Find Your Strongest Life: What The Happiest And Most Successful Women Do Differently

By: Marcus Buckingham

I received the book, Find Your Strongest Life, free from Thomas Nelson publishers as a book reviewing blogger.   I have a feeling this book might sell well.   I don’t say this because it is a good book with valuable advice, but because the author has been featured on Oprah and the material aligns with other best-selling, secular, self-help books.  This is disappointing to me because I hoped Buckingham would present his research and findings in light of a Godly, Christ-centered worldview.  After all, Thomas Nelson is the books’ publisher.  Since God was completely omitted from the book, and faith in Christ was only mentioned in the story of one featured woman, I found it difficult to even want to read this book.  I pressed through the pages with determination to at least understand Buckingham’s points and suggestions.  My determination to understand him was futile.  I felt like the buzzwords and phrases used in the book were fluffy and fell short in actually spelling out how to live the happiest and most successful life.  The idea that “life’s moments can strengthen me” seemed lofty and not concrete.  The suggestion that I should try to “catch and cradle” the strong moments in my life in order to achieve my strongest life was even more bizarre to me.  This book was full of stories about women from all walks of life trying to handle their families and careers.  The narratives leave out women who choose to work only, without having a family, or those who choose to stay at home and raise kids without working outside of the home.