How Did I Get Here?: Navigating the unexpected turns in love and life
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Barbara Angelis De. How Did I Get Here?: Navigating the unexpected turns in love and life
Barbara. De Angelis Ph.D
CONTENTS
Introduction
“The horn goes first.”
1 Digging Deep for Wisdom
The unexpected is always inconvenient
When the Questions Outnumber the Answers
Digging Deep for Wisdom
Living in the Questions
2 Turning Points, Transitions and Wake-up Calls
The Power of Naming
Turning Points and Transitions
Turning Points That You Know Are Probably Coming
Turning Points That Sneak Up on Us
Turning Points Disguised as Dead Ends
Wake-up Calls
Waking Up from the Inside
3 Getting Lost on the Way to Happiness
The Maps That Lead to Someone Else s Dreams
Secret Timetables and Missed Deadlines
When the Right Life Doesn t Feel Right Anymore
Unprepared for Loss and Unequipped for Imperfection
Waking Up a Stranger in Your Own Life
Recognizing Your Rite of Passage
4 Playing Hide-and-Seek with the Truth
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Reality
The Four Denials
Preoccupied Denial
Idealistic Denial
Angry Denial
Unconditional Denial
Tuning Back In
5 Turning Off and Freezing Up: Where Did the Passion Go?
Living a Turned-Off Life
Freezing Up
Where Did the Passion Go?
When we are living a turned-off life, we end up having a turned-off marriage
The Ghost Lover
6 Will the Real Me Please Stand Up?
When Old Roles and New Choices Collide
Getting to Know Your Shadow
Facing My Shadow
Who Is the Real Me?
7 From Confusion to Clarity, From Awakening to Action
The Power That Surges You Forward
Moving from Awakening to Action
Face to Face with the Gap
Getting Stuck in Confusion
The Four Big Payoffs We Get from Remaining Confused
The Confusion-Clearing Exercise
The Confusion-Clearing Ceremony
The Loving Conspiracy
Fear of Contagion: Stop These Changes Before They Spread!
Leaving the Voices Behind
8 Mourning the Life You Thought You d Have
Grieving the Invisible Losses
Mourning What Could Have Been
When Loss Comes with Disillusionment
Discarding Pieces of Yourself
When the New You Doesn’t Fit into Your Old Life
Dangers on the Road: Anger, Guilt and Self-Reproach
Letting Go
From Letting Go to Liberation
9 Proceeding Without a Map: Turning Dead Ends into Doorways
What Am I Free to Do Now?
With No Map in Hand
The Courage to Be Nothing and Nobody for Awhile
Discovering New Doorways
The Unpaved Road to Paradise
10 Finding Your Way Back to Passion
Right Here, Right Now, There Is Passion
The Courage to Live Passionately
Living a Turned-on Life
Look for the Daffodil
Measuring Your Life in Love and Miracles
11 Coming into Your Wisdom Time
The Magical Alchemy of Transformation
Wisdom Born of Tears
Trusting Your Wisdom and Passing It On
The Triumph of Wisdom
12 Arriving at the Placeless Place
Lessons the Earth Teaches Us
A Time for Blooming
Catching the Winds of Grace
Walking Around the Sacred Fire
Everyday Nirvana
Already Home
Acknowledgments
A Special Invitation from Barbara De Angelis. SPREAD THE LOVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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