You Are Not Stuck: How Soul-Guided Choices Can Move You Out of Fear and into the Life You Long For

Former business consultant Vollmer debuts with a plucky manual on how readers can “go after the life they most deeply desire.” She recounts the years she spent working in public relations for Fortune 500 companies only to feel burned out and “self-loathing,” so she quit to become a motivational speaker and spend more time with her children. Offering guidance on how readers can follow her lead, Vollmer details nine steps readers can take to recognize how fear holds them back and how they can gain the confidence to make major changes in their lives. Vollmer urges readers to anticipate what trade-offs they’d be willing to make to pursue their dreams, encouraging them to plan for changes in finances, time, and relationships. She suggests that “soul-guided choices” align oneself with who one wishes one was and illustrates the importance of listening to one’s soul by telling how she would drink to excess until a yoga session put her in touch with her soul and she realized she needed to quit drinking. Vollmer’s candid reflections about disliking the person she was before she quit her job add gravitas to the spirited prose. The result is an earnest exhortation to pursue one’s passions. (Jan.)