The Thriver's Edge: Seven Keys to Transform the Way You Live, Love, and Lead

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Are you more afraid of success than failure Do you undervalue your worth Are you unaware of the limitations that keep you from flourishing in your life, work, and relationships

A major reason why people dont thrive is because were focusing on the wrong thingson keeping up rather than waking up to what matters most. In The Thrivers Edge, master executive coach and transformational leadership expert Dr. Donna Stoneham uses her powerful THRIVER model to help readers uncover the beliefs and fears holding them back from more fully expressing their gifts. Page by page, Dr. Stoneham explores the many ways to develop and integrate the seven keystrust, humility, resilience, inner direction, vision, expansiveness, and responsibilitythat lead to thriving, illustrating her points with personal stories and inspirational examples of various people who have flourished in the midst of adversity. At the end of each chapter, powerful reflection questions and practices encourage readers to put these seven keys into practice. Practical, applicable, and transformative, The Thrivers Edge is a coach in a book that teaches readers to unleash their potential, fulfill their dreams and offer their best to the world.

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If you want to take your life to the next level of thriving, fulfillment, inner peace, love, joy, and all the important things we want in life and still be more effective at work, read The Thriver's Edge. I promise you'll be glad you did. Jack Canfield, New York Times best-selling author of The Success Principles and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series All too often, we let the busy-ness of every day take over the meaning of our lives. Reading this book will change that; by bringing trust and vision to consciousness, we can live and lead more expansively and successfully than ever. After reading The Thriver's Edge, you'll have renewed enthusiasm and purpose for all that you do! Marshall Goldsmith author of New York Times bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There In a world dominated by fear-based approaches to success, The Thriver's Edge offers an inspiring and life-affirming alternative. Donna Stoneham writes with the wisdom of one who has guided many people in manifesting their inner gifts. Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge The Thriver's Edge is living proof that we can achieve success in the corporate world without sacrificing our personal integrity or starving our soul. In this wise and wonderful book, Donna Stoneham takes us by the hand and shows us how we too can bridge the worlds of business and spirituality. Jalaja Bonheim, PhD, author of The Sacred Ego: Making Peace with Ourselves and Our World In The Thriver's Edge, Dr. Donna Stoneham has masterfully distilled decades of life experience and professional expertise into seven practices essential to thriving. Skillfully presented in a clear and straightforward way, these practices come alive in all their depth and substance with stories and examples that ring true to the reader's own experience. Stoneham's suggestions for developing the seven keys are practical and doable. The series of reflective questions and her sage advice steadily guide readers in their quest to step into a bigger life, express their deepest potential, and become their greatest selves. Linda Graham, MFT, author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being The Thriver's Edge poses a powerful question: Consider for a moment how our world be transformed if we supported one another to become the magnificent beings we are designed to be. This book consistently shows us how to do that in ways that support us to thrive, not just survive, which is something the world needs more than ever. Niki Barr, PhD, author of Getting Off the Emotional Roller Coaster of Cancer The Thriver's Edge is an inspiring, uplifting, and empowering book grounded in the real world experience of a successful executive coach and transformational expert Dr. Donna Stoneham. Sharing transformational experiences that aid in the learning process, Stoneham provides numerous inquiry practices that offer real takeaway value, and she makes deep concepts meaningful and accessible for the reader. The Thriver's Edge is well-written, intellectually stimulating, relevant, and spiritually rewarding. Sandra and Daniel Biskind, authors of Peace: Power Up Your Life from The Codebreaker Platinum Series Your book was powerful, motivating, and it reinforced some decisions I need to make in my life. After open-heart surgery, my focus was to survive, but now that I'm healthy again, I want to thrive. Life is too short to do otherwise. Bob Lee, author of Living with Heart Disease: Denial, Clarity and Gratitude

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Dr. Donna Stoneham is a Northern California transplant with deep Texas roots. For the past twenty-five years, shes worked as an executive coach, transformational leadership consultant, and educator, helping hundreds of Fortune 1000 and not-for-profit leaders, teams, and organizations, including Gilead Sciences, Hewlett-Packard, Comcast, The American Medical Association, and UC Berkeley, unleash their power to thrive through her company, Positive Impact, LLC (www.postiveimpactllc.com). Dr. Stoneham has written for the International Journal of Coaches in Organizations and Presence, is a certified Integral Coach, and is a popular speaker and media guest. When shes not coaching, she enjoys swimming, traveling, writing and spending time at home with her spouse and rescue dogs in Pt. Richmond, CA.