Statement of responsibility taken from book cover

When things fall apart -- Acknowledge your stories -- Stories about the world -- Stories about ourselves -- Stories about relationships -- Stories we're told and that happened -- Stories we tell ourselves -- Bricks in your backpack -- Acknowledge reality: Good grief -- Get connected -- Change your thoughts -- Change your actions -- Redemption

We're the most technologically advanced society in history, but we've never been more stressed, medicated, or lonely. We have 1,000 Facebook friends but no one to help us move our couch. The pace of life is making us exhausted. We're all carrying the weight of our trauma based on the stories we were told by others and the ones we tell ourselves--and those stories are like bricks in a backpack that keep us from being happy and healthy. In his new book, national bestselling author Dr. John Delony provides a clear, five-step path to being well. You'll laugh. You'll cry. Your thoughts and actions will be challenged. And if you take the steps John outlines, you'll learn how to leave the past where it belongs and get on the path to healing