Sacred Psychology of Change: Life as a Voyage of Transformation

Sacred Psychology of Change: Life as a Voyage of Transformation

by Marilyn C. Barrick
Sacred Psychology of Change: Life as a Voyage of Transformation

Sacred Psychology of Change: Life as a Voyage of Transformation

by Marilyn C. Barrick

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From the Back Cover:
Catch the vision of your role in the 21st century.

Sacred Psychology of Change shows how you can welcome cycles of change and even chaos as transformational opportunities. It is jam-packed with helpful information from cutting-edge change theories, psychology and spirituality. Dr. Marilyn Barrick teaches us how to envision and explore the future while living productively in the present. Discover the importance of a creative mind-set, an open heart and the maturing of soul to successfully navigate the waves of change. Learn how to meet the challenges of endings and beginnings and emerge from the darkness of grief and loss into a bright new day.

The storytelling chapters and exercises bring your personal journey to life and suggest practical approaches to the challenging scenarios of our fast-moving world.

About the Author:
Marilyn C. Barrick, Ph.D., has been a clinical psychologist and relationship counselor for over 35 years. She is the author of Sacred Psychology of Love: The Quest for Relationships that Unite Heart and Soul, the first in her series on spiritual psychology. She maintains a private practice as a clinical psychologist and conducts workshops in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Dr. Barrick's book Sacred Psychology of Change comes directly out of her work and life experience. "As I learn and grow with my clients," she says, "I feel it's important to share the insights I gain with those I may never meet face-to-face. This book is all about our soul's mastery of cycles of change and becoming more of who we really are."

Dr. Barrick has consulted as a psychological expert to schools, government agencies, professional advisory boards and a variety of mental health facilities. She also taught graduate level courses for the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado and served with the Peace Corps as a training development officer and field counselor.

She has also been a minister for twenty-three years in a church that integrates the spiritual teachings of the world's major religions. Combining psychological expertise and in-depth spiritual understanding, she specializes in inner-child work, relationship counseling, dream analysis, Gestalt techniques, spiritual self-help exercises and EMDR trauma release therapy. For additional information, Dr. Barrick invites you to visit her web site at www.spiritualpsychology.com.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609880408
Publisher: Summit University Press
Publication date: 03/08/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 244
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Sacred Psychology of Love; Sacred Psychology of Change; Dreams: Exploring the Secrets of Your Soul; Emotions: Transforming Anger, Fear and Pain; Soul Reflections; A Spiritual Approach to Parenting; and Everything Is Energy: New Ways to Heal Your Body, Mind and Spirit.

Table of Contents

Contents

Author’s Prologue ix

Introduction xiii

1 Forging Our Destiny in a Changing World 1

Exercise for Attuning to Your Heart 16

2 Exploring the Sacred Miracle of Adeptship 19

Exercise in Handling Personal and Planetary Change 37

3 Awakening the Gifts of Our Inner Hero 39

Exercise: Who Is Your Inner Pinocchio? 54

4 Shift of the Ages: Light! the Alchemical Key 55

Buddha Under the Bodhi Tree Exercise 68

5 Chaos as Prelude to Personal Metamorphosis 69

Exercise: Using Knowledge of Chaos as a Compass 83

6 The Odyssey of Self-Transformation 85

Your Personal Odyssey of Transformation 104

7 Soul Lessons: The Quest of Our Inner Heroine 105

Exercise: Claiming Your Inner Freedom 125

8 The Inner Journey of Endings and Beginnings 131

Exercise in Endings and Beginnings 150

9 Cycles of Change: Beyond the Comfort Zone 151

Exercise: Expanding Your Comfort Zone 162

10 Transformational Stages of Grief and Renewal 163

Meditation: Loving and Letting Go 177

11 The Gift of Living Fully in the Present 179

Exercise: Applying History’s Ennobling Lessons of Courage and Honor 190

12 The Alchemy of Self-Transcendence 191

Exercise: Charting Your Personal Voyage of Life 201

Epilogue 203

Meditation: On Readiness to Return Home to God 209

Appendix 210

Notes 215

Acknowledgments 223

Bibliography 224

What People are Saying About This

Kenneth Frazier

A profound treasure of spiritual truths and their practical application based on the author's many successful years of personal and professional experience. Written in the language of the heart and with remarkable clarity and sensitivity, this book will lead you, chapter by chapter and step by step, to a profoundly healing dialogue with yourself-and through an exciting spiritual and psychological journey of change. (Kenneth Frazier, L.P.C., D.A.P.A.., A.C.P.E.)

Ruth Bly

This book asks us to 'focus our attention on the higher intelligence of our heart' and then describes in loving detail ways of doing just that. Those interested in the heart's ability to heal will find encouragement in these pages. (Ruth Bly, licensed psychologist, Jungian analyst, author)

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