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A BOOK OF ANGELSReflections on Angels Past and Present,
and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives
SOPHY BURNHAM
A gorgeous new edition of the New York Times bestseller that has sold more than a million copies.
“Sophy Burnham is a radiant writer.”—Julia Cameron, bestselling author of The Artist’s Way
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W hen Sophy Burnham wrote A Book of Angels, she in-spired a phenomenon. An instant bestseller when it was originally published in 1990, this beautiful
book not only tells the extraordinary true stories of present-day encounters with angels, but also traces the study of angels throughout history and in different cultures. Burnham writes about the powerful male angels of the Old Testament, Zoro-astrian angels, Buddhist bodhisattvas, Islamic angels, Hindu Apsaras, the mysterious angels of the Jewish Kabbalah, cheru-bim, seraphim, guardian angels, the angel of death, and others.
What are angels? What do they look like? Whom do they choose to visit? Why do they appear sometimes and not others, and would you recognize one if it appeared before you? With great feeling, Burnham offers an eloquent report from the place where earth and heaven meet. A wondrous journey into the world of angels, this book is a song of praise to life.
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SOPHY BURNHAM is the author of twelve books, eight plays, and numerous essays and articles that have been syndicated around the world. Her books have appeared on the New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly and other bestseller lists, and she has appeared on such esteemed television shows as Oprah, Larry King Live, Today, and Good Morning America. Her works are translated into more than twenty languages. Burnham currently divides her time between Washington, D.C., and Taos, New Mexico.
Praise for A BOOK OF ANGELS
“A golden conjunction of heaven and earth . . . reminding us that there are angels in every religion.” —The Washington Post
“A kind of timeless tour, led by ordinary people who’ve met angels, and extraordinary writers who’ve set down ageless thoughts: Milton, Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare, Blake, Rilke, Dostoevsky, Swedenborg, and Poe, along with passages from the Bible and the Koran.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Like all good books, it exceeds the subject and illuminates the tough, tiring, and sometimes miraculous business of living, where angels sometimes help out. . . . The visible and invisible dance with each other continually, and as far as angels are concerned, now you see them, now you don’t. A Book of Angels gives us a lovely, sustained glimpse.”
—Chicago Tribune
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TARCHER MASTER MIND EDITIONS
THE CONFIDENCE SOLUTION
Re-Invent Yourself, Explode Your Business, Skyrocket Your Income
DR. KEITH JOHNSON
The ultimate handbook to gaining the key ingredient for success in any area of life . . .
from America’s #1 Confidence Coach!
Next in our powerful new series—The Tarcher Master Mind Editions!
Books that Inspire, Instruct, and Motivate
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TARCHER MASTER MIND EDITIONS
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DR. KE ITH JOHNSON , known as America’s #1 Confidence Coach, has spent the past fifteen years successfully training more than 120,000 leaders how to maximize their leadership potential and effectiveness. One of the premier speakers on the subjects of leadership and confidence building, he has spoken worldwide including in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Africa, India, Spain, and throughout the United States. Dr. Keith is the founder and CEO of Confidence International, and speaks at many organizations, entrepreneur groups, churches, and events each year.
If you were more confident, how would your life be different?
T he Confidence Solution empowers you to become a con-fident and successful person by recognizing your inner strengths and talents. Dr. Keith Johnson has helped
thousands of people from all walks of life take life-changing measures that positively moved them forward and helped them fulfill their potential, accomplish their goals, and reach their destiny.
These steps will do the same for you. Now, in a single volume, learn how to:
u Unlock transformation in your life u Exponentially expand your business, career, and relationships
u Quickly shed your unwanted weight u Triumph over your greatest fears u Skyrocket your income
Using his trademark humor, insight, and experience, Dr. Keith believes that every person can achieve their desires and dreams through realization of their potential, which can only come through confidence!
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Other books in the TARCHER MASTER MIND EDITIONS series:
The Now HabitISBN 978-1-58542-552-5
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THE KEYA True Encounter
WHITLEY STRIEBER
From the bestselling author of Communion comes the mysterious true story of how an unknown visitor
barged into Strieber’s hotel room late one night— and imparted extraordinary lessons in personal
development and man’s fate that challenge us to rethink every assumption about the meaning of life.
