The Alarm Clock of Your Life is Ringing
 Lisa Miller
 (Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
 2002 Lady Bug Publishing Corp.
  ISBN: 0970609213
Amazon's price is: $12.95

Time to wake up to Happiness and Enlightenment. A unique approach to expressing feelings & reducing stress.

Our fast-paced society is a petrie dish where over-scheduling, over-stressing & under-funding feed upon our emotions, until all we're seeing is red. Do you feel like you have no time for your relationships, that they're hitting more sour notes than sweet? Do you feel like your pursuit of happiness has been put on hold while you chase after the almighty dollar? Are you tired of always being right & angry, instead of simply being happy? Are you ready for a change in your life? No, not a new spouse, a new house or a new mouse -- how about a new you?

What you need are practical, straightforward, manageable tools to practice how to re-aligned yourself into a more balanced, empowering & yes, happy life! What you need is to come out of your misery of self-ignorance, & start enjoying yourself.

To that end, Lisa Miller has compiled this collection of techniques: from How To Reconnect -- where we can see how disconnected from our feelings we've become; through Vibration and Judgement Release, in which we learn about giving voice to our emotions -- roar like a lion, snarl like a tiger, trumpet like an elephant! Just like a good cry, unleashing the zoo within really works. It can get a good giggle going, & laughter is good medicine!

“De Nile(Denial)” is a river in Egypt, In Accepting Denials, we discover how we've been living the lies of our lives. Are you stuck in preferring to be right about everything, or would you like to know how to be happy? Did you know that your happiness quota depends upon living your life honestly? “When you recognize yourself saying something not completely true, it is an opportunity to behave your way to honesty.” p.22.

Opportunity, Not Opposition gives us insights into how to start accepting the invitations Life gives us, rather than resenting yet another intrusion, another interruption. “Life experiences can feel like a pendulum as you seek balance. First, you swing hard in one direction, and then you swing back to the other side...” p. 25.

In Relationships, Lisa Miller dismisses the myth that love will conquer all -- unless we've learnt how to love from our parents. If our parents taught us how loving relationships work, then we'll learn it, if they didn't, we'll not know how to handle our relationships in loving ways. “Monkey see/Monkey do.”

The Alarm Clock of Your Life is Ringing reminds us that it's time to wake up, enjoy the smell of the coffee, even if you can't drink it, & find contentment wherein you find yourself, with the deck of cards you've been dealt.

A well-written book about self-examination, re-training ourselves out of our miseries into finding our bliss, & learning to enjoy our lives. Remember, there are no guarantees given when we are born. If you're tired of feeling empty & angry all the time, then the tools & clues offered in The Alarm Clock of Your Life is Ringing are as good as any out there.

I would have liked, at the end of each chapter, a page where Readers could jot down their “ahha” moments when first observing the habits that keep us unhappy, & when putting into practice the technique being taught, brings realization & change.

Lisa Miller has a degree in sociology & history, with an emphasis on psychology. She has presented the materials from 15 years of putting them into practice, in seminars, including Freedom Keys, an organization dedicated to the personal transformation & growth of women in prison.

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(11/17/02)

Rebecca