Unlock Your Potential
Discover the best version of yourself
Unlock Your Potential
Discover the best version of yourself
CJ Snow
Carolyn Julia "CJ" Snow, book author and veteran critical care nurse dedicated to empowering minds, one story at a time. She began her healthcare journey in 1980 as a paramedic and obtained her Bachelors in Nursing in 1988. Her career experience includes 35 years in emergency and intensive care bedside nursing, CEN and CCRN board certifications, various management roles, educator and a decade of experience as a flight nurse transporting patients from emergency scenes and interfacility transports. She is currently semi-retired, working part time in a Naturopathic Clinic when not gardening, cooking, woodworking or exploring the wilds of Montana with her husband and friends.
As a motivational author, her book offers a range of life-enhancing tools and resources. She'll tell you that triumphs and hardships have been her greatest teachers and that she's grateful for both. This website includes recommended reading lists, a blog for random things worth noting and other materials to help individuals unlock their full potential. With her focus on practical life strategies and her intimate knowledge of working in healthcare, CJ's work is designed to support, inspire, motivate, and guide people on their personal and professional growth journeys. So let's get busy and begin creating a life and career you'll love!
The Book
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Content Overview
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unfulfilled, even though you’re doing everything you’re supposed to? It’s easy to get lost in the demands of daily life, losing sight of what truly makes you personally happy and professionally gratified.
This is your guide to reclaiming joy and fulfillment in medicine, inspired by the experiences of a veteran critical care nurse. Whether you’re in healthcare leadership, on the front lines or still in school preparing for a career in medicine, it is a detailed map for creating a life and career that is deeply satisfying and even inspiring to those around you.
Through compelling real-life storytelling and powerful insights you’ll discover:
· Inspiration from real-life stories that motivate you to push past your comfort zone
· How to break free from limiting beliefs and determine what truly matters to you
· Practical tools that you can use every day for common stressors
· How to build a strong foundation for lasting contentment, even in the face of challenges
· The importance of forging your own personal brand of excellence
· Supportive understanding as you navigate your personal path to happiness
Even if you are not in healthcare, this book guides you toward a fresh perspective on your goals and priorities. It’s not about adding more to your to-do list—it’s about rethinking how you approach life to find greater joy and fulfillment. It’s a masterful collection of life-enhancing practices garnered from the author’s experience, notable experts and historical figures that are both refreshing and inspiring.
This isn’t just another self-improvement book—it’s your roadmap to a happier, more satisfying life. The book's relaxed and encouraging style will have you thinking you’re in a honest conversation with a friend who understands your struggles and wants to see you thrive. Get ready to find your sweet-spot and start living with renewed purpose and peace.
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Transform Your Life with Worthwhile Reads
The Things you Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World and Love for Imperfect Things; Haemin Sunim
Two beautiful books to assist in mastering life through the eyes of a Buddhist and iInternational best selling author.
Beyond the Hammer: A Fresh Approach to Leadership, Culture and Building High Performance Teams. Brian Gottlieb
An accomplished author daring to challenge the stick and carrot principals of traditional leadership. Learn how to motivate your people to motivate themselves.
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the courage to Stand Alone
Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love< Parent and Lead
Brene Brown
Anything Brene gets my vote! She has valuable insights, reality based solutions and some great Ted Talks too!
Find the Good,Unexpected Life Lessons From a Small-Town Obituary Writer, Heather Lende
How the author changed he life through finding and celebrating the good. Entertaining and insightful.
Talking to Strangers; What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know,
Malcolm Gladwell
A fascinating review of human communications and why they go wrong.
Attitude 101; What Every Leader Needs to Know, John C. Maxwell
A short, easy read on how to cultivate optimal attitudes in the workplace.
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, et.all.
Through their own stories and teachings these true leaders talk about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal.
Sun Tzu's Art of War for Women: Strategies for Winning without Conflict, Catherine Huang
Through Sun Tzu's time-tested tenets, Sun Tzu's Art of War for Women helps women tap into their inner reserves, unleash their hidden strengths and find professional and personal fulfillment.
Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck
One of my favorite authors! After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, PhD, discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities.
Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell
From the best-selling author of The Bomber Mafia, learn what sets high achievers apart.
Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results Cy Wakeman
Cy Wakeman reveals how to be the kind of leader who changes the way people think about and perceive their circumstances-one who deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives clear and direct feedback, and insists that everyone do the same-without drama or defensiveness.
Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God
Jamie Winship
A christian guide for releasing our fears and finding radical courage in the face of all that life throws at you
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Great Reads: (both fiction and non-fiction)
A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson
A guide to reclaiming our loving nature.
Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral, Kris Radish
A touching and funny work of fiction that is loaded with rich depiction on how to savor life to the fullest. One of the best “chick books” I’ve ever read that opened my eyes to the many joys and serendipities of life that we often take for granted.
Authentic Happiness, Martin E. P. Seligman
An eye-opening book written by “the father of positive psychology.” It delves into the concept of our own abilities to create genuine happiness and the research behind it.
Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
A redefined perspective of how we understand the world around us. Great for understanding how we operate at the unconscious level and the impact our formed perceptions have.
Crucial Conversations, Paterson, Grenny, McMilllan & Switzler
This book delves into the importance of having the “hard conversations,” what the successful leaders do and the enormous pay-offs for having such conversations.
Grace (Eventually), Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott
A book of raw honesty and humorous perspective depicting the necessity of faith and the achievement of grace through the trials and tribulations of life. A fun read to make you laugh, deepen your faith and realize that all of us have very human struggles.
Gratitude, Zandra, Potter & Wilke
A collection of inspirational sayings for daily, uplifting reading.
Man’s Search For Meaning, Viktor Frankl
A memoir written by this insightful Austrian psychiatrist/neurologist who was a Holocaust survivor. A 1991 reader survey for the Library of Congress that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America. Full of discerning observations on human nature and liberating concepts for coping with the difficulties in life.
Talk Rx, Five Steps In Honest Conversations that Create Connection, Health and Happiness, Dr. Neha Sangwan
A very practical guide for enhancing not only our ability to communicate effectively, but also our overall health. Written from her own observations in the course of patient care as a physician, research on the subject and her personal growth journey. Dr. Neha has successfully guided many medical work teams to a higher level of function through the use of these principles, learning through action, using her “I-Five” approach, which is her interpretation and enhancement on the principles presented in The Conflict Resolution/Awareness Wheel.
The Art Of Being Mindful, Pickert, Time Magazine, February 3, 2014
A quick magazine read on the concept of Mindfulness and its application in the business sector.
The Art of Possibility, Zander & Zander
A paradigm-shifting work about breakthrough practices for creativity in all human enterprises toward personal and professional fulfillment and success.
The Brain That Changes Itself,Norman Doidge
A fascinating read from an easy-to-understand medical perspective on how our brains work, its plasticity and potential, even after injury. It is eye- opening for recognizing personal potential.
The Dalai Lama’s Cat, David Michie
I couldn’t decide what I liked better, the entertainment value of this fictional read or the profound lessons in it. If you want both humor and enlightened perspective, this book is for you.
The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz
Simplistic in its approach but powerful beyond measure. An easy-to-read “code of conduct” guide for getting life on track, making it purposeful and learning to live in our natural state of happiness.
The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
A collection of physics, philosophy and great thinker’s thoughts. A foundational collection of knowledge for living an extraordinary life.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,Stephen R. Covey
A long-standing favorite and practical guide book for personal and professional effectiveness. Covey has a masterful way of looking at the ways in which we often approach life that actually have us moving away from what we really want. A great place to learn discernment on what is most important when applying our energy.
The Southwest Airlines Way, Jody Hoffer Gittell
A psychologist’s dissection of one of the most successful airlines in history whose business philosophy is based on the belief that people are the greatest assets of any corporation.
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
A marvelous book depicting how even little things, ideas, trends and social behaviors reach thresholds that cause them to excel and become successful. Understanding what creates tipping points is helpful in promoting positive change of any kind.
DVD’s: you feeling stuck in your career? Do you want to find a job that you love? My career coaching services can help you identify your strengths and passions and find a fulfilling career path.
Broaden Your Mind with Worthwhile Productions
A website loaded w/ inspirational brief talks to motivate, clarify and potentiate your life.many of the authors I have listed above on the booklist are also on there.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work
A great short Shawn Achor talk on “The Happiness Advantage” where he explains the science behind positive psychology and why cultivating our happiness increases our abilities and life satisfaction.
ted.com for anything Berne Brown or Carol Dweck. Fantastic short talks that will get you moving forward with inspiration.
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Gaia.com for mind-blowing documentaries, theolo and cutting edge science. Topics are vast and likely to satify anyone's interest.
Pay It Forward, Mimi Leder
I am, Tom Schadyac
The Secret,Rhonda Byrne
Thoughts Are Things, Mike Dooley
What The Bleep Do We Know, Armtz, Chasse & Vicente