BirthQuake: A Journey to Wholeness

Table of Contents

            

Chapter One: The Quake                             

A Quiet Rumbling                            

Questions to Consider                    

Chapter Two: The Haunted               

The Hidden Pain of Tonya               

The Traumas of Adulthood              

Collective Traumas                          

Virginia's Journey                             

Hauntings                                         

The Shadow Knows                         

Re-writing our Stories                       

Questions to Consider         

Chapter Three: Myth and Meaning              

The Strengthening               

The Wisdom Born of Pain

Regina Revisits

Anger as Anchor

Holding On

Letting Go

The Myth that More is Better

The Myth of Having it All

The Net Worth of a Life

The Myth of Happily Ever After

The Good Life

On Human Nature

Taking off the Mask

Incubation

Questions to Consider

Chapter Four: Embracing the Spirit

In Search of the Sacred

Who Was that Man?

A Message from the 'Other Side'

Unconscious Communication

Synchronicity

The Super Mind

Synchronicity

Awakening the Sacred

Calling Forth the Soul

On Prayer

Joining Forces

Doug's Discovery

The Search for Meaning

In Search of God

Metaphors for our Time

The Great Divide

On Faith

Questions to Consider

Chapter Five: Nature as Nurturer

In Search of SagePlace

A Common Sorrow and a Common Shame

Visiting Clarence

Reclamation

Small Offerings

At Close Range

Gifts

And We Danced

Questions to Consider

Chapter Six: The Body-Mind Dance

Stress and Illness

Personality and Illness

Remembering Mary

Prevention

Medication

Vitamins, Minerals, and Depression

Herbs and Depression

Homeopathy

Aromatherapy

Exercise

Yoga

Biofeedback

Music

Light

Weaving the Web

For Everything There is a Season

Saving Graces

Questions to Consider

Chapter Seven: Calling Forth Our Own Source of Wisdom

Techniques for Developing Connections to the Wiser Self

Dialoguing with Our Inner Wisdom

Acting "As If"

Addressing Attitudes

The Lost Child

Checking In

Journaling

Writing with the Other Hand

The Dreaming

The Silent Helper

Art as Meditation

Finding Spirit in the Doing

Daily Practice

The Pathfinder

Life as Art

Questions to Consider

Chapter Eight: The Journey

The American Dream

Faith and Science

Songs of the Soul

The Ulyssean Adult

A Sense of Quest

Courage

Resourcefulness

Creativity

Resiliency

Unexpectedness

A Native American Vision

Legacy of the Quake

The Secret of the Quake

Phase One: The Quake

Phase Two: Exploration and Integration

Phase Three: Movement

Phase Four: Expansion

Residents of Phase Four

Visits to the Fourth Phase

An Ancient Hope for a Post modern World

In Search of Courage

Physical Courage

Moral Courage

Social Courage

Creative Courage

Musings From the Middle

Questions to Consider

Afterword

About the Author

End Notes

 

 

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