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TESTIMONIALS
Your book is AMAZING!!
Ok I am on page 152 and I have had so many a-ha experiences that I simply had to stop reading and send you a huge THANK YOU before I burst with gratitude!
I have had 89% of the pieces and your work has brought the perfect last little uber significant 11% from which I am able to so easily and peacefully put the pieces together. JOY sheer unadulterated joy! I could write for an hour of all the amazing aspects of your clear concise truths... but I'm too eager to get back to reading.....
Thank you Brooke!!!
(P.S. This being the case it is infinitely more impactful that in one of your emotion exercises you shared the fear/false belief about this book not being read or useful- that is SUCH a great illustration of how utterly off base beliefs/ thoughts can be.)
CHEERS!
JL
Dear Mrs. Castillo,
I just read Self Coaching 101 cover to cover (well actually it was on my laptop so it was from top to bottom) and I have to tell you that you are AMAZING! You are crazy good at what you do. I need to update you on one of your unique talents:
I think you are the best in the world at coming up with worksheets that change people's lives.
Seriously.
Every single one them was BRILLIANT!
And the book. Jeez. I'm glad I waited until after my attempt at writing... I'm going to have to put some of my thoughts through your model. : ) Really, Brooke. It is SO good! It is going to help so many people. I loved it. I will reference it ALL the time!!
Please let me know when it is on amazon - I already checked and didn't see it. I'm planning on writing a review - and I'm planning on buying copies for all my friends (both of them).
Your fan,
Meadow
B...
Did I get your attention? I really want to share this with you...
This weekend started off horribly.....My husband's shared with me on Fri. night how we might lose our business. ....he gave me the cold hard reality which he doesn't normally do because last time he did I just cried. As he was sharing all the horrible scenarios with me which I won't go into here, I bought right into his story...I felt angry, scared and totally freaked.....my thoughts were "we're going out of business, we're going to lose our house, we will lose our nest egg, there's no way we will survive, this, I will have to pull my daughter out of private school, .....yada, yada, you get it....Woke up at 3 am. crying....and I rarely cry. The next morning, I ask myself how I wanted to feel....my answer: peaceful, centered, excited, energized and hopeful....I also asked myself what kind of wife I want to be...not the kind whose husband couldn't talk to her because she becomes a wimpy victim...
I took my husband by the hand and we hiked for two hours....I coached him and as I was coaching him, I realized I was self-coaching. I went thru the model with him...it took him awhile to find the most painful thought....at first it was "I'm going to lose my nest egg" then it was "I'm going to lose my business"...we worked with that one (he knew losing our home wasn't going to actually happen)....after going thru the model, I threw out a new thought that not only felt better but was actually believable to him: There is a possibility that I can still stay in business" (not "I can stay in business", this was too big of a leap!)...this really resonated with him...he came home, got on the phone, talked to other car dealers and came up with 2 new ways to improve his cash flow that had never ever occurred to him....and they were so simple....almost stupid simple.
This stuff really works!
What is really fascinating to me is that the circumstances couldn't be any worse....well, maybe they could....but I would have to say this is one of my worst fears come true....and you know what, I couldn't be happier...I have never felt so hopeful, so positive and so excited....Nothing has changed externally, I don't even know if it will...I feel really good, and my husband and I have never felt closer....
Anyway, a true testimonial to your model.....I can't tell you how proud I feel that I was able to do this for myself .......This was such an incredibly powerful experience for me that words really don't do it justice....
With gratefulness and love to you!
JG
Brooke,
You don't know me, I'm not a client...but I feel compelled to write you and thank you. I am in the middle of some life changes (career, eating) and downloaded your self-help 101 seminar, which I listened to yesterday. Yesterday also happened to be my anniversary.
Well, to make a long story short...me: there with gift, heartfelt note. Caring, wonderful, totally overworked husband: empty handed. He felt horrible (and, frankly, I'm OK with that), I was sad, angry, hurt, etc. Those were my FEELINGS. While I waited in the car, my husband went to get change for the meter. I sat there, and went through my thoughts and feelings.
Rather than thinking that my husband doesn't love me as much as I love him and that his forgetting MEANS something dire and awful (which led to my sad/angry/hurt), I decided to think that my husband is working his tush off for us right now, that we both blew off the anniversary gifts the year before and I had not articulated how important it was to me and that maybe I was asking him to guess what I was thinking. These thoughts allowed me to a different set of feelings (grateful for his work and grueling hours to make our lives better, compassionate for his human error, etc). I was able to focus on what was important - our love, the dinner we were about to share together, etc.
We had a lovely evening.
Thank you for your incredible gift. In the past, I would have had a hard time letting go of my angry/sad/hurt feelings. I am convinced that what I got from that hour of listening to you online saved our night. What compelling proof of concept!
Again -- and profoundly -- thank you.
