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In the tradition of her bestseller, Finding Your Own North Star, Oprah Magazine columnist Martha Beck reconnects readers with their best destinies  Described as one of the best-known life coaches in America in media such as Psychology Today, NPR, and USA Today, Martha Beck has demonstrated a rare gift for helping people whose lives have gone off course find their way back to authentic, rewarding lives. Now, in Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!, Martha Beck describes the step-by-step process she uses with her private clients to help them navigate the terrain of their best lives. Bringing together cutting-edge research in psychiatry, neurology, and related fields in an accessible, substantive, original way, Dr. Beck offers powerful new methods for solving the problems that beset ordinary people. Using her trademark wisdom, empathy, and engaging style, she connects readers with fresh, never-before published strategies that have proven most effective and efficient for the hundreds of people she has coached. For readers who have found their North Stars, this book will be an invaluable tool to stay the course and overcome obstacles.  For those who still feel adrift, it will provide a way to find true North and follow the path of best destiny. Dr. Beck identifies three stages along the path to recapturing a satisfying life:-“the stargazer” helps readers understand why it’s so easy to lose themselves and offers strategies for sighting their North Star-“the mapmaker” uses this newly clarified perspective to evaluate one’s situation and plot a course for upcoming years-“the pathfinder” discusses the adventures that may be encountered as one travels along this new life course Whether it’s seeking better relationships, more focused career direction, the achievement of specific fitness goals, or a more harmonious lifestyle, Steering by Starlight’s colorful anecdotes, case studies, and exercises will point the way. 

In the summer of 1805 the Mediterranean Fleet made a 6,686-mile round trip to the West Indies. The Franco-Spanish fleet it was chasing buried a thousand men at Martinique, but Nelson reported his fleet 'in the most perfect health, except some symptoms of scurvy'. This was the Royal Navy standard that was maintained until Napoleon was defeated, and not surpassed until the post-modern era. Drawing extensively on previously unpublished letters, reports, court-martial records, and other contemporary RN and enemy documents, as well as published memoirs and reminiscences, the narrative uses the model of a twenty-four-hour day to show how everyone on board a ship-of-the-line contributed to this unprecedented survivability and fighting ability and reveals the organization, feeding, equipping, training, punishment, recreation, and motivation of up to 875 officers, men, and boys from all walks of life and five continents. Also explained are the roles of the non-naval personnel on board, from wives and guests to soldiers, supernumeraries, and prisoners. Appendices include complete establishments of carpenter's and boatswain's stores, the complement and pay of a ship-of-the-line, and complete listings of the ships-of-the-line 1793-1815. This is essential reading for historians, naval novel lovers, and all who have wondered how such complex communities achieved this unprecedented efficiency.

This book is a life-manual for meaningful and successful living. It could be thought of as the "owner's manual" which was accidentally mislaid when you began this experience which we call "Life on Planet Earth." The principles, which govern life, are revealed, and unique insights provide a path to a positive personal philosophy, empowering the reader with a sense of purposefulness and fulfillment. Steering Your Way Through Life is intended for all seekers, those who have felt that they were missing something that they should know. If you are ready to turn away from aimless dissatisfaction and steer into a course that leads to knowledge, confidence, and a sense of purposeful living, then this book is for you.