Enjoy Sister Mary Vodka’s Theme Song while reading.
Special thanks to Don Beans for writing and recording “Guilt Free”
For more music visit http://donbeansmusic.com
“Growing up Catholic, I could relate to so many of the references and the experiences Patty shares—but you don’t have to be raised Catholic to know about guilt—and this is a book for everyone! Patty’s perspective is to impart truth in a fun and light-hearted way, and that is exactly what reading this book will let you do—lighten your heart!”
– Gerry Gavin, author “Messages from Margaret” and Hay House radio host
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“Patty Kogutek has opened more than her heart by sharing her personal story. Her experience and the wisdom she shares will help you understand the importance of feeling at peace with the choices you make in life. From hilarious antics to frank and somber circumstances, Patty reveals the seven steps (some simple and others not so simple) that you can take to shed yourself of self-imposed guilt and speed your way to reach the life of success and significance you so richly deserve. This is not a book about being a nun…it is a book about a woman choosing to be free.”
-Sharon Lechter, author of “Think and Grow Rich for Women”, “Outwitting the Devil”, “Three Feet From Gold”, and co- authored international best-seller, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
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“A Change of Habit takes you on an extraordinary journey into the world of hope and inspiration. Regardless if you are just beginning your journey, or are highly enlightened, this profound story will have a major positive impact on your life.”
–Nick Bunick, author of the New York Times bestseller “The Messengers”
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“Reading about Patty’s transformation from Sister Mary Kateri to Sister Mary Vodka will help you realize that you, too, can live a guilt-free life. And more importantly, it helps to give you the courage and strength to actually do it!”
—Dana Wilde, Wall Street Business Radio Network: “The Mind Aware Show”
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“The arduous journey of this teenage girl to womanhood is a profound story containing lessons for all of us.”
—Walter D. Serwaka, retired chairman of the board, “MacMillan-McGraw-Hill”
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“A Change of Habit is moving and soul-searching …”
– Constance Holcomb, Retired Publishing Executive
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“This was a real joy to read! Heartwarming … inspiring … I didn’t want the book to end. I laughed, cried, and cheered you on!”
– Aaron Harper, Spiritual Counselor
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A Change of Habit recounts a spiritual journey that started when a religious eddy hurls seventeen-year-old Patty into a convent in the 1960s. Her deeply embedded guilt drives her to obey the Catholic Church, please her earthly father, and say yes to her heavenly Father. But in the convent, she fails to find happiness in religious rites and rules. Her time in the convent parallels changes wrought in religious life by Vatican II, including changes of names and attire. After leaving the convent following seven years of service, she assumes she can pick up her life and move on. But once the religious habit comes off , long-practiced habits of poverty, chastity, and obedience dog her into married life. Finally facing the reality mirror, she breaks out the debilitating patterns learned in the convent.In finding true spirituality and finally listening to the God within, she shakes the destructive habit of guilt. Her story speaks to like-minded “guilt sponges,” offering hope on their personal spiritual quests. She shares the seven secrets to guilt-free living learned on her journey. A Change of Habit is not the story of a girl breaking from the convent to live happily ever after; the story’s uniqueness hinges on how ingrained duty lodges. This story of personal reinvention and empowerment that takes place over forty years shows that it’s never to late to change one’s future.
