Dr. Shelley Plumb - To Break or Bounce: Finding Balance, Stability, and Resilience in Our Lives

This book is full of imagery that is relatable. The grandmothers advice is priceless. I could hear my grandmother speaking to me as I read the book. To Break or Bounce is an easy read that addresses loss, how we deal with it, and how the reader can consider new ways to deal with it. This is also a book about self-care and mental health. A transformational read that is life changing.

SHANTERA L. CHATMAN , MBA, Founder and Executive Director, The Chatman Womens Foundation, Houston, TX

Dr. Shelley Plumbs To Break or Bounce is a valuable tutorial on how to live a better and richer life. But unlike most tutorials, Dr. Plumbs is as emotional as it is intellectual. From her heart and mind, using both as a GPS, Dr. Plumb guides the reader on a journey to the spirit within. Step by personal step, even through her stumbles, Dr. Plumb shows the readers how to light and nourish the spark, the spirit, that is the core of each of us. Dr. Plumb never claims the journey is easy, but she does maintain throughout that unless we make that journey inward, we will constantly be at the mercy of and buffeted by, the vicissitudes of life. This book could easily have been titled, Going Inward, for in her doing so, Dr. Plumb has found the formula for how to bounce and not break from whatever life throws at us. Basically, Dr. Plumb is saying: Stop and smell the roses. For when you do, surprise, surprise, you discover you are your own rosebud just waiting to burst into bloom with your own special beauty.

ALAN EBERT , Psychotherapist and author of Traditions and Marriages

To Break or Bounce is everything the title suggests and tons more. Dr. Shelley Plumb takes us through a powerful journey of challenges, facing the dilemmas of lifepersonal and professionaland making the lessons learned from the tribulations into a toolkit of resilience, success, and growth. This isnt just Shelleys story. It is a powerhouse of clarity, determination, and passion that can turn tribulations into triumph by believing in ones journey. Youll cry, youll giggle, and youll cry again because of the inner strength youll recognize that is within you. Entrepreneurs, coaches, and women from all walks of life can gain so much from the brave and powerful account of Shelleys journey. Highly recommend it!

SZEBASTIAN ONNE G. S ., The Almost Naked CEO,
Szebastian.com Group

Shelleys book, To Break or Bounce, is poignant, riveting, superbly written. It draws you into her world immediately from the very first sentence with such simple yet profound lessons that you can recognize and incorporate in your own everyday life.

ALICIA COURI , Founder of Red Carpet, CEO and founder Alicia Couri INC., CoFounder and Executive Producer, DreamaniacTV

The raw emotion that Shelley invokes with these personal stories is both profound and thought provoking. Life throws many challenges at us, and how we respond determines the quality of the life we will experience. In this excellent book, Dr. Shelley shows us how to rebound and make the best of things. Bravo!

KEEP IT FAST, GORDON , International Business Speaker, Executive Coach, and Consultant, Gordon Tredgold LLC

Shelley Plumbs journey to connect with her authentic self is rich with discoveries. Along the way she courageously shares her intense struggles and inspiring triumphs. There are powerful lessons here for all of us!

ELLA MAGERS , MSW, Founder and CEO of Sexy Fit Vegan

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To all the adventurous, beautiful, passionate souls searching for love, light, and peace.

It is out there, my friends.

In many cases, right under our noses.

From the first moment I met Shelley, I was struck by her high-octane energy, her focus, and the very high standards she quite clearly sets for herself. I was also touched by her great personal warmth and generosity of spirit. We met in the middle of the African bush where she was filming wild animals from the back of an open vehicle. Her relish for the adventures that met us on our travels was infectious.

What I didnt know about was any of the events that had shaped her life and, more importantly, how she had responded to them. To Break or Bounce is a deeply personal account, beginning with Shelleys loss of her mother as a young child. She is unflinching in describing the painful challenges she has had to negotiatefrom professional burnout, divorce, sexual harassment, and losing the beloved grandmother to whom she never had the chance to say goodbye.

It is exactly these experiences, however, that make Shelley who she is today. Through suffering, she has attained insights, and these are the jewels she so generously shares in her book: the importance of embracing how things are, rather than how we wish them to be; letting go of constant striving for perfection; being flexible when faced with adversity; and always striving for balance. Shelley offers some potent images to illuminate these insights, one of the most powerful being a ballher chosen symbol of resilience.

As Shelley so vividly shows, even in our darkest moments, when we may feel we have lost all control of everything around us, we still have the freedom to choose our response. It is Shelleys gift to us all that she is the authentic embodiment of the choice she has taken: not to break, but to bounce back from adversity and light up the world. May this book carry her light to the hearts and minds of many readers around the world!

David Michie

International best-selling author,

keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and mindfulness and meditation coach