Magnificent Addiction Discovering Addiction as Gateway to Wellness or Vital Energy

Magnificent Addiction: Discovering Addiction as Gateway to Wellness

Author: Philip R Kavanaugh

This book will decisively change the way you see addictions and emotional disorders--forever. From the unique vantage point of a physician who has treated thousands of patients with emotional disorders, yet has undergone a major life-breakdown and healing himself, this revolutionary book takes all the assumptions that therapists have about treatment of emotional disorders and turns them upside down.

Our unhealthy addictions aren't bad, believes Dr. Kavanaugh, they are misguided attempts at solutions. So are emotional disorders. The same yearnings recur again and again--expressed as emotional crises or destructive addictions--because they're trying insistently to prod us to reconnect with our inner wellspring of creativity and spiritual fulfillment. The energy which fuels all of these is the same energy that furnishes our creative power. At the deepest level we are all addicted. It is not addiction that destroys our lives, he tells us, but what we become addicted to. Dr. Kavanaugh forcefully argues for passionate addiction to life!

This profoundly encouraging book offers a radical three-step program that has helped hundreds of people in addiction surrender to the guidance of their own spiritual source and achieve full and permanent recovery. Dr. Kavanaugh's work is destined to have a major impact on the whole way our society perceives and treats emotional disorders.

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Vital Energy: The 7 Keys to Invigorate Body, Mind, and Soul

Author: David Simon MD

The secret to vitality and happiness is within your grasp

"This book is a treasure trove of information. Vital energy is our most precious personal resource, and David Simon teaches us how to create it and maintain it."–Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and Enchanted Love

"David Simon’s vast experience as a physician and healer is distilled into one of the best books on health ever written. I was thrilled to discover my own body type and how small, individually tailored changes in lifestyle can optimize energy, emotional balance, creativity, and health. Every person could benefit from his brilliant and simple program."–Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and A Woman’s Journey to God

"This is a magnificently written book. . . .Vital Energy is a powerful, practical plan to reinvigorate your life at every level. Use your highlighter when you read it!"–Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., author of Manifest Your Destiny

"When you are ready, a teacher will appear–and this book can be your teacher."–Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles

Are you overwhelmed by fatigue, lack of enthusiasm, and depression? Do you feel that something vitally important is missing from your life? Each of us has an inner treasury of energy and creativity, but many of us have lost the key. Filled with compassionate spiritual wisdom, down-to-earth health advice, and beautiful, insightful writing, Vital Energy gives you a proven, practical plan for tapping into your own reservoir of vitality through healing nutrition, healthy and loving emotions, a balance between mindfulwork and joyful play, and an appreciation for the sacred magic of life.

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By filling out the numerous questionnaires contained in this book, readers can discover which of the seven basic mind-body types they are: earth, wind, fire, or some combination of these. However, Simon explains that we all embody the three basic principles to varying degrees, and he suggests that understanding how these forces interact and affect the mind-body connection can lead to increased vitality. Once medical conditions such as diabetes, thyroid disease, or anemia have been ruled out as causes for fatigue, we need to discover our "inner ocean of vital energy." Chapters instruct readers on how to, among other things, Seek Yourself, Clear Your Toxins, and Work with Meaning. Simon, medical director of the Chopra Center for Well Being and author of Return to Wholeness and The Wisdom of Healing, provides practical advice to help us understand that "we are composed of the same stuff that makes the world and [that] enables us to imbibe the energy we need to create balance and vitality in our lives." For large public libraries.--Jodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Fdn. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Vital Energy Key #1: Seek Your Self.
Vital Energy Key #2: Clear Your Toxins, Digest Your Past.
Vital Energy Key #3: Feed Your Body, Nourish Your Soul.
Vital Energy Key #4: Release Depleting Emotions, Cultivate Love.
Vital Energy Key #5: Move to Nature's Beat.
Vital Energy Key #6: Work with Meaning, Play with Passion.
Vital Energy Key #7: Celebrate the Magic of Being.
Postscript: Embracing Vital Energy.
Sources.
Vital Energy Enhancing Suggestions.
Recommended Audiotapes.
Index.