About the Book
Based on Mike Bayer's New York Times bestseller Best Self, a motivational, do-it-yourself workbook teaching you how to reinvent your life and live every day as your Best Self.
In Best Self, Mike Bayer, known to his fans and followers as Coach Mike, empowered his readers to embrace authenticity, break through obstacles, and discover the freedom to be their best selves. By working through each of the Seven SPHERES of life--Social, Personal, Health, Education, Relationships, Employment, and Spiritual Development--Coach Mike distilled his wisdom into a focused guide to get real results. Now, Coach Mike, a regular on The Dr. Phil Show, expands upon his tried-and-true strategy for igniting change and shows you how to design a life that is deeply fulfilling.
In this fully interactive workbook, Coach Mike builds on the revealing quizzes, provocative questionnaires, and paradigm-shifting prompts he introduced in Best Self. Using his important but tough questions and exercises, he can help anyone see what their Best Selves and Anti-Selves really look like. The truth is, we all show up in slightly different ways within each of our seven SPHERES. We behave differently when we are in "parenting" mode, versus "career" mode, and so on. That's to be expected to a degree, but where we run into trouble is when we aren't always acting as our Best Self within all of our SPHERES. This workbook helps the reader discover personalized strategies for consistently staying connected to and behaving authentically within each SPHERE, because if we aren't, then we run the risk of getting way out of balance in some areas of our lives.
As a mental health specialist, a personal development coach, and an all-around change agent, Coach Mike understands our struggles intimately, because he's faced--and overcome--his own. With this essential handbook, he makes you see that change is possible.
Be Your Best Self will give readers the tools to build a better life, in real-time.
He’s not your normal coach you could say, he's done some amazing things throughout his own life and career and he definitely helped me in a major way.
Coach Mike is a true professional and Best Self is his bible, his "how to" manual on maximizing your potential by discovering the best person you can be in the most effective way you can. Mike Bayer is not a buzz word dispenser. He is a common sense, action-oriented coach that will tell you how to get from where you are to where you want to be in every area of your life, whether it be personal, family, professional, spiritual or all of the above.
When you read Best Self, you'll understand that Coach Mike's formula puts the power of change in the hands of the individual. He encourages people to dig deep and ask themselves basic but important questions like: What do you really want? What are you afraid of? Who is holding you back? He challenges people to strive to live authentically. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to thrive in all areas of life.
I've been in sports my whole life, and every time something happens in sports, you get hurt you hurt your arm, or you hurt your leg they all get therapy for it, but nobody works on the most important muscle that there is, which is what’s behind your rib cage. Making my heart feel better is really what Coach Mike does best.
Coach Mike Bayer
Mike Bayer is a life development coach whose mission is to help people achieve sound mental health in order to become their best selves. Mike guides his clients with a blend of exploration and problem-solving strategies, thereby challenging and encouraging them to attain the healthy lives they desire. For more than ten years since founding the CAST Centers, an exemplary addiction and mental health treatment facility, Mike has used this approach to help clients recover and prosper.
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