The Evolutionary Glitch: Rise Above the
Root of Your Problems
Author: Albert Garoli
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 978-1-61599-017-7
All human beings share a common trait: in one way or another, we want to move forward in life, improving ourselves and our situations. Maybe your goal is emotional improvement, educational, financial, career goals, relationship improvement, or a combination of these and other qualities. Regardless of our motivation and ambition, something often seems to be holding us back.
Bringing his experience and knowledge of eastern philosophies, ancient age-old wisdom, modern psychology and neurobiology, Dr. Garoli explains our brain's thought processes in a groundbreaking way that makes so much sense and offers a real clarity of the human situation and making changes. His premise: throughout the evolutionary process of brain development, a superimposed identify is formed. This identity is referred to as an evolutionary "glitch". This glitch seems to make life decisions for us. Use of this book shows you the six major types of personae evolutionarily acquired and how to understand, confront and overcome them.
The writing is easy to understand and the author's style is both motivating and empowering. A fascinating look at how we function, putting the tools of change easily within our reach. Very helpful to anyone wanting to make life changes, unsure of why it is so hard to do. If you have an interest in changing your life, or just like knowing more about how the brain and decision making processes work, you'll really learn alot from this book. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in brain function.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Help for Families of Recovering Addicts
Rewriting Life Scripts
Transformational Recovery for Families
of Addicts
Authors: Liliane Desjardins, Nancy Oelklaus, Irene Watson
Publisher: Life Scripts Press
ISBN: 978-1-932690-97-2
When a family member has an addiction (to alcohol, drugs, etc.) the other members of the family by necessity are forced to change their behaviors, their lifestyle and their expectations. In many cases, these changes have occurred slowly and over a period of years or even decades. When the addicted family member make the monumental move towards recovery, the family often finds itself thrown into a new kind of chaos without expecting or understanding it.
This book is based mainly on using the 12 step addiction recovery process, but everything discussed can be utilized regardless of the method of recovery used. The book is divided into several parts, each dealing with a different stage of recovery. Families will find this helpful, enabling them to study and work through each recovery phrase as it's being experienced by the recovering family member. By completing all parts, the reader will reach a clear understanding of just what changes and adjustments they have had to make in the past and how the family dynamics will now be changing for the better. Topics are covered in a clear and easy to understand manner, explaining all the stages of change, defining the various roles played by family members in both the dysfunctional (addiction) phase and the truly transforming and freeing journey the family members all take as they work together to rewrite and change the family dynamics.
The three authors bring a wide range of life experiences, education and career training to this work. This gives the book a deeper, broader application that will apply to an untold number of families. I highly recommend this book to anyone who works with addiction and recovery, and to anyone and everyone who is part of a family at any point on the addiction spectrum. Excellent resource and promising tool for a happier family.
Transformational Recovery for Families
of Addicts
Authors: Liliane Desjardins, Nancy Oelklaus, Irene Watson
Publisher: Life Scripts Press
ISBN: 978-1-932690-97-2
When a family member has an addiction (to alcohol, drugs, etc.) the other members of the family by necessity are forced to change their behaviors, their lifestyle and their expectations. In many cases, these changes have occurred slowly and over a period of years or even decades. When the addicted family member make the monumental move towards recovery, the family often finds itself thrown into a new kind of chaos without expecting or understanding it.
This book is based mainly on using the 12 step addiction recovery process, but everything discussed can be utilized regardless of the method of recovery used. The book is divided into several parts, each dealing with a different stage of recovery. Families will find this helpful, enabling them to study and work through each recovery phrase as it's being experienced by the recovering family member. By completing all parts, the reader will reach a clear understanding of just what changes and adjustments they have had to make in the past and how the family dynamics will now be changing for the better. Topics are covered in a clear and easy to understand manner, explaining all the stages of change, defining the various roles played by family members in both the dysfunctional (addiction) phase and the truly transforming and freeing journey the family members all take as they work together to rewrite and change the family dynamics.
