BirthQuake: A Journey to Wholeness
Table of Contents
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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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