Happiness is about the choices we make. You can buy a quick lunch or simple dinner, or you can buy a book that can positively CHANGE YOUR LIFE! "SHWY" is changing lives and catching on as being the Guide that will give you the power to control your emotions by neutralizing negativity and tapping into your positive inner self. Doing so allows you to handle all the ups and downs that life brings your way. You CAN and WILL not only handle such challenges; but MOVE ON and enable yourself to enjoy your life and the lives of those around you! This book resonates with sound wisdom on all facets of life by beginning with a narrative that takes the reader on an engaging journey of self-discovery of how a little girl's tempestuous family dynamic served to bring out the very best in her natural skills as a positive person and born peacemaker. Throughout the next five decades, numerous hardships of health and devastating heartaches do not damper her happy, optimistic, and positive nature. For her, it was simply never an option, as life is a gift to be lived to the fullest! It is up to each and every one of us to fully understand the gratitude that ever so quickly can become taken for granted. We can complain and add to the chaos or we can LEARN and DO some very simple things that can change our way of thinking and thus change the way we react to the situations that currently threaten to push us over the edge of reason. The SHWY Philosophy was born out of the Author's indomitable spirit for all things positive and loving. Despite many trials and tribulations, her infectious happiness led the way to teaching others on how they too could overcome fear, frustration, anger, resentment, worry, unhappiness, grief, depression, and all other negative energy forces that, left uncontrolled, smother happiness and inner peace. With innovative techniques like "Positive Indifference," the Author helps bring out the happiness and inner peace that lie dormant within you as you regain your zest and vigor for LIFE! "Shake Hands with Yourself" is indeed, as its subtitle touts, "A Peacemaker's Guide to Happiness & Inner Peace." Happiness is there for the taking. It begins with you: understanding why you do the things you do so you can change those negative and self-destructive behaviors; and how to accept the things you cannot change about others and choose to either accept them as they are and/or use "positive indifference" as a method to completely neutralize their hold on you as an irritant. Life is so grand once you realize all the choices are yours when you first shake your own hand! Shake Hands with Yourself: A Peacemaker's Guide to Happiness & Inner Peace. This is The Guide you have been waiting for and wanting to gift to a LOT of your friends and family members who are struggling with so many of life's trials and tribulations. SHWY is as uplifting and motivating, as it is as honest with the pangs of grief and loss. Written from the heart via personal experiences that are engaging and inspirational, the Author's lifetime as a Peacemaker and problem solver has made this extraordinary Guide possible: it will bring out the Peacemaker in you! Beautifully written, as no other of its style and with heartfelt sincerity, SHWY is proving to change lives for the better. Teaching to neutralize the negative energy of others and yet remain friends. They won't even know what you've done ... but suddenly their lives begin to change as well. SHWY is a big hit with men and women alike. Readers pour their hearts out to the author with emails thanking her for "saving my marriage;" and "without you I would still be lost;" as well as "I cannot believe I am finally happy!" The thanks just keep pouring in... Do your part to help make the world a better place: one peacemaker at a time. Truly, YOU can make a difference! The SHWY Philosophy shows you the way in a most unique and engaging style. Goodreads Author, Facebook Author, Amazon BIO. ALL 5-Star Revi