Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Ways to Think Positive

Your attitude is a powerful tool for creating a happier life…and nowadays, couldn’t everyone benefit from a little more positive thinking? That’s why I encourage you to read the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul anthology that features 101 personal essays written by real people who have reacted to the ups and downs of life—and how employing a positive attitude helped them create a happier life.

I’m pleased to have an essay included in this anthology—a story that explores the power of finding silver linings…I hope by sharing my experience, others will be inspired to think more positively about their own lives.

 

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Ways to Think Positive – edited by Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul, $16.99 paperback, 368 pages, 978-1611591071

Publication date January 7, 2025

 

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The Gift of Maybe: Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times

Before she became a business consultant and life coach, Allison Carmen was a stressed-out attorney working at a large Manhattan law firm. Plagued by depression, sleeplessness and hopelessness, she was "addicted to certainty," a need to know the future and what was going to happen next.

One day, Carmen's Qigong instructor shared a parable that sparked an epiphany, changing her way of thinking--and her life. Carmen realized that the unexpected is often viewed through a prism of negativity clouded by fear. She learned to apply a new approach--what she calls Maybe, a transformative, life-strengthening philosophy. No matter how dire a situation may appear or how far it may deviate from the plan, Maybe encourages us to investigate what is possible in a situation, rather than what is impossible. Seemingly bad circumstances, disappointments, failures, struggles and losses can become gateways that lead toward positive breakthroughs.

Carmen illustrates her Maybe philosophy with examples from her own life and those of ordinary people who have faced challenges in business, relationships, health, finance and retirement. She also cites stories of notable figures, such as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, whose personal setbacks have often become sources of empowerment. Thought-provoking questions and strategies, such as breathing exercises, visualization techniques, meditations and mantras, will inspire seekers challenged by uncontrollable aspects of life to consciously bend their minds toward the idea that everything has the power to be a good and positive life force.

The Gift of Maybe: Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times by Allison Carmen

Perigee Trade, $15 Paperback, 9780399169533, 352 pp

Publication Date: November 4, 2014

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Note: This review is a reprint and is being posted (in a slightly different form) with the permission of Shelf Awareness. To read this review on Shelf Awareness: Reader's Edition (11/18/14), click HERE