Books

  • Language of the Betrayal Bond

    There is one more part of this book (The Betrayal Bond, by Patrick Carnes) that I want to share… "To Take Responsibility for Yourself" "This risk reminds me of how monkeys are captured in africa. Tribal peoples put out slotted… Continue reading

  • Breaking Free

    In the book, "The Betrayal Bond" by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D, there were exercises and things to write and probe your life about, but mostly what I received from this book was a huge affirmation of my journey breaking the bond… Continue reading

  • In Abuse, Unaware.

    Patrick Carnes book, "The Betrayal Bond" is like a blueprint into so many lives…to not only what happens to a life that has been abused, but its consequences or the changes their life then takes.   He writes…(it is a… Continue reading

  • In Abuse, Unaware.

    Patrick Carnes book, "The Betrayal Bond" is like a blueprint into so many lives…to not only what happens to a life that has been abused, but its consequences or the changes their life then takes.   He writes…(it is a… Continue reading

  • I will meet you there.

    While reading Martha Beck's book, "Finding Your Way in a Wild New World," she writes about her experience with learning to lead horses.  I felt immediately that this is the same technique great leaders use. "Horseplay and the Technology of… Continue reading

  • My Little Girl Inside.

    The book, "The Betrayal Bond" by Patrick Carnes is full of insightful passages into the dynamics and intricacies in the journey of abuse.  Incredible in the trajectory of our lives, by our bond with our abuser. A bond that isn't consciously formed… Continue reading

  • Right Brain Types

    I picked up Daniel H. Pink's book, "Drive" at the Library and just began reading it. How interesting it is to see how our "drive".  What drives us and what sustains us and how it is now evolving out of… Continue reading

  • Living Truth

    "We owe the truth, not just the facts. I’m celebrating my 84th year on this planet. I’ve seen many things. I’ve learned many things. I’ve certainly been exposed to many things and I’ve learned something: I owe it to you,… Continue reading

  • What Possibilities?

    "Neuroscientists have found that this "edge of impossibility" is when the brain produces its maximum doses of feel-good hormones like dopamine.  It's where we find what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi famously labeled "flow", and where Ellen Langer found the intensely restorative, age-reversing… Continue reading

  • Wordlessness…

    "Wordlessness shifts consciousness out of the verbal part of the brain and into the more creative, intuitive, and sensory brain regions. Which is more powerful? Well, the verbal region processes about forty bits of information per second. The nonverbal processes… Continue reading