Living Life On Your Own Terms: 3 Steps to Transform Your Life!

By Linda McFadden

Living Life on Your Own Terms: The 3 Steps to Transform Your Life is a book about how to change your life and make it into what you truly want your life to look like. It is about approaching your life in such a way that you are able to become more objective, more able to rise above your individual circumstances, as well as being able to take control of your life in such a way that truly honours who you are.

Living Life on Your Own Terms is about walking your own path while honouring all that you are. It is grounded in the reality of life - both the positive and the negative. It is a direct, functional approach that can effectively create long-lasting change with practical, easy to implement steps that will bring about the changes that can transform your life.

By practicing these three steps you can achieve the inner joy, peace, happiness and love that you are looking for!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Linda McFadden
• Release date: Dec 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465995919

Linda McFadden

Linda R. McFadden M.Ed., C.Ht. has a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology and has been working in the field of counselling for the past 26 years. She has worked as a therapist, consultant, workshop facilitator and teacher. Linda has been working in her own private practice for the past 15 years and resides north of the Village of Lakefield, Ontario with her husband and three children. Linda brings her accumulated knowledge and practical experience together in an illuminating guide that will assist others to take control of their lives and empower them to make the choices that will allow them to live their life on their own terms.

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LIVING LIFE ON YOUR OWN TERMS

Three Steps to Transform the Way You Live Your Life

Linda R. McFadden

Copyright © 2011 by Linda R. McFadden

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Table of Contents

About the author

Introduction

1. Living Life on My Own Terms - What it is - and isn’t

2. Barriers to Change

3. What can We Change

4. What should we Change

5. Feelings Just Are

6. Thoughts are Just Thoughts

7. Our Behaviours are ours

8. Understanding the Process of Change

9. The Process of Change

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Dedication

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Linda R. McFadden M.Ed., C.Ht. has a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology and has been working in the field of counselling for the past 26 years. She has worked as a therapist, consultant, workshop facilitator and teacher. Linda has been working in her own private practice for the past 15 years and resides north of the Village of Lakefield, Ontario with her husband and three children.

Linda brings her accumulated knowledge and practical experience together in an illuminating guide that will assist others to take control of their lives and empower them to make the choices that will allow them to live their life on their own terms.

By following these three, easy, practical steps towards change one can actually see and feel the change as it occurs – resulting in feelings of empowerment, increased motivation and the true inner confidence that comes with maturity.

Through her own experience, and the experience of her clients, she is convinced that these tools can empower one to expand their thinking, take control of their lives and to stop participating in unconstructive thoughts and behaviours. By utilizing these steps, you will actually start to feel like you are in charge of your own life and will be able to make conscious decisions based upon how you want to live your life to look like.

INTRODUCTION

Most of us are living our lives on other peoples’ terms. We struggle against both internal and external demands that appear to profoundly dictate our lives. Many times we end up feeling frustrated, overwhelmed and powerless as we grapple with our unsuccessful attempts at gaining control of our lives in the face of so many opposing variables. Nothing that we seem to try appears to be effective as we continue to find ourselves in unconstructive patterns and behaviours. Often