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Praise forUnsinkable
Unsinkable is a comprehensive, inspirational, and powerful book that teaches you how to quickly recover when life throws you a curve ball. Youll bounce back higher than you ever thought possible and come out on top with grace and ease.
Marci Shimoff, New York Times best-selling author, Love
for No Reason and Happy for No Reason
It should be everyones goal to be Unsinkable...to be able to come through ANY situation feeling empowered, rather than defeated. Sonia Ricottis personal story of inspiration is supported by numerous other examples of how our ability to choose how we feel in every moment can change everything! Regardless of how trapped you may feel in a current situation, Unsinkable provides a usable formula to completely transform that situation simply through adjusting your mindset. Very powerful stuff!
Bob Doyle, teacher in The Secret and author of
Follow Your Passion, Find Your Power
Sonia Ricotti is UNSINKABLE. This book will inspire you and give you tools so that you will also be UNSINKABLE.
William Gladstone, author and producer of
Tapping the Source
I dedicate this book to you, the reader. May the message and lessons within these pages help you bounce back higher than you ever thought possible. Great things are waiting for you around the corner.
This book is also dedicated to my brother, Tony Ricotti. Without his support and love, this book and the work I do would never have been possible.
To my extraordinary and loving parents, Marlene and Roberto Ricotti: I love you.
Acknowledgments
First and foremost, I must say thank you to my brother, Tony Ricotti, for always being there for me when I needed him most, for picking me up when I was knocked down, and for being my saving grace. Words cannot express the gratitude and love I feel for you. You are not just a brother to me; you are my best friend; you are my angel.
I also thank:
My parents, Marlene and Roberto, for demonstrating what true unconditional love is all about throughout the years. I love you, Mom and Dad.
Bill Gladstone, my literary agent. Fate brought us together. My angels were looking out for me that day. Thank you for believing in this message and this book.
Danielle Joffe, for being such a great and true friend for so many years and for always being there for me.
Melinda AsztalosWow is all I can say. You have incredible strength and a positive outlook on life, and your inner light is always shining. Thank you for allowing me into your life while going through your most challenging and vulnerable moments, and also for sharing your story. You have been my teacher.
Cindy Ashton, for helping me during my challenging times and for being there whenever I needed you.
Bob Doyle, for being such a great friend and always being willing to help when I need a hand. Your sense of humor always puts a smile on my face.
Dr. Brett Moore, my chiropractor for many years, for always being available to adjust me on such short notice and for supporting my work. Helping me keep my power on has helped tremendously with the writing of this book.
Sam Cawthorn, my new friend from Down Under. I am so happy youre alive! Thank you for being such a positive, bright light on this planet, and for contributing your incredible story to this book.
Gina Mollicone-Long, for helping me out when I needed it, for being a great friend, and for contributing your words of wisdom to this book.
James Redfield, for writing the Foreword to this book and for being such an incredible pure bright light on this earth.
Cynthia Kersey, for sharing your powerful message to this book and for making a difference in so many peoples lives around the globe. You are a true inspiration.
Marci Shimoff, for sharing your message of unconditional love to this book and for being a true living example of what you teachyour message of love is something the world desperately needs today.
Bob Proctor, for sharing your very personal story and lending your unsinkable words of wisdom to this book. You are an inspiration to people around the world.
Joann Brnjas, for sharing your beautiful message of hope with the world. Samantha will live in our hearts forever.
Janet Attwood, for being the amazing and loving person that you are and for sharing your inspirational story to this book.
My friends at New Page Books, for believing in me and my Unsinkable message and for your professionalism and patience throughout the publishing process of this book.
Melina Zeppieri, for being one of my biggest supporters, for always being there whenever I need you, and for being the beautiful loving person that you are.
Foreword
by James Redfield
Do you feel it? Theres something happening out there. Some say its a new level of authenticity. The Mayan calendar suggests its a new wave of consciousness entering all of humanity, just when we need it the most. I would call it an emerging Twelfth Insight, where were learning to live our innermost spiritual knowledge.
But regardless of what we call it, we feel as though a greater part of ourselves is coming in to strengthen and enlarge our souls. And it seems, well, natural, as though were discovering some greater Divine reconnection that feels like coming home.
One of the changes born of this new consciousness is learning how to handle the personal crises of life. Far from foolishly seeking to avoid all trouble, or trying to insulate ourselves so completely that we never have to feel pain, this new approach helps us in a better way: It leads us to a place wherebelieve it or notwe can find a higher purpose in the heartache, as though it was an experience that was necessary if we are to become the person we were meant to be.
This higher journey through the experience of crisis is the subject of this wonderful book. Sonia Ricotti has been through the storms herself and now sees the process through the longer lens of spiritual growth. I would even say this is a Twelfth Insight book, because it assumes that each of us can discover an inner strategy that can handle all the challenges that come our wayso much so that we become unsinkable.
For starters, Sonia takes us through a centering process that moves us into what will be the greatest discovery of our age: the ability to surrender to a higher God Connection and Guidance. The God Connection is key, because it brings us the peace and love that in troubled times restores our bearings. After that, the Intuitive Guidance kicks in, and we realize that were in a particular situation for a higher purpose: to break through some bad habit, or to stretch into a new understanding of ourselves and of life. Mostly the experience reveals a certain talent we have through which we can touch and help others. Always it is about becoming a new, more conscious person.
Experts say our personal crises tend to happen at certain times in life. First there are the courtship heartbreaks that tend to occur in the teens and 20s. At age 30 or so, there are the problems of finding worldly success in our careers. In our 40s comes the usual crisis of the soul: Am I doing what I was really meant to do with my life? Of course, illness, breakups, or losing a loved one can happen anytime. All can rock our world and leave us emotionally paralyzed for a time.
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