Awareness That Heals: Bringing Heart and Wisdom to Life's Challenges (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780578402154)

This transformative work will help you respond effectively to life's challenges, especially when you are prone to self-criticism or emotional withdrawal. This approach is for anyone seeking greater inner peace and well-being. Robert Strock, a leading psychotherapist in Southern California, has developed the tools in Awareness That Heals through a lifetime of deep self-exploration. His unique approach is based on the successful outcomes experienced by many hundreds of his clients and colleagues.

The practices taught in Awareness That Heals will help you to:

-Discover how tone of voice can reduce conflict, generate peace, and cultivate trust and intimacy.

-Skillfully relate to yourself during periods of suffering with a wisdom-guided "Friendly Mind."

-Learn self-care practices that counter feelings of self-rejection and associated fear and pain.

-Become aware of how feelings can help us identify and meet our deepest needs.

-Transform anger without suppressing it.

You will benefit most if you identify at least one personal challenge, whether past, present, or anticipated, and bring it to your experience as you read Awareness That Heals. By doing so, each practice will make more sense, and the reading experience will be more real and relevant. Your personal involvement enhances the dynamic relationship between the practices and you.

Endorsements for Awareness That Heals

If you ever feel alone, discouraged, and doubt your ability to change your experience-much less the world-then this book is for you. What if you can reclaim your peace, heal yourself, and grow your compassion to help the world at large? Robert Strock offers that (and more) in his groundbreaking book and meditations, Awareness That Heals. I've personally had the benefit of working with this therapist and thought leader when my own world felt dark. Everyone can access Robert's deep caring and open heart through these easy-to-incorporate healings. You may never sit across from him in a therapy session, but when you hear his words read his voice, you'll feel as if you have.

-Leeza Gibbons, Emmy-Winning TV Host, Best-Selling Author, and Health Advocate

Awareness That Heals and the Guided Meditations capture Robert's heart, which I experienced whenever we met throughout the years, and I'm truly overjoyed that he's going public. I look forward to seeing the impact that this brilliant work will have in the field of psychology and, most importantly, its broader implications for our troubled world.

-Barbra Streisand, Actress, Singer, Director, Producer and Philanthropist