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WHITLEY STRIE BE R is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty novels and works of non-fiction, among them the landmark work Communion, his account of a close encounter of the third kind. He is also the author of The Wolfen, The Hunger, and The Coming Global Superstorm, all of which were made into feature films, most recently Superstorm as The Day After Tomorrow. His latest novel is The Omega Point. He lives in California.
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A t two-thirty in the morning of June 6, 1998, Whitley Strieber was awakened by somebody knocking on his hotel room door. A man came in, and everything he
said was life-altering. This is the unsettling and ultimately enlightening narrative of
what happened that night. Strieber was never really sure who this strange and knowing visitor was—a “Master of Wisdom”? A figure from a different realm of consciousness? A preternaturally intelligent being? He called him the Master of the Key. The one thing of which Strieber was certain is that both the man and the encounter were real.
The main concern of the Master of the Key is to save each of us from self-imprisonment. “Mankind is trapped,” the stranger tells Strieber. “I want to help you spring the trap.” In a sweeping exchange between Strieber and the stranger—which takes the form of a classical student-teacher dialogue in pursuit of inner understanding—the unknown man presents a lesson in human potential, esoteric psychology, and man’s fate. He illuminates why man has been caught in a cycle of repeat violence and self-destruction—and the slender, but very real, possibility for release.
In its breadth and intimacy, The Key is on par with contem-porary metaphysical traditions, such as A Course in Miracles, or even with the dialogues of modern wisdom teachers, such as D. T. Suzuki and Carl Jung.
Praise for THE KEY“What we’re doing here on this planet, in these lives, is part of a much larger process, the secret outlines of which we can barely even glimpse. The Key is the latest and perhaps the most acces-sible installment of the perennial philosophy that wise teachers have gifted to mankind these past ten thousand years to help us find our way to the truth. Read it, take time to reflect, consider its messages, and you’ll find it has worked a kind of magic on you.” —Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods
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The identity of T H R E E I N I T I AT E S has been the subject of much secrecy and rumor since The Kybalion first appeared in 1908. This comprehensive edition definitively es-tablishes the book’s sole author as W I L L I A M WA L K E R AT K I N S O N (1862-1932). P H I L I P D E S L I P P E —who introduces and annotates this edition—graduated with honors with a B.A. in English from the University of Connecticut in 2001, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in American Religious Culture at the University of Iowa. He is conducting research for the first full-length biography of Atkinson.
I t is one of the most mysterious and hotly debated oc-cult works ever written—and without question the most popular and widely influential book of arcane philosophy
of the twentieth century: The Kybalion. Reputedly based on an-cient Greek-Egyptian wisdom, The Kybalion has been credited only to the cryptic “Three Initiates” since its first appearance in 1908. Debate rages over the identity of the Three Initiates, the origin of the book’s mysterious title and insights, and the nature of the Hermetic teachings on which it is thought to be based.
Now the veil is parted.The Kybalion: The Definitive Edition presents the first full-scale
analysis of this work of practical occult wisdom. It features the complete text of The Kybalion and the first-ever publication of Atkinson’s previously unknown post-Kybalion work: The Seven Cosmic Laws.
In an engaging introduction to this unique volume, religious scholar Philip Deslippe surveys the work’s context, history, and impact (including as a source of spiritual insight to commu-nities ranging from New Thought to Black Nationalism), and provides a biographical sketch of its elusive author, the New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson.
As valuable to new fans as it is to longtime readers who crave more knowledge about Atkinson and his work, The Ky-balion: The Definitive Edition illuminates the remarkable history of this long-cherished text.
THE KYBALIONThe Definitive Edition
WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON WRITING AS THREE INITIATES
INTRODUCED AND EDITED BY PHILIP DESLIPPE
Here is the flagship edition of the most popular occult work of the past century, now published with a groundbreaking historical introduction that establishes its authentic authorship and a “lost” bonus work by the original author.