The three authors bring a wide range of life experiences, education and career training to this work. This gives the book a deeper, broader application that will apply to an untold number of families. I highly recommend this book to anyone who works with addiction and recovery, and to anyone and everyone who is part of a family at any point on the addiction spectrum. Excellent resource and promising tool for a happier family.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Life Skills: Improve The Quality of Your Life With Metapsychology
Life Skills: Improve the Quality of Your Life with
Metapsychology (Explorations in Metapsychology Series)
Author: Marian K. Volkman
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 1-932690-05-0
Applied Metapsychology makes use of one on one sessions to achieve personal goals. Developed by Frank A. Gerbode, MD, it utilizes relieving past pain and trauma and working through personal issues to expand the consciousness of the patient or user . People who study and use Metapsychology report living a fuller and more fulfilled life, with less fear, depression and unhappiness than the general population. By reading and using the detailed information in Marian K. Volkman's book, the reader will be given a concise, indepth and easily understandable grasp of metapsycology, it's value and how it's used.
Written in a manner that will appeal to therapists, laypersons and students, this book will assist the user in more accurately predicting patterns of human behavior and dealing with negative situations, people and behaviors. It's a truly user friendly volume on exapanding personal understanding of your own behavior, motivations, ambitions, deep seated issues, relationship style and communication abilities. She has formatted the book in a way that makes it ideal for group study as well as personal use. While offering a broad background of metapsychology, each aspect is written in extreme detail and ease of understanding and utilization. The author presents a wide and varied wealth of information in easily digestible sections.
Topics of study in this book include quality of life, stress and trauma as a factor in life, understanding emotions and predicting them, improving relationship in all the areas of your life: family, work, friends, etc. I found this book to be really motivational and thought provoking. I know it's one I will turn to again and again as situations arise and problems need resolution. Highly recommended, I look forward to much more from this author.
Metapsychology (Explorations in Metapsychology Series)
Author: Marian K. Volkman
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 1-932690-05-0
Applied Metapsychology makes use of one on one sessions to achieve personal goals. Developed by Frank A. Gerbode, MD, it utilizes relieving past pain and trauma and working through personal issues to expand the consciousness of the patient or user . People who study and use Metapsychology report living a fuller and more fulfilled life, with less fear, depression and unhappiness than the general population. By reading and using the detailed information in Marian K. Volkman's book, the reader will be given a concise, indepth and easily understandable grasp of metapsycology, it's value and how it's used.
Written in a manner that will appeal to therapists, laypersons and students, this book will assist the user in more accurately predicting patterns of human behavior and dealing with negative situations, people and behaviors. It's a truly user friendly volume on exapanding personal understanding of your own behavior, motivations, ambitions, deep seated issues, relationship style and communication abilities. She has formatted the book in a way that makes it ideal for group study as well as personal use. While offering a broad background of metapsychology, each aspect is written in extreme detail and ease of understanding and utilization. The author presents a wide and varied wealth of information in easily digestible sections.
Topics of study in this book include quality of life, stress and trauma as a factor in life, understanding emotions and predicting them, improving relationship in all the areas of your life: family, work, friends, etc. I found this book to be really motivational and thought provoking. I know it's one I will turn to again and again as situations arise and problems need resolution. Highly recommended, I look forward to much more from this author.
Life Without Jealousy A Practical Guide
Life Without Jealousy: A Practical Guide
Author: Lynda Bevan
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 978-1-932690-85-9
Anyone who has ever been involved in a relationship, whether it's friendship or romance, has probably experienced jealousy. There are many forms of jealousy, all of them unwanted and uncomfortable, regardless of the cause. The author, Lynda Bevan discusses the various type of jealousy, where they come from and how to handle them; whether you are the jealous person or the one who is the reciepent of jealousy.
This book is part of an excellent ongoing series from Loving Healing Press; the 10 Step Empowerment Series, practical guides written by experienced therapists for solving life's problems.
