I'M STILL STANDING: Kelly Standing

CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From a near hanging at the hands of a bully as a child in the '60s to a lightning strike in the '80s to catastrophic illness and a near-death trip into the "Bright Light" in 1990, and other calamities in between and since, award-winning motivational speaker, executive coach and author Kelly Standing is clearly a survivor.

But, in her new book, I'M STILL STANDING: How One Woman's Brushes with Death Taught Her How To Live (Standing Media, LLC $24.95), Standing emerges not only "still standing," but living more fully – a message she conveys through life lessons that prompt laughter, tears, occasional anger and lingering reflection.  The author provides a philosophical road map that helps readers laugh, persevere and even thrive through and beyond life's landmines.

Standing writes, "While you hear my memories in my voice with my inflection, I have no doubt your own memories will bubble to the surface in your voice, if you let them ... and you might just see them in a new way. You might find peace where you once felt panic. You might see possibilities where you once saw only pain."

Standing invites readers to discover how it looks, feels, sounds and even how it smells and tastes ...

• To be struck by lightning ...
• To be hit by a car ...
• To stand on the outskirts of a mass murder ...
• To come so close to dying you go into the "Bright Light" and live to tell ...
• To have a major organ removed, and, contrary to medical precedent, to have that organ grow back!
• To lose 110 pounds in a conventional way but with an unconventional attitude that kept those pounds off for good.

"More than anything, I wrote this book hoping to help people. If readers already have a great life, my stories can make them feel even better and help them consider what's left on their Bucket Lists," notes Standing.  "If, on the other hand, readers face adversity, they know I can relate. They're not alone.  Everything is wired for good. Find the good. Look for the good.  And ... If you don't get what you want, find a way to love what you get anyway."

I'm Still Standing: How One Woman's Brushes with Death Taught Her How To Live is available at www.imstillstandingbook.com, Amazon.com, and through your favorite independent book store.  For more information about Kelly Standing and the book, including a Reading Guide for Book Clubs, visit www.imstillstandingbook.com.

About Kelly Standing

Kelly grew up in St. Louis and now lives in downtown Chicago, where she runs her company Standing Media, LLC.  Standing Media, LLC, works with organizations that want their people to rally around change and adversity, so they can blow the doors off every goal they set. Kelly has spent her professional life as a speechwriter and presentation coach working with some of America's top executives. In addition, Kelly has enjoyed success as a speaker herself and ranked among the top nine speakers in the world out of 25,000 contestants in the 2001 World Championship of Public Speaking. To learn more visit – www.standingmedia.com.

SOURCE Standing Media, LLC