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Books by Cathy Newton: Living In Full Swing, Risk It
and It Takes Character.
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Living In Full Swing by Cathy Newton (Advantage Media Group, Charleston SC: 2007). Maybe you’ve felt like you’ve been pushed
off the swing of life…or maybe you just sense that you were meant to swing higher. Either way, Living in Full Swing will give you the "lift"
you need to feel the fresh breeze of joyful, purposeful living blowing once again in your face. Feel the thrill of soaring higher. Instead of
avoiding risk, learn how to embrace it without fear and as a result achieve more than you ever thought possible.
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The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life by Mark Nepo
(Harmony Books, New York: 2005). The exquisite risk facing each of us every day is to slow down and "still our own house" so that we may experience
life rather than simply manage it. This book encourages readers to become quiet enough and open enough to listen to what truly matters--our
own hearts, our loved ones, the wonders of nature--in order to live a life with nothing held back.
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Right Risk: 10 Powerful Principles for Taking Giant Leaps with your Life by Bill Treasurer (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc,
San Francisco: 2003). Risks are a part of a fully lived life and are essential for personal and professional advancement. Right Risk
draws on the experiences and insights of successful risk-takers (including the author’s own experiences as a daredevil high diver) to detail
ten principles you can use to take risks with greater intelligence and confidence.
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Positive Risk: How SMART WOMEN Use Passion to Break Through Their Fears by Barbara Stoker (Jossey-Bass, San Francisco: 2006).
Ice and mountain climber, Barbara Stoker weaves her fascinating stories with those of other dynamic women to provide strategies, techniques and
tools for taking the intelligent risks necessary for growth and success. Women will discover practical ways to tap into their passion and create
their own opportunities.
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Succulent Wild Woman by Sark (Fireside Publishing, 1997). A fun, inspirational
celebration of the power of woman in love, sexuality, romance, money, and creativity.
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Risking by David Viscott (Simon & Schuster, 1977). Helps readers distinguish between the risks they should take versus the ones they should avoid.
Instills courage in individuals whose fear of taking chances prevents them from pursuing happiness and success.
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Chancing It: Why We Take Risks by Ralph Keyes (Little, Brown and Co., 1985). The chances we take, as well as the ones we pass up, address the hidden attitudes that affect behavior. Examines a variety of risks and risk takers. Offers guidance in seeking genuine risks--those based less on danger than on the authenticity of individual feelings.
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It Takes Character
by Cathy Newton. Are you interested in: Making friends? Contributing at school?
Getting good grades? Succeeding in sports/activities? Having just about as much
FUN in life as you can? Then you need to read this book! It Takes Character is a guide for teens to help you anchor your understanding of character to all the important aspects of your life. You will be given questions to answer, problems to solve, and creative exercises to help you examine yourself and the challenging world around you. (Incentive Publications, Inc. Nashville TN, 2003). #IP 425-1. (M.G., 144 pgs). $15.95
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Graduating Girlhood
by Denise Evans. A great life isn't something that just happens...it is something you construct! This book will reveal how to set yourself on a course to overcome obstacles and reach your dreams. You will learn what it means and how to "be true to yourself" and how to create healthy relationships with other girls, boys, parents and other adults, and your own body. You will be inspired to take charge of your own destiny as the goal setting process is laid out for you. (Life Enhancing Publishing, Riverside, MO, 2003)
ISBN 0-9722720-0-3 (119 pgs). $11.95
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© copyright 2009 Cathy Newton & PRT Consulting, Inc.
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