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| Endorsed by Bernie Siegel, M.D. |
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Flying Lessons For Butterflies: How to free yourself from the effects of past abuse
by Sheila Whitman
Emotional abuse of children is a concern that reaches far beyond the isolated world of its young victims. It stretches forward in time to color their future sucess as friends, parents, and creative people.
This book is an instructional, supportive, and action oriented manual, that contains a series of lessons about freeing oneself from the effects of abuse. It includes pages of questions, checklists, and exercises designed to facilitate self-understanding. This book addresses current problems and behaviors that may be effected by past abuse, with an emphasis on what can be done to develop a healthy integration of mind, body, relationships, and fulfillment.
These lessons invite the reader to challenge old beliefs, and make concrete changes in self-esteem, personal safety, and creative risk taking. Strategies for creating success include:
- Exercises that clarify the early roots of barriers faced by many survivors
- Methods for dealing with everyday concerns to increase personal happiness
- Tools for understanding distorted perceptions that may blind a person to possiblities
- Education about assertiveness, courage, and setting personal boundaries
- Exploration of options for a life that is personally designed by the individual
- Creation of time and space to nurture individual abilities and dreams.
Read excerpts, lessons and testimonals by clicking here.
Price $14.95 + tax and shipping.
Purchase now from the author: WhitmanLPC@aol.com or call 860-945-1111. |
