Why You Need to Write Your Book Now
If you are a coach or expert in health/wellness, personal development or spirituality, I hope my story motivates you to write and complete a book soon so you can transform more people’s lives.
In 1999, I realized that my marriage of 11 years was imploding.
For the first time in my life, I began to experience extreme anxiety and periodic panic attacks. My then husband’s frequent mood swings and explosions of rage shook me to the core.
Although he never hit my body, his cursing, name-calling, and yelling for no reason shattered my spirit.
I felt alone. Although I had reached out to family members about my difficulties over the years, I don’t think I accurately conveyed how bad things were.
Nor how much worse they had become.
The only time I relaxed and felt like my usual myself—calm and easygoing—was when he traveled on business. But the moment I knew that his plane was touching down at the nearby airport on his return, waves of panic flooded my body.
I felt powerless and dreaded his reappearance.
Not a sign of a healthy marriage…
I started searching for help.
Whenever I have had a major problem in life, my first step has been to hunt down a book for a solution.
One day in a local bookstore, on a shelf in the non-fiction section, the title of a book jumped out at me—The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond.
I don’t remember much else except that I bought the book and took it home. After devouring the first few pages I became alarmed.
OMG! Had the author (Patricia Evans), an interpersonal communications expert, installed a hidden camera in my home, and secretly filmed my home?
Almost every detail presented in her book mirrored my interactions with my husband.
Unlike the several therapists I consulted for help who offered sympathy but failed to understand my situation or give concrete advice, this author “got” me.
She “knew” and understood what I was experiencing—inside and out.
After finishing the book, I tracked down her contact information. Over the next few months, she counseled me by phone (she lived in California and I was in Maryland). Our sessions were productive and eye-opening.
We developed an effective and safe exit plan from my marriage.
This book transformed my life because:
1) Its insights revealed that what I was experiencing was not normal and was potentially dangerous. The book gave me detailed advice about what action steps I need to take.
2) It presented the author’s expertise and ability to help me in a clear and compelling way.
3) It introduced me to an expert who I likely would not have met otherwise and convinced me that I could benefit from working with her.
4) I was able to move from pain to power.
5) This experience eventually motivated me to create a second career as a book coach and ghostwriter to encourage and help experts and coaches in wellness, personal development, and spirituality become an author to reach more people and transform more lives.
Just as Patricia Evans did for me.
As an expert in your field, you too, can benefit from and help many more people by writing a book.
Writing a book may seem daunting. But it is feasible and easier and faster to get it done than you might imagine.
All you need is a proven system, support, accountability, and a fun process.
And when you have your book out in the marketplace, you will be able to transform more lives than you ever have before…
Ready to get started?
Laura
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