About the Book
From Outta Control by Oscar Gonzalez Silva is a self-help guide to getting your life back in control based on the author’s own experiences overcoming adversity through daily prayer, changing destructive thought patterns and taking positive action.
Practical and thoughtfully written, From Outta Control includes:
- Tips on how to incorporate healthy eating and exercise into your current lifestyle.
- A handy how-to guide on creating goals and transforming your visions into reality.
- Lists of helpful coping mechanisms to turn to when you feel “outta control.”
- Literary resources related to health, faith, and so much more.
About the Author
Oscar Gonzalez Silva was born in Managua, Nicaragua on December 30, 1977 to parents Maria Del Socorro Gonzalez Silva and Oscar Danilo Gonzalez Torrez. He grew up with three sisters, Valeria, Karen, and Cindy. Growing up, he was a child who liked to have fun and made sure everyone around him also had fun.
His family left Nicaragua and moved to Canada in September, 1987. He was nine-years-old. He fell in love with hockey and the Edmonton Oilers during their dynasty years. Along with hockey, he also loves baseball and basketball. working out and listening to music. In quiet moments, you will see him reading a personal growth book or listening to an audiobook.
Oscar has been a professional chef since 1997. Although passionate about cooking, he is now looking to pursue social work and writing. From Outta Control is his first book.
Here’s what people have to say:
“I’m proud to say that I watched the beginning of Oscar’s journey down his path to self-improvement. His sincerity and convictions are evident in every word of his first book. I look forward to reading the next one. Bravo, GONZALEZ!”
—Heidi Slauenwhite
“Oscar has been there… He has taken himself from being at the bottom to where he is today. He has used faith in himself and a higher power and discipline and simple useful methods to rebuild who he is from what he was. He speaks with authenticity and honesty, having BEEN there! Do you want to grow as a person and be a better spouse, parent, human being? Are you okay with living and being mediocre when you can be so much more? Are you going to own what you are and be the best you? Then read From Outta Control and LET’S DO THIS!”
—Wayne McDonald
“Book recommendation! Eye opening book; well-written; I recommend it to everyone, especially the youth out there, who are lost in this world today! Amazing author and friend! God bless and can’t wait for the second book to come.”
—Cole Paul
From PageMaster Publishing in Edmonton AB