The book is written in a style that is both interesting and easy to understand. Regardless of the reader's knowledge of psychology, it is user friendly and educational. From the broadest definitions of jealousy and envy, the book then delves more deeply into the many forms jealousy takes: sexual, romantic, possessive, emotional, financial and material among others. The psychology of jealousy is explained, as well the differences of the sexes in how they feel and handle jealousy, and the damage caused by jealous behavior. Causes are discussed in detail, and real workable solutions are offered to repair the damages.
Regardless of which side of jealousy you find yourself on, help is available in this book. Highly recommended by this reviewer.
Author: Lynda Bevan
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 978-1-932690-85-9
Anyone who has ever been involved in a relationship, whether it's friendship or romance, has probably experienced jealousy. There are many forms of jealousy, all of them unwanted and uncomfortable, regardless of the cause. The author, Lynda Bevan discusses the various type of jealousy, where they come from and how to handle them; whether you are the jealous person or the one who is the reciepent of jealousy.
This book is part of an excellent ongoing series from Loving Healing Press; the 10 Step Empowerment Series, practical guides written by experienced therapists for solving life's problems.
The book is written in a style that is both interesting and easy to understand. Regardless of the reader's knowledge of psychology, it is user friendly and educational. From the broadest definitions of jealousy and envy, the book then delves more deeply into the many forms jealousy takes: sexual, romantic, possessive, emotional, financial and material among others. The psychology of jealousy is explained, as well the differences of the sexes in how they feel and handle jealousy, and the damage caused by jealous behavior. Causes are discussed in detail, and real workable solutions are offered to repair the damages.
Regardless of which side of jealousy you find yourself on, help is available in this book. Highly recommended by this reviewer.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Self Discovery and Recovery Through ReCreation Therapy
Gifts From The Child Within: Self-Discovery and
Self-Recovery through ReCreation Therapy,
2nd Edition
Author: Barbara Sinor
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 978-1-932690-46-0
Gifts From The Child Within is a beautifully written, incredibly moving and potentially life changing workbook for self discovery and recovery through Re-Creation Therapy.
Many of the emotional, mental and even physical problems we face as adults can be traced back to a childhood trauma or experience. To work through the issues of today, it's often of vital importance to discover and work through the issues of childhood.
Dr. Sinor is an advocate of the use of Re-Creation Therapy. Re-Creation Therapy is a transforming process; reaching for and touching the child that still resides within all of us. When we accept the child we were and the trauma and expperiences we were subject to, we can release the blockages and pain of childhood that have followed us into adulthood. Divided into several parts, the book enables the reader to work through issues that still affect them at the speed they are comfortable with.
Part One deals with helping the reader comprehend and understand what the concept of "The Child Within" really means. With examples and exercises, reasders will be better able to reach their inner children and understand what issues are still being carried within.
Parts Two and Three offer visualizations, affirmations, exercises and the use of autohypnosis to begin the recovery process. With space left blank within the book, it can be used as an actual journal, tracking the reader's progress thoughout the stages of both discovery and recovery.
The author has presented the information in a way that allows for use by both the professional and layperson. Written in an easily understandable and conversational style, the reader will feel they are working with a friend, and feel the ability to open up and work through the baggage and issues carried forward from childhood. One of the things I found particularly helpful was that the program is set up to be worked at the reader's own pace and on a schedule and timing that allows the user to fully digest the information they discover at their own speed; avoiding the stress that comes with a need to maintain a stringent deadline, working on a particular issue until you feel you've worked through it.
Self-Recovery through ReCreation Therapy,
2nd Edition
Author: Barbara Sinor
Publisher: Loving Healing Press
ISBN: 978-1-932690-46-0
Gifts From The Child Within is a beautifully written, incredibly moving and potentially life changing workbook for self discovery and recovery through Re-Creation Therapy.
Many of the emotional, mental and even physical problems we face as adults can be traced back to a childhood trauma or experience. To work through the issues of today, it's often of vital importance to discover and work through the issues of childhood.
