The Power of Authenticity (Paperback)

Claim Your Power, Change Your Life

"If you have a sense of wanting more from life, The Power of Authenticity by Michelle Chappel will open new doors of awakening. For readers trapped in a groove, this book will come as a breath of fresh air. It provides guidelines on finding your soul’s purpose and unlocking your unique set of gifts ... The Power of Authenticity is a call to make a commitment to self-discovery and reinvention that is highly inspirational." —Leonard Smuts, Readers Favorite 

Life is too short to live someone else’s idea of who you should be. The Power of Authenticity offers a revolutionary approach for leading a vital, authentic life. Dr. Michelle Millis Chappel, psychologist-turned-rock star and expert career coach, reveals practical tools used by thousands of her clients to show you how to thrive in your life and work. 

#1 New Release in Consciousness & Thought Philosophy

If you’re feeling stressed, stuck, or lost, you’re not alone. Most of us suffer from “Suppressed Superpower Syndrome.” You came into the world with a unique purpose and special gifts to fulfill it. But to fit in with others, you buried your extraordinary talents, forgetting who you truly are. Losing access to your whole self means losing your power. Here, you’ll get a proven step-by-step guide to take your power back.

Chappel draws on her Princeton PhD in cognitive psychology and years of experience as a successful coach and business consultant to help readers recover natural strengths and flourish in meaningful vocations and passion projects. Her groundbreaking self-empowerment guide combines psychological research, motivational music, Jungian shadow work, and popular superhero tales to stimulate both sides of the brain and reveal your latent gifts. The book shows you how to become the person you were born to be, offering practical exercises and creative projects to transform your own life.  

Learn how to:

• tune out your inner critic and connect with your deep self
• discover your greatest gifts and true creative potential
• follow your calling in purposeful jobs and significant hobbies
• create work you love by merging your talents in “mash-up professions”
• develop hope and resilience to build a better future
• …and much more.

The Power of Authenticity will change the way you view personal and professional success and give you the transformational tools you need to thrive in uncertain times—whether you are starting your career and looking for fulfilling work, burned out and eager to reinvent yourself, wishing for greater well-being in today’s turbulent world, or seeking more creative expression in your life.

Dr. Michelle Chappel is a Princeton PhD psychologist, world-acclaimed musician, leading career coach, and top business consultant for companies such as Google and Intel. She specializes in showing people how to reclaim their hidden superpowers and succeed in life and work as their full, authentic selves. After discovering she could sing and write songs, she left a career as an award-winning psychology professor to become a rock star with over a million fans and followers. As the CEO of Creativity Rock Star Coaching and Consulting, she has helped thousands of people find their purpose, claim their power, and live the life they were born to lead. Her songs have topped overseas and U.S. college radio charts, and aired on ABC, HBO, Encore, and Showtime. Her music and work have been featured in The Washington Post, TechCrunch, Psychology Today, Science of Mind, WorldNews.com, and Change.org. She is the author of The Power of Authenticity, published by Books That Save Lives. 

Diane Dreher, PhD, is the author of eight nonfiction books, including the bestselling Tao of Inner Peace and Pathways to Inner Peace. She is an award-winning university professor and positive psychology researcher whose work on hope has been recognized internationally. Her books, workshops, and webinars blend the wisdom of the past with powerful strategies from contemporary psychology and neuroscience to help us meet the challenges of our time with greater courage, creativity, and hope. Diane's books have been translated into ten languages, and her work has been featured in USA Today, Entrepreneur, Redbook, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Science of Mind, radio and TV talk shows, podcasts, webinars, and websites on leadership and personal growth. She has a Ph.D. in Renaissance English literature from UCLA as well as a master's degree in counseling, and is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Diane is currently professor emeritus and associate director of the Applied Spirituality Institute at Santa Clara University in California, and a lecturer in the Positive Psychology Guild in the United Kingdom.