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| “I knew in my heart that with Kurek’s help, I could win gold in the beach volleyball on Bondi Beach, Australia. … His enthusiasm, love, passion and positivity is contagious and infectious. How Would Love Respond? addresses how to deal with fear, doubt, self-esteem and anything else that stands in your way to achieve everything you have ever dreamed of. It is a must-read for anybody that has a dream.” — NATALIE COOK, Olympic Gold Medalist, Sydney 2000 Beach Volleyball |
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“After finishing Kurek’s book I found myself reliving the amazing journey I had with Kurek in the last 18mths before the Olympic Games in Sydney. There is absolutely no doubt that Kurek was the missing link in terms of Natalie and my success. We wouldn’t have been able to do it without him. |
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Thank you Kurek, for teaching me the skills to take on the challenges that I previously thought were impossible. Thank you for doing it in such a caring and understanding way.
I highly recommend reading Kurek’s book, but only if you’re ready to improve and be the person you’ve always wanted to be!“
— KERRI POTTHARST OAM,
Olympic Gold Medallist – Sydney 2000
Beach Volleyball
| “You can never be too kind or too fair. This warm, inspiring book shows you how to practice love in every experience to achieve real peace and ultimate joy.” — BRIAN TRACY, International, speaker, author and consultant on sales and entrepreneurship. |
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| “This book is the real deal -- written with simple eloquence and brutal emotional honesty by a self made man whose been to hell and back. Kurek provides a roadmap to turning your life around and he really did it! When I met Kurek he was eighteen -- and an inarticulate street kid from Chicago who had never read a book and he thought he'd be dead before he was 21. He has transformed himself and shows you how you can too!” |
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— JOHN HERZFELD, Emmy and DGA award-winning motion picture director
“You will not be able to put this book down, and you will likely want to read it again and again. How Would Love Respond? is destined to become a classic as Kurek teaches us the most important lesson of all.”
— PEGGY MCCOLL, New York Times Bestselling Author, Your Destiny Switch
| “How Would Love Respond?enlightens us with the answer to this question and so much more . . . In this groundbreaking book, Kurek Ashley has inspired and challenged me to think, be, and create more for my life than I've ever dreamed of while giving me a profoundly simple, step-by-step road map of precisely how to do it.” — HAL ELROD, bestselling author, Taking Life Head On! (The Hal Elrod Story) |
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| I’ve been privileged to have known and toured with Kurek Ashley for decades. The biggest blessing of our shared adventures by far has been the sage-like wisdom I’ve been able to benefit from, just by being in his presence. ‘How Would Love Respond?’ is the distillation of this warrior-poet’s journey through the very of hell, and what he’s realized has always been his compass’ true north through the highs and lows every life possesses. | ![]() |
I’m proud to be able to call Kurek my friend and mentor…and I’m grateful to him for being brave enough to share his story with the world.
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GUNNAR NELSON, Double-Platinum Champion of an
American Entertainment Dynasty
“How Would Love Respond?, Kurek Ashley courageously opens his heart to share the poignant story of his hero’s journey. The revelations Kurek generously reveals carry messages that may shift your consciousness and help you create a more empowering, holistically successful life. “
— ROCHELLE MARMORSTEIN, Entrepreneur/Filmmaker, THE SHIFT
| “With every peak and valley that this book delivers, rest assured that you and Kurek will emerge stronger, more compassionate and more grateful for all that you continue to create in your life. I dare you not to marvel in this transformational adventure!” — SCOTT CHESNEY, motivational speaker and personal empowerment coach, Scott Chesney, LLC |
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“Kurek vibrates a grace, lovingness, radiance and strength that is unmistakable. His desire to serve, uplift and honor is his destiny. Take a deep breath and feel Kurek's love remind you of your own perfection, wholeness and completion.”
