Journey to Wholeness: How to Create Lasting Change & Discover True Happiness - Hardcover

Roden, Robert B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0964621738 ISBN 13: 9780964621732

Publisher: Willowbrook Pub, 1995

Synopsis

This book is a self-help, personal-improvement book geared toward the general public. It's a book for those who are experiencing difficulties in their lives as well as for those who want to get more out of life and reach their full potential. It's the first self-improvement book to provide an in-depth program to simultaneously retrain the adaptive aspect of the self and heal old wounds. This two-track approach is critical to get at the core issues, prevent relapse and help readers finally put the past behind them. The program outlined in this book takes a positive look at human functioning and development and provides real tools to help readers understand their lives and reclaim their happiness. The basic thesis of the book is that children adapt to their environment whether it is abusive or not. This adaptation is a positive coping strategy and helps us get through childhood. Most of us are not aware of the ways we adapted, yet this adaptation continues to have a tremendous effect in our adult lives. In order to live life to its fullest we need to become aware of our own particular adaptation, accept it and change if we want to. Once this process is initiated we can get back on our own unique path and live the life we were meant to live.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

A wonderful guidebook for those who choose life and healing. Journey to Wholeness presents much needed information in an easily accessible yet comprehensive form. We are encouraged to look at our lives from a brand new perspective - one of positive adaptation. Dr. Roden shows us how the incredible adaptability of human beings can be tapped in order to heal the core self and find wholeness and happiness. In a refreshing break from the thread-bare themes of victimization and blame, this book shows us how to finally be free from the chains of the past and live an empowered life. Rather than focus on the dark side of childhood trauma and woundedness this book reveals to us the power of the adaptive nature of the self. Dr. Roden is a gentle guide along this journey to wholeness and illuminates the path for us to help us see that life can indeed be a remarkable adventure.

"Children are born into this world pure and innocent, with inherent value. This is the gift we all start out with; yet so many of us lost this gift along the way because our environment was inadequate and not conducive to healthy development. As a result we experience core wounds and adapt to protect ourselves. The focus of this book is what happens after a child is wounded: how the child copes, relates to others, feels about herself, creates a new identity and adapts to her environment. Most important is how this childhood adaptation affects adult functioning. If you become aware of and value the way you adapted to your childhood, you have the opportunity to live the life you were meant to live."

From the Back Cover

Finally a book that provides a comprehensive program to help you take charge of your life and find true happiness. Journey to Wholeness is a fresh look at the amazing potential human beings have to adapt and survive. It provides a positive, life-affirming view of human nature and illuminates the journey to experience lasting and true healing. This book is not about victimization and blame but rather about self-responsibility and empowerment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Willowbrook Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0964621738
• ISBN 13: 9780964621732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286