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Be aware of the quality of your communication. The quality of your communication depends on whether you tune your emotional body to love or to fear. If you know what love is and what fear is, you become aware of the way you communicate your dream to others, and you can choose to communicate with love. don Miguel Ruiz
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Imagine a light beam emanating from your heart, then spend at least five minutes with your eyes closed, feeling the light extend outward to all living things. Marianne Williamson
Babies, Children, Adolescents, Parents, Families
Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children. Thomas Gordon http://www.amazon.com/Parent-Effectiveness-Training-Responsible-Children/dp/0609806939/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. http://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Kids-Will-Listen/dp/0380811960/ref=pd_sim_b1 Note there is also one for Teens by the same authors.
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. http://www.amazon.com/Siblings-Without-Rivalry-Children-Together/dp/0380799006/ref=pd_sim_b6
What Do You Really Want for Your Children? Wayne W. Dyer. http://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Want-Your-Children/dp/0380730472/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1316203768andsr=1-1 What Do You Really Want for Your Children? (Google eBook) HarperCollins, 2001-08-21. 480 pages. If you have children, then you have dreams. for them. You want to see them growing up happy, healthy, self-reliant, and confident in themselves and their abilities. But if you're a typical parent, you've wondered if you'll be able to give them all this. There's good news: you can. Wayne W. Dyer shares the wisdom and guidance that have already helped millions of readers take charge of their lives - showing how to make all your hopes for your children come true. You will learn: the seven simple secrets for building your child's self-esteem every day. how to give very young children all the love they need -- without spoiling them. how to encourage risk-taking - without fear of failure. action strategies for dealing with your own anger - and your child's. the right way (and the wrong way) to improve your child's behavior. the secrets of raising kids relatively free of illness. techniques that encourage children to enjoy life. It's all here - straightforward, commonsense advice that no parent can afford to do without. http://books.google.ca/books/about What_Do_You_Really_Want_for_Your_Childre.html id=QWEASspxGGkCandredir_esc=y
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If you have children, then you have dreams for them. You want to see them growing up happy, healthy, self-reliant, and confident in themselves and their abilities. But if you're a typical parent, you've wondered if you'll be able to give them all this. There's good news: you can. Wayne W. Dyer shares the wisdom and guidance that have already helped millions of readers take charge of their lives -- showing how to make all your hopes for your children come true. You will learn: the seven simple secrets for building your child's self-esteem every day. How to give very young children all the love they need - without spoiling them. How to encourage risk-taking - without fear of failure. Action strategies for dealing with your own anger -- and your child's. The right way (and the wrong way) to improve your child's behavior. The secrets of raising kids relatively free of illness. Techniques that encourage children to enjoy life. It's all here -straightforward, commonsense advice that no parent can afford to do without.
Bed Timing: The "When-To" Guide to Helping Your Child to Sleep. Marc Lewis and Isabela Granic. http://www.amazon.com/Bed-Timing-When-Guide-Helping/dp/1554680476 Teaching your baby or toddler to sleep through the night can be a bewildering and frustrating experience. Should you let your child “ cry it out” or follow a “ no-cry” solution? Are you tired of endless hours of rocking your baby to sleep? Why won’ t your baby stay asleep? And why is last month’ s no-fail bedtime routine suddenly useless? The key to sleep success is not which approach you take; what really matters is when you use it. Because your baby is changing and developing, your sleep strategy should change too. Timing is everything. For example, the Ferber method may work well for a 6-month-old baby, but it is potentially disastrous for a 9-month-old. Bed Timing walks you through the stages of child development, from birth to 4 years, and looks at their implications for changing bedtime habits. Authoritative, sensible and packed with informative case studies, Bed Timing is the essential companion for all parents. http://books.google.ca/books/about/Bed_timing.html?id=Zb5aAAAAYAAJandredir_esc=y
The Birth of a Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever. Daniel Stern and Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern. http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Mother-Motherhood-Experience-Changes/dp/product-description/0465015670 The author of Diary of a Baby turns his attentive eye on motherhood in this reassuring and uniquely substantive volume that focuses on new mothers. Based on close observation and hundreds of interviews with the mothers of young children, Stern, an infant psychiatrist who teaches at Cornell University Medical Center-New York Hospital, describes the complex emotional shifts that women experience as they travel from pregnancy through birth and into their baby's newborn period. For some, the transition into the new state of motherhood is instantaneous; for others, the initiation requires time. But all find the transformation profound, thoroughly changing their view of themselves, their relationships and the world. Stern offers his own perspective on the normal development changes that may be taking place, from concerns during pregnancy to changing relationships women may be experiencing with their own mothers, to building a matrix of helpful friends, to a baby's impact on a marriage. Of particular value are the descriptions, delivered in sensory, immediate prose, of the interactions between a wide array of mothers and their babies. Most stunning is a detailed evocation of a three-minute interaction between a mother and her baby that shows how, even when the mother doesn't respond perfectly, she is still doing well enough. It's hard to imagine a new mother who would not be inspired, reassured and encouraged by Stern's moving and thoughtful account. http://books.google.ca/books?id=S8bSXKuAHnUCandprintsec=frontcoveranddq=daniel+stern+The+Birth+of+a+Mother:andhl=enandsa=Xandei=jSglT-mNBoWFsgKbuumMAgandved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepageandq=daniel%20stern%20The%20Birth%20of%20a%20Mother%3Aandf=false
Diary of a Baby: What Your Child Sees, Feels, and Experiences. Daniel Stern.
