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A personal growth seminar with the release of his new book!

Becoming . . .

Let us create the lives we were born to live – it’s our time.

Belief systems are individual and subjective.  Without understanding their origins, we become stuck in patterns and cycles; there is difficulty moving forward.  Becoming . . . acts as a mirror, a guide for those of us who could use some help figuring out why we find it so difficult to extricate ourselves from the negative situations life throws our way, and why we seem to keep repeating mistakes we already know, at some basic level, how to avoid.  Through the exploration of self-perception and the factors that influence the way we live and behave, we can rise above fixed patterns and transform the self.  Employing the common-sense wisdom of people with whom we are familiar and trust, like Oprah, Dr. Phil, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and others, Mierop maps out ways to avoid the encumbrances with which negative experiences and self-doubt often imprison us.

Editorial Review:

An uncited quote often attributed to Anaïs Nin suggests:

“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.”

In his book Becoming . . . , motivational speaker and life coach, Jack Mierop, argues that we are able to change our perception through rigorous self-examination of the personal theories that have long since become implicit aspects of our personality. Furthermore, by changing—or at the very least explicitly re-evaluating—those theories we can better take control of our lives and change the world around us, or at least our experience of it. Through self-awareness, we can achieve growth. Through the recognition of choice, we can better take personal responsibility for our own behavior so as to better captain our own souls (as William Ernest Henley might put it).

It is a good read. The writing is lucid, engaging, and straightforward. One can tell by the even, confident tone that the author is an individual who understands how to speak to diverse groups of people and get his point across. He makes good use of humor, storytelling, and biography. The chapters follow a logical progression, and what he has to say makes sense. There is very little in the way of “oogly-boogly new age nonsense” although he does briefly wander into The Law of Attraction/The Secret territory near the end of the manuscript—thankfully this is not a crucial element to his thesis.

Mr. Mierop should be very proud indeed with what he has accomplished.

Sincerely,
The Editor

Release Negative Thinking – Jack Up Your Life

[Long Beach, CA—August 9, 2013] It is widely understood that distressing experiences and self-doubt can imprison us psychologically.  Without understanding how we can become stuck in unhealthy behavioral patterns and the degree to which negative thinking infects our attitudes and the way we live, we experience difficulty moving forward.

Award-winning communication professor Jack Mierop is a leading facilitator of workshops, seminars and courses in personal growth development with almost two decades of experience.  His personal growth narrative, Becoming . . .  assists readers in shifting their thought processes toward seeking answers and creating a positive self-image.  Through humorous stories, lessons and personal experiences, Mierop maps out suggestions to change self-perception, ultimately helping readers find more happiness, self-confidence and inner peace.

Jack, along with special guest cover artist Sarah Ferrieri, invite you to attend a book signing at Babe’s Kitchen, 1106 E. Wardlow Road, Long Beach, CA 90807 this Friday, August 9 from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm.

About the Author

Jack Mierop is a motivational speaker, life coach and founder of the Jack Up Your Life seminar and lecture series.  He began his artistic career as an award-winning songwriter, accruing motion picture song credits and a CD of highly regarded original material.  With an abiding interest in helping individuals achieve emotional and psychological maturity, he earned his B.A. and M.A. Degrees in Speech Communication and continues to teach at the university level.  For more information, please visit www.jackupyourlife.com.

 About the Artist

Sarah Ferrieri is a practicing artist and student at Bryn Mawr College.  She is an Art History major and recently completed a summer internship at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California.

Becoming . . .  is offered in hardcover, paperback and ebook at www.becomingwithjack.com  Friesenpress.com/bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, for order from over 25,000 book retailers worldwide and electronically for Kindle, Google, Nook, iTunes and Kobo.

Habits of the Unconscious Mind

The human brain is capable of processing millions of pieces of information every second, a vast majority of which are unconscious. Just as personal habits of behavior become part of our daily routines, where we don’t have conscious control of that behavior, habits of thought also become influencing factors of our everyday attitudes about just about everything. The unconscious nature of those thoughts leaves us on “automatic pilot,” unaware of their origins or the effects they have on our lives. In “Habits . . .” Jack discusses how to expose these habits of thought and allow us to choose which of them to keep and which of them to shed.

You are cordially invited to join Jack in Fruita, Colorado for a discussion about the unconscious habits of thought that guide our daily lives and attitudes entitled, Habits of the Unconscious Mind.  

Hope to see you there!

Release Negative Thinking – Jack Up Your Life

It is widely understood that distressing experiences and self-doubt can imprison us psychologically.  Without understanding how we can become stuck in unhealthy behavioral patterns and the degree to which negative thinking infects our attitudes and the way we live, we experience difficulty moving forward.

Award-winning communication professor Jack Mierop is a leading facilitator of workshops, seminars and courses in personal growth development with almost two decades of experience.  His personal growth narrative, Becoming . . . assists readers in shifting their thought processes toward seeking answers and creating a positive self-image.  Through humorous stories, lessons and personal experiences, Mierop maps out suggestions to change self-perception, ultimately helping readers find more happiness, self-confidence and inner peace.

Please join Jack at the Candy Time Shoppe in Grand Junction, Colorado for a book signing of his new book, Becoming . . . !  Grand Junction local artist Sarah Ferrieri created the cover art for the book.

Hope to see you there!