Spectacles of Hope: Defeating your Shouldas, Wouldas, and Couldas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781979929301)

Mary Dolan Flaherty listened to the Shouldas, Wouldas, and Couldas in her head for years before she took control and decided to change her negative thoughts to positive ones. Instead of whining that she "shoulda written a book," she did. Mary believes that everyone has a dream but because of various reasons, many don't pursue their desires. She encourages people through her writing and speaking engagements with transparency and self-deprecating humor, and by looking at life through the lens of a positive self-image. She tells her audiences, "If you believe it, you can become it." She doesn't like the word "can't," and won't allow anyone to "should" on her by telling her what she ought to do. Spectacles of Hope is Mary's first published work of allegorical fiction. She is currently working on her first full length coming-of-age novel. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and can be found on a hiking trail when she's not writing.