FEARLESS, FABULOUS YOU! LESSONS ON LIVING LIFE ON YOUR TERMS by Melanie Young is Now Available
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 12, 2014
Cancer survivor Melanie Young says during the years after her treatment ended, still grieving the loss of her doting father and feeling burnt out from overwork as a PR agency owner, she realized her emotional healing was going to take much longer than the physical. "I wondered if the best years of my life were behind me or the worst years," she says. "I felt stuck and not sure what direction to take to move forward. I had to learn to reframe, reconnect with myself and reset my intentions."
In her new book, "Fearless, Fabulous You! Lessons on Living Life on Your Terms" (Cedar Fort/Nov. 2014/$12.99), Young outlines Five Restorative Paths, in 25 essays and 125 fearless lessons, for learning to get your life back on track and rediscover joy and purpose.
While the book is based on her own journey from "striver to thriver," Young says it will help anyone facing a challenge, setback or emotional road block. "I want to help you avoid emotional burnout and take your life from fizzle to sizzle to reignite your vision of living life on your terms," said Young.
Young's 5 Rs include
Recharge. Center yourself by making your well-being a priority. Make smarter choices to improve your physical and emotional health, including diet, exercise, stress management and revaluing in your self-worth.
Release. Let go of anything that brings you down emotionally. This may include negative thoughts, toxic people or a stressful job or any other situation that could be detrimental to your mental or physical well-being.
Reconnect. Take stock of your skills and talents and think about how to retool them in ways that give you joy and renewed purpose.
Reframe. Take a negative situation. Turn it around in your mind and look at it in a new way. What can you learn from it to make a better life?
Reclaim. Learn to define and live your life by your own standards of happiness, success and who you want to be, and not by anyone else's criteria.
Now a health coach, Young hosts the weekly radio show "Fearless Fabulous You!" on W4WN -- the Women 4 Women Network featuring inspiring women and health and wellness experts. Her first book, "Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor's Guide to Staying Fearless & Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer" (Cedar Fort, 2013) is the recipient of the 2014 International Book Award for cancer health topics. Follow her at www.melanieyoung.com and https://twitter.com/mightymelanie.
About Melanie Young:
Melanie Young knows how to face challenges with grit, grace and wit and reframethem to make things happen for the better. She is a motivational muse for reinvention and inspiring anyone who feels stuck and wants to make a change. For two decades Melanie ran her own public relations business, planning and promoting high profile food and wine events around the United States, hobnobbing with famous chefs and visiting the world's wine regions. After surviving breast cancer, she changed how she wanted to live her life to stay healthy and reignite her passion for making good things happen. She committed to focusing on "inspiration over aspiration" by helping others make better and healthier choices for enjoying life on their terms.
Her first book, "Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor's Guide to Staying Fearless & Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer" (the 2014 International Book Award winner for cancer health topics), helps newly diagnosed women stay focused and make smarter choices about caring for their well-being during and after treatment. Melanie's second book, "Fearless, Fabulous You! Lessons on Living Life on Your Terms," is filled with 25 inspirational insights to recharge your spirit and revalue your self-worth.Videos