Transformation

This collection of personal stories from one of Australia's leading expert in happiness,psychologist Dr Tim Sharp, is inspiring and powerful. We always think that bad things happento `other' people but what happens when the bad things happen to you? How do yourecover? Not only recover, but actually turn your life around for the better, and help others todo the same?The accounts in this book reveal amazing stories by a wide range of people who have managedto do just that. After each story Dr Sharp investigates the characteristics and attributes of thepeople involved and explains how you can develop and encourage these in yourself. Thiswarm and encouraging book will not only inspire you to help others in need, but help youdiscover your own inner resilience and capacity to appreciate and move towards a happier life.Contributors include: Petrea King, who suffered from early childhood illness, lost her brother to suicide, wasinvolved in an abusive marriage, and was diagnosed with cancer Ingrid Poulson, whose husband killed her two children and her father Allan Sparkes, a policeman who suffered severe post-traumatic stress disorder Joe Williams, an Indigenous rugby league player and professional boxer who sufferedaddiction and depression issues Sam Webb, who lost his best friend to early suicide and became an advocate forspeaking out against mental illness.

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