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May is such a great—and favorite month— for good reason! The sunshine, the flowers, and spring really coming alive make this month a spectacular month to take your reading outside to enjoy!
As our spirits lift and we clear some of the things we grew through in winter, this month is a wonderful one to focus on growing yourself, and the joy book for May is an amazing one to serve you in this process!
Keep reading to learn more about it!
Introducing the Book
I first heard about The Quinn Essentials a couple of months ago when I listened to Andrea Quinn (the author of the book) being interviewed by Kelly Noonan Gores on her podcast Heal with Kelly.
It was truly such an inspiring episode which then led me to want to read her book, The Quinn Essentials.
After doing so, I have to say The Quinn Essentials are truly “9 Transformational Tools to Accomplish Anything” which just so happens to be the tagline to the book’s title!
In all honesty, these past few years I have read a lot of different personal development books, watched videos, read articles, listened to podcasts, etc., and this book is truly one of amazement.
Andrea really seems to get it—and she really seems to lay it out in a way so that the reader can also really get it— get the life that they are entitled to.
I posted on Instagram a few weeks back about one of the tools in Andrea’s book—creating your I-AMs. These are so so so powerful and are truly a deep dive into understanding how you want to view the world and the people you interact with in it.
One of my all-time favorite quotes in the I AM chapter is the following:
“I AM is your connection to something greater than being human. It is the truth of who we really are when we were born […] When we understand how to navigate from that place, no longer stopped by our ego or our fears, we become unstoppable.” -Andrea Quinn, The Quinn Essentials
It’s time to reconnect with that version of ourselves.
Listen to the Episode:
Questions to Ask Yourself
Andrea incorporates and ends each chapter with questions/ actions to think about— so these questions are truly just a reflection of three of the most powerful tools that I loved from the book, but the book will give you even more questions to ask yourself!
A Final Note on Joy
In a recent Instagram post by Dr. Joe Dispenza, he said “Nothing in our lives will change… until we change.”
If we are desiring a life of unlimited joy and feeling connected strongly to our inner joy within— we are going to need to change.
Andrea’s book gives you the tools to do just that. It helps you to envision what a life of true joy looks like, what makes it up, and how to truly change to start living that life.
One thing that we know about joy is that it isn’t dependent on anything (I wrote about this in my very first post on What Joy is!), and I feel that is the true beauty of Andrea’s book— it gives you the space to let that inner joy shine through and make itself known. That very act is living from joy.
This book takes it a step further in that it allows us to really be clear on how to live from that place of inner joy. Sure, you will want things/experiences/etc., but this book is truly diving deep to make you see that you are truly worthy of living from that utmost joy within—and then letting it shine through you to express in the outer world!
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