If you’ve felt blocked by old behavior patterns, read It’s Up to You which offers 12 principles for changing your life by changing your thinking. As you apply these simple yet powerful principles, you’ll find it easier to embrace positive thoughts.

Table of Contents Introduction Week 1: Tend Your Own Garden Week 2: Seek Solutions Week 3: Let Go of Outcomes Week 4: Change Your Mind Week 5: Choose to Act Rather Than React Week 6: Give Up Your Judgments Week 7: Remember That You Are Not in Control Week 8: Discover Your Own Lessons Week 9: Do No Harm Week 10: Quiet Your Mind Week 11: Every Encounter Is a Holy Encounter—Act Accordingly Week 12: Choose the Quiet Voice of Loving-Kindness Closing ThoughtsAbout the Author

Karen Casey's books have sold over 8 million copiesKaren Casey has a very large following and readership in the recovery marketCasey worked closely with Hazelden, the world-renowned center in Minnesota, garnering her very high trust level with readersAll Karen Casey books have full reviews on Publisher WeeklyShe is a popular public and keynote speaker where she talks about recovery and facilitationCasey is the author of the series “Make the Choice to be Loving” in Spirituality and HealthShe has a PhD from the University of Minnesota, where she taught. She runs the Women-Spirituality website/blog with a large following, which also provides information to Karen Casey’s workshops and conferencesShe has written 30 books on recovery Casey’s bio and books are mentioned in WebMDShe will be the keynote speaker at the 2020 international AA conference in Biarritz, FrancePsychCentral dubs her book Codependence and the Power of Detachment a top book for children of alcoholics

Welcome to It’s Up to You, the companion book to Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow. It’s Up to You grew out of discussions with a number of people about how to take the ideas presented in Change Your Mind and apply them, incrementally, a week at a time. There are twelve weeks’ worth of messages, two for each day of the week—one for the morning and one to close the day—based on the specific principles contained in each of the twelve chapters. My own journey in Twelve Step rooms has taught me that all change is incremental. I have also learned that the willingness to change is the necessary first step anyone must take, or nothing changes at all. No one turns to a book like this one, or its companion book, unless they have felt blocked by old behavior patterns. The good news is, you have already shown your willingness to try something different. I am convinced because of the miracles that have happened in my own life that miracles will happen for you too. The shift in our way of thinking, a shift that makes everything more joyful and peaceful, can’t be avoided when we begin to apply the principles contained in this little book. Even applying one principle occasionally benefits us in ways we’d not imagined possible. When taken one day at a time, one week at a time, life will become different. It will be more manageable, more productive, more purposeful. It will be more hopeful. And it will be more peaceful. That’s a promise I can safely make. Now it’s time to begin. You may want to keep a notebook or journal to record your thoughts about the daily messages. Enjoy every step of the way. This is a journey you will treasure because of its simplicity, and it’s one that will affect you for the rest of your life.