No More Drama: Nine Simple Steps to Transforming a Breakdown into a Breakthrough

By Sil Lai Abrams

Are you tired of struggling through a drama-filled existence? Are you ready to stop pretending that everything is okay when it s really not? If so, No More Drama will help you discover how to create a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615146325
• ISBN13: 9780615146324
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Sepia Press Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

really well written

I bought this book for a family friend, and was reading through the first couple of pages. I ended up keeping the book and buying another for her. I was really drawn in by the open honesty of the author, she writes from the heart, talking about situations that I find most would be uncomfortable with, but many of us have experienced. This is a great book for the troubled person in your life, as it gives a step by step guide of self empowerment and the situations the author found herself in which led her these conclusions. It is easy to read, especially for someone going through a difficult time and who just needs a little hope and guidance.

Drama Queens, you will turn in your CROWNS for true empowerment!

Move over Iyanla, there is a new empowerment guru on the block,Sil Lai Abrams! This book delivers all self-proclaimed DRAMA QUEENS from a life of crazy,disappointment,and unhappiness. Ms. Abrams successfully breaks down how to apply SEPIA (self empowerment principles in action) principles in your life. If you've watched the SECRET, waited in line to see the Dali Lama, bought every self-help book, shaved your head, planned a pilgrimage to India,and none of these things helped you, BUY this book immediately! Sil Lai's life experiences plus the SEPIA principles will help guide you to your own truth. Please throw your crown to the ground and relinquish the throne, NO MORE DRAMA will save from a miserable monarchy.

Told as it is, real , unpretentious and sooooo helpful

Bravo for this unpretentious, heart to heart , manual for well deserved self love! This is told by a real woman , just like me.... single....kids, hectic , life, has had her moments of glory... ok my life is not that dramatic, but i have to admit I can get over the top sometimes. My relationships have not been perfect ( failed marriage.. to an alcoholic)... I keep on going back to the same pattern over and over with my family relationship, my work habits and ethic, and my self-absorbed lifetyle. I read a lot of self help books and it seems to be so much work all the time. For once,I discovered that the simple tools to my unanswered questions...I had practiced each steps of the Book thruout the various stages of my existence.....sporadically, erradically, but never kept up because I did not have consciousness of my actions. Most of all I suffered ( still suffer) from a big lack of discipline (Oh yeah... and I never finish what I start!). Sil Lai in her heart to heart conversation, confession, laid out her nine steps, in a very plain way, no threat, no big words... She makes us dig a little in our spirituality, our humanity, and most of all she heps us unveil our own Truth, our life's fuel. Letting us unveil the possibilities we all have to finally enjoy the plenitude of a well balance life, in tune with our innerself and aware of our surroundings, accepting and loving who we are, just the way we are! .... and no, it does not feel like a self pitying trip after a sceance at a support group!

Transformation

This book is absolutely phenomenal. Sil Lai's story touched me on many levels and reminded me just how similar we all really are. Even though our life experiences differ greatly, we share many of the same emotional struggles triggered by our individual journeys. NO MORE DRAMA is a very poignant book that calls upon the humanity in all of us. There is something in this book for all of us, not matter what challenge we may face.

(RAW Rating: 4.5) - Stop the drama!

Sil Lai Abrams, a young woman of questionable heritage, grew up not really knowing who she was. She always had a feelilng she didn't quite fit into her family. Her hair was curly, her skin was darker and she just looked a bit different. It wasn't until she was almost a teen, she found out the truth. As a result, she started early into alcoholism, running away and other means of acting out her frustration. She has written a book, NO MORE DRAMA, which explains her early behavior, how long it went on, and what she did to control it later in life. She divides people into two categories: survivors and contenders. Survivors are merely trying to get through life; contenders are enjoying life without all the day to day drama and stress. She has nine steps, Self Empowerment Principles in Action (SEPIA), that will help make anyone's life better. The steps are Truth, Acceptance, Action, Commitment, Focus, Faith, Love, Humility and Charity. There is a chapter to cover each one and she uses her own life to show why you want to do it and how to accomplish it. She suggests that you write each one down, explore your feelings; it will cover the truth. In the case of Acceptance, write down those things which you know to be true and it will help you accept them as truth. Or Charity - the giving of yourself, while Love is used to generate emotional and spiritual growth within yourself and others. The book is well-written, and because she uses the errors of her own life to show what can happen if you only seek to survive, it makes it very real and something easily understood. Especially when you are honest and realize that you have done some of the very same things without knowing why you were doing it. While Abrams gives us her life story, never is there a feeling that it is a pity party but more an example of how far astray we can go. Even for those who feel their lives are on the right track, this is a good book to read and to perhaps help you stay on track. Reviewed by Alice Holman of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers