Imagine having one of the most beautiful voices in the world, maybe in history, and one day losing it. Bam. Just like that. Gone.

That’s what happened to Julie Andrews nearly 30 years ago when a botched operation to fix a benign lesion on her vocal cords left her unable to sing.

What would YOU do?

Curl up in the fetal position? Go into a deep depression? Rage against the forces that took your greatest gift and stole your identity?

No doubt Dame Julie Andrews did all of those things.

And then…she got back to work.

She starred in more non-singing movies.

Each day she put one foot in front of the other. But as she lamented in an interview, “God, I miss it!”

Then she started writing children’s books with her daughter, Emma. Lots of books.

Emma told her, “Mom, you’ve just found a new way of using your voice.”

And just like that Dame Julie says, “The weight … [continue reading...] about The Mantra That Saved Julie Andrews’ Life