Naomi's Breakthrough Guide: 20 Choices to Transform Your Life

I don't like country music and I'm not a fan of Naomi Judd's music. The only thing I knew about Naomi Judd before buying this book was that she was Ashley Judd's mother and a country singer. That's it! But when I saw her on Larry King live, she was charming, articulate and wise... so I bought the book, intending to read it and return it. I ended up reading it in two days and have decided to keep it! Everyone should read this book. It's easy to read (thanks to Naomi's wit and way with words) and contains such valuable information about the positive choices we can make in living our lives to the fullest. It's something I know I'll go back to ever so often to refresh my memory on the nuggets of wisdom in this book. The parts I found most helpful were her sections on the way thoughts influence our happiness and health and how anyone can improve their lives by changing their negative self talk. It provided me with an *AHA* moment - I realized that what I thought about everyday had a profound influence on how I presented myself and my chance of obtaining my dreams.

Thank you, dear friend, Bea... for the gift of this book. Thank you, Naomi, for sharing your trials and triumphs. I was never a country music fan, so I didn't hear about your hepatitis battle. But you have given me the start toward a path of recovery from a life that feels as terrifying as any cancer. God bless!

What an open, heart-felt, personal sharing of healing! Naomi uses the story of her life, traumas, struggles and triumphs to inspire hope and inform and transform lives. Her astonishing recovery from Hepatitis-C (in the face of doctors who doomed her to certain death) is enough to make anyone stand up and pay attention. Even more valuable is the walk through which Naomi takes us as we experience the ups and downs, the tests and (seeming) failures on this harsh road. She frequently revisits the importance of her faith along this arduous journey, and shows us how that faith was not a neat bundle dropped easily in her lap but how she had to keep reaching out for it and for Divine Assistance, and for the help of friends who were instruments of that Assistance. Naomi's book offers a real (and realistic) boost for hope during anyone's darkest, most challenging hours. She relates how she accepted and tapped into the Gifts she was given through the most diverse sources - medical, alternative-medical, family, friends... inner connection through prayer, meditation, yoga... some things that might surprise some fans. Wonderful quotes from sages and saints and singers throughout the ages sparkle in the pages, along with engaging introductions to the sources that came to her aid (ranging from Christ to doctors and psychologists and teachers). She guides you to personal steps you can pursue to bolster your own appreciation of what your mind/body/spirit can do together to express your own beautiful potential. Her valuable list of resources is illuminated by her own personal experiences with them.I was also impressed with the humor, humility, and balance Naomi uses in telling the story of her life-healing. Most of us will never face the enormous challenges that she did, but our lives can nevertheless benefit by hearing about her lessons and triumphs -- and beginning to tap some of the same secrets and Power that she did. Please bless yourself with this book - and enjoy some of the bountiful harvest that Naomi did!

I think that Naomi Judd has inspired me more than any celebrity in music or on screen. I've always liked the Judd's music, but I don't think entertaining is Naomi's most important strength. She's a woman who radiates the message, "Believe! Have faith! We CAN survive this life, even when it sucks, and we'll do it together!!" She has a rare ability to make you feel you feel like you're part of her life, and she really wants to help you. She's the "mother" everyone wishes they'd had. This book is wonderful. It contains great information. The only thing I think she could do less of is quote other "experts." She's strong enough on her own. Dr. Andrew Wiel has some great advice, but let's face it. He looks like he ate his grandmother. Naomi, on the other hand, looks like she lives her message. Keep the books coming, Naomi. You change people's lives!

A Wonderful Inspiring book. This book encouraged me to face my life with a positive attitude. Naomi Judd turns out an insightful and encouraging book for all.