MAUREEN DOWD

MAUREEN DOWD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
SHE WROTE THE BOOK "ARE MEN NECESSARY" WHIHC WAS A KIND OF AMUSING AND YET VERY OBSERVANT LOOK AT HOW MEN AND WOMEN RELATE TO OEN ANOTHER.
I READ ABOUT 3 BOOKS AT A TIME I HAVE ONE IN EACH CAR, AND CARRY ONE IN MY BAG AND DAD CARRIES ONE FOR ME SO WE ARE NEVER BOOKLESS WHEN WE GO PLACES.
I LOVE TO GO TO BARNES AND NOBLE IN AWAUTUKEE AND GO THRU ALL THE BOOKS ONCE A WEEK AND THEN ORDER THE BEST FROM THE LIBRARY THERE SO WE DONT ACCUMULATE TOO MANY BOOKS AS I AM OUT OF BOOK SHELVES.

I BUY A FEW FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER.I GOT HER A COPY OF "YOUR GIFT OF FEAR" WHICH IS A BOOK EVERY ONE SHOULD READ AS IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO IDENTIFY FEAR AND WHY WE EXPERIENCE IT. IT WAS A TRAINING BOOK WHEN I TOOK A COURSE IN PROFILING BY THE FBI WHEN I WORKED IN PAROLES FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.

WHEN EVER YOU FEEL FEAR DO NOT IGNORE IT EXAMINE AND BELIEVE IT, YOUR UNCOONSCIOUS IS LETTING YOU KNOW TO BEWARE.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE FEELING YOU SHOULD NOT DO SOEMTHING HEED IT. WE ARE SO AWARE OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG FOR US WE ARE GIVEN FAIR WARNING.
I KINDA LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS MY GURDIAN ANGEL TELLING ME TO BE CAREFUL AND DONT DO THAT OR I WILL BE SORRY.

MY MOST RECENT STUDY IS CALLED ACT OR ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY.
IT IS A MANUAL TEACHING YOU TO GET OUT OF YOUR MIND AND INTO YOUR LIFE. WRITTEN BY STEPHEN HAYES PHD.
IT TEACHES A STEP BY STEP METHOD OF HOW MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE CAN HELP YOU HAVE A POSITIVE LIFE. BY TRANSFORMING EMOTIONAL PAIN AND LIVE A LIFE OF VALUE.

I REALLY LIKE MOST OF THESE SELF HELP MANUALS I USED THEM A LOT WHEN I WAS WORKING AS A FULL TIME THERAPIST.

AND WHEN PEOPLE COME FOR THERAPY THEY WANT TO KNOW "HOW" JUST TALKING OVER A PROBLEM IS NOT DOING IT FOR THEM THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW AND WHY AND GET A SET OF IDEAS THAT WILL CAUSE THEIR BRAIN TO EXAMINE THEIR PROBLEMS IN A CLEAR MANNER.

EVERY YEAR NEW WAYS TO INTERPRET AND SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR SELF-GROWTH ARE DEVELOPED BY VERY ENLIGHTENED PEOPLE AND WE IN THE FIELD HAVE TO EDUCATE OURSE;VES WITH EACH NEW IDEA IN ORDER TO OFFER THE VERY BEST HELP FOR OUR CLIENTS.
ANYWA THOUGHT YOUD LIKE TO KNOW ALL THIS.