The Martha Beck Collection: Essays for Creating Your Right Life, Volume One

You asked, we listened! Enjoy your favorite Martha Beck columns from O, the Oprah Magazine in one place!

In The Martha Beck Collection, Volume 1: Essays for Creating your Right Life, we have compiled 25 of your all-time favorite articles from Martha's column in O, the Oprah Magazine in a fun, easy-to-absorb digest format! With a brand spankin' new foreword by Martha Beck herself, this tasty little morsel offers her best advice on a variety of topics including relationships, holding grudges, avoiding avoidance, problem-solving, handling mean people, and good old-fashioned love.

Martha Beck is a writer and “life coach” who specializes in helping people design satisfying and meaningful life experiences. She holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in sociology, all from Harvard University.

She worked as a research associate at Harvard Business School, studying career paths and life-course changes in today's economic and social environment. Before becoming a life coach, Dr. Beck taught sociology, social psychology, organizational behavior, and business management at Harvard and the American Graduate School of International Management. She has published academic books and articles on a variety of social science and business topics.

Her non-academic books include the New York Times bestsellers Expecting Adam and Leaving the Saints, as well as Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live, Steering by Starlight, and her newest book, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaiming Your True Nature. Dr. Beck has also been a contributing editor for many popular magazines, including Real Simple and Redbook, and is currently a columnist for O, the Oprah Magazine.

More information can be found at marthabeck.com, including Dr. Beck’s lively blog posts and video blogs, books, speaking appearances, and life coaching strategies and suggestions.

Dr. Beck lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her family.