Goals and dreams are meant to be achieved. However, change is often necessary to find the right path to success, and change can be challenging. How do you keep a positive outlook in the face of perceived obstacles?
Deirdre A. McClarin understands this dilemma and shares her inspirational story about finding hope and grace in moments of uncertainty in Optional Optimism: It's All in How You Look at It. Deirdre believes everyone can choose to pursue their dreams-and everyone deserves to achieve them.
In this moving book, readers are welcomed into Deirdre's own life story of perseverance and discovering the power of an optimistic outlook. Alongside her memoir readers will get a chance to look inward and better understand their own outlook on life.
With her deep and abiding passion for uplifting others, Deirdre engages readers in thought-provoking exercises to promote optimism in everyday life in order to move forward toward their dreams.
Written with warmth and focused empowerment, Optional Optimism: It's All in How You Look at It refuses to accept the glass is ever half-empty. When you start changing how you see the world, you begin to see not what is-but what can be.
About the Author: At age nineteen, Deirdre A. McClarin's life transformed from that of a college student to that of a wife and mother. This life-changing experience helped her reach her current philosophy on living life filled with promise and change, rooted in faith and hope.
Despite challenges she has faced, Deirdre's optimistic outlook has helped fuel her determination to make a change in her life. Optional Optimism: It's All in How You Look at It-Deirdre's first book-shares her story and approach to embracing optimism with others.
Deirdre is a graduate of Roosevelt University and has worked as a human resources professional for over twenty-five years. Deirdre has been married to her husband David for thirty-six years and they have two daughters, Stephannie and Ashley, and three grandchildren.
