Self-Importance: Building Your Life from the Inside Out

What if there was a you who never saw the light of day, who never said, “Hi, what about me?” What if there was a you who you never met and certainly never allowed to be, without fear of judgment or condemnation? What if you were living your life on the margins in constant fear of failing to please those who seem to be forever judging you and your life? What if you discovered you were settling for what life gave you instead of what you truly wanted and needed? What if you were really thinking and feeling things that you never let out, and certainly never acted on? What if your marriage was never what you truly wanted and needed emotionally, but you silently stayed the course anyway, selling out your hope of being happy? What if you were allowing days to turn into weeks and weeks into months and months into years, all of which added up to an entire lifetime of being what a nameless, faceless universe had assigned you? If any of these are realities in your life, we need to talk, and through these pages, we will. First, I have bad news, and I have good news. The bad news is that you made the decisions that put you in these life circumstances; the good news is that you made the decisions that put you in these circumstances. Now is the time to make the most important decision of your life. Through "Self Matters," I will help you do just that.
—Dr. Phil McGraw