10 Things: A Book Review by Xina Sy

When a friend asked, "...before I go home, will you make me a list of ten things I need to do to get through this crisis?," author Daphne Rose Kingma arose to the task & gifted us all with an enlightened handbook for when life truly gets tough in her latest work, The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart. This book touches on tragedy with  gentleness & spiritual precision & marks Kingma as a wondrous, emotional surgeon who dissects life's difficulties with careful craftiness. Not the average self-help, spiritual guide, 10 Things offers a practical, realistic list of advice that goes beyond motivational hoopla & quick fixes. Kingma's work is real & vulnerable & true as it offers the reader not just inspiration, but hopeful possibility.
Chapters include Cry Your Heart Out, Do Something Different, Live Simply, & Go Where the Love Is & are just part of The 10 Things To Do list of advice. Each chapter includes heart-warming stories, spiritual & practical tips, & a short list of thought-provoking questions that serve as a guide to ignite the readers quest for self improvement & self awareness. 10 Things offers no solutions, it only resolves to challenge & move its audience towards what matters most...living well; and it does so gracefully.

"We are creatures whose psychological purpose & spiritual destiny is to keep evolving, to become, in every direction & on every level, more fully ourselves," so says 10 Things. Kingma offers up, easily, tips to assist in that pursuit. An easy read-- a wordship of worship--- this book is as laid back as a book can be, while simultaneously offering depth & insight. For anyone wanting & willing to recover it is well worth a Sunday afternoon of reading that will ultimately impact a lifetime.

What others are saying:

"Anyone going through a dark night of the soul needs to have this book. It will be your closest companion & your most tender angel. Daphne Rose Kingma more than speaks to your soul; she knows how to heal it.”
                       ~~Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love
 “What if, during the worst times you can imagine, you felt a warm & steady hand on your back guiding you forward? What if it helped you remember to turn toward what can be possible instead of against yourself or away from what you are afraid of? This book is that hand. Put it by your bedside & you’ll sleep better. Read it & you’ll live better.”
                     ~~Dawna Markova, PhD, co-creator of Random Acts of Kindness


About the Author:
Daphne Rose Kingma’s bestsellers include Coming Apart, The Men We Never Knew, and The Future of Love. She & her work have appeared in most major media outlets, & she presents seminars & workshops around the world. She lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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