68 Results with the "Self-help" genre


    • Be Impeccable with Your Word Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 2: THE FIRST AGREEMENT Be Impeccable with Your Word THE FIRST AGREEMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE and also the most difficult one to honor. It is so important that with just this first agreement you will be able to transcend to the level of existence I call heaven on earth.The first agreement is to be impeccable with your word. It sounds very simple, but it is very, very powerful.Why your word? Your word is the power that you have to create. Your word is the gift that comes directly from God. The…
    • Domestication and the Dream of the Planet Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Domestication and the Dream of the Planet is a powerful concept introduced in The Four Agreements, delving into the ways human consciousness is shaped and controlled by societal expectations. The chapter opens with a striking observation: the life we experience, both when we are awake and asleep, is not purely our own creation but instead a dream—constantly shaped by our thoughts, perceptions, and the collective influences of society. This "dream of the planet" is an ever-evolving narrative, where the…
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      INTRODUCTION

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      by testsuphomeAdmin INTRODUCTION The Smokey Mirror THREE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A HUMAN just like you and me who lived near a city surrounded by mountains. The human was studying to become a medicine man, to learn the knowledge of his ancestors, but he didn’t completely agree with everything he was learning. In his heart, he felt there must be something more. One day, as he slept in a cave, he dreamed that he saw his own body sleeping. He came out of the cave on the night of a new moon. The sky was clear, and he…
    • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz offers practical wisdom for personal freedom, teaching four simple principles to break free from limiting beliefs and find peace: Be impeccable with your word, Don’t take anything personally, Don’t make assumptions, and Always do your best. A powerful, transformative read for personal growth.
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      INDEX

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      by testsuphomeAdmin INDEX The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. To find the corresponding locations in the text of this digital version, please use the “search” function on your e-reader. Note that not all terms may be searchable. Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. abandonment, 140, 141, 150, 179, 301, 304, 327, 340, 350 Abilify, 37, 101, 226 ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study, 85, 144–48, 156, 347, 350–51 acetylcholine, 266 acupressure, 264–65,…
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      NOTES

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      by testsuphomeAdmin NOTES PROLOGUE 1. V. Felitti, et al. “Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 14, no. 4 (1998): 245–58. CHAPTER 1: LESSONS FROM VIETNAM VETERANS 1. A. Kardiner, The Traumatic Neuroses of War (New York: P. Hoeber, 1941). Later I discovered that numerous textbooks on war trauma were published around both the First and Second…
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      FURTHER READING

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      by testsuphomeAdmin FURTHER READING DEALING WITH TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN Blaustein, Margaret, and Kristine Kinniburgh. Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency. New York: Guilford, 2012.Hughes, Daniel. Building the Bonds of Attachment. New York: Jason Aronson, 2006.Perry, Bruce, and Maia Szalavitz. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook. New York: Basic Books, 2006.Terr, Lenore. Too…
    • APPENDIX: CONSENSUS PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin APPENDIXCONSENSUS PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER The goal of introducing the diagnosis of Developmental Trauma Disorder is to capture the reality of the clinical presentations of children and adolescents exposed to chronic interpersonal trauma and thereby guide clinicians to develop and utilize effective interventions and for researchers to study the neurobiology and transmission of chronic interpersonal violence. Whether or not they exhibit symptoms of PTSD, children who have…
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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      by testsuphomeAdmin ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is the fruit of thirty years of trying to understand how people deal with, survive, and heal from traumatic experiences. Thirty years of clinical work with traumatized men, women and children; innumerable discussions with colleagues and students, and participation in the evolving science about how mind, brain, and body deal with, and recover from, overwhelming experiences. Let me start with the people who helped me organize, and eventually publish, this book. Toni Burbank, my…
    • EPILOGUE: CHOICES TO BE MADE Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin EPILOGUE: CHOICES TO BE MADE We are on the verge of becoming a trauma-conscious society. Almost every day one of my colleagues publishes another report on how trauma disrupts the workings of mind, brain, and body. The ACE study showed how early abuse devastates health and social functioning, while James Heckman won a Nobel Prize for demonstrating the vast savings produced by early intervention in the lives of children from poor and troubled families: more high school graduations, less criminality,…
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