— JAGATJOTI SINGH KHALSA, author of Altar Your Space and founder of Tara Home
| “If you want more than the average person, then please read Kurek Ashley’s How Would Love Respond ASAP. Packed with life changing advice, tips and strategies that I found simple to understand, I am now more motivated to achieve my goals than ever before. …I am definitely giving this book to everyone I know.” |
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— ANNETTE SYM, bestselling author of the Symply Too Good to be True cookbook series, listed in the BR Weekly magazine as one of the top 50 entrepreneurial women in Australia
“How would Love Respond?" is sure to become an International Best Seller. No matter where you are in your life right now this book gives you the tools to transform it into the life that you desire. It is a personal development masterpiece“ |
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| How Would Love Respond is an amazing true story about extraordinary challenges that have eventually led to an intense spiritual experience, the Gift of Life. This is the turning point in Kurek’s life and the source of his divine inspiration to others that stems from an infinite intelligence. | ![]() |
— BARBARA PEASE, CEO of Pease International Pty Ltd and co-author of the No.1 best-selling books Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps and Why Men Don't Have A Clue & Women Always Need More Shoes!
| “… Kurek gives you effective strategies that create positive change. His candor is so refreshing, you’ll feel you have a new best friend after you finish this book. Very powerful information!”
— SKIP LA COUR, six-time National Bodybuilding champion |
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“Kurek’s story of 'beaten to unbeatable' highlights how any situation can be transformed when you ask the simple question 'How Would Love Respond?' This book is sure to inspire and empower readers around the world“. |
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“With amazing candor and clarity he tells his own story of hardship and tragedy, and of an incredible series of experiences that ultimately transformed him into someone very different. Kurek has a phenomenal record as a success coach and in this book, he reveals why: he has moved beyond being a motivator and has instead become an inspiration.” |
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| “Kurek's passionate, raw honesty will take your breath away and his infinite ability to love will stir the very depths of your soul and enable you to realize your greatness.” — MINNA, singer / songwriter and founder of the Pixie Revolution |
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“This book is (Kurek) throughout — his devotion is his passion for life and the love he brings forth is in all he does. … Here, he opens the door for all to learn; all you have to do is walk through.”
— DEBORAH LA MIA DENAVER, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning make-up artist
"Kurek was my performance coach for over a year. This book is truly Kurek. As I read the book it was as if Kurek was coaching me all over again! Kurek worked with me to improve and hone my God given personal skills. His coaching helped me take on whatever challenges that arose while reaching my goals and being successful. His book will do the same for you".
— DON SCHIN Business Coach, Entrepreneur, Investor
“To come across somebody who has had the life experience of Kurek Ashley, then share his experiences with us in this book, is truly a wonderful gift. All who read this amazing book will be left with life-changing thoughts and results and an empowering new outlook on many aspects of their life. No matter what it takes, read it from cover to cover. Kurek Ashley has made a massive difference in my life and those around me — allow him to do the same to you!”
— MARTIN AYLES, author of 'You need a Rocket'
“I read it on the subway and kept reading as I walked home from the station in a daze, unable to stop reading or walking, trying to stop my eyes welling up. You have profoundly moved and inspired me. Given me a new and powerful way to walk through life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
— SCOTT WALKER, Writer / Director
“Kurek is an inspired leader in love. By living his message he has reached out to millions across the world. In this book Kurek opens the door to an extraordinary life, and invites us to open the door to our own. How Would Love Respond? Read it. Relate. And respond.”
— ROGER HAMILTON, XL Results Foundation.
“Kurek shares life lessons and brilliant distinctions on what is holding us back from living a fulfilling life, you will not want to put his book down once you pick it up! His life reads like a Hollywood Thriller - it actually is one! If you’re ready to take your life to the next level, regardless of where you are now, this is a MUST read, your life will never be the same!”
--ROCK THOMAS, Entrepreneur, Speaker and Author. www.rockthomas.com
“Kurek’s courageous spirit and miraculous resilience filled me with a whole new kind of courage and I believe he will do the same for other readers.”
