The Power of Being Present

By Patrick McLaughlin

Dr. Patrick McLaughlin had just flown back from a weekend to remember with his brother and son, when an unexpected snowstorm-rare in coastal North Carolina-shut his life down. But it gave him an opportunity: free time and the fit of The Present.

McLaughlin had just come out of a heartbreaking series of losses, which kicked him to the lowest point in his adult life. Desperate for solutions, he tried everything. But it wasn't until he went back to Memory Lane, and a fateful time on the dock, that he began to piece himself back together again with a few simple tools.

Because loss is inevitable, and no one gets through life unscathed, he wrote this book during that snowstorm, putting together all his lessons for surviving these losses. Too many of us are suffering from past heartaches, mistakes, and worries about what the future holds. Too many of us try to numb the pain with our screens, distracting us from the beauties of life unfolding right in front of us.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FST9S5C4
• ISBN13: 9798349556319
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Payton-Parker Publishing
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"