Dawn Walton, MSc.Psych,DipCHyp,MNLP,MBPsS

There are many life stories out there. Some are very harrowing. When I published my book I put it in 3 categories on Amazon:

1. Personal Transformation
2. Child Abuse
3. Self Help

The one I was really interested in it doing well in was Personal Transformation. I read the precis of the top titles in Child Abuse and was horrified. There were some really brutal stories in there and I thought of removing it from that category but I wanted everyone to know that it is always possible to find happiness - no matter what your story it. 

Think about what inspires you? I find I am inspired when I see someone overcome circumstances to be the best they can be. It gives us hope, no matter how dark our lives are looking, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just reading a story can touch us, and make us feel quite gloomy. We need to see the journey that shows there is a happy ending. Right from the days of Fairy Tales we need to see a happy ending. 

Think about the Olympics. I have no doubt that there are many of the fourteen thousand athletes taking part in this years Olympics that have had a very tough start in life, and probably had some pretty tough times recently. But the ones we engage with, the ones that inspire us, are the ones that have overcome everything to achieve greatness.

Then, we are interested not as much in their story, which is mostly out of their control, but in what they did with it. Their journey. Which is something they can control.

Take Jesse Owens. 

Owens was born as the seventh child in a family of eleven in a small part of Alabama but grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were often concerned for his welfare when he was young, as he was always taking ill. Despite his sickness he became one of the worlds greatest Olympians.

In the summer of 1936 Jesse Owens took part in the Olympics in Berlin. Even though there was hatred all around him in Hitler's Germany he won a total of four gold medals. Despite Hitler not being impressed, many Germans asked him to sign something for them. While the Germans seemed able to overlook his race the Americans apparently could not. He couldn't even ride on the regular elevator to get an award afterwards - that was not allowed when you were black.

There are many stories out there. If you want to be inspired, I suggest you look for the people who have taken the journey and not just the people who have a story. Then we can really change. 

If you want to read how Cognitive Hypnotherapy allowed me to take a journey to happiness you can download my book from Amazon. It is on the Kindle but the Kindle app is free and available on every device so you don't need a Kindle to read it. 

Today, on the 17th July 2012, this book is free. So why not download it now and see what is possible.

Then maybe drop me an email and see how I can help with your journey dawn@thinkitchangeit.com