Recipient of the Reader's Choice Award, Giving Myself Permission: Putting Fear and Doubt in Their Place is a transformative, self-coaching book that advocates the ability to find that "sweet spot" in life by using your learned inhibitions and self-doubt to achieve the success you want. The book points out how earlier events in life, which may seem harmless, have the potential to create inhibitions and self-doubt in the best and the brightest individuals. Over time, these internal inhibitions and doubts begin to sabotage the most significant areas of your life – ultimately, cultivating the unconscious behavior of seeking permission from external sources.<br><br>Author Pennie Murray, discusses the five behaviors that sabotages your efforts toward success. It also offers some interesting exercises that will help you strengthen their internal confidence to live up to your purpose, passion, and potential. Purchase the book and read it for yourself. You'll see that Giving Myself Permission is more than a book title – it's a higher level of living and the prerequisite for experiencing success in every area of your life.
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Pennie Murray. Giving Myself Permission: Putting Fear and Doubt In Their Place
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Philosophy in the Making
Chapter 2. You Are the Approval You Want
Chapter 3. Transforming the Quality of Your Life
Chapter 4. It’s Not That You Are Weak
Chapter 5. Making Use of Your Self-Work
Chapter 6. The Sleepwalking Stops Here!
Chapter 7. Letting Go of the Drama
Chapter 8. Permitting Yourself to Build a New Model
Chapter 9. Empowerment Through Self-Permission
Chapter 10. The Emotional Side of Success
Chapter 11. The Secret to Success – You!
Chapter 12. From this Step Forward
Conclusion. Roll the Dice and Bet It All on You!
References
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To my wonderful children, Ilyce and LeAlec, who have been forgiving enough to allow me to grow up, and loving enough to endure the process. Thanks to you, I learned to give myself permission so that I could become all God created me to be.
I love you more than life!
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Suddenly, I felt overwhelmed by feelings of intense sorrow. Tears began to run down my face and I cried uncontrollably. Once again that dark “something” that is always hovering over my life took possession of my thoughts. Every time that happened, my efforts fell flat and I would, again, submit to a life of mediocrity. But why the sorrow and tears? Simple. I was mourning another failed attempt to break free from the internal chains that kept me in my limited existence.
Every link of the chain had been forged over the years by the sadistic reminders of what I couldn’t do because of my race, status, or gender. Now the painful thoughts that fortified this chain were reverberating in my mind. Every negative word that had been said to me over the years began to flood my mind. Things like:
