk show host long time ago, but not as an author after hearing this. I learned nothing to help myself with this audio. She talks mostly about herself (mostly problems with her career, pet...) to get your sympathy and then leads you to a "dream world" where you get confused of what to do with your life. There is no straightforward, simple guidelines. If you are confused what to do with your life before you hear this, you will be more confused after listening to it.
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