"REALLY well done, humorous, wise, and informative."  

That is how Valerie Pederson's second book Surviving Being Single Past 40:Living Life Fully, With or Without a Partner has been described. The Surviving Life Mindfully series of books and CDs is about being mindful of the joys and sorrows of our life while staying centered and balanced.  Nominated for the Adding Wisdom Award,  Surviving Unemployment is an empowering book that not only helps individuals over the initial transition of being unemployed, but also provides practical information on how to find a job and stay calm and confident throughout the process.  Whether you are single because you were never married, divorced, or widowed learn to live life fully by reading Surviving Being Single Past 40:Living Life Fully, With or Without a Partner.  Empower yourself with information, practical suggestions, affirmations and meditations. 

Don't Just Survive Life -- Live Life Fully!!!

Valerie chose the word Surviving as a preface to all the titles of her books, because that is how she saw a lot of people felt like they were  living.  They were surviving life, not living life and accepting their life as it was now.   They did not see the better choice in front of them, because of being too focused on any challenge they were facing.  They felt this way especially if life was not the way they wanted it to be.  And...we all want our lives to be different or better in some way, don't we?  We want to be thinner, or happily married, or have a job that we like.  Valerie chose to not see life as merely surviving -- she chose to live life centered and calm.  She chose to live  life to the fullest, to be mindful of the good things in life even though there were aspects of it she would like to change.   Valerie had a life that you might say was full of tragedies, challenges and successes.   She taught herself how to thrive during the difficult times while still finding happiness. She decided to call this process:  Surviving Life Mindfully. She refined this process throughout her life as she gained a degree in Psychology, became a successful Writer, an avid meditator and a practicing Buddhist.  Surviving Life Mindfully is a five prong process  which it applies to life's challenges in a series of books and CDs.