Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Better Than Happy by Jody Moore

 I really wanted to like this book!

I think Jody Moore is brilliant, and her application of Brooke Castillo's Life Coach School model is often better than the original. I especially appreciate her gospel perspective and how she sometimes, on her podcast and in her coaching, brings in examples from the scriptures or aligns some concept with a gospel concept. I want more of that, because I'm still somewhat suspicious that some of the model does not necessarily align. Not sure where or how, just suspicious. So the subtitle really intrigued me: "Connecting with Divinity through Conscious Thinking."

Unfortunately, she did not deliver that well. Yes, the model is well-explained and applied, but the gospel applications are kind of a stretch. The ties are not strongly tied. It's really kind of superficial to me and not real applicable. Now that I'm thumbing through it again, though, I'm wondering if I shouldn't give it a second chance. I will. Maybe I'm wrong. I worry that my life experiences at the time I'm reading really color my like and dislike of what I'm reading!