The Transparent Life : 30 Proven Ways to Live Your Best

You can't hide forever when you're a pregnant teen or an abused wife. You can't hide when the world celebrates you as a musical sensation. And you can't hide when a deadly disease hits you. Your best choice in coping with all of these situations is to live honestly, openly-transparently.

Naomi Judd is a self-proclaimed expert at making mistakes, and she shares lessons she has learned from her own experiences-tragic, triumphant and transcendent-about living honestly and without pretending. Grounded in her profound appreciation of each person as a whole being, with emotions, lifestyles and spiritual needs, Naomi leads a voyage of self-discovery and self-revolution through 30 proven, practical ways to live more fully. Among other suggestions, "The Star Next Door" encourages readers to:

• Know How You Feel (practice emotion control)
• Begin Every Day with Solitude and Self-Assurance
• Resign as General Manager of the Universe
• Live in God's Presence and Walk Toward the Light

Naomi Judd became pregnant in her teens; was forced into an early abusive marriage, a divorce, and single motherhood in her twenties; lived on welfare and worked her way to earn an RN degree in her thirties; and, with her daughter Wynonna, realized the improbable fantasy of country music fame in her forties. Then, when it seemed as if she had everything to celebrate-including a loving husband and the success of both her beautiful daughters, Wynonna and Ashley-she was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a potentially fatal chronic liver disease that forced her retirement. Today Naomi is cured of the virus, and is stronger than ever in body, mind and spirit. "The Star Next Door" now stays busy as a communicator and encourager, speaking at about 40 events every year.