A grounding point for my own journey/practice/healing. I am forever grateful . . .
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Opening the Good Eye is a jewel, reflecting Michaels spiral journey through change, emptiness, openness, discovery, clarifying, and sharing. The book itself is as much a reflection of Miksang as are the stories, the understandings, the practices, the teachings, and the images. As our separate paths share the essence of quietness, openness, receptiveness, faith and patience,Opening the Good Eye has quickly/quietly become a most welcome and gentle companion. Namaste."
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This book has been quite helpful in my healing journey; I especially
enjoyed the emphasis on creating balance, and tuning into the spiritual side of life for a HSP; giving myself permission to pursue activities that fit who I am and not the world's dictums.
What a gift your work is to my world and the world at large.
A must for all of us seeking support for who we are!! many thanks.
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What a beautiful way of helping me connect God with my story. Higgin's uses her personal memoir and metaphors about gardening to help us see where our personal story can connect with what God has been doing in our lives. It's not always easy to see, but she has a way of showing us this through personal example. Each chapter ends with the same questions which beckon me to delve deeper into my own past. Maybe things are not just what they seemed to be at the time, perhaps I have learned more than I thought, and perhaps the hand of God has touched me in ways I wasn't able to appreciate before opening this book.  It actually causes me to stop and think about the way I look at things now.  I would love to go deeper with this book in a small group. I think it would lend itself nicely to personal exploration and sharing with a small group of people who are willing to look deeper at themselves, to honor someone else's journey, or help someone explore their questions or next faithful steps. It is a book which helps you draw closer to your own personal sense of trusting something bigger than yourself while relying on your own personal gifts and inner wisdom.  I am grateful for Ms. Higgins' ability to share her personal story in an easy flowing way which invites me to do the same and perhaps gain insight and connect with God (or spirit, or center or source, or whatever you wish to call it) along the way.
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I just completed this book and did not find this to be a comfortable read, but one that truly stretched my personal limits of self-examination.  I found this book to open up areas within me, where I generally gloss over.  In some parts of the book I felt that I came face to face with the deepest places of my psyche and for that reason found this to be one of the most important books I have read in my spiritual journey.  This is not a book where I found myself polarized or locked into a particular point of view, but one that allowed me to open up and search fearlessly for the sources of my beliefs.  Where I could move beyond my judgements, see my own mind at work and feel the center of my being.  This book was a journey to and through my heart and soul.  I don't know how Paul Ferrini does this, he just has a way of taking me to the places where I can heal myself.  He is an amazing author and teacher.
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Mark Armiento has taken the clinicians Stages of Change and inspiringly re-wrapped them for the reader as the Stages of Awareness. By doing so, he invites us to spiritually cross the great water, while demystifing hope and possibility, and making them manageably obtainable through a mindful commitment to self-responsibility, self-acceptance and self-nurturing. Armiento does not sell a quick fix, nor does he claim that any of this will be easy. He promises, in fact, that it will not be easy! But he provides a topographical map, alerting us to bumps, tricky detours and pot holes along the journey.

For the reader who has Been there, done that with the self-help thing; whos read them all and was still left sighing, Yeah, I get it, thanks, but HOW do I actually DO that?? - Sleepwalking on a Tightrope: Transcend Life's Challenges through Learning the Life Balance Advantage offers a clear set of One-Foot-Following-the-Other, Eye on the Target, Bliss Following, Inner-self Honoring steps. I was left feeling not just that I really can find my life balance, but that I have tools and direction to help me remain standing and courageous when the rope starts to sway.  I can't wait to find out what's ahead!
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My last relationship was the most beautiful gift I have ever received.  It scared me to death and turned me into a little child.  I got dumped, and started reading.

I just finished this book, and I must say that I have identified so much about myself that contributed to the demise of this relationship.  I am taking steps to heal my cracked identities and reconnect with my essential self.

I am even starting to detach from the outcome of my relationship status.  I was dumped with the possibility of reconnecting at a later time.  This possibility was the initial spark to my journey inward, but it is that journey that is becoming it's own reward.

Read it and internalize it!  I also recommend anything by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks (authors of the foreword).  I did a training with Katie, and she is amazing!
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I feel as though Leeana crawled into my brain and gave voice to feelings that I have been wrestling with for about two years.  Leeana writes from a Christian worldview without sermonizing, and has found a delicate balance in her storytelling and encouragement, which I believe serves readers from various walks of faith and various realms of experience.  If I'm being honest, this book has started me on a journey that has already started to change my life.  I am grateful to Leeana's transparent and honest storytelling and her thoughtful and caring advice and encouragement.  I have just finished reading this book for the first time, and will now begin re-reading and taking notes.  I recommend this book to ANY mom who has ever felt inadequate, too-busy, or have let the toxic-voices creep into their minds and souls...thanks to "Breathing Room," I am beginning to let go and fully  live.
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I lost the use of my legs due to a severe boating accident last year. To my sheer joy and amazement, I started rotating my foot side-to-side using the healing techniques presented by the author. It's still a long journey ahead, but it's an incredible start and I'm unbelievably grateful for this book.