Dr. Sinor is an advocate of the use of Re-Creation Therapy. Re-Creation Therapy is a transforming process; reaching for and touching the child that still resides within all of us. When we accept the child we were and the trauma and expperiences we were subject to, we can release the blockages and pain of childhood that have followed us into adulthood. Divided into several parts, the book enables the reader to work through issues that still affect them at the speed they are comfortable with.
Part One deals with helping the reader comprehend and understand what the concept of "The Child Within" really means. With examples and exercises, reasders will be better able to reach their inner children and understand what issues are still being carried within.
Parts Two and Three offer visualizations, affirmations, exercises and the use of autohypnosis to begin the recovery process. With space left blank within the book, it can be used as an actual journal, tracking the reader's progress thoughout the stages of both discovery and recovery.
The author has presented the information in a way that allows for use by both the professional and layperson. Written in an easily understandable and conversational style, the reader will feel they are working with a friend, and feel the ability to open up and work through the baggage and issues carried forward from childhood. One of the things I found particularly helpful was that the program is set up to be worked at the reader's own pace and on a schedule and timing that allows the user to fully digest the information they discover at their own speed; avoiding the stress that comes with a need to maintain a stringent deadline, working on a particular issue until you feel you've worked through it.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
A Long Term Solution for an On-Going Problem
Why Don't They Just Get a Job?
One Couple's Mission to End Poverty
in Their Community
Authors: Liane Phillips and
Echo Montgomery Garrett
Publisher: aha! Process Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-934583-37-1
No one sets out to live their life in poverty, on welfare or serially jobless. Even before the current economic crisis, there were too many Americans chronically unemployed or having no opportunity for job training. As a former Social Worker and longtime American taxpayer, I am able to see both sides of this issue. In our society, there are many people considered unemployable. There are a variety of reasons for this. Many just do not have the financial means to continue education, and are left with no real marketable skills. Some people are truly driven into the welfare system because of circumstances beyond their control and lack the support; emotional, logistical, etc., to crawl back out. The "multiple generation" welfare share does come into play, also. It's probably the area most attacked by many as an abuse of the system. But if your mother never learned from her elders about motivation, ambition, personal skills,and the personal satifaction they offer, she probably won't know how to teach them to you. It's a vicious circle, and a tough situation for those involved. We won't solve that issue overnight, but it can be addressed successfully.
Thanks to a retired corporate couple, the people of Cincinnati now have a way out of the vicious circle that poverty often becomes. When Liane and Dave Phillips retired, they were at loose ends. With lots of energy and their shared corporate talents and experience, they started a revolutionary program. Their program is called Cincinnati Works. It's a nonprofit, member based organization changing the welfare landscape. It's a program that can (and should) be available thoughout this country.
To give an example of the success of Cincinnati Works, 80% of the people trained and hired into the community have retained their positions. That's a really incredible retention rate when you acknowledge that government funded programs of this type generally average a retention rate of 20 to 25%. Thousands of families have moved from welfare and poverty to self sufficiency and the personal satisfaction it can bring. The Phillips and their groundbreaking program have won numerous awards and the recognition of the Harvard Business Review.
The authors of this book have done an outstanding job. The writing style is clear and concise, and the story is moving, entertaining and inspirational all at once. With lots of attention to detail, it's easy to see how the plan can be duplicated. If this is not enough to convince you buy this book, the fact that a portion of the profits will be donated to Cincinnati Works (a program that really DOES work) should cinch the deal for you. If I could personally afford it, I would purchase copies of this book for every welfare and poverty program in the country. Utilizing this type of program would change the way the system works or doesn't work, in many cases. Highly recommended by this reader!
