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Daring to Dance Again: Pearls of Wisdom for a Soul-Filled Life
Daring to Dance Pearls of Wisdom for a Soul-Filled Life is a compilation of personal stories – sad and joyful, painful and funny. They are also universal stories that speak to our common humanity. The stories embrace our fallibilities and our weaknesses. They show us at our lowest moments. They also shine a light, showing the way. The author hopes these stories, in some small way, will help others embrace God and His heavenly and earth angels who are there to lift us up.
Life is full of journeys that we did not choose to make. Some journeys – divorce, cancer, death – choose us. They test our faith. Yet it is faith, along with the love of others that save us.
Each chapter of Daring to Dance Again will elicit different emotions, and each chapter concludes with “A Pearl of Wisdom,” a bit of inspiration the author has gleaned from her life. Together these stories will resonate with readers who have dealt with divorce, grief, and loss, a serious illness, or any other challenge in life. And it will leave them with a renewed faith in God and a sense of hope.
Judy takes us on an emotional journey of hope and healing as she welcomes us into her story. Daring to Dance Again is an engaging immersion into pain, loss, and sorrow that demonstrates how God will always bring us signs of hope.
Rev. Doug Walter, Senior Pastor, Ashland United Methodist Church
Judy Sabbert does a beautiful job of illustrating many of the lessons learned in living a purpose-filled life. She has had an exceptional life with tremendous successes and great tragedies, and she has learned to find meaning and guidance to help her through the tough times.
Jonathan Amspacher, MD, board-certified plastic surgeon
I was completely captivated by Daring to Dance Again. The writing is superb! This is a love story but far beyond. If you are open to connection and are looking to heal from life's twists and turns, this book will touch you. Be prepared to tear up, know loss, love, and laughter.
Tamra Paolillo, LCSW, Family Therapist
Life is filled with circumstances that can challenge us when we least expect it. Judy's extraordinary life and career positively impacted many. In Daring to Dance Again , she shares some of her deepest challenges AND the hope, healing and happiness we can find through the “pearls of wisdom” in this book.
Andrew McCrea, syndicated television and radio host
Judith K. Sabbert (Judy) grew up on a farm outside of White Cloud, Kansas, a community of 300 people at the time. She went on to complete three a bachelor's and a master's in Applied Behavioral Science from the University of Kansas and a second master's in Administration from Central Michigan University. She served as president of the nationally-recognized and award-winning Heartland Foundation (aka Mosaic Life Care Foundation), ending a 30-year career with the nonprofit in 2018.
In 2015, Judith released her first book, Come Together, Think Ahead , that focused on a collective leadership approach to transform communities and people's lives. Her work recognized that "Each of us is progress, each of us is potential, each of us is possibility, but only if we THINK AHEAD." Healthy Communities and emPowerU were two of the innovative programs she co-created and led at the foundation. In 2019, the organization established the Judith K. Sabbert Spark Award, an annual recognition presented to young people who are civically engaged and take on community projects that have had an impact on other people's lives.
Instead of retirement, Judy chose “re-firement.” If she's not in her loft writing, she is seeking new life adventures with her husband DJ. Together they have four children and five grandchildren.
Life is full of journeys that we did not choose to make. Some journeys – divorce, cancer, death – choose us. They test our faith. Yet it is faith, along with the love of others that save us.
Each chapter of Daring to Dance Again will elicit different emotions, and each chapter concludes with “A Pearl of Wisdom,” a bit of inspiration the author has gleaned from her life. Together these stories will resonate with readers who have dealt with divorce, grief, and loss, a serious illness, or any other challenge in life. And it will leave them with a renewed faith in God and a sense of hope.
Judy takes us on an emotional journey of hope and healing as she welcomes us into her story. Daring to Dance Again is an engaging immersion into pain, loss, and sorrow that demonstrates how God will always bring us signs of hope.
Rev. Doug Walter, Senior Pastor, Ashland United Methodist Church
Judy Sabbert does a beautiful job of illustrating many of the lessons learned in living a purpose-filled life. She has had an exceptional life with tremendous successes and great tragedies, and she has learned to find meaning and guidance to help her through the tough times.
Jonathan Amspacher, MD, board-certified plastic surgeon
I was completely captivated by Daring to Dance Again. The writing is superb! This is a love story but far beyond. If you are open to connection and are looking to heal from life's twists and turns, this book will touch you. Be prepared to tear up, know loss, love, and laughter.
Tamra Paolillo, LCSW, Family Therapist
Life is filled with circumstances that can challenge us when we least expect it. Judy's extraordinary life and career positively impacted many. In Daring to Dance Again , she shares some of her deepest challenges AND the hope, healing and happiness we can find through the “pearls of wisdom” in this book.
Andrew McCrea, syndicated television and radio host
Judith K. Sabbert (Judy) grew up on a farm outside of White Cloud, Kansas, a community of 300 people at the time. She went on to complete three a bachelor's and a master's in Applied Behavioral Science from the University of Kansas and a second master's in Administration from Central Michigan University. She served as president of the nationally-recognized and award-winning Heartland Foundation (aka Mosaic Life Care Foundation), ending a 30-year career with the nonprofit in 2018.
In 2015, Judith released her first book, Come Together, Think Ahead , that focused on a collective leadership approach to transform communities and people's lives. Her work recognized that "Each of us is progress, each of us is potential, each of us is possibility, but only if we THINK AHEAD." Healthy Communities and emPowerU were two of the innovative programs she co-created and led at the foundation. In 2019, the organization established the Judith K. Sabbert Spark Award, an annual recognition presented to young people who are civically engaged and take on community projects that have had an impact on other people's lives.
Instead of retirement, Judy chose “re-firement.” If she's not in her loft writing, she is seeking new life adventures with her husband DJ. Together they have four children and five grandchildren.
266 pages, Paperback
Published April 8, 2022
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March 26, 2024
This book encourages the reader to be aware of the gifts God has given you and to let yourself be open to the many changes and directions your life will take. Dance in the rain she says. The author talks about her divorce, her breast cancer, and other losses but she always comes through when she lets God show her the way. A very inspirational book and a good read. I rate this book 4.8 stars.
May 24, 2022
Turning to God in all situations.
Very professional writing of her life story. It is filled with sadness, grief, joy happiness, her belief in religion and angels, finding her soul mate and the love of her life in DJ.
The format of this story gives hope!
Very professional writing of her life story. It is filled with sadness, grief, joy happiness, her belief in religion and angels, finding her soul mate and the love of her life in DJ.
The format of this story gives hope!
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews