This Sweet Life

You are about to take a journey that will spark your heart and soul and most likely leave you speechless. After reading 2200 nonfiction books and working behind the scenes in the personal development industry for twenty-five years for Tony Robbins Ginny & Jean Browns This Sweet Life is far beyond a must read. Gary King author of The Happiness FormulaA beautiful heart-breaking book that exposes the dangerous side of the self-help industry. It tells the story of Kirby Brown who died after being deprived of water food and sleep and then put in a sweat lodge by James Arthur Ray a man who was not qualified to run a sweat lodge ignored pleas for help once participants were inside the lodge and left the scene immediately afterwards. Marianne Power author Help Me!... One Womans Quest to Find Out if Self-Help Really Can Change Her LifeIt is two books in one since it alternates between a parents and a siblings perspective of their experiences and recovery process after the tragic loss of a family member. It also describes how they molded their grief into something positive forming the Seek Safely Foundation to aid the public with information to avoid having this heartbreak happen to them or their loved ones. Connie Joy author of Tragedy in Sedona: My Life in James Arthur Rays Inner CircleJames Arthur Ray wrote his own memoir of what happened in Sedona and it reads like a marketing tool- which is exactly what he intended. Ginny and Jeans book is vastly different from Jamess account not just in perspective but in the depth of its authenticity. In the end this is not a book about blame. Its a book about responsibility. Their story is raw honest...and like Kirby hopeful. Dr. Glenn Doyle psychologist author Wish Id Known That Kirby Brown was a seeker who lived a life of passion and adventure. When she and two others died in a sweat lodge at a self-help retreat on October 8 2009 it shattered her family and friends. Kirbys mother and sister detail how they learned about Kirbys ugly death struggled through their grief and kept moving forward through the trial of the criminally negligent guru in charge James Arthur Ray-international best-selling motivational speaker who had been featured in The Secret and on Oprah. Following the trial the family founded SEEK Safely Inc. since all seekers are entitled to safe self-improvement journeys.Even through their multi-layered grieving process Ginny and Jean Brown wanted to live as Kirby did-with passion and love. In sharing their story they offer an invitation into their private hell an immersion in their grief and a story of evolution after trauma.