One Couple's Mission to End Poverty
in Their Community
Authors: Liane Phillips and
Echo Montgomery Garrett
Publisher: aha! Process Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-934583-37-1
No one sets out to live their life in poverty, on welfare or serially jobless. Even before the current economic crisis, there were too many Americans chronically unemployed or having no opportunity for job training. As a former Social Worker and longtime American taxpayer, I am able to see both sides of this issue. In our society, there are many people considered unemployable. There are a variety of reasons for this. Many just do not have the financial means to continue education, and are left with no real marketable skills. Some people are truly driven into the welfare system because of circumstances beyond their control and lack the support; emotional, logistical, etc., to crawl back out. The "multiple generation" welfare share does come into play, also. It's probably the area most attacked by many as an abuse of the system. But if your mother never learned from her elders about motivation, ambition, personal skills,and the personal satifaction they offer, she probably won't know how to teach them to you. It's a vicious circle, and a tough situation for those involved. We won't solve that issue overnight, but it can be addressed successfully.
Thanks to a retired corporate couple, the people of Cincinnati now have a way out of the vicious circle that poverty often becomes. When Liane and Dave Phillips retired, they were at loose ends. With lots of energy and their shared corporate talents and experience, they started a revolutionary program. Their program is called Cincinnati Works. It's a nonprofit, member based organization changing the welfare landscape. It's a program that can (and should) be available thoughout this country.
To give an example of the success of Cincinnati Works, 80% of the people trained and hired into the community have retained their positions. That's a really incredible retention rate when you acknowledge that government funded programs of this type generally average a retention rate of 20 to 25%. Thousands of families have moved from welfare and poverty to self sufficiency and the personal satisfaction it can bring. The Phillips and their groundbreaking program have won numerous awards and the recognition of the Harvard Business Review.
The authors of this book have done an outstanding job. The writing style is clear and concise, and the story is moving, entertaining and inspirational all at once. With lots of attention to detail, it's easy to see how the plan can be duplicated. If this is not enough to convince you buy this book, the fact that a portion of the profits will be donated to Cincinnati Works (a program that really DOES work) should cinch the deal for you. If I could personally afford it, I would purchase copies of this book for every welfare and poverty program in the country. Utilizing this type of program would change the way the system works or doesn't work, in many cases. Highly recommended by this reader!
What Do You Know about Indigos?
Indigo Awakening: A Doctor's Memoir of
Forging an Authentic Life in a Turbulent World
Author: Janine Talty, DO
Publisher: Elite Books
ISBN: 978-1-60070-63-7
Indigo Children. You may have heard this phrase before. It was coined some twenty years ago, by Nancy Ann Dappe. It appears in her book "Understanding Your Life Through Color", published in 1982. Indigo Children is a term that describes the attributes of a particular group of people, commonly known as Indigo. You may share these characteristics yourself, or know someone who does. Characteristics include: great empathy, a sense of purpose, well developed intuition and a connection, nearly psychic, to the people the Indigo is close to, altruism and a keen, sometimes emotionally painful awareness of the feelings of people around them. Indigos are often nearly overwhelmed by a feeling of responsibility for everyone and everything around them. They have a strong sense of justice and fair play. Many Indigos have a great resistance to authority and authority figures, especially if they believe the authority figure is untruthful, biased or unjust. They tend to avoid being in large groups when possible. The feelings of individuals in a crowd are felt by the Indigo, and with so many people, the feelings and emotions coming at them are so great and varied that dealing with it mentally is many times exhausting; mentally, emotionally, spiritually and often even physically it leads the Indigo personality to feel drained, exhausted and overwhelmed.
Indigos feel so much sympathy and empathy for others, they generally tend to have poor personal boundaries, causing them to be overwhelmed by anxiety and worry for others, wanting to solve everything. Indigos often are whole brain thinkers, perceiving concepts as fully developed pictures, unable to view simply a portion of a situation, overwhelming them with what may look insurmountable.
Indigo Awakening relates the author's personal story. It's different from most of the books available on the subject, because they are written by people not living as an Indigo. An Indigo faces situations, experiences and difficulties in a way that is unique to their perceptions; it only makes sense that an actual Indigo would offer a more clear and concise view of just this experience, a level of understanding of the concept that others often do not fully grasp.
Dr. Talty shares a truly inspiring story, the honesty and truth to her experiences rings so true that the reader feels well connected her, as one is to a friend as opposed to just an acquaintance or author in general.
