The voice of the Higher Parent is silenced for fear that it will rock the family’s precarious boat, resulting in rejection. With compulsive dependency, our inner child is locked away for fear that her spontaneity will cause embarrassment, humiliation or worse, overwhelming pain. And when traumatized, your inner child, deprived of the wisdom of your Higher Parent, may develop defenses that result in what we a compulsively dependent and what other call a co-dependent orientation to the world. Living in an abusive family can traumatize the vulnerable cores of your being. It is the transcendent part of yourself, a direct channel to your Higher Power. Your higher Parent is the part of you unaffected by your ego or your feelings.
This is also the part of you who protects your inner child. This is your problem-solving self, the part of you that will in healthy families gently and lovingly guide your inner child. It is the part of yourself that feels your pain, that needs love and support and feels hopeless without it.Your Higher Parent is the center of your inner wisdom, your intuitive knowledge. It is the part of you which is exquisitely alive, vital, creative and from which you draw your energy. Your inner child is the center of your love, your feelings, your spontaneity, your curiosity. Having had this spiritual awakening, we reached out to others in the spirit of giving, love and community.Įach of us is composed of two vital selves, an inner child and a Higher Parent. Practiced daily self-acceptance and learned to live in the present.Īllowed the divinity in us to shine forth by surrendering to our Higher Power. Healed our inner child by realizing the promises of self-parenting in our daily life. Learned self-forgiveness and made amends to our inner child. Learned to embrace our uniqueness and connectedness to others in a spirit of love and humility. Learned to share our self-parenting issues with others without self-recrimination or shame.īecome ready to change by giving up the demand to be perfect. Made an honest assessment of our strengths and weaknesses and accepted the impact our childhood had had upon us as adults. Learned to let go of compulsive self-reliance by reaching out to our Higher Parent. Step 1Īdmitted our powerlessness to change our past - that our lives had become unmanageable and became willing to surrender to our love and not to our fear.įind hope in the belief that recovery is possible through faith and an acceptance of the fact that we are never really alone. There are a variety of specialized retreats available, such as “Self-Parenting for the Helping Professional.” We look forward to seeing you there. Or better yet, contact us to conduct a retreat for you. and Philip Diaz, M.S.W.įor more information on Self-Parenting and how you can begin your total process of recovery read 12 Steps to Self-Parenting, available from , along with the 12 Steps to Self-Parenting Workbook … and attend one of our seminars or self-parenting retreats. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.By Patricia O’Gorman, Ph.D.
of Southern Colorado, PuebloĬopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
#12 stages of healing book professional#
(Part of the process, Epstein acknowledges, is seeking professional help along the healing path when necessary.) With the flourishing of authors like Bernie Siegel, Dean Ornish, and Deepak Chopra, this title will do well in public libraries with a demand for popular medical information. Of course, Epstein allows for the "backsliders" and sadly reports that most people remain in stages 1 or 2 throughout their lives. Each chapter concludes with a special breathing exercise and affirmation for that stage of healing. The healing practices he describes include suffering through ascent, concluding with spiritual knowing, and a sense of integration with oneself and the general community.
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Epstein, a chiropractor for over 20 years who combines traditional chiropractic services with new mind/body principles, here describes how to progress successfully through 12 stages of consciousness.
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