Real Happiness: A Roadmap for Healing Our Pain and Awakening the Joy That Is Our Birthright

This book is not about the kind of happiness you see on billboards or television commercials. It has nothing to do with the overly romanticized or idealized type of happiness. It has to do with being present right now for the ups and downs of life in a loving and compassionate way. It is about being ourselves fully and being responsible for what we are creating in our lives.

I like to call it Real Happiness because it is about being real as a human being and coming face to face with our fear and our pain. It is about being willing to heal our wounds so that we can reconnect with the joy that is our birthright.

Of course, being real isn't easy. To be real we need to feel safe enough to cry our tears as well as to sing our songs of gratitude and praise. We need to be strong enough to stop blaming others and brave enough to learn our lessons.

Real happiness means overcoming our negativity and beginning to count our blessings so we can experience the mysterious beauty of life. It means learning to surrender, to let go of the need to control, and to allow our lives to unfold in their own natural, organic way. It is about becoming fully, uniquely and exquisitely human!