Meredith Atwood - The year of no nonsense : how to get over yourself and on with your life

A must-read for anyone who feels tired of living a life with not enough time and way too much drama. This book shines a poignant, down-to-earth and humorous light on your journey to change your life.

E MILY G IFFIN , New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed and All We Ever Wanted

Meredith writes the gospel for how to get out of your own way. This book is a game-changer for anyone who is ready to face her own, personal Truth.

K YRSTEN S INEMA , United States Senator for Arizona

Meredith has an amazing ability to deal with the truth, no matter how it hurts. Her matter-of-fact style and candor hits you directly in the gut and will help you open up to yourself. It is the pain and shame she is able to share in No Nonsense that will help you heal your lifes wounds.

M IKE R EILLY , voice of IRONMAN and author of Finding My Voice

Meredith Atwood is a woman after my own heart. Her new book cuts to the chase and shows us how to cut out the bullshit in lifestarting with ourselves.

L AUREN Z ANDER, life coach, cofounder and chairwoman of Handel Group, creator of Inner.U, and author of Maybe Its You

Meredith Atwood does a fantastic job of calling us out by her own example so we can begin to identify the easy steps to get to the root of our own excusesthese excuses that are holding us back from achieving the health and well-being we all deserve.

D R. W ILL C OLE, leading functional medicine expert, IFMCP, DC and author of The Inflammation Spectrum

The Year of No Nonsense is part tough love, part a swift kick in the ass, and all amazingly useful. Meredith Atwood is the kind person you want as your BFFsnarky, insightful, genuinely kind. With this book, theres little you cant tackle in life.

D AVID L EITE , author of Notes On a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression

Tough, frank, courageous, and fun, The Year of No Nonsense, will change your life. Its already changed mine.

B RIDGET Q UINN , author of Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (In That Order)

Atwood is both deeply human and utterly inspiring; reading her book is like spending quality time with your fun, supportive best friend who tells it like it is (but doesnt make you feel bad in the process). She blazes her own path and welcomes us all on her exhilarating journey of self-discovery. With tough love, good humor and unvarnished honesty, Atwood will help you finally take control of your life.

E RIN C ARLSON , author of Ill Have What Shes Having and Queen Meryl

A raw and refreshing straight shot of truth that will guide you to find where you are settling as a passenger and propel you into the pilot seat of your life.

R ANDY S PELLING, author of Unlimiting You

A kick in the butt and a challenge to face the kind of life you really want to live, The Year of No Nonsense helped me begin to see the kind of nonsense I give space to in my own lifeand helped me devise a map for picking my way out of it, one piece of nonsense at a time.

K IM D INAN , author of The Yellow Envelope

In The Year of No Nonsense, Meredith Atwood gets real, raw, and honest and shares hard-won insights and advice guaranteed to help everyone begin dealing withand doing away withthe Nonsense in their own lives.

J OYCE S HULMAN , CEO Macaroni Kid and 99 Walks

The Year of No Nonsense is going to help a lot of people achieve greater success in sports and life by being a little more real with themselves, not only because its chockfull of good advice but also because Meredith Atwood walks the talk, being ruthlessly, hilariously, and movingly real with herself throughout the book.

M ATT F ITZGERALD , author of Life is a Marathon

There are books that crack the frozen ice of our own willful denial. This one utterly shatters it. You cannot read Meredith Atwoods unvarnished account of confronting her nonsense without having to give your own BS a square look in the face. I found relief, humor, insight, and not a little bit of uneasiness in these pages. And for this, Im am so very grateful and so very changed.

S ASHA H EINZ , PhD, MAPP, Developmental Psychologist, Positive Psychology Maven, Life Coach, Human

Merediths frank, no-nonsense, honest style is refreshing. She lays a path that can be applied day-to-day in relationships at work, at home and when facing big goals or projects! Its clear she is living her message and I love that. Meredith, thank you for offering your journey so transparently to help me and others identify our nonsense and makes choices to life more fully!

S USAN C LARKE , author of The Beauty of Conflict and The Beauty of Conflict for Couples

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

e. e. cummings

To James and Stella.

Remember to Truly Live YOUR Life. You are Loved.