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GROW THE TREE YOU GOT
& 46 Other Ideas for Raising
Amazing Adolescents and Teenagers
TOM STURGES
A wise and inspiring guide to parenting through the extraordinary—and at
times tumultuous—journey that is the adolescent and teenage years.
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TOM STURGESis executive vice president and head of Creative for Universal Music Publishing Group. Founder of the Manhattan Beach Unified School District’s inspiring Every Idea Is a Good Idea GATE program, he is the author of Parking Lot Rules and 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children. The son of legendary screenwriter and film director Preston Sturges, he lives in Manhattan Beach, California, with his two sons, ages ten and sixteen.
Have faith in your teenager. Provide as much freedom as you dare. Be generous with your praise and stingy with your criti-cism. . . . But more important than anything else, help your children discover who they are supposed to become, and then help them become that person. Actor, lawyer, dancer, athlete, musician, or doctor. Redwood, oak, acacia, maple, spruce, or pine. Grow the tree you got.
—from Grow the Tree You Got
W hen Tom Sturges became a father, he decided that he wanted to be the greatest father that ever walked the earth. But things became a bit more
complicated when his older son turned ten, and the chatty kid he’d known suddenly started locking his bedroom door. Tom realized he needed to find a way to stay on track—he needed crib notes. So, if a parenting idea or technique worked well, he wrote it down. And if he stumbled across something another parent did that was particularly ingenious or exemplary, he wrote that down, too. In Grow the Tree You Got, Tom presents “golden rules” for raising happy, healthy, and compassionate adults. His mantra? It’s impossible to show our children too much respect, but it’s worth the effort to try.
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URSULA JAMES is the U.K.’s premier hypnotherapy practitioner and teacher. A visiting teaching fellow at Oxford University Medical School and other medical schools throughout the United Kingdom, she lives in London.
E ver since she was a little girl, Ursula James has heard a voice. For years she tried to ignore it, but a personal cri-sis at the age of forty forced her to finally listen. That,
as well as the actual appearance of the speaker—also named Ursula—at her bedside one dark and cold night. The woman who revealed herself to James was Ursula Sontheil, known also as Mother Shipton, a sixteenth-century prophetess, healer, and—some say—witch. Legend has it that Mother Shipton was burned by the king’s men for her heresies, and her spirit became trapped in a cave in Yorkshire. This cave had an un-usual characteristic: Anything taken there was turned to stone by the action of the lime-suffused waters from a nearby well. Mother Shipton used this water to create an image of herself on the wall, and then split the cave open to call the needy. Sick at heart or in body, people came to her in the cave to offer her objects in return for her healing powers.
In The Source, Ursula James describes how Mother Shipton appeared before her with urgent new prophecies for our trou-bled times—prophecies that include spells for, as Kabbalah says, Tikkun Olam—the healing of the world. Mother Shipton asked James to put these messages into writing to share with others—and record them she did, verbatim, in this book.
The time has come to listen to Sister Moon and to heal Mother Earth. Shot through with life-altering rituals, rites and spells, The Source guides readers to the place in their lives where true magic can finally begin.
THE SOURCEA Journey to the Heart of Your
Own Personal Power
URSULA JAMES
The true story of two women’s lives connecting through time, this book is laced with a unique brand
of magic that will unite readers with the Source of their own power.
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D . PAT R I C K M I L L E R is the author of Understanding A Course in Miracles and A Little Book of Forgiveness. In 2003, Miller discovered and published the first edition of the bestsell-er The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard. He lives in Berkeley, California.
T he channeled writings of A Course in Miracles have touched millions of lives. And yet ACIM can be sur-prisingly difficult to navigate. From its often complex
concepts about the nature of the ego, reality, and love; to the many intense, surprising, personal changes it can bring into readers’ lives, ACIM presents a challenge for even the most motivated students.
Now D. Patrick Miller—the leading historical chronicler of ACIM and a highly respected authority on its teachings—provides the definitive how-to manual for engaging with ACIM. His guide distills years of hard-won insights and helps students navigate the sometimes intense experience.
