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In her insightful book, bestselling author and creator of Life Designs, Inc., Martha Beck shares a clear, step-by-step method designed to help you reach your greatest potential and build a genuinely joyful life. Drawing on her extensive experience, Beck teaches you to reconnect with your inner compass—the natural guidance system embedded within your body and mind, whose signals you have likely overlooked or ignored in the past.

As you rediscover your true desires, you’ll identify and heal underlying beliefs and emotional wounds, which may have unconsciously held you back from living the life you truly want. While every individual’s journey is unique, profound transformations tend to share certain common patterns. Beck offers a clear guide to support you during each stage of your personal evolution. From the initial spark of a new desire to concrete planning and implementation steps, you’ll gain practical guidance to shape the life you’ve always envisioned for yourself.

Finding Your Own North Star is built upon Dr. Beck’s professional credentials as a Harvard-trained sociologist, along with her experiences as a research associate at Harvard Business School and lecturer at Thunderbird Business School, and is strongly informed by her interactions with hundreds of clients over the past six years. Throughout the book, you’ll find tested and effective case studies, exercises, and questionnaires that help you clearly define your deepest desires and empower you to pursue them in tangible, fulfilling ways.

Martha Beck explains the concept vividly, comparing the North Star—always available to guide explorers when they lack visible landmarks—to your own unique inner knowledge about what your perfect life could be. Just as the North Star is steady and reliable, your inherent knowledge of happiness resides within you, waiting to help you discover and achieve the best version of yourself.