How to Breathe While Suffocating is your antidote to the all-too-common tendency to surrender, giving up on your life's ambitions. You don't have to give up! For anyone who has gotten caught in the trap of "I can't do it," this book reminds you that you are enough, you possess value, and your unique ability to engage with the world can and will get you to where you want to be. Through simple positive affirmations, unflinching first-person stories, and insightful analysis, author Bruce W. Brackett helps you focus on the positive and keep moving forward. ● Gain the inspiration you need to seize your potential, find confidence, and step into your authentic self ● Change your outlook on life with simple slogans and mantras for developing a healthier, more positive attitude ● Hear the compelling story of one man who overcame insurmountable odds and found salvation from negativity and self-doubt After a two-decade healing journey of intensive trauma therapy, psychiatric treatment, and rehab, Bruce has emerged a survivor. Anyone in the midst of their own healing journey will resonate with benefit from his lived experience, portrayed here with intimate vulnerability and universal appeal.