Living with Miracles is designed to make even the novice comfortable when approaching ACIM. Miller leads the reader through the most common emotions, reactions, and questions that arise when studying ACIM; provides insights and tips about pacing yourself, as well as when and how to take breaks from study; and gives advice on working through early miscon-ceptions and difficult later stages. He also provides useful, ab-sorbing historical material, stories from practitioners around the world who reflect honestly on their experiences, and a re-sources section with ideas for those looking to continue their study of this remarkable spiritual teaching.
Praise for Living with Miracles
“Excellent . . . I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in achieving inner peace, and ulti-mately, enlightenment.”
—Gary Renard, author of The Disappearance of the Universe
LIVING WITH MIRACLES
A Common-Sense Guide to
A Course in Miracles
D. PATRICK MILLER
The first comprehensive guide to studying A Course in Miracles, for readers at all levels of experience.
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TRANSCENDENCEHealing and Transformation Through Meditation
NORMAN E. ROSENTHAL, M.D.
In this definitive book on the scientifically proven health and stress-relieving benefits of
Transcendental Meditation, a renowned psychiatrist and researcher explores why TM works, what it can do for you, and how to use it for maximum effect.
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NORMAN E . ROSE NTHAL , M . D . ,is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School and has maintained a private practice in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for the past thirty years. He conducted research at the National Institute of Mental Health, as a research fellow, researcher, and senior researcher for more than twenty years.
N orman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a twenty-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and
treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Science of Being and Art of Living—and one of our generation’s most significant books on achieving greater physical and mental health and wellness.
Transcendence demystifies the practice and benefits of Tran-scendental Meditation for a general audience who may have heard about the method but do not necessarily know what it is, how it is learned, or what they stand to gain, physically and emotionally, from achieving transcendence. Dr. Rosenthal clearly and practically explains the basic ideas behind Transcen-dental Meditation: It is a nonreligious practice that involves sit-ting comfortably for twenty minutes twice a day while using a silent mantra, or nonverbal sound, to attain a profound state of aware relaxation.
Alongside exclusive celebrity interviews—where figures like Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Martin Scorsese, Russell Brand, Laura Dern, Moby, and David Lynch openly discuss their medi-tation—Dr. Rosenthal draws upon experience from the lives of his patients and a wealth of clinical research amassed on TM over the past generation (340 peer-reviewed published articles). He provides the fullest and most accessible book ever on the broad range of benefits of this remarkably simple practice, from relief of anxiety, stress, and depression to new hope for those experiencing addiction, attention-deficit disorder, or post- traumatic stress disorder.
Praise for TRANSCENDENCE
“A uniquely compelling introduction to the art and science of Transcendental Meditation. Dr. Norman Rosenthal’s book will propel TM into the mainstream, where it belongs.”
—Russell Simmons
“The best-ever book on Transcendental Meditation: accessible and substantive, engaging and scientific, practical and profound. A very enjoyable read that can change your life, for good.”
—David Lynch
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SEEKING THE SACRED
Transforming Our View of Ourselves and One Another
STEPHANIE DOWRICK
For readers of Thomas Moore, James Hillman, and Pema Chödrön—a timely handbook for these troubled times that shows how to bring depth and
meaning to our lives through cultivating our connection with something greater than ourselves.
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C an changing our view of ourselves and others affect the world? Bestselling author Stephanie Dowrick’s major new book is a compelling look at how we can transform
the world by seeing the extraordinary everywhere we look, both without and within. Through her intimate, beautiful, and en-couraging writing, Dowrick shows that it is only in altering our perception—seeing all of life as sacred—that we will challenge the usual stories about who we are and what we are capable of being.
At a time when religion is increasingly seen as a cause of preju-dice and division, or as irrelevant to our most pressing concerns, the eternal truths of a genuinely inclusive spiritual wisdom have never been more urgently needed or sought. In Seeking the Sacred, Stephanie Dowrick invites us to go beyond cultural divi-sions and religious dogma and to discover what makes our lives sacred, satisfying, and meaningful.
