Finding Your Way in a Wild New World

Finding Your Way in a Wild New World is a remarkable path to the most important discovery you can make: the knowledge of what you should be doing with your one wild and precious life. It’s a journey to the thing that so fulfills you that, if someone told you, “It’s right outside—but watch out—it could kill you!” you’d run straight toward it, through the screen door without even opening it.

Life coach and bestselling author Martha Beck guides you to find out how you got to where you are now and what you should do next with clear, concrete instructions on tapping into the deep, wordless knowledge you carry in your body and soul. There are certain people who sense that they are called to do something fulfilling and significant, but who often get caught in self-destructive, unproductive cycles. Finding Your Way in a Wild New World will lead you to unleash your incredible creative energy—and fulfill your life’s purpose. With her inimitable ability to translate inner life into accessible, witty, sparkling prose, Dr. Beck draws from ancient wisdom and modern science to help her audience consciously embrace their skills and create the life they really want.

What she’s found is that these people with great passion, empathy, and creative potential often sense a higher calling—in a society where that calling isn’t even recognized as real. They often have within them a quiet power that could change the world; they only lack the tools. Dr. Beck offers real, actionable methods to tap into that power. She shows how to find your inner identity and your external “tribe” of like-minded people. She demonstrates the four simple tools for transformation: Wordlessness, Oneness, Imagination, and Creation. With clear step-by-step instructions and guided reflections, Dr. Beck shows how to drop into the wordless state of communion with nature and self, how to experience for yourself the oneness between yourself and the universe, how to be empowered by the spark of inspiration, and, finally, how to take action and realize creative potential to make a lasting impact on the world.

Steering by Starlight: How to Find Your Right Life No Matter What

In Steering by Starlight: How to Find Your Right Life No Matter What, Martha Beck describes the step-by-step process she uses with her private clients to help them navigate the terrain of their best lives. Bringing together cutting-edge research in psychiatry, neurology, and related fields in an accessible, substantive, original way, Dr. Beck offers powerful new methods for solving the problems that beset ordinary people. Using her trademark wisdom, empathy, and engaging style, she connects the audience with fresh, never-before seen strategies that have proven most effective and efficient for the hundreds of people she has coached. For individuals who have found their North Stars, Steering by Starlight is an invaluable tool to stay the course and overcome obstacles.

For those who still feel adrift, it provides a way to find true North and follow the path of best destiny. Dr. Beck identifies three stages along the path to recapturing a satisfying life: ‘the stargazer’ helps readers understand why it’s so easy to lose themselves and offers strategies for sighting their North Star; ‘the mapmaker’ uses this newly clarified perspective to evaluate one’s situation and plot a course for upcoming years; ‘the pathfinder’ discusses the adventures that may be encountered as one travels along this new life course. Whether it’s seeking better relationships, more focused career direction, the achievement of specific fitness goals, or a more harmonious lifestyle, Steering by Starlight’s colorful anecdotes, case studies, and exercises will point the way.