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The Joy of Obstacles

Celebrating the Silver Lining in Difficult Days

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The Joy of Obstacles

By: Kathryn Johnson
Narrated by: Robin Waters
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An inspirational memoir to help move you through life with more joy and deeper meaning

Born with cerebral palsy, author Kathryn Johnson learned to see the joy in obstacles from a very early age. She sees this circumstance as a gift and a vehicle for profound understanding of what each experience has to offer.

The Joy of Obstacles takes you on a journey of discovery, deeper understanding, gratitude, and fulfillment. As you move through the book, you walk alongside Kathryn from birth to present day as she shares her challenges and victories, and what she has learned from them.

Each chapter concludes with an opportunity for you to “Celebrate the Silver Lining” in your life. These simple exercises help you to quickly assess your current perspective on obstacles allowing you to shift to find a higher purpose in challenges and lead you to find greater joy in your life.

After listening to The Joy of Obstacles you will:

  • Feel motivated and inspired and able to move through challenges more easily
  • Face life’s challenges with curiosity and a positive outlook
  • Find deeper meaning in life’s challenges and experience greater joy in your life

The Joy of Obstacles also comes with links to a free companion workbook and other helpful tools.

©2018 Kathryn Johnson (P)2019 Kathryn Johnson
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"The Joy of Obstacles offers a refreshing and empowering perspective on challenges. Kathryn Johnson is a role model for embracing happiness as a choice that doesn't depend on external circumstances, and through doing that, she has created a miraculous life. In this wonderful book, she guides us to look at our experiences more deeply, where we can find lasting peace and joy." (Marci Shimoff, number one New York Times best-selling author, Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul)

"Kathryn Johnson is both the messenger and the message. Although she was born with cerebral palsy that has affected every aspect of her life, she never feels sorry for herself. In fact, she is one of the happiest people I know. She doesn't just give lip-service to being happy, she truly loves her life and looks at her condition as a gift. In The Joy of Obstacles, she not only shares her amazing story, but teaches us how we can love our lives as well. Kathryn Johnson is one of my heroes. Once you read this book, she will be your hero too." (Debra Poneman, best-selling author and founder of Yes to Success Inc.)

"Kathryn Johnson is a superhero for our age. She has achieved so much, even though she has had extraordinary physical obstacles to overcome on a daily basis. Her personal story shows how she has learned to look at challenges as a gift in our life. As a chance to learn and grow and become better versions of ourselves. I highly recommend her inspirational new book The Joy of Obstacles as a powerful tool to learn to shift our perspective on our own personal daily difficulties and turn them around to become our greatest teachers in our life. It is a deeply moving and transformational journey." (Traysiah Spring, author of Clean Green Healing, international soul coach and facilitator of Simple Silence Meditation and Retreats)

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