Weaving personal stories—including her own—with an in-spired vision of life’s most healing possibilities, she reveals how the sacred can transform the way we understand and value life, changing forever how we interact with others and care for our-selves.
Seeking the Sacred is a provocative and accessible read for those contemplating God, faith, spirituality, and the nature of belief in twenty-first-century life. This is a book for the spiritu-ally curious as well as those already engaged in the deeper ques-tions. Richly hopeful and uplifting, Seeking the Sacred unravels some of our most complex contemporary dilemmas and speaks to the heart of our deepest yearnings.
STE PHANIE DOWRICK is an internationally bestselling author with many years of experience in a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, including psychosynthesis and object relations. For some years, she had a psychotherapy practice but more recently has focused on conducting workshops and spiritual retreats. In June 2005, Stephanie was ordained as an Interfaith Minister at St. John the Divine, in New York City. She continues to live in Sydney, where she has a son and daughter. Her previous books include Choosing Happiness and Creative Journal Writing.
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THE INTERNET IS A PLAYGROUND
Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius
DAVID THORNE“There is usually a fine line between genius and
insanity, but in this case it has become very blurred. Some of the funniest and most clever writing I
have read in years.” (Terrance Fielding, WIRED magazine)
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F rom the notorious Internet troublemaker who brought the world the explosively popular “Next Time I’ll Spend the Money on Drugs Instead,” in which he attempted to
pay his chiropractor with a picture he drew of a spider; “Please Design a Logo for Me. With Pie Charts. For Free,” which has been described as one of the most passed-on viral e-mails of all time; and, most recently, the staggeringly popular “Missing Missy,” which has appeared everywhere from The Guardian to Jezebel to Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish, comes this profoundly funny collection of irreverent Internet mischief and comedy.
Featuring all of Thorne’s viral successes, including “Missing Missy,” The Internet Is a Playground culls together every article and e-mail from Thorne’s wildly popular website 27bslash6.com, as well as enough new material, available only in these pages, to keep you laughing—and, indeed, crying—until Thorne’s next stroke-of-genius prank. Or hilarious hoax. Or well-publicized almost-stint in jail (really).
DAVID THORNE is a humorist, satirist, Internet personality and author. His website, 27bslash6.com, typically receives several thousand hits a day, he has nearly 50,000 followers on Twitter, and his work has been featured on the BBC, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He now lives in the United States.
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From: Jane GillesTo: David ThorneSubject: Overdue account
Dear David, Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this pay-ment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
From: David ThorneTo: Jane GillesSubject: Re: Overdue account
Dear Jane, I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.Regards, David
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MEDITATIONAn In-Depth Guide
IAN GAWLERAND PAUL BEDSON
Praise for Meditation
“A rich and skillfully nuanced introduction to the varied landscape of meditation practice and its healing and transformative potential.”
—Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are and Full Catastrophe Living
“An engaging journey into the benefits of developing a practice of focusing your mind to promote both mental and physical well-being.”
—Daniel J. Siegel, author of The Mindful Brain and Parenting from the Inside Out
“Instructive and accessible . . . [shows] what a power-ful and transformative effect meditation can have in every aspect of our lives.”
—Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
M editation is increasingly recommended for relax-ation, for enhancing relationships and well-being, to increase performance in sports and business, for
personal growth, and to assist healing. Introducing mindful-ness-based stillness meditation, Ian Gawler and Paul Bedson explain how to build a daily meditation practice. The authors also show how meditation can be used to work with our emo-tions, aid healing, manage pain, or as a spiritual practice.
Meditation is a path we can pursue and refine through-out our lives. Drawing on modern science as well as ancient Eastern traditions and the authors’ own extensive personal experience as practitioners and teachers, this guide offers the techniques and understanding needed to explore meditation practice deeply. It is also an invaluable resource for meditation teachers from all backgrounds.
I A N G AW L E R is a pioneer in the therapeutic applica-tion of meditation. He is the author of the bestselling books Meditation Pure & Simple, Peace of Mind, and You Can Conquer Cancer. He is the founder of The Gawler Foundation in Melbourne, Australia.
