Hi jlearner,
"Awaken the Giant Within" is a pretty dense book with multiple exercises to help cement the concepts. I wonder if it would help to treat it like a text book. Activate a single chapter at a time. Before activation, PR the previous 2 chapters, the one you are activating and the next two chapters. You might give that a try.
Here I am just wondering out loud: has anyone ever used separate purposes for various chapters of a book when the chapters are on vary diverse subjects?
It seems to me that your original purpose might be too broad. Could you set a more specific purpose for each chapter? For example, the purpose for the chapter on optimal health might be something like "I desire to learn and apply the concepts in this chapter to create an optimal diet and fitness program to benefit my life." Perhaps making it more specific and personal in this way might help. Let us know if this helps.
otherbrother