In my experience I've found that a lot of "self-help" / healing books mean well in their intentions, but inevitably get LOST in the wishy-washy esoteric.

One of the most refreshing aspects of THE BODY WITHIN is that the author cites examples of real people (that could easily be the people in your neighborhood, your cousin, your mailman, etc...) with real problems and offers REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS to those problems.
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Reading/listening to 'Breaking Normal' was the confirmation I needed in my journey of authenticity and self-love. This book is a clear synthesis of information that has taken me more than 10 years to learn and digest. His insights and willingness to be raw gives the reader permission to (or continue to) be ourselves. I am grateful for the tools he provides to work through fear, shame, and judgement. I also appreciate his comfortable way of writing and his overall openness. Thank you Daniel for holding space for us to move forward in being able to express healthy love and communication to ourselves and others. I look forward to sharing this book with loved ones and strangers!
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Thank you for sharing your journey to wellness. I am in awe of the power of narrative therapy and your journey to recovery!! Hope that doctors can see the wonder of the healing this modality can provide. Thank you for opening this door and path for me!
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Everyone I've ever met has deep wounds from life disappointments: abuse, betrayal, poor choices, heartbreaks, and usually combinations of all of these. For those of us who have a relationship with God, whether it is deeply personal or through a distant connection and duty, we have had moments of questioning God's involvement in our lives and His intentions toward us. I don't know anyone who hasn't.

I have been on a personal healing journey since I was a teenager. I wish I could tell you that it's been a journey straight to healing, but it was a journey of twists and turns and frustration and more wounds because of my distrust of the leading of God through the entire process. I have been impatient, angry, hopeless, and numb along the way. There were also moments of hope and joy and peace, but they were fleeting. But I kept going, even when it felt like I was just going backwards. In hindsight, I've come a long way, but when I make the mistake of comparing myself to others, I feel like a failure or a fake when I share my successes with others.

"Heart Made Whole" helped me make sense of it all. And it is helping me take deep steps with Jesus towards the darkest parts of my own heart, expecting His love to guide me and heal me along the way.

Many times I have heard "what to do" but never have I been shown "how to do" it. Thank you Christa for baring your heart and pain to us. Your vulnerability has paved the way for me. I will be forever grateful.
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I am going through a lot of changes as I work my way back to owning my own business as a CPA. I am rereading An Invitation to An Extraordinary Life.  This is a healing time for me.  Thank you for continuing to inspire me to take this path. You have helped me with my life's work and I will always be grateful...this is a very special book!
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Wow. Just WOW!!! Christy, on behalf of humanity I want to thank you. Thank you for embracing all the pain and the "brokenness" on your journey so that you could be the beacon of light who lights the way and feeds the starving crowd out there who are hungry for this kind of information. This book is REAL, RAW, and it RESONATES!!! From the centre of my being, I thank you. Namaste, my friend! Love Holly xx
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I have always struggled with perfectionism and co-dependency. Lynn Hoffman teaches me through God's word that this was never His plan for me. And it certainly wasn't His plan for me to try to fix it on my own. This rich work takes me on a journey to my inmost soul... and a journey towards a restored relationship with God. I begin to see why I've built up certain thoughts and defenses, and how Jesus came to rescue me--  not once on the cross, but daily through surrender. I am a work in process-- yet He created me in His own glory. Through daily time with Him and the beloved guidance of the Holy Spirit, I am being transformed to be who God truly created me to be. The journey is worth every minute, and I am experiencing God's grace all the way. Many thanks to this incredibly gifted writer-- thank you for being a vessel of the Holy Spirit to reach out to others. To my fellow strugglers-- you will LOVE this book! It is a friend to me on my journey.
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I came away with one resounding impression from this book. Everything is connected... whether in the most obvious or unthinkable ways. We can never go beyond this universal law of interconnectedness no matter how much we try to isolate ourselves. Once we recognize this fact we start to act differently... our relationships with those around us change and with them so do our perceptions about our influence over and responsibility towards our world. We realize just how much power we hold not just over our own lives but over everything around us. Then your perceived problems, anger, stress, frustrations or whatever it is you're dealing with melt away. I felt healed after I read this book because it gave me something I've been searching for for a long time... the hope that I-both alone and collectively-can shift the future of the world as I know it.
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This book was easy to read, compelling.  I feel that I now understand what I need for this life's journey.  I am so moved and inspired by your book that I am sharing it at an all day retreat I'm in charge of (especially the  above the line chart).
Thank you, Ginger.
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Thank you for opening up about this without too much detail.  Triggers are my demon, but so much of your story validated much of mine. Good read for truth and understanding while focus on healing is through professional help and internal work. I am 45 but feel 4 in my own mind so much of the time. Thank you Susan.