Review of Thriving in the Storm

[sanjeev1]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Thriving in the Storm" by Bill Murphy.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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Thriving in the Storm by Bill Murphy is a self-help book with nine principles divided into nine chapters for dealing with adverse situations. The book also deals with helping you break the toxic cycles and add good habits to your lifestyle for better mental and physical health.

The author chose to draw from his own traumas and how he dealt with them to help you understand how you can benefit from them. Every chapter has exercises that you are supposed to do, which in turn will help you either create good habits or deal with your trauma better.

As someone who is going through mental health issues, the first page itself hooked me up, and I started following the exercises immediately. Those exercises helped me compartmentalize my priorities, my needs, my goals, and my traumas so that I could deal with them better.

The chapters are fairly short, but in no way has the author made any compromises with the message he wanted to convey. The writing style is captivating, moving, emotional, and yet sensitive considering the topic this book deals with. Self-preservation through self-reliance is a message that comes through very effectively in this book. Each of the principles given by the author spoke to me, be it letting go of the past, how to find your purpose, creating your boundaries, dealing with negative thoughts, your own inner positivity, or other things he talked about.

It was really beautiful how in chapter one we started with writing down about our past traumas and issues, and in the final chapter, it all tied up by writing down once again, but this time not the negatives; if I talk about it, I might spoil the book, and I would suggest you read it yourself and learn the profound lessons provided by the author.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. There is nothing in this book I don’t like. I was hooked from the very first chapter and could not keep it down for a second, and when I was not reading this book, it made me think. There is a beautiful part in the book where the author talks about giving and how giving to other people can make you feel and be better, and with this, the author has given people something of value for them to carry for a long time.

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Thriving in the Storm
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