PAU L B E D S O N is a counselor, psychotherapist, medita-tion instructor, and natural therapist. He has been working in the field of mind/body medicine for more than twenty years.
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DE NNIS ME RRITT JONES has been involved in the human potential movement and the field of spirituality as a minister, teacher, mentor, and lecturer for more than twenty-five years. He founded and led the Center for Spiritual Living in Simi Valley, California, for many years. Jones is the author of How to Speak Science of Mind and The Art of Being; his workshops, lectures, and tele-classes are attended by thousands each year.
T he Art of Uncertainty is an invitation to the reader to consider its essential message: learning to love the unknown by staying present in the moment. If the
difficulties of recent years have taught us anything—par-ticularly those who “did everything right” and still saw it all fall apart—it’s that none of us has as much control over our lives as we believe. The only thing we can control is our next thought.
What if we could learn how to be at peace with uncertainty and embrace the possibility that the future is full of mystery, excitement, and unlimited opportunity? What if we discovered that a new paradigm can be more fulfilling, more rewarding, and more peaceful than what we have known? Living in the I don’t know and loving it is an art form we can all master, and The Art of Uncertainty is the perfect guidebook.
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THE ART OF UNCERTAINTY
How to Live in the Mystery of Life and Love It
DENNIS MERRITT JONES
What if we could learn to accept I don’t know and embrace the possibility that
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IF I HAVE TO TELL YOU
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AMY McCREADY
Put an end to painful power struggles with your children!
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What parents are saying about Amy McCready and the Positive Parenting Solutions program:
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“This class opened my eyes to a new way of parenting and gave me more ways to connect with my children.” —Paige (mother of 2)
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W hy is it so difficult sometimes to get kids to listen? You ask your child to turn off the TV, do her home-work, or get ready for school or bedtime. You know
he heard you, but he ignores you. You ask again and still . . . no response. You’ve tried everything—time-outs, nagging, count-ing to three—and nothing seems to work.
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In this invaluable book, McCready shows parents how an understanding of the psychological theory espoused by Alfred Adler (1870–1937) can put an end to power struggles in their households. Adlerian psychology focuses on the central idea that every human being has a basic need to feel powerful—with children being no exception to the rule. And when this need isn’t met in positive ways, kids will resort to negative methods, which often result in some of the most frustrating behavior they exhib-it. If I Have to Tell You One More Time . . . provides the knowledge and tools parents need to address the deeper issues that inspire their children to misbehave. Read this book and rediscover the joy of parenting!
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CARL ALASKO, PH . D. , has been a practicing psychotherapist specializing in couples and families for more than twenty years and is the author of Emotional Bullshit. For the past thirteen years, he has written the popular weekly advice column “On Relationships” for the Monterey County Herald. He lives in Monterey, California.
F or many, a rare day goes by in which the need to blame does not arise—be it to cover one’s own errors or just to assign an unfortunate event some kind of name
(i.e., “If only X hadn’t said X, we wouldn’t be in this mess.”) And even for those who are somewhat better at keeping the impulse in check—it is still there. According to psychologist Carl Alasko, blame is such an intrinsic part of how we humans communicate that we rarely take a look at what we’re actually doing—and how it can affect our relationships.
In this book, Alasko reveals that the need to assign blame when something bad happens stems from a very deep desire we all share to “see justice done.” Understandable when a grave crime has been committed, but it can become a dan-gerous habit if we begin to operate as though placing blame were somehow necessary if we want to change something or someone in our world. Yet this feeling that “someone has to pay” is seldom productive in initiating positive change. In Beyond Blame, Alasko teaches readers to recognize the destruc-tion that blame causes in their lives—oftentimes without their even being aware—and to put an end to it once and for all.
The path to elminating blame is not a quick or easy one but, as Carl Alasko demonstrates, it is a road that must be traveled if we hope to achieve true peace in our lives.
BEYOND BLAMEEliminating the Most Toxic Form of BS
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CARL ALASKO, Ph.D.
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