iUniverse Author Shares Life-Changing Tips in New Podcast

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 07, 2007 – NEW YORK, NY (February 6, 2007)—With 2007 well underway, many are struggling to keep New Year’s resolutions made only a few weeks ago. In a new and informative podcast at www.iuniverse.com, iUniverse author Dr. Marion Kramer Jacobs offers key advice to help you keep those resolutions and make permanent, positive life changes.

In the podcast, Dr. Jacobs discusses her book, Take-Charge Living: How to Recast Your Role in Life in Six Acts, and demonstrates how you can break through the resistance to change and become the director of your own life. Using methods learned from her years of experience as a therapist, Dr. Jacobs offers a practical and caring approach that addresses both emotional and physical barriers to change. Take-Charge Living can help you move beyond indecision and learn to:

· Set appropriate expectations about change
· Confront fears of changing
· Target the right behaviors to change
· Deal with emotional resistance to change
· Follow a carefully sequenced practice plan
· Move from dress rehearsals to real world performances

Dr. Jacobs is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Laguna Beach, Calif. and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at UCLA. She was coordinator of UCLA's Psychology Clinic for 19 years as well as co-director of the California Self-Help Center at UCLA.

To learn more about Take-Charge Living or to listen to Dr. Jacobs’ enlightening podcast in MP3 format, visit the iUniverse website at www.iuniverse.com.

About iUniverse:

iUniverse offers a variety of publishing services to help individuals publish, market, and sell fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books. The company utilizes print-on-demand technology, and is one of the largest self-publishing companies in the United States, publishing more than 5,000 new titles each year. The iUniverse management team has extensive editorial and managerial experience with traditional publishers such as HarperCollins, Putnam, Holt and Holtzbrinck. iUniverse works with industry-leading author organizations, including the Authors Guild, the Harlem Writers Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) to bring innovative programs to their members. Barnes & Noble, Inc. is also one of the company's major partners. iUniverse has offices in New York City, Shanghai and Lincoln, Neb. For more information, please visit www.iuniverse.com or call 1-800-AUTHORS.