Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Shannah Kennedy, Penguin Life, $29.99.
To say change can turn our plans, our lives and our dreams upside down is stating the obvious. How, then, does one bounce back from such turmoil? Shannah Kennedy says the key to your future happiness will be your ability to accept, adapt and build a new plan.
Having been a coach and strategist for 20 years, Kennedy has worked with some of Australia’s biggest celebrities, athletes and corporates helping them to weather “a storm and finding calm waters once again.” Also, having been “in the eye of that storm myself” Kennedy knows what she is talking about.
“I know that the ability to adapt to a crisis – or an opportunity – is the key to happiness and inner harmony, and to finding our fulfillment, joy and success once again.”
“Pivoting to Plan B allows us to change direction. It allows us to reset and move forward in life. A pivot in personal life is a fundamental change in our life strategy.” Whether you have faced a redundancy, dealt with a break-up, been in an accident, lost a loved one, had a health scare or been impacted by an economic downturn, your ability to navigate through the change process and create an alternative plan will be vital to potential contentment.
This journey is over four stages: recognise and respond, restore and recover, redirect and reset and rejoice and radiate.
Kennedy has created a simple yet powerful guide to give you the confidence to take it on, heal, grow and adjust. It’s full of practical tips and exercises to help you process your emotions, restore and recover, shift your mindset, set clear goals and take control.
The ‘disaster coach’ has written this guidebook “from the heart” and it is a “roadmap to finding happiness once again. In fact, it’s your lighthouse in the storm.”