Get Out of my Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager.
Anthony Wolf. Emotional Life of the Toddler. Alicia Lieberman.
The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them. Elaine Aaron.
The Importance of Play. David Elkins.
Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.
Parenting From The Inside Out. Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell.
Principles of Attachment Focused Parenting. Daniel Hughes.
Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder. Gabor Maté.
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting. John Gottman and Joan Declaire.
T.I.P.S: Time-In Parenting Strategies. Otto Weininger.
Parenting from the Inside Out. Dr. Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell Most important book ever written for parents. This book explains how a deeper self-understanding can help parents raise children who thrive. Dr. Siegel and Mary Hartzell spell out the science behind the process of creating the optimum environment for children to grow into healthy, happy and emotionally stable adults.
Women in Power: The Secrets of Leadership. Dorothy W. Cantor, Toni Bernay and Jean Stoess. February 1991 Houghton Miffin 316 pages. http://books.google.ca/books/about/Women_in_power.html?id=NkQqAAAAYAAJandredir_esc=y Both timely and fascinating Women in Power takes a close look at the new cadre of women in high elected office today who have redefined the model of leadership in American politics. With a rallying cry for women to enter politics in greater numbers, Cantor offers a groundbreaking look at how daughters become leaders. The insights here will inspire women to take power in every area of their lives. http://www.amazon.com/WOMEN-POWER-Secrets-Leadership-Bernay/dp/039553755X
What Would Your Teen Life Coach Say?: A Survival Guide For Girls Entering High School Sandra Dupont MFT *FREE PDF DOWNLOAD http://www.losangelesteentherapist.com/teenlifecoach_dupont.pdf http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1456304127/ref=cm_li_v_cr_other?tag=linkedin-20 Written for girls who want a preview of what to expect and a guide to help them soar through their teen years - this book is a treasure for those eager to successfully navigate this complex time of life. The simple Q and A format makes it easy for girls (and parents) to find relevant topics - and help. Sandra Dupont is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in the Adolescent Phase of Life. She helps teens approach life's challenges with confidence and competence. She also helps parents understand the issues teenagers face today and how to support their children in successfully navigating the teen years. She has a private practice in Santa Monica, California. http://www.sandradupontmft.com http://books.google.ca/books/about/What_Would_Your_Teen_Life_Coach_Say.html?id=YYM YgEACAAJandredir_esc=y
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345434854/ref=cm_li_v_cr_other?tag=linkedin-20 The authors turn a spotlight on the inner lives of boys, debunking preconceptions about gender, explaining the importance of nurturing communication skills and empathy in boys as well as girls, and steering boys toward a manhood of emotional attachment, not stoicism and solitude. In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a nation of boys who are hurting--sad, afraid, angry, and silent. Kindlon and Thompson set out to answer this basic, crucial question: What do boys need that they're not getting? They illuminate the forces that threaten our boys, teaching them to believe that "cool" equals macho strength and stoicism. Cutting through outdated theories of "mother blame," "boy biology," and "testosterone," the authors shed light on the destructive emotional training our boys receive--the emotional miseducation of boys. Kindlon and Thompson make a compelling case that emotional literacy is the most valuable gift we can offer our sons, urging parents to recognize the price boys pay when we hold them to an impossible standard of manhood. They identify the social and emotional challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness and empathy--giving them the vital connections and support they need to navigate the social pressures of youth. http://books.google.ca/books/about/Raising_Cain.html?id=O6fkMM6jUD0C&redir_esc=y
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Mary Pipher, Ruth Ross
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018ZREKA/ref=cm_li_v_cr_other?tag=linkedin-20 With sympathy and focus the author cites case histories to illustrate the struggles required of adolescent girls to maintain a sense of themselves among the mixed messages they receive from society, their schools and, often, their families. Pipher offers concrete suggestions for ways by which girls can build and maintain a strong sense of self. At adolescence, says Mary Pipher, "girls become 'female impersonators' who fit their whole selves into small, crowded spaces." Many lose spark, interest, and even IQ points as a "girl-poisoning" society forces a choice between being shunned for staying true to oneself and struggling to stay within a narrow definition of female. Pipher's alarming tales of a generation swamped