Best,
AC
Hi Brooke,
I got on the scale this morning which, I have avoided these past 2 weeks because I had been 'stuck' at 80 kilos for months and months. All past attempts to start the weight loss process and shift even 1 kilo had failed. This included a painful week of VERY strict Atkins which I followed meticulously and ended the week with no energy, a cold and NO LOSS - not even water weight. I was devastated, because in the past that was the diet that would shift it.
It was after that blow, that I typed in "Why can't I lose weight" (thinking I must have had some medical condition or something) into the google search bar and found the link to your book. After a long wait, your book finally arrived. It arrived just as I leaving for a beautiful spa retreat for 4 days on my own to try and get my head in the right space. Perfect timing - I began to read it while I was away. I knew right away, this was exactly what I was looking for because I knew I had demons to face and emotions completely ruled my life.
When I read the last page of your book, I went to the website shown late one night and found your tele-course downloads available to purchase. I was so excited and bought them, put them on my I-pod and also burned them to disk which I listen to each day on my drive to and from work. Sooooo excellent! I have now listened to them about 3 times each with the 'Feelings' and 'Beliefs' (HUGE IMPACT) being my favourites.
SO - over the past 3 weeks I have been exercising at least 4 times a week on my treadmill and doing yoga, I have been eating consciously, and most importantly I have tried to stay connected to myself and my thoughts.
Today I found I have lost 3 kilos (6.6 pounds) in 3 weeks!! Oh my god, it finally happened. A huge thing I want you to know - is that for the first time, I'm NOT obsessing about food, thinking about food, or about my weight! What I realised is that what I am thinking about now is my thoughts and feelings and who am I really? Isn't it amazing that is when the weight started to shift??
One more thing I want you to know - it was like a slap to the back of the head - Having listened to all of those recordings, this week I downloaded and listened to your free self-coaching recording and I couldn't believe it when you talked about the example of your husband reacting to your son lying. Earlier this week (it's been an eventful week - I blame the full moon!!) my 8 year old step-son lied once again as it's a very common occurrence and I started ranting and raving and lashed out at my husband for not being angry at him and as a result we have not spoken to each other for the entire week. All I achieved was make my husband mad at me and this coupled with the incident above of course as you would say, makes my beliefs true.
Anyway, I will keep exploring and re-programming and will get there. I took Wayne Dwyer's book "You'll see it when you believe it" off the shelf last night. I have had it for 15 years and don't think I have ever read it. I am certainly ready for it now thanks to you.
Brooke, you are fabulous to listen to. Your voice is so warm yet commands attention and the words you choose are always spot on. I actually thanked the universe for sending you my way. :-)
Kindest regards,
GV
Morning greetings Brooke,
I downloaded your Self Coaching 101 book (SC-101) a few days ago and finally had a chance to read thru it last night. Given that this was a free offering, I wanted very much to 'thank you' for your generosity and felt enormous gratitude with each turn of the page! Your book is excellent because your writing style exudes authenticity–it's honest, pure and simple. The format you chose also was methodical and very easy to follow along. But most of all, the content and real-life examples from your own life and those of your clients was truly what made your book full of 'aha moments' and extremely relevant. Having read thru many self-books, I must share with you that your work & message is extremely meaningful, practical and thus self-evidently, high quality. In the age of 'new age thinking and spirituality', there are many that quite honestly put out 'junk' out there thinking they'll attract prosperity, but the truth remains that one cannot ever fool the 'universe'... 'true wisdom and pure intent' in the purest sense cannot be commerialized! For this exact reason and your choice to offer SC-101 without commercializing it is what makes your book that much more powerful and pure!
After reading your work now, it is clear, which I know you've already recognized, that one of your true gifts to this world is your ability to take something complex and make it absolutely simple. You are like a daisy...innocent and pure...and that is what makes you so radiant & beautiful to the world.
Brooke, my heart thanks you deeply and abundantly...you are 'a precious part of the WHOLE' that radiates light so others may find their way to join the 'whole of creation' of which we're apart. Eternal Truth–We are all connected to creation itself...we are the 'created' and sing our gratitude and awe to our 'Creator' for what 'He' has allowed us to create and extend in kind!
-Marilyn
Thank you so much for writing your book - 'If I'm so Smart...'
I have had so many light bulb moments whilst reading it that I have lost count!!
The biggest one is that no matter how many books I read (however enthusiastically), and however much money I spend, and however many weight loss classes I go to, and however much useful information I gather together, I will NEVER lose my excess weight until I apply this stuff - in the past I have used so much energy on doing precisely these things, but never put them into practise! I always say I could get a doctorate in weight loss, except that I would fail the practical!!
Another biggie for me was your chapter on belief - I was reading the section about 'if you knew you could end your weight loss struggle permanently, how would your life be different' and thought 'Oh that would be wonderful' and then realised that hot on the heels of that thought had come the one 'But it's never going to happen' - ouch!! I am 56 and have been overweight now for nearly 40 years (I now weigh almost 200lbs), have tried WW & other slimming clubs, loads of books and exercise plans, all with enormous enthusiasm initially but to no avail.I suppose I think I am programmed to fail, so I think this is my biggest challenge. I have always started weight loss attempts in the HOPE that this one would work, rather than the BELIEF that it would.
