Dare to Decide: Discovering Peace, Clarity and Courage at Life’s Crossroads

Christian life coach Grabatin dares readers, in her enjoyable debut, to take a leap of faith toward living the life of their dreams. Grabatin explains the steps she goes through when making important life decisions and recommends one commit to making decisive choices (after all, “a decision unmade is still a decision”); trust in a combination of one’s “head, heart, and gut”; and to never forget that God has a plan for them and believes in them. She challenges readers to choose to be the person they want to be and to continue to make that choice every day, particularly when going through difficult times: “Finding ourselves stalled out at a crossroads is the perfect time to name the gremlins in our lives.” While pursuing God and spiritual health is an important part of Grabatin’s own story, much of the advice can be applied to anyone struggling with self-confidence. Despite the vagueness of much of her exhortations (“Discovering and living the dream in your heart means stepping into who you were meant to be and what you were called to do”), Grabatin’s uplifting metaphor of “writing your own story” provides encouragement for readers pondering any looming life decisions. Christian self-help readers should find inspiration in this uplifting message of embracing change. (Self-published)