by pain may be partly informed by her role as a therapist who sees troubled children and teens, but her sketch of a tougher, more menacing world for girls often hits the mark. She offers some prescriptions for changing society and helping girls resist. From her work as a psychotherapist for adolescent females, Pipher here posits and persuasively argues her thesis that today's teenaged girls are coming of age in "a girl-poisoning culture." Backed by anecdotal evidence and research findings, she suggests that, despite the advances of feminism, young women continue to be victims of abuse, self-mutilation (e.g., anorexia), consumerism and media pressure to conform to others' ideals. With sympathy and focus she cites case histories to illustrate the struggles required of adolescent girls to maintain a sense of themselves among the mixed messages they receive from society, their schools and, often, their families. Pipher offers concrete suggestions for ways by which girls can build and maintain a strong sense of self, e.g., keeping a diary, observing their social context as an anthropologist might, distinguishing between thoughts and feelings. Pipher is an eloquent advocate.
Parenting From the Inside Out. Daniel Siegel, Mary Hartzell http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585422959/ref=cm_li_v_cr_other?tag=linkedin-20 Drawing upon stunning new findings in neurobiology and attachment research, they explain how interpersonal relationships directly impact the development of the brain, and offer parents a step-by-step approach to forming a deeper understanding of their own life stories, which will help them raise compassionate and resilient children. How many parents have found themselves thinking: I can't believe I just said to my child the very thing my parents used to say to me! Am I just destined to repeat the mistakes of my parents? Born out of a series of parents' workshops that combined Siegel's cutting-edge research on how communication impacts brain development with Hartzell's thirty years of experience as a child-development specialist and parent educator, Parenting from the Inside Out guides parents through creating the necessary foundations for loving and secure relationships with their children.
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Parenting_from_the_inside_out.html?id=hnRWT8s9ZAkC
The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations should be valued as manifestations of the richness of our shared creativity. Daisaku Ikea
Relationships, Couples, Marriage
Build, grow, develop relationships of many different kinds. We are all highly interconnected, interrelated. Strengthen relationship skills. Connect, contact, bond, and attach with important people in our life. Understand patterns, cycles, repeating dances in relationships. Create safety, security, comfort, soothing, and a safe harbour within relationships. Enhance affection, closeness, emotional and physical intimacy.
Singing at the Top of Our Lungs: Women, Love, and Creativity. Claudia Bepko and Jo-Ann Krestan. http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Top-Our-Lungs-Creativity/dp/0060924993
Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions. Roberta M. Gilbert, M.D.1992. http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Relationships-Thinking-About-Interactions/dp/047134690X
The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate. Harriet Lerner. http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Connection-Frustrated-Insulted-Desperate/dp/006095616X/ref=pd_sim_b_2
The Dance of Intimacy. Harriet Lerner. http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Intimacy-Harriet-Lerner/dp/006091646X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships. Harriet Learner. http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Anger-Changing-Patterns-Relationships/dp/006074104X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
Mindful Loving: 10 Practices To Create Deeper Connections. Henry Grayson. 2003. http://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Loving-Henry-Grayson/dp/1592400612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8ands=booksandqid=1299543913andsr=1-1
The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts. Gary Chapman. December 2009. http://www.amazon.ca/Five-Love-Languages-Secret-Lasts/dp/0802473156/ref=pd_sim_b_1
Hold Me Tight. Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. Sue Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0316113018/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=485327511andpf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripeandpf_rd_t=201andpf_rd_i=031611300Xandpf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQBandpf_rd_r=0Q4D8E5RXFT3THP2ECA This book consists of Seven Conversations for a LIFETIME of Love and is the practical approach for everyday people in committed relatinships to enhance and grow their bond. Based on the most empirically supported and successful form of Couple Therapy ever measured (Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy) this book unlocks and explains the struggles in relationships and offers practical and valuable understanding through exercises and explanation.
Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work. A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert John Gotten, Ph.D. 2000. http://www.amazon.ca/Seven-Principles-Making-Marriage-Work/dp/0609805797/ref=pd_sim_b_3 Dr. John Gotten. Written by the premiere researcher in marriage counseling, Dr. John Gottman makes his finding available to the non-academic world in this easy and practical book. Dr. Gottman has included terrific exercises for couples to use in creating a better understanding of each other and helps to explain the common pit-falls couples stumble on in their journey toward a more happy relationship.
Passionate Marriage. David Snartch
Lean On Me.
After the Affair.
Private Lies.
Fighting for Your Marriage.
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail.
A Couple’s Guide to Communication.
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. Completely revised and updated 2008. 20th Anniversary edition. Harville Hendrix Ph.D. 2008. http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Love-You-Want-Anniversary/dp/0805087001/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1
Getting the Love You Want Workbook: The New Couples' Study Guide Harville PhD Hendrix, Helen Ph.D. Hunt.
Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide Ph.D. Harville Hendrix
Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved. Harville, Hendrix, Helen, Ph.D. Hunt
Giving The Love That Heals: A Guide for Parents. Harville Hendrix Ph.D., and Helen Hunt M.A. August 1998. http://www.amazon.com/Giving-Love-Heals-Harville-Hendrix/dp/0671793993/ref=pd_sim_b_8
Couples Companion: Meditations and Exercises for Getting the Love You Want: A Workbook for Couples. Harville PhD Hendrix. 1994. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671868837/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
Make Up, Don't Break Up: Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples. Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil. 2nd edition, March 2010. http://www.amazon.com/Make-Up-Dont-Break-Finding/dp/1605503606
Secret of Staying in Love: Loving Relationships Through Communication. John Powell. S.J. November 1990. http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Staying-Love-Relationships-Communication/dp/0883472996/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1306588883andsr=1-1
Healing the Wounds that Hurt Relationships: Practical and Spiritual Help. Martin W. Rovers. July 2006. http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Wounds-That-Hurt-Relationships/dp/1598560476/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8andqid=1306589181andsr=1-1-fkmr0
Everyone you meet is in need of kindness. Your smile, your hug, your softly spoken word may just be what they need. Your random acts of kindness are crucial to the health of the entire planet. Sri Ravi Shankar
Mentoring, Guiding, Counseling, Self-Guided Learning and Change
Focusing. Eugene T. Gendlin http://www.amazon.com/Focusing-Eugene-T-Gendlin/dp/0553278339/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1316219695andsr=1-1
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experiential Method. Eugene T. Gendlin http://www.amazon.com/Focusing-Oriented-Psychotherapy-Manual-Experiential-Method/dp/157230376X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c
Let Body Interpret Dreams. Eugene T. Gendlin. http://www.amazon.com/Let-Body-Interpret-Dreams-P/dp/0933029012/ref=pd_sim_b6
Power of Focusing: A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing. Ann Weiser Cornell. http://www.amazon.com/Power-Focusing-Ann-Weiser-Cornell/dp/157224044X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c
The Radical Acceptance of Everything. Living a Focusing Life. Ann Weiser Cornell. http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Acceptance-Everything-Weiser-Cornell/dp/0972105832/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c
Experiential Journaling is a method of Self-Focusing in which the page serves as witness. David Smith. http://www.focusing.org/eShop/product_display.asp?productcode=FB-710 Forwarding unfolds from the written word as the Felt Sense becomes the Felt Sentence which allows the River of Experience to flow to the page. This combined book and audio program contains instruction, real-time guided exercises, and a choice of two journaling experiences. Use it to unlock your authentic voice, to make difficult decisions, to break action blocks, and to open your deepest source of creativity.
Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthough Program to End Negative Behavior and Feel Great Again. Jeffery E. Young. Janet S. Klosko. Http://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Your-Life-Breakthough-Behavior/dp/0452272041
Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide. Jeffery E. Young. Janet S. Klosko., Marjorie E. Wisher. http://www.amazon.com/Schema-Therapy-Practitioners-Jeffrey-Young/dp/1593853726/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
This is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps and Performance Anxiety for Good! David Grand and Alan Goldberg. http://www.amazon.com/This-Your-Brain-Sports-Performance/dp/1608448649/ref=cmc_r_pr_product_top
Emotional Healing at Warp Speed - The Power of EMDR. David Grand http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Healing-Warp-Speed-Power/dp/B001O8WNHA/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1316251071andsr=1-1
Confessions of a Trauma Therapist: A Memoir of Healing and Transformation. Mary K. Armstrong http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1926645197/ref=cm_li_v_cr_self?tag=linkedin-20
Person to Person: The Problem of Being Human. Carl Rogers and Barry Stevens. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0285647172/ref=cm_li_v_cr_self?tag=linkedin-20
Overcoming Animal and Insect Phobias: How to Conquer Fear of Dogs, Snakes, Rodents, Bees, Spiders and More Martin M. Antony and Randi E. McCabe
*FREE PDF DOWNLOAD http://www.martinantony.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Overcoming-Animal-Phobias.pdf Published in 2005 by New Harbinger Publications ISBN: 978-1-57224-388-0 Book is out of print (as of January 2012), but PDF can be downloaded at above link.
Overcoming Medical Phobias: How to Conquer Fear of Blood, Needles, Doctors, and Dentists *FREE PDF DOWNLOAD http://www.martinantony.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Overcoming-Medical-Phobias1.pdf
Martin M. Antony, PhD, and Mark A Watling, MD Published in 2006 by New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA ISBN: 1-57224-387-2 Book is out of print (as of November 2011), but PDF can be downloaded at above link.
The Aims of Education and Other Essays. Alfred North Whitehead http://www.amazon.com/dp/0029351804/ref=rdr_ext_tmb Whitehead's essays are timeless. For the reader who instinctively feels that learning must be meaningful to be of value, Whitehead is a must read. This book is well suited to curriculum designers and/or instructors who feel strongly about including experiential activities. Whitehead's insights would be especially useful for decision-makers/sponsors of learning who must demonstrate a positive return on their investment. The first-time reader will have to overcome a sense of frustration that Whitehead's keen observations are as applicable today as when they were written nearly seventy years ago. http://books.google.com/books?id=WbXs-vyWPPgC&dq=isbn:0029351804&redir_esc=y Alfred North Whitehead, who began his career as a mathematician, ranks as the foremost philosopher in the twentieth century to construct a speculative system of philosophical cosmology. After his graduation from Cambridge University, he lectured there until 1910 on mathematics. Like Bertrand Russell (see also Vol. 5), his most brilliant pupil, Whitehead viewed philosophy at the start from the standpoint of mathematics, and, with Russell, he wrote Principia Mathematica (1910--13). This work established the derivation of mathematics from logical foundations and has transformed the philosophical discipline of logic. From his work on mathematics and its logical foundations, Whitehead proceeded to what has been regarded as the second phase of his career. In 1910 he left Cambridge for the University of London, where he lectured until he was appointed professor of applied mathematics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. During his period in London, Whitehead produced works on the epistemological and metaphysical principles of science. The major works of this period are An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge (1919), The Concept of Nature (1920), and The Principles of Relativity (1922). In 1924, at age 63, Whitehead retired from his position at the Imperial College and accepted an appointment as professor of philosophy at Harvard University, where he began his most creative period in speculative philosophy. In Science and the Modern World (1925) he explored the history of the development of science, examining its foundations in categories of philosophical import, and remarked that with the revolutions in biology and physics in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries a revision of these categories was in order. Whitehead unveiled his proposals for a new list of categories supporting a comprehensive philosophical cosmology in Process and Reality (1929), a work hailed as the greatest expression of process philosophy and theology. Adventures of Ideas (1933) is an essay in the philosophy of culture; it centers on what Whitehead considered the key ideas that have shaped Western culture.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close. Pablo Neruda
Trauma
Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Theory and Clinical Interventions (Google eBook) Sandra Wieland Taylor and Francis, 2010-12-08
