{"id":10575,"date":"2015-04-08T06:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=10575"},"modified":"2015-04-04T01:21:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T05:21:31","slug":"book-review-soul-sessions-by-carson-gage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/reviews\/book-review-soul-sessions-by-carson-gage.html","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Soul Sessions by Carson Gage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Soul Sessions: Book Review  \/ Clever Girls Snippet --><\/p>\n<p class=\"none\"><script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/member.clevergirlscollective.com\/track?u=13430&#038;g=1009\"><\/script><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:none; width:1px; height:1px\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.clevergirlscollective.com\/pixel\/p.png?a=campaign&#038;gid=1009&#038;uid=13430\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- END Clever Girls Snippet --><\/p>\n<p>I sincerely miss the days of reading books like reading was going out of style. When I was younger, had no bills, and nothing but time, all I did was read. I&#8217;d go to the library and come home with 20 books, and during the summer, I&#8217;d take my favorite position under the dining or coffee table, and I would devour them. These days, I&#8217;m lucky to read a tweet. That said, I&#8217;m so happy that I got to read this book. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/clvr.li\/1IE3zon\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Soul Sessions<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Carson Gage, and I bought it off Amazon\u00a0so that was easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10624\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage.jpg\" alt=\"Soul Sessions by Carson Gage\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I started reading the book, I wasn&#8217;t sure how long it would take me to read it because I was busy, so I decided to start on time to give me time to finish the book. Well, that plan pretty much tanked because the moment I started reading it, I couldn&#8217;t stop until I finished. It took me two days to read it, and it only took that long because I was busy. Yes, most of my work suffered because I was reading. I lay on my uncomfortable couch and read it cover to cover. Then I stared at the ceiling and thought about it some more.<\/p>\n<p>The book is about Nick Dalton, a very successful Investment Banker who lives in Chicago. He was going through clinical depression, which led him to a Psychologist with unconventional treatment methods. These treatment methods led Nick through his previous lives. Yes, reincarnation.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I absolutely loved the book. It was very entertaining, and towards the end, when he met with Lindsay&#8217;s mom, I cried my eyes out. I mean, I was balling ans boo hoo hoo-ing. I know you don&#8217;t know who Lindsay is, but you&#8217;d have to read the book to find out. If I write it here, it&#8217;ll be a huge spoiler.<\/p>\n<p>Now, personally, I have never believed and still don&#8217;t believe in reincarnation because I&#8217;m a devout Christian, and my belief is that there is only one life here on earth. But this book reminds me so much of another book I read in high school (Kindred by Octavia Butler). I loved that book, too. Nick&#8217;s story was so intricate and detailed, and really, I could not help but wonder, what if there is such a thing as reincarnation? What if I have been here before? Then I dismissed the thought and said nahhhhhh.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, there are parts of <a href=\"http:\/\/clvr.li\/1IE3zon\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Soul Sessions<\/strong><\/a> that I absolutely loved, and they didn&#8217;t even have anything to do with reincarnation, but for me, the words and their meaning were profound to me. When Lindsay and Nick were talking and Nick said, <em>&#8220;Lindsay, there are three types of work &#8230; a job, a career, and a calling.&#8221;<\/em> According to Nick, a job is something you do to pay bills; a career is when you build up credentials, and experience, and have a career path; a calling is when you find something that is truly worthy to give your passion to. I know where I stand, but do you know where you stand?<\/p>\n<p>Another part of this book that spoke to me and continues to speak to me is the part about attaching your mood to trivial things that happen throughout the day &#8211; whether good or bad. I am terrible at this. I don&#8217;t have a temper, but I can be anal. Something at little as Igwe not dusting the table with the right cleaning product can nibble at my peace. Sure, I&#8217;ll get over it very quickly, but it shouldn&#8217;t even affect me so much in the first peace.<\/p>\n<p>I would absolutely recommend that you read this book. Sure, it&#8217;s interesting and entertaining, but it also challenges what you think\/believe. I still don&#8217;t believe in reincarnation, but I do find it to be a pretty neat concept.\u00a0Go ahead and grab your copy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/clvr.li\/1IE3zon\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Soul Sessions<\/b><\/a>, and thank me later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10627\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage1.jpg\" alt=\"Soul Sessions by Carson Gage\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Soul-Sessions-by-Carson-Gage1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>I was selected for this opportunity as a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/clvr.li\/OHjC82\" target=\"_blank\">Clever Girls<\/a> and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sincerely miss the days of reading books like reading was going out of style. 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