I am proud that I have overcome bulimia and feel that I should be able to harness that resolve.
Your book has given me so much and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart - when I am slim I will come over to the States and say thank you personally!!
A friend gave me your book, If I Am So Smart, Why Can't I Lose Weight? Like millions of others, my friend and I have wrestled with our weight since childhood. I've always said that no one knows more about losing weight than a fat person. I am pleased to eat (metaphorically) those words! I've been 'moved' by many things, including holding a length of hardened artery removed from my mother; but nothing has ever moved me the way your book has. You put things into a perspective I can finally grasp and call my own. I have been crying for the past couple of hours. I know I'm crying because I feel deep hurt at how I've treated me, and I'm crying because for the first time in my life I feel so much hope I can hardly handle it. Both reasons are good, and I'm so thankful you had the experiences you did so you could write this book. There's so much more I want to say, but don't have the time, as I'm at work. I keep a journal, and if you don't mind, I'd like to share my experiences with you from time to time. God Bless You
Dear Brooke, Wow! Your book is wonderful.!! I cannot say enough positive things about it. I followed your suggestion and read it through first before thoroughly working all your exercises. Some, though,were so compelling I had to journal immediately. The information I came up with about my eating history was fascinating. I also started losing weight and started enjoying my figure again. And,I started receiving compliments again. The second read through, with serious work on all your exercises, has resulted in more weight loss, but an increase in anxiety. I am starting to work on some deeper hidden beliefs plus working on the times I use food for joy. This has been when your personality has been so helpful. "Good, great" I hear you say. I am getting to what has kept me over weight. OK, I am working HARD on self love and identifying the emotion of hunger. This is hard but I know I have your spirit and tools to help me grow! Onceagain thank you so much for your book. Also, please thank your marvelous husband andand children for helping you devote the time to your important work.
I recently purchased your book, not really knowing why - other than I did a search on compulsive overeating and this one was one of them that came up. So.. I took a chance and I have to tell you - it's one of the best self-help books I have ever read (and I have a lot of them). Feeling - Tool #6 is my favorite - so far (that's where I'm at) I was so excited to have it explained as you did - you are very good at explaining, being firm about it, yet I hear the understanding side of you in there. So..... I just wanted to say thank you! smile!
Hi Brooke, I just finished your book and it was excellent. Better than any I have read. It just really spoke to me. It was smart, to the point, no bs. Really, really great.
Hi Brooke, you Wonder Woman, you! I read your book and wanted to make sure I told you how impressed I am!Not only did you accomplish a huge goal, you have provided the public with some great tools to weight loss (and life)! I especially love the “go big” mantra and changing ‘I don’t feel like it” to “What do I want?”. So many golden nuggets –I have them underlined and tabbed – and will come back to them again and again. They fit perfectly with my Tony Robbins journey – you say much the same things but in a different way that is easier for me to apply – and of courseyou are funnier! You are the bomb and my official role model.
Dear Brooke: I ordered your book by chance from Amazon.com and I have to tell you it is really making sense to me. I decided to get off the dieting yo yoing rollercoaster about 4 months ago, and hired a personal trainer. I haven't made very much progress because I was finding it hard to change my eating patterns as well. I am a fog eater the majority of the time, but also am a joy eater, and an emotional eater. The hunger "scale" makes perfect sense to me. It really is opening my eyes and making me really think about my eating patterns. This is the first book I have read that I know will change my thoughts on eating! This book is the best addition I could have ever hoped for to accompany my new healthy (no more dieting) lifestyle. And, I am only about halfway through the book! I peeked to the end, and read a quote by you. "Food and thinness are cheap substiutes for real joy, may you find your real joy and share it with the world." I have to tell you my heart and soul just screamed YES!!! I really connected to this statement, and I immediately shed a couple tears of joy. Your book is wonderful. You seem like the greatest life coach ever. Please just know that you really helped one mom of three in California today. Your book is speaking directly to me.
Thank you for writing it.
"I am living in peace today. That is everything to me. I can now trust myself." -Coaching Client
"Thank you for sticking with me. Today I feel so lifted and ready to take charge of my life.
You infuse me with inspiration, conviction and power! I'm very grateful for today and you." --Coaching Client
"Our work last night helped me to see where I'm at and where I can improve.
I feel closer and closer to that shift you talked about.
Thanks for opening my eyes. I had an awesome workout today!
I was really focused and felt great after. Where did all this energy come from? Love it!"--Coaching Client
"You, my friend, are born to do this coaching.
You amaze me with the immediate responses - definitely a gift,
and I thank you so very much for sharing that gift with me.
I feel like I'm walking 10 feet off the ground!" --Coaching Client
"I can't believe how much weight I have lost! The number on the scale
this morning is lower than it has been in years!
It seems effortless. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."--Coaching Client
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