Overcoming Your Funk: Practical Advice and Strategies for Reigniting Your Spirit and Taking Charge of Your Life

Call it what you want: in a funk, down in the dumps, depressed, burned out, apathetic, indifferent… Most of us have been there. Author and coach, Barry Foster has as well.

On a steamy, hot day in the middle of a Florida summer, Barry drove a stake in the ground, and said out loud, “Enough.” He stood up and admitted to himself that he was in a terrible funk, and had been for quite some time: he was stuck and felt exhausted. He cared about very little and had withdrawn from everyone around him. Happiness was non-existent. Barry had lost his spirit and no longer felt as though he was in charge of his life.

In this easy read, Barry chronicles his climb out of the “black hole,” and offers his readers a mini-course on how to say good-bye to your funk and take charge of your life. Being down in the dumps cannot co-exist with happiness. Barry asserts if you recognize you’re in a funk, it’s time to stop being “funked-up,” and start getting fueled up: happiness does not have to be elusive. You can get energy, zest and excitement for life.

The choice is yours: do nothing, get nothing. Start doing and get happy. Every journey begins with the decision to take the first step. Go ahead and take your first step: make the decision to purchase this book. Follow the practical advice, tips and strategies it offers, and you will be on your way to taking charge of your life and feeling happy once again.

Life was sweet... until it wasn’t and Barry Foster found himself in the biggest funk of his life.

After nearly 2 years, Barry systematically pulled himself out of his funk. Today, his mission is to make a profound and positive difference in people’s lives, every day. As a professional development coach, he gets to do just that: he guides others in creating the best days of their lives.

Since overcoming his funk, Barry has reduced his fear of heights, lost 50 pounds, and is in the best physical shape of his life. Having become an avid cyclist, he is now part of a triathlon team. Barry lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his wife of 43 years, Penny.