— JODEE BLANCO, author of the New York Times bestseller Please Stop Laughing at Me and Please Stop Laughing at Us
“The refreshing perspective in this book gives us insight as to what is needed to help our world on a global scale. Imagine if everyone asked ‘How would love respond’? The result would be nothing short of magical”
— GINA MOLLICONE - LONG, Best-selling Author of The Secret of Successful Failing
“The amazing manner in which Kurek Ashley is able to openly share his experiences captivates readers into his story while also teaching invaluable lessons. Anyone looking to be inspired and motivated to create change should purchase this book. We are all blessed by the insight and wisdom shared throughout these pages.“
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MICHELLE BERSELL, Life Coach and author of Emotional Abundance: Become Empowered
“Kurek is a dynamic living testimony to impact one person can make on this planet. Kurek shares his journey with you in such an intimate way that your heart will open more than you have ever known before. Every page leads you to the enlightment of your own soul igniting the passion within. It is a guarantee that you will never be the same after you read his story and learn the power of the seven essential ingredients to living life to the fullest. Kurek will motivate you to live your best life now and realize the difference that you can make in the world as well.“
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SHARON MARQUART, Spiritual/Life Coach
“It reads like an action-adventure novel, but Kurek's book is truth, not fiction. How Would Love Respond tells the complete truth about self-transformation: what it takes, exactly how to do it. I've never read a more thorough transformation manual or one that was as honest in revealing the author's staggering personal trials and his exact steps to overcome them. Kurek's suggestions are so logically practical -- and he is so appealingly insistent in presenting them -- that they become irresistible. This is not just a book, it's a life-altering experience“.
— ANDREA CONWAY, Law of Attraction Business Mentor
“Learning to navigate life from the heart is Kurek's greatest triumph. This book tenderly shows you how to allow love's presence to respond to every choice.“
— Rev. Dr. Charlene M. Proctor, The Goddess Network, best-selling author of Let Your Goddess Grow and The Women's Book of Empowerment.
“Just as Allen Carr reveals the secrets of the nicotine trap, so Kurek reveals the secrets of what prevents us realising our full potential. In “How Would Love Respond”, Kurek serves a smorgasbord of Love that enrichs and transforms such that any reader can break free from internal shackles and contraints, to truly live life fully, the way we are meant to. A powerful and uplifting manual for life.“
— Jonathan Wills, Senior Therapist, Allen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking, Brisbane
“As so many have said, I could not put it down. I read through the night, the scenes and passions alive in my mind. I did not even realize I was reading. One cannot fabricate a review of Kurek's book. Kurek's soul is alive and open to the world. Never before have I read an entire book with my own self so full of positive emotion, love and a well of tears on every other page. Bravo, Kurek. The foundation genuine; the strategy solid as the ages...You are a whole new dimension...Never known such giving, such freshness, such completeness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, thank you, thank you.“. |
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“Kurek Ashley is a born storyteller. He draws the reader into the story with magnificent detail and heart wrenching emotion. “How Would Love Respond? is the fascinating, passionate story which will take your breath away.“ |
"As you read 'How Would Love Respond', you can feel the love, compassion and passion that Kurek has to be a leader and to help people. This book is breathtaking as you see one man open up his Soul. When I think of Kurek and his work I think of absolute beauty, transformation and wholeness. This book is a must read for all who are ready to awaken and transform their lives."
— JOAN MARIE WHELAN, International Medium and Intuition Expert.
"With your book, "How Would Love Respond?" you had me at 'hello' Kurek! This book is really something, and my jaw was dropped for the entire reading session, in one sitting. I pretty well experienced a full range of emotions whilst reading your book.
If anyone needs yet more evidence for, "…you always get what you ask for and that it rarely comes in the package you think it is supposed to", then this book is a MUST read. Thank you, for sharing your heart and soul. Thank you for this, most precious of gifts. I know that everything you have written here is true. "How Would Love Respond?" will take so many readers to a place where they make their life altering decision."
—THEA WESTRA - Senior Thought Leader and Author - ForwardSteps.com.au
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