REPURPOSE YOUR PAIN

Speaker, entrepreneur, and author Kinuthia aims to help readers learn new principles to redefine past pain and find purpose in this self-help book.

This new work, which follows From Dreaming to Becoming (2013), explores the language around trauma and pain and asserts that readers can harness these things to change the trajectories of their lives. Having gone through many devastating and harrowing experiences himself—including depression, financial losses, and a family member’s terminal illness—Kinuthia says that he’s dedicated his life’s work to helping people understand how pain can either hold them back or propel them forward. He’s careful to point out that the “goal of this book is not to attempt to explain your past, fix it, or justify what you experienced; instead, it’s a guide and an invitation to help you navigate the process of getting unstuck and living forward.” Across nine chapters, the book presents axioms, personal and professional anecdotes, and digestible recommendations for understanding pain, its origins, and its potential. It also covers such topics as trauma awareness, self-love, and personal healing while helping readers apply various lessons to their own experiences. Kinuthia effectively invites them to identify, process, and redirect their pain and ask themselves how it’s affected their sense of purpose. By committing to action, evolution, accountability, and service to others in need, he asserts, one can expect “to repurpose your pain to give you the life you were meant to live.” Over the course of this book, Kinuthia effectively balances technical information with engaging and affecting stories that are likely to leave readers feeling energized. His inviting prose style will help to assure them that he’s not attempting to diminish their difficulties—he only seeks to help them channel them in fulfilling ways. He occasionally employs somewhat lengthy stories from his own life, but they always serve as colorful examples to illustrate his ideas. Many will find this book to be loaded with possibility and value.

A useful resource for readers looking to turn their pain into purpose.