Chronicles of a Corporate Hippy: How Little Did i Know...

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“Finally a no bullshit, raw and at times funny story on self-help that will provoke the human in you”

An honest, heartbreaking and incredibly humors journey on facing life’s ups and downs head on and surviving it relativity sane.

The suicide of his little brother set off a series of events that forced him to question all that was, his deluded sense of status, the corporate career he held on to so tightly and what the hell was he really doing.

“It doesn’t matter how hard life punches you in the face, I found it’s what you do about it that really counts”

CHRONICLES of a CORPORATE HIPPY will open your eyes to an amazing yet frightening world of what could occur at any moment when we’re not aware. Be humbled yet inspired by the experiences and lessons learnt. It will make you cry, laugh out loud and realize we all are so very human… we are all in this together.

Quick over view:

‘Chronicles of a Corporate Hippy’ is a raw, humorous and heart-felt account of living and trying to cope in the 21st Century and surviving it relatively sane. It covers some tough subjects that are normally ignored due to fear such as depression, death, suicide and breaking free from the common and expected way of living that we all seem to hold onto so damn tightly.

‘Chronicles’ stretches over a four year period, taking you on a somewhat brutal and emotional roller coaster ride through the darkest experiences of being a human. However, it gives you hope: there is always an option to change and live a more satisfying life if you're prepared to be aware and listen to your inner voice telling you that you do in fact have many choices and can change.

The why did I write this book:

There are many reasons why I wrote this book, one being just the challenge of writing a book since I failed every single English exam I took at school and I can’t spell to save my life… I won’t even mention grammar or punctuation.

The other reasons are vast, so here I go with just a few… I was thinking it’s time that I spoke my truth, tell others from my perspective the life experiences I was having and how they impacted me and more importantly, how I overcame them. I started to believe that what I had experienced and learnt could assist others and at some stage maybe even change the way we all operate as people.

I became aware I could hold onto what I had learnt and be somewhat selfish or pay it forward in a way that was authentic and real, no bullshit! I wrote most of the book from that little voice in my head that we all have, the voice that most of the time is not heard by others due to it’s shocking honestly. I wanted to show that a grown man can be vulnerable with his words and be totally ok with it, if not empowered. This may lead to others speaking their truth and being vulnerable - not weak but vulnerable. I learnt there is a massive difference… who would have thought?

So the book is written as an example that it’s totally fine to be authentic and or vulnerable with yourself and others. I believe the more you are, the better the life you live, regardless if you have to face the tough shit that comes up from time to time.

The last ‘why’ of writing the book was to share my story, my pain and my triumphs with others and to see the look in their eyes of… Holy shit, you too! It just makes the journey that much sweeter to know we are essentially the same and all in this together, regardless of who we think we are, where we are from or what we do.
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