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INTRODUCTION TO THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

SHARING THE JOURNEY

PART ONE

FINDING THE COURAGE TO BE YOURSELF

CHAPTER ONE

AN EXPANDED VISION OF SELF

Awakening the Divine Feminine

Qualities of the Divine Feminine

The Divine Feminine Is. . .

Freeze-Dried Feminine

Wake-Up Calls

CHAPTER TWO

COURAGE: YOU HAVE IT!

Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem

What Is Emotional Dependence?

Nobody Said It Would Be Easy

Courage: An Everyday Actuality

The Co-dependent Cage

Finding the Way to Ourselves

Emotional Wisdom

CHAPTER THREE

FACETS OF EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCE

What Are Limits and Boundaries?

Giving Ourselves Away

Saying “Yes” but Feeling “No”

The Terror of Expectations

The Have-It-All/Do-It-All Trap

The Art of Avoidance

CHAPTER FOUR

ALLOWING OURSELVES TO BE INVADED

Footprints on Our Faces

The Projection Problem

Roles to Conquer the Invader

Mother

Victim

Martyr

Invalid

Xena: Warrior Princess

Bitch

Girl-Woman

CHAPTER FIVE

THE LEVELED LIFE

Resistance Magnifies Pain

The Higher You Go, the Farther You'll Fall

Safe but Sorry

Selling Your Dreams Short

CHAPTER SIX

GETTING THERE: A ROAD MAP

The Three-A Map

Awareness

Acknowledgment

Acceptance

Altering Course

PART TWO

FACING THE DRAGONS IN THE DUNGEON

CHAPTER SEVEN

FEAR! OUR GREATEST OBSTACLE

Natural and Learned Fears

Buried Fears

Shining the Light of Prayer

Exploring Fear

Fear Creates Reality

Erasing “If Only”

CHAPTER EIGHT

FACES OF FEAR

Appeasing

Compulsive Action

Exhaustion

Resistance

Addiction

Illness

Depression

CHAPTER NINE

UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS AND HIDDEN BELIEFS

Things We've Swallowed Whole

The Power of Beliefs

Default to At Fault

Seed Sentences: Weeds or Flowers?

CHAPTER TEN

DROWNING IN LIFE'S DEBRIS

Stressed and Distressed

Guilt

Responsibility Sponge

Appropriate and Inappropriate Guilt

Where Do We Get on the Guilt Train?

Anger and Resentment

Unresolved Grief

Isolation

PART THREE

HEALING: OWNING YOUR OWN EXCELLENCE

CHAPTER ELEVEN

BEYOND FEAR: TRANSFORMING THE DRAGONS

Cultivating Self-Esteem

Steps Toward Transformation

Become Aware, Pause, Choose

Living and Loving from Overflow

Physical Quadrant

Emotional Quadrant

Mental Quadrant

Spiritual Quadrant

Balancing Our Quadrants

Cleansing and Protection

CHAPTER TWELVE

THE POWER OF THOUGHT

Thinking Is the Birth of Feeling

What You Think You Are, You Will Become

Developing into a Healthy Thinker

Positive Self-Talk Affirmations

Creating Your Own Affirmations

Self-Talk Saboteur Exorcism

Intention and Intuition

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

YES, WE DO HAVE RIGHTS

I Have Rights! Okay?

A Woman's Bill of Rights

Risk: Taking Responsibility and Making Creative Choices

Speaking Out Without Blowing Up

Tools for Constructive Communication

Honoring What We Want and Need

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

BEING A LOVING AND ACCEPTING FRIEND TO YOURSELF

Friendship Is Essential

Giving Yourself Credit

Emotional Bank Account

Gold Star Lists

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The Gift of Forgiveness

Forgiving Others

Forgiving Yourself

Accepting and Bestowing Support

The Art of Emotional Maintenance

Honoring Your Past, Present, and Potential

Life-Lessons

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