Over the last decade, the literature on therapy addressing trauma in children has expanded considerably, as has the literature on dissociation. Unfortunately, very little of this literature has addressed the issue of dissociation in children. At the same time, therapists working with children and adolescents have become increasingly aware of the occurrence of trauma and dissociation in their clients. Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescentsis a groundbreaking text for the study of dissociation in young people. In eight unique and compelling case studies, the authors lay out detailed narratives that illustrate both the therapy‘s progression as well as the therapist‘s reactions and thought process during case development. These case studies present many aspects of working with traumatized children who dissociate trauma processing, attachment work, work with the family, interactions with the community and give frank analysis of the difficulties clinicians encounter in various therapeutic situations and how and why they arrived at particular therapeutic decisions. While the book includes intensive analysis of each author "s theoretical framework as well as that of dissociation in general, it also shows clinicians, in the most practical terms, how to translate the theories of dissociation into action. No clinician interested in trauma and dissociation in children will want to be without this text. 358 pages
Love sees untold of treasures far beyond. Lovers trust in the wealth of their hearts while the all knowing mind sees only thorns ahead. To wander in the fields of flowers pull the thorns from your heart. Rumi
Life Work, Calling, Mission, Work Life, Vocation, Career, Job
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2012: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Richard Bolles http://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2012/dp/1607740109/ref=pd_sim_b_5 This book is revised every year.
What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online, Sixth Edition: Blogging, Career Sites, Gateways, Getting Interviews, Job Boards, Job Search ... Resumes, Research Sites, Social Networking. Mark Emery Boles and Richard N. Bolles 2011. http://www.amazon.com/Color-Parachute-Guide-Job-Hunting-Online/dp/1607740338/ref=pd_rhf_dp_shvl6
Richard Bolles set of books. http://job-huntingonline.webs.com/theparachutelibrary.htm
Job Hunter’s Survival Guide.
How To Find Your Mission. For Retirement.
Job Hunting For The So Called Handicapped.
http://job-huntingonline.webs.com/ This is the support website for readers of the What Color Is Your Parachute? Guice for Job-Hunting Online. To quickly access the many web sites listed in the book, use the Links pages (choose Links from the menu on the left, or click here). The Links pages, and the links themselves, are arranged in the same order as in the book. Additionally, the Downloads page will let you download a file of all the links to your computer
What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter's Workbook. http://www.amazon.com/dp/158008009X/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
What Color Is Your Parachute? For Teens, 2nd Edition: Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future. http://www.amazon.com/dp/158008141X/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
Reinvention of Work. Matthew Fox http://www.amazon.com/Reinvention-Work-Vision-Livelihood-Time/dp/0060630620
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440505003/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_hist_1
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type. Paul D. Tiger and Barbara Barron-Tiger. http://www.amazon.com/Do-What-You-Are-Personality/dp/0316167266/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b#
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung
Substance Abuse
Audit: The manual for the Audit (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) available online http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2001/who_msd_msb_01.6a.pdf
If you go to page 17 or page 32, you will see and can score for yourself the items in the test. Score numbers are at page 21. The person who suggested it said that usually the score tells you what you already know - but it puts numbers and reality to it.
http://www.nova.edu/gsc/online_files.html iamazing collection of information, questionnaires, potential structured methods for tracking, etc. with regard to a variety of habits. (It also includes the AUDIT; as well as a Decisional Balance form. Not everything will be relevant - or some may be more relevant later than sooner.
Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood. Koren Zailckas Garnering a vast amount of attention from young people and parents, and from book buyers across the country, Smashed became a media sensation and a New York Times bestseller. Eye-opening and utterly gripping, Koren Zailckas’s story is that of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics, yet, but who routinely use booze as a shortcut to courage and a stand-in for good judgment.
Changing for Good. James Prochaska, John Norcross, and Carlo DiClemente. Available as a paperback. It’s a very readable, but scientific, description and discussion about the stage theory of change.
Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You. William Miller and Ricardo Munoz
Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery. Chris Prints
Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you, unfold your own myth. Rumi
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When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something within you responds deeply to it, close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love or that beauty within you, inseparable from who you are, your true nature. The outer form is a temporary reflection of what you are within, in your essence. That is why love and beauty can never leave you, although all outer forms will. Eckhart Tolle