Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.?
Julie Donley’s New Book – NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!
Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.?
In search of an easier way to approach change…
What makes change so H.A.R.D.? We struggle to lose weight, change jobs, improve our relationships or our financial condition and even give up addictions. We succumb to our habits and accept a life of mediocrity, wishing it could be different and incessantly hoping for that magic solution.
The reality is that we are creatures of habit and change can be uncomfortable. Change requires hard work, consistency and time. We perceive it as a chore and most of us just don’t want to work that hard.
Yet, there have been times in your life when you have made great change and it has brought you to a much better place. You were willing to do whatever it took to achieve the outcome you desired and you did it! You succeeded.
Change can be very rewarding. It brings greater success, confidence, happiness and comfort. Change can be important, even necessary, to your emotional well-being and vital to your physical health. Why is it then that sometimes change is too H.A.R.D. and we get stuck while other times we go the distance and it seems easy?
Hard or easy, it’s how you think about it!
Your thinking is what makes change H.A.R.D. In this book, Julie Donley provides a road map to understand your mind and how your thinking creates the obstacles to change. She describes the psychological and emotional aspects of change and explains the thinking that accounts for the real-life problems we encounter. She then guides you to confront and overcome the obstacles to success with eight strategies needed for making the changes you desire.
Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.? helps you:
- Gain personal insight and understanding into how you sabotage your efforts
- Identify your motivation for making a change
- Shift your perspective regarding time and expectations
- Create the external and internal support required to achieve the results you desire
- Manage your emotions as part of the process of change
This book is an easy-to-read, how-to manual providing insightful guidance on your journey toward a happier and healthier life. Author’s warning: you may want to relinquish old ways of giving yourself a hard time in exchange for an easier way. Are you ready to play a new game? Are you ready to give up H.A.R.D. for EASY?
READ THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INTRODUCTION
What People Are Saying:
“Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.? is a fabulous book which provides a comprehensive understanding of how your mind works to keep you from achieving your dreams. Julie does a wonderful job offering simple and powerful strategies. This is a must read!”
~ Marcia Wieder, America’s Dream Coach, CEO/founder, Dream University®
“Julie Donley provides us with an inspiring step-by-step approach to change as she nurtures our success as only Julie can. Often the desire for change is met with a wall of not knowing where to even begin. This wall immobilizes us. In Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.?, Julie provides us with a starting place, outlines a process to lead us through the physical and emotional aspects of successful change, and supplies the ‘right thinking’ to create lasting change and dispute unhealthy thinking that impedes our progress. Thanks, Julie, for helping us to take change from Hard to Easy!”
~ Mikki Funderburke RN, Owner, BestChoiceChanges
“Powerful, practical and easy to read, Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.? goes straight to the heart of where people live. Julie’s candid wisdom, forged from her own life experiences, takes the fear out of change and replaces it with empowering actions and insights. If you want to turn a page in your life, take it easy for a change – let the pages in this book guide you to success.”
~ Peter Demarest, co-author Valuegenics: The Heart and Science of Generating Value
“When it comes to change, Julie Donley is a true authority. As one of Julie’s clients, I can personally attest to her ability to bring about positive change in your life. I began working with Julie in the middle of the infamous real estate crash. My business income decreased 47% that year and 30% the year before. Money problems brought more stress, health problems, and a lack of direction. Something had to CHANGE. I needed to change my attitude, focus and strategy for future success in a new market. With Julie’s help I inspected many facets of the way I thought and what I valued. We focused on change and she made it EASY! My last two years have seen 30%-40% increases each year. Even better though is that my life is more balanced and I get much more enjoyment out of living.
In this book, you get Julie’s expert advice on how to make positive changes in your life. Here she provides a step by step guide that if you follow will guarantee success. The book is even EASY to read and includes personal and real life examples that you can relate to.”
