Something More :Something More :
Excavating Your Authentic Self
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Hardcover - 351 pages (October
14, 1998)
Warner Books; ISBN: 0446524131
Synopsis:
In this insightful and eloquent book, the author of SIMPLE ABUNDANCE explores the nine stages necessary to living authentically: Sensing, Surviving, Settling, Stumbling, Selling Out, Starting Over, Searching, Striving, and finally, SOMETHING MORE. Through storytelling and interpretations, she leads women on a path to becoming "Archaeologists of Themselves" and helps them discover that that "something more" was deep within them all along. By providing women with this knowledge, she offers readers a way to profoundly change their lives - forever.
Reviews:
A reader from Minneapolis, MN , March
25, 1999 A GREAT HELP TOWARD FINDING YOUR TRUE WAY IN LIFE
I have read more than my fair share of self-help books and spiritual awakening
texts, but this book struck a chord with me. I found the most effective
way to use the book was to read it through first, then go back and slowly
read and reflect on each chapter and work on her activities on the second
go-round. If you feel lost and undirected in your life, this book may well
help you gain a direction true to yourself. I highly recommend it.
A reader from Rochester, New York , March
24, 1999 Such a disappointment
This book is such a letdown after the life-altering Simple Abundance. I'm
not sure where Sarah BanBreathnach is coming from in Something More - it
just didn't have a truthful ring to it. I almost felt she was pressured
to get another book out and so rehashed her old material. Read Simple Abundance
instead.
A reader from Australia , March 14, 1999
An uplifting and encouraging book to dip into daily
Thank you Sarah, for sharing your enthusiam and growth. Both of your books
are at my bedside and I am constantly amazed at finding them at just the
right time of my life. Just to look at the cover fills me with Joy. I look
forward to sharing your next burst of Abundance with us. I can relate to
your progress on many levels. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Dian
Kirby
A reader from Boston, MA , March 7, 1999
I became an unwitting witness to Breathnach's own issues
Since Breathnach apparently separated and divorced her husband between books,
the second book seems like something written for herself to get through
this difficult time. I hate to break it to her-- Soul mates are created,
not born. But what I was most disappointed with was her picture on the last
page. She does not look like a woman who is confident and peaceful. Look
at that picture in the store and decide for yourself.
A reader from CA , March 1, 1999 This
book made me proud to be a women.
I have read numerous books on the subject of womenhood. This is the first
book that celebrates not only being a women, but does so on every level.
There is not male bashing, only the glory that we deserve. She shows us
how to see the power that we have as women and if we have lost it how get
it back. The power is Something More. To love ourselves unconditionally
with the help and the guide of the Spirit. Thank you Sara for writing this
book. I am glad I had the courage and the wisdom to read it.
A reader from Indiana , February 23,
1999 Something More...the end of my settling for everything less.
I am on my third reading of Something More and even now, I can't begin to
express the change it has brought to my life. I've spent my entire life
in fear of wanting more and either it wasn't mine to have or it was my responsibility
to see that everyone I came in contact with have it first. At age 42, not
only has it's content help me to begin letting my passions guide my life
along with my heart and my mind, (I began taking violin lessons....a life
long dream) but it has also help me to say, "enough" to all those
hidden fears that have guided my every move. I've been in a "wrong"
marriage for nearly 17 years, I've known it was wrong for nearly all 17.
I settled because it was easier, less painful and a lot more economical
or that's how I always rationalized "staying". I'm not saying
because of Sara's book that I'm ready to leave it, but I certainly know
and feel I will have the something more I've known was out there either
in this marriage or out of it. Be very aware, this book may come at a time
when your at your very weakest, you will however, leave it at probably the
strongest time in your life. Thank you Sara....just my being willing to
dare to now make this journey is a major turn in my life. I'll never go
back.....I know I never have to.
A reader from Red Deer, Alberta Canada
, February 16, 1999 Thank You Sarah!!!!
This time in my life is very confusing. Somehow I happened upon this book
and tho it hasn't solved my problems I feel a tremendous amount of peace
in just knowing I am not crazy. I am in the middle of a nasty divorce and
custody battle with a husband who thinks I should just walk away from "his"
life and money and kids ...like I had no part in any of it. As I fight I
have felt tired and scared for entire days that have turned into months.
I knew this book was for me when I picked it up and flipped open to a quote
that read," We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us." I felt hope. Now I
feel a sense of purpose and power, a peace that this book has helped me
to find. I tell everyone about this book. If I had the money I'd buy a copy
for every women I know. As it is I nag them until they buy it. No one has
been dissapointed.
A reader from TEXAS , February 13, 1999
I am not alone in my thoughts.
After 5 years of feeling like I must be losing my mind and my husbands insistence
that I have, it was a wonderful experience to learn that women have dared
to write about the lack of fulfillment and support and how it affects womens
spirit since the late 1800's. I have found a sisterhood with these women.
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