Embracing Change: Transforming Life's Challenges with Courage and Grace

David Malin
Beaufort Books (2007)
ISBN 0825305446
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (4/07)

“Embracing Change: Transforming Life’s Challenges with Courage and Grace,” is a powerfully-written book. The author, David Malin, addresses the four aspects of oneself: the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Each chapter covers issues that need to be addressed to give us introspection so that we can understand our self better. He states, “…Blessed are we when we can come to truly know our self and thus be able to gracefully embrace the many changes we may experience through life.”

By gaining self-awareness, which is the first step in healing, we can figure out on our own what we need to complete our healing. Malin tells us that our personal healing will benefit others because, “The more we heal our self and become present, allowing our spirit to fill our body again, the more surplus light we will have with which to inspire others.” I felt that Malin must have done a lot of healing himself because his writings certainly were inspiring to me. Throughout many of the chapters, I would stop and think, “Oh yeah, that is definitely something that I need to work on.” The chapter on emotional denial held a great deal of value for me. It opened my eyes to my need to really pay attention to the discrepancies that appear sometimes, when I am feeling and thinking something differently about what I am hearing. What is being said and what actually might be true can be two different things and it is important to know the difference. This is especially important to recognize because someone might be telling me something that I want to hear, but might not be true.

“Embracing Change,” is about healing. Malin writes, “…as we learn to heal our self, better embrace change, and become more and more connected within our self we will become more successful in manifesting our heart’s desire through our intention.” I can’t think of a better reason to recommend reading this book. It was meaningful to me the first time that I read it, and I know that it will become more meaningful to me as I refer back to it over the years as my life changes.

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