Wow! I’m at a loss of words. Cahill’s memoir is probably one of the best that I’ve read this year. How he describes his love, guilt and fear brought me right into the pages of his story and I just couldn’t put it down. I read his book in the span of one day.
Cahill goes into his childhood and begins to explain his painful experiences of falling in and out of love. It’ll make you laugh and cry all the way to the very end. Without giving to much away I’m going to end it there, but I highly recommend Cahill’s “Aging Disgracefully” and it receives five stars from me!

I love a good memoir and this did not disappoint. The author writes very well and the stories just flow. Really good book.

As the CEO of his own company, Hobson Associates, Danny Cahill was a highly regarded business expert and popular motivational speaker. This brought him tremendous wealth and prestige. On his 50th birthday, he was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance following a work-out injury at the gym. Barely able to walk, it was a rude awakening to realize 50 wasn’t the new 40. Cahill had lost his mother, wife, home, and cats in a short time. “Aging Disgracefully” is an incredible memoir of Cahill’s spectacular business success and the disappointments and shambles of his personal life that prompted him to regroup and courageously reinvent himself.

When Cahill met his future wife Sidney, she was married to another man. Mariah, his “soulful and sweet” girlfriend warned him that with Sidney history would be repeated someday, she was right. For years business was solid, Cahill eventually developed a website, spent hours at the office and away from home on speaking engagements throughout the country. Business was good, he was mentoring a bright 22 year old, Kelsey a “moneymaker” for the company. By this time, Sidney had left their business, became an adjunct professor, and at nearly 40, wanted children. Cahill had no need to be a Dad, some of his staff was “childlike”—he and Sidney had cats that were also like children.

Perhaps it was the lack of success with IVF treatments, unable to conceive Sidney seemed deeply unhappy and began to drink and stay out until the bars closed. Cahill developed a close working relationship with Kelsey, and it likely didn’t help (concerning Sidney) when her daughter was born. To ease what Cahill called “The Drift” of their unhappy marriage, the Cahill’s sought marriage counseling with Russ, an excellent therapist that really seemed to help. Cahill generously shared many intimate details behind the scenes of his private life, counseling sessions, the new insight he gained, and the shocking and scandalous way his life unfolded around the breakdown of his marriage. This is among the best books I’ve read this year! ~ With thanks and appreciation to Greenleaf Book Group Press via NetGalley for the direct e-copy for the purpose of review.

Aging Disgracefully by Danny Cahill was received direct from the authors publisher. The author, whom I am five days older than (for what that is worth to you, the casual reader), wrote this memoir about his free fall to madness (his words, not mine). The author relates he is/was a motivational speaker (among other things), so as I read the sometimes funny, sometimes insightful stories, I imagined him on stage with a wireless microphone headset, talking to an audience in a overly excited manner. The author is a gooder writer than some and if you enjoy stories about life in general, this may be a good book for you to read. I never got bored with this book and I dont think you will either.

4 stars

Great book, your insight into yourself is admirable. I wish I could articulate my thoughts and feelings so well...