Is Your Life Successful?: Answers and Anecdotes From Over 200 Everyday People

"Filled with eloquent, sincere answers, the results are truly touching . . . For readers who enjoy the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, this soothing work will reassure that all one needs is love." —Publishers Weekly

Am I living my life to the fullest?

It’s a question we all ask ourselves, yet there is no universal answer. In Is Your Life Successful?, Dr. Frank Boehm guides readers through an entertaining, insightful, and ultimately hopeful exploration of life’s joy and hardships. Through years of interviews, Boehm curated more than 200 stories from people spanning all ages and backgrounds. Enjoy stories from figures like former Senator Bob Corker and singer-songwriter Tonya Tucker to nurses, lawyers, Uber drivers, those with special needs, people experiencing homelessness, and more.

Fans of If I Could Tell You Just One Thing... will delight in this fulfilling journey to discover their own definition of what it means to live a successful life.

Dr. Frank H. Boehm is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was on the faculty for 47 years, specializing in the field of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Dr. Boehm, a nationally known expert in the field of electronic fetal monitoring, has authored over 250 scientific papers as well as two books which deal with patient physician relationships, Doctors Cry, Too and Building Patient Doctor Trust, which were based on his 18 year “Healing Words” bi-monthly op-ed columns in The Tennessean. For fifteen years, Boehm served as the Chair of the Vanderbilt Medical Center Ethics Committee and Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has received numerous prestigious teaching awards at Vanderbilt, one of which is in his name. In 2014 Boehm received the coveted Human Relations Award from Community Nashville. Dr. Boehm has been a prominent leader in the Nashville Jewish community, serving as president of the Nashville Jewish Federation and the Nashville Jewish Foundation. Boehm and his wife, Julie, live in Nashville, Tennessee and Boca Raton, Florida.