~ Scott Saghirian, Associate Broker, Keller Williams Select Realtors
“That is life: things change. Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.? openly examines the phases of change, from resistance to acceptance, and redefines how making successful changes in one’s personal and professional life can be accomplished. Donley not only openly discusses how ‘life has its own pace,’ she also compassionately challenges the reader to accept that change too has its own pace and to ‘accept where you are at the present moment.’ Not a path of instant gratification, the author explores the factors, motivators and de-motivators of change. Using her life as an example, Donley candidly and humbly discusses how fears, habits and needs can be an anchor in moving toward easy, or at least easier. She gently urges you to take an honest assessment of self and situation—a necessary step towards successful transformation. ‘We all need someone to believe in us.’ Through her positive yet pragmatic guidance, it is evident that Julie Donley believes in the reader and champions the idea that change is always possible.”
~ Astrid Schmidt, Esq., Director, Law Career Development Office, University of Baltimore School of Law
“Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.? by Julie Donley is a great read for anyone wanting to make some change in their personal life. Being committed to change and picturing the change you want will help keep you focused until the new behavior you were trying to achieve becomes more natural for you. Staying focused on results and being intentional with the strategies will help you be successful. The book is written with compassion and understanding and helps us have courage to take the necessary steps to make such powerful changes in our life. You can see that Ms. Donley’s years of experience as a psychiatric nurse have given her great insight in the many challenges people face and the great difficulty they have in seeing themselves any different. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Thank you.”
~ Cheryl Hubbard, Senior Director, Learning & Conferencing, United Way Worldwide
“Life is inherently unmanageable. If you seek to control it, you leave yourself susceptible to exhaustion, depression, and addiction. Change is the essence of living. Learning to navigate change in a positive direction will deepen your capacity to live free. Within these pages is a ‘hope-filled’ approach to spiritual and personal growth. Full of wisdom, alluring, and profound…it will take you to a freer level of mind. An important contribution, beneficial and insightful to everyone. Open this book with a journal, pen and highlighter…as you will return to these words again.”
~ Marc Aldrich, BA, Mental Health Technician
“Julie’s book is like a chat over a cup of tea; warm, comfortable, energizing, and uplifting. She understands and empathizes with all people in their daily walk through life. She shares her wisdom gleaned from years of formal education and personal experiences to guide us in our own lives of constant change. Her book is a must-read for all people who work with other people. It is especially recommended for educators in understanding and motivating students.”
~ Marcia Luebbe, MSEd, Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator
“Julie Donley offers practical advice that anyone can use to make the changes you desire in your life. Through sharing her own story and the stories of others, Julie highlights the four barriers to change and provides insight into why we find it hard to change. Then, step by step, she offers eight strategies to help facilitate change in your life.
This book empowers you through knowledge plus specific strategies to change your habits and your mindset, and helps you to see what motivates you and what holds you back. Especially important are the sections on releasing old habits and old thinking patterns.
Julie’s strong and encouraging support throughout these pages assists you to identify what you want and successfully make hard changes become easy changes.”
~ Karyn Greenstreet, Small Business Coach
“There are few of us who have reached the ‘age of consent’ who have not loudly proclaimed, ‘YES world, I consent to live here’ BUT… In Julie Donley’s remarkable and cleverly written tribute to living with change, you will quickly recognize your hopes, your dreams, your fears and your tears neatly bundled for that long awaited ‘Ah Ha moment’. Beginning with page one, Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.?, offers a concise and recognizable easy read for taking the steps needed to be present, practical, productive and powerful through life’s many passages. READ IT, LIVE IT and GIVE IT as a treasured gift.”
~ Delba Riddick, Cancer Survivor, Senior Nonprofit Executive
“Julie Donley understands how to make changes in life and knows how difficult that can be. She uses examples from her own life to illustrate what it takes to change, what causes failure, and what to do instead that leads to success. In her new easy to read book, Does Change have to be so H.A.R.D.?, Julie guides readers through 8 interconnected strategies for making lasting change in any aspect of life one chooses. She makes living the life one has dreamed of seem possible and gives readers the tools needed to turn those dreams into reality. I should know… she guided me to do the same and I’m living proof that anyone who is willing to commit to the changes they want to make, take action no matter what the challenge, fend off discouragement and disappointment when they occur, celebrate small wins along the way and believe in themselves by taking one step at a time can’t help but accomplish the goal they set out to achieve. If that sounds like the kind of life you would like to live, this book is for you.
~ Mary O’Connor, Executive Coach
