Authoring your life: developing an internal voice to navigate life’s challenges

Table of contents:

1) Challenges of Adult Life
2) Dawn’s Story—Bringing Out the Truth in a Character
3) Mark’s Story—Developing a Spiritual Philosophy of Life
4) Kurt’s Story—Being True to the Man in the Glass
5) Sandra’s Story—Living Her Faith
6) Lydia’s Story—External Chaos, Internal Stability
7) Evan’s Story—Being the Best You Can Be
8) How to Be a Good Company for Your Own Journey
9) Partnerships: How to Provide Good Company for Others’ Journeys
10) Diverse Self-Authorship Stories
11) Mapping Your Journey
12) A Theory of Self-Authorship Development

This is a guide to addressing life’s challenges and competing demands. It will help you to reflect on the problems and setbacks you encounter to discover your own voice, uncover your authentic sense of values, build your confidence, and find meaning in your life.This is, however, far more than a self-help book; and it addresses multiple audiences.Because everyone’s circumstances differ, and life unpredictable, this book does not offer simplistic solutions and steps to follow. Instead, Marcia Baxter Magolda immerses you in the stories of thirty-five adults whom she has followed and interviewed for over twenty years. With her guidance, and using the self-authorship framework she has developed, you will recognize in yourself many patterns and parallels from the protagonists’ stories of emotional and intellectual growth. By reflecting on these life stories, you will gain insights about your individual values and identity, and strengthen your sense of self-reliance to handle significant transitions and unexpected circumstances.

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