Indigo personalities are often described as being in the world but not of the world. Social norms and customs are hard for them to understand and comprehend. The ceremonial rituals seems meaningless to them. Most Indigos have difficulty participating in celebrations such as graduations, birthdays and what other people consider to be landmark personal experiences. Organized religion in general and its ceremonial use of ritual in particular seems empty, meaningless and often unnecessary and false to them. If they participate at all, it's usually to appease the desires of family and friends.
This book offers an extremely fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable read. If a family member, friend or coworker is Indigo, the book will give the reader invaluable insight into their way of thinking and coping. It will help them understand why the Indigo does the things they do and how to make a personal relationship with the Indigo fuller and more rewarding. Be warned that the author holds opinions and beliefs that may seem odd or downright ridiculous to some readers. However, use the ability to move beyond that, because even it you don't share the author's particular view of some aspects of the world or its future, you will find knowledge here that will prove valuable to your relationship with the Indigos you care about personally. Unique and touching, it's a book I highly recommend!
Forging an Authentic Life in a Turbulent World
Author: Janine Talty, DO
Publisher: Elite Books
ISBN: 978-1-60070-63-7
Indigo Children. You may have heard this phrase before. It was coined some twenty years ago, by Nancy Ann Dappe. It appears in her book "Understanding Your Life Through Color", published in 1982. Indigo Children is a term that describes the attributes of a particular group of people, commonly known as Indigo. You may share these characteristics yourself, or know someone who does. Characteristics include: great empathy, a sense of purpose, well developed intuition and a connection, nearly psychic, to the people the Indigo is close to, altruism and a keen, sometimes emotionally painful awareness of the feelings of people around them. Indigos are often nearly overwhelmed by a feeling of responsibility for everyone and everything around them. They have a strong sense of justice and fair play. Many Indigos have a great resistance to authority and authority figures, especially if they believe the authority figure is untruthful, biased or unjust. They tend to avoid being in large groups when possible. The feelings of individuals in a crowd are felt by the Indigo, and with so many people, the feelings and emotions coming at them are so great and varied that dealing with it mentally is many times exhausting; mentally, emotionally, spiritually and often even physically it leads the Indigo personality to feel drained, exhausted and overwhelmed.
Indigos feel so much sympathy and empathy for others, they generally tend to have poor personal boundaries, causing them to be overwhelmed by anxiety and worry for others, wanting to solve everything. Indigos often are whole brain thinkers, perceiving concepts as fully developed pictures, unable to view simply a portion of a situation, overwhelming them with what may look insurmountable.
Indigo Awakening relates the author's personal story. It's different from most of the books available on the subject, because they are written by people not living as an Indigo. An Indigo faces situations, experiences and difficulties in a way that is unique to their perceptions; it only makes sense that an actual Indigo would offer a more clear and concise view of just this experience, a level of understanding of the concept that others often do not fully grasp.
Dr. Talty shares a truly inspiring story, the honesty and truth to her experiences rings so true that the reader feels well connected her, as one is to a friend as opposed to just an acquaintance or author in general.
Indigo personalities are often described as being in the world but not of the world. Social norms and customs are hard for them to understand and comprehend. The ceremonial rituals seems meaningless to them. Most Indigos have difficulty participating in celebrations such as graduations, birthdays and what other people consider to be landmark personal experiences. Organized religion in general and its ceremonial use of ritual in particular seems empty, meaningless and often unnecessary and false to them. If they participate at all, it's usually to appease the desires of family and friends.
This book offers an extremely fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable read. If a family member, friend or coworker is Indigo, the book will give the reader invaluable insight into their way of thinking and coping. It will help them understand why the Indigo does the things they do and how to make a personal relationship with the Indigo fuller and more rewarding. Be warned that the author holds opinions and beliefs that may seem odd or downright ridiculous to some readers. However, use the ability to move beyond that, because even it you don't share the author's particular view of some aspects of the world or its future, you will find knowledge here that will prove valuable to your relationship with the Indigos you care about personally. Unique and touching, it's a book I highly recommend!
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