Book excerpt: Have other self-help and personal empowerment books given you a sense of hope, yet failed to deliver lasting relief? Are you feeling so unhappy- or so chronically depressed and anxious- that you just can't generate enough energy to "process your issues" and unload your emotional baggage? If so, you may finally have come to the right place!"Don't Kill Yourself...Yet" offers readers long-term relief from mental misery, without requiring a lot of tiresome psychological processing. In a colorful, irreverent voice, author Michael McTeigue shares The Seven Life Hacks, which are destined to improve your thoughts, feelings, and actions in a very short time. The secret to crushing depression and anxiety lies in resurrecting your life force. Four key factors are annihilating your life force, from moment to moment, every day: your thoughts, your interactions with others, the circumstances of your daily grind, and your relationship with your body. Michael, who overcame his own depression, gives you his simple yet memorable life hacks to shield your life force in every situation you encounter. As you consistently conquer the energies that diminish you in the present moment, your life force miraculously renews itself, and your mental and emotional suffering dissipates. You start to feel like your "old self"-like your real self-again. "Don't Kill Yourself...Yet" is not for everyone. It's not an inspirational pep talk about the power of positive thinking. It doesn't even promise enduring happiness, success, and emotional fulfillment. But if permanent relief from constant mental misery-and clawing your way back up to "Neutral"-is exactly what you are looking for just now, The Seven Life Hacks are your ticket to a better tomorrow!ABOUT THE AUTHORMichael McTeigue considers himself the quintessential disillusioned New Age idealist. As a young man, he enthusiastically embraced the great promise of the human potential movement and mankind's imminent spiritual awakening. When the dawn of the new millennium came and went and nothing much changed, Michael gradually descended into a dogged depression born of thwarted ambitions and broken dreams. He spent the ensuing years digging his way out. In the process, Michael developed The Seven Life Hacks, which he hopes will help lighten the load for each person who tries them. Michael has written four books. He is married with two daughters and resides in Northern California. Contact Michael at The7LifeHacksATgmail.com. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR Lawrence Moorcroft is a commercial artist, illustrator, and feature film animator. He has designed and built theme park rides and monsters in glass fiber. He enjoys drawing and illustrating books and children's stories. Lawrence recently turned to writing an adventure story for boys called The Other Marco. A blog of the same name illustrates and promotes this venture.